Preparing Land for Cultivation with Hand Tools, Pigs, and Plows - The FHC Show, ep 15
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- Опубликовано: 19 мар 2017
- In episode 15 of The Farm Hand's Companion Show, Pa Mac begins to develop some garden spots, showing not only how to clear land and prepare the dirt with simple tools (and livestock like hogs), but how to make the soil more fertile at the same time while plowing and preparing the soil with draft animals, tractors, or tillers. Learn about soil fertility and soil improvement, as well as electric fence for raising hogs, field crop methods, and many other things pertaining to gardening or cropping on the small farm.
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1. Being productive does not always mean, gracefull.
2. There is more than 1 way to do things.
I like this guy...
I admire the effort, humor, and thoughtfulness you put in every video. You truly lead an inspirational life.
Right in the nick o' time, when I was going through the deepest of withdrawal symptoms for another episode of FHC, Pa Mac delivers... AND HOW! I think this is your best output so far. This is heaven on earth. Thanks so much!!!
Thank you so much, Cassian; Hope you're doin' well!
Boy, it's fine to see another video. I imagine you stay extra busy with work, farming, life, and making things for us on youtube. We sure do appreciate it, too. I know time is always in short supply. Watching these is like sitting down with an old friend and chewing the fat a while. The boys are already making me promise to let them watch soon. God bless, brother.
I think this is my 3rd time watching this video. I checked in today because I'm bored of others just in hopes I'd missed a notification of a Pa MAc video. Your channel is by far the best I have come across. Educational material of years gone by for most but still the best way IMO....and funny as all get out! Thanks Pa Mac!!
i have always loved your videos!!! funny and educational and inspirational! That tiller!!! OMG! HAHAHA! love it!!
Like a a good rain after a long drought... is a Pa-Mac show just in time for Spring. Thanks bud! This is one of the best yet!
Just wanted to say how much I appreciate and thank you. So many people show us the end result of what they did or how to plant. Not many explain you don't just go out till and then throw seeds down - not if you want to be productive. You have a teacher's heart. You explain how it was done, why it was done and here's how you can do it. We bought some land in a farming community and some of those folks find us entertaining. They inherited their hundreds of acres and it was an active large farm when they got it. One guy said he enjoys watching us put in a little here or there or chopping down trees with axes and chainsaws or using old plows and tillers as we can't afford a $125,000. farm tractor. He said it's like watching his dad, grandpa or he imagines his great grandpa did it way back when their land was 1st being developed and he gets to see all they did so that he could have what he has today. I reckon those old folks started with a little piece of land like us (30 acres) and over the years they added more. That's what we hope to do. We watch your videos and have accepted there ain't no fast or easy way to do this but there is a steady, right and good way to do it over time. I had to let my son find this out for himself. He went out and plowed up the ground and threw seeds and plants in it and nothing much grew. I didn't like throwing my money and his time away but it was a good lesson he won't forget. Thank you for all you do to inspire and help us "newbies". I have learned so much from you. ~Sherrie in South Carolina
Hey there, Sherrie,
You may not have $125,000 for a tractor, but you have an attitude and passion for the farm life that's worth several times that. Thank you for watchin', and for your comment (which I'm will inspire all who read it).
I pray for you all the best as you continue to work your property.
Phenominal videos. You are absolutley correct when it comes to satisfaction of clearing your own fertile plot of ground. These videos need some more boosting to reach more people,
28:48 to 29:00
I once read in an old farm bulletin that:
"To thus gradually improve the land is within the reach of all."
and that:
". . . there is a certain sentimental satisfaction in working out the salvation of one's own place.
For who would not rather improve his own wooded hills . . . than exchange them for the fields of another. The love of one's native place is happily a virtue most people possess."
These are deep and profound words. Many, many more people really need to live by these.
True, Aermydiach.
Been building my garden area for five years. Rotted Logs, limbs, leaves, kitchen scraps and lots of chicken poo from my hen house! This year looks good for a lot of growin and showin! Thanks for your entertaining and helpful videos.
Really glad to have you back.
I just wanna say that I'm glad you got back to making videos. I'm a fellow Arkansan and I absolutely love your videos and have watched every one. Please don't stop.
Gotta love the tiller...LOL Angel from The Bay
Starting at 1:36, the cow closest the barn has a look on her face that she tries to hide, as you look back around at her, after your duct tape modification. She's thinking, "It'll never hold." lol Thanks for sharing, I love your content!
