Picking an Entire Meal from the Grocery Row Garden [In My 1000% Original System]

Bring your emotional support chicken and get pickin'. Just watch out for the trapjaw ants.
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Today we travel through the end of May garden here in Lower Alabama and pick enough food to feed the family. We have cucuzza squash, tomatillos, potatoes, cucumbers and dill, blackberries, cabbages and plenty more.

[@ajax_davis]

Must prefer this type of gardening (if you have the space). All the other channels have too many rules and spend hours making it prim and proper. I just walk outside throw seeds on the ground, kick dirt around and always get a harvest.

[@davidthegood]

Definitely. See an open spot, plant in it!

[@tiarianamanna973]

Love it 😊

[@DevaJones03]

10:16 "his emotional support chicken named Pecky" when i tell you i laughed so hard and so long i had to watch everything after that again because i was totally incoherent.

[@Juanrivers2022]

From a raggedy weed mess, to a very productive grocery row garden. I love the before and after change

[@OfftoShambala]

In way less than a year. Nice example. This is what ‘being the change’ is all about.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you. We're getting highly nutritious food for less money than we could buy it, and in great abundance. I am grateful to have the space to garden.

[@d.e303-anewlowcosthomebuil7]

of course, he is in all summer fla....!

[@amandathurston2720]

I learned to make my own grits! And my meals are growing too! I add on every year, anyone thinking about doing this, just plant one thing!

[@growshakephil]

We all need an emotional support chicken

[@ScottHead]

Looks so wonderful. I like it. Especially impressed with the cabbage still heading up.

[@TheGeekyChef1190]

"Heading" up. I get it Scott. Lol

[@lancerob119]

Came for the gardening, Stayed for the laughs! thank you David

[@carolynsteele5116]

Wow, I can’t believe that gritty, barren soil has turned into a jungle!

[@davidthegood]

I am pleased as well. It is rough stuff.

[@anitamurphy2454]

Broccoli: DTG: hold the heads of your friends. That's some sage advice right there.. not suggesting the exact thing, mind you..just a fitting quote for these times.😄

[@goldengryphon]

Complete Mood. I'm here for it. (Found him off of a link at permies.com, and have tried to watch at least one video a day.) This guy, really really has the attitude of most of the successful Southern Gardeners it has been my pleasure to know. Love it.

[@jamesbackyard7192]

My wife's mexican and useses tomatillos everyday in our hot sauce. They add alot of flavor, especially if you roast them first.planted some in my garden and they got messed up by pests but they are still alive so I hope I can get a harvest. Save me alot of money 😆.

[@qualqui]

Hi, your wife is Mexican?....Tell her to check out Cocina al Natural with Sonia Ortiz, this lady shares a great recipe for raw Tomatillo salad, we made it already and it is SCRUMPTIOUS! :)

[@detyelram2819]

but if she isn't Mexican, then she isn't allowed to try those recipes.

[@jamesbackyard7192]

@@qualqui ok we will watch it and try it out soon. Excited for something new to use them for. Thank you.

[@rebellionpointfarms6140]

I wish the Dill taste could be as flavorful as the smell is amazing.

[@peter913]

I love kohlrabi and always eat it raw - like an apple as you say. Have you considered growing the gigant variety of kohlrabi? Last year I grew this variety and the edible bulbs were from 3 to 5 lbs in size - and they didn't get 'woody' which happens when you pick kohlrabi too late. The leaves are also edible, just like cabbage. In summary the gigant variety gives you 'a lot of bang for your buck'.

[@davidthegood]

That is an exceptional variety - thank you. I've had them get woody fast at large sizes. One that doesn't would be a valuable addition to the fall and spring garden.

[@AndreaGrinoldsSoap]

That is awesome corn! I've only tried once and got crazy smoot.... The blue fungus weirdness, and I'm in dry as heck Colorado. You're awesome and I recommend your channel to my garden friends. I loved the terra preta episode, wish my HOA was cooler about it. One day I'll be free😁

[@AndreaGrinoldsSoap]

Smut, not smoot hahah

[@davidthegood]

Smoot sounds more appropriate.

[@goldengryphon]

@@davidthegood "Crazy smoot" even more so.

[@3dclothes889]

I threw some of my store bought tomato seeds in the garden and those little tomatoes grew. It is a weed for real , it grows a big bush.

