Scything Our Syntropic System W/ Jim Kovaleski!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks For Watching!! "Our Grass-Fed Syntropic System was due for a feeding. Nomadic Farmer and Scything Expert, Jim Kovaleski stopped by our farm to help mow the rows. Big thanks to Jim for helping knock out that task! All of that bio-mass is directly feeding the soil and system ultimately. Stay tuned for our Spring Syntropic System Update! " By the way, we filmed a Course with Jim Kovaleski a few years back. It's called "The Grass-Fed Market Garden" ; this course is packed with valuable information + content and is affordable! Learn from the Farming Master! "Grass-Fed Market Garden" Course - www.thegrassfedmarketgarden.com Check out our video on The Grass-Fed Market Garden here- www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFaW8... ____________________________________________________________ Check Out Our Online Nursery! We can ship plants anywhere in the US! Click on the link below to order: Online Store- bit.ly/2wzHQiT

[@ninsaved9348]

Any star fruits 😋. I need some please

[@bensonmiguel7047]

InstaBlaster...

[@wizewoods9130]

Great to see Jim with the scythe in his hands, I'm sure he's heard that we had heavy rain on the coast of Maine yesterday. 12" of snow in the mountains!

[@YaBonks]

Jim is the man.

[@carlwhitehead217]

Self isolating at the moment, this is just what I needed

[@CUTTLOOSE1]

Gonna be in the same boat soon, Pete’s vids are at the top of the list for entertainment! He makes some epic content!

[@rawkingkong]

Pounding dirt alone is the best

[@giojared]

Ah, it is going to be a good day! Nothing better than waking up, grabbing a cup or coffee, and finding a new Jim K. video to give you motivation and inspiration for a day in the garden.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

🙏

[@Mountainviewfarm2022]

Loving your videos that much im I'm going right back the videos with Jim in are so educational for me as we grow in similar conditions

[@TheEssexAllotment]

Love jim! So many principles of his on my own market garden! Always forget to mention him to my viewers!

[@Florestinhadamontanha]

I can't miss any video you do with Jim K.

[@spaceantelope1]

This guy knows what’s up. What a great role model. Both of you! Pound Dirt!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks man! 👊

[@talkandeattv]

nice to see jim at the homestead !

[@4philipp]

Love all the videos with Jim in it.

[@ChefDwight]

Glad to see Jim back at it🌽🥕🥔🍆🥦🥬

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

It’s about time! Next jim vidoe has already been filmed.

[@overgrowngreens2900]

All these Jim videos are great, they totally make my day. Picking out a scythe now just because of this series. Thanks for taking the time to get this footage out there. All the drone shots and editing are really progressing too. Keep it up, Pete!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks, Glad you enjoy the craft!

[@jenniferhaas5200]

Thanks Pete! Love Jim!

[@SmallSeeds]

We got s scythe last year after watching one of your videos with Jim. It has been a total gamerchanger for getting enough carbon material for compost and covering for our chicken run. Love the videos you do with Jim. Thank you both for the inspiration to try new methods!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

That’s awesome! Glad to hear it’s working out👊

[@bryangalen6340]

One of these days I’m going to be out in a field scything and it will be a great day.

[@wildedibles819]

Nice we are shoveling snow lol Much love xoxox

[@vintagetrishgarden]

The system is looking really healthy Pete. Jim the efficient scything machine once again on point 👌🏻

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks Trish! 🙏

[@piedpiper7051]

Wishing you and Jim a prosperous year. The farm looks great!

[@antoniohache5111]

That is great Pete! My system here in Spain is 3 months old. All growing great, except some Tropical trees that I introduced to test. We had the coldest winter in a century, so some might not make it. I will replace some of them in Spring. Also I placed more than 30.000 tree seeds in seed cocktails, I'm eager to see results, but I guess I might need to wait until Spring also. I have total 555 trees! And I might need to replace no more than 20, so, for an extraordinarily cold winter, not bad (I planted everything on October 13)

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks Antonio! Sounds like an awesome project. Spring can’t come fast enough man 👊

[@christinaanderson27]

Love watching Jim's video. He is such a wealth of information. Love watching Pete's vlogs he is full of great information as well. Loved the classes...

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks for the support and feedback!

[@taufiqasri1680]

Hello Jim, glad to see you. Can you share your health tips. Wondering you look so healthy and strong at that ages 😍😍

[@normisgarden8353]

If you guys do another class there or at Jim's please let us know. I will love to attend.😊

[@abigailandjamie9773]

haha... at 2:24 in the video, where you cut to the close up shot of your dog running at the camera, my two year old (who is afraid of dogs) nearly fell out of his chair while watching this with me :) Another great video. Always love the videos with Jim! Looking forward to trying soil blocks with Jim's soil block recipe here in another month.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Too funny! 🤣🤣🤣

[@tocolee6127]

It's definitely "growing on" me!👍

[@chickasawmike1319]

I need one of those!

