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[@tamakoa-homestead]

This was some great insight, thanks for sharing! I hope your back is better! I am watching this from hospital post surgery as I also had endless back pain and eventually ruptured a disk picking something up, putting me straight into theatre. Be kind to your back and thanks again for some great insights 🌻

[@opalvalentine3330]

That is the hardest-working young man I have ever seen in my life I used to be just like that when I was young God bless you sweetheart I hope your back feels better soon

[@qdtsg8]

Been following you guys since before this and now we’re finally out here building ours using this method years later! Appreciate the inspiration man, you rock!

[@cathysteenson9591]

Great to see you again and glad your back is better.

[@jeannel1065]

Tori looks proud of that head-size kohlrabi and I can’t blame her. It’s no fun to have back pain, I hope yours continues to improve. Months of physical therapy alleviated my sciatica.

[@marysimpson8457]

Thrilled to see you share your next garden area with us and can't believe the amount of physical work you put in with a not fully healed back. Hope your trip to the chiropractor paid off and you can be free from pain.

[@honeytreefarmnc]

Mary Simpson its feeling the best it has since November

[@TheNewMediaoftheDawn]

Those leaves are awesome in the pathways... Once they start breaking down they are one of the most potent organic fertilizers. Do that year after year and lookout boy!

[@salliebeard1899]

Awesome 👍 😁❣️ The kohlrabi is huge.....I love that soooo much.... Thanks for sharing ❤️😊👍

[@browntownorganics2172]

Love it! That Bermuda is some tough stuff. My dad said my grandfather said you can rake it out of the garden, burn it and it would still grow back. 😂

[@honeytreefarmnc]

Browntown Homestead it will haha

[@bridgescwr6136]

I am glad you're somewhat better. Take care of yourself and thanks for sharing.

[@citygirlcountry3913]

I'm just getting started and I definitely have soil envy looking at your farm.

[@Leonardvassallo1]

I use a similar process to break new ground but add one more step to save my back. I use the rotary plow to dig the rows and the shovel to clean them up. Reduces the wear and tear on my back.

[@zinnialady5153]

Hope your back will continue to improve.

[@cherylwilliams81]

Glad you are feeling better!💕

[@mishalea]

Oh good, glad your back is better this day!!🙌🙌 Hopefully it still was after all the shoveling!!😬

[@christelchristely2816]

Look for a more ergonomic shovel, my back starts to hurt when I watch you. Fiskars has some nice tools I can recommend, they are durable too. Greetings from a landscape gardener from Austria!

[@maimclean7493]

Love the video!! The SOIL looked really good. Can't wait to see what's going in it.

[@honeytreefarmnc]

Mai Mclean thanks still need to get it tested tho!

[@patriciahamlin7677]

You guys are great! You inspire this 58.

[@chrislewistx]

Great looking beds and nice to the progression from the original video.

[@Citystead]

Back problems are no joke! Take care and an easy on that back.

[@cherylbertolini3140]

Beautiful garden

[@andyspry2301]

I really enjoyed watching this video. Keep up the good work.

[@kisners1acrefarm]

Hey Casey & Tori I just watched your Starting our Market Garden playlist and greatly appreciated it it motivates me to see what you two have accomplished in 1 year. If your looking for helpful content I don't believe I've seen any farms go into details on packaging. Things I'm trying to figure out before I need them are what size bags for x oz of greens and rubber band for root bunches also the ice packs you use. Where you source those items from . Ever one goes over how to wash and pack but no specifics on the packaging. Thank you for all the great content.

[@markprescott2011]

Awesome Video and demonstration Casey!!

[@honeytreefarmnc]

Mark Prescott thanks

[@patriciahamlin7677]

Oh, you had an Elkton ky rain gauge, that's what caught my attention to your Channel. Lived in Ky. Have you guy's?

[@mccrack77]

So glad to hear your back/shoulder is doing better. "Pretty darn tootin' good". And "'Take that for a defective spine." Love it! The best turmeric supplement I've found is called BodEase. What are you using for your cover crop? It looks like you planted it pretty dense. Were you up on the roof filming again at the end?

[@ladyindigo9835]

Fantastic! Thanks for the lesson in great gardening!

[@michaelcook768]

Moles are the best garden tiller ever...but, you can stumble in the yard. I had an Australian Shepherd(weighed 75 lbs)that loved to dig the moles out of the ground. You could see her out in the back yard...just crouching...she would ram her nose into the ground, behind the mole, and root it out, grab the mole, and shake it violently, I assume shaping its neck. The best part was she would like them up on the back porch. Mom used to pet her, tell her good girl. When Missy wasn't looking, they would end up in the trash. That crazy dog would go at it till her shoot was bleeding. Amazing. At least 50 plus every summer. Love fried squash.

[@honeytreefarmnc]

Michael Cook lol got to love dogs! Our dog loves to sniff around for them too. 50 is a lot! We hope the customers enjoy the squash!

[@michaelcook768]

@@honeytreefarmnc I had a Border Collie mix that did the same thing. When I saw a muddy snoot, I knew there was a dead mole somewhere. For some reason, your channel was off my list...so, I get to catch up.

