NO Manure in the Garden???? Why We DON'T Use Cow, Goat or Horse Manure

[@Grace-ty5ny]

Growing up in a small town in Brazil decades ago with very little resources, we were extremely poor, my mom used cow's manure in her vegetable garden. We would go into the fields and pick up dried up manure, put in a pile in our backyard and burn it for 2 to three days to kill most of bacterias. Then she would work on the soil and spread the "baked" manure on it before planting the shoots and seeds. She never used any chemical product. We had all kinds of greens, garlic, onions, okra, yuka, tomatoes, and even coffee trees, a vine, fig tree. Everything she planted grew, flourished and gave fruits. And everything just tasted incredibly delicious. She also gave a lot away to our neighbors as they were as poor as our family. I remember how beggers would come to our house asking for anything to eat. She always kept a clean plastic container from margerine only for them. Everything we ate, they also ate. I look back and think of the things she did. My mother was and still is so firm and unwavering about certain things, good things. I know that her faith in the LORD and the love she has for her children has kept her as a straight arrow, no nonsense wife and mother. I struggle to understand how our children nowadays can be so disrespectful and many times so entitled. It doesn't matter how much you love them and try so hard to give them all that they need.

[@georgeelder8415]

They need to spend a summer with Grandma, if she's still around...

[@jimpalmer4916]

It's cause they don't get their little asses whipped every time they mess up like we did back in the 60s. Our parents loved us enough to make us mind and grow up. This is exactly the problem. Spare the rod, and spoil the child is a true saying.

[@WyzrdCat]

@@jimpalmer4916 It's because y'all sucked at parenting.

[@hawkberry]

Your mom sounds like heaven on earth!! She sounds a little like my grandmother in her temperament. It is just a working theory I have, but I believe one of the problems with our society is that every successive generation is poisoned a little more and it translates into behaviors that are less desirable. Granted, there is self-restraint that is practiced if you believe in God, but especially in the US, we have progressively added a free flow of recreational drugs, toxic sun blocking atmospheric chemicals that they now admit to using, toxic fertilizers, toxic oils to foods, microwaves, teflon on cooking surfaces and now indoor carpets, increasing numbers of jabs, emf radiation, antibiotics in animals etc. (I am sure I missed a lot), but thinking back to my grandparents gardening, fishing, riding horses into town, drinking raw milk and making their own butter etc. there are definitely a lot more illness in younger people and mental issues.

[@frankytrevor7]

excuses, excuses. One thing is to be sick another one to be selfish & lazy like a lot of Americans. @@hawkberry

[@bryanzam1412]

Its not just plants that chemical companies are killing . FDA needs to be disassembled and given back to the people to regulate. Government officials have proven themselves unworthy.

[@kathymcgraw4495]

the FDA is bought by big pharma and politicians.... it's a crying shame what Americans have let our government get away with because we are lazy and don't want to be involved or get off our butts to do anything.... We and future generations are paying for it now.

[@dockstarnes6932]

Time and time again the alphabet agencies make a mess of whatever they regulate. Gas cans Herbicides Vaccines Analog signals for tv And the list goes on and on.

[@billwilson3665]

The idea that the people can take anything back from the federal government is a quaint little notion.

[@darrylwatchman2957]

The FDA is a corrupt organization.Whatever they recommend I do the opposite.

[@coreyn]

Unless your an illegal! In that case you get to take everything from the government because they’ll gladly hand you what you want for a vote of a lifetime!

[@notinmyname792]

I mulched three tons of bought in compost into my garden. I potted my seedlings into some. It caused massive damage in my garden because it contained broadleaf herbicide. This is a huge problem. Thank you for bringing it up and publicing this serious issue.

[@TheRainHarvester]

Where did you buy the compost?

[@taddoolittle9819]

Plant HEMP is will cleans your soil of these chemicals in no time!

[@WinWin-oo4uk]

Corporate greed has run amok.

[@ollady7968]

Me too, I'm devastated!! I've made a huge investment into garden space at my new home. Ruined everything!@!

[@davidschmidt270]

@@ollady7968 I'm so sorry!!! Ummmm....maybe this could help??.so I came across some info awhile back about a tribe of natives that bought some land from the feds a few years back...I guess they got it dirt cheap because the land was contaminated with some kinda hazardous chemicals..... anyways the natives started planting...I think hemp of all things but yeah they were planting some kinda plant that was actually absorbing all the bad stuff....the feds continued to monitor the progress and we're actually amazed as bit by bit the levels of toxicity started to go lower and lower....maybe check into this.... again, very sorry....gardener Scott on KZbin said most gardeners give up the first 4,5 years because of serious set backs....he followed with this tidbit of helpful advice.... there's always next season..... personally what I've found to be helpful is going incredibly slow..... it's almost painful TBH but yeah slow helps.... I'm basically not even a gardener per se'....I feel like I more or less help the land do what it wants...more organic....also I don't buy plants(well, sometimes 😁) anymore....I look for seeds and cuttings from my neighborhood....that way it's localized and is adapted for the environment ...also....if it fails, it's ok! .. there's no huge loss!.... I'll take clippers with me for cuttings of trees and stuff and on my walk if I see something I like I'll knock at the door and explain to the owner that I don't have a lot of money but I like this bush or shrub and if I gave you a couple bucks could I take a couple of cuttings??? ... homeowners oftentimes could care less and I basically got it for free versus 40$ at Home Depot....win win .....this method isn't for the impatient....but even the my backyard still looks like a war zone I've learned to appreciate the dance more than having some unrealistic expectations of a garden that I'd probably just burn out on anyways!!... hopefully this helps you....a little at least....go organic.... appreciate the pests....go with the flow....you might just be surprised! If you'd like to discuss this more just respond ...I like to chat, especially about gardening!

[@MsFreethepeople]

This needs to be shared with hay farmers all across the globe!

[@user-rn3bb3dj4p]

They don’t care. Have you seen the lines at mc Donald’s drive through? Always busy, If you say hey those happy meals are killing your children theyll call the fbi on you

[@helenclark7876]

For sure!

[@MATTINCALI]

*plane

[@RaymondYocum-uw5hd]

@@MATTINCALI ?

[@DubH00]

I would bet the hay farmers already know

[@douggrace5986]

He's a real farmer that knows what he is talking about. Not many of those ole boys left. Thanks for the heads up.

[@hulkxx91]

Actually most farmers in the USA are ole boys, the average age for an American farmer is 57.

[@gardener139]

💯💯

[@RidgeRunnerLLC]

Morning Danny, I know I can trust my hay guy because I have been putting my own hay up for almost 20 years, no chemicals used.

[@zaneymay]

Yes you need to know what you are buying. Not everyone sprays.

[@haphazardgardener5586]

Good job Ridge Runner!😊

[@janetwethepeople9390]

Same here. No spray for 20 yrs.

[@marciabyram6003]

Me too and I have spread my mule's manure for years and never had a problem in any garden. This farmer should probably have his soil tested before just listen to a friend at the feed store. Sounds pretty far fetched to me, but I guess it's possible. 🤔

[@valkyrie4679]

Keep in mind thanks to monsatan, the chem trails are killing the trees so imagine the harm they do to our crops.