[@euricegomez4048]

So happy for your family, friends and loved ones and of coarse you Pete... all your projects are growing along 😊 great job and god bless... really enjoyed the video it has a lot of tips / knowledge throughout

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks man!

[@JennHeals]

Had some delicious Kale from his garden purchased at Wright's Natural Market!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Awesome 👏🏻

[@andrewstacey4868]

Thanks uncle Pete!!!

[@joselitofangonilo2762]

Thank you Pete

[@danutahachlica9318]

Dzień dobry Jim Kovaleski.

[@pavolhomola77]

Rozmyslalem, czy Jim pochodzi kdzies z Polski...

[@zedianzediessi]

Man when COVID is over I’d love to fly to Florida and take a tour of this farm if that’s possible

[@guineverependragon9804]

You can go now, Florida is open FTMP. Had a great visit in Nov-Dec. Was tested after; no 'flu.

[@huckleberryholler]

Hey Pete, thanks for this update. It is my favorite project of yours. We are trying out a syntropic experiment at our place in Pioneer, FL. Where do you get your mombasa grass seeds? I know the first video had the Siambaza logo but they always seem to be out of stock. Thanks for the inspiration, I've watched 50+ hours of syntropic research in brazil after you opened me up to it. Pound dirt!

[@guineverependragon9804]

Very much enjoyed this; have been wondering about your agroforestry project. And with Jim, too! Looks fantastic and verdant! Let us know if your scythe blade was off-angle.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

It’s was off a good bit! Jim is normally right 😊

[@Youngstomata]

keep the videos coming Pete! much love from myrtle beach!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks bro!!👊

[@dare369]

Love it! Hard to find a sycthe on the pnw

[@stephenstapler9996]

Love watching the videos as always! Looks great what you’ve done with that area!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks!

[@debzyj376]

Great....thank you.

[@nancyfahey7518]

Just last week. 50lbs rye grass at tractor supply.

[@lilmizzsunshine85]

So cool. I would love to know the lay out of what plants are there. It’s really cool to read about this system but putting into place in Florida is another thing. I know you listed some of the bigger plants but I’m curious about all of them.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Watch some of my other videos on the system

[@bllawnandlandscapellc.5386]

Could you use a slice seeder for the grass planting instead of tilling? It would be a little less invasive to the established grass

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

The problem is the established grass will out compete the grass seed. The main reason for shallow tilling is to slow down the bahia so the seed can establish.

[@stevevarga2149]

Excellent

[@amberamodei484]

Pete! My bananas didn't come through the frosts like yours did. How did yours stay so green?

[@samvandrie9926]

Love you guys

[@curiouschicana9098]

Discovered you on the Epic Gardening podcast! New sub!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Awesome! Welcome to the channel

[@AlamoRusty]

Any thoughts on sorghum-sudangrass?

[@ninsaved9348]

Hi Pete, do you have any star fruits?

[@gregorybrown3965]

Good morning guys. what variety of mexican sunflower are you using for chop and drop? Thanks Greg with green leaf farm

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Tithonia diversifolia

[@francisveronneau8882]

I am wondering how do you keep the grass from growing in of the rows and in betweenn the trees. Just with the mulch? Or you sometimes weed? Thank you so much for the great possibility to learn !

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

The deep mulch of grass helps to maintain the edge and stop the grass

[@larryhenry719]

Hey Pete were you at amplex last week.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Hey Larry! Yes, we needed some plants for a project.

[@ericlabrum7675]

What zone are you. 9 ? We don’t get frost. Lowest is 36f. Our tree doing good. Breadfruit. Cacao’s. Annonas all doing well.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

I’m jealous!

[@franciscopenaloza9068]

Ive seen your tree planting videos, i understand not to add to planting hole but would it be worth it to till in activated Biochar during the inital tree bed preparation? Or will soil life bring the Biochar down where it needs to be soon enough? South florida sandy soil

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

If it’s something that has a nematode problem we will amend the hole. Otherwise we just top dress

[@normajean2855]

he so looks in his element...

[@Kevin-vw7yi]

What does "nitrogen fixer" mean

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Certain plants have a symbiotic relationship with soil born bacteria. They can take the air we breathe and converted into nitrogen in the soil.

[@maztuckwell]

Pound Dirt!! Big Love from NZ

[@royalThills]

Where can I get a good scythe?? Thanks

[@aiishmael]

where can I get one o those scyhes ? live in Canada

[@Pickle-Rick365]

Where did he get the sickle?