[@dandan8333]

Sweet! Good to watch the growth dialed in with some sweat equity... How are your bees? We appreciate your dedication. TY

[@honeytreefarmnc]

Li Garden bees are good, flying on warmer days. They have feeders now

[@moneymikegotuvideos312]

Great video my brother

[@honeytreefarmnc]

Thanks boss

[@josephholloway3130]

the problem with a plow or a rototiller is it making a hardened layer below the soil at the repeated depth of the device. That mostly happens from repeated use of those devices, so doing it once to break up the soil and incorporate compose or mulch into the soil. If you are taking over an old farm. Please rip the soil with a tracker and even better to weld a small spade plate to the tips of the ripper to cause an exploding effect under the soil. Then leave it alone and allow the leftover roots and fungus to do their jobs at building up the soil. As the old roots and fungus develop, that will allow air and water to go deeper into the soil and create deeper topsoil. I have seen farms change the black part of the soil and root depths go from 4-6 inches to over 12 inches deep over the span of a few years with market gardening.

[@PopleBackyardFarm]

beautiful soil

[@gruntqueen]

Tarping, or leaf-mulching raw ground really pays off.

[@deanno7067]

Hey mate cool video thanks for uploading. Why do you have 1 hoop house running east to west inbetween beds and hoop houses north to south I'm presuming? I know you're not the only one who does it most if not all market gardens are setup similarly and I'm wanting to know why?

[@randallsmith5067]

Good information

[@jjm6187]

What's your preferred cover crop and why?

[@cherylbertolini3140]

How is your shoulder hopefully it’s feeling better

[@abdelfatahelnagar3481]

graet job !

[@richardsabean5781]

landscapers & wood choppers might be able to help with material,, for those walk ways,,hardwood tops chipped break down fast.. but i'am sure you probably know all that! If you are close to the ocean or travel near it,, seaweed in my book is & 1 plant food old rotten way up the beach,, great stuff.. Aloha

[@honeytreefarmnc]

Richard Sabean yeah I used to be an arborist, I’ve spread truckloads and truckloads of chips haha. The leaves are free here so using them. Eliot coleman uses seaweed! Wish it was around

[@donisenberg3032]

I don’t turn my soil at all. When making new beds, I cover the beds with compost and the paths with wood chips and then cover with tarps for 6 to 8 weeks. It is my belief that raising the beds causes them to dry out too fast. I always considered myself to be lazy, and then I found out about no till and discovered that my laziness was good for my soil!

[@gelwood99]

Depends on where you are, here in NC we get rain that can cause major issues so raised beds work wonderfully here. Especially for market gardens, which this is.

[@donisenberg3032]

Gail, I live in The Carolina piedmont, so I am familiar with the weather patterns. It is my experience that having paths lower than the beds increases the effects of runoff during our winter wet season, and as I mentioned, raising the beds increases evaporation during our hot summers. In short, it has been my experience that the work put into raising the beds is counter productive and a waste of valuable energy better used in other endeavors.

[@honeytreefarmnc]

Don Isenberg we just got 3” of rain already today and will probably get 3 more inches. It would wash out chips and compost on top of soil in our context. Our native soil can handle heavy rains fairly well so that’s why I build the beds like this. It’s common for us to get 2” of rain in an afternoon storm. I used to have woodchipped walkways but constantly found myself taking the chips out of the beds after storms or rain events. I understand the concept but am taking a living soil approach vs the no till just add compost approach.

[@jilliancook5625]

Man, I hate that I didn’t think to ask this when you did your recent q&a type video... what do you suggest for those of us who don’t have a tarp to kill Bermuda or other persistent weeds? I’ve only grown in raised beds (raised as in a 8x4 wood boxes). I want to expand with the market garden set up of 30-36” permanent beds even though I’m not growing for market, just for my family. We got a mini tiller but I’m hesitant to just till and plant for fear of weed issues that will be out of hand. Any advice on how to proceed? Should I just expect a horrible season? Invest in a tarp before tilling? Am I over thinking?

[@jamesalexander3360]

Where do you get the traps? How big is your garden plot?

[@buenavistagardens6544]

Do you have a video of you actually doing the rotary plow process? It's kinda hard to imagine the pattern you use starting in the middle. Do you keep doing loops and tossing the dirt towards the middle trench?

[@honeytreefarmnc]

Buena Vista Gardens check our earth tools video on it. I legit just start in the center and go back and forth

[@GagneFarms]

Great Video! How do you keep the Deer and wildlife from eating in all your beds? I see that you do not have any type of fencing. There has to be a trick? Thanks for the video!

[@honeytreefarmnc]

We live on a somewhat busy road and behind us are other properties. One neighbor feeds them and our guard geese probably keep them away too

[@karlbinger8346]

Curious why you shovel out the path when you have your BCS with the rotary plow? I've been shoveling mine as well but was looking into the BCS to make the paths for me, but now questioning that investment based on your comments and approach.

[@honeytreefarmnc]

you can use it if you want. I dont cause were only building them once and I want them to be perfect and straight. Plus theres uneven spots. Just how I prefer to do it.

