A Sea of GREEN! Lawn-Alternative Cover Crops @ Jim Kovaleski’s!
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- There are so many options for Lawn-Alternative cover crops, such as sweet potatoes and peanuts. Jim Kovaleski has planted his whole front yard with cover crops for the Summer. These crops virtually thrive on neglect and when he returns, there will be hundreds of pounds of food to harvest. There have been many questions in regards to the “sea of green” and we answered them for you in this video!
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Love the garden Pete and Jim. Thank you for pushing past the negative comments and making great videos for those of us who enjoy them so much!
Jim has a pretty genius system going here. He's pretty lucky to have good friends like you to keep an eye on it!
Thanks Joe! 👊
Using sweet potatoes as a cover crop is a pretty great idea. They are basically disease-proof, the vines are so dense they’ll choke out any weeds, and you’re literally growing food under food. Double your harvest per square foot!
Awesome Pete. You guys are amazing. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you so much for sharing these alternatives to grass yards! We’ve got to stop our addiction to the grass that pollutes our waterways and contributes to climate change. Love what you’re doing.
I love yards that you can eat from. It's better than just ramen noodles, especially with grocery prices rising.
Comments like that come from people who have no idea what ecosystem is. Kinda like when i was a teenager and wedding and would flip out of there was a spider. Now I appreciate them, because I understand what they do for my garden. Same with the other creepy crawlies. And water moccasins and copperheads aren't too interested in gardens, either. Usually.
It's like treasure hunting in that yard.
Yup!
I love Jim’s garden. He’s amazing. So are you Pete and a good friend 😀
Same in my yard, the sweet potatoes are running wild with the mix of mimosa, the bees are so happy...occasionally I see black snakes and armadillo, never rats or mice, just those pesky squirrels...I only mow a path to the lake for the golf cart and the road frontage...no grasshole here, only my neighbors...still poundin', keeps me young...!
Squirells, a gardeners worst enemy, at least in Florida.
@@NoNORADon911 someone suggested useing human urine, ( also a nitrogen donator) to keep the squirrels, deer, possums, and rabbits away! Only drawback is that it has to be done after it rains to be effective.
@@sueyoung2115 Yeah I dunno, I think the only thing that works is fence or eliminating them...let me know if it felps. Either way urine diluted with 6 to 10 parts water is good stuff for your plants, not lettuce but other stuff.
IDK about snakes Pete, but the insects and spiders here are numerous and I've been living in Florida for just under a month and I feel like I'm bug food. Need to go back to shaking my clothes out before donning them like back in Hawaii. Boy are lawns a BIG thing here too. Even the plant nursery staff give me a weird look when I ask for food plants. I want to do ground covers like Jim has. Need to eliminate some of the grass first.
Skeeters n ticks are what I hate, also add no see'ums and chiggers on occasion. Never had much problem with spiders. Brown recluse will rot your skin though, needs cut out, is nasty. 50 year native here.
Ive been impatiently waiting for this video!
Love everything to do with Jim!
Thanks 🙏
GREAT! I know that Jim will be glad to get the goodies from home.
Did this man just say don’t be a grass hole? Genius!!! Need to put that one on a shirt lol!
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Pete, You are the most awesome guy. Thanks for doing all that you do for everyone. 😌🌎💫
Thanks buddy! 👊
Good job
Thanks!
Wow!!! 💖💖💖
My fruit production has been crazy this year as well, way more than previous years. Strange since we had a very mild winter, or maybe because of that. All the recent rain has overall growth booming.
Zone 9b, Melbourne FL
Citrus county. Plenty of flowers, no fruit.
That’s awesome!! 👏🏻
Haha Pete, people are the same here in Australia especially city folk….we have most of the worlds deadliest snakes and I’ve never had anything in my garden except for the blue tongue lizards which are great because they eat the snails and slugs. Which is another reasons not to use snail hate…👍
Lucky you, here in South East Melbourne, I have had red bellies and tigers. Red bellies are fine, pretty docile, but the tigers can be aggressive.
It's more about knowing the ecosystem around you.
Fantastic, Jim has this dialed it Pete! We should all be following Jim’s way of growing 👊
Thanks for the show Pete.
