The Huge End of Season Harvest (You Won't Believe What We Got to Grow in Alabama This Year!)

[@davidthegood]

Happy Thanksgiving! Daisy has posted some more true yam varieties in her seed store, if anyone is interested: www.etsy.com/shop/GoodGardens Have a wonderful time of thanks, my friends. -DTG

[@dawnelliott7363]

Don't you need to plant the yams right away or could I store them in the fridge for a few months?

[@davidthegood]

@@dawnelliott7363 You can store them on the counter for a few months. Don't put them in the fridge - too cold.

[@themeltingplot]

Just bought the bulbifera - good to slice and stick in the ground over the winter jerusalem artichoke style?

[@Isaac-lo7yc]

Was that hibiscus flowers ? If so , what’s the best time to plant them ??

[@derekclawson4236]

Man I was so unprepared for the cold this year. Scrambling to get stuff protected the best I can. My makeshift greenhouse isn't usable at the moment. Wind tore the plastic all up. Not seemingly enough left to cover it again I'm pretty sure. Worked on it today. Best I can do at tge moment is sheets and tarps. Please send some prayers!

[@derekclawson4236]

Thanks for the shoutout man! Hadn't watched far enough to see that when I made the first comment.

[@user-ic2ug8ys1z]

Happy Turkey day DTG and clan. Bless y'all. 😀🌱🐢

[@davidthegood]

You too.

[@linetteguiliani3312]

I LOVE CAÑA DE AZÚCAR!! I remember in Puerto Rico, the truck used to transport the caña and we will follow them and hop on the sides to get what fell or hanging from the trucks. Now you don see any trucks on the roads😢...times has changed...

[@sarahmellott4036]

watching someone dig up root veg for me is as satisfying as some people think those ASMR videos are. Seriously.

[@freespirit2194]

So agree. Nothing like sitting back with a nice cuppa and watching a good harvest.

[@stevenpeeters6134]

True.

[@jerrypackard6807]

"Nothing but vines forever..." That should be a song. ;-)

[@Carolynfoodforest355]

Happy Thanksgiving, Spending the day with my husband, Alfred at the VA nursing home.

[@davidthegood]

Love you, Carolyn.

[@Carolynfoodforest355]

@davidthegood I love you too David. I spend a lot of my days with Alfred these days. I feed him and make sure he knows he is loved. I will send you an email with some pictures and videos of how he is doing.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Nice looking soil. Congrats, it’s not obvious in sandy soil to get it like that. Sure does make any digging and harvesting easier. Happy Thanksgiving.

[@michelleswingle7214]

Awesome harvest! Enjoy

[@vonmajor]

In Kansas. Will harvest the last of my potatoes, radishes, and still have carrots growing. Expect to pull the latter in late December. Lots of my wife’s Korean and Japanese greens still going strong!

[@DanlowMusic]

Here in WA I did carrots in 5 gallon buckets and they were doing great. I didn't check on them for a few rainy weeks. When I went out last week, the greens were gone. My radishes, I pulled a couple and they were long and skinny instead of the round shape they normally are. I don't know what I did wrong but I need to figure it out so I can correct it next time.

[@hiltonhillhomestead]

That cane mill looks exactly like mine that my friend rebuilt for me, but instead of sugar cane, I make Sorghum syrup and then have a hand built cooker stove to cook it down. It was my first year growing Sorghum and first year making syrup. Turned out beautiful.

[@HoboGardenerBen]

Can sorghum be processed with less serious equipment?

[@hiltonhillhomestead]

@HoboGardenerBen Yes, they make new modern presses now as well. I've got both here. I can't remember where I ordered the newer press from, but I can get the paperwork out and let you know if you'd like.

[@HoboGardenerBen]

@@hiltonhillhomestead I'm thinking normal kitchen equipment small scale

[@davidthegood]

What did you think of the flavor of the sorghum syrup?

