Cultivating the Garden with a Single Draft Horse // Horsing Around

[@specterman2000]

It's very touching to see how much your daughter Abby loves Lady!❤️ She is a beautiful horse!

[@Dick49311]

WOW, what a beautiful flower garden and vegetable garden. Your wife sure does have a green thumb. Thanks to you Jim for helping her by cultivating the garden. I can’t believe how much it has grown since you first cultivated it. It’s a lot of work with both of you having full time jobs. Thanks for the update.

[@banitesscruz9771]

Really impressed by how Abby mounts that horse that's taller than her at the withers without a boost or a mounting block 👏

[@johnkomosa4089]

Yes, I forgot to comment on that, impressive, my Mom used to go at a horse like that, mount them with confidence like you mean it, good job Abby, my Mom would say "that's just how you do it. And if that horse bucks you off, you go right back on". She say... But I can't see Lady bucking you off. Lady is a Lady...as Jim says, not always ah ha

[@kevinmaritz4519]

Thanks Jim .always fun hanging out with you. Keep well.

[@hughperkins707]

I can remember my dad doing that with an old mare Kate. She would dance around on the first row but after that she went as straight as an arrow.❤️❤️

[@stephensteen9058]

Abbey is. Precious so skilled with a big horse

[@tanyagarcia3721]

You go, Abby. Man you got up there like lady was a regular saddlebred horse

[@lacisebok3921]

átiratok

[@riannmoon6476]

What a great memory to have recorded! Your cup over floweth.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Yes!

[@johnraue5708]

Family team work- with one horse ABBY can horse around to have fun on a good day. We watch this good working with horses. John and family from BC CANADA- rain here. Thanks Abby and all.

[@davidconaway2830]

My neighbor used to spray soapy water on her garden and plants to discourage bugs of all types from getting a free meal. The garden looks great!

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Yes, I do some of that and it does help too, thanks for the suggestion and watching- Brenda

[@nancyincanada5553]

A wonderful video! You guys never disappoint:) Oh Brenda, your flower garden is spectacular! Those hollyhocks are stunning! What are the red flowers? The vegetables look so healthy. Abby, I held my breath when you stood on that giant horse! LOL Wow! Jim, fascinating to watch you cultivate with the horse. A great video....thank you for sharing with us. I have to play this again just to look at Brenda's flowers.....beautiful!:) God bless your family.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thank you! There was a poppy plant to volunteered in the garden and I just let it grow there. Thanks for watching, Brenda

[@nancyincanada5553]

@@WorkingHorsesWithJim Beautiful red poppies:)

[@ronaldfeuerstein435]

Thank you Jim. Abbie and Brenda.. You got a great teamster there in Miss Abbie. Lady looked so relaxed and so willingly with her rider.. Wow. Please pass this along to Miss Abbie?🌹 Brenda? Thats a great ideal with tater bugs.. Never thought of that.. Thank you.. Heres one for you too.🌹

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks from Brenda

[@ronaldfeuerstein435]

@@WorkingHorsesWithJim your welcomed Miss Brenda.. Went out and did that to my taters.. I dusted them but was surprised with the bugs that was there.. Worked great.. Thanks

[@klauskarbaumer6302]

Your garden looks really nice. Isn't it great also to have a daughter who can guide a horse so well through the rows? Brenda, it really pays to brush off the potato bugs. We grow a lot more potatoes of course since we sell to restaurants, but last year my wife and I went throw the rows assiduously every day for a while and were rewarded this year by no potato beetles at all. We took buckets with a bit of water in them, which drowned them. Lady is a very good horse and puts up with anything.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks, with a lot more potatoes it must have taken a lot of work to keep up with them, glad they are gone for you this year. How are your gardens doing this year? - Brenda

[@klauskarbaumer6302]

@@WorkingHorsesWithJim Brenda, we are having a bumper crop of onions, the potatoes which I started digging, are also good, but our beets didn't get the rain they needed in the crucial time, so they are not satisfactory. The peas were good, and we are starting harvesting green beans. Our tomatoes are coming on strong. Greens were adequate in spring. Now I am waiting for more rain. If it were up to me, it could rain every other day , now that our first cut of hay is in, which was extremely bountiful this year.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Sounds like things are going good for you, and yes rain sure would be great!

