BIG Snapper, Garden Planting and Justro’s ECLIPSE v159

[@ronbass8136]

Thanks for the video, I always learn something

[@metcalfmills5679]

Glad you enjoyed it Ron

[@justincase9463]

I sure love those Yellow Black mouth Curs like your pup, the most loyal and protective dog I ever had. I sure miss ole Samson.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Yeah they are the best in my book.

[@tagladyify]

Awww Bear is a cutie, too, don’t want to leave him out. Nothing better than home grown potatoes. I hope I get a good crop this year as the last 2 years have been little to none. I asked the Lord to bless them this year instead of just expecting or hoping for it and so far they seem to be quite vigorous.

[@metcalfmills5679]

No that’s for sure Tracy! I hope they do good for you, amen.

[@lwons1313]

Btw...I loved the ECLIPSE 😁

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ha ha! Thanks Laura

[@rickcooper6817]

Sorry to hear that the girls are not feeling well. I don't fret much about getting stuff planted late anymore cause our season seems to last a bit longer than it did when I was younger. That old turtle sure would have made a good pot of soup for dinner. The old folks use to say if they latched on to you that they wouldn't turn loose till it thundered. Never cared to find that out. Thanks Justro!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Yeah I am looking forward to seeing what happens. I have heard that same thing Rick. Thank you!

[@ruthbarrett8907]

Haha! Your eclipse was a good one! ❤️

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ha ha!

[@andrewlittlefield3425]

I love it when your out and about on your property! Very interesting 😁👍🏻

[@metcalfmills5679]

The 2 big fields are on neighbors property.. Thank you!

[@ellendavis9940]

I’m sorry she is sick. Your fields look good, thanks for sharing. I laugh so hard with bear rolling his eyes up at you, when you asked could you go know. Lol

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ol Bear is a card! Thank you

[@auntnan9121]

Watching you’ns does for me what no dr visit ever could. Looking at the country and the sky is even a little like church. God bless you Justro. I pray a speedy recovery for your camera crew as well. 😉💕

[@metcalfmills5679]

Aw thank you so much. I am glad you enjoy and I hope it helps in some way. All well now. God bless you as well

[@stephencudaback4548]

I like the video yes it is planting time and you save a life today he ha all looking good j love it from steve c from state Oregon

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks Steve!

[@walterperry4565]

The upper lower side ,, no GPS needed 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@metcalfmills5679]

I try to be clear..

[@theunsteadysteader]

Justro, most turtles you can pick up by the middle of their shells. But a snapper has to be picked up by the end of their tail. We never harvest any that are smaller than a dinner plate because it is too much work for not enough meat. That one on the road today was big enough and you let him go. Dont you eat snapper? We LOVE it, especially the white meat neck. Its hard to beat fried snapper. Years gone by there were plenty of leather back turtles. They are way better than snappers. Just dont see them or jack rabbits hardly anymore. Missed the girls today. Bless you and your little mountain family Justro.

[@Epona52]

LOL - I caught a leatherback on my fishing line a couple years ago; we knew something was stealing our bait, but he got just a little too greedy . . . and there I was, trying to figure out what the heck I had on the line until I got it to shore! He wasn't very big, maybe 8 inches . . .

[@metcalfmills5679]

Yeah I always pick them up by the tail but last time I had somebody crybabing that I was going to hurt it so that’s one reason I didn’t, the other reason is if you look close he peed a big puddle when I first started looking at him and got his tail soaked. I didn’t want turtle pee hands at that moment. Animals usually do that before they fight. I know folks that do but I’m gonna stick to beef… Thanks USS! Bless you too

[@lwons1313]

What a great video...love to see all the beautiful scenery!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Glad you enjoyed it Laura

[@idahohoosier8989]

Blessings, julie

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you, you too!

[@leedalrymple737]

When watering tonight we noticed we have blooms! Our taters are almost done!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Not done, just big enough to eat 🙂

[@LeaC816]

That horse looks like an expert with that plow! I’m sorry the girls weren’t up to helping, but I’m glad to see Penny and Bear were still supervising all your adventures! You seriously made me smile when you saved that turtle! The Justro eclipse was a lot of fun to watch happen too! I like to experiment with when I plant different things like you’re doing. I have been surprised before by things doing much better than I thought they would when I planted later. It really does all come down to when the first frost hits, but that’s always a guessing game at best anyway. Thank you for letting us hang out with y’all. I like seeing what you have growing. Your little taters popping through made me super happy for you! I’m sure by the next day they were twice as high after that rain too! Your plans for what to plant where and why sound well thought out. I look forward to seeing that field fill out with life as you get it all planted!

