Ground Cover - Gardening Tips - Getting Ready for Fall Planting

[@inderwink]

Enjoy the gardening videos! You said in this week’s live that y’all don’t “get the views” on these types of videos, but some of us really appreciate that you continue to show and teach. Thank you!

[@TheFamilyFarmstead]

I actually love the garden and tractor videos. I don’t have time to sit and watch a 2 hour live. I feel like I miss soooo much.

[@josephbrown-ut9ty]

JudithB I love the gardening and building videos. I have been doing both for over 50 yrs but there are little nuggets of information from such fine growers!!!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thanks for the shout out brother! I’m gonna send y’all some of this new batch. It’s at least twice as strong.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Just planted field peas where all this was that will be the ultimate test. Deer can't resist field peas.

[@pamwade2047]

Did you use row covers for the peas also?

[@susankarpuk7347]

I hope you do a video on your composting routines sometime.

[@monikas5125]

Good morning Danny and Wanda.

[@starladoak7276]

Good morning

[@bettymaverick1098]

You guys got more energy than a rabbid Bobcat. I wish I did.

[@sylviayvette]

Have a beautiful day 💛

[@davidroberie6572]

I did the exact same thing yesterday afternoon. Except I had 1200 square feet of ground cover to pick up. It was my first time using the ground cover and it worked fantastic. NO WEEDS! Rolled it up just like you did and saved it for next year.

[@Lady_A.R]

WOW... 😁😁😁 WOW... THOSE ROW COVERS WERE LONG. LOOKS LIKE 20 FEET ROLL. THEY DO COME IN HANDY. IN THE COLD FALL AND WINTER I SOMETIMES WRAPPED MY TROPICAL TREES WITH IT AND THEN BRING THEM INDOORS. YOUR GARDENS ARE ABSOLUTELY NEAT. I LOVE IT. I LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING MORE VIDEOS FROM THE BOTH OF YOU. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 🙏👵♥️

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

These are 80 ft rows. Yes the ground cover really helps.

[@Lady_A.R]

@@DeepSouthHomestead 😲😲😲😲😲 OH MY GOOD GRIEF!!! THAT'S WHAT I CALL GROUND COVERS KEEPS ON ROLLIN'!! LOL

[@robinsilvers362]

I planted my tomatoes like you did. Dr Earth and all. Had the best crop of tomatoes I've had in a long time.

[@charmainemontgomery582]

Ground covers are worth their weight in gold 😊

[@homesteadingpastor]

Thanks Danny & Wanda, I really enjoy these garden tour videos as I learn so much. We just started using the weed control fabric this year and loved it so thank y’all. I love watching the tiller on your tractor turn that ground like that it makes it look so neat and clean. GOD BLESS YALL. 🙏🏻😇🙏🏻😇👍🏻🙌🏻

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Best implement I've ever bought.

[@homesteadingpastor]

@@DeepSouthHomestead I bet so. Thanks! 👍🏻🙌🏻

[@lloydwilliams8715]

Good morning Danny and Wanda, hopefully you are all doing well. Been awhile greetings from Jamaica 🇯🇲🇯🇲🙏🙏

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Hoping y'all fared well.

[@lloydwilliams8715]

@@DeepSouthHomestead yes Danny, we are great so far despite the surge of covid

[@starladoak7276]

My morning just got better.. God bless you two

[@jomurphey]

Supposedly, weed fabric lasts 5-7 years but I use older fabric as shade cloth..

[@mountainpatriothomestead]

Looks good! We're in zone 6b here on our mountain top, so our fall crops are going in now. Have a wonderful day and blessings from our mountain top homestead to yours.

[@JeanneKinland]

Enjoying your video while I take a short break from the garden this morning. That's what I'm doing here in SE Nebraska today. Just spent an hr. pulling up the green beans fence. Plan to till that area up and amend the soil before putting in some fall crops. Dehydrated 10 quarts of tomatoes so far. Canned 21 quarts of tomatoes. Still picking tomatoes today and the plants are going strong. Still have 60 pepper plants and I'll be canning some peppers later today when it gets too hot to work outside. Our heat index is over 100 yesterday and today. Very humid.

