Just Seven Months In! [End of March Garden Tour]

Back in September we started gardening here in South Alabama... we've come a long way since then!
Today we take a tour of the garden beds. Spring is here and what we've been planting is just starting to shape up.
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[@davidthegood]

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[@hubertyoung5571]

That exact same question Walter Veith asked a young person. Ever heard if Walter Veith? You know that I wouldn't waste your time, lie to you. Check him out... a wealth of information. Blessings...

[@lynnwhite3503]

My husband was watching the beginning...He said, "He sounds like you". I took that as a compliment.

[@Yggdrasil30]

XD

[@naomiward4310]

👍

[@startingfromseed3]

Garden looks good. You can eat the Dock. It taste like Spinach. You have a lot of exposed ground. I would recommend a cover crop like clover. Part of soil improvement is getting roots in the ground. Clover is edible, provides food for pollinators, and is nitrogen fixing. Soil needs to be covered.

[@lili011]

28:09 that is honestly GOALS 🙌 Person: Oh, what's your favorite system or method of gardening? Me: ... chaotically.

[@tracycrider7778]

Truth

[@TheBigjay927]

popcorn tree makes a good coppice tree..........grows fast, survives being butchered and turned into mulch, compost, soil. Insane like a fox.

[@nancyfahey7518]

Makes a cute little bonsai too.

[@jnpg]

What's a popcorn tree?

[@bigtupholsterygardeningbee4170]

That yellow doc is good medicine

[@tamararoberts9307]

My mom cooked doch and dandelion alot when I was growing up. I still love and grow greens of all kinds

[@DTNM308]

What a coincidence I was just looking at those molasses and alfalfa cubes at tractor supply.

[@andrewriley4279]

"Your watching the Shoveling Channel with David the Good. All shoveling all the time!" Lol 🤣👍

[@OfftoShambala]

Thats probably why I like this channel... I can relate! I tell everyone that me and the shovel are best friends... I have five different kinds that get used regularly. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@PleasantPrickles]

Popcorn tree=biomass for composting and mulching. Wow! Looking good! 🌱🌱🌱🌱

[@freegandavehartman8908]

I have used a ton of shredded cardboard. I also use the shredded cardboard for my composting toilet.

[@bethnshermy]

What paper shredder do you have?

[@RussellBallestrini]

Yeah what one?

[@blaccsilverstaff5484]

I buried a shoe box under my tomato plant.....end of season gone😂 no signs of it

[@gardenweedsgrower]

I dig your garden style, organized but still with a lot of fun chaos tossed into the mix. I’m here for because it is kinda my style too.

[@blaccsilverstaff5484]

Haha me too.....some people gardens are over rated🙄

[@blaccsilverstaff5484]

Growing okra from seeds that harvest last year.....IT FEELS GOOD

[@davidthegood]

Yes, that is the best.

[@shpuply]

Missed another yet again... You're still great David and Gang!

[@meuandthelot]

Good to see you back on a homestead, developing yet another property. Prayers to you and yours!

[@davidthegood]

Thank you.

[@AnitaLusty]

Funny how I can watch you doing the weeding when I have plenty of weeding to do myself. ❤️

[@Iloveorganicgardening]

It's amazing how much farther ahead of the season you are there . My wife says the same thing to me. She can't find any food in my garden and wonders why I don't grow normal things Lol In fact, she yelled at me this morning as soon as she opened her eyes because I have a chop and drop mound too close to the neighbours!

[@tjiacab3272]

Glad to see you made it through the tornados. Love the garden and all that i learn from you. My dad made us kids tend his large garden. I really loved the fresh vegetables. He told me to wear cotton gloves when i picked my first row of okra. I did for 1 minute, then used bare hands. The hair like stickers made my hands itch for a while. Dad knew some stuff. CB Thanks for your efforts and great videos.

[@davidthegood]

Yeah, those okra hurt!

[@KellenChase]

Excited. Just realized most of your books are on audible. Purchased all but the Florida specific one. And, just potted up some thithonia diversifolia today…. Hopefully they survived the shock of coming from Florida and survive the Arizona heat… I got boking 14 to survive in a pot outside, so I’m actually pretty confident I’ll be making some more of my own fertility for my tiny garden.

