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Thank you, be safe, and be grateful.
“That’s alright: we’re not too worried about the corn, but we are intensely focused on the grandchildren”. What a wonderful sentiment, Scott.
Nothing is more important than family.
I'll watch any content you put out Scott, your personality is about 50% of why I watch this channel so don't be afraid to delve into different topics!
Agreed. His presentation and voice narration is better than 95% of current broadcast television.
@@2005kmcollins Absolutely. And his incredible work ethic and focus on family sets a great example to hundreds of thousands of viewers. How great would the world be if we had more role models like Scott on TV?
Well said !!
I’m with you he’s a fantastic speaker
I totally agree.
Even your garden is plumb, square, and true. Craftsmanship carries over to everything.
"I am not a gardener." Proceeds to show an amazing garden, the envy of any home gardener.
build yourself a circular corn jig that you can wheel right down the row! Make a standing-height handle, place the wheel between forks, you won't even have to bend over. Based on an antique seeding wheel that my father-in-law has and uses in his gardening.
Scott, you should know. The folks including myself that enjoy this wonderful channel are here because of you and your family. That being said we love when you mix it up and show other elements of life. Gardening has become one of my favorite pass times. I’m 30, married when I was 20, had 4 kids by 27, and own a business(mostly construction, cabinetry, fine woodworking, finish work, tractor work, tree work, tractor work, home building. You are the older me. My family thinks the world of you and the time you invest teaching folks. Thanks for making happen. You guys are stellar!!!
Well said, Shane. Love your comment. All the best to you and your family!
Essential Craftsman could pivot to underwater basket weaving and I would still watch :)
that'd be a sight to behold for anyone to accomplish, to be honest.
Sounds interesting 😃
I did not expect underwater basket weaving to be a real thing.
Absolutely. Mr. W could talk about Bulgarian folk music or teach Classical Sanskrit and both would be super interesting.
This channel could talk about anything. Everything is inspirational.
Scott you may be right, this is not a gardening channel. This channel is so much more than that. I have learned countless lessons that apply to my everyday life and I don't even swing a hammer for a living. Thank you for that!
Scott, no worries. You've earned the right to make a video about nearly anything. Love that you made a video on a garden. :)
Earned the right? Lol its his channel. He can upload a video of him making ice cream if he wants. Lol
Rj SKUM don’t be the kind of guy that gets into an argument just to argue the same point of the person you’re trying to argue with.
@@Joshleslie871 you've earned the right to say that.
I'd love to hear his thoughts on classic yard games, and the best way to enjoy a family barbecue.
Chickens love zucchini I didn't grow any this year because I messed up a bit in the garden but when they get like 3 feet long just toss them to the chickens they will fight over it. As far as no tillage you could plant a cover crop of rye or oats or something else of your choosing and just flatten it out in the spring with with what ever you can (maybe a land roller or a piece of power pole with a chain lag bolted to each end) and maybe design a little bracket with a fluted coulter to pull with your tractor and cut a little trench for your next crop. I've not had any experience with no till gardening but what I just described above is what I'll be trying next year. The mulch is fascinating to me because I've never seen it before so I do hope you make more videos if your garden in the future
I had neighbors that were master gardeners. They lived to be 95 and 102 years old. They had an interesting method of planting tomatoes. He would dig a 2 foot deep hole and fill the bottom foot with compost and a sprinkle of fertilizer. Fill the rest with a 50/50 mix of compost and soil. The thinking is just as the plant is ready to produce fruit its roots reach the compost and get a big boost. Seems to work very well.
Hoss Tools is a must TH-cam channel for anyone wanting to learn more about growing their own food.
I live in the PNW and grew up in an extended family that kept food gardens, some as big as yours and more densely planted. Every family had different preferences on what to plant. We kids often ate things straight out of the garden for lunch or snack; the taste of fresh, crunchy green beans always evokes happiness. Got kids of my own now and your bit about the trash collectors' enthusiasm and attention span cracked me up.
My parents' property has sandy soil. Mom always composts the stall-cleanings (cows and horses) a couple years and dad tills that in, and then before winter she scatters the ashes from the woodstove or burnpile over the garden to balance the pH.
Seeing your family of several generations growing and learning and being productive is inspiring, and a welcome reminder that even in this out-of-whack, confused world, there are still plenty of level-headed, humble folks dedicated to the Lord's values. Thank you.