[@santillbrezon2161]

That works well Jim and your very good family all working together, good video.

[@pocketchange1951]

👍👌🇨🇦❤, I was showing my dad your video and the potatoe bugs, he was laughing so hard, he said that his dad would make him and his brother's go oit into the patch each with a coffee tin partially filled with kerosene and have to pick the bugs by hand and 5hrough them in the tin, he said he didn't know which was a worse punishment, picking them , or the combination of the heat, humidity and the fumes off the kerosene, many thanks for the memories

[@marionboucher3155]

lady is such a beautitful horse

[@thewestnewyorker7269]

Wow! What beautiful flowerbeds! I remember my great uncle going through his potatoes when I was a kid. Now it's my turn. Sure has been hot and dry here, looks like there also. Love to see Lady and all your horses work. Thank you for sharing!

[@gregwitkamp5583]

Beautiful Horses

[@scruffy6151]

Garden is looking good so are the flowers. Good job cultivating the garden only minimal damage. We had horses for riding my dad bought draft horses when we all left and he not longer farm the ground. Used them for hauling in firewood year round. Thank you for the video. Have a great day. God Bless al of you.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

God bless you, thanks for watching!

[@brownmilligan1936]

its good i dont live close to you. i would be out to see you and your family all the time. thanks for all 4 off your time.

[@stevesoutdoorworld4340]

Nice team work!

[@allanbarsness6076]

thats a good idea getting bugs off the potatoes plants Brenda

[@allanlavallee7171]

Loved the video. Remember doing this with my Dad and Beauty.

[@robertpowell2746]

Those horses are so gentle, your girls are sure pretty and helpful.

[@donaldgibson3121]

We always enjoy your videos and your garden looks great. We also love your flowers.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thank you, thanks for watching!

[@ronaldkearn3322]

Another great video with Lady! Jim you should fasten a wheel on the from of that cultivator. It would make life really easier. :-) Abbey was lucky not to have fallen. Lucky that Lady is a gentle lady. :-)

[@johnkomosa4089]

If my Mom seen the things us boys did on the farm, she would of had a heart attack, we were crazy wild. Climb to the top peak of the barn, free hand for starters.. Lucky we all lived..

[@mountainman1961]

I just noticed in this video how rocky your land is!! It was making the cultivators ring!! Great video Jim!!

[@johncaffrey5395]

What a beautiful video Jim and Abby!

[@johnleahu9503]

This reminds me of the old country!! I loved working with horses!! You guys are so blessed!!

[@name-ey5it]

That was very nice. Your girls are very good helpers .

[@johnkomosa4089]

Great looking garden. That's some good balance Abby. "I'm Walking....yes indeed, and-i'm-talking." Lady is a "smoooth operator, smoooth.....operatorr". I seen some goodies in that garden , owe,, and the potato bugs, good job and thanks for that tip. I think we used to dust them with some kind of powder.. But I like your idea. Organic all the way. You go girl..s

[@ericlakota6512]

Ladys like lets get this done and over i want to get back to that pasture

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

Great video. Haven't grew any potatoes in a few years but when I did I dusted them with self rising flower. No more bugs!

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Sounds like an easy thing to try!

[@bradley.missick5976]

Hi Abby, Oh how I Love too see you on the horse. Great Job Abby

[@theodorecarlton5245]

Keep the good stuff coming thanks

[@chrism1164]

Beautiful garden! Fun video.

[@gregwitkamp5583]

we it the same as well as using traps , they really help

[@terrytenley9327]

I certainly did enjoy video thx.. such gentle draft horse too.

[@kswaynes7569]

Mom and Dad would do that with the potatoes and when I got chickens we would let the chickens in the garden (with supervision) to grab bugs. Jim hasn't had time to put a wheel on that cultivator yet, just add it to the "to do" list.

[@johnkomosa4089]

That be fun to watch chicken peck those bugs. For a while

[@larrymajor8296]

So Neat!! Didn't know that you had this site. I subscribed. Very impressive. Thanks.

[@debbiebjorklund3241]

Loved the whole video. ❤😊

[@susanbrown2909]

Lovely flower bed..Brenda. Best wishes from UK.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thank you!