[@enaid54]

It's crazy that farmers don't want a weed in their hay but will spray a cancer causing chemical on their hay!

[@MTknitter22]

I know. It’s hard here in TX Panhandle to find ranches and pastures not doused by Round Up!!

[@FloridaGirl-]

And the animals eat it 😳 And it still isn’t disapated. No wonder there’s so much cancer now! Am glad he is bringing this to everyone attention. I quit using it awhile ago too because of this. It’s TERRIBLE! Hay, straw, manure CONTAMINATED, and the soil!

[@TheRainHarvester]

And destroy their soil and any soil the runoff touches.

[@bettydanico2959]

Awesome garden. First time I listened and watched your vlog. From Boston, MA

[@rusted5408]

Because it's all about the money

[@mikerevendale4810]

This was a very important message. I had the exact thing happen, except I made the mistake of using rotting hay as mulch. The second season, after it had been tilled into the soil, it became impossible to grow healthy plants there. I'd never seen anything like it in all my decades as a gardener. What's truly bewildering is that we've become so short-sighted as to use such chemicals that must end up in our food. It's the definition of insanity.

[@Larry-d3i]

Corn will grow there, and also like Danny says grass or any monocots are not adversely affected by Grazon Next HL in the recommended application level. I have spot sprayed much higher levels of it which burned up the grass temporarily. BTW I also used rotting hay as mulch with the same result. It was quite disheartening.

[@WinWin-oo4uk]

It's called Billion Dollar Corporation Greed.

[@heatherk8931]

I made a sandwich today and noticed the Warning label that stated "Consuming this product my cause csncer". WHAT? what's it coming to?

[@valencia81750]

@@heatherk8931 I guess the flour which came from wheat could have been sprayed with herbicide

[@debravictoria7452]

@@WinWin-oo4uk and part of the agenda.

[@coolbreeze2213]

I love watching programs like this. Real people, hard working, knowledgeable and willing to share their knowledge and wisdom that comes from experience.

[@denaredford6701]

Thank you for this information . You made it all so easy to understand . We all need to understand how they have basically ruined our American grown food . 😮

[@love4christ-hi5ql]

And it's sad that people go along with it. Have you heard of Oliver Anthony. He has 2 songs that really hit home.

[@littlerayofsunshine69]

I've known about aminopyralids for over a decade now. When I first found out about it, I freaked out as a gardener. No hay has come into my garden since and I've even leery of store bought bags of manure. Good luck finding a disclosure for any chemicals used on hay that come from anywhere other than a small mom and pop feed store. Hell, the county I'm in has been spraying herbicide on highway right of ways all over the place. There's a war against life being waged for the sake of vanity and profit.

[@TTSSYF23]

it's not just for vanity and profit ...there is an agenda to decimate the population...to break down social structures...to break down family....to fill the minds of the young and old alike with un-truths and nonsense...to deceive and manipulate on a global scale. I don't say these things to peddle fear, only to speak the truth. Late 1970's early 80's, Monsanto corn was created specifically to be resistant to large levels of round-up spray (glyphosate). This was shortly followed by the change over from cane sugar to corn syrup (HFCS). Remember when Coke made "new Coke" , "new" used corn syrup instead of cane sugar. Unless the corn is organic it is Monsanto roundup corn, and almost everything in a grocery store that is prepared/packaged has corn syrup or corn meal as an ingredient. This didn't happen just for profit, it was ordained. The brain has 100 billion neurons, while the gut has 500 million neurons. A healthy gut affects our health, our ability to reason, to feel, to understand. The phrase "gut instinct" isn't just a cute old phrase, it has real meaning.

[@jamesmedina2062]

Don't dilute it. It's just greed and greed is short-sighted.

[@alonacortes7502]

I had never considered this. We got cows in January and have been collecting their manure for compost. But we have to give them hay in the winter because the grass stops growing. I'll ask the guy I get it from if he sprays it because I'm even more worried about my cows at this point. I'm also wondering about the compost we bought and where they source their leaf compost. Uhg... This is so frustrating. Gardening and raising animals is such hard work as it is and it to be ruined because of the laziness and greed of people who are just profiting is just too much.

[@jamesmedina2062]

@@alonacortes7502 I feel you! Don't give up. It will just take some time to settle in with your trusted sources. I can put you in touch with an awesome dairy farmer in Tennessee. He showed me how he went from 100 cows to 20 and switched to direct sales only. He said he liked the quality over the quantity.

[@slappy8941]

Yeah but our lawns look great! 😂

[@robertdean1579]

I ran into that with composted horse manure about 12 years ago. The county agent told me to add lime to the soil and keep turning it over, and the sun's UV light plus the lime would break it down. I did that and it worked within a few months.

[@firehorsewoman414]

Which lime, because people might not know that there is also lime that you add to soil to ‘harden” it up like for a gravel driveway etc.

[@blackhawk7r221]

Yes! Be careful with lime. It can form a subsurface “shelf” layer.

[@bridgettestokesconner9401]

Praise God 🙌🏼

[@elmerkilred159]

@@blackhawk7r221 Hardpan?

[@blackhawk7r221]

@@elmerkilred159 Yes indeed. Right below the cultivated depth sitting on top of the undisturbed soil. About every five years we turn it over with the huge 24” disks.

[@karengiorella2690]

As a NJ resident, as soon as this farmer said Dupont, I knew where this was going. My advice to this guy would be not to plant food crops in that area or anywhere near that area. And get your well water checked, too. "Dupont, the unwanted gift that keeps on giving. Good luck.

[@losangeles9320]

OMGosh, we can't escape the corporate poisons! Seed oils. corn syrups, graze-on, nitrates, mico plastics in our food, etc... I've been spending more on grass fed beef to find this out. Now I have to research graze-on. Thank you for posting this.

[@damageincorporatedmetal43v73]

I tried to tell them what realy is that Eight floor has been used for ??? Solar Panels think about it, is the F[uck'n] worth what your'e taking... 🤔

[@haleya9526]

You have the best soundtrack music ever! By that I mean, no music. No fancy camera work. Just the sound of nature, hard work, and garden wisdom. Cheers!

[@atct2010]

This is why I want to grow and raise everything I eat

[@cristallaprade5487]

You can test mulch, straw, or manure for Grazon before using it. Fill a bucket a quarter full with the straw/mulch/manure. Pack it down so you have a decent size sample. Fill the bucket with water. Let this soak a week then water some sacrificial dycot veggies in containers you can toss later. If the veggies don't show damage within two weeks the mulch is safe.

[@terrywereb7639]

Interesting to know. Thanks.

[@nanpac3699]

Yep, or make up a small isolated soil plot (AKA container) and try to try to sprout some beans in it. Any signs of curled leaves or deformities will be proof that it's contaminated compost/soil. Those chemicals are a NIGHTMARE!

[@ProudPatriot007]

Thank you for this great tip!

[@Bellanaria]

Thank You For This Tip

[@MalluStyleMultiMedia]

Interesting

[@andreawimer4334]

I got my hay last year from a farmer who had no idea what grazon is.👍😀.. I stocked up. My 2 year old manure is also clean. My seeds germinated well...but... The farmer a mile down the road has an attitude at me because I told him not to use it and He is composting and selling manure from his 20 head of horses. I have 2 reasons to not use it. Not only does it kill your garden,but my older gelding, has an eye disease and chemicals cause eye flare ups.. chemicals are bad for everyone.. I dont know why farmers think it is ok. Thanks Danny.

