A Visit with David the Good || Black Gumbo

In this video I will take a road trip and introduce you to my gardening friend David the Good. it's not very often we get to meet the people who have inspired us to garden and improve our gardening techniques. But I had the privilege of traveling through Alabama last week and met up with one of the gardening authors of some of the best gardening books you can get your hands on. We had a good time looking around his garden, enjoying some Christian fellowship, and talking about plants. Join me as I tour his garden and glean exceptional gardening tips.
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Black Gumbo shares our suburban, backyard, sustainable gardening efforts. We work a small-scale, typical Zone 9a garden and raised beds, the kind of gardening accessible to all. We tend to take the slice of life approach and hope you will enjoy our family, our dog, our cooking, our adventures, and occasionally some commentary and advice. We love family, joy and friendship, and we invite you to enjoy these things with us!
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[@angelinaphebus1525]

You literally went to see David the Good. Awesome!

[@ScottHead]

And listened to Portishead and drank spiced rum. Literally.

[@unsaltedtomato899]

Bahaha

[@ChristopherPisz]

David the Good is awesome. Funny, knowledgeable, creative, and extremely entertaining.

[@Kinjo2008]

*David shouting out OAG and triple 13 made my day. lol.*

[@sb6759]

I really admire OAG, I have learned a lot.

[@ruthcrawford3015]

When I first moved to Florida in 2007, I found and followed David the Good, and bought his books! His vids were CREATIVE!! And then off he went to the Tropics. Only lately seeing him pop up on other garden channels. Love this visit with you and him! THANKS for sharing!!

[@normancupit]

I garden right at 10k square feet in South Mississippi. David moving to Alabama and rehabilitating soil somewhat like mine is one of the best things to happen to me! Learned a lot from this young man.

[@geraldfranz9085]

Glad you got to tour DTG's place, I enjoyed the video and the live stream. The sitting on the porch smoking your pipes talking about Jesus, nice end to the day. Thanks for sharing Scott, be blessed, stay safe, but most of all have fun. Peace 😎👍🌱👆👉💥🛎

[@christys.6922]

I was so surprised and excited to see you on his livestream the other day! You are two of my very favorite KZbin gardeners. He is an absolute hoot and you are so down to earth.

[@gwencrawford9617]

I so enjoy your channel, especially when I hear you loving Jesus along with your love for gardening!

[@livinglifehandson7316]

Great video! I subscribe to both of your channels; and have learned a lot of helpful gardening information.

[@StevenLeBlanc918]

I found your channel a few weeks ago through David the Good. I'd been trying to find someone close to where I live here in Jefferson County, so it was a pleasant surprise when I saw "Black Gumbo". I figured you must be pretty close. Thanks for everything you've shared, I've learned a lot that totally relates to what I see going on in my backyard.

[@Ms.Byrd68]

In Nature the tomatoes would 'sprawl' along the ground not grow 'vertically' so this shows what happens when you grow them as nature actually intended. I'm sure many would grow up along a tree or existing fence but without a 'farmer's hand' they would grow along the ground. Cucumbers too. So people always complaining about 'growing naturally' needs to realize what that REALLY MEANS. Good garden!

[@craigjacob3704]

Wow those Everglades tomorrow's look just like the tomatoes they grow in the Philippines they grow them along the ground and the plants will even turn brown and grows and grows😁

[@davidthegood]

I gotta send you some snake gourd seeds for next year!

[@davidthegood]

...and that Heritage raspberry you forgot.

[@LibertyNotLicense]

Very cool video, Scott! But I still say you should've published the Befeemus footage!

[@davidthegood]

Just watched the rest - thank you. It was a privilege having you over and meeting in person.

[@Beltloop29]

@@davidthegood just wanted to say thanks to both of you. I watch both of y'alls videos. I'm going to attempt a Tera Preta thing as well. I've started accumulating stuff for it now. Also am trying a pumpkin pit like both of y'all have done videos on. Thanks again to you both.

[@davidthegood]

@@Beltloop29 Great work.