[@hiltonhillhomestead]

@@davidthegood I really enjoy the flavor. It's very sweet but has what I can only describe as a woody/earth type sweetness and being my first 2 times making it, the first batch turned out a little too thick and ended up like a Taffy type candy, but the 2nd batch turned out more like the syrup type texture it should've been, lol. Definitely have to keep an eye on the temp when cooking it down. It was fun to grow, fun to process and fun to share, so I'll be making it from here on out.

[@midwestribeye7820]

In Iowa and just finished digging the last of my carrots and finished seed harvesting. Great video as always!

[@davidthegood]

Thank you. Good work. We have not done well with carrots here.

[@CloudWalker33]

Yoo!! I really want an old cane mill!! Sweet find!

[@edzakete.3700]

You can really see how Carribean farming has influenced you with your machete yam and sorrel respect farmer

[@davidthegood]

Thank you. I was taught a lot by my island mentors.

[@MonicaChambers-r4b]

What do you use to cover your soil please??

[@mariadasas7212]

Wow!!! That’s fantastic !! Great harvest!! Deo Gratias!!! 🙏

[@davidthegood]

Deo gratias

[@LindaEscobar-x6q]

I'm sister Linda and I approve this message!

[@hughbrackett343]

🎵 Bring me a cane mill🎵 🎵That ships from Montgomery🎵 🎵Bring one that's made🎵 🎵The way they used to do🎵 (Tune of Angel from Montgomery)

[@blakeelkins9547]

Hoping to see that cassava variety in the etsy store after next winter. Great content

[@CaptTurbo]

Hi David. I planted a cassava 6 or 7 years ago on inspiration from you but never dug it up for a harvest. I'm wondering what would happen if you put the plant back in the hole and filled in the dirt again. Would it regenerate new tubers / roots? Thanks. Love ya man!

[@williamvillar2519]

I had to bring in my Fuyu persimmons two weeks ago because the birds were pecking them and the flies and wasps were eating the rest. Whoa! That cassava was impressive. Never had luck getting sorrel to germinate, I need more seeds to try again.

[@mamtajaya6457]

I know all those plants. It reminds me of my island

[@Gardenofglory-l6v]

Hi David beautiful harvest ❤❤

[@PRINCESSDREAMYLYN]

Happy Thanksgiving and Gardening. This has been a blessing to watch. great Harvest wow.

[@breaking_bear]

You're sister is super smart! Great idea!

[@trinity885]

When using your machete you need to be wearing your straw hat for protection ❤

[@HoboGardenerBen]

That part about the toughness of sugar cane makes me wonder about the difficulty of getting sugar from beets. In VT I'd focus on maple sap as a sugar source if doing long-term subsistence. Thankfully, lots of that going on around here, much of it in wood-fired boilers, so there'd be maple syrup in the local market post-collapse. I could trade them something for it.

[@shantelbryan3660]

I am currently processing my cassava into flour and we learned that putting it through the sugar cane press works fantastically. We just cut it into slimmer pieces because my press is much smaller and when it was pressed it was ready to go into the dehydrator for flour. Then to the mill for a fine ground consistency. We also caught the juice so we can get the starch.

[@scottwhite4645]

Happy Thanksgiving !

[@jenny_avocado]

Well that was a very satisfying video, thanks David!

[@Mary-z7x]

Awesome harvest David for the year!!wow thanks for sharing

[@nighthiker8872]

Every year around September for 200-years south of Hwy-10, they burn off the sugar fields after the Harvey. Nice smell in the air! to build rich soil. All the way down to Holly Beach.

[@baneverything5580]

When I lived in Kaplan for a couple of years the ashes rained down like snow while they were burning the cane fields.

[@nighthiker8872]

@@baneverything5580 I used to drive through Kaplan at 3:00am. on my way to Intercoastal City, La. watch the hunters in the field. Watch out for farm equipment on the road.