I'm not here for any specific content, I'll watch whatever you put out! Looks like it's growing great!
well said, scott and company have something to say worth hearing on pretty much any topic, thats the beauty of this channnel!
I had to chuckle and tell my wife about your grandkids and picking out the trash. The key funny part: “at least for the first 15 minutes”. Oh, the joy of grandchildren 👍
I went vegan a few backs but prior to that my joints were hurting, blood pressure was slightly on the elevated side and I was finding myself fatiguing more during the day. I just didn’t feel like myself so I started to build a garden and grow some of the vegetables and fruits I now eat on a daily bases. It was the best thing I ever did after switching from consuming diseased dead bodies (death) to wonderful fruits and vegetables (life). My vitality and health has changed for the better. I’m 36 now and to tell u the truth I wish I would have switched to a plant based diet a decade ago.
Love the video Scott and looking forward to seeing more of ur garden. Peace brother!!
I'm a Master Gardener for Travis County. I have nothing to add, this is great. Decomposed leaves are great, your plants look very healthy, you're enjoying and getting healthy food from you garden!
For not being a gardener, that is a nice looking garden. Looks like you have some good help.
About 40 years ago, my dad borrowed a front end loader to spread dirt around our new house. I drove it and got pretty good at it. My uncle had been raising cattle for years and had a very old barn which had more than a foot of dried manure as a floor (you had to duck while walking in it). I suggested that we use the front loader to scoop out that manure and haul it to our garden where dad would disc it into the soil. We did the same for the garden of the uncle. Both gardens doubled yields the following year, and Moms tomatoes remain the best I ever tasted.
I'm always watching this channel, wife is so excited you did a gardening video!
Hey it's your voice that has me watching the videos and always coming back for more.
Yeah...you say you're not a gardener, but having watched plenty of your videos you don't half ass anything. So even though you feel you're learning how to garden it was great to see your approach to this. Even someone doing something new may uncover a new and novel way of doing things. The jig is a perfect example of that. Beautiful.
Oh...and your family is AMAZING!!!
When my son was old enough to start school his mother insisted that we needed a base somewhere and she was tired of living in our Airstream as I chased the pipeline all over the country. So we settled in west Texas, it was centrally located between my family in eastern New Mexico and hers here in Texas. We bought a place out in the country and the drive up to the house from the road was about 1/8 of a mile long. But we started getting flats every few days and I was forever plugging tires so I devised a strategy, my son had some friends who lived close by and I'd pay them a penny for each nail they brought me. I don't know how many pounds of nails they picked up in total but they usually had a big coffee can or two waiting for me when I got home from work! I figured out quickly that they didn't all come from my drive and they picked up nails wherever they went. That was OK but I finally told them that I wouldn't buy any unless I was home and saw them combing the drive for nails. Picking up nails anywhere is a good idea but I didn't want my drive overlooked if I was paying for them! I'm happy to say that in a short period of time I stopped getting flats and they lost interest in picking up nails. Every once in a while though one of those kids would ask if they could pick up nails and if I was still paying and I'd say yes and a few hours later he'd show up with a can full. They were still there but much harder to find. I did tell that story at a church we went to though and many of them started paying for nails too. It's amazing what a kid will do for what we consider a little bit of money.
Good looking garden, good looking grandkids! Lucky man!
Scott this is a part of you so please keep sharing...
I watch this channel partly because you figure things out. Youŕe modest, but also very smart. LIke my dad, you can look at things and make sense out of them. Mechanically or otherwise. I am here with you on the gardening journey if that is your wont. Make use of this community you have fostered!
My grandparents lived In Rogue River and always had a beautiful garden.
Nice garden.
I love metal work, wood work gardening and other stuff. Keep the different topics coming.
I haven’t watched tv for years but love watching your channel every night.
Humility is a pleasure to watch. Thanks for another great video!
It honestly doesn't even matter what your talking about. Ill watch and listen. Keep it up
Wow, dude has a great property
From my experience with no-till gardening, about 2" added as a surface layer in November is enough leaf mulch. That stuff is gold, and probably the best organic material that you can get. You won't get many weeds, and they are easy to contain. In a no-till garden, you're trying to keep the fungi connections in the soil (mycelium) intact, so disturb the soil as little as possible. It'll pay off next year if you don't till it. Its a great low-labor/time method that actually yields some of the best results.
I believe it’s alright to present what makes you happy. I believe we are interested in the people more then the topic.
Scott, I believe that you are a Fine gardener, and that is that. Sir, I don’t care What you publish, I Am In, All The Way !!