[@lindajustice2000]

Because those farmers are greedy!

[@rusted5408]

To them ots all about the money

[@richardreese5377]

Horse people have caused much of this by being so picky about hay . No dust , no weeds . Horses are especially picky eaters and wasteful and won’t eat weeds .

[@davegordon6943]

There's actually allot that want to change. They spend tons of money on fertilizer and different additives and they would love to not have to spend it if they got the same yield. Or they may already be heavily invested in other methods. That and the fear of a bad crop is real. If they do something wrong they could lose everything. The margins for farmers are disgustingly low. An old guy I do work for raises sheep. I asked how much he got for a lamb. $40. You can't even get a cat at the SPCA for that. I couldn't believe it. The investments are so big it's a hard living.

[@mikemahoney295]

Have around 120 goats. Mixed in their manure last fall. My tomatoes grew up nice and then wilted. Plants are fruiting, but still wilted. Thankfully it is the only garden I used it in. Well thanks for this info and I'll need to look into the responsibility of the person selling the hay to make the buyer aware. We birth in dead winter and buy a lot of hay.

[@bobbyblazier7374]

Farmers are our heroes!!! God Bless you all, and thank you for all you do!!

[@debluetailfly]

I never would have thought about not using manure. Never heard about Grazon before. It is sickening to me to how 'farmers' who should have a deep interest in caring for the earth, are nothing but dangerous chemical spreaders! There are reasons farming was at one time called husbandry, and now it is agribusiness.

[@Growmap]

Grazon is NOT the ONLY persistent herbicide. Finding hay that hasn't been sprayed that isn't half weeds is a serious issue. And during droughts, hay gets hauled in and the sellers have no idea how it was raised.

[@PinballPreparedness]

Best bet is to only use what you produce. Even Black Kow has been shown to have Grazon

[@annehollier4632]

Even Black Kow?????

[@gardeningwithprincess]

@@annehollier4632 Yes, Black Kow has grazon in it. It's also known as aminopyralid.

[@taylorshomestead3934]

I’ve used black cow three years now and no issues. I do plan to get rabbits for their manure in the future. But I think they require hay too😩

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

​@@taylorshomestead3934 I never feed my rabbits hay just weeds and plant waste.

[@taylorshomestead3934]

@@DeepSouthHomestead thank you!

[@garyfreeman5999]

Our food supply has gotten so tainted!!!! That is amazing that you figured that out!!!!

[@tonioyendis4464]

I've been using Black Cow from Home Depot for several years in my backyard organic garden. I never knew it was a bad thing!

[@davegordon6943]

Go to an actual grow store. A bag of good potting soil will cost you $20-30 a bag. A bag of good compost or manure can be $10-15. All the miracle grow and box store stuff is much cheaper $5 and quality is much lower and I wouldn't trust it to be completely organic. I use ocean forest by Fox farm, roots organic is great as well. You can also get worm castings, guano, bone meal, perlite etc. whatever you like and make your own. Id put my ingredients in a big compost barrel that you can turn mixes it up good.

[@Outdooracademe]

Thank you for this video. I've gardened a lifetime in N.Y. and have never seen problems like I have over the past 10 or so years. From bugs, beetles and caterpillers never seen before. To a garden robbing neighbor who also put antifreeze soaked cantaloupe on paper plates in my garden, I quit. Another gardener in my area is stll battling the bugs but has also used landscape co. bought manure and hay for mulch and is seeing a big, slow decline in his garden. LIke you said, it's been four years cleaning up your garden. But it looks to me like sabatoge has been going on for at least the last ten years in different forms, like the bug situation I mentioned.

[@ticktock2383]

Put electric fence around garden area to keep out critters and neighbors. Use weeds from your unsprayed areas to make weed tea to feed your crops. Use companion plants and natural methods to deter pests. Now is not the time to stop. You will need the food.

[@Outdooracademe]

@@ticktock2383 lol! I know how to do this. Can't make anything happen when a neighbor dumps antifreeze on it. It's over. Guess I'll starve to death and die on the couch. Smartass!

[@Outdooracademe]

@ticktock2383 Meanwhile, the neighbor pours more antifreeze on it when I'm not looking. Electric fences won't stop it.

[@maecarpenter6735]

Cameras!

[@Outdooracademe]

@@maecarpenter6735 LOL! So naive.

[@dravonwalker2352]

I use the manure from my horse’s stable but test it in several places before I do. I plant bean seeds in it and if they come up looking normal, it’s good to go for that year. But the test part is vital for me!

[@AlmostHomestead]

There seems to be an endless amount of challenges when it comes to gardening. Appreciate your information. 👍

[@Mrbfgray]

Yes but don't let that discourage you, doable and worth it! Endless more to learn is a good thing, never be boring.

[@AlmostHomestead]

@@Mrbfgray For sure. We are learning and trying new things each year. I just set up several electroculture antennas in our garden. Anxious to see if we get results.

[@Mrbfgray]

@@AlmostHomestead No offense but electroculture is absurd. I hope you get much of the rest right.

[@rickguthrie9503]

Danny I was interested in your Cherokee wax beans how do you and Wanda prepare them?Breaking or shelling ?

[@matsvineyard7564]

Definitely if you live in the USA. The rest of the world seems to do ok without crap in their hay.

[@sophiabultena6781]

Glad we bale our own hay and do not spray our fields at all 😊 goat poop is amazing ❤ our dairy goats absolutely do not get anything sprayed cuz I don't want it in the milk that my husband and I and my 10 month old drink. Our dairy cow also doesn't get any ❤❤❤

[@JDAfrica]

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I’ve been against using hay in my chicken coops (usually it’s because of the price, and because it’s slippery when I walk in). We prefer to use leaves and grass cut on my property - and sometimes pine shavings. Which the local chicken keepers always yell at me for - because they feel hay is better. I’m so glad I didn’t use straw, Lucerne or hay - becuase I use my chicken coop soil over my trees and garden at the end of season.

[@narellemacpherson9759]

Be careful of the pine shaving grazing the chickens feet giving them bumblefoot, pine sawdust would be much better

[@TonyisToking]

It’s not only the sprays… a lot of farmers fertilize with bio solids rich with contaminants.

[@julielay8035]

Absolutely! Thank you for speaking up about this. Most people don't even know about biosolids (human/industrial waste water sludge) being used on fields! Have you seen the farms that have been seized in Michigan and Maine?

[@jerrycampbell6181]

We have to wonder what the Grazon is doing to us that the beef we eat have grazed / ate hay from a field that has been sprayed with this product ?????

[@mplslawnguy3389]

No crap. We likely will never know, it's not like the agricultural industry is going to tell us. I don't know what the solution is. I do my best on my outer suburban lot of land, but I obviously have no ability to raise animals, even if I wanted to. I don't know what the solution is.

[@SmilingGriffon-lk7um]

@@jerrycampbell6181 sounds like a big class action lawsuits in the making.

