Thank you, we have a plot of land we fenced off for a garden. I’m trying to keep it low cost and was having trouble imagining how I was going to plant. This was very informative and I thank you for taking your time to help spread the knowledge to others!
Thats the right way to grow anything! On top of raised ridges. Start saving for a BCS with a rotary plow attachment. It’s one of the best investments I’ve ever made.
Thank you Mr. HUMBLE SERVANT. I did the same things you did except.....used the shovel to make my path and mound my beds. I used a hoe to make the path and pull the dirt on both sides of the mound. Later this year when it is time for fall crops, I certainly will be using the shovel to make my rows and mounds. You are a one stop shop.......you can do a lot of things on the homestead. Thanks for sharing. God Bless You!
Kool tiller .. they are the best … I bought mine new 50 yrs ago Troy built … still have it ….you can till with one hand just need to adjust proper depth… it does all the work for you …excellent machines
The old Troy builds are pretty good. The new ones are Chinese garbage. But if you want to talk about “the best” that would be the BCS walk behind tractor.
As I begin to till my garden for the first time, I wanted to make sure I was doing it right and looked on youtube for some vids where I found yours. Excellent. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Looks great! I have the same tiller and I did my rows with the same way! With the same kinds of stakes too! Have you had your soil tested lately? The county Ag Extension office does it cheap. God bless your family and your farm!
Thank you for posting now I have it clear what I wll do with my used tiller I just bought ,I will do what you are doing from The south of Puerto Rico Oh if you can make post on managing the tiller too
If you get a chance, once your soil is broken up, trade that tiller for an older Troy-Bilt Horse model. That way you can put a hiller behind it and use it to mound up your rows. I've been using one for nearly forty years, and they really save labor,.
Great question! We either till it in if we are using that area in the next month or so cover with tarp or plastic to smother over time so they will be gone by the time we are ready to use the area.
There's a easier way to farm with the area that you're using to farm on, if it was grass already there and I don't know if you did your soil sample but just assuming that you did your soil sample and the nitrogen is not all the way balanced or soil was hard, laying cardboard on it then compost on top of the cardboard add some water for moisture then 2 inch of wood chips that's been grated let it sit for the time it needs to sit for when you're going to do the next season planting and you won't have to till you just take a break and go right through the shredded wood chips with a stick to make your line for planting and with the fruit trees you do the same method but only using whole word chips around the fruit trees roots and that keeps moisture and so you won't even have to water your garden that much and you definitely won't have to tilling this is the back to Eden method with Paul Gautschi and I've been studying the back to Eden method for a while and it is the best method, so much easier way of growing food its the same method that you see in the rainforest and in the bush no one tills the ground out there and naturally fruit trees grow without anybody tilling the ground and actually vegetables grow without anybody breaking up the ground cuz when you break up the ground your actually destroying the nitrogen and all the good bacteria in the soil. I have land in Africa virgin land and I have mango trees growing and I have other vegetation including herbs edible vegetation and nobody has tilt the land ever far as my knowledge, it's a better way I in coach people to go on RUclips and look this man up and check out his method one thing I will say doing the vegetable gardens you don't need the large wood chips you just need the shred wood chips or mulch over top of your compost.
Props for successfuly farming the heaviest clay soil on RUclips. You know what you are doing. Adept and astute. You have ears that hear the earth and eyes that see through it.
@@humbleservantshomestead7974 Would you create a video explanation of how those factors affect the width & spacing of your rows? For example, I know that sweet potatoes need deep, wide rows. But I am not well-versed in many other crop row sizes, which could indicate why my other crops struggle???
I'm rocking back and forth letting the tines go deeper to brake the soil. I also made sure to have the depth adjustment bar all the way up so that I could get the times down as deep as possible to break up that soil way down in there being careful not to push hard on the handle because they will break
Good morning brother I'm one of your subscribers how are you doing I live in Georgia is it possible for you to sell me some callaloo seeds? Just let me know the cost plus shipping. Thanks. Keep up the good work
Hello my brother. Came across your channel by accident and immediately subscribe and now I am binge watching your videos. After you tell that clay dirt what then do you do to amend the soil because clay has no nutrient in it you cannot grow in clay is that not correct. I'm fascinated by your property and the abundance of food that you grow on it but more importantly I need to know how you amend the soil especially for growing your callaloo and your green vegetables cuz I find that I have difficulty growing callaloo in containers raised beds what if anything did you do to the clay to make it fertile to grow food
I work in a very clay environment up here in the pacific northwest.. this year I'll be laying out chicken manure, and steer manure... 1 50lb bag per 100sq feet. Then I take my tiller and go crazy.. it's the perfect amendment year after year. Take your time. Good luck
What is the machine called that you are using I'm at my mama house 🏡 she said I can use the yard but idk how to do all of that right now so I am planting in containers. But I want to plant on the ground one day Humble Servants 🙏🏾I hope y'all are doing alright today. Oh I'm in Corsicana Texas idk my plant zone but google said first frost date is November 15th.