[@notmyfault6835]

"CHOP AND DROP" is the name of my new band!

[@jktriple_g_129]

Beautiful GARDEN

[@cathyhuddle1769]

Love listening to your ideas and puts smile on my face. I’ve never heard anyone talk or garden after you do. I want to garden like this!!!!

[@scharlenewinningham5579]

I am really impressed with what you have done! You have taught me about not being so ridged with planting. More fun.

[@sharks9555]

honestly you could make a 3 hour shoveling asmr video and i would listen to it, the shoveling sounds in the terra preta video was so relaxing i almost fell asleep 😂

[@zacharypinegar3111]

Now THAT'S some Master Gardener type ish right der.

[@derpderp1101]

I learn something in every video I can watch. Thank you!

[@GFD472]

Great job David! I hope you do more Garden tour videos....

[@oby-1607]

David the Good has good videos.

[@moniquegebeline4350]

I would totally trade you for your soil believe it or not. My red clay has the worst drainage. I just can’t. I was digging a banana circle and the water from LAST WEEKS rain is still in there. I think we are closer to the water table than we thought, that soil isn’t even the rotten clay that area I planted tomatoes before and buried a crap load of fish and compost there! Lol. My tomatoes have taken off as well, all of a sudden I turned around and POOF those and the ground cherries are huge. I also got baby plums and apples and a couple apricot! I just bought a white pomegranate (I forget the variety) and a cranberry pomegranate and two jujubes 🤗 boy are they pricey too.

[@blaccsilverstaff5484]

PEATMOSS DIG HOLES AND PUT PEAT MOSS AND COMPOST........

[@TheRealHonestInquiry]

Compost, organic matter like leaves, and Gypsum will help the most to loosen up your clay. I would leave out the peatmoss since it's got too much water holding capacity not enough air holding capacity which is what you need with clay.

[@hubertyoung5571]

Hey David. About mounding the spuds. The reason why mounding spuds is necessary, is because of compaction. So instead of expanding in the soil, the spuds expand up, get exposed to the air and turn green. Why not wood chips in the paths, then next season throw on the beds.

[@davidthegood]

Too much trouble to get wood chips.

[@ninograndjean9618]

Sweet Home Alabama ;D

[@VoyagesNow]

Awesome

[@cherylanon5791]

Yes!!! No shame if things go to flower....that feeds the beneficial insects....I do however remove seed heads from those not welcome to re-seed (chives) but allow others to develop (lettuce) Am always rewarded with "free" vegetables, arriving at their perfect time 😁

[@gillsmoke]

David the Good's Livestream shoveling ASMR? I'm in, is this a SAT evening stream? I can see it now, a looped mellow guitar riff and a long shot of him shoveling the potato rows. Chat going crazy over how far he's gotten and placing bets how long it is going to last. As the sun sets, out comes the headlamp so he can finish the last row. It ends with him thanking chat and telling and this is how your thumbs become green.

[@hubertyoung5571]

So your vids, Paul Goishe*** Back To Eden, Dr. Elaine Ingham's vids, and Jean Martin's Market Gardening system, to gather with permaculture diversity, and seeing the forest. Put it all together...education

[@MarvinWadeBarr]

My friend had an abundance of radish seed pods last year, she said they are very tasty to cook !

[@davidthegood]

That sounds good.

[@TheRealHonestInquiry]

I've been eating the unopened flowers on my daikon radish, I never thought about eating the seed pods, will have to try that!

[@Juanrivers2022]

The row forest is turning out great. Now thats gardening goals. I wished I had that much property

[@releventhurt]

My plan is to get my hands on some have u asked around for some room to plant?

[@Juanrivers2022]

@@releventhurt I have a small space and family decided for avocado trees so little or no sunshine is all I have sigh**

[@sp0re768]

@@Juanrivers2022 start growing and grafting the avocado for some money!

[@skippy5506]

Great tour David thank you 😁

[@breaking_bear]

Great tour! I cant wait to see what you've built and the other stuff too! What a beautiful life.

[@debbietampasheher3682]

Ty for sharing

[@breaking_bear]

Another fun and productive video! Thanks David!

[@samuelkorger3567]

Yes to the shoveling ASMR. Yes.