[@jillhumphrys8073]

In NWArkansas here. Cucumbers are done but everything here is still jamming like crazy. I will have tomatoes, peppers, beans of all kinds, luffa till frost.

[@josephbrown-ut9ty]

JudithB me too, but something is stealing melons! No tracks and no mess, just gone?? High fence too.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

@@josephbrown-ut9ty I've had coyotes do that before.

[@josephbrown-ut9ty]

@@DeepSouthHomestead Good thought, but no holes in 7' fence, and I have an LGD who does a real good job keeping critters away including local bear so far!! Thanks!

[@denisebrady6858]

You are so correct Danny "Work Smarter- Not Harder"- as you are coming into your Autumn (Fall) we are coming into our Spring so I have my seedlings started & waiting- I still have some cabbage/cauliflower etc in but hopefully I will have a harvest before. I think an extreme Summer is coming our way here in Australia. Your corn looks amazing so some good seed there. Cheers Denise- Australia

[@alisonhallock7870]

That corn is amazing. I big fan of ground cover too, I am too old to be pulling weeds in the heat

[@cabininthewoods342]

Good morning guys! Thank you for being with my first sip! The cows are happy with their gleanings😘

[@lawrencebeeles6738]

I have different strips of ground cover hole spacing for each crop works well can still rotate crops in and out of high tunnel just use mat for what I'm growing

[@carolmalko615]

Good morning Danny and Wanda! Wonderful video again. I've been busy the past week so it's hit and miss with watching videos.... not enough time. Just wanted you to know how much you inspire me!

[@tcityfarms2806]

Hickory king corn is a good all around corn it was originally developed in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee and is good for tough growing climates wether that's the hot humid summers or wetter springs in sandy river bottoms or rocky hillsides. I've never had the chance to grow it myself unfortunately. Great video keep up the good work.

[@terrygore2792]

Just loved the video, Learned a thing or two also.....you folks sure work hard and get done what needs doing.......00TG from Illinois....

[@dgc940]

I tell ya what Danny this year I got me one of those cheep green houses covered it with shade cloth and here in Texas it gets HOT too and my tomatoes usually done by now too. But also I tried my hand at hydroponics and man Im still makin nice beautiful tomatoes even though its 103 every day. I planted 30 and only 3 in the hydro but next year Good Lord willin Im going to be doing 30 hydro plants. And covered in the cloth no pest

[@donnadivineprepping9742]

Just enjoyed this🌽🍇🫑🥬🥦

[@nancykegg1417]

Good morning Danny and Wanda. Happy Monday

[@pattyb9787]

I found the grass and weeds growing from on top very interesting. I never knew that happens. Thanks for the information.

[@EntreFamiliaAmigosyDios]

Great job Danny. You are right, with the right equipment work is more efficient!...God bless you guys.

[@starkenterprises2371]

Mornin' guys, a cloth nail apron to hold those garden staples. Outstanding corn. Take care, stay safe.

[@JYH70]

I love watching ALL your videos. I have learned so many new techniques and now adding to my organic garden. Like others, I don’t have time to watch 2 hour videos but yours are short and straight to the point. Can’t wait to see what new info you have on organic gardening.

[@RoneysPlayNcreate]

We have some cleaning up and weeding to do too

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

It gets tough in this heat.

[@jtharp9265]

Thank you ME. DANNY & WANDA , I appreciate all you teach me , which then I pass on to my Grandchildren, you both are amazing & in your live the other night u said not many people want to learn by the views, Well there is still millions that need & want to refresh or learn Gardening God bless you both 🙏🏻

[@gregorysloan3386]

Been learning an awful lot off you guys God bless you all

[@farmerwayne1404]

Morning, DSH! Yeah Danny, I use landscape fabric for some crops because they are tough and reusable, and water porous ! But you are correct, things will grow thru it. Only solid plastic with drip irrigation keeps growth out. Oh no the dreaded Potato Beatle larva.. Throw ya some greens and turnips in the nicely tilled bed...

[@robbiewilliams7605]

If you use a seedless coastal hay that'll help keep the weeds down

[@polettirosahomestead7075]

Thank you so much for these videos. I love these videos, my season ends in like 2-3 weeks, so I have a idea what to expect when I see types of videos, thanks

[@marthashipman9010]

Throughly enjoyed this video. Thanks.