[@carladelagnomes]

Thank you for sharing your visit with us. It's nice to see all the different ways we can acomplish the same things in the garden!

[@NorthernThaiGardenGuy]

Very cool indeed. David is an awesome guy and is so kind and offering. When I started my channel last month he was like "just let me know if you need any help with your channel". One of the genuine good guys out there and an awesome gardener with so much creativity and talent. Good on you guys for hanging out and having fun!

[@louiseeyahpaise795]

Wow, what a good visit, I learned something new...snake gourds eh? and those nasty vine borers!!!! And those Everglade tomatoes, oh and the YAMS !!!WOW , so many interesting plants in the world. Thanks Scott, awesome visit 👩🏽‍🌾🙏🏽🧡🧡🧡🧡

[@jlfoodforest]

I watch both of your channels, and also 'Self Sufficient Me' 😀 I've learned more from you than anyone else even though you have a small garden and I'm trying to create a food forest. I've been watching gardeners from Arizona because the Rio Grande Valley in Texas is getting too dry, . ..well, actually probably just my garden. Several times huge storms have rained on Harlingen & San Benito and I didn't get a drop in La Paloma

[@shpuply]

Collaboration of the century! My two favorite garden mentors in one video! I have a size that is more than yours,but less than DTG's. You both help me tremendously. Thanks as always Scott!

[@Latebloomershow]

You are awesome!! Loved this. I guess I don’t know what a reformed Christian is.

[@naomi2646]

Thank you for the visit, it was awesome.

[@aTUKLeJEN]

I came here to watch your videos from David The Good Channel actually. You both are great, I am learning from all the videos. Thank You and wish everyone happy gardening ...

[@craigjacob3704]

You are both a wealth of knowledge and so glad he is back in the states. I'm like you and only have a backyard garden and he is close to me. I'm in D'Iberville Ms

[@WyattEdwards]

Good clean gardening, praise the Lord. 🙌

[@tinytexasgarden9420]

This was wonderful. Two of my favorites together. 💜💜

[@tamararoberts9307]

Cool tip covering the blooms David the Good 👍

[@samartinez1988]

What an awesome video

[@kinsjsmggoiktaylor5659]

Brilliant.Just Brilliant,Juno Again 👏👏👏♥️♥️

[@judyhernandez3391]

Yes!! I have followed David and his sweet family for yeas,

[@barbaraackerman57]

What a great view! I so enjoy your channel!

[@GreenLove1]

That's so great that you got to hang out with David. Those snake gourds really took me back to my childhood garden...those plants grow super well in tropical India and we used to play under the canopy ducking between the gourds. My mom made this fantastic dish where she slit and stuffed the gourds with ground beef and potatoes and then sliced and fried them, yummy! I am growing several plants this year, not sure how they will do in dry hot California!!

[@garden_geek]

Two of my favorite KZbinrs in one video! What a nice tour of David's property. I'm so glad you were able to visit him!

[@highlandscommunityclub1160]

DTG and you are a great combo!!

[@JohnathanProphet]

Spiced Rum and Portishead nothing better. Beth Gibbons is a phenomenal artist. Great vid. quite the experience.

[@NJCALI]

I love David the good content he is wealth of knowledge

[@HowToGardenChannel]

Your going to love those Everglades tomatoes

[@wildchook745]

Great video, Scott. Yes, I love David's channel too.

[@kriswhite1344]

LOVE YOU GUYS!😊🙏🏽🇺🇸

[@whenimbored4825]

Loved the collab!

[@karen-hillshomestead]

Great video Scott! Looks like you had a great time with DTG! Thanks for the shout out and I hope those Everglades tomatoes grow well for you. FYI, Phoebe Sharona will love them!!

[@FlomatonFamous]

Excellent video! I love the interaction and flow of information.

[@skippy5506]

I really enjoyed this, thanks for sharing your visit, it’s awesome you got to go hang with David 😁

[@nancyschmidt3010]

😊 love the advice on not taking bad advice. Know what kind of gardening

[@marycampbell4160]

Awesome trip

[@melissakingery4393]

Scott I enjoy your videos so much!