That's the way I do it, but my garden is much smaller than yours. Your space is big enough for a tractor. A small tractor with tiller and plow implements should fix you up.
Honestly we've never measured it to know the size exactly. We can tell you that we plant on more than half an acre every year and this tiller has held up for the past 3 years. Just make sure you service it after each season
Trying to take to big a bite with your tiller. Raise your depth gauge a couple notches. You won’t get as deep but you will bust that soil up. Might take to passes but you will get better results. Owned a troybilt for about fifty years now. Let your tiller do the work.
Add some weight to the back and it'll cut by itself. Also no need to string rows put a stake at each end by eye the drag your hoe from one stake to half the bed then go to the other stake and drag yohr row with the hoe back to the center of the bed
I have to use what my money can afford at the moment. We are always taking donations for farm and garden equipment though. Do you have a bigger tiller you would like to part ways with or send our way? We assure you it will go to good use😅
When I start my garden I'm going to wear a pair of black dress slacks, a pair of black socks, a pair of dress shoes, a white long sleeve dress shirt a tie and a red vest
Thank you, we have a plot of land we fenced off for a garden. I’m trying to keep it low cost and was having trouble imagining how I was going to plant. This was very informative and I thank you for taking your time to help spread the knowledge to others!
Thats the right way to grow anything! On top of raised ridges. Start saving for a BCS with a rotary plow attachment. It’s one of the best investments I’ve ever made.
We've had our sights on a BCS but the price keeps rising! Praying that maybe one of these companies will endorse us
Thank you Mr. HUMBLE SERVANT. I did the same things you did except.....used the shovel to make my path and mound my beds. I used a hoe to make the path and pull the dirt on both sides of the mound. Later this year when it is time for fall crops, I certainly will be using the shovel to make my rows and mounds. You are a one stop shop.......you can do a lot of things on the homestead. Thanks for sharing. God Bless You!
Thank Carol! May your garden bust with produce this year! Peace and blessings
Kool tiller .. they are the best … I bought mine new 50 yrs ago Troy built … still have it ….you can till with one hand just need to adjust proper depth… it does all the work for you …excellent machines
The old Troy builds are pretty good. The new ones are Chinese garbage. But if you want to talk about “the best” that would be the BCS walk behind tractor.
As I begin to till my garden for the first time, I wanted to make sure I was doing it right and looked on youtube for some vids where I found yours. Excellent. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
That's a fine garden space you have there,and good job you're doing. God bless you and thank you for sharing.
Your rows are proper, just like my grandpa taught me.
Awesome! Finally a nice clear explanation! I appreciate you.
Your work is paying off. It looks great.
Thanks Tiffany! Trying to be ready soon to start planting crop
@@humbleservantshomestead7974 work pays off. Your bounty will be great. Keep up the great work. I enjoy seeing your property changing. Stay blessed.
Very good video! Thank you. I appreciate your efforts in showing how that is done.
Absolutely beautiful!
Thanks Angela!
That's some nice looking soil. I will be using your method this weekend. Tfs!
Very nice my brother. Your hard work definitely pays off.
Thanks Brother! Getting it ready for planting!
Nice soil prep mate :) My OCD is lovig the straight rows.
Big Love from Australia
Man those rows are beautiful 😮
I love your video, heart and instruction! I subscribed
I’m brand new to gardening. My wife and I decided to use a section of our backyard to try it out. I found this very helpful. Thank you!
I am very happy to hear that you are getting ready to start your garden. And that this video was helpful to you.
It’s been two years since you made this vid and yet I’m another satisfied viewer, great video!
You have a nice homestead 👍 I just subscribed. God Bless from Alabama 👋
Looks great 👍
Very relaxing
Fantastic video, thanks a bunch
I just got here. I don't know what I'm gonna learn yet but I already like you haha. 😅
Thank you! I couldn't find any info on RUclips on how to actually make your rows believe it or not, God bless
Thank you Sir. What amazing idea love it
This was a very useful video. Thank you for sharing the knowledge. 💯✌
Very nice my friend! This is true freedom. Taking care of yourself with knowledge and skill. Hard work but worth it.