[@jeanlanz2344]

We were warned about pesticide-tainted manure in 2014 at Mother Earth News conference. So glad we heard about it! Thank you for spreading the word. I'm sorry your beautiful gardens were so damaged.

[@jamesweir2943]

try reading the story again it’s not about a pesticide. It’s about a herbicide.

[@andiamador7156]

@@jamesweir2943 Pesticides are not considered herbicides. Herbicides are considered pesticides (being that they are for plant 'pests'). Let's just call them all poisons and be done with it.

[@curiouscat3384]

@@andiamador7156 I'd have to agree that if you're conscientious enough to avoid herbicides then you probably are avoiding pesticides as well :)

[@andiamador7156]

@@curiouscat3384 Well, there is that consideration, (I happen to avoid them) but my comment involved the fact that herbicides are considered a subcategory of pesticides. The other commenter was correcting the original commenter in this thread, and I just pointed out that the original commenter didn't actually need correcting. It is more pinpointed to call an herbicide an herbicide, and certainly more accurate and clear, but not incorrect to group herbicides in with pesticides. People who are quite to very familiar, as well as people who are somewhat unfamiliar, with herbicides and their classification may call herbicides pesticides.

[@curiouscat3384]

@@andiamador7156 yawn

[@livenletlive7537]

Good Morning Danny. I use guinea pig poop & chicken coop cleanout. We just moved to this property beginning of this year. we have very large garden plots this year. The past owners did not use chemicals and their animals ate off their land. Very lucky to have 8 acres of timothy hay growing organically for 15 years here. Many people I know were devastated by grazon in compost. Me, I have saved my guinea pig poop, dried it (all year). My chicken coop cleanout goes to my worms for them to finish it and turn it into black gold. We have 20 large bins (and growing) of red wigglers, and they a great job breaking it down for us. I use hemp litter for the chicken coop. We have a mealworm farm of 40 bins of mealworms in different sizes and stages. Their frass gets saved in a bucket and when we know that no eggs fell in it, it goes out to the gardens. I have saved Banana skins all year, dried them and turned them into powder, same with chicken egg shells. I also use organic alfalfa pellets (I buy that for my guinea pigs) for nitrogen and sprinkle that around the green leafy plants. They also eat unlimited amounts of organic timothy hay. I give them organic carrots, peppers, cabbage, green beans, broccoli, parsley, watermelon, canteloups (spoiled guinea pigs). All chicken bones and fish bones after making broth, are dried in the oven and then powdered for the gardens. For my tomatoes and pepper plants, I always dig a hole, toss in a sardine with skin and bones, spinkle a little lime, and cover it with our vermi compost then plant the tomatoe plant and the same for the peppers. This is what I have been doing for a few years, but now I have to bump it up to larger quantities and next year will be even more. We have 400 tomato plants and different varites. I use certain flowers to keep the bugs under control and tulle to cover crops that get attacked by squash bugs, or beetles, or by other bugs. Praying mantis helps, so do ladybugs, lots of sticky duct tape around my fingers to tap them off. At night I have a blacklight ready to pick off those evil hornworms,, which will go to my chickens in the morning. It is work, but we need what we grow for us for the year and for our animals. I won't buy commercial compost or garden soils. I have fall leaves in lawn and leaf paper bags and they will be added to the chipper and given to the worms to finish them off too. We will be getting mini jersey pregnant cows, 2 of them, next month. We have 3 fenced paddocks for them. Each have 2 acres of grass, clover and oats growing on it. They will be rotational grazing. Winter they will have the timothy hay we are growing. They will be grass fed. We don't get freezing temps here, maybe a freak freeze, but it's inbetween high 30's to 40's for the winter here at its coldest. There may be something for them to graze and we may not have to feed them just timothy hay. We will see.

[@mrpallycapoops]

How do you grind your bones?

[@livenletlive7537]

@@mrpallycapoops the bones have to used to make broth first. Then after the broth is made, I remove any tiny pieces of meat off of it. Let them dry, then lay them flat on a sheet pan, put it in the oven on 200 for 5 hours. If you have a freeze drier, you can do that as well instead of the oven. Let it cool and put it in a high powered blender, insert my Vitamix. It turns it into powder. I collect that for the year and scatter it in the gardens or blend it into the comoleted compost before instead the compost out to the gardens. I also put a small handful (like a heaping tablespoon ful) into every hole for pepper plants and tomato plants.

[@mrpallycapoops]

@@livenletlive7537 thanks for your reply, much appreciated.

[@livenletlive7537]

@@mrpallycapoops You're welcome.

[@morfeo904]

I love the background noise. Crows and other birds chirping. So delightful.

[@77Cardinal]

Thank you very much for this information. I grow my own hay and my animals make compost. It never would have occurred to me that buying in hay could kill my farm.

[@cherylstarke5206]

We lost several years of vegetable growing on several acres. Still have a pile of horse manure that's 10 yrs old and just recently see broadleaf growing on the pile. Learned the hard way. We cut our own hay and use our manure because we know no grazon is in our hay and manure.

[@hog7203]

That's great info on the Grazon. Makes perfect sense. I never cared for snapbeans, because most people grew the Blue Lake or something similar. Very bland tasting to me. But those yellow wax beans and some of the short flat varieties are great. ➡️➡️ Try this for your deer problem. Worked for me for over 20 years. I use to tend a couple of acres in fruit and veggies and the deer were driving me crazy. Grew several varieties of sweet potatoes, cowpeas and butter beans. Basically deer candy. I tried every recommendation for keeping them out,short of a thirty foot tall deer fence which I couldn't afford,and nothing worked to my satisfaction. An old neighbor farmer gave me this tip and it worked great for me. String high test fishing line (50lb will work, but a higher strength is better) around your garden. I used the metal posts you can drive in the ground. Put em roughly 50ft apart, strung three strands, starting about two feet from the ground, same distance more or less apart, tight. It doesn't keep them out by force, it confuses them cause they can't see it very well. I'd fix the strands at the ends of the field so it was easy to unhook so I could equipment in and out. At least try it on a small area and see how it works for you.

[@stephensarkany3577]

I have been using hydrolyzed fish fertilizer as a foliar spray, haven't lost anything in over a week.

[@markm8188]

​@@stephensarkany3577 I assume you mean to deer? Does it also repel any insects?

[@adyingbreedofman9112]

I like it a lot

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

It took 6 seasons of crop rotation (plant, harvest & dispose of off site) to fix 10 acres. The other 30 (basic hay) has bare spots, took 9+.

[@ShalomShalom-d5c]

Wow!!!

[@Mrbfgray]

That's brutal. David the Good has covered this extensively for couple yrs now.

[@TheRainHarvester]

That seems like class action law suit material.

[@downhillnut2273]

I had no idea herbicides were so long lasting.

[@stephend9899]

@@downhillnut2273 All intentional poisoning is designed accordingly.

[@rootinteuton966]

I put some black cow (just two handfuls in each five gallon container) in my potted chilies soil and they almost died. I re-potted them with some old soil I had used a couple years before and now they are flourishing. You really have to be vigilant nowadays. Thank you for the video , I am now a subscriber.

[@JesusRodriguez-se1ph]

I am from Venezuela and I am Agronomy Engeneer agronomist but you do remember me to my father, he was a good farmer! My respects and congratulations for your so good channel! God bless you!