[@evw6486]

Scott, one reason I like you and David so much is our very indirect connection through Reformed theology. I was baptized Dutch Reformed. Now I have strayed, to put it mildly, but I made a defence of sorts for predestination: easy enough to imagine God saying, "What? I should only create people who like Me?"

[@WILLITGROW]

it was great to see you got to meet.

[@terrieholloway9066]

This is the BEST video! Thanks!

[@tamararoberts9307]

Great hearing yas had church together ❤

[@armstronglien2659]

You had a really great day! I enjoyed watching it🙂.

[@hopeking3588]

I just found out about David the good two days ago.he is very interesting

[@patticriss2238]

Very enjoyable. Thank you for posting.

[@ericmoulton9533]

You guys remind me of sugar and syrup. Not shure who is who? GARDEN ON! I Love it!

[@deltorres2100]

Love this episode..I have so much respect ya gentlemen

[@leannarandall]

Two of my favorite gardeners!!! This makes me happy!

[@barbkenas5663]

Interesting, he obviously loves a challenge!

[@kinsjsmggoiktaylor5659]

Brilliant Video,Glad To See 2 Gardeners Get Together And Discuss Things Between Them.Juno From England,Bravo 👏👏👏♥️♥️

[@tangell481]

Hi I'm a fan of Charles dowding and mark and now your channel you provide in depth info and post info at a calm pace my family will benefit from your awesome videos thank you from new Zealand

[@smas3256]

Fun and interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@sandraoconnor5700]

So enjoyable, thank you both for sharing!

[@bonniecarlstrom6014]

So cool!! Great conversation andcattitude. God bless....

[@barbara-pigeonbray4579]

Very interesting tour of his gardens ......sounds like y'all had a fun visit .

[@sv3931]

Loved the gardeners' discussion...Very enjoyable! Thanks, guys. So much to learn; make like a sponge & soak it up! 👊😎

[@NotMuchHere]

Vine bore surgery. There are a few videos on cutting out the bore worm to save the vine. I will probably try that this year. My wife coats our bushes with diatomaceous earth. It helps a good bit

[@Faith-vl4lv]

I also watch Mark from Self Sufficient Me. Another good one is Charles Dowding. I recently discovered your channel and I'm glad I did because your climate is very similar to mine. I'm in the south also

[@judyabernathy80]

Such an enjoyable video! David is quite unique. He really has great information for gardening. Thank you! ♥️❣️🙏🏼❣️♥️

[@matthewfarrell317]

Thought your garden was smaller and was thinking mine was not far off, but when I worked it out we have 83sq metres or 900sq feet of space, and really cannot compare, but to be fair I have maybe 180sq feet of raised bed space and the rest is food forest in the front yard. I think the smaller space, the more creative you are in terms of planting.

[@juneramirez8580]

Thank you I will check out his u tube. I also learn from many teachers! Love your Channel and have been following it for about a month or so.

[@melanielinkous8746]

You two are my favorite!

[@melanielinkous8746]

I also enjoyed Scott's " giant" cameo in Dave's video. 🍀🌹🌺❤

[@VagabondAnne]

Cucuzzi (those gourds) also make great pickles. They need a strong trellis and night-pollinating moths. Baker creek has them.

[@sudhac1384]

What an informative and great video!! Thank you!!

[@vbuffy5952]

Thank you for making this video. It's very informative, got a lot out of it. I'm also glad to see I'm not the only one that saves a lot of seeds from produce that I buy, lol.

[@nagasvoice8895]

Love David's channel too. I'm thinking about cover cropping from advice by both of you, gotta lighten up my heavy clay. Pulled up some nice potatoes to start opening up a new area, when I finish doing that I'll replant with big radishes as fall crop to open up that clay. Plus mulch, yay!

[@sherylwhited7380]

Just ordered Everglades Tomato seeds from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange…I’ll try a few for Fall tomatoes then save the rest for next Spring.

