Never underestimate how much your viewers like to watch you pulling weeds and doing mundane farm chores. It's very motivating! And that first little island you completed (6:06) looks so good!!! Worth it!
Four days under a plastic mulch cover will make the grass compost, remove plastic, then add chips to dress it up. Deprivation of sunlight does wonders in the fall when it comes to weeding. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us. Hope this helps.
@@diananazaroff5266 maybe it can survive 4 days ,but i cannot imagine it surviving a month with no sunlight and the plastic retaining the heat next to it
@@humility-righteous-giving Bermuda grass is not a typical grass. It grows by ryzomes with nodes every couple of inches where roots grow. Most grasses have roots attached at the bottom of the leaves. When you pull it, out comes the grass and you're done. When you tarp it, it dies and it's done. When you pull Bermuda, the little piece of grass you pull may get something that is 2 feet long or more with roots every couple of inches. If you don't get all of the nodes, more grows back. You can pull and get the main plant, but there are inevitably many lines with many nodes beyond the main plant. It is also a VERY tough plant to kill. It can survive up to 6 months or more under a black tarp - even here in Georgia where it gets very hot. If you pull the tarp too soon, and there is even one or two nodes that survived, they will grow to cover the whole area you tarped within just a few weeks. Also, you may have killed what is directly under the tarp, but because of it's reach, there are plenty of roots left ready to grow over the area you've killed. Ask me how I know...
We don’t have Bermuda grass, but we do have our share of invasive plants. I’ve also had to use a spade to sever rhizomes around perimeter of mulch. I tend to avoid chemicals and herbicides in the root zone of my fruit trees. Would the pigs eat Bermuda grass ?
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I don't care if you are pulling weeds every video. It is reality for any gardener/homesteader. I just love seeing your faces! It is a highlight of my morning! Thanks for keeping it real!❤
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So I would consider making round weed fabric and put it around the trees every spring when the grass starts. Then remove it after a couple of days / a week and put wood chips. Keep the fabric and when the grass takes over again put the fabric back and kill the grass again. Do this a few times a year and save yourself the digging and removal time. Love what you guys are doing keep up the great work and love the content. Thanks for everything.
Not first. Don't care. 🎉 I have found this job is sooo much easier after a good rain. I'm sure you'll have everything done to your specs in time. Stay blessed, beautiful people!☮️♥️🙏🇺🇸🤜
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Over the years I have had two cats that were droolers. It only happened when they were purring hard. I think sometimes you make that cat happier than you know,
I have a drooly cat too. And he is also orange! He only drools when purring hard too. The gross thing is then he shakes his head and flings spit in our faces 😂
My memory of living (and working) on a farm was that pretty much all grass (except hay) was the bane of our existence. So I say BRAVO and WELL DONE for fighting the grass battle.
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I really appreciate you showing us All the various projects, fun or mundane, that gives us a more realistic view of what it takes to carry out this lifestyle! It doesn’t matter what you are doing I love it all!,
💚 Still looks (in time lapse..LoL) like what you did last winter for that/those trees, was not completely ineffective..I saw comfrey and sweet potatoes and lots of mulch. The tree looked healthy! Carry on with your next plan and more woodchips! 💚
When I have an edge where mulch meets grass, I dig a pretty deep trench and fill it with mulch. When the grass grows in towards my mulched area it doesn't get a chance to root deeply. I just pull it out towards the grass and cut or rip it depending. Only works if the mulched area is grass free. In your situation I'd dig the trench, cover with a lot of wet cardboard and pile up the mulch again.
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You may know this already... Take green tomatos wrap them in news paper, put on a shoe box, place in cool dark place until you're ready to eat. Take out and sit in sunlight to a few days to ripen. I kept them up to 10 weeks. I served tomatos for thanksgiving and christmas.
Interesting. So does that mean if I have green tomatoes that I want to ripen up as quickly as possible that I should leave them in sunlight? I picked the balance of my tomatoes from my garden (some are quite small) but I was hoping to squeeze out one more batch of salsa from them. I was under the impression to box them in so that the gases they emit will assist in the ripening but by what you said it sounds like I should leave them in the open.