[@midwestribeye7820]

Someone in the background has a beautiful voice!❤

[@MonicaChambers-r4b]

Admire you having a mill, that is my number one wish for a couple years, lots of sugar cane I have but nothing to process it and I looove the juice😊

[@kenyonbissett3512]

The sweet potatoes leaves are great for salad, taste like sweet potatoes. I watched a documentary years ago about a tribe in the Amazon that practiced one woman with 2-3 husbands. Part of the documentary focused on how they provided (food) for each family. They would stay in an area where they planted cassava in a previous year, harvest the cassava and then replant with the intention of returning to harvest again in 2 years. The cassava looked like the cassava you got in the 13:41 mark. They just kept moving to previously planted areas.

[@davidthegood]

Yes, I have read that they often planted cassava and walked away from it, then came back later.

[@clancybb]

Lovely Tanzanian dish for cooking cassava leaves is kisamvu na karanga! Pounded cassava leaves cooked in a peanut sauce

[@davidthegood]

That sounds great

[@richardhawkins2248]

David if you've never heard of it, try making Hoshigaki persimmons. They are awesome. The Koreans make a tea with them using a little ginger. Great in the middle of winter. Also they are served as a delicacy. Once you try it you'll be hooked. I planned to make some more this winter and do a video but well... The racoons in that hole are doomed. I've managed to get Purpura alata adapted here and they're doing quite well and naturalized. Nice score on the sugar cane mill. I managed to get my mitts on one from south America in Ebay. Haven't had a chance to use it yet.

[@SpringdaleHomesteadNWFL]

Could chickens finish it off?

[@nancyjg1424]

Awesome 👌 find 😉. I hear your kiddos, they must be growing up fast 😀

[@GrandmomZoo]

Sweet find on the cane mill!!!!!❤

[@EvelynW-b6l]

Wowzers!

[@tabithacarter5692]

That's a very good survival food. Learn to make Cassava Cake_so yummy and you'll love eating it. Try to make yam(we-Filipinos call it UBE) cake.. Yam is best also to make ice cream.😊

[@davidthegood]

My Filipino friend made cassava cake - it was amazing

[@tabithacarter5692]

@davidthegood good to know,you love Cassava cake..and so keep growing cassava plant.

[@SouthernLatitudesFL]

That was so satisfying to see it being weighed and then the steps of fame with all your bounty. Happy Thanksgiving!

[@leomiranda-castro6908]

Wow! What an amazing harvest!!!

[@baneverything5580]

I dug up my Husk Cherries and put them in pots inside under lights before the freezes over the next few night so I can have some sweet fruits this winter. It was warmer than I thought it would be and several partially eaten ones I tossed in an area where I want them to sprout next year sprouted and grew in mid October. I saw a big brown Praying Mantis trying to catch bees on basil blooms and brought her inside to stay warm. There`s above average temps expected by the 1st week of December and she can go back out then to find a place to hibernate. I took cuttings of my tomatoes and stuck them in some pots to put back out in spring. They seem to produce much faster than seedlings. After they grow outside in early spring I propagate a patch with more cuttings. It works well. I have tomato plants from 2022 still producing.

[@ren2ski]

Thanks so much for the video - it’s so helpful to see the harvesting so I know what to look for/do when the time comes Hope to plant cassava in the next few months (Qld Australia :)

[@gardentours]

Wow, what a great harvest 🌝👍

[@colleenrodamer9497]

That is an awesome cassava root awesome yield

[@davidthegood]

It was our best ever, thank you. A nice surprise.

[@troywhite6039]

@davidthegood Sure raised alot of cane, lol. Happy Holidays.

[@tanyawales5445]

David, you could also plant some sorghum. The juice from the stalks boiled down makes good sorghum syrup.

[@davidthegood]

I plan to - thank you!

[@PraiseTheLord817]

What did you have growing on that tree? And what did you bury next to the tree? Thanks

[@MyTNMtnHome]

It’s a major award!

[@Loral-op4tz]

For a dicser use a old bed spring, hand pull will really help

[@EthelStafford-c8z]

Persimmons make the softest beautiful cookies but they can always make you sick when you overeat them😮

[@DI-Ry]

Hi DTG, how do you preserve all those cassava roots after harvest? I’ve heard they spoil quickly if not eaten within a few days.