Hoping to finally buy my farm in the next couple of months. Keep the videos coming! I would enjoy seeing some more about your animals.
Glad to see you're back !! Always worth the wait ! I've put your knowledge to great use on our British Columbian farm . Thank you so much from Canada .
Excellent job for land to garden preparation!!👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Can't get enough of Pa Mac!
Dear Pa: What a great video!!!! May God bless you ,richly!!!!!
Thank you, William!
That feeling when I have a new Farmhandcompanion video to watch! :D good stuff, keep it up!
Happy to see you back
Gotta be my favorote video you've done in a long while.
That is so funny! I have that same cheap pair'o muck boots, and they ripped on me too! God bless you and your family Pa Mac!
All good stuff , some of it learned at my mother's knee , and other low joints . Best thing is using your own animals and compost , feeding the bacteria in the soil makes the nutrients more accessible to the plants . Great video 👍🇬🇧
I just bought my own "farm" (mostly forest with a few small fields thrown in), and find your videos both helpful and motivating on those days when I don't feel much of either. Thanks.
Chock-full of useful info like a farmer's almanach, with folk wisdom thrown in and a humorous turn of mind, make your channel one of my top 5 favorites.
Wonderful! As informative and entertaining as always. Easily the best channel on youtube. Thanks for continuing to post these videos.
Love your videos! Brings good memories of my dad.
The tiller just kills me 😂😂😂😂
Yay, finally another video. I've been missing them. You are one of the reasons I bought my own homestead.
So glad you are pack. Hi, Pa and Ma!
my favorite farmer is finally back .I enjoy you vids very much love the humor and the knowledge you have in all your vids
Fantastic! So glad to see your place again.
one of the best videos explaining how to prepare the ground for planting. comprehensive. thanks
love your vids! again and as always we look forward to everyone. thanks for sharing your little patch of heaven with us all.
As a farmer i enjoy watching this video.way to go mate.😇 godbless
Another amazing episode. Thank you so much for putting the time in for the videos.
Some good tips there. ThanksFb
might be one of the most enjoyable 30 minutes ive spent in awhile. supper well done, wow.
PaMac, ever since my bride found you and we watched the first episode together we have been hooked on your channel - and we always watch it together. My next big project on the homestead is finishing out our "partially" off-grid cabin and then a pole barn. You have re-inspired both of us to take on these challenges and do it right. Thanks for a great series, and howdy from south of Harrison, AR!
Thanks to both of you for watchin' the show, Artistry Entertainment Agency.
My best to you both as you get your cabin and pole barn going!
(By the way, my family and I will be in Harrison later this summer-June 2nd and 3rd-for a homestead conference to be held at the fairgrounds. The schedule of events is still comin' together. Perhaps we'll see yall there!)
farmhandscompanion we would really enjoy shaking your hand man!
Thanks for the laughs and the common sense solutions!
Well hello again, we missed seeing new videos. They are an enjoyment to watch. Looking forward to more.
I love that you are so educational in sharing knowledge about working the land and survival. I've learned a lot more from you than watching a few other homesteaders.
Thank you, snsmystic
great info for myself, thank you much! Enjoyed the vid extensively. -All the best.
I do enjoy watching your videos! My only complaint is there is too much time in between them! But work the land or edit the videos. I think we know your answer! Thanks for bringing us along.
Another great video. It's always a good day when I get to watch a new fhc!
One of my favorite channels! Reminds me of my old friend Grandpa Frank G. N.
Great video as per usual. Your hard work and production quality are appreciated. God bless.
So glad to see another video!!!! Love that tiller at the end lol.
Thank you, Brian.
And thanks to everyone else, too, for the kind comments!
Brilliant as always. Thank you for the videos!
Thank goodness you and (very few) others are sharing this incredible wealth of practical ideas with us all. I could go on and on, repeating what others have already said about how good your videos and ideas are. Even an old phart like me can benefit from your practical genius in solving problems. Love it. PLEASE keep making these videos. I may be too old to start a farm but your tips and ideas are great for us small gardeners and I will use many of then to make my garden patch better. Regards from near Hot Springs.
I plan on keepin' the videos comin', cuban9splat (the Lord willing).