[@davidthegood]

That's awesome.

[@geannfreeman6455]

Love your garden Good family! My Everglades tomatoes here in Taylor county Florida are doing great, been eating them already. Got 15 seeds in January and I sprouted 6 so far.

[@johnliberty3647]

the ending song was great. Finally someone sings about stuff I relate to.

[@charlescoker7752]

Fire ant bites can be treated with crest tooth paste just after you get bit. It will keep it from going to a blister.

[@TT-di4qz]

This is my first time watching any of your videos and I LOVE it! BTW: I need to get some of those tomatoes to plant in my garden. And an emotional support chicken.

[@DevaJones03]

so he got you too with that i almost peed myself

[@davidthegood]

Thank you. Welcome!

[@gardengatesopen]

Came for the garden Stayed for the song at the end 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@HoeIngandSowIngGardening]

I love watching harvest vids so I can see how things look when they are ready to pick. Nice 👍😎🌸🌻🌴☀️😀🌴- Lazy Liz Life

[@wes4192]

Man the garden is looking good...

[@suzyq6767]

This is similar to how I garden. I've combined ideas from authors or books I can't remember the name of, plus these that I do: Ann Ralph, Mel Bartholomew, Geoff Lawton, Ruth Stout, Patricia Lanza, and, wait for it, Joseph Jenkins. I've always thought of my garden as a grocery store. Also, I grow tons of greens indoors in the perpetual climate-controlled spring. This and my pantry kept me well fed and out of stores for the entirety of the pandemic. I love your channel.

[@TheMilkmaidFarm]

Lol YOLO. Hey, meant to tell you...I started a channel. Just don’t yell at me because I used hay in my garden. 😬

[@sarahmannluker7528]

Its wonderful to see so much bounty. It's been raining for two weeks straight here on the upper Texas coast. My garden is NOT liking this much water.

[@FebbieG]

I think this is the first year I've ever complained about rain. Lol (I try to stop myself from doing that) It's like snowmageddon set us a full two months behind or something. Crazy weather.

[@goldengryphon]

Hearing and agreeing! It's good for the squash, which is finally looking like it might start to bloom, but the last time I tried to work in the garden area, I almost lost a boot in a muck hole. I love our black gumbo because it will grow anything that tries, but when it's wet ..... I guess, now that things are firming up I can quickly plant everything else. Good luck to y'all! (I know come August we'll be wishing it'd rain, but right now it's 'All Mosquitoes, All the time!')

[@mio.giardino]

The Italian name for those gourds are cucutsa (sp?) or Sicilian z.....

[@kylenathanmitchell6283]

Love it, fave part of gardening is the hunt for the yield. Finding an unexpected pepper or potato, is the best.

[@davidthegood]

Same here. It's fun to plant things all over the place, then discover them later.

[@borracho-joe7255]

Ha! Keep up the great work! You worry about trap-jaw ants and I worry about fungus gnats…I guess I have it better off. Puts it in perspective.

[@christapherdane]

Can you put the ending song in it's own video. I tell everyone about it and would love to send them a video link to the crazy smart gardener guy.

[@davidthegood]

Yes, I will do that.

[@hamhawk4027]

@@davidthegood Thanks!

[@FebbieG]

Yay!

[@nancyfahey7518]

Poke weed. We used to have ink berry fights. Later we would be running down the boardwalk in our bathing suits headed for the bay with purple blobs hanging all over us.

[@davidthegood]

That is perfect.

[@mattpeacock5208]

That long skinny gourd looks to me like cucuzza! I grew some last year, the vine took over the whole fence within a month, it grows like a madman and makes silly obscene long gourds that are almost completely flavorless!

[@betty8173]

I think I see my mystery weed, thank you, wow, it grows fast! Beautiful harvest, well done! And congrats on your latest blessing! God bless you

[@sunnydayssandytoes4337]

I still dont know what Im doing wrong. Im not far from you in location but my garden does not look like this. My collards went to seed, my cabbage is tiny, my brussel sprouts are teenie tiny, my corn is short, everglades are small still, my peppers are small, everything is small. I was able to harvest potatoes but they were getting blight so I took them out early and burned the plants. We added amendments like new soil, pond water and even miracle grow. The blueberries only have a handful and they are 3 years old. It has been a cool spring and I have shade I am fighting so that is probably it. My twin pears have spots. I dont know. So frustrated, but still trying. The garden area still brings me happiness even though its struggling.