[@metcalfmills5679]

I always have supervisors around, lol. You would think the turtle would be smiling but all he was doing was snapping! Yep every year is different and it may be a late frost. Glad to share Lea, thank you

[@brokenwolf67]

You don't need no string if you got a push plow. Just drive you stake at the far end of your row and then just keep your eye on that stake and walk right to it if you don't look down at the plow you'll have a row straight as can be. After I learned that trick it's saved me all kinds of time.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Yeah but it may be different with this rough sloping land. Are you in the flat land while doing this? Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@brokenwolf67]

@@metcalfmills5679 no it ain't flat here as long as you can walk kinda smooth and steady it should work saves a lot of running back and forth

[@nancytharp8213]

Thanks for sharing 🙏 😎 🏖 🏝

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you Nancy

[@razor6176]

Hello Metcalf Family ... We are Rae and Dory from Vernon , British Columbia , Canada .... We both love to watch your Videos and learn about your wonderful way of life . You are a breath of fresh air . Keep up the great work !!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you so much! I am glad that y’all enjoy it. Glad to know you

[@kkeenan536]

That was fun. So beautiful there. Take care

[@metcalfmills5679]

Glad you enjoyed

[@milknhoneyheritagefarms4706]

The view looks a lot like the PNW. Thank for sharing beautiful property

[@metcalfmills5679]

Glad you enjoy!

[@kathyburns2945]

We canned greasy beans when we lived in Clyde NC in 1984. I agree. They are the best. I was able to find some online last winter. I sure hope they are the same.

[@metcalfmills5679]

I hope they do good for you Kathy

[@lancelineberry4335]

Got one of those plows for my tiller because I'm always the only one in my garden . Its a 6 horse and one jackass tiller lol. There is a mud turtle that I help across the road at my house almost every year. Thanks for sharing.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ha ha! I know what you mean. Thank you for sharing this with us

[@Southernson-dy5nq]

This is my first year growing greasy beans. Hopefully they will grow good here in South Carolina.

[@metcalfmills5679]

I hope so. I know people that have done it..

[@lloydfortner1663]

I was raised on half runners but once I tried greasy I'll never go back. My grandmaw always was excited when she could grapple some of them little taters and make tater soup.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Yeah boy, I heard that!

[@sandraharrison1348]

Love the wiener dog and am enjoying your videos. This is my 2nd one. You have some beautiful property!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks Sandra!

[@Zinnia-s6f]

Justro thank you for sharing your day. What a beautiful slice of heaven you have there. I am praying for you and those sweet girls of yours. Also praying for a bountiful harvest for y’all as well. Watching Metcalf Mills is one of my favorite things todo. I smile the whole time. I have been a bit busy as of late and haven’t had enough of Metcalf Mills in my life, but I definitely carve out some time when I can, cause it is good for my soul. I love y’all and have a blessed day.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Aww thank you Ms Opal. I am so glad that you enjoy. 🙂

[@tammy5590]

You must own half that mountain you live own to have so much area to plant. We used to do huge gardens together with my mom years ago. Mom is gone now and I have no one to garden with. I do what little I can.

[@metcalfmills5679]

The garden is the only spot on our land, the rest is neighbors. Thank you Tammy!

[@tammy5590]

@@metcalfmills5679 It's awesome you have neighbors who will let you share crop. We don't have that now where I live. I so want to move back to the mountains. I miss it so much.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Not share cropping but I do share🙂 I am thankful.

[@uncledanny7]

When I was growing up we planted our beans with the silver queen corn and used it to run them on. I’m still planting my garden that big rain right before Memorial Day put me in a bind because of the damage done I been working. And if you have never tried a brown greasy bean you don’t know what your missing. Also I highly recommend making one of the seed planters that Danny from Deep South made I did and wonder how I ever got by without it.