[@hughwhaley3179]

Great way to cultivate and love your hollyhocks thanks for sharing 🐎👍

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks for watching!

[@kevinbwillson4161]

Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful

[@garycooper7666]

Beautiful flower garden and the green onions looked good. Abby forgot to say tada after standing on Lady's back

[@lostnation5348]

Nicely done. Thank You.

[@hsuanchen8903]

令人羨慕的生活，放鬆，和平，悠閒，我很喜歡。

[@thirzapeevey2395]

I miss doing this with my little gal. Folks in our area favored Rastus plows, and plow ponies.

[@canvids1]

Thanks to all involved including your wonderful lady. I am so glad that I found your channel . Keep posting your great videos thanks so much.

[@hacc220able]

Thanks for sharing

[@kimnenninger7226]

These are really neat people. Can Abby come over and cultivate our yard? Your method is so much smarter than what I did by hand. Maybe Abby could train one our horses to do that.

[@suzie9905]

Beautyful garden. It's so dry here in Arizona , my garden is really taking it time..

[@charleshansen8558]

Plant your potatoes later, I plant last week in May and no potato bugs, they die off early if no potatoes around when they emerge from the winter. Still get a good crop of potatoes even planting that late.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks for the tip!

[@anniejones2640]

I have always wondered what it was like to ride a big draft horse... I got my first pony when I was five. She was half Shetland and half Appaloosa. She not terribly attractive and was not well behaved but she was mine and I loved riding her until I got old enough that I was trusted to ride one of our thoroughbreds by myself. The difference was like going from a Volkswagen to a Mercedes....🤔🙂😁

[@veronicasmith1147]

Oh my god I love your garden

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks!

[@rickhatesmisleadia7101]

nice garden! :)

[@karinlotz5732]

Really nice video! Lots of greetings from Germany.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks for watching!

[@randolphbutler1832]

What a good horse and a better rider ! 🐴 Lady seems to be over her dental issues and the minerals must be helping that beautiful shiny coat. So good natured.

[@dimitriosandreadis6360]

Plant some basil between your potatoes to repel the bugs. Companion planting always helps.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks, will have to try next year- Brenda

[@garyfeltus9801]

Really enjoy watching them big horse's work. They are so beautiful. Great looking garden.

[@herbhouston5378]

Your garden is beautiful! The delphinium I remember from my mom's flowerbeds... They are gorgeous! Just a thought... but could you use diatomaceous earth on potato bugs? Another thought... my dad taught me that when growing onions for green onions... to plant the sets upside down... then when they start to grow they will grown down, looking for the sun, and then curve and grow up... Makes the white part longer... and also dad would buy extra sets so that when we pulled a green onion for the table... we stick another in the same spot after we worked the soil a bit... Just ramblin'...

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Thanks for sharing! I bet the diatomaceous earth would work while they are in that young stage- I didn’t know all that onion info- will have to try it!

[@sharonvincent1772]

You are a great gardener. I have always mixed up a soap spray for my veggies. I like to use a natural soap if I can. Never use a soap that has borax in it, and test it on a plant. Check it for the next few days. Some plants are more sensitive than others and you may have to adjust you spray.

[@KingsMom831]

You guys have such a beautiful place. What beautiful horses too. It was hard to watch her yanking in the bit/horses mouth. Curious if you’ve had any experience going bitless? Would be nice to see how your horses would respond to cues, without a bit... thanks for another video!

[@ronsmith6233]

My chickens love them.

[@TheYeti308]

Awesome !

[@dannyboy7086]

love the garden work with Lady. Abby, I don't think you like yer perdy toes so much lol...

[@bigrigger5617]

Good old barefooted farm girl. Never had shoes until school started LOL

[@specterman2000]

LOL A modern Daisy Mae.

[@sylviaverrill6681]

My wife’s dad would collect potato bug in a bucket, then squish them with his bare feet on the tar road. He didn’t wear shoes much. Jon V.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Yikes, that doesn't sound fun to me....Brenda here

[@farmboy5622]

Great job Y'all. Your garden looks beautiful. The beautiful flowers should attract the pollinators. Jim sure has to be quick at making adjustments. Are there any plans to upgrade Lady with the John Deere Greenstar GPS system?!?! (Ha!Ha!) We need to see more of Abby and Trudy doing some trick riding on the horses.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Maybe if Lady had the gps system she wouldn’t have walked on that corn😀. Will pass y try he message on to the girls!