[@davidthegood]

Have you tried liming?

[@sunnydayssandytoes4337]

@@davidthegood I put some on last fall, but I haven't this year because I needed to read the label again and find out what and when it was safe for. :D

[@g-man9684]

Add compost every couple months

[@IS-217]

HEY DAVID! The garden is looking GRRRRRRRRREAT! Great job guys. Jealous of all your space / gardens :) Happy gardening Cheers!

[@wolfebilt]

Very nice work, you've made a lot of productive crops happen 👍. Nothing like your farm to your own table, sweet!

[@wilsonfritzler7743]

David, your videos are a breath of fresh air, with your humor and wit I so enjoy your videos even though I live way north of you. Keep up the good work. You have the best gard3ening vids on the interweb. In all seriousness thank you.

[@janetbransdon3742]

Celery can give a salty taste in dishes...also celery seeds can be dried and harvested to use as a salt substitute.

[@davidthegood]

Great idea.

[@williamvillar7134]

The dang fire ants have wrecked all kinds of things, including several seedling pomegranates. Been putting out bait now that we've had a dry spell. I definitely need those everglades tomatoes in my life. Peppers, tomatoes, eggplant and pumpkins are what we have coming in at the moment. Those tomatillos look great! I found the seeds for the purple variety at Walmart in the ethnic section for fifty cents a packet. I tried some new hybrid peppers this year by bonnie, fajita and burrito peppers. So far, they are producing like crazy already but I haven't tasted them yet.

[@baddriversofcolga]

You sure the fire ants did it? They don't really eat plants. That being said they're an invasive species so the more of them you can kill the better.

[@hilarylonsdale608]

Interestingly, I was taught to cut off green parts of potatoes and use the rest. So far no upset stomachs.

[@amandathurston2720]

In Florida, in floods, fire ants will make life rafts from their bodies! Nothing kills those suckers!

[@dans3718]

Napalm does.

[@amandathurston2720]

It’s really coming to life, beautiful work!

[@ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim]

This is totally amazing. You are setting my standards for me!

[@ericmoulton9533]

I grew some here one year. Very nice. Tried again with no success. T likes to steam the leaves like spinach. Finger lady is an awesome squash!

[@loves2spin2]

Seeing your harvest.... warms my heart. We are much farther north so have not been getting much, yet, but the everbearing strawberries are keeping us happy, the mustard greens are done, there are plenty of green onions out there. I put eggplant out just yesterday under floating row cover so the flea beetles won't kill them. Corn, beans, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes have a good start. I always love how early on the plants are tiny and you wait and wait and then the garden explodes! I bet you all had a very tasty dinner!

[@gstudio33]

I like the pvc t's at the top of your posts. Looks like conduit spanning the posts.

[@davidthegood]

Yes, that's right. I got the idea from Josh Sattin.

[@franzb69]

you can always use the green potatoes as seed potatoes

[@sandragarner3913]

Poke weed is delicious, my grandmother used to say we had to eat poke salad every spring to clean our blood!

[@hanzketchup859]

I thoroughly enjoy your Show .

[@detyelram2819]

@11:33 is legit comedy gold

[@jimt902]

Yes big laughs when that snuck in there 🤣

[@Tehcarp]

your weed ecology is real different since you added steve's mix/mulch/started watering.

[@theorangetreehomestead6660]

This is SO inspiring!!! I cant believe how much food you are producing already.

[@AAHomeGardening]

Just beautiful Cannot get any fresher than this

[@diffractedbear4519]

Very inspiring! Thank you. Also, I dig the tunes!

[@davidthegood]

Thank you.

[@lynettetucker5236]

Hey David The Good and Family your garden is beautiful and so dark green really looks good 👍

[@ericmoulton9533]

Once again, you've changed your location but not your harvest! Unbelievable garden! I'm so happy for you!

[@chasethegreatgardener3312]

I've picked zucchinis bigger than my forearm in the evenings. Always look twice. Zucchini and cucumbers are hide and seek champions

[@jackkushner8026]

how dare you throw the z word around here like that... there could even be children Watching... so lets just all take it easy and noone get's mashed... potatoes.