What a great job ur doing. I am from Oregon but been living in then Philippines for eighteen years.love Florida.
Thanks 🙏
I love all of your fantastic videos Pete! Jim, you have a wealth of knowledge. Thank you both for continuing to be our inspiration to have a sustainable food forest one day!
Thank you so much for sharing
I have Black Racers in all of my gardens. I love them.
They’re some of our best workers!
It’s cool to have Friends to take care of your place when you’re out sorry about that
Awesome
You can integrate cover crops into your existing lawn. Chickweed, clover, plantains, dandelions, thyme, purslane are all great for pollinators and to munch on.
Great stuff as always! :D
Wow!!!
Looking great. I'm trying to set up my garden this year. Too bad you can't stop over here and give me some pointers for my yard lol
Great ! As far as the " where r kids and dogs gonna play " Q's, along with what u said I'd add that a lot of dogs LIKE exploring more wild-ey ground cover.... .
Awesome!
Thanks man! 👊
I love the info you share and your enthusiasm. Thank you!
Thanks 😊
love your stuff, thanks from Chicagoland
I built a food forest in the front yard here in Melbourne, Aus. I didn't get a choice where so it's south-facing. We work with what we have. Although could never go that dense on the ground. We have two snakes local, the Red Bellied Black, deadly but pretty docile. The other a Tiger, and you do not want kids anywhere near that one. So trying to build a ground layer for lizards which isn't easy.
Also, I never get the where do the kids play. Our backyard has fruit trees, and veggie raised beds, and in the middle, there is the lawn. Kids don't need massive amounts of open space.
I see poisonous snakes at the farm all the time. We like to leave them alone. Systems work by having predators. As long as you pay attention it is not an issue. I understand the concern with little kids and pets though. We also have ag ponds so we have alligators, too. Nature is beautiful. We have hummingbirds, deer and other amazing animals due to the systems in place as well as all the ones people are afraid of.
ThAnks for the amazing update Pete. Amazing all the obstacles people dream up! Well done. Cant. Wait to see you guys in Maine!
Thanks! Just heading back. Stay tuned!
Abundance
So inspiring. 🌻🌻
So it’s okay to go full on sweet potato vine? Maybe a little mimosa strigi underneath them as well! Lol that’s in my front yard garden bed.
I love Jim's landscape. I think the mass population has been conditioned to think that we need these perfectly manicured lawns.
Wow I’d love to do this to my second and third house.
Thanks Pete! By the way - enjoyed your bamboo videos so much that I finally got some.
Awesome! 👏🏻
Looks awesome I was just in that area today.
Don't forget about spiders. Plenty of spiders to help beat the bad bug population.
That is the finest looking snake-hole I have ever seen.
Roman chamomile is perennial in zone 9B in Bradenton.
Cool! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for this video of a magnificent garden. Sadly, most people will just destroy this planet before they even motice.
With a half hour, i could clean up the weedier elements..
Keep these vídeos coming.
Sweet potato cover crop will be on the agenda next year!
The mount of nature puns this guy has makes... ok bloomer
Can't wait to see the video in mane. I hope it comes out soon I am going on 5 or 6 week hike on the 28th.
Just heading back. Video should be out within two weeks
I sure would like some more information on that black mat covering that is on Jim's driveway. So any additional information on it including how I can get it would be appreciated. Thank you!
I agree, Bahia is the way to go. I never have to fertilize or water it.
Thrives on neglect 🙌
I surveyed land for many years, working in the woods almost every day. I only stepped on two copperheads, neither of which bit me. (Although one struck at me but I was young and nimble) I walked through more spider webs than you could count and never had any serious bites, ticks were worse. Homeowners and random crackheads were the biggest threat. Ive been shot at, attacked by crackheads, etc. I ALWAYS kept my bush axe nearby especially in urban areas and it saved my hiney more than once. The point is, your garden is probably on the list of the more safe places one might frequent, and dont worry about snakes and spiders but watch out for your neighbors.
Very true! 🙌
I want to do SOMETHING like this, I will have to be sure of drought tolerant crops , here in the desert SouthWest.