[@metcalfmills5679]

I have not had brown greasys. Thank you for sharing

[@parnellbeth]

I remember mom telling me that if they had wheat to get ground they had to get a date. The miller would have flour ppl coming on the same day.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing this with us. I have never heard this before

[@wendyc.5769]

You never cease to make me laugh!! If you get tired of feeding those dogs I’ll take em. They’ll fit right in here 👍

[@metcalfmills5679]

Glad to hear it! Oh gosh I need em too bad! 🤣

[@tagladyify]

Nice looking wheat. You could get some nice clean straw out of it, too, if you wanted to. That’s what I hope to do with my barley if it turns out. We had a really large turtle wash up to our property years ago after a large storm. Probably from an irrigation ditch. It just fit our largish medium sized dog crate and we took it to a local lake area. Was a super nice crate with wheels and a handle to pull it. We had to take the top off to get the turtle in.

[@metcalfmills5679]

That’s for sure Tracy. I would like to make me a straw tic to sleep on. Thank you for sharing this with us

[@tagladyify]

@@metcalfmills5679 I saw a nice one at a festival. Really old school authentic looking on a awesome primitive style bed made from tree branches and braided twigs.

[@metcalfmills5679]

I want one

[@brendaarnold8485]

It is absolutely Beautiful where you live. Would love to see it in person. Sit on your porch early in the morning and have my coffee and a nice chat. Nothing better than a skillet of fried potatoes with onions.!!! How many acres do you own? I hope Virginia is feeling better. Yes, grow some watermelons. My grandparents lived in NE Arkansas, Evening Shade, & grew 25 Acres Each of Watermelons. Black Diamond & Crimson Sweet & Hales Best & Rocky Ford Cantaloupe . He sold a lot of them. When you were walking back by the wheat, I saw a long silver tank out there. What is that? I really enjoyed your video. I enjoy All Of Them.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ha ha. Tank?I will have to go back and watch.Thank you for sharing this with us Brenda and glad you enjoy

[@kennethmichael5607]

Got one and I like it

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you

[@jvin248]

Some of my corn I experimented planting beans along the row of corn plus over-casting radish and buckwheat to shade the soil some. We'll see how it all does, corn is popping up. Other corn I planted pumpkins and squash between the rows to keep the deer out, they seemed frightened of fully covered squash vine corn last year.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Hope it does good!

[@walterperry4565]

We used to raise fiest for squirrel dogs

[@metcalfmills5679]

They are good ens

[@karenweir7310]

It was an Eclipse! Lol!

[@metcalfmills5679]

I told y’all! Ha ha

[@wandamcgann7728]

i use one of those every year. lol

[@metcalfmills5679]

That’s great!

[@sonyagregory5711]

When tater harvest comes please show us how you store your taters. Knew a wise old Mountain man back in 1999. He kept his taters in the barn in the ground covered up with burlap. Never did ask him how he kept the rodents and critters out of them though!🤣

[@metcalfmills5679]

I will do it. I have some videos on that..

[@died4us590]

Good day Justro, was laughing, because for some reason, only on your video's i caught up on today, the commercial has been fried spam every time lol. God bless you and the girl's.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ha ha! I had nothing to do with that ! Thank you and God bless you too

[@lorrainemotter1903]

Can't wait to find out how the silver queen does. I grew up with silver queen, and it's hard to find now. Of course the sweet corn is ok too.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Me too! Thanks Lorraine

[@lorrainemotter1903]

@@metcalfmills5679 You're welcome

[@lastdayshomesteading6288]

I got one of them push plows. You should still be okay on time there to harvest. Sometimes it's late sometimes early. I was about 3 weeks later than last year getting the garden in this year. Looks good take care.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you LDH!

[@leedalrymple737]

I have been looking at these! Thank you for explaining this God is so good!

[@metcalfmills5679]

For sure! Glad that you enjoyed

[@ladyryan902]

Lol I want one

[@metcalfmills5679]

One what?

[@ladyryan902]

A push plow ?

[@MiddleEastMilli]

Just what I needed to see! I had to go full screen and just drink it all in......it was food to my soul! Looks like you have mastered the art of the slow shot now! :) Very artistically done. Thank you so much Justro. From your friend MEM. God bless you.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Aw thank you! Glad you enjoyed and God bless you as well

[@markplowboygreen1295]

Very cool Justin , I need to do some videos with my mule implements, you got that cur treeing , I use coon and squirrel hunt with dogs .

[@metcalfmills5679]

You should, that would be great! No I ain’t had time to hunt none..