My grandmother always did this with the larger ones...the small ones became green tomato pickles or relish..the ripened ones were like gold during November and December
I had Bermuda when I lived in TX. I made the paths the width of the lawnmower and mowed weekly. then I used a square shovel to edge the beds and pull the runners out. After about 3-4 years it was a lot less work
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Some cats drool when VERY happy!! They do love seeing you!! Thank you for talking on the weeds around orchard trees, I have yet to need that info. but saving it for when I do!! Blessings!!
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Your orchard looks like all the trees have survived. Its going to be such a great thing to have your own fruits, veggies, meat in another couple seasons. Meg you are looks pretty good and Bughie is stretching up. Ben. You always look good. We all lobe you all👍❣❣
My husband has had to work hard on our little 10 tree orchard. He is always clearing under the trees and putting more compost and mulch down. He spends days at the beginning of Spring and gets the trees pruned right away. He makes sure the fence around the trees is fixed up well too. The trees are giving us a really nice harvest this year. You'll love that. Thanks for this Hollars.
Glad the truck was resolved quickly. I think your permaculture orchard is working better than you think ! Welcome to the garden of Seeding & Weeding. lol
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While in the orchard we would love to know how all your companion plants faired this summer. I have a male cat that drools & kneads. He puts a lot of effort into it as well.
Watching you guys pull weeds and feed trees and show your progress is never boring to us Hollararians….. ha the new name for your followers!!!! But seriously you all are doing things alot of us could only dream of doing so we watch you instead!
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I’m glad to see you guys are using cardboard. I always found it it made the best production from weeds, a Great barrier not only from Waze but also from weeds but other things such as in six etc. I know you’re frustrated right now with everything that is catching up on you, but I think you both have done an excellent job all year long with your garden and to see that he still has so much produce at this time of the year when very few people I have not had any produce at this time of the year for over a month and you guys are still very bountiful❣️❣️😊
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Yeah, I've struggled with grass re-claiming our orchard too. "The Holistic Orchard" by Michael Phillips is a good read. He recommends continuing to add piles of wood chips yearly as well as underplanting with plants that can inhibit grass such as daffodils. This year I plan on spreading thick mulch from last winters pig compost
We have had excellent results using Solarization as a ‘weed’ killer. Clear plastic covering the ground for 4-6 weeks during the growing season in a sunny location has eliminated unwanted vegetation. New plants added have required minimal maintenance. Good Luck!
While I was off my ankle /foot this spring and much of summer due to injury my flower beds that had cardboard and mulch was very invade with weeds many that seed onto the mulch but some were also into the soil. Now that I'm no longer in a cast I'VE spent remainder of summer weeding out all my flower beds and trees. Your trees looked good.I dream of having a fruit tree orchard. Best of luck with that vehicle accident . I live in Ky and love watching your videos. God Bless.
I would watch y'all for a few days weed removal. I love your channel. My favorite!! So weedaway. Your kids are so sweet. They go barefoot just like we did as kids. I'm 66 now so only rarely cause it reminds me of the good old days. That's why I love your channel.!!!
In grade school, students could bring a note for teachers giving us permission to come to school barefoot. Small town in OKLAHOMA. Only 25 in my graduation class of 1962 and 12 of us had been classmates for 12 years.
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I scalp the grass around the trees with the weed whacker to help. It’s a never ending chore. I’m watching you to see if you get it figured out so that I can learn from you🙏🏻🤓
I love your cats! Was there a story about how your kitties came to be a member of the homestead? I would love to hear about them. They are so pretty!I Bermuda grass??? Good luck! Always a great day to watch you all.
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Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity and love🧡 all over the world, i would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust if you don't mind. I'm Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California and where are you from if I may asked?
Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity and love all over the world, i would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust if you don't mind. I'm Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California and where are you from if I may asked?
Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity and love all over the world, i would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust if you don't mind. I'm Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California and where are you from if I may asked?
Oh the joys of bermuda grass! The bane of my garden!!! We are going to try to till it up and cover it all winter and then in the spring when we plant we will cover it with weed stop fabric. I sure hope it works! So glad you found out about your truck. Hope you find all the parts and help to get her back on the road safe and sound!! BTW, your farm is looking so beautiful, good job!!