[@paulmaxwell8851]

My wife and I learned the hard way: never bring materials in from off the farm. Around here (central British Columbia, Canada) several similar products are used on haylands. Grazon is a very popular control for a variety of weeds; it's 20% picloram and 80% 2-4-D. Tordon is 100% picloram, used for the worst weeds such as Canada thistle. There are others, like Milestone, that are a bit less of a worry. But yes, bringing in hay or manure you don't know is very risky. In my experience you're looking at a minimum of five years before your farm or garden recovers. By the way, if you plant a few beans in a pot of soil mixed with questionable hay or manure you'll see whether it's contaminated. Legumes are extremely sensitive to picloram. The seedlings will grow twisted and gnarly, then die. Be cautious, folks!

[@SH-jy6lc]

Hi! I live in Alberta, Canada, first time gardener. Im shocked! I just used steer manure by green pasture in my garden. Do you know which brand is safe and which isnt? Thanks

[@patrickhenry5216]

@@SH-jy6lc farmers growing hay will use a pesticide on their fields to keep weeds out & that pesticide survives the digestive system of the livestock, meaning that you would need to find out who the hay came from & trust that they would tell you the truth about pesticides. I find that some farmers can get their backs up when you ask them about pesticides or GMO seeds. If it is important to you, don't take a chance.

[@SH-jy6lc]

@@patrickhenry5216 The green harvest manure was safe this time at least. I mixed it in with pottig soil n planted peas in it. The seedlings came out normal no damage. Just do the testing 1st and then apply manure to your garden. My strawberries looove that steer manure my gosh huge berries healthy plants. Thanks

[@annbolen6051]

I had the same devastating experience about 3-4 years ago with hay mulch on our tomatoes. The next year I got excited about mulching with wood chips and got free chips from the city that I spread in all my beds. The chips were infected with planarians that ate my earthworms and invisible mites that would attack us. All of this seems to have healed now, my garden is green so far and the earthworms are back, but it almost crushed my will to garden forever.

[@lulaporter6080]

Thank you so much, Danny! I had gotten fertilizer from the stockyard for the big garden one year. The first year everything was fine except I had to pull thousands of what they called coffee weeds. Then I left the ground fallow a few years. Last year I planted again and nothing grew, not even corn! I had the soil analyzed at MS State. PH is good and both nitrogen and phosphorus are very high. Potassium is low! I'm adding banana peels around my tomatoes and the newspapers I cleaned fish on. The cats finally realized fish heads taste good. I also sprinkled ashes from the wood stove in the middles. I'll rake up our own grass clippings for more mulch. They say moringa will also clean the soil so I'm planting some sprouts today. Might as well plant the leftover corn from last year, too. Sorry you had to learn the hard way, but thanks so much for passing your wealth of knowledge on. Love you guys! Charlie's U-Pick will open for picking soon and Wayne Lee's has whole chickens on sale for 99 cents a pound! I'm canning chicken today!

[@DreidMusicalX]

The same thing happened to me. My garden was doing great! I went and got some hey for my strawberries, and it ruined everything! We should be able to sue the grap out of these companies. I ended up removing loads of dirt from where I put it and transplanted my berries. Myself, I think its time to outlaw pesticides and herbicides. Also know that ANY Plants you plant in those areas and when they're finished, DO NOT toss them into your compost! You will only put it right back in your dirt as it will break right back down into your soil. These products are soil killers for growing foods. Also do NOT leave them to naturally break down on the soil beds or the Grazon will just go right back into your soil.

[@newnormal1841]

Absolutely They are killing Mother earth 🤺💐

[@FindTheTRUTH337]

@@newnormal1841probably on purpose

[@cherylp9963]

Well said.....

[@ericthebluesage]

Suing them would be a waste of time and money. The thing to do is boycott all their products.

[@frankytrevor7]

we ALL are! @@newnormal1841

[@Starphot]

Something to think about. In Denver there is a soil additive called "Five way." It is a mixture of peat with the different animal bedding containing composted hay and manures. I added peat only in the past five years and I got better results. When I started this garden in the 1980's, I tried "Cow and peat". The tomatoes grew tall, but with no fruit until fall. Too much nitrogen. We need sphagnum peat with iron sulphate out here due to our alkaline soil. This year the crops are huge and producing big time. Thanks!

[@christopherdejoe3743]

These companies need to be held accountable. No one with power is held accountable any longer.

[@MrMawnster]

No, they don't need to be. They written information. People need to read it. Get educated, learn chemistry and other stuff, be aware and learn ( internet, Chat GPT? no excuse to be naive now!)....and the responsibility IS on those people that use it. I certainly feel the huge weight of that and use it really carefully. I prefer other products or methods, like training my livestock to eat thistle BUT at a certain age of the plant (b/c I can't rotate through fast enough) they won't touch it and it spreads a few meters a year if not controlled. Other like curly duck is bitter, and tansy will cause abortions....so have to control it with modern means. If I had a small place I'd rogue it by hand but I don't...but I also don't hook up the field sprayer and go everything, that's lazy and irresponsible and I like my clover and alfalfa in the grass....so just work and spot spray.

[@trippyvortex]

@@MrMawnster Ok, mrmawnmaster, "If I had a small place I'd rogue it by hand but I don't." If you're struggling to maintain your property without dousing it in heavy chemicals, it's time to face the truth. You might be living beyond your means. Maybe it's time to downsize or find better solutions instead of relying on lazy and environmentally harmful practices. Let's step up and prioritize responsible land management with smarter, sustainable approaches. Our environment deserves better, don't you think? "so have to control it with modern means. " more like "so I have lost control, and live beyond my means"

[@trippyvortex]

@@MiliSonia Absolutely not what? Are you defending the use of this cancer?

[@cavegirl3712]

It is corporate greed and government regulations and alphabet organizations within our government who were put there to protect we the people have been high jacked by corporations. They put their guys in key positions. Its corruption of our democracy! Crimes against humanity and crimes against nature!

[@MsTwiththeTea1980]

I truly agree

[@kimsellers1470]

I'm so glad I found your channel. I'm a fellow Mississippian, living in Vicksburg. I have some strawberry plants in containers. I had bought hay to mulch around the plants. I guess I won't be doing that now. Thank you for sharing your knowledge on gardening. My family always had vegetable gardens when I was growing up. I helped with weeding, harvesting, and preserving the crops. My father is no longer here for me to ask about soil preparation, insect control, and fertilizers. It's wonderful to watch a fellow Mississippian.

[@michaell1665]

Thanks! I've heard about Grazeon from David the Good, however, I did not hear that Black Cow might be tainted. I have used BC often in my backyard garden. A few years ago I recycled some hay bales used for a halloween display in one section of my garden and had a couple of bad yields in that section. I have used Black Cow over the years. It really makes it tough for a relatively inexperienced gardener (like me) to figure out what I'm doing right and wrong when major chemical companies throw in a monkey wrench. I agree with you that the conspiracy could be real. They're doing everything they can to make everyone dependent on the government!!!

[@cavegirl3712]

More like depending on them so we buy their food so we keep their wallets full and ours empty. Them being big food giants.