Didn't realize you lived so close; maybe we'll meet up around these parts some day (I run into Hot Springs ever' now and then)
missed you for a long long time! great to see you back! :)
glad youre back posting another great video. entertaining and educational. but some of your facial expressions...bwahaha!! priceless!! keep em coming. 👍👍
Great Job Pa Mac. You never fail to deliver. Nice Hogs.......
Cool and cute way of teaching ...thanks
I love the tiller.👍🏻👏🏻👍🏻
I love all of your videos. We used to use a plow exactly like yours when we harvested our potatoes. It's fine for a garden, but I think you will need a bigger one if you want bigger fields in the future. Please keep up the good work.
So glad to see another episode published. Thanks for sharing. I know it's double hard work to work & film your work, & then work to edit your work. I Appreciate all your work.
You and all the other viewers make it worth the efforts.
Thank you, Matthew!
I am so glad to see your new video. I always tremendously enjoy the learning and the entertainment it brings. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for your usual kindness, pierreb03038!
Very well done video and very helpful content. You get an A+ on this project!
Glad to see some new Pa Mac material! As always, lots of knowledge and inspiration shared in an entertaining way. Your video editing/layout is quite unique and enjoyable. I've actually been using chickens paddock shifted across my suburban backyard as well as lots of mulching with fall leaves, woody material and weeds over the last three years. When we bought the place, you couldn't hardly dig without a pickaxe. Now, in spots, I can dig in my garden transplants using my bare hands. Doing my best to heal the land! Keep em coming Pa!!
Sounds like you're livin' the life, Rusted Oak Homestead!
My best to you and yours
i just found your channel. I've only watched a few videos so far but I am really enjoying them. Thank you!
Back in my gardening days, I used a Troy Built Horse to plow up a 1/4 acre plot. The manufacturer claimed you could take care of up to an acre with this tiller. I believe it. This machine was the mac daddy of tillers. Plus it was much cheaper to take care of than a tractor. But for someone just starting out, it might be a good way to go.
Your Chanel is one of the best, thanks for all your hard work
So true. Enjoyed the lesson. I am going to try a gardening area this year. wish me luck. Humorous and educational video. 👍🏽🙂
You're gonna do real good, Houndsman One
So glad I found your channel. Fun and informative! Can't wait to see more. Thank you. :)
Thank you, Tyrel!
I just learned many things about soil and how to prepare the land. Thank You!
Thank YOU for watchin', David!
that simple lever was ingenious
Yes, it was, john.
But somebody else thought of it way before me.
Thanks for watchin', my friend!
my friend i'm new to watchin your videos, and they are an absolute Godsend, i live on a small 6 acre plot in texas and could use all the learnin i can get, to prep and live well with nature on my own slice of heaven i'll be watchin with enthusiasm. your friend Frank
Thank you for watchin', Frank; and my best to you on your Texas property!
BWAhahahahaha ! Loved it as always! I like the open soil method as well, even though it is not well thought of with the newer generation and their "cover" crops. I like it because it has worked for a few thousand years, and it's the way nature does it...burn it, rip it with a tornado, rip it with hogs, blow a tree over...then what happens...wow, a fantastic renewal! You reminded me of that old saying about plowing, also: "deep in the fall, shallow in the spring" great advice that I had forgotten! Thanks. Wonderful, and a ton of humor sprinkled in...my 12 year daughter said a while back, "Dad, you act like that!" So you MUST be wayyy cool!! Keep up the good stuff!
Welcome back! I love your videos.
Superb!!! Some really funny moments too!!!
I enjoyed every second of this video. Thank you.
good lawd! now who in their right mind would give a thumbs down to a good hard workin account of a simple man's life such as this?! keep up the good work, Pa Mac, Luke, Yahaira, baby #2, and Jack the blue heeler says hi!
Hey there, my friend!
I hope the whole clan is doin' real good (and say "hey there" back for me)
I sure am happy to see you getting active again on RUclips Pa Mac. Your style and approach is both unique and enjoyable to watch, always full of good information with a yard of humor tossed in. I'm still hanging in as a contributor over on Patrion for as much as I can for now. Now I'm going to have to share you again on facebook as well.
I can't thank you enough for supporting the show on Patreon, David.
(And thanks for spreading the word on FB, too.)