[@tholland5509]

One time I was floating the creek and spear fishing and I was in a little hole and started swimming up under some limbs to the bank and up over a log that was layed over half buried that log was parallel to the bank about 3 foot off the edge of the cliff in 2 foot of water or so and when I swam up over that log one of those snappers about 2 foot wide or more shot across under me parallel with the log tripped me out for a second all I seen out the goggles was a huge shell and big legs pounding the bottom going from right to left and I could hear it under water loud as thunder!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Man! Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@brendaarnold8485]

Justro, You Mother would be so Proud of You! You are an amazing man. I'm 70 now, been divorced 41 years. Had an abusive husband. Never wanted to try marriage again. However, I would have in a heartbeat if I had met man like you! You are a rare Jewell! Do You like older women?? LOL Just kidding. LOL I like the way you made your rows. That's how my grandparents did it. But they used a Shetland Pony to pull theirs. Tipper, from Celebration Appalachia, grows Greasy Beans. She says they are really good.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you Brenda. I understand. Lol, I wouldn’t think a woman like you would have any problem finding a good man. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@kickapoocraftycat]

Good Lord I thought you planted a ton of taters the other day and here you have a field twice as big.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Yeah I’m the one and only original Tatertarian… The only thing better than taters is more of em! And I like to share🙂. Thanks KCC

[@tagladyify]

Penny is so cute! Nice job Justro! I use a shovel, digging fork, rake, and hoe. I might never get done if I had gardens as large as yours are. 😂 I did teepees out of large sticks from my tree trimmings or storm damage as supports for my beans and field peas. I got the idea when I saw a guy on KZbin used saplings to make an enormous teepee for his beans as a permanent structure on his property for growing.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks Tracy! That is a good idea! I want to try that one day

[@brendaarnold8485]

Tracy,, I had an uncle who made the teepees for his beans. Worked great!

[@tagladyify]

@@brendaarnold8485 it looked really beautiful and he could go inside and pick the beans hanging down in there.

[@MichaelEReed-fb2po]

👍🙏

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

I love those old push plows. I had one years ago that could use a spade or a 4 prong cultivator. I planted greasy beans this year first time. I planted some with my corn and some on a trellis. It's good to know I'm not too late to plant sorghum. I also love turtle soup and turtle nuggets.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing this with us! I planted some sorghum today

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

@@metcalfmills5679 It'll probably be a couple days for me. I tried to grow sugar beets this spring and the deer or rabbits ate every last one😥

[@metcalfmills5679]

You need some of Billys Bone Sauce. Perma Pastures Farm

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

@@metcalfmills5679 I bought some, but I guess my deer are immune?

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ive never seen it not work

[@franpaterno486]

❤❤❤ 👍👍👍

[@metcalfmills5679]

❤️

[@dowdawg]

I seen where a guy got a big snapper a few years back With a Arrow head stuck in its Shell. They Get really old

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for sharing this with us. Very interesting

[@deborahstrickland9845]

What a great video. Gorgeous land. Growing tips to tuck away. Love the doggies. My daddy had one of those plows. Glad I’m not the only one who saves turtles off the road and doesn’t kill bugs unless I have to. Hoping the camera crew is on the mend.💚👏

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you Deborah!

[@ASouthernLadyinAppalachia]

I enjoyed the video so much. I miss not having a big garden, but I’m still canning. I found a bunch of half & half on markdown today. It goes out of date in a couple of weeks, so I’m about to can it and some heavy whipping cream. USDA says not to do it, but I’m a bit of a rebel. 😉 I hope the girls get to feeling better, you sound a little hoarse yourself. Have an awesome weekend!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you SL! They are some better. Thank you! Ha ope you do too!

[@tpaw6908]

That sure was a good afternoon ride along better done day I know my beans are coming up really good , but the corn is stubborn this year. Hope to get all planted soon your not behind you just have a lot to do. Tell the girls I hope they feel better. ❤

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you TPaw❤️ I will tell them. I hope it all goes good

[@fresnokidsr]

That was a pretty good sized turtle there. If it ain't asking to much I was curious about how much property y'all have? The idea that you mentioned about kicking dirt over the seed after you drop it, this here city kid thought of that as I was watching you drop the seed. I hope that your camera crew and planter helper get ta feelin better real soon so they can get back to helping you. I'm sure thats what they would rather be doin anyways. Thank you again for sharing this with us I'd say that you didn't do to bad recordi g at the same time that you did all that work. Have a good one. Have fun take care

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you! I’m sure they will be better soon. Thank you hope you do as well!