[@amandaahlers2659]

That was fun to watch. Perfect video for watching while riding in the car on the way to Arkansas. We are heading there to visit my folks and my Momma and I are going on a tour that includes lunch from the farm at Moss Mountain. I'm so geeked out. The newbie gardner and chef in me feels like a kid!

[@joejoe3185]

A wonderful insight!!

[@HomesteadForALiving]

One of the best, and zaniest sources of garden info out there, love it!

[@josanders1428]

Yes all is well .thank you so much.

[@bethz.5358]

Not sure why exactly but this video really warmed my heart! Like sincerely. 👍 Keep up the great work you two! Friendship, hospitality, learning, spiced rum, and Jesus. So good.

[@craigjacob3704]

Great video Scott❤️

[@shadyman6346]

Damn, what a great video!

[@ejfishes7610]

Excellent video Scott! David’s garden is amazing.

[@patiencekates5975]

Loved it! Thanks!

[@GardenDiscovery]

Thank you for sharing. I also learn so much from utube gardeners. That with just time and personal observation, I'm hoping I can be a competent gardener some day.

[@rootsshootsgardenboots]

Fantastic video.

[@mjk9388]

I've planted Everglades Tomatoes for the last 2 years here in San Antonio. It's by far my favorite tomato and much hardier and prolific than other cherry tomatoes.

[@jtharp9265]

Great content , forsure going over to subscribe to David's now , Thank you Josette Tharp Montgomery County, Texas 🙏🏻

[@Melanieallen968]

Awesome!!

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

I get to watch a David the Good video and a Scott Head video both at the same time!! The black locust trees that David has are more useful in his context: they will send thousands of running roots out beneath the soil, helping to trap organic matter and prevent it from being lost as they pull nitrogen out of the atmosphere to manufacture their own fertilizer. That's great for a large sandy area - the downside is, at some point they will no longer be desirable, and they are tough to get rid of! For smaller areas, Red Bud trees and things like Goumi or Eleagnus Multiflora are good nitrogen fixers.

[@judyabernathy80]

Scott, concerning vine bores on squash plants (and I’m assuming any other plant that gets vine bores), when you get time, go watch That 1870’s Homestead (Rachel and Todd). In the video, she wraps the base stem of the squash plant (just above the roots), with athletic tape. It is sticky and attaches to itself. She only wraps that portion of the vine (just above the roots and to the first leaf). I thought it was a neat idea. Why not try!

[@Latebloomershow]

I want to have rows and the string system for tomatoes. But by doing it his way there’s a lot less work

[@ScottHead]

I want to come visit you one of these days. Maybe the next road trip I'll head to Tennessee.

[@LeaC816]

I’m learning a ton from you both. I have a garden area about the same size as Scott and David is just so darn knowledgeable and shares the best stuff. Plus he’s hilarious! To see you two together is absolutely awesome!! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@SimplyStacyL]

Never thought to bury the nodes on my pumpkins, definitely worth a try!

[@josanders1428]

I love 💗 love this.

[@ScottHead]

Hey Jo, been a while since I've seen you comment. Hope all is well.

[@ANoteToSelf]

Aww this is awesome! I found David’s channel through yours and you both have helped me a lot! God bless you both!

[@sarahshepard5338]

So exciting! You and David are the only two channels I really love and keep up with and it was so great seeing you both together!

[@annettejohnson6251]

TYVM very interesting video

[@GingerRosalie]

Great video!!!

[@allanturpin2023]

This cross pollination thing was cool. And fun to see from different angles. And, to my knowledge you debuted Ds pumpkin patch. First time shown in a yt vid I think.

[@wondergirlray]

I love the crossover videos of the last week. I found your channel through your pepper topping video (the OG viral one) and you introduced me to David the Good in your composting videos. It's so wonderful to see you both together talking gardening. I appreciate y'alls content so much. I think you should make gardening videos followed by spiced rum, pipes, and Jesus an annual event! Finally, thanks to your wife for her videography!

[@douglaswindsor120]

You've got plants I've never heard of most probably won't grow up here in Canada