[@markm8188]

I blame black Kow for the loss of a dozen new blueberry bushes that I planted. My plan is to dig them all out and replace the soil. Two years lost.

[@pipfox7834]

See Dr Martin's recent address to the European Union. Truths are emerging now and peices of the puzzle are all starting to fit together. It's ugly. ZPG by any other name

[@IAMGiftbearer]

These are private companies doing this; not the government, but the government isn't helping matters by allowing it. The stuff should be banned.

[@frankytrevor7]

just don't buy it, problem solve!!!@@IAMGiftbearer

[@dawnbern2917]

Thank you so much for this. I think I experienced this, I was getting horse manure from a local stable, plants are dwarfed, then I got clued into what they're all spraying. Yes there is a force that is leading to the poisoning of life on Earth.

[@zlatahume3134]

I just could not believe that they spray this stuff on hay. The point of hay is to have varieties of weeds. Thank you for sharing 😊

[@futurefolk9919]

I went to a local hardware/feed store and was able to get Cyprus mulch. It's amazing! Virtually no weeds, no issues with plant die off plus it smells wonderful. I've been leary about straw/hay bc of other ppls experience. Did not buy any cow manure for the same reason. Do I have pest issues? Yes. But I live in the woods in the South. Danny and Miss Wanda, I am ever grateful to you and channels like yours that have shared the knowledge that I'm being led that I need. Thank you and many blessings. 🙏❤️🇱🇷

[@cathybrubaker9705]

This happened to my garden a few years back when someone gave be a load of horse manure. Yes, it’s heartbreaking. Your bean patch is so beautiful!

[@Luhje]

any pun intended re: horse manure?

[@jamesmedina2062]

Round Up should not be all over the place willy nilly.

[@pavlovssheep5548]

mushrooms could potential be used to breakdown the persistent herbicides , as they have the ability to change there adaptive enzymes in order to eat new food sources , and commercially they are often grown on straw which is likely to contain the persistent herbicide ... mixing wood chips into soil then introduce mushroom spore then mulching surface with wood chip

[@Mrbfgray]

Like the idea but sounds fanciful without more info. Best to avoid the crap, livestock shit is THE shit for gardens but we have options. Mostly rely on my own compost and a little organic fert. Best tomatoes I ever grew were with composted horseshit but...oh well.

[@pavlovssheep5548]

@@Mrbfgray was suggesting mushrooms mycelium for use on land already contaminated by herbicide, . but if your soil is in good condition , preventing possible contamination is the way to go

[@lizhyrkas3989]

I loved the book Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets. Such great scientific evidence. There are lots of videos on the subject too from speaking engagements he’s done. It’s amazing to see the mushrooms breakdown the blacktop and clean the soil.

[@codysaunders7348]

@@pavlovssheep5548 yeah sure, but you aren't being specific enough. Which species of mycelium? Wine Caps would be a great start, oysters, etc any saprophytic species, especially those that grow aggressively. I'm a mushroom cultivator and I can tell you that the majority of fungi species will not serve a beneficial purpose in this regard. All my crops are covered with Wine Caps and wood chips and everything grows massive AND I get a tonne of delicious mushrooms throughout the late Summer/Fall

[@slappy8941]

There and their are different words with different meanings.

[@ikickknowledge]

I learned how to garden from my elders in Georgia but I now live and work in Vermont. Gardening here in Vermont is different but what I have learned from my elders and the old timers have helped so much. Blessings and thank you!!!

[@mousenmick]

I can’t even believe I didn’t think of this. Waiting to hear back from my feed store regarding my hay. Thank you for bringing this up.

[@333gatekeeper]

Unbelievable! I just laid Black Cow out over my garden yesterday and was going to till it in tomorrow. I'll be bagging every bit of it up tomorrow and getting ridd of it. My garden last year was in a different spot and everything we planted failed. I thought it was location and air flow issues. So.glad I watched this before mixing that in. Your info has probably saved my patch this year!

[@DebraofSENC]

Had the same experience with organic BC a few years ago. Well, the soil healed after many years but last year we bought several bags of D.P. and the potted plants and garden beds struggled. This is the truth, I poured cooled down water from blanching okra in the pots and within a day or two the plants started looking better and growing. Work so hard tending to the garden and believing you are doing the right thing only to find out that the cows ate weed killer.

[@Navajosun]

If I may ask, what made you use the Okra water? Do you normally use it to fertilize your plants?

[@DebraofSENC]

@@Navajosun I don't normally use it, but I did not want to waste it so I watered the potted plants with it. That's how I found out.

[@Navajosun]

@@DebraofSENC wow. Thanks so much. I need to try that.

[@amandaburrows4162]

Just an idea... Try whatever you want to use in your garden in a pot before you put it in your ground. (Each bag and label the pots)

[@BadUncleIke]

You just explained exactly what happened to our garden plot. Thank you.

[@percussionist48]

This is why I get my manure from a friend, who's a friend of an Amish family. They do a lot of their own growing of hay on their property and everything is organic. Their horses are their vehicles so they are sure to take good care of them as to what they eat. I'm in the north where the Amish are in every town or village up here. Slugs are my problem in my garden here in Ohio. At night they always attack my green beans, your's look beautiful. I gotta hand pick them off and hit them with salt that's in a can. As like I don't have enough to do, I gotta be on slug patrol.. Great video my friend 🙏

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Use copper to stop the slugs.

[@percussionist48]

@@DeepSouthHomestead I will try that, thank you 🙏

[@carmenhebert2765]

Danny, thank you so much for this video. I built a raised bed last year and everything died. I thought it was because it was a hot dry year and because I drive semi for a living I thought that it was my fault because I didn't water enough. After I saw this I made some phone calls and yes the hay I was feeding my horses with had been sprayed with Grayson. I'm glad I found out know instead of later when I will be depending on my gardens for food. The big kicker is that he did spraying on my farm for me and he used Grayson and probably sprayed MY GARDEN with it! I have about 5 years before I retire and hopefully I can clean my garden of this poison. The one thing I did learn is I can switch to using alfalfa hay and it will be free from Grayson. I have a heavy soil here (SD) and I really need minuare to lighten the soil. Thanks for the heads up so I can deal with this mess. God bless you and Wanda

[@judithriverarosso1133]

Alfalfa is possibly genetically modified, therefore loaded with herbicide. It makes for a great mulch and source of organic material, but do make sure it is not GMO. Blessings.

[@jamesmartin8069]

Same thing happened for me a few years ago. Brand new raised bed, and hardly anything even came up. Nothing lived too long either. Used horse compost from a local stable to fill the wood bed. Never will do that again. Researched and found the same info you did.

[@brianfitch5469]

Add lime and turn it into the soil and mix the the soil and lime and expose it to the sun. And it will drastically shorten its lifespan to around 6 months.

[@lesliedibenedetto9935]

What is bone sauce? And how can I make it?

[@carmenhebert2765]

@@lesliedibenedetto9935 I think you mean bonemeal. Take chicken bones, egg shells and put in the oven at low heat and bake for around an hour. Let cool and run threw a blender to make a powder.