[@alb5489]

@@WorkingHorsesWithJimMebbee "Computer error" on the gps???

[@alanlanghorn9528]

Think my late day used spray potatoes with soapy water to keep the bugs of may be worth a try for you

[@annettecinquemanifalbo17]

Watching another one of your videos made me smile through all of it again! I wonder if I could train Chief to plow!? I could stand on his back and slide off his rear end!! I used to drive my horses from behind when I was just getting them started... Wonder if he'd remember...?!?! Plus I would have teach him to accept the collar being placed over his head and all the other gear!! He's about to turn 19 in June! He was born on my place out of Cinco she just turned 27! He's a big black and white paint and he is gorgeous! Have a great day... I'm working on my garden today! It's 5/24/21! Glad y'all made it through 2020 too! What a year to remember...or one to try and forget?!

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Worth a try! Happy gardening, yes quite a year!

[@donvoll2580]

Good day Watching this were corn was tramp on takes back when my dad done it in 60's , boy mom was really worked up. I remember my dad saying a good horse can walk 4 mile/hr. Boy you guys really went thur there. Thanks . What about itchy burning legs, from Lady's sweat.

[@hristocerovski3131]

Très bonne cheval 🐴 bravo

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Merci beaucoup!

[@sionnach541]

That mare turns on a 6 pence a job well done ,

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Turns on a 6 pence-turns on a dime...😀 thanks for watching

[@sylviaverrill6681]

Rocky ground. Good for potato’s, my Grandfather would say...

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

yes, the potatoes usually grow well here, so that must be right :)

[@UlsterScot17]

Hi folks, Just been watching use knocking on grubs onto bin lid. Do uses not feed grubs to hens , or wild birds. In UK we have blackbirds and thrushes that help same as Robins and starlings

[@84953]

I'm glad Abby didn't actually try to ride Lady standing on her back. The way I've seen it done is with a sort of carousel setup and the person riding would wear a harness as well as another person controlling the rope so as to keep the rider up and let the regain the footing or let them down to the ground for a remount.

[@paulwilliamson3049]

GREETINGS FROM KENTUCKY. VERY ENJOYABLE VIDEO. BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS..INTERESTING WAY TO KILL POTATOE BUGS. ABBY AND LADY ARE QUITE THE TEAM FOR GARDEN CULTIVATION.LOOKS LIKE YOU COULD USE SOME RAIN. DO YOU BALE ANY HAY WITH THE HORSES? YOUR VIDEOS TAKE ME BACK TO MY YOUTH.. MY DAY FARMED WITH HORSES

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Paul Williamson No we don’t use the horses we use the tractor for baling, And yes it is very dry here, thanks for watching

[@larry323]

Hi Jim, it looks like you could use some rain. They say that farmers wives are the best cooks. Is that true and what is your favorite meal that Brenda makes for you? Thanks again

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Larry this Farmer’s wife is the best cook. There’s too many favorites to just name one.

[@SWAMPHUNTER644]

Quicklime spread on your potato plants like a dust will sometimes make the potato bugs fall off. I've had mixed results. Paying young kids a penny a bug collected in a pail or glass jar is money well spent. First money I ever earned. But really, if you watch sales, BOGO, and such, it's almost better to buy than grow and a lot less work. and you will have better quality. I don't eat potatoes like we used to on the farm however. I make scalloped potatoes and boiled and baked potatoes and freeze a bunch ahead and then microwave. Depends on your family size and needs.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

That’s how I earned my first money too. Nothing like homegrown potatoes- we had some little ones for dinner and they were delicious.

[@SWAMPHUNTER644]

@@WorkingHorsesWithJim Yes, I love "new" potatoes also but when they are ready, there is so much else to eat from the garden, I don't seem to get around to digging them. Might be different if I had a wife and family still.

[@SWAMPHUNTER644]

Using my Troybilt "Horse" rototiller to weed is almost as much work as you using your horse! I sometimes make a mistake too.

