Why I No Longer Need This Tool

[@alexcordero6672]

that's a nice tool when you have soft soil. The weeding hoe is essential on weeds with packed hard dirt (not soil).

[@lurklingX]

"take care of the weeds before you have any weeds" brilliant. love this.

[@anniecorbin7998]

I'm an old lady, so I'm not hitting on you. I want to tell you that you have the best laugh/smile. The info in the video was good, but the out takes were the best part.

[@paulcraven5489]

O lol I'll ji

[@lydiaahubbell8545]

I think men like bring “hit on”

[@alexzepeda_]

LOL ❤I like old ladies btw 😛😏😒😤😳🥵

[@nathanmartin9560]

Man that dirt/bed is gorgeous

[@shopken1]

One advantage the stirrup hoe has over the collinear for me, is that you can see where the ends of the hoe are in the soil. I can drop the hoe and actually move at walking speed while dragging the hoe behind me, up and down the sections of the rows. I never need more than my fingertips to do this as the weight of the cutter actually applies all the downward pressure needed. The sides of the hoe can be brought up to the sides of the crop foliage as a visual guide, without accidentally cutting off the plants like I accidentally do with the collinear hoe when using this fast method. I add very long and thin handles to my hoes, and plan on making one that I can angle the hoe for rapid cultivating center rows without adjusting the angles of my arms to keep the hoe over the cultivating area.

[@denniskemnitz1381]

Great ideas regarding movement of hoe. Leave hoe in ground moving back and forth. Dennis

[@legalyzeit]

We use the "single tine cultivator" tool from Hoss. very similar in application and precision. great video i may give these tools a try sometime

[@Distinctions]

wind and airborne seeds in my area still bring weed seeds into my walkways. I covered the ground with landscaping fabric to prevent them from growing

[@oui-nonmaybe2127]

Lookin awesome Big guy! Awesome demo. Stay Well ! Thank you for taking the time to show and tell so well. 👍💖

[@kellsbellls]

That's so smart! Weeding before there are weeds!

[@yunggolem4687]

In my raised beds I use a neijiri gama, same concept. Sharp blade angled to the handle so that it is naturally parallel to the dirt surface when holding it, letting you slice just underneath the surface & take out weeds with minimal effort & minimally disturbing the dirt rather than scraping like a traditional hoe or scattering everything around like the stirrup hoe. Even the stirrup hoe is sort of similar, if you fixed the head at the correct angle rather than letting it swivel to become a scraper hoe.

[@bonilla2022]

NICE!!! I was mistakenly under the impression that if I disturbed the soil unnecessary that it would encourage weeds and or mold... I'm in the Sarasota, Venice zone. THANKS!!

[@Nocare89]

I let weeds cover crop my garden over winter. I got lots of lovely flowers this spring. The only weed I have issues with is grass. It ruins soil and overtakes every plant. Clover can be bad for seedlings but is easier to deal with than grass and its good for the ground and bees.

[@peggyiileenjohnson6753]

I hear you. I put clover seed down and grasses over took it so quickly. My problem is grasses, and not pretty wave in the wind grass but grass that sticks to my cats. What did you do?

[@Nocare89]

@@peggyiileenjohnson6753 I just kept mulching and growing bigger plants over it. Had more grass on the border than in the garden. I can't get rid of it without a rhizome barrier since I have an in-ground garden.

[@avlracing_993]

Hey!!!! That made my day Josh! Thank you for the shout out! I hope the tool works amazing for you and all the help at Raleigh City Farm! Thank you for all your support on farming and gardening

[@PastoralHomesteadOutdoors]

I started a community market garden on our church grounds this spring in part because of your wonderfully insightful videos. Although we are dealing with Bermuda grass (the demon weed), we are striving to have rows as straight and as pretty as yours. Thank you for the videos and God Bless you and your family!

[@toolmantrl]

You had me when you said, "Weed when you don't have any weeds.". 🤔? Oh ok. He's for real. 🤯. The lights are on now. 💡 Thank you Mr. Sattin. 😀

[@TheOrenbarak]

That cute ladybug on your shirt stole the show :)

[@davidgerardgeraghty9890]

Great video Josh, always impressed by your beds.

[@patdyer9989]

Love your video ! And, the little ladybug on your shirt seems to love you as well.

[@JNYC-gb1pp]

Those rows are straight AF! Someone has OCD! ;) But thats a great tip about disrupting them before they even grow! Gonna try it on my garden.

[@c3mac55]

Try a gridder, so quick and easy though there is a learning curve!

