Sugar Cane Patch - Use the WEEDS as a Cover Crop

[@weathermanplus]

Good morning brother, happy Monday! I hope Wanda had a great mother's day on her new tractor!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Yes she did.

[@weathermanplus]

@@DeepSouthHomestead Nice!

[@gerhardbraatz6305]

Everything is looking really nice. One thing I have noticed since moving to the south is that weeds and everything else grows like wildfire.. If I don't stay on top of it I'm quickly overwhelmed.

[@RoneysPlayNcreate]

Lol yes weeds are bad here…

[@howardwilliams8993]

Early spring weeding will save your back the rest of the year

[@centraltexashomestead-mike4956]

Looks great! Nice a clean and ready to grow. We've been gardening for over 30 years and we still enjoy learning new ways. Always enjoy watching you and Wanda. God Bless, Mike

[@gainingmomentum5392]

Beautiful start to another one of God's gifts to us.... another day to toil in the soil, and to Worship our Creator. It doesn't get any better this side of Eternity. Amen

[@GossMania]

Weeds really do make a difference. We also planted our sugar cane the same way after we saw how you planted yours. They are doing well but we do need to fertilize ours.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Yes it's a heavy feeder

[@patvonhoffman9864]

Where can I buy some sugar cane to plant? I appreciate your help.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

@@patvonhoffman9864 you plant it in the fall.

[@patvonhoffman9864]

@@DeepSouthHomestead I just ordered from you so s we hat do you suggest I do now. Root and keep in pots til the fall.

[@chriswinger7881]

Happy mothers day Wanda 💓, nice selection of turkeys and meat chickens 🐔 and chickens

[@RoneysPlayNcreate]

We love zero turn mowers. They get the job done quicker. I can’t believe Faith was holding the turkeys. She loves animals.

[@johnchaffin5494]

Everything is looking good, loving the pond.

[@valmac1234]

It's crazy how quickly you can change the environment and what can grow where! 😉

[@rachealgullett1352]

Morning

[@estellaknox9285]

Good afternoon i see you getting it done GOD BLESS Happy late Mother's Day

[@truthbeliever24]

Your Labor is a load, it definitely shows and pays off. Be blessed!

[@stephencudaback4548]

Looking good guys from steve c from state Oregon

[@ssh0111]

You guys are fantastic!

[@billyangelapressley]

nice looking turkeys and meat birds

[@johnnytyson8645]

Thanks danny and wanda nice view efforts at work havs a great day

[@Dutch779]

Young turkeys there Danny? You're good on that ride a mower.

[@lynettetucker544]

🌞Good morning Danny and Wanda I always enjoy your content always very helpful information.

[@OutWestHomestead]

Lots of work. Looks nice. Susie

[@nancytharp8213]

Thanks for sharing 🙏 😎 🏖 🏝

[@julieschossow9315]

Danny was going round n round like he was on a merry-go-round haha! Wood Sorrel is great for wounds. Didn't know it was good for chickens. Thanks for sharing!

[@tabithawarren8249]

I just love you guys!!!

[@MsLippy]

Weeds will be the death of me!! Lol. Everything is looking mighty nice❤️

[@SueBHoney-cq8co]

Looks good friends.

[@debbyatwell7851]

good morning

[@mercyondimu9094]

Thanks

[@jerriscollins-ruth9019]

Looks great

[@monikas5125]

Good morning Danny

[@billhunt892]

Morning you guys !!

[@nickivanaltena923]

Here come the sure cane!!

[@JB-tv3xm]

I enjoyed the video. Whats not to like about watching a man having fun on his zero turn. I look for any reason to jump on mine :)

[@bonniearmbruster8401]

I’ve worked like you Wanda all my life hard as a man. My body is now giving out please be careful love

[@Jtwes]

Danny corn was looking good behind you.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

It's about 5 ft tall.

[@bilbobaggins7467]

I cant believe myself.... i just spent 5 minutes of my ageing life watching a man mowing weeds.

[@sandradee4470]

You two are amazing. Hard workers and always great advise. God bless you both.

[@mrmudcatslim1004]

I’ll have to go back and see how you planted your cane. Here in Va sorghum is what I see. Big fields of it. The way you did clumps is interesting.

[@travishodges5179]

I saw those wine weeds in the beginning

[@articmars1]

Here is Louisiana after the cane harvest they burn the fields. Not sure if that's for the potash or weed control or what but it works. Maybe contact LSU for more hints about growing it

[@hiddenhillshomestead4826]

We’re in Caddo Parish. Where can we find sugar cane to plant?