[@fresnokidsr]

@@metcalfmills5679 welcome. Maybe someday I'll be able to. I currently drive truck pulling a flatbed for a living and I'm in Texas right now

[@tholland5509]

Did you get that orange envelope from mr Danny that looks Familiar

[@metcalfmills5679]

No that one was from another friend.

[@chickenmama4384]

Man you have some beautiful land. What a lovely place to live? How many acres do you have??

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you. I am thankful. Around 50 I think

[@chickenmama4384]

@@metcalfmills5679 that’s a nice amount of land. 💕

[@richardatlavenderhomestead3170]

Another great video ! We use the Hoss double wheel hoe we love it . We plant rattlesnake beans we got a few years ago in Hendersonville from a man who had been growing them years. I wish I still had some of the greasy beans my Granny use to plant they came from some of our family In Madison co. I came across some dent corn seed called red stripe I’m going to give a try next year . Have you ever heard of it?

[@metcalfmills5679]

I have not heard of that. Hope it does good

[@Epona52]

I was afraid I wouldn't get potatoes this year - I was delayed getting them in the ground, and most were pretty soft when I did . . . but at least half have come up, and I went ahead and added some more the other day, hoping the season runs long enough to get a harvest!

[@metcalfmills5679]

I am late with some of them also. I hope so too Julia

[@HeatherNaturaly]

My tater crop is about ready to harvest end of this month. lol It's all of 3 rows x 15ft long. I'll be replanting for a late Fall crop.

[@metcalfmills5679]

I hope they do good for you.

[@HeatherNaturaly]

@@metcalfmills5679 Thanks! The one row is Yukon Gold, my favorite. Danny from Deep South says they don't produce well for him, but I hope they do well for me. The other 2 rows are a Purple variety with a few YG interspersed where the chickens dug em up and ate the first planting. Dang chickens! We'll see how the YG does. If they do decently, that is what I will replant in July. I sent you an email.. just in case it goes to your junk mail.

[@sunnyducker3170]

Nice job on the video! I can only imagine how much harder it is without your camera girl. Hope she's feeling much better. Do you do a lot of reading and research about what you do, or does this knowledge come mostly from life experience? Amazing to come across a snapping turtle! He did not want your help, but he should be thankful.

[@metcalfmills5679]

She is feeling a lot better. Charlotte got sick on Wednesday, so it has been a week of it. Mostly life experience, seems like things work different in different places so it’s better to learn where you’re at. Yeah he wanted to wrestle instead of move along. Thanks Sunny 🙂

[@Skashoon]

That’s really cool, but with the soil I have, I’d need a water Buffalo to pull it through. I like the way you think about being late in planting, seeing it as a learning opportunity. God’s plan, God’s will, God’s timetable. I found a source for Cushaw seeds, but they were sold out. I’ll try again this winter if I can remember. I’ve never eaten Greasy beans, never heard of them. Thanks for the planting tips too! You sure have a lot of nice old farming tools. It will be fun seeing everything growing. My Hickory King is about 2’ tall now. I planted zucchini and half runner beans with it. I’m looking for somewhere to plant mustard greens. Neighbor has a rototiller, so maybe I make a couple rows. Digging them with a fork would take me a couple weeks. Fingers crossed. Did I miss the eclipse, or was that what you were showing over your shoulder while planting?

[@metcalfmills5679]

That’s right RR! Glad to hear the corn is growing! Hope it works for you. Yep when I was planting

[@rn588]

How do you harvest your wheat?

[@metcalfmills5679]

A small amount by hand. I own half a AC66 combine

[@skipdunham1596]

Another great one Justin! I’ve got a push plow just like that! We call em old wheel hoe. Had a Black dash hound for over 17 years, they sure are loyal dogs! Hey do you double seed that Hickory King like what you were doing?

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks Skip! No I don’t, it does better in single hills.

[@skipdunham1596]

@@metcalfmills5679 thank you my friend!

[@lisamcfall1210]

I’m getting impatient for my taters to bloom. I would like to grow some mustard greens in the fall. But I couldn’t find seeds. Someone suggested planting mustard seeds that are bottled for spice use and sold at the grocery store. Wonder if that would work 🤔

[@metcalfmills5679]

Email me Lisa and I will send you some.

[@jerrykates4601]

where I Come From

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you