[@eugemerl6578]

👋Happy Thanksgiving 🙌🙏🏼💛

[@DanlowMusic]

Ok David, you have got to make the Getting Figgy With It and Figgy Slide parodies.

[@nancyjg1424]

Wow your rosemsry looks awesome 👌

[@mamtajaya6457]

Looks great can I have some cassava sticks for planting? How can I find some ?

[@betty8173]

Do you live near Gainesville, Fl?

[@mamtajaya6457]

@ hi Betty. I live in California. Thanks for asking. I love all the root crops you guys have. It’s difficult to find 😊

[@rajbeekie7124]

I am guessing the guy would mail you 6-12 ten stick in a USPS box. It will cost about $25

[@OrganicMommaGA]

Happy Thanksgiving! What a lovely bounty of nutritious and delicious food!

[@breatheu]

In Inspired. I love that your children are in the back and hearing their sound and laughter. I need a list of your yams. Please? I couldn't spell them if I tried😂. I'm very familiar with yams, but many of the ones you listed are new to me. Thanks for sharing Oh, where did you purchase your starter cassava? You have a lot of island/ intentional foods. I love it. Your family has international palates. Good stuff!

[@davidthegood]

Dioscorea alata, Dioscorea alata (purple ube), Dioscorea bulbifera (edible cultivar), Dioscorea pentaphylla

[@betty8173]

It's always so encouraging to see what you're doing, harvesting, and thinking, thank you! Oh, my garlic saved from last year harvest was looking dry, moldy, so, I planted it, early November, it has sprouted and griwing like crazy...near Gainesville, should I still cover it for frost?? Thanks!!

[@baneverything5580]

No, garlic & onions are frost hardy. If you want green onion tops all winter plant a couple of bunches from the store and use the tops as needed. They`ll keep growing until they bloom next year and make seeds.

[@davidthegood]

Yeah, it'll be fine through frost.

[@LittleKi1]

You and your yams have officially inspired me to order a couple of cinnamon vines and see how they do in the rainy PNW.

[@themeltingplot]

They did well for me year one in zone 7/8 TN

[@cjayers9760]

Their. You go . Old ways is the best way

[@joesmith7427]

Get the mules!!

[@zippy1078]

Happy Thanksgiving to you too. Go Dawgs! Lol

[@user-ic2ug8ys1z]

Woof,woof,woof....!

[@elenaantunes1263]

Persimmon pie is yummy. Made just like pumpkin pie but decrease the sugar a bit.

[@loquat4440]

I am in the pace area of Nw FL. We may or not get frost on Friday night and then for the following days. Predictions are five nights of 35, 35, 36, 35, and 37. While not on the forecast from experience it is very likely that at least for one night we will hit 32 or less for few hours. So probably we will get a at worst a few hours of frost or frozen condensation on surfaces. But of course that is always subject to change. I am at the junction of 8b to 9a. But as one goes north from escambia bay in santa rosa county, it goes to 8b, and just as you get to Jay on the FL-AL state line it becomes 8a. It is generally a colder that far north from the coast. A colleague that is 2 miles to the west of me is colder than I and there is a ridge that separates us and it seems to make the different relative to having a frost during some early season cold snaps.

[@josealeman8082]

Thanks!

[@EverettSmithLoveisAll]

Good work ya'll!

[@SilverCreekHomestead]

Cool share!

[@kriswhite1344]

Happy Thanksgiving God Bless Y'all

[@davidthegood]

You too.

[@chokmah3926]

incredible how did grow cassava in Alabama

[@davidthegood]

Left it in the ground two years. I have gotten some decent one-year yields, too.

[@georgemckenzie2525]

Nice pace

[@lindaholmes6411]

❤❤❤ Great harvest

[@mariaaceves8463]

What are those purple/redush flower like you cut from the vine on the tree?😊

[@brandiisbell7746]

That is exactly what I want to know. They're beautiful but I can't imagine what they are and I've watched the video twice and I didn't hear their name. What is it?