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Having had my own garden and landscape business before I got sick 6 years ago I'm excited to see your family all involved with even baby girl 🌹 lots of love Peter Cape town South Africa
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Ben...that cat will make you love him. He will win you over. You may think he is a pest but he loves you. In Texas you can plant St Augustine grass, takes tons of water to survive, or Bermuda and Fescue grass. They are not "pretty" but they are resilient and drought tolerant. I think you have a battle on your hands with that grass. Smothering it and waiting for Winter sounds like a plan! peace
I am always amazed at how many raw vegetables Buggy will munch on and she loves them. 🥰 it’s often a case of bribing children that age to eat any vegetables. Hope you win the war against the weeds.
👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️ the drool from the kitty is that the kitty is showing happiness that you are touching him. It is a sign of affection. My kitty Sissy does it. She is a stray that came up to my door almost 3 years ago. I thought something was wrong health wise with her I did research and found out what I just told you.🐱🐱🐱🐱
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Man, there's always a cat. Our barn cats follow us around, singing when we aren't paying enough attention. The mama cat drools like that, too. Literally dripping wet on your arm if you pick her up for more than a minute!
Ben, up here they use professional landscape fabric. It’s silver, not the black one, and it lets rain percolate down. He even used it on the whole area, paths and on the borders around the perimeter. No weeds.
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the best thing I found to keep grass out is swimming-pool liner. My neighbor replaced his pool liner and I took his old one and cut it into tarps and rolls, etc. I put a 12" strip of this material under the chain-link fence between my neighbor and me. 30 years later there's still no grass growing. So, recycled material whose permanence is a plus.
Try orchard grass. It grows tall, fixes nitrogen, crowds out bunching and running grasses and bonus is GREAT sweet fodder for animals. 'Cept then you'll need a hay cutter/baler for your tractor😐. It's a good hay making cool weather crop you can seed & cut twice a year. for right next to the trees, plant comfrey...lots of it! Brings up nutrients for young trees, makes a good chop&drop and perfect nutrient stinky tea for all your garden.
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Maybe I'm one of tge few but I enjoy weeding and then putting the mulch down. I love how with just some elbow grease you xan name an area look so good. So even though I cant help you I enjoy watching! No matter hiw many days it takes.
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On the up side your fruit trees are looking healthy…..maybe dig a sharp edge around tree drip line and try and contain it from there we have same problem here in Australia with couch grass guessing they are the one and same a nightmare😩…keep loading up the wood chips 👌good luck 😉
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I went back and watched your video of you just finding/buying your homestead in NC. WOW, such a transformation in 3 years! (with a lot of hard work & determination). Congratulations!
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Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity and love all over the world, i would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust if you don't mind. I'm Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California and where are you from if I may asked?
Impressive, the growth I see on the orchard trees. Can hardly wait to see fruit! Lol these chores always take. More time than what seems at first glance.
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Cats drool when they are really happy and you are petting them. It is a thing. My little jerk does it sometimes. She also WAS not fond of being picked up... but they get used to it. She crawls into my arms now to get picked up and craves the snuggles. She still tries to trip me up all the time by running in front of me. (hence jerk)
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Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity and love🧡 all over the world, i would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust if you don't mind. I'm Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California and where are you from if I may asked?
I find anything to do with the topic of Permaculture is so very interesting and so great for the environment. So glad you heard from your insurance company and you can move on from that scary accident🙃! Little Buggy, like her big brothers, loves the outdoors….she is such a little cutie💜!
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Perfect timing. We planted 2 cherry trees at the beginning of summer. They are also in zone 4. And the grass has started to creep in. I was wondering what I was going to do. Watch, learn, do. I appreciate your videos.
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Yea, I feel y'all about the cardboard! It only holds for so long (even with inches). Those weeds quickly take over, even in raised beds. I'm TN. Between Creeping Charley and Bermuda grass, it's a pain to manage.
Ben I recently watched a video from Deep South Homestead were Danny is showing us his fruit trees, he shows how he just mows around them and blows the cut grass back around the trees and leaves the grass to grow up close to them, they are growing like crazy, except a couple of them, which he keeps the grass mowed around it. It's quite a difference. I love your channel guys.
