POatrick, thanks for sharing farming practices from the SE. So much different different from the Midwest. You have excellent explanation of your videos. I really enjoy them. Keep them coming. Retired and living in the High Desert of AZ. now.
I watched Millianial Farmer pull a big slick drum roller after planting soybeans in theory to get combine cutter bar almost dead on the ground. Glad I found your channel. GOD BLESS FARMERS
Thanks for watching/commenting. I have soybean planting and harvesting videos from last year. I subsoiled, field cultivator 1 pass, then planted. Put the fertilizer under them beans and the pods will cleat the ground. My beans were chest high, lowest pods were 6”-8” from ground. Most farmers don’t put fertilizer under them to make them get tall enough.
Patrick, if I am ever in your neighborhood, I would like to stop and talk for a few minutes or if it's not raining, then I might just stay for a while. I won't be in your way but trying to help you out with your equipment. Wherever you live? I'd like to get to know you better.
I hope you get a HUGE premium for the "organic" stuff. All farming is "organic", otherwise we would call it mining. Great video, Patrick. Excellent explanations.
In southern peas the pods are normally on top of the plant about 18” from ground. This was the first time we’ve picked sweet peas with the big jack (I’ve picked them with the pixall bh100). If he had not rutted up the field they would have done excellent. There was some sand in them, but we got most of it out before going into the sheller.
Great video. Using a land roller AFTER u plant may help u as well. That way, any ruts u make while planting will b gone. It also leaves the land quite flat to allow the picker to ride lower on the ground. It can also give the seed a more consistent soil to seed contact. It's something we do all the time in Canada. Helps alot
That’s pretty much what I said, about these peas. We go from to cold to to hot to quick most years for this type of pea. For the other types of peas I grow, Southern Peas (cream 40, purple hulls, zippers) the hotter the better. They love 90+ degree weather.
Looks good brother. If you can get your hands on some chicken manure and compost it down you will have that bump in p&k and still be organic. Depends on your OMRI listing and buyer. Also can you inoculate them or put a rye or wheat cover in the fall incorporate and plant? Definitely learning from you here
Did you say the name of them were sweet savory? We have planted Knight for the last two years we have not started picking yet, but I’m in North Carolina where it gets hot too need something that can stand the heat. Where did you buy them from?
Great video my friend. Is that a home made cooler you using ? I was thinking of adding a cool room to my shop while in between harvest and selling out on the stand. Remember I’m a little guy in a big ocean. You’re a lot bigger than us. Lol
I’m not that big. It’s a US Army cooler room. The big 3 phase unit has been removed and a small window unit with coolbot installed in its place. You can pick the whole thing up with forks and move it around
@@PatrickShivers the closer and further south you go along the flint River basin the more sandy it seems to get. Seems the Chattahoochee basin is more clay
@@jason27swg the clay runs out around Blakely. The dirt is light right next to the river along Clay County but as you approach Blakely it fans out to sand from Hooch to Flint
My Great Grandfather had a dairy. My dad milked and we lived at the dairy when I was very young. I’m not planning on doing 2 things: getting in the dairy business or getting back into the pig business
Smart thinking! I used to Dairy, it's not just 365 days in a year, it felt like 500. About the only thing that is better now is the Robotic Milking systems. But you still have to be a Dairyman to keep it running right. The ladies always come first, and the equipment only craps out on special occasions...
POatrick, thanks for sharing farming practices from the SE. So much different different from the Midwest. You have excellent explanation of your videos. I really enjoy them. Keep them coming. Retired and living in the High Desert of AZ. now.
Thanks for watching!
I watched Millianial Farmer pull a big slick drum roller after planting soybeans in theory to get combine cutter bar almost dead on the ground. Glad I found your channel. GOD BLESS FARMERS
Thanks for watching/commenting. I have soybean planting and harvesting videos from last year. I subsoiled, field cultivator 1 pass, then planted. Put the fertilizer under them beans and the pods will cleat the ground. My beans were chest high, lowest pods were 6”-8” from ground. Most farmers don’t put fertilizer under them to make them get tall enough.
I'm glad I found your channel too! 👍 ☺️ 😉
@@TonyWebb-vv5po thanks Tony
Patrick, if I am ever in your neighborhood, I would like to stop and talk for a few minutes or if it's not raining, then I might just stay for a while. I won't be in your way but trying to help you out with your equipment. Wherever you live? I'd like to get to know you better.
This is your best video yet, Patrick!
Thanks for watching Jonathan. I have several others similar to it where I harvest & process purple hull or cream peas.
@@PatrickShivers thank you for the reply.
I hope you get a HUGE premium for the "organic" stuff. All farming is "organic", otherwise we would call it mining. Great video, Patrick. Excellent explanations.