These crops can handle drought
Not bad
I guess there is no issue with the high grass city code.
Not a sea of green, a jungle of green lol
What cover crop does he use in Maine? Do you have a video on it?
Pete, while I endorse the " greener lifestyle " ,I cannot do that in a HOA .Please do videos that folks like me can do.
While Jim's place is productive, it wouldn't work in my situation.
Ps. I am in Central fl with 20 plus Tropical Fruit trees.
Pete is in an HOA also but with 12 acres. HOA's are awful I will never choose that myself. You know what is allowed and not allowed, what is Pete supposed to tell you? I am guessing nice looking raised garden beds are what you want in the back yard behind a fence.
The founding fathers would probably tell you to move and regain the rights they fought for and you've given up.
I have a friend who had to fight to change hoa rules to allow a veggie garden in the back yard. But he was successful.
Maybe you can convince your neighbors to change your rules?
@@allanturpin2023 Permission in the back yard? oh brother. There was an HOA that forced owners to leave their garage doors open to make sure nobody was living in there. They did not care about theft or how it looked even in this case. It eventually was reversed I think.
In South Florida it was won in court to allow front yard veg gardens in all of Florida, non HOA of course.
And my county started allowing chickens like 10-15 years ago as long as no one complains or you have a certain amount of space around you.
Overgrow the Government.
I saw that TikTok and the comments were crazy. 🙄😂
Right?!? You should see the latest hay baling video 🤣
Need not be all or nothing, open grass patches can be mixed with food jungle.
I hope he has some snakes in there! They stop the rodents from eating all the food but mostly avoid humans so we rarely know they’re around.
Good point there! If youhave bull snakes, or other non venomous types, here, you won't have rattlers!
THKS COOL AND HEY HOWS YOUR BUDDY AFTER HIS ACCIDENT?
Thanks! Ian has moved away and is traveling the country in a van.
What are the chance I can get that pineapple? I had that kind in Homestead and couldn't bring them to Gainesville. I think these are native and would love some again.
We have some heirloom varieties available. Check out my online store. greendreamsfl.com
Peter Kanaris meu Brother. Seu Canal Mim Inspirou e Plantei a Minha Food Forest é Simplesmente Espetacular.
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Abraços Júlio César(Bodão) Zootecnista e Técnico Agropecuário de Jequié na Bahia.
I want move I need a new job l move were land to make my home like yours
What's growing on Pete
It's only a sea or green if you don't have chickens.
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So pete i got a mulberry tree a few years back and it has gotten to 20 feet plus a few times before being pruned and still no fruit do you think it may be a male or am o just not putting the right fertilizer on it any input ?
Where did you get the tree? Hopefully it was a good variety for your area. Pruning is key. They are also nematodes susceptible
Do you know how many pounds of sweet potatoes Jim will get out of that yard?
At least 1000lbs
How many initial sweet potato plants does he lay down to start all of this?
A few thousand slips
A few thousand slips
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When is Jim coming back?
October
ppl need to get rid of the idea that everything living in their garden is a pest.
I've heard starfruit is bad for your kidneys, any truth to this?
If not fully ripe it can have high levels of Oxalic acid
Pound some dirt!
Pound Dirt 👊🏾
And don't be a grass hole.
@@nancyfahey7518 Wise guy aye? Wub wub, nyuck nyuck ;)
“Where will my kids play” probably inside because there is nothing to do in the yard.
How very short sighted
The whole backyard is open! Don’t be a grasshole 😘
A sea of biodiversity.
That yard is an eyesore. And the driveway looks absolutely awful. I feel sorry for the other residents in that neighborhood.
That yard looks awesome and the driveway easy to maintain. I feel sorry for your neighbor's.
This area is known as the “Garden District” now and property values have risen.
That's right Pete, a Beautiful garden, our garden or Food forest is flourishing with about 48 of Your Awesome trees and anyone who has seen it are taking back how beautiful it has grown.. I'll have to send you some pics
You sound like a fan of HOAs, not an insult but sounds best suited to your taste and why they exist.
I prefer freedom and with that comes tolerance within reason.
Awesome