If you decide to do up all of your trees, this winter, like the one you did on the video, it will look so so pretty. I know it is about function, but it is nice to have the beauty of your hard work to enjoy also. Good luck!
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My mom had a good idea to keep Bermuda out of her orchard. She laid down 18 inch wide sheets of corrugated metal which stopped grass from spreading. It's windy where she lived so she needed to weight them down.
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I had wood chips delivered to my yard and covered hardpan with some stubborn bermuda grass (I'm sure Bermuda is a lovely place - how did it become associated with such an obnoxious weed?). Of course some grass poked through. It took time, but I dug it up by the root cluster. Any piece of root remaining will hatch another plant.
We have Quackgrass in Washington. It grows the same way. I would get some Polypropylene Woven Ground Cover like Living Traditions Homestead uses and put it down over your mulch. Weight it down with scrap lumber so you can remove it to fertilize and refresh your mulch. It lets air and water through but the light stops the weeds. I use it in my wife's rose bed but I put bark nuggets on top to make it look nice.
Have you thought about planting 3 sisters style? Corn a bean, and your squash in a mound. You plant like 5 corn stalks, a bean to clime the corn in a round mound and a squash growing out of the side of the mound, and the mounds are 4 or 5 foot on center. You can use your beds for all your other foods still. The corn is supposed to protect the beans or peas from the wind and critters that like to eat them. And they are supposed to feed each other too.
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Lovely to see you again. Your vlogs have really helped me over the last few months. Love seeing how the gardens look and seeing how big Buggie is getting. Hope the boys are enjoying being back at school too xjx
Haha this is so cute. I have 2 male cats that drool as well! Ive had them since they were kittens and have always did this. Buggie is getting so big. Good luck on the weed killing lol
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Just an FYI…I hit the dollar general half off sale and grabbed more landscape fabric @ $3 per roll!! Also got 9 oral B toothbrushes for $1 with my digital coupons. WooHoo! May help with your fruit trees. Yall have a great night!!
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Aw Lil Miss looks adorable with her ponytail! She's getting so big! Bless her heart!😍
Never underestimate how much your viewers like to watch you pulling weeds and doing mundane farm chores. It's very motivating! And that first little island you completed (6:06) looks so good!!! Worth it!
Four days under a plastic mulch cover will make the grass compost, remove plastic, then add chips to dress it up. Deprivation of sunlight does wonders in the fall when it comes to weeding. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us. Hope this helps.
Wish that worked with Bermuda, but it does not :(
I agree with Let's Grow Texas, that does not work with Bermuda. I've tried it and it has failed.
@@diananazaroff5266 maybe it can survive 4 days ,but i cannot imagine it surviving a month with no sunlight and the plastic retaining the heat next to it
@@humility-righteous-giving Bermuda grass is not a typical grass. It grows by ryzomes with nodes every couple of inches where roots grow. Most grasses have roots attached at the bottom of the leaves. When you pull it, out comes the grass and you're done. When you tarp it, it dies and it's done.
When you pull Bermuda, the little piece of grass you pull may get something that is 2 feet long or more with roots every couple of inches. If you don't get all of the nodes, more grows back. You can pull and get the main plant, but there are inevitably many lines with many nodes beyond the main plant. It is also a VERY tough plant to kill. It can survive up to 6 months or more under a black tarp - even here in Georgia where it gets very hot. If you pull the tarp too soon, and there is even one or two nodes that survived, they will grow to cover the whole area you tarped within just a few weeks. Also, you may have killed what is directly under the tarp, but because of it's reach, there are plenty of roots left ready to grow over the area you've killed.
Ask me how I know...
We don’t have Bermuda grass, but we do have our share of invasive plants. I’ve also had to use a spade to sever rhizomes around perimeter of mulch. I tend to avoid chemicals and herbicides in the root zone of my fruit trees. Would the pigs eat Bermuda grass ?
Hi, Ben and Meg! Busy! Busy! Busy! Yep! That’s the Hollars. Never a dull moment.
Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity and love all over the world, i would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust if you don't mind. I'm Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California and where are you from if I may asked?
I don't care if you are pulling weeds every video. It is reality for any gardener/homesteader. I just love seeing your faces! It is a highlight of my morning! Thanks for keeping it real!❤
I have been fighting Bermuda grass for over 30 years around flower beds first and now the garden.