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

😀

[@mwhelan53]

Did your girls ever have a saddle for the drafts growing up or was it all bare back?

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Yes we do have one

[@davidthomas4277]

I would rig up a wheel from a push lawn mower on front of the cultivator. I think it would work out ok.

[@thomasgoad3695]

A smart ladies

[@thewestnewyorker7269]

Very nicely done. Jim, what row spacing works best with your horses?

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

thewest newyorker 36 inch is a good row spacing for a horse. Mine are a little bit less but I wish that they were 36 inches

[@thewestnewyorker7269]

@@WorkingHorsesWithJim Thank you! Thinking of adding some Halflingers to our little farm, so occasionally have some questions. Thank you for your answer.

[@jipjojed]

Well done Lady! I used to live around Sherburne NY are you close to that area?

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Kristine Curtis I don’t know where Shelburne New York is, so we must not be too close, thanks for watching

[@loganmick1]

Will chickens not clear the bugs out?

[@firecaptaintom6670]

Lady probably thought the walking on her back felt good.

[@printaboul]

..... "we almost got fired ..." Oh gosh, good thing you have a nice boss.

[@gregholl5011]

Turn the bugs into eggs and then into chocolate cake! 😊

[@ericlakota6512]

Faster then my bcs is for shure i need a horse and some .it not as great as seing them in the woods id love going loging with a horse. It just is awsome seing you out their with man and his teem pulling logs barly making ruts

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Glad you like the vids, I hope to do a lot more logging videos in the future. Thanks for watching

[@katherynlamarche7308]

Jim your are a unique person,you are so good with your horses and your family it makes me think i would like to meet you but that will never happen because of distance and different country. Keep it up Julien Lamarche

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

We would love to meet you! What country are you from?

[@katherynlamarche7308]

Yes i would like to meet you and your family but i live Lanark County in eastern ontario Canada it will not happen but thanks for the offer. Julien Lamarche

[@davidthomas4277]

I don't plant sweet corn any more , the Raccoon always knew when it ready to eat before I did.

[@alb5489]

Jim are you using a rubber bit on Lady? In the "Roman Driving" segment at the end of this video that looks like a rubber bit in Lady's closeup?? Tx!

[@ronhaworth5471]

My first garden was as a kid using a neighbor hand plow..

[@garyarmstrong4597]

Those horses are so trusting of you and you all are so trusting of them then I assume they have their stables connected to your house 🏠 and join you all for the main meal in the evenings. Do they ever play up?

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

No, the stable is not connected to the house but we certainly do have to trust each other a lot and the horses are a big part of our lives here on the farm. They don’t eat with us but Jim is very particular about making sure they are fed well and on time (he lives his horses!)

[@garyarmstrong4597]

Working Horses With Jim . I was joking regards sleeping and eating with you all. I remember my grandfather doing the same also here in Western Australia. I remember the last remaining horse well. His name was Saddleback. Certainly a different sort of name for a horse. BTW I am 66 and I remember Saddleback from the very early 1960,s to give you an idea of time slot.

[@stricklyorganics9634]

Hi I'm a new subscriber to the channel, and already learnt a lot,I am a small scale market gardener.that is looking to up scale using traditional methods.as yourself....couldnt u just mulch in between the spuds/crops ,or is it more of an exercise for the horse/s? or are u going to sow more seeds..i aint watched the end of the video yet but had me wondering 🤔

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Welcome aboard! We usually cultivate at the beginning of the season, and hill up the spuds and then when the plants get too big, we mulch since we have a lot of organic matter around here

[@stricklyorganics9634]

@@WorkingHorsesWithJim cheers for the reply, but it wasnt quite the answer I was looking for, im no expert in this field, but couldnt quite see the point of the horse goin in between the rows, I was wondering if it was just a work out for the horse,or just keeping the paths clear free from weeds.

[@katforgiven6411]

won't the chickens eat the spud bugs?

[@hughperkins707]

Do you have a potato hiller too?

[@WorkingHorsesWithJim]

Hugh Perkins No we just use a hoe, but I wish I had one for the horses

[@valeriepowell1736]

Aww, Sister you could have done it!