[@ANoteToSelf]

@@jackkushner8026 I’m a newer subscriber...what’s the deal with zucchini? Lol

[@Mywalkingblog]

I've gotten around fire ants by simply using latex gloves when I dig around.

[@vinnettepope8255]

Beautiful healthy looking garden 😍

[@shadyman6346]

Your right! Cucumbers hide well, very sneaky indeed.

[@JamesJohnson-yh1oh]

Elizabeth says, To each his own. I didn't hill-up last potato season, and all were greened with solanine. Well, I cut it all off and made fried 'taters they didn't upset any stomach. Oh, lands sake, you and Pecky are so hilarious! Like your humor! I didn't see a watering system. Perhaps enough summer showers? The insects are pretty noisy. I notice that, too, when I go to my Dad's in Arkansas. It's too dry here in far north California for much of any insects. I like your Grocery Row garden.

[@davidthegood]

No irrigation yet. I drag a hose around and sometimes set up a single sprinkler.

[@jasonroku4219]

Yes

[@Shane_O.5158]

at 20:00 thair called cucuzza in italian, or new guinea beans in australia.

[@savana6773]

Another great one. Thank you David

[@PlanD9]

David the Goat

[@Tehcarp]

Those cucumbers and that dill and a whack of sour cream is my grandmas famous cucumber salad. Gotta add enough salt though. Are you near salt water there? You definitely get the sun to dry your own salt... if that's really somethign you are interested in

[@Michael-cv1nr]

Diatomaceous Earth should work on fire ants, it gets into the joints of legs on mites so it should work on them too. Thanks for the inspiration

[@baddriversofcolga]

I love Pokeweed as it's a native that grows super fast, and even if you don't use it for chop and drop caterpillars enjoy it and birds love the berries.

[@wandakelly2173]

Well that’s not too bad for terrible soil!

[@hamhawk4027]

Thanks for the cucumber tips. I added a few plants to the garden this year. I'm so sick of the ubiquitous seedless ones the grocery store sells. I haven't had a "real" cucumber in years. I just can't find them in the stores.

[@davidthegood]

I agree. Garden cukes are way better.

[@urbanhomesteadingpdx]

Awesome stuff enjoyed going on your harvest walk with you.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you.

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

Only staking the tomatoes in the hoop house. All the volunteers will be tucked in all over, to sprawl over the weeds this year, in next year's new beds. Tl;dr : I'm a lazy gardener.

[@kroegermarkus1170]

That gourd, in Germany we call it Hercules´ club.

[@davidthegood]

We have another completely unrelated plant here we call "Hercules' Club." Those common names will get you!

[@kroegermarkus1170]

@@davidthegood It is also the name for a mushroom

[@Iloveorganicgardening]

I planted some everglades tomatoes 🍅...but they didn't sprout...I'll try replanting.

[@davidthegood]

Good luck.

[@mwnemo]

Hey David could you make a grocery row garden playlist? With all the videos from this and the system you had in the tropics

[@davidthegood]

Good idea.

[@joelegrand5903]

Picking the entire meal from the garden is & has been common place for over one hundred years.. One of the best meals I have ate in sixty years was fresh catfish caught on the farm & corn, sweet potatoes, Green beans, lettuce, tomatoes & onions. This man was a master Gardener who had perfected the art of gardening at a young age. He had 120 honeybee hives in his Apiaty, well over one hundred fruit, nut trees & shrubs. I am Happy you have joined an distinguished club & will not have to worry about raising food prices.

[@davidthegood]

Absolutely. It is a wonderful way to live. Thank you.

[@michaele.4702]

There are several verities of fire ant the ones in the tropics tend to be more interested in eating you, and other proteins, then your crops usually. Sometimes they do farm aphids and that can be a problem

[@michaele.4702]

rebury green potatoes is best.

[@davidthegood]

Will they lose their solanine that way - or are you using them as seed?

[@YudronWangmo]

How the heck did your corn get so tall in May!

[@davidthegood]

It's the South!

[@YudronWangmo]

@@davidthegood You can’t fool me... you have some kind of magic going on there.

[@GardensAndGames]

He's using the key of Solomon. It's Steve Solomon, but still.