[@MonicaChambers-r4b]

Great job on the cassava I reaped some huge ones over the past week, made bammies and dumplings , yummy!!! , what do you make from yours David??

[@davidthegood]

We froze these for later. Usually, Rachel boils, then roasts them with lard until crispy to make fries. Super good.

[@MonicaChambers-r4b]

@ Lovely , thanks for your response . I will try your idea of the fries, much blessings ❤️

[@marktaylor2645]

Don’t know how you can figure out where to dig in that mass of sweet potato vines! I’d have to put landscaping flags up or something! Thanks for the video!

[@DanlowMusic]

David, i have a question about Moringa. Could I grow it in Western WA zone 8b? I hear it is high in minerals way beyond spinach and the liking.

[@davidthegood]

Maybe. It does not like being cool or too wet.

[@babetteisinthegarden6920]

Thanks for sharing

[@nancyseery2213]

Just wondering if it is necessary to cut the cane in to pieces vs. laying just one long piece when planting?!?!? Just my mind on "I wonder if" once again!! God bless y'all and keep growing. First time with white yams this year and one vine produced a huge lump of a yam where most had roots like sweet potatoes.

[@MinishaExodus]

Im in Australia and sell on ebay. 4 stick to strike. Yummo!!

[@tiffanylynn000]

Do you need to protect persimmon from winter frosts when it's young?

[@davidthegood]

No, not here

[@victornicklow9792]

Happy Thanksgiving

[@thongbaichristian4256]

I bought cutting of the cassava, I can't wait to plant some next year! Any suggestions on how to plant it?

[@davidthegood]

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[@pray618-ww3ee]

Gosh! Just got my hands on some sugar cane...considered planting but figured zone 8 was too cold. I am going to give it a whirl!

[@davidthegood]

Do it!

[@conniejohnson3110]

I'm trying to figure out what you are growing. What are the roots from the tree like plants?

[@davidthegood]

Cassava, aka "yuca." Manihot esculenta

[@joesmith7427]

Try Sorgum!!

[@Shane_O.5158]

Hi David, at 11:48 i was screaming use a broad fork.

[@davidthegood]

It is hard to use a fork without breaking roots

[@DP_Dan]

How do you store the bulbils over winter for planting next year?

[@grammyslife5141]

What was the blood red spikey lantern thing you were cutting off the tree?

[@davidthegood]

Hibiscus sabdariffa

[@bhi1359]

Is it okay to leave any of these in ground or will they rot? cassava roots true yam taro

[@davidthegood]

Depends on how wet and cold the winter gets.

[@vbrushwood]

When do we plant yams?

[@davidthegood]

From now until spring

[@deltorres2100]

Please show us how you prepare cassava

[@davidthegood]

We just peel it, then boil it to fork-tender. To make it even better, we may then roast it with some lard to make fries.

[@nancyturner9156]

How do cook that

[@acreative1166]

G'day David. I'm growing cassava for the first time in Australia and I'm interested to know how you process it? I've seen a few videos on how they do it in Africa and I would like to know if you use the same methods there.

[@davidthegood]

We peel, then boil. When fork tender, they are good to eat. Even better if you fry them after boiling.

[@CNR_ADMS]

David The Samurai

[@JBPowell-y9m]

Is that the same Casava I bought from your stand at Scrubfest?

[@davidthegood]

Maybe

[@brockberrick2727]

your machete chopping the cassawa is one of the most badass gardening moves. Put it in Fortnite !

[@DanlowMusic]

Pub G would work. 😂

[@brockberrick2727]

@@DanlowMusic hahaha!

[@DanlowMusic]

@@brockberrick2727 my wife and I play almost every night. Lol

[@brockberrick2727]

@@DanlowMusic wish there was a food forest game like Davids chaos gardening

[@CTCDetroit]

Is that a sorghum mill?

[@davidthegood]

Yes, or sugarcane

[@vivianking8143]

Inconceivable 😃 In Joy