[@riverunner9978]

I like the grocer rows !

[@Danfoodforest]

Cool .. Berry lane 👍 Grocery store potatoes growing nicely .. enjoyed the tour Much respect

[@Beecozz7]

Good as always!!! TY DTG

[@dorothyrhodes4657]

Amazing garden considering the soil

[@mkin62]

you're going to coppice (however you spell that lol) those popcorn trees, or as people call them here in Louisiana, tallow trees

[@lynnwhite3503]

I have heard them called that also .(MS)

[@georgegodfrey369]

Popcorn trees are a good source of plant tallow, and is apparently very good at binding soil, which is what I assume you appreciate about them.

[@hubertyoung5571]

That I practice....thanks

[@Hosemastenbrook]

You’re my new favorite youtuber. Great personality. Good permaculture info.

[@teresahyneman4349]

Great garden tour David, thanks! We really like Lumnah Acres also!

[@baddriversofcolga]

34:29 is Dwarf Dandelion (Krigia sp.), which, unlike Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), is native.

[@davidthegood]

Awesome - thank you.

[@baddriversofcolga]

@@davidthegood You're welcome. :)

[@carolynsteele5116]

I love watching you garden. I love your experiments and the way you just try different things and don’t worry so much about the rules. What will you do with all the tomato plants as they grow, especially if you’re not sure which is what? Cages, trellis, sprawl?

[@kkrollingskkrollings3173]

So many great ideas, David you are full of growing knowledge and wisdom. What is in steves mix?

[@vinnettepope8255]

Wonderful 🙏tutorial 👌

[@hubertyoung5571]

You Get the idea...loved the vid on Market Gardening. Shared it on FB

[@hubertyoung5571]

Same for carrots. Lose unpacked soil for nice straight carrots 🥕. Folks will buy those.

[@babetteisinthegarden6920]

I would say you're saving the popcorn tree for pollinators and shopping drop

[@koicaine1230]

Bulb Onions hate me too...

[@Naoma09]

Dock - ugh - my nemesis!

[@bonnieweeks8383]

A beaver got my plum tree. Planted the fig tree closer to the house and it survived. Dang beavers.

[@lourdesdoty7765]

A beaver ate my 2 yr old apple tree!!!

[@davidthegood]

Yikes.

[@williamvillar7134]

Wow, David! Very impressive beds, so much going on. Excited to see how all of the experiments develop. Also excited that I was finally able to order The Meadow Creature broad fork from easy digging and a wood chipper/shredder. We have some transplants in the garden, some seeds started, more to order and we're going to the local 4H plant sale at the high school this coming weekend. Should max out the beds by then and maybe I'll dig some more if I have to.

[@davidthegood]

That sounds great, William.

[@suenavivedisfruta558]

Nice garden! I would love to have that much land so I can plant more. I'm running out of space to plant.😁

[@charlescoker7752]

Where is the link for Steve's mixes?

[@49testsamiam49]

lookin good putting in gardens up here in the mts of va.... we even have a bcs yipee

[@Ok-vj3dw]

Ive got curly and broadleaf dock in my back yard and around the garden. Aphids go absolutely bonkers on those but dont touch any of my stuff. Only some wooly aphids bother my stuff.

[@lynnwhite3503]

I have some too! Will try to not get rid of it all.

[@49testsamiam49]

doing no-tell gardening preparing for the alpaca lips

[@ancientgardening6920]

Can't wait for the fast growing season to start in another month, everything grows so slowly through march and april, and this has been a super warm and rainy year so far. Always good to see strawberries in the garden, and onions, are you going to grow peppers, they are always so amazing.

[@TheEmbrio]

I leave invasive species as soil remediation (they come in because of some conditions and they usually improve it for succession). And chop n drop. I bet you do the same with your popcorn tree

[@PascaltheOtter]

Hey look Popcorn chop and drop mulch and nutrients.

[@lisakukla459]

When you described how you mixed up all the tomato transplants, I couldn't breathe for a second. Does not compute. I love everything else, though; Super jealous of all that space, and all those trees.

[@davidthegood]

That is funny.

[@cherylanon5791]

Have never thought to interplant raspberry patch with cabbages. Hmmm. Very interesting.