Beautiful backdrop with those rolling hills
You ARE a gardener. Like your ideas.
For your soil fertility question. You can definitely keep amending with the mulch piles, but eventually the soil may run out of mineral based nutrients so you'll have to amend with those. I'd recommend getting a soil sample tested, either send some to your local extension or get a soil test kit
no need for test kits, just compare it to the soil that occurs naturally and see how well plants do on that, and they will indicate what needs to change.
I agree with the testing. I've never done it myself though, but some people I know have. The pure comparison between crops does not tell you the whole story, as even in different corners of the same garden there may be different soil conditions (sample collection should take this into consideration and not mix different samples from different parts of the garden). Once you know what you got, you can start from there and do as you please.
That being said, I can't see how you could ever go wrong by adding mulching from leaves. Trash aside, and assuming it has no fungus or so, it can only add to your soil. You might need some ammendments, that's right, but you would need more if there was no mulching.
Definitely keep adding the mulch, and there’s no need to till it in. If you’re interested in no till methods I recommend Charles Dowding’s TH-cam channel, he’s kind of the no dig guru. Also, wanted to just add an extra endorsement to the soil test recommendation, it will help you determine how much of each nutrient to apply which is a good way t save money over buying pre made mixes
The leaves also have some trace minerals. I'd be most concerned about nitrogen, but if you rotate beans and peas across that patch it will take care of it.
A soil test is the sure fire way to tell what's up with your soil, but it's not truly necessary unless you run into a problem.
Adding only leaves will eventually cause issues. Compost all your vegetable waste, some animal manure and any plant pruning and cuttings and add that to the beds. The bigger the variety of plants in the compost the better the nutrients balance will be. Keep up the good work, and the great videos.
You guys are lucky where you live! We had a frost on Wednesday night that ruined a lot of plants, veg and flowers. Greetings from Northern Ireland scot.
Please do more of this
Scott, you have a lot of good things going with this garden. You may want to pick up a small corn seeder at some point. That will make planting your corn a snap. As far as mulch goes- you can overdo it with too much of one thing and not enough of other things. You have a lot of room so you may want to start a compost pile and you can even use your tractor bucket to stir it up now and then. You can look up how to build a well rounded compost pile and that will give your plants a good boost of nutrients. You may also want to plant a cover crop at the end of the season.
Thanks for making a video of this and happy gardening!
Everything you feature is always interesting your attitude to life is wonderful I could listen for hours stay safe from across the pond 👨🏻🏭 🇬🇧
Life is not all about tools and building, great content, loved it!!!
Ahhhhhh. You're making me jealous young man. I miss my garden but I make all the typical excuses...no space, no time. I used to use a heavy synthetic fabric cut in about 5' squares slit in the middle around the individual plants. The edges would overlap and block 99% of weeds. Also took an old garden hose, drilled 1/8" holes and poked in some barbed dripper outlets with 1/8" tubing to the plants worked like a charm. Composted leaves are awesome, so is aged manure. Maybe someday I'll get back into it. Dirt is great for kids, we all need to get back into the dirt a bit!
Great video Mr. Scott, I think I speak for many when I say, Thank you for sharing this with us.
Thank You.
Everything you do brother is with excellence!
Lovely to see.
Composting tip - your leaf compost will be very high in carbon, and if you want to up its nutritional value you will want to raise its nitrogen content. You can get this from green matter - grass cuttings, kitchen vegetable scraps, weeds and manure.
If you can get half of this out on the ground once you've cleared your vegetables, worms and other insects will work this into the soil for you, improving its structure.
Good luck!
Ben
Don't worry about the composted leaves. 3 years ago I retired from MN depth of corrections where another officer and I ran the gardening program. We used kitchen compost and Red pine needles that we tilled into the sandy soil. It took a few years but that soil was built up from sand that barley grew grass to a very respectable garden. The main thing is to get organic material into the soil. The ideal compost mix is about 50/50 nitrogen and carbon. Those leaves are a great start. Keep adding as they do break down. Let those grandkids learn and have fun.
Well,Scott,you hit it out of the park...or garden...with this one!👍 Think of a forest floor and all the leaves that fall on it. As long as the mulching material is organic .....no problem. Videos are enjoyable and informative .Keep it up mlm
Pretty healthy looking plants, you can’t be doing much wrong... keep on until your results change. Kids too!
Scott you are such a good person I watch your videos and learned a lot and thank you.