[@MarcoPolo-yt3ew]

Hi If you don't know about biochar. Yet tell everyone that you know very very good videos thank you very much keep up the good work videos are awesome do you know about biochar feed it to the hogs and cattle and goats it goes through them and helps the soil im from northern Kentucky look up the history of biochar for gardening tell everyone you know passed it on it's good for bad clay soil ok for good soil barn wood to char douse it with water then dry it out then activate it with worm castings or compost liquids first I also like rocket store Mass heaters couches and earthships homes are nice too look up sand to gold very interesting it's for deserts growing have a good day

[@peanutswp5]

Farm looks amazing! Thanks for sharing your time! Do the walkways get two passes? one pass the left and one the right bed?

[@honeytreefarmnc]

All Things Wood// Stephen Porterfield nah some people do that I don’t

[@peanutswp5]

@@honeytreefarmnc thank you! I'll be building my first beds soon!

[@bigfootbubba1425]

3:34 You may want to invest in an inversion machine like a Teeter Hangup" I have one and without it I would have been a Cripple years ago.. They work just take your time with it.. 2 or 3 times a day for 10, 15 minutes at a time... You end up feeling like a kid in no time. They are not cheap though.. I paid like just under $400 for one 12 years ago.

[@rivermeadefarm8495]

This is how I do it too.

[@debcrisp6335]

Casey this is Awesome! Just the info I needed. What do you recommend for a 4 year old back to eden style garden that gets so weedy during the growing season. I have thought about purchasing silage tarps but not sure if it would help this close to spring in east TN. Any advice?

[@honeytreefarmnc]

Deb Crisp we get a lot of rain in this part of the country. Go hard on hand weeding them making sure they don’t set seed or tarp if you can. You can message me pictures on fb or Instagram it’s hard to say without seeing it

[@stumpbumpers]

Why till after removing the tarp and not before? I understand you’re killing the Bermuda grass, but it seems counterintuitive...obviously it’s working for you. I always understood that the beds were to be prepared before tarping and then remove the tarp and plant. Or tarp directly over grass, then after removal; layout beds, add compost on top of dead sod and wood chip walkways, over the undisturbed, “no till/no dig” ground. But I thought we were NOT supposed to disturb the soil after removing the tarps or it will expose new weed seeds for germination. So, many different ways to accomplish the same thing, but are each as effective as the other?

[@makapalatrace8385]

What is your cover crop? What is crimping?

[@honeytreefarmnc]

Rye and clover. Smashing the plant when it’s at the end of its flowering time to cut off flow of nutrients

[@jimsobota8469]

How do you crimp the crop?

[@RetreatfarmFarmvilleVirginia]

I Don't know about BCS tillers but my Troybilt tiller has a furrowing attachment that can be adjusted flat and will part the soil to make your walkways without the tines being engaged. You should learn the tricks to preserve your back now or you will be paying the price when you get my age. Not cool having constant pain.

[@belovedsoaps3444]

Question, #askhoneytreefarm What do you do after the season is over to begin the next season?

[@honeytreefarmnc]

Beloved Soaps we grow year round

[@jordancomer2485]

Send some silage tarp to Norway 🇳🇴 we can’t get it here :(

[@Frog13799]

You don't have Kikuyu grass, that stuff is my nemesis, it's almost impossible to kill it.

[@billybass6419]

Wow...that's the biggest kohlrabi I've ever seen.

[@littlewhitedory1]

Hey Casey, are your tunnels 10 or 12 feet wide?

[@honeytreefarmnc]

Little White Dory 14 but stretched to 15’ farmers friend llc caterpillar tunnels

[@littlewhitedory1]

@@honeytreefarmnc OK they are 14', I just ordered the 12' bending jig. Did you source your rebar at a HD or Lowes, I'm looking around for better pricing on the rebar, might just cut them myself from larger stock.

[@adanur642]

Take care of your shoulder.Hope get better soon.

[@adanur642]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@jeannewhitaker1950]

I know you love that special old shovel but tall people sometimes need longer, custom handles. Every tool out there is designed for the little people. You look like you’re stopping a little and that can’t be good for your back! Show your chiropractor this video and see if he agrees ! 🌞

[@BanditGirl61]

x39 stem cell patches will help alot

[@ohske]

👍👍👍👌☺️

[@HeirloomPermaculture]

Darn tootin'!

[@manny-perez]

Careful with your back buddy, you are really young to start with back problems.

[@michaelcook768]

You may want to consider wearing a back brace when you are digging. You're young...you don't want to have an issue that 15-20 years from now can sideline you permanently. Believe me, I know. You could put a piece of firewood in the ground, and it would grow!😁

[@honeytreefarmnc]

Michael Cook been stretching lately. It helps. And this is the last I’ll have to build for a while!

[@michaelcook768]

@@honeytreefarmnc Streaching is a good thing. Not sure if you have been to a doc...maybe an MRI...but if you know your weak spots, you can exercise to build it up. I used to do stupid stuff...lifting heavy stuff. Just be careful!