I use a heavy steel rake to mound up the soil. Get those raised rows nice and high for easy root penetration.
Thank You Very Much . God Bless You
Beautiful work brother. May your efforts always be blessed.
I just saw your title of your channel! Your awesome
Great video much thanks i have to catch up on the rest ❤️🙏🏻
Love the video 🤙🏾
Looks great! I have the same tiller and I did my rows with the same way! With the same kinds of stakes too!
Have you had your soil tested lately? The county Ag Extension office does it cheap. God bless your family and your farm!
No we never have it tested.
Good info, will be using wood chipper to fill in rows, and making rows higher, Thanks.
Good information hard work always pays off… Thanks
Looks good! Thank you for content l!
great video !
I enjoyed that! I till my garden too. I like the look of your soil, red Georgia clay I think?
Good stuff brotha. The tiller can be use to mix in nutrients too...
Thank you for posting now I have it clear what I wll do with my used tiller I just bought ,I will do what you are doing from The south of Puerto Rico Oh if you can make post on managing the tiller too
Great Video. Thank you sir.
thanks for sharing!
Thank you for the fantastic demonstration. How thick of a layer of mulch/wood chips should I lay down between the rows?
You can lay down about 4 inches of wood chips.
@@humbleservantshomestead7974 thank you!
That you made me flinch!
If you get a chance, once your soil is broken up, trade that tiller for an older Troy-Bilt Horse model. That way you can put a hiller behind it and use it to mound up your rows. I've been using one for nearly forty years, and they really save labor,.
A used Troy-bilt Horse tiller will probably run twice what he paid for the Troy-bilt Bronco he is using now.
Great video. I had a question how did y’all get rid of your grass and weeds?
Great question! We either till it in if we are using that area in the next month or so cover with tarp or plastic to smother over time so they will be gone by the time we are ready to use the area.
There's a easier way to farm with the area that you're using to farm on, if it was grass already there and I don't know if you did your soil sample but just assuming that you did your soil sample and the nitrogen is not all the way balanced or soil was hard, laying cardboard on it then compost on top of the cardboard add some water for moisture then 2 inch of wood chips that's been grated let it sit for the time it needs to sit for when you're going to do the next season planting and you won't have to till you just take a break and go right through the shredded wood chips with a stick to make your line for planting and with the fruit trees you do the same method but only using whole word chips around the fruit trees roots and that keeps moisture and so you won't even have to water your garden that much and you definitely won't have to tilling this is the back to Eden method with Paul Gautschi and I've been studying the back to Eden method for a while and it is the best method, so much easier way of growing food its the same method that you see in the rainforest and in the bush no one tills the ground out there and naturally fruit trees grow without anybody tilling the ground and actually vegetables grow without anybody breaking up the ground cuz when you break up the ground your actually destroying the nitrogen and all the good bacteria in the soil. I have land in Africa virgin land and I have mango trees growing and I have other vegetation including herbs edible vegetation and nobody has tilt the land ever far as my knowledge, it's a better way I in coach people to go on RUclips and look this man up and check out his method one thing I will say doing the vegetable gardens you don't need the large wood chips you just need the shred wood chips or mulch over top of your compost.
Gd stuff . Hope the mangos are awesome
Thanks so much for this
Props for successfuly farming the heaviest clay soil on RUclips. You know what you are doing. Adept and astute. You have ears that hear the earth and eyes that see through it.
Good looking soil, you will do well.
Good rows green thumb.
Thanks nice video ..
hey bud whats the measurements on the chicken pen in the bck behind your garden I'm looking to build one bout the same size
Love your videos! I’m in MS zone 8a. Do you make all your rows 23inches for all vegetables?
We make different sizes depending on which part of the land we are planting on, what we are planting, and the soil quality. Hope that helps
@@humbleservantshomestead7974 Would you create a video explanation of how those factors affect the width & spacing of your rows? For example, I know that sweet potatoes need deep, wide rows. But I am not well-versed in many other crop row sizes, which could indicate why my other crops struggle???
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thank you friend
Can’t you get a furrow plow and attach it to the tiller?
Been doing this. For.over 50 years
I notice you pushing/pulling the handlebar up and down. Is that just to help it move forward or is there something else to it?
I'm rocking back and forth letting the tines go deeper to brake the soil. I also made sure to have the depth adjustment bar all the way up so that I could get the times down as deep as possible to break up that soil way down in there being careful not to push hard on the handle because they will break
@@humbleservantshomestead7974 awesome! Thanks brother! New subscriber. Love your videos.