[@thesavagekiwi3492]

We are still learning but only really use three weeding tools now. A home made wire tool(s) on a long bamboo handle, and a flame weeder / gas torch, and traps. Much easier than where we were 2 years ago.

[@ximono]

I've seen people use the oscillating/swivel/stirrup hoe very softly right under the surface, you don't have to push it into the soil when using it. But the colinear and wire hoes do seem easier to use if all you have is soft compost tilth.

[@johnrosier1686]

That tool might still be useful for terminating a cover crop. It looks a lot sturdier than the one that I have. I am on board with weeding way before things get bad.

[@rizebalikcisi]

Haven't find any in my country so instead of buying overseas via amazon I'll have it made from local blacksmith will see how it will come out 😄

[@tabithan2978]

Those scuffle hoes or stirrup hoes are the best for clearing weeds from gravel driveway or any gravel area.

[@herobands1]

Cool was that a ladybug that landed on your shirt, toward that beginning of the video? Your outtakes made me laugh, Have an awesome day.

[@Thoughmuchistaken]

Weeding before there are any weeds is the absolute best practice. But wanting to have a weed free farm does make me feel sick as I think of my neighbours who all plant 1000s of acres and they likewise don't want any weeds even next door or down the road from their properties. Whether it's my garden plot, or my 100 acre farm, weeds are managed, but they are also welcome and allowed. Native ecology can't live on wall to wall produce and entirely curated hedgerows. Great content as always Josh.

[@alexanderamos6586]

The 6 “P’s” Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance Nice vid.

[@notsure7874]

Nah man, it's Proper Planting Provides Prime Perennial Plants - isn't it?

[@denniskemnitz1381]

​@@notsure7874OKIE DOUGHKIE...HAHA

[@seattleareatom]

Dr. Elaine says if you have weeds your Soil Food Web isn't correct. LOL Back in the dark ages of the 1980s on an organic farm we used old fashioned metal vacuum cleaner tubes with a blade secured to one end. Nice thing was the tubes clipped together to extend length for tall people. Plus the blade could butt right up against most plants and do no harm.

[@lisaf7688]

Thank you! 👍

[@sum5687]

Its good for ur very soft soil but not for everyone

[@nathanwooldridge85]

You're right, "Weeding when there aren't any weeds". Seems as if you are just continually disturbing the very thin surface of the soil to disrupt any seed germination rather than weeding. As you also said, because you tarped and then flamed any stubborn weeds there are no pre-rooted weeds left that would necessitate the stirrup hoe. Here in Australia everyone (backyard environment, not farm) has to mulch with pea straw/sugarcane because the the sun just bakes the soil and forms a crust. I wonder if the continual disruption around the plants could alleviate the need to mulch. it would suppress any weeds, like mulch does, and I imagine it would stop the crust forming which makes the soil hydrophobic....it would reduce water evaporation though....mmmm

[@teddyboy252]

Good job

[@jennawaddingham37]

I don’t like the rakes is not my first time gardening but this helps! Also have much sycamore seeds so. That’s good to know!

[@bleedblue769]

have you ever had any problems with mulching with wood chips? supposedly it takes nitrogen out soil so im afraid to mulch my paths

[@sparks6177]

Hope you got an answer but in case you didn’t. The nitrogen uptake from wood mulch is vastly overblown in most cases, especially when done properly. As a path mulch it will take very little nitrogen away and as long as it’s not tilled into the soil that will remain true for the life of the mulch. For the small amount it does take up it will be temporary (relatively speaking) and it will only be in extremely close proximity to the pathway. If you have 30” beds with 12” pathways it wouldn’t take nitrogen from more than an inch or two of the soil in the bed (adjacent to the path). If you’re still a bit worried and want to be safe a small amount of nitrogen applied every year probably wouldn’t hurt and provides some peace of mind.

[@bleedblue769]

@@sparks6177 yea, tyvm. i have been doing a lot of research and even though i have fertile soil im going to be doing the back to eden method. weeds and pests have been a big issue along with fungus and fungal diesease. hoping this fixes it

[@mikelucas3746]

I can only dream of your beds. I don't think I start with the same tilth but I can certainly tell you my seeds grow very slowly and the weeds grow very fast. It is hard to know whether you are taking out the crops in the early stages and by then I have weeds which break off when you try to remove them A row of carrots usually results in a dozen actual plants. I tried to put bigger stuff like tomatoes in holes burnt into weed mat which seemed to do the trick. However during the night foxes came and destroyed most of the plants. One fifty foot bed they decided was an adventure playground and ran up and down trampling everything in sight. The only intact bed is protected by aluminium hoops covered in weed cloth and chicken wire. Naturally doing this everywhere will be very time consuming and expensive and I am not confident that it would hold out after seeing what they have destroyed in the past.