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It was interesting to see how this method of orchard growing works in tandem with vegetables.
Even though the weeds are frustrating, we're excited to see the trees themselves look healthy and are progressing!
Run, run, run amuck, live life to the fullest, happy little girl! thank you ALL stay safe
Maintenance, maintenance and more maintenance on a regular basis.
So I would consider making round weed fabric and put it around the trees every spring when the grass starts. Then remove it after a couple of days / a week and put wood chips. Keep the fabric and when the grass takes over again put the fabric back and kill the grass again. Do this a few times a year and save yourself the digging and removal time. Love what you guys are doing keep up the great work and love the content. Thanks for everything.
Not first. Don't care. 🎉
I have found this job is sooo much easier after a good rain.
I'm sure you'll have everything done to your specs in time.
Stay blessed, beautiful people!☮️♥️🙏🇺🇸🤜
Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity and love🧡 all over the world, i would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust if you don't mind. I'm Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California and where are you from if I may asked?
Over the years I have had two cats that were droolers. It only happened when they were purring hard. I think sometimes you make that cat happier than you know,
I have a drooly cat too. And he is also orange! He only drools when purring hard too. The gross thing is then he shakes his head and flings spit in our faces 😂
My memory of living (and working) on a farm was that pretty much all grass (except hay) was the bane of our existence. So I say BRAVO and WELL DONE for fighting the grass battle.
Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity and love🧡 all over the world, i would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust if you don't mind. I'm Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California and where are you from if I may asked?
I really appreciate you showing us All the various projects, fun or mundane, that gives us a more realistic view of what it takes to carry out this lifestyle! It doesn’t matter what you are doing I love it all!,
💚 Still looks (in time lapse..LoL) like what you did last winter for that/those trees, was not completely ineffective..I saw comfrey and sweet potatoes and lots of mulch. The tree looked healthy! Carry on with your next plan and more woodchips! 💚
Guys, its a lifestyle- every day there's something to do. We enjoy watching all of it.
When I have an edge where mulch meets grass, I dig a pretty deep trench and fill it with mulch. When the grass grows in towards my mulched area it doesn't get a chance to root deeply. I just pull it out towards the grass and cut or rip it depending. Only works if the mulched area is grass free. In your situation I'd dig the trench, cover with a lot of wet cardboard and pile up the mulch again.
Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity and love🧡 all over the world, i would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust if you don't mind. I'm Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California and where are you from if I may asked?
When I bought my apple tree, Stark included a 35" Tree Circle weed barrier and it worked for a couple of years. ';D
You may know this already...
Take green tomatos wrap them in news paper, put on a shoe box, place in cool dark place until you're ready to eat. Take out and sit in sunlight to a few days to ripen. I kept them up to 10 weeks. I served tomatos for thanksgiving and christmas.
Interesting. So does that mean if I have green tomatoes that I want to ripen up as quickly as possible that I should leave them in sunlight? I picked the balance of my tomatoes from my garden (some are quite small) but I was hoping to squeeze out one more batch of salsa from them. I was under the impression to box them in so that the gases they emit will assist in the ripening but by what you said it sounds like I should leave them in the open.
My grandmother always did this with the larger ones...the small ones became green tomato pickles or relish..the ripened ones were like gold during November and December
I had Bermuda when I lived in TX. I made the paths the width of the lawnmower and mowed weekly. then I used a square shovel to edge the beds and pull the runners out. After about 3-4 years it was a lot less work
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Some cats drool when VERY happy!! They do love seeing you!!
Thank you for talking on the weeds around orchard trees, I have yet to need that info. but saving it for when I do!!
Blessings!!
Our cat used to drool all the time when my husband her human would pet and scratch her behind the ears.
A four tine potato rake will make quick work of that grass.
Weeding and mulching my permaculture orchard was such a hassle I gave up after year 3. They are doing great without it now.
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Your orchard looks like all the trees have survived. Its going to be such a great thing to have your own fruits, veggies, meat in another couple seasons.