We call little green houses like that cold frames in the UK I think it's due to the fact that they offer protection from cold weather so you can start your crops earlier in plugs, then plant our when bigger. Enjoyed as ever.
The homesteading content is cool. Keep up the good work.
Scott - Gardening is good for the soul, growing food is in our DNA. Enriching/amending the soil is always job one you have done well. Do you support you tomato plants? keep them off the ground. Here in OH we stopped growing corn since the Raccoons always end up raiding and destroying most of it. Besides, there are so many roadside corn vendors it just made sense to grow other things. I'm a fan of Jerry Baker's tonics (he was on PBS) sprayed on the garden and lawn for fertilizing, soil health and pest control. Just simple ingredients - dish soap, soda, beer, mouthwash, plant food.
Beautiful weeping willow
Keep the videos coming, nice garden and congratulations on getting the grandchildren involved. That's a good move for their benefit and yours!
I loved this video from the very beginning to the very end.
Thank you and greetings from Portugal.
Scott, the best gardener I ever knew swore by tilling all of his leaves (and his neighbors) into his garden every fall. I started incorporating the same practice myself and now have the richest, blackest soil I’ve ever had. That and some organic fert at planting time and occasionally throughout the growing season and my soil produces like crazy. Two cautionary notes about city compost. You may be picking up some residual chemicals from other peoples yards and depending on how many evergreen needles are in the grindings you may need to keep track of the acidity (although your tomatoes will love the acid). Good luck and keep up the great content.
If you only fertilize with leaves, you will eventually end up with high nitrogen levels relative to other nutrients. Hey recommend sampling your soil and getting it tested. Best.
Its funny how you mentioned the trash in the leaves that you composted. I had about 15 loads of woodchips that I have been composting for about 7 years. I was moving the pile to use in my garden, while digging in the pile with a Bobcat I noticed something orange sticking out. Turns out is was a Stihl 036 chainsaw unfortunately the saw is now junk, but makes a great conversation piece and serves as a good reminder to never put any tools in the dump body. Loved seeing your little helpers.
"First of all I am not a gardener..."
Then where did that huge garden come from? If you garden you're a gardener.
He's not the gardener. He paid the kids to plant the seeds, remember? So I'd say the kids are the gardeners 😜
Where's the weed is my question
He's modest. And he's not afraid to get his hands dirty and go big. Also, it looks like he planted in a place with excellent sun exposure, so he's got results to show for it.
@@disklamer He pulled them all out to make room for the garden. Didn't you watch the whole video? There were a lot of weeds in that spot.
@@korishan Who said anything about weeds?
That’s one hell of a garden....
Great video Scott, I always enjoy listening to your perspective and priorities! Regarding mulching and no till methods, you're on to something with your corn jig. Now that your beds are established, tilling is what will disrupt the soil. Keep adding compost and top cover, and the critters in the soil will keep building your soil underneath (like a natural forest floor). When it's time to plant, rake a shallow furrow into the compost (or poke holes), lay in the seed, and cover it. Water as needed based on rain coverage. Hope that helps!
Great looking garden. I’m still amazed at what grows from one tiny seed. As a kid we used to put shredded leave into our garden heavily. Never seemed to be an issue. As for Zucchini, make diagonal slices about 3-4” length, 1/4” thick. Dip in egg and panko bread crumbs. Deep fry and serve with ranch or marinara 😋😋😋
“You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much leaf mulch in your garden.” Seriously, I collect leaves from my neighbor and till them into the garden. The decomposers have them completely broken down and gone by the middle of the next summer.
My father has an organic hobby farm that he has been doing for 35+ years, with only adding leaves (often not even mulched). Your soil looks great! Over time you'll want to rotate planting locations, so after tomoato you might want beans or carrots in that location , then onions.
We get arbourist chippings and they work the same way, but a bit slower. Equally free :)
You’re a legend, the most helpful honest and useful TH-cam channel I’ve seen 👍
"What good is zucchini anyhow." Just perfect.
Im not a zucchini fan but I challenge you both to try making Zucchini bread! It sounds so weird but it is so phenomenally good you'll be amazed.
Yep, can't stand zucchini or any type of squash myself, but zucchini bread is delicious when covered in butter
@@Adamsadventures83 But what isn't?
If you like zucchini bread you should try chocolate zucchini bread.
The second good thing is fried zucchini with pretzel crumb breading.