[@cordovanbee]

Awesome! Thanks

[@HonestOpenPermaculture]

Awesome video! Thank you for this. I have weeds but I'm not tarping. So I know my next buy. Hi Gene. 👋👋

[@thejimb76]

“Weeding when there aren’t any weeds.” Inspired. Weeding a 50’ row in 5 minutes, standing up instead of hours on your knees.

[@notsure7874]

This is game changing. I'm in a SUPER high weed pressure area, so if I want to really stay on top of them I've got to do some weeding every day. Usually inspect and pluck, sometimes the stirrup hoe worked kinda like he's doing with the collinear - but that only works if the bed is no more than 2 rows of plants wide. I probably spend over an hour / month on my beds, and I have like 25% of the bed space he does, and it requires some bending over or being on knees. Incredible!

[@jrtj3998]

Thanks!

[@johnnylamuelo2102]

Hey Josh I would agree with you when it comes to when to weed. The most important question to ask before you deal with weeds is "how much should I farm"? I like what Connor from Neversink says "if you have weeds your farming too much" Great videos thanks for sharing your journey.

[@deltafour1212]

New at this. So the Oscillating Hoe is for clearing the area of weeds and grass you plan on having a garden. Then use a different hoe once your garden is established to rid of weeds and cultivate?

[@rossr277]

Hoave you heard about the ducs plow? What do you think of them?

[@420WILD]

4:38 is that really enough to prevent weeds from taking root and growing?

[@_nativexred_]

.....that's what's up !! dig the skinny 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@davenpjp10]

Great video. We only use our stirrup hoe in our walk ways to get any remaining Bermuda. Have you done a cost analysis of how much it costs to put wood chips in each row and the start up labor it costs to do the lasagna method? It is definitely a great way to go, we just don’t know if we have enough labor time in the down months to do it.

[@adrianr8968]

Great video- what do you think of the BGT-Basic garden Tool, would love your opinion of it, Thanks

[@kevincrowe1483]

It would have been nice to see the collinear tool your talking about.

[@Dan_Soundgar]

Where the tool made contact with ground was totally not on the t.v. screen, it was like a foot below the screen.

[@oolala53]

At about 1:55, you said something about how you avoid weeds before you start. I couldn’t understand you. Your topsoil looks very loose!!Are you saying you stir up the soil with the weeder when there is nothing showing? How often?

[@westlakefarms]

Love the outtakes :-)

[@ajsstudiosinc]

im starting to get it about tarping to eliminate weeds. ill be doing that on my expansion. only problem is my purchased compost came with what appears to be some kind of grass seed. so im constantly pulling these tiny weeds. i gather thats not supposed to happen.

[@kevinlee315]

Where did you buy your tools

[@Writerdust]

I got lost on the cardboard part where you said you then put the wood chips on it? Was this cardboard in the walkway part? And did you put a tarp over that entire area in the video? Do you have another video that you have made that shows this?

[@willypelly85]

Yes, he's made a couple videos talking about bed prep and showing his lasagna a method. Maybe about a month ago, if you check his recent videos.

[@Writerdust]

WhatchaPell23 Thanks I will do that!

[@philsla]

So I understand tarping to kill the surface weeds. What about all the random weed seeds in the soil? Don't they sprout as soon as you remove the tarp? What about random grass/weed seeds in the compost?

[@raymondsmith4686]

Josh, love your videos but I have a question. The tilfer (not sure about spelling) is basically a 1" tiller I think. Why not use a tiller set at 1"? I have a small tiller already.

[@notsure7874]

So - I might have given you one way to save a good bit of time - but DAMN! I was looking at collinear hoes, but the way you use it is game changing. I've got 675 linear feet of bed (15 25 foot rows, and 300lf along the perimeter fence - I counted after commenting about your weed torch guy :D ) - and this is going to save me a TON of time! Judging by your drone shots, you've got something like 3000lf of just beds - plus hedge rows, plus 2 greenouses so when you said 1 hr / month my spidey senses tingled! I LOVE Neversink Farms. I didn't know he sold tools! I'm going right NOW to go look at those wire hoes. They look a little more task specific than the collinear, but I might get one of those too (or instead of the collinear).