Meg you are looks pretty good and Bughie is stretching up. Ben. You always look good. We all lobe you all👍❣❣
My husband has had to work hard on our little 10 tree orchard. He is always clearing under the trees and putting more compost and mulch down. He spends days at the beginning of Spring and gets the trees pruned right away. He makes sure the fence around the trees is fixed up well too. The trees are giving us a really nice harvest this year. You'll love that. Thanks for this Hollars.
Glad the truck was resolved quickly. I think your permaculture orchard is working better than you think ! Welcome to the garden of Seeding & Weeding. lol
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While in the orchard we would love to know how all your companion plants faired this summer. I have a male cat that drools & kneads. He puts a lot of effort into it as well.
I was happy to see Meg outside, usually she's in the kitchen, making something good to eat. Hey Ben its always entertaining to watch your vids. 🙏❤️
I have drooling cats too. They seem to drool when they are happy. Your cats really love you.
Watching you guys pull weeds and feed trees and show your progress is never boring to us Hollararians….. ha the new name for your followers!!!! But seriously you all are doing things alot of us could only dream of doing so we watch you instead!
Bermuda grass is a pain, I remember it from California. Eventually you will win.....in time! 💞God bless!
Omgosh Buggie has gotten so big! She has a million grandparents.
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I love your family, your videos and I'm so grateful to be able to share your beautiful life. Thank you for allowing me to see your wonderful xxxx
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Weeds Weeds WEEDS 🤔😢😓😓😤.... Buggies looking so cute she getting big. 🥰
I’m glad to see you guys are using cardboard. I always found it it made the best production from weeds, a Great barrier not only from Waze but also from weeds but other things such as in six etc. I know you’re frustrated right now with everything that is catching up on you, but I think you both have done an excellent job all year long with your garden and to see that he still has so much produce at this time of the year when very few people I have not had any produce at this time of the year for over a month and you guys are still very bountiful❣️❣️😊
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Yeah, I've struggled with grass re-claiming our orchard too. "The Holistic Orchard" by Michael Phillips is a good read. He recommends continuing to add piles of wood chips yearly as well as underplanting with plants that can inhibit grass such as daffodils. This year I plan on spreading thick mulch from last winters pig compost
We have had excellent results using Solarization as a ‘weed’ killer. Clear plastic covering the ground for 4-6 weeks during the growing season in a sunny location has eliminated unwanted vegetation. New plants added have required minimal maintenance. Good Luck!
While I was off my ankle /foot this spring and much of summer due to injury my flower beds that had cardboard and mulch was very invade with weeds many that seed onto the mulch but some were also into the soil.
Now that I'm no longer in a cast I'VE
spent remainder of summer weeding out all my flower beds and trees.
Your trees looked good.I dream of having a fruit tree orchard.
Best of luck with that vehicle accident .
I live in Ky and love watching your videos.
God Bless.
I would watch y'all for a few days weed removal. I love your channel. My favorite!! So weedaway. Your kids are so sweet. They go barefoot just like we did as kids. I'm 66 now so only rarely cause it reminds me of the good old days. That's why I love your channel.!!!
In grade school, students could bring a note for teachers giving us permission to come to school barefoot. Small town in OKLAHOMA. Only 25 in my graduation class of 1962 and 12 of us had been classmates for 12 years.
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Bermuda grass = Enemy! We have that stuff every where, and we hate it. Winter is the time to do big projects because the temperature is awesome!!
I scalp the grass around the trees with the weed whacker to help. It’s a never ending chore. I’m watching you to see if you get it figured out so that I can learn from you🙏🏻🤓
I love your cats! Was there a story about how your kitties came to be a member of the homestead? I would love to hear about them. They are so pretty!I
Bermuda grass??? Good luck!
Always a great day to watch you all.
Right you are, Bermuda grass will grow in the dust in a concrete expansion joint.
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Boy I wish I had a snack bar in my backyard growing up! Especially after school. You are blessed &&& deserve it. Love you all!!
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A drooling cat means they love you.
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I have a drooling cat too! She showed up at our country home me 10 years ago in our tree. She still drools when we pet her… out door kitty!
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Oh the joys of bermuda grass! The bane of my garden!!! We are going to try to till it up and cover it all winter and then in the spring when we plant we will cover it with weed stop fabric. I sure hope it works! So glad you found out about your truck. Hope you find all the parts and help to get her back on the road safe and sound!! BTW, your farm is looking so beautiful, good job!!