[@bigmomma9371]

My scythe is ancient! You have any suggestions as to where I can find a good one that's affordable? Thanks!

[@devonolsen1331]

Marugg scything company

[@bigmomma9371]

@@devonolsen1331 sadly they've closed I think. I went to their website and the number no longer works, and their email is invalid😭😭😭. They are so close to where I live, I sure wish they were open

[@devonolsen1331]

Darn! I really liked their scythes, even had a shirt from them a few years back

[@bigmomma9371]

@@devonolsen1331 maybe they've just closed over the covid thing. I really hope they haven't closed for good. Just none of their info works

[@TheVigilantStewards]

Wow, so looking forward to the one year update. I think I probably had this question in my mind before, but if you expanded that into the other open areas, with a wider space between rows instead of scything couldn't the chickens mob graze the grass? Or they won't do that function? This is a pretty cool system. Would you recommend doing these on contour on a swale as a compliment in the food forest, or is this a different scenario playing out here entirely?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Hey Carmelo!! That could definitely work to keep the grass short and add nitrogen, but I would loose the material gained through using the scythe. This system was designed in Brazil and they found it worked best planted north to south for maximum grass lighting. They even plant hill sides north to south in Brazil. More to come in spring!

[@TheVigilantStewards]

Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL you’re right it would boost nitrogen and soil cycling but wouldn’t get the biomass ... I wonder if there is a rotation between the two, or having slightly wider lanes to get both solution that would elevate the system? Or do both of those present new problems other than space

[@TheVigilantStewards]

Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL that might be a good thing to talk about in the video , why grass instead of just a solid canopy all the way through that feeds itself instead of grass I know permaculture teaching shows that with grazing animals you can achieve the highest level of efficiency or performance or natural balance, but it’s unclear to me if they’re counting the animal as food as a benefit or if it’s solely from an ecological point of view. Seems like it is promoted that even for plant based people have those animals doing their job to boost carbon and nutrient sinking. That highest level/tier is not something people seem to focus on too much, but achieving that super powerful and dense energy level in the soil is fascinating to me to where it starts to go on its own and expand

[@ellenorbjornsdottir1166]

What's your altitude super the sea currently? Worried about you what with the sea level effects of the world's petroleum addiction.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Maybe 60ft

[@ramthian]

Great 👍

[@HandleBar3D]

When will Jim start his own channel. He is sitting on a gold mine.

[@chrissignal8857]

Awesome

[@carlacowling1789]

Pete, don't pound dirt! It compacts it. 🤣🤣🤣

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

True! 🤣🤣🤣

[@cabdulmalik5999]

From Somali keep going

[@drewchilds3027]

Why scythe over mow?

[@rickobrien1583]

Much less soil compaction.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

For a multitude of reasons. Mainly it doesn’t pulverize the material and allows us to use it as mulch.

[@MrCntryjoe]

Collect these tools. Have many very old ones. In the old country women put up hay.

[@ChefDwight]

Pete what's going on

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Yo dude! 👊

[@esumk]

🙌

[@orlandogardener]

Good morning Pete🍓🍎🍐🍇🍑🍉🍅🌽🍠🍆🍋🍌🍈🍒🍅🍍

[@thomasreto2997]

Nice plot of permaculture happening there. 🌈😃🤙

[@alexwalch1009]

First!

[@fortmyersfruitforest5214]

chill bro

[@alexwalch1009]

@@fortmyersfruitforest5214 Haha I have no chill

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Y’all are great! 👊

[@alexwalch1009]

@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL Thanks, Pete, so are you! Much love from Karma Farm Sanctuary, our 5-acre permaculture food forest and animal sanctuary in Micanopy.

[@thedomestead3546]

I am pretty disappointed now that his name is not Sam Sovaleski.

[@andreinarangel6227]

"BAHIA" is pronounced: b-AA-ee-uh

[@SgtSnausages]

Pound dirt.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

👊

[@TOMMYSURIA]

No matter what Dufus is on power, they can't never take our power to grow healthy food 🥑🥝🍐🍏🍈🍒🍓🤗

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

🙌

[@izby2652]

Sorry, I thoroughly enjoy your channel and Jim, but I have been so disappointed by the number of KZbinrs who ignore CDC guidelines, don't wear a mask and social distance. It is necessary even outside.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Sorry to see you go. I’m not wearing a mask while outdoors. I have a healthy immune system. ✌️

[@whateverwhatever3443]

The whole almost 10 min video about scything is just a standing man talking, with a scythe in his hand. Not even as much action as to prove he can actually scythe.

[@devonolsen1331]

Dont the results prove that? Plus jim has shown his skill more than once

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

I have other videos with Jim using the scythe