[@greenboyatgafarms2250]

We grew about 15 Acres of Hickory yellow corn this year we also are going to get some made into cornmeal and maybe even some grits. The rest will go to hog feed and deer feed

[@sadie21962]

You guys, Danny and Wanda, have been an inspiration to me this year to keep going even at 60. My hubby and I turn a Round Top brand framework into a 12x20 foot greenhouse with raised beds down each side and mineral tubs down the middle. I harvested a nice amount of yellow squash from 2 plants inside there. I have some sugar pie pumpkins ripening. I have beautiful Roma tomatoes. And a second crop of peas, carrots, green beans just coming on. My ladyfinger popcorn is just starting to tassel. With some modifications next year we will grow even more. I aso have 8 4x8 foot raised beds that are always being rotated with new crops. 8 4x4 foot raised beds, done likewise and a garden space for potatoes, sweet potatoes, extra tomato plants and jack-o-lantern pumpkins that measures about 20x40 feet. This is downsized from when I had 2 adult children still at home. But still a lot of work for 2 people. The greenhouse has been a new experience. I can't wait for next year now. My sweet potatoes need at least another month. But thankfully no deer problems yet. I should have frost here in East central Indiana by early to mid October if the locusts are right. Fall seems to be coming fast.

[@Freedom2025-x2b]

Wonderful to learn so many things about growing vegetables from you. Very hard work 😊

[@jameshagan2263]

Knee pads , are a great investment for saving wear n tear on the knees . I like the ones that are held in place by velcro straps , they are easier to put on .

[@arlenedrake4476]

Y’all are amazing

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Thanks

[@frogfoothollar5349]

That's some nice corn. We got the tomatoes out last week. They were done for. Shelling peas today. 🐸

[@idahohoosier8989]

Thank you for sharing so much. Blessings, julie

[@janiceseigler6317]

Beautiful Hickory King corn. I have some seed and will be growing it next spring.

[@kathleenelliot5305]

I enjoy your videos, nice looking corn!

[@jillhumphrys8073]

Love that big blue tiller. I like how it tills and smoothes, Bada bing, done!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

It is a life saver.

[@mac201112]

Amazing video, great looking corn. God Bless y'all

[@paulawaldrep9882]

Daybreak and dusk are about the only times we can work outside here in Deepest South Texas!! 🥵🥵🥵

[@tomjeffries58]

Beautiful crop.

[@RoneysPlayNcreate]

Ah happy cows 🐮 💗💗💗

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Yep.

[@marithag2319]

Love watching through out the season so I'm reminded on what to do next. What to do right!

[@Cindysmiths-homesteadlife]

Have you ever left your ground cover down thru the winter.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Yes sometimes we leave it for two years.

[@lisabrown5976]

great tips as always

[@sunshinewilmoth2800]

Hi Wanda and Danny. I was wondering if y'all could tell me where y'all got your high tunnel green house. And I live in far southwest Va would the kind y'all got be ok for where I live for the winter time..THANK y'all and God Bless Y'ALL

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

growerssolution.com mention deep south for 10 % discount

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

If it snows where you live you will want the gothic style.

[@sunshinewilmoth2800]

Thank y'all some much..god bless you

[@larrystone5749]

Good video enjoyed it thx for sharing Be safe God Bless

[@toddshepard3592]

I experimented this year. Used a regular 8 x 12 tarp and cut holes. Growing monster broccoli, tomatillos and peppers. It works great. Old "wives tale" that the ground needs "air". You can also grow in a plain black plastic silage tarp or cardboard laid on the ground. Good job Sir on your garden.

[@jimt6151]

I've thought about using cardboard as weed barrier, then just tilling it in afterward, since it will degrade in the soil. Have you tried this? I'd be interested to know how it turned out, if you have.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

@@jimt6151 Cardboard works great if you don't have a fire ant problem.

[@jimt6151]

@@DeepSouthHomestead No problem with our fire ants! They're thriving! Thanks for the warning! LOL!