Buggie is growing like a weed and is sooo cute! I live in NC too and the Bermuda grass is ruthless!
Elle F her has a pony tail now😂💖🌺
Sweet potatoes are my favourite ground cover. Never disappointed & always growing
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Having had my own garden and landscape business before I got sick 6 years ago I'm excited to see your family all involved with even baby girl 🌹 lots of love Peter Cape town South Africa
Thank you. Blessings
The comfrey is looking great!
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It's so wonderful that your kids have a place where they can explore and play freely.
Ben...that cat will make you love him. He will win you over. You may think he is a pest but he loves you. In Texas you can plant St Augustine grass, takes tons of water to survive, or Bermuda and Fescue grass. They are not "pretty" but they are resilient and drought tolerant. I think you have a battle on your hands with that grass. Smothering it and waiting for Winter sounds like a plan! peace
I am always amazed at how many raw vegetables Buggy will munch on and she loves them. 🥰 it’s often a case of bribing children that age to eat any vegetables. Hope you win the war against the weeds.
Home grown veges taste so much better than store bought, I'm not surprised she enjoys them. It's hard to convince many people to eat cardboard.
Thanks for sharing. I really enjoy watching your videos and your family and farm life.
Wow, I just mow around mine. I get a good harvest every year.
👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️ the drool from the kitty is that the kitty is showing happiness that you are touching him. It is a sign of affection. My kitty Sissy does it. She is a stray that came up to my door almost 3 years ago. I thought something was wrong health wise with her I did research and found out what I just told you.🐱🐱🐱🐱
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Man, there's always a cat. Our barn cats follow us around, singing when we aren't paying enough attention. The mama cat drools like that, too. Literally dripping wet on your arm if you pick her up for more than a minute!
LIFE.....but we keep on working through the tough times....
Four days of you pulling up weeds? Well, I've made it this far... Go for it 😂
Much love from Sweden as always ❤️
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My Ginger Kitty drools when he's happy and snuggling with his mama
Ben, up here they use professional landscape fabric. It’s silver, not the black one, and it lets rain percolate down. He even used it on the whole area, paths and on the borders around the perimeter. No weeds.
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the best thing I found to keep grass out is swimming-pool liner. My neighbor replaced his pool liner and I took his old one and cut it into tarps and rolls, etc. I put a 12" strip of this material under the chain-link fence between my neighbor and me. 30 years later there's still no grass growing. So, recycled material whose permanence is a plus.
We used old heavy tarps from commercial hauling they had a few holes but it didn’t matter to us. Killing the grass and weeds beneath them for years.
A weed party, that's how I got help. Now, start pulling, them weeds. Lol
Try orchard grass. It grows tall, fixes nitrogen, crowds out bunching and running grasses and bonus is GREAT sweet fodder for animals. 'Cept then you'll need a hay cutter/baler for your tractor😐. It's a good hay making cool weather crop you can seed & cut twice a year. for right next to the trees, plant comfrey...lots of it! Brings up nutrients for young trees, makes a good chop&drop and perfect nutrient stinky tea for all your garden.
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a cat drooling is like S tier affection.
Maybe I'm one of tge few but I enjoy weeding and then putting the mulch down. I love how with just some elbow grease you xan name an area look so good. So even though I cant help you I enjoy watching! No matter hiw many days it takes.
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On the up side your fruit trees are looking healthy…..maybe dig a sharp edge around tree drip line and try and contain it from there we have same problem here in Australia with couch grass guessing they are the one and same a nightmare😩…keep loading up the wood chips 👌good luck 😉
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I went back and watched your video of you just finding/buying your homestead in NC.
WOW, such a transformation in 3 years! (with a lot of hard work & determination).
Congratulations!
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Awesome mycelium! That is going to be so good for your trees.
I hope you can fix you vehicle, It is never fun dealing with damaged vehicles.
Yes! Bermuda grass loves to spread. I had to stake down my cardboard. It helped. Now when I find the stakes, I pull them up to reuse.
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I live in East TN...ugh, Bermuda grass, the bane of my garden! IT IS EVERYWHERE!