[@michaelcolors]

God's Light and blessings to you, your family, and to all of the other honest gardeners and farmers who just want the right to feed their families with nutritious foods without toxic chemical compounds. ♥️🏋️💜

[@johnbarilovits3721]

It is amazing how you will always learn from the honest people that are actually out there doing real farming and gardening. Thanks for showing the bad things that can happen and investigating the cause. And when we use chemicals, be it insecticides or herbicides, they are great as intended but you must follow the label instructions, "it's the law". More is not better. Anybody selling hay or cow manure should be honest about if has herbicide residue. We grow fruits and vegetables on our farm and I never use manure or compost from a source I don't trust. And if you buy hay for your animals, don't get from somebody that cuts it off land they don't own. Most scrimp on lime and fertilizer, if they use any at all, and the nutritional value of the hay grown that way is usually quite poor. Properly limed and fertilized hay fields give the grass the vigor to out-compete the weeds and won't require herbicide treatments. Weeds will take over a field if the pH is off and the NPK is low, then requiring herbicides to kill the weeds.

[@cherylp9963]

God is good...

[@JuanitaThompson-cm5tq]

😢Thank you for sharing your experience. What a terrible thing. On a lighter note; The sound of the beans falling into the pail! Brought back memories of my Grandpoppa in his iconic blue jean overalls!

[@jamesesslinger1976]

Thanks for sharing about that manure! Soon as I get my property I am going to get same bib overalls and I am super excited for that!

[@alalineman1]

This makes sense, About 4 years ago we had tomato plants that were doing great. I was worried about bottom rot and saw where a guy had put down straw to keep the dirt from splashing the plants. I went and bought a bail of hay, after about a week or 2 it was like roundup overspray had gotten on the plants and basically killed the plants.

[@lilolmecj]

Blossom end rot is caused by low calcium levels, or poor availability due to acidic soil. Add lime and buy a calcium supplement.

[@armywife7922]

Thank you Mr Danny and Wanda for bringing this to the attention of the community. We appreciate all the knowledge you share. Yes, just like w the chicken feed, bio engineered items they are adding to food (the good thing is, they are adding Bio engineered food on the label- ALLEGEDLY) and other horrid things that are going on with the controllers. one thing that Jess had recommended, is planting a bean in each bag of black Kow and if the seed survives the first 10 days or so and doesnt die, then you can be pretty sure it doesnt have grazon in it. The good thing about testing with beans, is they shoot and quick and die quick if there are chemicals in the manure. Your garden is stunning. So happy you are sharing this knowledge with this community. Many Blessings.

[@stephend9899]

The filthy parasitic controllers are the cancer upon this plane-t! They poison everything with their chemtrails, BIG pHarma, 5G, bioengineered food garbage, GMO's, fluoridated water, weather mods, etc...

[@homesteadgal4143]

So sorry for your experiences. I have tried to warn people about Grazon for 5 years -- no one believed me. I'm glad that there is a bit of discussion over Grazon now. Your bean plants look beautiful. We have had such cold weather that we have no 'warm season' veggies in the ground yet (we are zone 6b/7a). This week we will begin transplanting seedlings and will begin sowing our beans. Potatoes are doing great, as are other cool crops. Strawberries are only starting to flower now. Crazy weather!

[@Mrbfgray]

David the Good has covered this well in recent yrs, for what it's worth. And Good on YOU.

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

I was about to comment that David has done videos already. 😄

[@ronb6182]

Thanks for the warning I used to swear by cow manure by Black Cow. I had some old stuff and it didn't help my tomato plants. It's going to be hard to grow stuff with all this craziness in the farming industry. 73

[@mikenorman4816]

Had a similar problem a few years ago, and I never did figure out the cause at that time. But after watching your video and recalling that it all started after tilling in some manure, this explanation sure fits. I struggled for 2-3 years after that to get back to the production level that I had in my garden for the years prior. It's now producing again, but I have not added any more manure since that last time.

[@Thetimecapsuletx]

Roots and Refuge had a big problem with the hay last year. She thought it was round-up. She tests all her hay by growing beans in it first. It quite a problem.

[@brianfitch5469]

She could only wish it was round up. That clears quickly. You should let her know what it is.

[@maryturner3534]

They are the same thing

[@silverbackag9790]

@maryturner3534 except they ain’t.

[@ka00995]

This happened to me with my potted tomatoes in 2020. My tomatoes would get to a certain size and then the leaves would curl and then the plants would wilt. I couldn't figure it out. I know how to grow tomatoes lol. After researching, I learned about grazon from a Texas farmer here on KZbin. He had the same issues. I now get chicken manure from a local friend. My plants have done very well since switching. I recommend speaking with locals.

[@MTknitter22]

Yes, I use rabbit manure from our organically fed rabbits. I bet your potted tomatoes look great now!!

[@Rattlerjake1]

A great way to keep deer out of your garden is to run 2-3 clear monofilament fishing lines around it. Doesn't need to be higher than 3 feet. The deer can't see it and they bump into it and it confuses them. They won't jump it because they don't know what it is or how high it is. It's cheap and doesn't require electricity. Might give it a try. Just remember that it is there so YOU don't trip on it too.

[@cswann8]

I prefer a .270win

[@enlightened69]

im a first year farmer and had deer ravage my corn and sunflowers. i did the same thing but i used aluminum hot fence line. its $90 for a 1/2 mile roll and it keeps the deer out. i think im going try what you said with the fishing line. thank you

[@BusterCheeks-i2u]

Lemme come gunt and I'll give you half the meet.

[@BusterCheeks-i2u]

​@@enlightened69what state

[@leecrooks2781]

Thanks for your method! Totally unrelated: if you have a tube of glue or caulk with a screw on lid use a bit of Bag Balm or Vaseline on the threads.

[@briangardner5053]

Totally seen this before. We were blessed with very natural clean farmers in Williams, Oregon, where we could pick up no spray hay & no chemicals goat/cow/horse etc manure. Very tight community into clean living, so everyone know everyone and what they're doing/not doing

[@francoisjouvel6190]

Thank you so much !! I am standing on your side. I don't put any chemicals in my soil except sheep manure that we call migon.

[@deecooper1567]

It seems as tho someone is trying to make us FAIL as we try so hard to gain a sustainable way of life. Wanda, your canned beans look beautiful ❤ 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[@curiouscat3384]

No, the commercial food industry is just trying to produce as much as possible without regard for the long term effects. They could care less what us small farmer/gardeners are doing!

[@24revealer]

@@curiouscat3384 I've talked to farmers about using roundup and the damage it is doing to mankind. They don't care, its all about their bottom line.

[@curiouscat3384]

@@24revealer Actually I have some sympathy because they have huge costs and no control over consumer prices. It's the middle man who controls our economy

[@24revealer]

@@curiouscat3384 I was talking to a friend in the city about this. When they first came out with the combine it collected all the seeds, the ones they wanted and the weed seeds. The used the weed seeds to feed their chickens. Not much of any seed made it back to the ground. Today the combines blow the good seed and the weed seed back onto the ground. It's ridiculous. It's all corporate nonsense and it will make man extinct if they keep this stupidity up. This video shows how stupid things have become. The herbicide sprays destroy our gut and we cannot absorb the nutrients we need from the food. I have no sympathy for ignorance of the facts, just to make a profit and kill you family and friends in the process.

[@mikeguitar9769]

Of course they have huge costs, they’re poisoning everything.