[@thenewyorkredneck4735]

I boguth a blow gun for squirels and rabbits. Its so much fun. Effective and silent too. Highly recommend

[@daviddecatur4190]

Good job I enjoyed this video

[@oldnanz]

The deer got my sweet potatoes. I won’t be getting any this year. Corn looks good

[@whiskeywomanwhisks]

Looks great! I’ve had bugs so bad this year!😱😩 bugs I’ve never seen and they have worn me out killing as many as I can everyday🤬We got sick and they took full advantage-I’ve never seen anything like it😱🤬 Any advice on trying to clean all that out of the area once we remove all plants? I’d love to figure out what prepping I need to do to avoid being in the same situation with future plantings???🤷‍♀️

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Just keep a clean healthy garden. I'm going to be showing some homemade insect controls in the future. Insects are going to be getting worse in the future.

[@jimt6151]

Enjoyed this video! After watching your tomatoes all season, I'm going to try the ground cover under my tomatoes next year. Probably try it with my peppers, too. I hope y'all make a video about processing that dent corn into meal. I was planning to try the same with my Wapsie Valley corn this year, but I lost a bunch of it in a storm a week ago, so I don't know if I'll have enough to try it.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We have a video coming.

[@jimmydykes7961]

Been there done that

[@joanncole9603]

Good morning from Alabama!

[@Eyes2C.]

Thanks Guys! I’ve learned so much from you.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Hey girl hope all is well at the new homestead.

[@ivannarodriguezenriquez3647]

That is a good idea for keep weeds out of garden! 🤗. I want to know the name of the type of corn if is possible. Thanks for sharing with us tour tips and message. Have a beautiful and blessed week!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

This was hickory king corn. It's a dent field corn.

[@garyfreeman5999]

Danny- have you tried growing onions? You've got onion-growing soil in that garden!!! If you planted Candy onions, they would be softball sized!!!!

[@Katydidit]

Do you feed the corn stalks to the cows? Is it possible to make silage in the South? I do not see many Silos here in Texas.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We grind the stalks up video coming. To hot for silage in the deep south.

[@halfheartedhomestead1909]

Great video.

[@poodledaddles1091]

I had a great tomato crop as well, this is the first year that I have not had tomato hornworms, I mean not ONE, it actually scares me because I don't understand why.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Healthy plants aren't suceptable to a lot of pest.

[@waveoglesby2920]

Can you tell us how you used the bone sauce to keep the deer out?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We put some on the posts and pink tape that surround the sweet potatoes. The deer walked by but didn't go into the garden again.

[@AlleyCat-1]

I hate weed fabric. I am digging that crap out of my flower bed. Someone used it & I don't know how or why, but it's under layers of dirt. Raspberry bush has grown thru & around it, Russian Sage & many other plants have gone thru it. They used it in an area that had been their garden, but it's a different kind, more plastic then fabric. Discovered that when we started to pull out saplings & older skinny tree's. If you don't know how to use it correctly, then don't use it. Doing it in rows & only have a few weeds to pull, is a good way to use it. 😊

[@DDiamondRRuby]

I love watching you use all the big equipment. I don't have room for anything like that but it sure gets a lot done in quick order! I'm sure you have said at some point but do you plan on eating the cows that follow you all around or are they for breeding? You seem so attached to them just wondering if you have more cows somewhere that end up in the freezer.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

These are our breeders. Yes I have cows in my front pasture for future food.

[@gerhardbraatz6305]

Do you amend the soil where the tomatoes have taken up a lot of the nutrients and micronutrients?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Yes we do.

[@wheelmanstan]

Have y'all ever experienced leaves burning from using a garden hose to water plants? I heard it can leave salt on your plants.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

No I haven't.

[@scrapshackfarms1349]

How do you store your corn seed to keep weevils out

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

In the freezer.

[@allyshivers3082]

Check out growing in the garden they have organic pestisides that really work 😆

[@billyminter3582]

Very nice! Thank y’all!

[@TheFamilyFarmstead]

When pulling the weeds near the tomatoes you said the chamber bitters went in the road. What exactly did you mean by that?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We throw them out where we drive the ranger and not back in the garden.

[@tomjeffries58]

Keywords: Right equipment. Use the right tool for the right job.

[@commununityconsultant6029]

Nice looking cows- tip put a Rod light weight inside your roll then you can just roll it standing up w your hands on the rod - less bending 🙂

[@kinflorida579]

Thanks for the info. Bone sauce? I must of missed that episode 😢

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Yes you can get it from Perma pasture farms.