I appreciate your work an showing this harvest, not a easy crop. I can appreciate no chemicals.Well done.
You have a good head on your shoulders, keep up the great work. 😮
Love peas, great video. Central WI pea/green beans use huge harvesters, come out full of dirt! Glad you take lots of care with that
The peas look good 👍 good job Patrick!
Patrick you are a great farmer I learn from you
Thanks for watching. I’m just an average farmer.
Patrick, I believe a second sorting or sifting out sand and dirt operation is needed when peas are picked.
In southern peas the pods are normally on top of the plant about 18” from ground. This was the first time we’ve picked sweet peas with the big jack (I’ve picked them with the pixall bh100). If he had not rutted up the field they would have done excellent. There was some sand in them, but we got most of it out before going into the sheller.
The best way to be profitable is to think outside the box. 👍🏼🇺🇸
Hello, Patrick! Improving is the key to success...
Yep
@@PatrickShivers 👌
Great video. Using a land roller AFTER u plant may help u as well. That way, any ruts u make while planting will b gone. It also leaves the land quite flat to allow the picker to ride lower on the ground. It can also give the seed a more consistent soil to seed contact.
It's something we do all the time in Canada. Helps alot
Another awesome video! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences with us.
Thanks for watching!
@@PatrickShivers yessir! Your videos are very informative for even the most novice of Ag related folks. Keep up the great videos.
Enjoyed the video Patrick
Thanks Greg
Great job! I don't miss picking peas by hand lol.
I enjoy picking Zipper peas by hand. No others though.
Peas like cooler weather not hot they can over mature in a matter of hours
Green beans is also a good option but green beans don’t like to much heat.
That’s pretty much what I said, about these peas. We go from to cold to to hot to quick most years for this type of pea. For the other types of peas I grow, Southern Peas (cream 40, purple hulls, zippers) the hotter the better. They love 90+ degree weather.
Looks good brother. If you can get your hands on some chicken manure and compost it down you will have that bump in p&k and still be organic. Depends on your OMRI listing and buyer. Also can you inoculate them or put a rye or wheat cover in the fall incorporate and plant? Definitely learning from you here
Did you say the name of them were sweet savory? We have planted Knight for the last two years we have not started picking yet, but I’m in North Carolina where it gets hot too need something that can stand the heat. Where did you buy them from?
Sweet Savor aka SV0935QF. I purchased through Seedway
How did you keep them from getting stung up since you didn't spray them?
Grew them during the winter when we have no insects
Howdy sweet pea 🫛
Howdy Tug
Great video my friend. Is that a home made cooler you using ? I was thinking of adding a cool room to my shop while in between harvest and selling out on the stand. Remember I’m a little guy in a big ocean. You’re a lot bigger than us. Lol
I’m not that big. It’s a US Army cooler room. The big 3 phase unit has been removed and a small window unit with coolbot installed in its place. You can pick the whole thing up with forks and move it around
@@PatrickShivers I was thinking a 6+6 room with a window unit. With a INKBIRD controller see what that would do. May or may not work. Worth a shot
@@jaybeeman3628 i picked this army surplus up for $800
@@PatrickShivers didn’t think on trying that at a surplus store
Any issues with it getting too cold and killing the plants?
No. I don’t think they ever experienced below 47 degrees
Looks like miller County dirt!
Next door in Seminole
@@PatrickShivers the closer and further south you go along the flint River basin the more sandy it seems to get. Seems the Chattahoochee basin is more clay
@@jason27swg the clay runs out around Blakely. The dirt is light right next to the river along Clay County but as you approach Blakely it fans out to sand from Hooch to Flint
How many acres of peas are you going to grow at your farm this year?
Still planting. Not sure what acreage will be, but it won’t be many. 5-7 of southern peas with as much or more butterbeans.
What about some watermelons?
I got seedless melons planted
If you want to farm and get paid every month: start milking cows. The only catch is that you will have to work 365 days.
My Great Grandfather had a dairy. My dad milked and we lived at the dairy when I was very young. I’m not planning on doing 2 things: getting in the dairy business or getting back into the pig business
Smart thinking! I used to Dairy, it's not just 365 days in a year, it felt like 500. About the only thing that is better now is the Robotic Milking systems. But you still have to be a Dairyman to keep it running right. The ladies always come first, and the equipment only craps out on special occasions...
@@MorganOtt-ne1qj Dairymen are the hardest working, most dedicated people. It’s a shame they ain’t all rich.
I wish my daddy would have had one of those pea sheller. I don’t even know how many bushels of purple hull peas l’ve shelled.
@@user-ni8ye9wo8g More than enough to eat them all winter, I bet! 👍