[@drumcrazy72]

A tough but important lesson in phytoremediation. Good lesson for all growers, best learned from others than by experience. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@mayshomesteadchronicles]

I have had a lot of success using scare crows. I put them out at night and pick them up and put them away first thing in the morning. I also make sure to place them in a different spot every night as well. Work’s fantastically!

[@cdevpayne]

Thank you, I had often thought about putting hay and straw on our land. Now I will continue what we are doing. I do not use any chemicals or pesticides. We also grow our own federalizer using weeds, leaves or anything grown on our land with out any chemicals. Thanks a million. Sorry for your land defunction. Hope you all will be OK> Thanks and stay safe.

[@mylamberfeeties875]

I always plant sunflowers the year before i plant anything else it breaks up the soil and makes it amazing to work in. I just use the ground soil no adding but well water 🤷‍♀️ i dont mulch or pile anything on my garden. Been video it since the day i bought the land slowly building up my landscaping

[@MissingLinkMTB]

ten years... that's the half life of antifreeze... geesh. Thanks for the video!!! I bought Cherokee wax beans from Dollar Tree last year. OMG, the production was amazing!!! They just kept producing all year and huge beans, 8" even! I will continue to plant them every year!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

They're our favorite.

[@DDGLJ]

I’m super lucky to have a friend who raises organic beef. All grass-fed with his own grass and pastureland up in the mountains, in Montana. I buy a half-cow each year and get great manure for free. It’s hard to grow vegetables up here, but at least I have that in my favor.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

That is awesome!

[@DownOnTheHomestead]

I definitely needed to see this. We try and be very careful about Grazon.

[@HeirloomReviews]

The part that gets me is it dont seem to affect the plants till they get large! i have been finding that the soils you buy from lowes an homedepot seem to be killing plant starts as well as mid season crops

[@dawneen4537]

We use bagged chicken manure and several years ago, horse manure that had rotted down. We have issues with tomato blight but still canned 20+ quarts of tomatoes last year. Mom was a master gardener and while slowing down at 91, she still gets out and gardens.

[@craig5477]

Great information. Thank you. I would have never considered this. There is something very wrong with our society when there’s elements that are working against folks trying to make a life.

[@CleverGirlAAH]

Someone's always trying to cash in on some chemical run of by putting it into OUR FOOD...

[@davidb2206]

The food supply in the U.S. is FULL of Ag Crooks, not real farmers. We must have total transparency in full labeling, including country of origin, on ALL food.

[@pipfox7834]

@craig5477 see dr Martin's address to the EUropean Union. It all makes sense when you've heard it. Remember ZPG from the 70's? This is the newer, non family friendly version we're all facing right now.

[@argusfleibeit1165]

@@pipfox7834 The only way we grow enough food for the population of people we have, is through all of these chemicals and genetic engineering. A century later, this is the price we have to pay for refusing to limit our growth. Corporations and capital demands growth, and will not put limits on it. This is the result. Let locoweed run wild in your hay field, and see how much the buyers of your hay appreciate it when you poison their livestock. Maybe we should eat less meat? OH, NO!! Like I say, you pay the piper sooner or later.

[@TheFabFarmer]

Thanks for sharing! Even more reason for my family to get their butts into gear with raising our own forage and fodder for the animals!

[@lyndabuchholz1216]

I have been experimenting with things to keep deer away. They weren't phased by the bone sauce but I mixed Tabasco and some strong essential oils and a container of water and sprayed all around and on my plants and the deer haven't eaten or messed with anything yet. I am praying that it will continue to work. Deer are very unpredictable!

[@TSis76]

Goats are not phased by it at all! No joke: they actually seemed to go after the trees more voraciously.

[@reginastratton5031]

What is bone sauce?

[@jerryoutlaw3396]

Thank you for this information. I had NO IDEA. This is so important. Thank you.

[@reid8285]

I grew up on a dairy farm up in Minnesota and eventually we sold all our cows and my brother turn some of the cow yard into a garden and the potatoes were amazing to eat . The potatoes grew amazingly on the cow manure

[@theobserver9131]

I grew up on what used to be a dairy farm....family owned for generations....also in MN. (Northfield) I was spoiled with magical black soil. I had no idea how precious that "dirt" was! Our garden was a 1/3rd acre, old sheep enclosure. We grew record breaking produce in there without any added fertilizer or pesticides or herbicides. I didn't even know what "organic" was back then. I live in Va now, and growing here is a bit more work, but I'm learning it.

[@theobserver9131]

tomatoes are like weeds on this property. They pop up everywhere, all different varieties.

[@reid8285]

@@theobserver9131 Any history you know of on Jessie James??

[@theobserver9131]

@@reid8285 Lol! Yeah, that's our claim to fame! I was never fascinated enough to dig up details, but Northfield's annual festival is called "Defeat of Jessie James" days. They re-enact the robbery attempt and the strong response every year. Everyone gets dressed up as cowboys and rides their horses in the parade. I did that one year. My horse got spooked by a car and slipped and fell with me on her. We were both ok, with a few bruises. I think I was about 10 years old at the time. We rode home nice and slow.

[@theobserver9131]

@@reid8285 I'm pretty sure you can find video of the re-enactment on youtube. It's kinda lame, but it's fun if you are actually there.

[@carolmalko615]

Thank you Danny for reminding me about Grazon and the harm it could do to my garden.

[@jimlippi4001]

I doubled the size of my garden last year . I'm so glad that I couldn't get any straw last season. I've been piling up my leaves and using them instead. The new section seems good so far. 🤞

[@cathtf7957]

Wow! I never suspected the bagged manure could be harmful. Thanks a million for the info. There's a lot to learn in vegetable cultivation. Have a wonderful day everyone ❤ from western canada.

[@stephend9899]

The only thing harmful, is your fellow man!

[@williamcarr3976]

Man that’s a beautiful plot, looks like a relaxing place to garden.

[@marcusrobinson6586]

Great video! That agenda is for real. Glad I watched this because I’ve issues with my garden for two years and the manure may be the issue. Thank you!

[@juliemcgugan1244]

I had a bad experience with a bagged compost that I bought from a garden centre, which I suspect was full of aminopyralid. Luckily, I only used it to start seeds, but they grew so gnarly! Ended up throwing the whole lot in the bin! So glad I never put any of that in my brand-new garden beds! I never use anything on my garden beds, now, without testing it on a batch of seeds, first. And I never use manure of any kind in my garden, either. Good job with the corn, to clean up the damage that was done to your garden!

[@ztukariansevuri]

Interesting. I am glad that you posted this information. Imagine the bigger picture, if the dirt release dust tgen youre just absorbing it when its windy, and it could potentially cross gardens, effect bees, virtually contaminate all of nature...

[@nancygrogan6082]

Thank you, Danny and Wanda. I have access to plenty of cow manure but I’m afraid to use it. I’ve heard you speak on this many times.

[@gerriegeldenhuys6253]

Interesting. Thank you. I am retiring soon and want to start my vegetable garden. I won't put sheep/ goat manure in before asking the farmer about what he was feeding them. I'm happy to find this video before disaster strikes. God bless

[@susanlilley-rizos9906]

Thank you for educating people about this.