[@aquillawallace7979]

How do you handle the weeds in the greenhouse? The weeds in mine are out of control!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We don't have any hardly.

[@Crazychickenlady-yd3kn]

Do you plant any cover crop on that cleared area?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Video coming.

[@wisdomhumbles8998]

Tried growing corn a couple times in my small container garden and was defeated by Caterpillar‘s. If I try again there will be covered with tulle fabric. Not sure it’s worth my trouble, I’ll take any advice anyone’s willing to give.

[@deborah820]

I was HIGHLY unsuccessful with corn this year. The army worms got ahold of it. We harvested corn that was either stunted in growth or the top half was rotted. The chickens loved it and that was the only bonus!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Use BT spray on it and you shouldn't have any problems.

[@deborah820]

@@DeepSouthHomestead Thank you for taking the time to respond and help solve my gardening problem. As a new gardener, I really appreciate the advice and will spray this evening!!

[@scottwhite4645]

Danny, What is your impression of the “improved” version of your/my favorite tomato? Unofficially of course...thank you!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

It really didn't do any better than the other's.

[@scottwhite4645]

Thanks Danny..much appreciated!

[@HealthyDisrespectforAuthority]

I don't know why, but I was sure there was going to be a push broom involved just before rolling it up. Sir, you have an ability that I lost years ago. I cannot bear any weight on my knees. The weather is weird.. the sun's coming up an hour later than a month and a half ago - giving an hour longer to cool off- yet it's not cooling off at night much - even in overnight heavy rains.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Our heat index this morning is already 85 degree's and the sun hasn't even come up yet. The solar minimum is about extremes.

[@HealthyDisrespectforAuthority]

@@DeepSouthHomestead the index is 82 here right now.. lots of overnight rain and the sky is just starting to lighten.. outdoor solar lights are still on.

[@denniscleveland669]

Do the sweet potato flowers produce seeds, and if so, what do you do with them?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Not to my knowledge.

[@2ponshomeplace132]

At end of season we have weeds in our tiny garden. Do we pull them out first or just till up with the soil? Hoping to buy ground cover this month for next planting season.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We till ours in.

[@rawfoodwriter]

Is having the capability to plow under the soil a must have if you plan to grow your own food?

[@billirogers3206]

I never till. I use cardboard and mulch and this is my 1st yr. With landscape fabric. Tilling would definitely get the weeds out quicker but don't let not having a tiller stop u. Just plug In. Grow food. Pull weeds if u have to till u get enough mulch, cardboard or fabric. Everyone should b growing something. Their taking away our food supply.

[@rawfoodwriter]

@@billirogers3206 okay, thank you

[@rawfoodwriter]

Rogers shows your soil? sandy lume?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

If your not doing a really large area it's not necessary. We have 5 large gardens and it's necessary for us. But in the high tunnels we don't till and have amazing results. Our containers are amazing also.

[@rawfoodwriter]

@@DeepSouthHomestead thank you

[@sameoldmphymel]

Danny, did you get the 3 ounce or 5 ounce fabric, and what width?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

5 oz. 3 ft wide

[@lawrencebeeles6738]

Do u grind corn stalks back into the ground

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Yes video coming.

[@EventHorizon34]

Got a ton of grass to rid of before I plant greens and other fall veggies, got to weed eat and till it up for sure! Any other suggestions?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Make sure the soil pH is right.

[@EventHorizon34]

@@DeepSouthHomestead Thank you so much! I live in Shaw Mississippi. Up here in the heart of the Mississippi Delta! I know how much of a challenge it is to raise food in the Deep South!

[@indica_dogo868]

Do you plan to plant something back into that bare dirt to keep it covered through the cool season?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Yes already have got a video coming.

[@rootsoflife9793]

Will sugar cane come back on etsy?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Not sure if we will have some in October or not. Check back

[@ConfedVet]

I only got a year out of my fabric and It came apart. Where did you get yours?

[@sadie21962]

I may be wrong. But I think in a previous video he said it came from Growers Solutions. The same company as their greenhouses. If not there, then Hoss Tool. Check their channel for links.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Growers solution.

[@BackHomeAgain]

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