Take care, my friend
I'm addicted to your videos! They're so full of helpful information and humor. You have a wonderful, creative way of presenting detailed knowledge by including the why's of the rules. The videos must take a long time to prepare and I thank you for the extra effort and all of the knowledge that you share! Hey that rhymes :-)
What a very kind compliment, Anna. I appreciate that so much (as well as your poetic gift of rhyme).
Thank you for takin' time to watch the show
It was another great video, by far the best on youtube, you have so much useful knowledge that you share in a useful way. And your comedic timing is impeccable. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for the kind words, Maurice!
And to everyone else, too.
Good video. A lot of real practical ideas unlike a lot of others I see.
Good to see you back. I often wonder what you are up to.
I really appreciate your humour. I enjoy your channel s lot.😄😂😊
Thank you so much for watchin', Shirley
nice to see another video!
Oh yea ! He has returned! Long time no see
Woke up early and started looking for land online then found this video...maybe someday this may be my life :)
I'm sure it will be one day, John.
My best to you as you find your way there!
Genius, as always. That's a fine tiller; I need to keep tools on mine as well. I believe in using animals to manage the soil too. I raised a hog in half of our garden, and intentionally let him make a hard wallow, to accommodate the garden ducks' a swimming hole. Our resident chicken hawk thought they tasted like chicken...
Now that's a good use of a hog: garden management...and duck recreation.
Hope yall are doin' well, busvlogger!
thank you so much for this video! this comes at the perfect time
This was very helpful! And humorous as well!
+farmhandscompanion Great to see the new video! We used to plow like that, but after going to a workshop with our local ag extension office about 15 years ago, we've barely plowed. We use a ton of cover crops and never leave the soil barren. It's really improved our soil in terms of moisture, quality, production, etc. We also plant on contour now, which has really cut down on erosion.
Looking forward to seeing how your place continues to progress!
Good word, ncooty.
There'll be more to come about improvin' the soil in future shows. Didn't have time to cover it in this episode, but the truth is, the more you practice good soil principles (like the materials I spread on the garden in this show), the less you have to plow (or till) in the future-once your topsoil is as deep as you care for it to be.
Love your videos. You hit the nail on the head with your ground prep! Have you ever heard of Ray Archuletta or Gabe Brown? After your initial "clearing", both have made the suggestion that excessive tillage, can actually degrade your soil structure, water retention and burn off that carefully added organic matter. Another option may include planting a cover crop that winter kills, such as clover, radish, peas, ect to keep improving your soil's fertility year to year and ready it for spring planting. As they say, "Keep it covered and keep it growing". I can't wait to see what you plant! Thanks for sharing.
YAY!! You're back! You're singing my song. I have 4 acres out of 5 1/2 that 'need a little work'!
I love your videos. I hope to be doing what you're doing one of these days.
Great to see you are back! I'd love a video on goats for brush clearing as that is what I have been looking into.
It's in the works, Shelly! Thanks for watchin'
Informative and hilarious.This guy needs a legit show
You are insightful and amusing. Thank you.
As always, informative, entertaining, and well worth the wait!
I appreciate your watchin' the show, MotherOfManyHorses!
I like your videos, because they are entertaining and edjucating. You are one of a kind. Greetings from Germany.
Thank you, Wolfman!
Sharing some great info here. The use of animals to help clear land, recognizing soil health, improving soil health, and all the rest. Great job making this info fun and interesting. I look foreword to more episodes as the year progresses. It is always a delight to see you have posted a video.
I appreciate that, Ineffable Homestead. You keep up the great videos as well!
I hopefully will be putting out a lot of videos this year, as I work on infrastructure. Getting started on building an earthsheltered home, setting up my solar and wind power, getting my water system set up, and start planning out where I will be putting gardens and raising livestock.
I do so love this show. Hooray.
Perfect video in perfect time, as soon i will be moving to the new place just outside Mountain Home Ar.
Excellent! Another instant classic!
Very very well done entertaining and informative. I'm moving onto 50 acres of woods (10 on a hill 40 flat) but have a goal to make a good 10 acres workable for my daughters to use as they hopefully build an appreciation for living and working off the land God willing. Not going to be an easy job but generally nothing worthwhile is ever easy. Thank you!
My best to you and yours as you get goin' with your place, J.R.!
Ever though about adding cover crops to the fallow stage? Some kind of semi wild legume or native wild legume or silage weeds beyond what will naturally take hold?