[@articmars1]

@@hiddenhillshomestead4826 i have no idea this year. It seems none made it to the nursery in my area. Maybe see if there is an LSU extension office in your area. They may know. I use to see it all the time but so much the last few years and this year none at all.

[@hiddenhillshomestead4826]

@@articmars1 I will give the LSU ext office a call. Good idea!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

They spray it with roundup to kill the fodder then burn it to have clean stalks for squeezing.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

@@hiddenhillshomestead4826 it's for sale in the fall.

[@ssr4656]

I am trying to only fertilize using my chicken's manure, mostly because of price and availability of commercial fertilizer. Great video!

[@ssr4656]

@@FreeAmerican-mm2my Great, was hoping that would be the results for me also! thank you FreeAmerica2020

[@bassmanjr100]

One option would be to use mobile chicken pens with electric net. Put the chickens where you want to plant later. Move them till and tarp.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

@@FreeAmerican-mm2my watch for grazon

[@harborgurl]

looks awesome!

[@barrypetejr5655]

Wish I had more under cover space to try growing some sugar cane.....season to short to grow it out side here. But we have maple syrup and lots of honey here. Nice looking flock.....waiting on the second hen to hatch her chicks.....first hatching produced 4 and they are doing well. With the way things are if the hens want to set I'm going to let them .......though feed prices are thru the rough....$18 for #50....so my chickens are going to get all they can eat of green stuff☺️

[@janeta4727]

Hello DSH!!! I recognize the Cornish Cross and Rhode Island Reds, but are the others ISA Browns, by chance? I have 14 pullets that are within a couple of weeks to start laying. Can't wait!!

[@libertykim6438]

Weeds are our friends. They are food and medicine. People need to get rid of their fancy lawns and go natural. But if weeds are choking out good plants then definitely rid of them. ❤️

[@fullofhope2222]

you two are a great team.....

[@johncoaleii1423]

I'm having real trouble getting my weeds under control to prep my beds.

[@dannyworten5876]

I was wondering if you trim the tips of the sugarcane grass and use them to fertilize for new growth while trimming may stimulate new growth faster?

[@barbaraengle768]

What other plants love low wet areas?,we can dig down about a ft. &Hit water...

[@clarabrayton9360]

I love your gardening videos. Thanks for all the tips. Do you think sugar cane would grow in high desert with enough water and improved soil?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

As long as the ground doesn't freeze it will grow.

[@gofftroop95]

What fertilizer do you use for the cane? Triple 13 or? Love this video!

[@katethinksaboutit7813]

In one of your previous videos I watched you had beautiful tall blueberries. We bought a house that has blueberries established for quite a few years but they make very few blueberries. And like yours ours is very tall. What can we do to get more from our blueberries bushes?

[@angelawillis145]

I was just listening to the podcast and I heard you say you had aphids in high tunnel. Aphids are the bane of my existence. They hit all of my peas and beans every year and nothing I have tried gets rid of them. You said you pulled up the bed right? What did you put in the soil after you got rid of the plants? Danny I heard you say add gypsum and a load of compost to break up clay soil. I have messed up my garden twice from buying compost or hay that was sprayed with Grazon (about 4 years ago before I knew about that) I am composting at home but it is small scale nowhere near enough for the size gardens I have. Any other suggestions you have for breaking up the soil and keeping it from compacting when it rains? And just wanted to say the sugar cane looks gorgeous. I love catching a glimpse of the pond. Looks like such a peaceful spot.

[@inchristalone25]

Aphids are an indicator of excess nitrogen.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Gypsum and ground up leaves.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Cut back on the nitrogen.

[@jeanniewright2554]

Could you explain why you have your chickens separated, please? They all seemed to appreciate the fresh greens!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

They're different breeds and different purposes for each.

[@jeanniewright2554]

@@DeepSouthHomestead , thank you for the information, Ms. Wanda!

[@zaneymay]

If you said what kind of fertilizer you used I missed it. Just wondering.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Triple thirteen first application.

[@SPRINGTIME2400]

I would like to add some sugar cane to our property. Could you share, where I can get seeds or shoots to start?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Sugar cane doesn't come from seeds.

[@sandrarice5575]

I can't find the sugarcane planting video . Can you give the link?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We have a whole playlist on it.

[@laurieasmus9998]

Are those white chickens your meat birds? What kind are they? I see some more traditional looking birds in the pen next door. Hoping by late summer my small house here in Arkansas on 5 acres is done, and I am researching what types of layers and meat birds to get. Also considering a dual purpose bird, the world being as it is...Thanks. You guys have been a great inspiration for years, especially since 2019, when I started planning my "escape" from frozen Minnesota.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

The white chickens are our meat birds. They are Cornish cross chickens. The others are our egg layers ISA brown.