Jeez. I'm guessing you guys have never had fried squash or zucchini? Also goes amazing in asian stir fries, and on BBQ skewers with chicken, onion, peppers, zucchini, and pineapple.
Hey Scott and Nate, I wanted to attempt to answer your question about tilling in the leaf compost.
Basically it depends on what you are growing. Some plants prefer more acid, like the tannic acid from the leaves, and some need more alkaline.
Most people do a quick PH check to verify what baseline you are starting with and then make a plan to rotate your crops every season so that you add and remove what you need to.
Might I recommend California Garden TV as a TH-cam source for you to study. He has a fantastic library of videos on the subjects you have spoken about.
Love the channel. I am a farmer who dabbles in gardening and chickens also. I think it’s just natural to do so.
*framer* not farmer. Stupid auto correct.
We have a 3-bin composter that we clean out the loafing shed into. Along with the old hay and manure from the cows we add leaves and whatever else we pick up from the garden and everything composts down for the next year. In the Fall, we broad fork the beds and cover with mulch/compost and plastic for the Winter. In the Spring, we do the same, but remove the plastic and weeds getting ready for the planting season.
We all have our ups and downs but if there is a perfect like I think you are pretty darn close.you show what hard work and determanation can do. God bless and thank you.
I love that tree @ 5:15! Marvelous! Don't worry about not being an expert on gardening, I come to listen to you talk. Thank you for all you do. Take care and have a nice day.
*You're doing a great impersonation of a gardener!!!*
WOW, nice sized garden. good luck with the garden
What a beautiful home and property Scott, keep up the good work!
How do you have time to do all this stuff?
Keep up the good work!
Lots of us here would love to see your garden and that sauce recipe! Keep up the good garden!
What a joy. Thanks guys
Leaf mould, while primarily humic acid, is richer in mineral nutrients than most types of compost, and is an excellent primary amendment. You should be able to get away with adding it on top of your gardens every year for a long time. Eventually, pH and nutrient content may need remediation, and tomatoes are extra hungry for minerals. I run a small plant nursery in South Eastern Washington State, specializing in heirloom tomatoes (we offered ~100 varieties for sale this year). I'd be happy to help with any questions you might have, but it looks like you're doing great.
Thank you More gardening pls
That's pretty awesome, Scott. I've been given tomato plants in the past, which I nearly killed but got a minimal harvest from. After a childhood of snapping beans, shucking peas, husking corn, and plucking strawberries, I want to do better, so I'll be watching this further. Cheers, sir.
this is the ideal home garden. just growing what grows well not trying anything tropical that doesnt always work.
I hope you and your family are doing well. I'll keep watching anything you want to put up, even when you say you are not a gardener, you put up a great garden! Every year I till in horse manure compost, and add in my own compost of the bug eaten and rottens, some grass clippings, and table scraps. The egg shells from your chickens will do wonders for your tomato plants too. I crush the egg shells and put them in the hole then plant the tomato plant, and sprinkle some more on the soil around the plant. Tilling them in the whole garden wont hurt either. Over here on the east coast we have the spent mushroom soil from the mushroom farms that is just amazing stuff for gardens.. Keep up the good work. ;)
youre a good man. just a good man
Man! Every time you show one of these kinds of videos, it makes me jealous. I would love to piddle around in a small garden (what you’ve got looks like a full-blown farm to me!), but condo life only allows for a few orchids and some decorative potted plants on the back porch. I do want to thank my local farmers for growing some fantastically sweet corn this season though. I could live on corn on the cob, dressed up like the street vendors in Mexico make! With an ample supply of dental floss, of course.
Beautiful garden. That soil looks really dark and rich in nutrients. And you seem like one awesome grandfather. I bet the kids love it there.
For not being a gardener your garden looks darn good! No such thing as too many leaves. Thanks for sharing! Chili sauce = salsa.
Scott, I echo the advice the fellow on your "Mail Room" vid gave you about compost. First, it is probably the BEST soil amendment you can use; however, as we old guys know, too much of a good thing can end badly. Your plants will tell you when they need the addition of organic matter. One other thing, I also echo the 'soil test' suggestion. You don't build without a plan - - - don't plant without a plan either. Blessings to you all. 🤠
Gardener from Corvallis, Oregon here - love ALL of your content, the carpentry, blacksmithing, tool videos, podcast, DIY-stuff, general advice, AND the gardening!
Keep piling those shredded leaves on!