[@sn232]

What type of mulch do you have around your plants? Thank you

[@travisbumgardner4556]

How do you get rid of Bermuda grass aka wire grass initially? Does tarping first kill it?

[@DugEphresh]

LMAO, it can cause a lot of agitation to weeds.. You are kidding me right!

[@DuyNguyen-lo2mm]

how do you keep wood chip from getting into your planting bed?

[@travisdykstra3790]

Josh, thanks for the great videos. About how much compost did it take for you guys to get this set up? Thanks

[@girliedog]

Perfect that you have a ladybug crawling around on your chest.

[@JoshSattinFarming]

Good spot! I noticed that when I was editing the video.

[@bernardpalir]

Made in Slovenia❤ the best

[@aperson1181]

I didn't catch, how do you control weeds?

That’s one of my fav ho’s

[@Plantedbytheriver]

What are you using to take out your out your salad mixes in a bed flip then?

[@yahlov]

i wish my farm would be weedfree but it overgrows me every year and i dont know what to do :( also the 70 hp traktor with mulchmower i lend doesnt get rid off all.

[@denniskemnitz1381]

Why not use widest stirrup hoe on2 to 4 leaf stage weed between roes. Dennis

[@denniskemnitz1381]

Between rows. Dennis

[@c3mac55]

Get the offset 4x2 head.

[@VinceEspositoJr]

I'm really trying to get my head around the no till thing, probably like many gardeners/small farmers. I don't like what plastic does to the soil, and I'm surrounded by hay fields. I think the more I cultivate like you demonstrated the more hospitable the soil is for weed seed. Any advice on how to begin this journey in my environment?

[@CABaker]

You may want to try tarping temporarily with silage tarps to let the weeds germinate and then the tarp kills them when they can't get light. But it does have to be a certain kind of tarp that let's 0 light through and keeps it wet and humid underneath.

[@jklxyx3629]

I usually just use my Stirrup hoe how you were using the other hoe. But a person has to cultivate after every rain and at least once a week. keep it up doing great by the way I got about 2 Acres planted of produce I'm a breaking into the small scale Market producer.

[@scottbaruth6386]

I use the stirrup hoe like that too, and yes after every rain or it gets away quick. The tarps would be good except I'm a one guy farm with lots of wind, so I'm not sure I could do very big ones. I'd like to see that wire hoe in action too, especially around onions.

[@CABaker]

Yeah, rather than buy another hoe like the one he uses, I can just use the stirrup hoe for that as well.

[@UtopiaOliveOrchard]

Impressive

[@cordovanbee]

Subbed

[@Adam.Rushing]

Just found you guys, and binging now...SUBBED! :) We live in Alaska, the land of the midnight sun...so weeding is honestly an every-other-day chore during the days when the sun does not set. It has always been a LOT of work...until now I'm betting! Thank you so much for all this information! QUESTION FOR YOU: At 1:51 you mentioned using a silage tarp and then you said you build some sort of beds - it sounded like "lasagna". What in the world are you referring to there??!! What is a silage tarp, and what is a "lasagna bed" - if I heard you correctly.

[@thechaosgardener]

Lots of visible soil. Anywhere I see soil I see solar energy not being harvested by plants. I like to broadcast legumes and edibles so all soil has a living root

[@kevinaldridge1080]

I Walk the garden everyday to WATER, check the PLANTS, AND Cultivate. .

[@JimBruce1962]

It would have been better to show the tools working up close instead of a wide shot of you talking but otherwise it was ok.

[@AfzaalWardagHunting]

I will stick with my stirrup/scuffle/action hoes But thank for crop bedding idea I like your setup will follow you in future Insha Allah.

[@brucehalleran1149]

Here in northern Pennsylvania we grow rocks in clay soil. I'm with you. That loamy sand he is working looks easy, but I wouldn't know.

[@w.e.s.]

Unless ur doing gardening for a living ull always use a stirrup. The gardens in ur backyard will never be this easy and nice and if they r u should start doing it for a livin

[@wildedibles819]

Ya my 3 claw weeders work better broken i can see how these tools would work great

[@toadranger50]

You should give yours to me then. I’ll pay the shipping.

[@emcbabe]

great video, thanks! I have limited hand strength and scoliosis-related lower back and scapular problems. Looks like the stirrup hoe won't work for me, but it would work for someone to help me with initial clearing, and then I could keep it up with the co-linear hoe. I want to do pretty simple tasks, like clear a strip of grass in which to plant plants that need support, near a fence. Weed whacking doesn't take out weeds!