[@laurieasmus9998]

@@DeepSouthHomestead That's what I suspected, but wanted to ask. I am not familiar with ISA brown, but am investigating many breeds! Thank you!

[@richardclark7812]

Where do you get your sugar cane from? Does it need a lot of water? I’d like to try growing some. Remember mom and dad buying my sister and me a piece of cane to chew on as kids.

[@CapnBubbaa]

Have you ever tried weeder geese?

[@bassmanjr100]

Do you find commercial fertilizer expenses get out of hand? Maybe the food cost reduction makes it worth it.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We don't put a dollar figure on our food. It doesn't matter what it cost it's worth every dime.

[@thesaltyladiesatkiddfarm3759]

I would really like to buy some sugar cane from y’all!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We don't sell till fall.

[@ssr4656]

I don't know how you feel about the H5N1 (bird flu) thing but my neighbor works for Oklahoma Dept. of Ag, and says we have it here, Maybe some type of covers over the runs, like tarps?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

That's not going to stop it.

[@tholland5509]

Mr Danny if you push the zero turn handles all the way forward to move full speed are they squared to each other or is one sticking further past the other I had to adjust mine to be lined up cause it got on my nerves when cutting straight lines it doesn’t effect how Straight the lines are but your hands arnt square when you go forward all the way I just loosend the two bolts on each handle and made them even

[@hiddenhillshomestead4826]

Where do you buy your sugar cane to plant? Our local feed store doesn’t have any

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

I've had this for 30 year's.

[@Ann_Palmer]

I have a really wet place in my yard that is a pain to mow . Do you think it’s to lay to plant sugar cane in it? I live in northwest Louisiana

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Cane is planted in the fall.

[@Ann_Palmer]

@@DeepSouthHomestead thank you

[@DryBottomFarmsandNursery]

Will you be selling any seed cane this Fall? I dug up and planted my late Uncle’s cane at the beginning of April and have yet to see any emergence. I’m not sure I bedded it down right last fall. I live in North MS

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

We might if it makes really good.

[@Cleansing_Fire]

what do you fertilize with?

[@jackiedonaldson7718]

What do you use as a fertilizer for cain 8-8-8?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

First time 13-13-13 second time 8-24-24 third time 13-13-13

[@jackiedonaldson7718]

Good morning and thanks!

[@beeleener6926]

Good morning. How long does it take you to mow your whole place? Do you weedeat a lot

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Around 2 hour's yes we weed eat that is done in stages because we are older and can only do a little at a time in this heat.

[@Dunlap-uj5zl]

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[@mppppp8216]

Isaiah 65 13 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; my servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. 14 My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit. 15 You will leave your name for my chosen ones to use in their curses; the Sovereign Lord will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name. 16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the one true God; whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the one true God. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes. New Heavens and a New Earth 17 “See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. 18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. 19 I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more. 20 “Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere child; the one who fails to reach[a] a hundred will be considered accursed. 21 They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands. 23 They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the Lord, they and their descendants with them. 24 Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. 25 The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says the Lord. L

[@mandiegarrett1706]

Do you have sugar cane for sale yet? I really need some. Thank you.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Cane is planted in the fall.

[@mandiegarrett1706]

@@DeepSouthHomestead OK, thanks.

[@jerrykates4601]

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[@abcxyz-io7wt]

💝👍💝

[@lynnjasmine3216]

Do you ever sell any sugar cane?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

In the fall.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Love the permaculture on steroids down there!

[@laurieasmus9998]

You are reminding me I haven't visited your channel in a while...🙂Working on designing my small 5 acres to be food forests, and self sustaining as possible!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

I was admiring all that deep green grass you had going on.

[@Jomama02]

Is there a particular reason that you didn't use any of the landscape fabric for your sugar cane? Seems like it would save a lot of back breaking work for y'all. Unless it's the issues with fire ants...in Ohio I don't have to worry about that and wouldn't be able to garden without the landscape fabric. I just use the cheap kind from Walmart for $15 roll that you replace every year. Makes it possible for me to garden with my physical limitations and I'm very thankful for it!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

Yes it's the fire ants.

[@tprada6214]

Don’t you wish we could really work that fast? 🤣

[@poodledaddles1091]

Any snakes in those clumps?

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

No

[@MichaelEReed-fb2po]

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[@Johnrider1234]

Love your channel. Come visit ours. Joys with the boys homestead.