Impressive, the growth I see on the orchard trees. Can hardly wait to see fruit! Lol these chores always take. More time than what seems at first glance.
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Hang in there guys, one day at a time. God Bless
Cats drool when they are really happy and you are petting them. It is a thing. My little jerk does it sometimes. She also WAS not fond of being picked up... but they get used to it. She crawls into my arms now to get picked up and craves the snuggles. She still tries to trip me up all the time by running in front of me. (hence jerk)
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Everything is looking great!!!
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I find anything to do with the topic of Permaculture is so very interesting and so great for the environment. So glad you heard from your insurance company and you can move on from that scary accident🙃! Little Buggy, like her big brothers, loves the outdoors….she is such a little cutie💜!
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Perfect timing. We planted 2 cherry trees at the beginning of summer. They are also in zone 4. And the grass has started to creep in. I was wondering what I was going to do. Watch, learn, do. I appreciate your videos.
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I love your channel. It show the real life homestead ❤️
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Yea, I feel y'all about the cardboard! It only holds for so long (even with inches). Those weeds quickly take over, even in raised beds. I'm TN. Between Creeping Charley and Bermuda grass, it's a pain to manage.
Ben I recently watched a video from Deep South Homestead were Danny is showing us his fruit trees, he shows how he just mows around them and blows the cut grass back around the trees and leaves the grass to grow up close to them, they are growing like crazy, except a couple of them, which he keeps the grass mowed around it. It's quite a difference. I love your channel guys.
If you decide to do up all of your trees, this winter, like the one you did on the video, it will look so so pretty. I know it is about function, but it is nice to have the beauty of your hard work to enjoy also. Good luck!
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My mom had a good idea to keep Bermuda out of her orchard. She laid down 18 inch wide sheets of corrugated metal which stopped grass from spreading. It's windy where she lived so she needed to weight them down.
If youre pulling weeds, im watching.
Im living? in los angeles and watching your journey is a breath of fresh air.
Glad the insurance mess is over. Farming can be frustrating and such hard work.
The orchard looks great!
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I'm sure your efforts will be productive! 🌱
Billy seems like a great guy, glad to hear you all are friends. 👍
I had wood chips delivered to my yard and covered hardpan with some stubborn bermuda grass (I'm sure Bermuda is a lovely place - how did it become associated with such an obnoxious weed?). Of course some grass poked through. It took time, but I dug it up by the root cluster. Any piece of root remaining will hatch another plant.
👍🏻sorry about the truck🙁but your all safe👍🏻🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️
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We have Quackgrass in Washington. It grows the same way. I would get some Polypropylene Woven Ground Cover like Living Traditions Homestead uses and put it down over your mulch. Weight it down with scrap lumber so you can remove it to fertilize and refresh your mulch. It lets air and water through but the light stops the weeds. I use it in my wife's rose bed but I put bark nuggets on top to make it look nice.
It was strangely satisfying to watch on Timelapse!! 😃
Have you thought about planting 3 sisters style? Corn a bean, and your squash in a mound. You plant like 5 corn stalks, a bean to clime the corn in a round mound and a squash growing out of the side of the mound, and the mounds are 4 or 5 foot on center. You can use your beds for all your other foods still. The corn is supposed to protect the beans or peas from the wind and critters that like to eat them. And they are supposed to feed each other too.
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Thank you for sharing that gardening can be hard, real life
Lot of work..I hope .it pays off.♥♥
Lovely to see you again. Your vlogs have really helped me over the last few months. Love seeing how the gardens look and seeing how big Buggie is getting. Hope the boys are enjoying being back at school too xjx
Haha this is so cute. I have 2 male cats that drool as well! Ive had them since they were kittens and have always did this. Buggie is getting so big. Good luck on the weed killing lol
Hello I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity and love🧡 all over the world, i would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust if you don't mind. I'm Christopher Johnson from San Francisco, California and where are you from if I may asked?
Just an FYI…I hit the dollar general half off sale and grabbed more landscape fabric @ $3 per roll!! Also got 9 oral B toothbrushes for $1 with my digital coupons. WooHoo! May help with your fruit trees. Yall have a great night!!
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