Do make sure that they're shredded and that they're not forming a dense mat (which de-oxygenates the soil below), and consider mixing some locally-sourced manure into your large compost pile to help balance the carbon and nitrogen ratio (manure is very high in nitrogen, too high to use directly in your garden, but leaves are almost pure carbon and they'll compost WONDERFULLY together). If you're doing this, there's no need to till every year, just keep adding that compost as a topping. You're doing great!
Your garden is lovely! Keep up the good work! And if you don't want your Zucchini, I'll happily take them off your hands! ;-)
Looks like you are doing everything right to me! Beautiful garden:) Thanks for sharing your garden tour.
In these times, gardens are starting to feel more and more like an essential. It’s a logical extension of a video series about house-building. I can’t wait to see what a beauty of a greenhouse you’ll make!
My father (and I) used to plant fairly large fields of corn using a jig that was a pointed stick electrical taped to a piece of flexible pipe with a small funnel on top. Push stick in ground, pull back, insert seed into funnel, then step on the ground to bury the seed. I was very young when that took place, but the memory sticks (no pun intended) out in my mind.
This dude works!!!
Tom here from Palos Verdes , California, fire protection contractor. Love the channels and the garden. If you mix the leafs into the soil as they decompose it will draw nitrogen from the plants. Best to have a compost pile and spread a few inches every 6 months or so on the beds. Which looks like you have been doing as a mulch. Check out Charles Dowding, has a great channel in the UK..
You’re the essential craftsman we will pretty much watch whatever content you put out LOL love your videos man I’ve said it before wish you were from my area I’d love to learn from you personally!!!!
Nice Garden Scott thanks for the tour!
I love to garden.
I've watched your videos mostly as a student, but this is something I can help you with!
Corn at chest height is a good time to plant 2-3 climbing beans around the base, so they grow up together. You can also plant squash, or small cut-up potatoes (or sweet potatoes) around them. You have got such a great garden! Plant some basil with tomato and don't forget the indispensable cucumber! Kale trees I also swear by and are quite hardy. If you're in need of a cover-crop over that mulch, Purslane is a super healthy green, a succulent too; excellent edible that comes back each season, but - will grow everywhere.
That's so dope Roseburg does that and it's a great question. Tilling will mix that mulch into the soil and allow for its decomp in a safe way for plants, so no real worry as long as you don't mix in too much. You'll know if you start seeing the plants' leaves starting to look like they've been burnt. You will definitely want to add in more additive though (fresh compost, bat guano, blood meal, ag. lime), as that's a lot of "brown" material. What you have now is great but you'll really want to amend your soil; cover-mulch is only supposed to be 4-5" max. Personally, I don't like tilling, as it cycles thousands/millions of foreign seeds (weeds) into your soil - there'll be weeds for days. With your machines, you'd be able to make some great soil that you can simply mix together, and put into the area you're using now. You should totally treat your plants! To make compost, take a pile of that mulch you have and mix in some organic compost (no meat, fish or oil), wood chips, small amounts of ag. lime or crushed seashells, dry animal manure mixed with water in layers. Let it sit until next season and in multiple piles, too (the more the better, ideally you'll want 30% green [fresh] and 70% brown [dry]). Scrape off the top 3" of the old area (for weeds - the soil can be saved and "cooked" in the next compost process) and mix in your new amendment, thoroughly through 6", to previous season's soil (roots et. al), until it's dark black and sticks to your fingers! Look into making some hugelkultur beds too, with large pieces of wood and make big mounded beds, keep a good amount of leftover mulch to cover the soil around and keep the temperature down (and weeds!).
So cool to see your garden - you, keep up the good work!
I love both your channels and all of your different topics. As an old farmer and gardener (I have had gardens about double the size of yours) I can tell you that you can plant your sweet corn much closer together. Farms in the midwest plant field corn about 6" apart in rows that are 30" apart. I am retired now but I have even read of some farmers going to 10" rows now. In your case you need to keep the rows far enough apart for you to get between them so you can harvest only the ears that are ready to eat. I still have a garden and plant mine about 30". As far as the composting every year, I have never tried it every year but if you want to I suggest you take a soil sample to your county extension agent for an analysis. That will tell you what you need or have too much of. If you do not understand the test results the county extension agent will be happy to help you.
Dear Scott and family, Bless you for your channel and just want to encourage you in what you are doing, it's a light in the world. When you talk about the importance of building foundations it is clear you have put a tremendous effort into the foundations of your family and friends...God Bless you all.