[@deborahandrews9728]

I’m not sure where in Alabama you are located, but I know a guy in NW Florida with the absolute best bulk compost for a very reasonable price. I won’t post it here, but if it’s something you’d be interested in let me know. I usually go pick up several trailer loads per year for this sandy soil yard of mine and it’s amazing how much my whole garden has improved. Thanks for sharing your garden! I’m working in mine and listening while I work😀

[@KellenChase]

Popcorn tree for biomass

[@marielefebvre5891]

It’s not you, it’s probably your varieties of onions that you chose. You probably need midday onion varieties to get them to bulb. Try the red and white creoles.

[@elizabethmiller7138]

Another storm coming. Watch AGWN channel 16 dy forecast from last night.

[@t3dwards13]

That's a huge YES to shoveling asmr!!! Also, I told my mom to peel the white onion sprouting in her fridge so she could plant it... She instead chopped off the top and bottom and planted those. 🙈

[@davidthegood]

That's funny.

[@KellenChase]

Suggestion on the specifics of that paper shredder? I’ve been using a simple 9 sheet cross shred for a year and a bit now, 90% of paper waste/cardboard waste goes into compost, 100% of food waste goes into bokashi and then into the tumbler and it’s been awesome, but looking to keep a faster, thicker handling shredder in mind for when this thing reaches end of life

[@noxot13]

wood sorrel taste pretty good, it's sour

[@lynndefuria2554]

David have you heard of "the working cow dairy" in Slocumb ala.. they are an organic dairy everything is organic.. they have great mulch

[@davidthegood]

I have heard of them but they are a long way away from me.

[@SugarCreekOffGrid]

Wow!!! Amazing progress in such a short time. Btw we like watching you work 🤣 So I say let's do a shoveling video....hehehe

[@davidthegood]

Thanks.

[@moniquegebeline4350]

I have the same canna they bloom red, hummers adore those but so do LEAF ROLLERS lol. Drives me nuts when they hit en mass is when I start chopping them back. I have tons of them they’re Mississippi weeds 😂

[@bellechocolate6064]

biochar valuable information

[@RussellBallestrini]

Protect that mulch from the worms use it to grow an old growth food forest, so I would catch and feed worms to chickens.

[@kristennelson5056]

The popcorn tree leaves are good for skin conditions and inflammation. The seeds are waxy

[@davidthegood]

I have not heard that before - I'll look it up.

[@2centprofitgmailcom]

"returning heros" Got me to laugh. Thanks

[@WargamingLobby]

Popcorn tree.. judging by the leaves it should be what we call "Nankin haze" I also plant it! First of all, it's beautiful, second, you can make candles from the seeds coating... I also found papers that explain how the kernel oil, despite being poisonous, can be used for soap. And they're such a beautiful tree... Why kill it?

[@korgy2261]

You let the popcorn tree live because it smells like popcorn!

[@lynndefuria2554]

sorry wish they were closer

[@mariamakariou2914]

Greetings from Cyprus. I like your videos. Great experiments! Why do you let your onions flower? Maybe t that is why you do not get big heads. Thanks.

[@moniquegebeline4350]

Yellow flower is krigia species David

[@tubulartopher]

Oh, your Bok Choy bolted as well? Mine have as well.

[@colinmacdonald8738]

Ur2goodmusictoo!

[@samlikely3201]

Great permaculture nice soil management do you keep chickens I bet the answer is is a chickens butt fowl ? would love to see the birds stay safe

[@evanq4366]

The first couple of days in april have lows in the 30s for southern Alabama, be careful with the tomatoes.

[@davidthegood]

Yeah, it looks scary.

[@mwnemo]

New Yam Trellis 2.0

[@stephenquinley4140]

Carrots look like Danvers half longs.

[@scharlenewinningham5579]

Turnip greens are very good. Save them. Is the popcorn tree the same as the Chinese Talo Berry Tree we get in the Houston area?

[@johnliberty3647]

Is the popcorn tree a popcorn cassia? If so then I know why you left it. Same reason why I installed them. It’s a nitrogen fixer. Actually smells like theater style buttered popcorn.

[@sansomspressurecleaningpoo9519]

Nice job.Which shredder did you get from Staples?