How big of a tiller is that ? I’m trying to get one,
Good morning brother I'm one of your subscribers how are you doing I live in Georgia is it possible for you to sell me some callaloo seeds? Just let me know the cost plus shipping. Thanks. Keep up the good work
I wish I could reverse the direction of my times because that thing throws me around like crazy
Extra work but it pays off in the end
Hello my brother. Came across your channel by accident and immediately subscribe and now I am binge watching your videos. After you tell that clay dirt what then do you do to amend the soil because clay has no nutrient in it you cannot grow in clay is that not correct. I'm fascinated by your property and the abundance of food that you grow on it but more importantly I need to know how you amend the soil especially for growing your callaloo and your green vegetables cuz I find that I have difficulty growing callaloo in containers raised beds what if anything did you do to the clay to make it fertile to grow food
I work in a very clay environment up here in the pacific northwest.. this year I'll be laying out chicken manure, and steer manure... 1 50lb bag per 100sq feet. Then I take my tiller and go crazy.. it's the perfect amendment year after year. Take your time. Good luck
We amend the clay with chicken Manure and goat Manure .
@@dallaswiller ty...
@@humbleservantshomestead7974 chicken manure seems to be a common remedy
What is the machine called that you are using I'm at my mama house 🏡 she said I can use the yard but idk how to do all of that right now so I am planting in containers. But I want to plant on the ground one day Humble Servants 🙏🏾I hope y'all are doing alright today. Oh I'm in Corsicana Texas idk my plant zone but google said first frost date is November 15th.
That's the way I do it, but my garden is much smaller than yours. Your space is big enough for a tractor. A small tractor with tiller and plow implements should fix you up.
How big is your garden you think a tiller this size will work for half acre???
Honestly we've never measured it to know the size exactly. We can tell you that we plant on more than half an acre every year and this tiller has held up for the past 3 years. Just make sure you service it after each season
@Humble Servants Homestead thanks I'm shopping around just want to make sure I get the right equipment
If you buy a set of tire chains for that tiller you won't have that problem.
Trying to take to big a bite with your tiller. Raise your depth gauge a couple notches. You won’t get as deep but you will bust that soil up. Might take to passes but you will get better results. Owned a troybilt for about fifty years now. Let your tiller do the work.
What zone are you in
Zone 8a
dirty boots .. clean soul !!!!!
Add some weight to the back and it'll cut by itself. Also no need to string rows put a stake at each end by eye the drag your hoe from one stake to half the bed then go to the other stake and drag yohr row with the hoe back to the center of the bed
I'm doing this with just a shovel
Sound like South Carolina ya
Multiple passes is far easier on machine and man.
That tiller is about $1800
Let us know if you would like to sponsor us with one David🤣
That looks like some heavy clay soil. Nice work, keep at it!
Time to get a BCS my brother
You are so right but the price of a BCS says otherwise! It has more than doubled in last than 2 years😥
Is Humble Servants Homestead or RUclips deleting comments?
Why do you have to make berms? Can't you just plant them in the ground?
This portion of our land is at a slight slope and when it rains the water tends to wash downhill taking th rows with it.
Far too much shoveling work, and you need a bigger tiller! Let the machine do the work.
I have to use what my money can afford at the moment. We are always taking donations for farm and garden equipment though. Do you have a bigger tiller you would like to part ways with or send our way? We assure you it will go to good use😅
@humbleservantshomestead7974 Sorry, I too am in the marketplace for a new one (I live in Alberta).
I watched the machine do the work throughout this video. That’s a nice and expensive tiller. It’s not supposed to be a tractor, Alberta.
That is a big tiller, We had to borrow a friend's tiller and it was so much smaller, sooo much smaller.
Cotton plantation? 😂
HELL yea thank u teach old white boy
Wow that's some clay-ey soil
Seeing those woods behind, get dead wood, make bio char, till into clay. Heat treated chicken beds compost. Worm drips, fish algae water.
I hate CRT Tillers. pain in the ass to use.
When I start my garden I'm going to wear a pair of black dress slacks, a pair of black socks, a pair of dress shoes, a white long sleeve dress shirt a tie and a red vest
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Hahaha! If your a woman it could be hot! If you're a man 🤢🤮
I'm just saying. It's almost the the solar eclipse of 2024, REPENT AND ACCEPT JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVOR BECAUSE HE WILL RETURN.
Toooo much clay