[@angellovesgarden1131]

Great video! Good luck on harvesting salt from the garden, Bro! 🤣🤣🤣Can't wait til my cucumbers start coming in. Stay Blessed!😇🙏❤

[@ilchickentv340]

“The only thing I haven’t harvested is salt.” You do still live near the sea, right?😉

[@davidthegood]

An hour and a half.

[@ilchickentv340]

@@davidthegood bummer

[@d.e303-anewlowcosthomebuil7]

@@ilchickentv340 lots of people claim good results with sea water...the rest of us can use redmonds salt, its cheap.....or, feed the animals with it and some will be in the manure...the old way

[@allendeanhuscusson459]

I think that your kinda garden and want to adapt as many as ican find the stuff to grow.thanks

[@shineisland7447]

Wonderful

[@fishrider62]

You have the same Mora knife I use in my garden, looks like it anyhow.

[@nevaehdoesstuff1092]

Nice!!!!

[@piedpiper7051]

I haven't checked in in a long while and your garden looks fantastic. Loved the children's laughter intro. How many are you and Rachel up to now?

[@davidthegood]

#10 is in progress

[@piedpiper7051]

@@davidthegood Holy Smokes! I missed an entire cycle. You're building your own nation to contribute to the cause. Big Congratulations! Hoping you have a book coming soon on your grocery row gardening system?!

[@davidthegood]

Thank you. When I get the system tweaked, I hope to write on it.

[@the_green_anna]

I save the green potatoes and plant them next year. 🙂

[@notmyfault6835]

San Diego growing zone 10b checking in 🌱 🙌 🤗 Are your brassicas in the shade?

[@essentialcomforts2166]

What do you do about pests? beetles in corn...larvae in tomatillos...aphids in broccoli...caterpillars in cabbage...etc..It doesn't look like you cover anything with netting. Are you using bug killers instead? what about keeping deer out? I love your garden! So beautiful. It reminds me of my great grandpa's back in the 80's. The basket makes me smile :) I don't have money for making the raised beds I was going to this year because the septic needed work so maybe i'll try this out instead :)

[@davidthegood]

I don't use any sprays. Sometimes we hand-pick pests. I generally try to just grow plants that like our climate, and if the bugs get some, they get some!

[@essentialcomforts2166]

Ok thanks. Same here but I'm trying a net this year to hopefully get some cabbage. People say it is safe but I'm not convinced yet.

[@dillweed3031]

Who is this macho man 💪?

[@jettyeddie_m9130]

Your corn is probably a foot higher than my purple homny corn 🌽! Looks like my hunch was right on when to plant it 😎

[@davidthegood]

Awesome.

[@rivenmain2175]

can you please talk more about good plants to make fertilizer from

[@davidthegood]

Leguminous trees, moringa trees, comfrey leaves, velvet beans, thistle leaves and Tithonia diversifolia are all good starts. We often put a bunch of weeds into a barrel and let it rot down in water to make plant food.

[@TheMilkmaidFarm]

Dang it! Missed you!

[@davidthegood]

Noooooooo

[@TheMilkmaidFarm]

@@davidthegood 😭

[@d.e303-anewlowcosthomebuil7]

hot here in Va. to bro...hey, give angel trumpets a try, easy to grow and sell high....prettytoo

[@lovethemanyway8175]

Looks great! ~ I was hoping to see what you made with it! Did you eat it all raw? Grill it? Make soup & salad? Or Mix it up to create a certain recipe or improvised a new delicacy?

[@roserainy7586]

Hold the heads of your friends 😂

[@jabba0975]

I eat green potatoes all the time- well cooked. Never had an issue. I believe the green-potato thing is overblown.

[@charlescoker7752]

3 poke berries a day will help with arthritis. Mix in water. Strain out the seeds.

[@davidthegood]

That's a new one - thank you. Maybe that's why birds never complain about arthritis.

[@charlescoker7752]

@@davidthegood This is the video talking about it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHucen9ump6peM0

[@mjk9388]

The "vegetable that shall not be named" starts with a "Z". It might as well start with a "N" because it's David's Nemesis.

[@suesuchit2290]

Would like to get seeds of everglades tomatoes and tomatillo.Great food harvesting

[@mikealmere70]

Nice!! I seem to have missed the video where you buil a red gardenhut? Where can I find that?

[@ericmoulton9533]

Finger lady squash. Tendiloni I think