SCYTHE WITH A PRO - Old Tool / New School (Jim Kovaleski)
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
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If you missed the last 2 videos with Jim - you can find them here:
Grass-Fed Garlic? & The EDGE EFFECT - goo.gl/KGAmL9
Grass-Fed Veggies & Hugelkultur Raspberries - goo.gl/bdKwFD
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Over the last few days, we have shared some of the invaluable video footage we got with Jim, while spending a week visiting with him in Maine during his summer market season. We offer these special highlights as our gift to the growing community who are working together to create an even better grass roots food movement.
Jim has been a pivotal role model of ours since 2011, not long after we first began to grow food. We can truly say that he was a big catalyst for change in our lives & we owe the foundation of our success to Jim's influence. Now it is your turn to spend a week with Jim, at your own pleasure.
Learn more here: www.thegrassfe...
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While a considerable amount of content has been offered to everyone through the RUclips platform, we have also created an epic video course that is geared towards those who are looking for a more in-depth focus. The foundations of the content are beneficial for everyone, regardless of climate.
We have condensed down countless hours of footage to create an 8-hour course, including ideas such as:
Grass-Fed Vegetables
Apples, Blueberries, Raspberries & Many More Cold Climate Fruits
The Art of the Scythe: Everything You Need to Know
Annual & Perennial Polycultures
Planting Grids for Esthetics + Intensive Planting
Tangible Planning & Site Analysis
When Permaculture Doesn't Always Work: Ethics Over Technique (visual examples)
Land Connections & Observation
Hugelkultur vs. Hugeleski?
Seeds & Starts: Suggested Varieties
Soil Blocks 101: Step-by-Step, Unique Ingredients, Planting Instructions & More Tips
Crop Circle Squash & Other Unique Methods for Growing Potatoes, Melons, Garlic & Onions
Books & Resources
Specialty Equipment & Tools That Work Forever
Harvesting & Market Preparation
Connecting to the Community & The Land
Journal & Record Keeping
Farmers' Market Display Tips & Packaging Concepts
LEARN MORE HERE: www.thegrassfe...
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Each year in late spring, Jim travels up to a little town just outside Eastport, Maine, to grow the most delicious, clean & vibrant food you can find. Then in early fall, he packs up & heads down to Florida to repeat the same plan.
Jim does not follow rules, He creates his own evolving adaptations; a mixture of pure refined classic agriculture (the scythe), techniques passed along by elder growers, elements from books that have proven their worth & the intrensic download from living with the land & slowing down enough to read it's own suggestions.
He is able to make an honest living doing this very thing he loves so much. His days bring him joy, purpose, connection & peace. The insights & techniques he has collected are invaluable. He plants, harvests, preps & markets in a way that naturally flows & the whole natural farming process is just waiting to be shared with you.
We have been to visit Jim before, but had never been able to come during the best & most productive time of the year for Jim. Everything is growing, blooming, ripening & the scenery around his camp is pure magic.
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I love the concept of 4 hrs bread, 4 hrs your own food, 4 hrs for the community. You're so right. Can you imagine if we all lived that way? Following your lead and simplifying, minimizing, disconnecting from this frenetic world.
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I love Jim's calm style thanks Pete for being cool enough to know him. Jim thanks for your wisdom and willingness to share it god bless you both.
Jim's garden is beautiful! That opening shot with the drone of Jim using his scythe creating those rows was gorgeous too! I got my scythe yesterday and played with it this morning and it was not a smooth and clean as Jim's... i need a mentor!
ruclips.net/video/3lSAwp5TxgI/видео.html /; SEGALARIS Championship very hard test and this day with a very interesting test Heat there are other videos that are heavy of the Grass cut by each sector and participant and awards prizes, I hope you see it
I love feeding the community as well...feeding people brings joy to my heart!
This video makes me remember when I was a kid and I had a lime tree that never wanted to grow much fruit or new branches. Some day I stole a huge bag full of cut grass from the public workers of a park, then emptied it next to the lime tree and wanted to compost it later, but rain season began and I turned lazy, so it composted by itself over the ground and the lime tree grew up like crazy, it was awesome 😁
That winter was too cold and my lime tree died though ☹
Oh bummer with the tree loss!
This was incredibly beautiful. I'm stunned. I could easily walk right into that world and never leave. The words were highly spiritual.
I just never get tired of watching and learning from Jim. Well done job of editing by your wife also. Keep bringing such great videos as you do Pete they are all such a wealth of knowledge. Thank you for doing them !!
Thanks John! We really appreciate the feedback. Jim has so much to share with the world.
Ah man this was bliss to watch. The fly over when scything was a nice touch.
Wilderness Tamed thank you! 🙏
Pls keep Us updated with this wonderful man Jim. I love watching and learning.
For sure! Going to see him this fall again in Maine.
I am in love, I love the way you farm, and the 4 hour split of time is a great way to live. I will do my BEST!
Brenda O'Neill Jim is awesome!
This was beautifully filmed and edited. You and Jim are inspirational. Thank you!
wildwildforest glad you enjoyed! :)
Pete, your content is so good I just found your channel today and can't stop bingewatching these videos. Bravo and I'm really learning so much. Your partnership with Jim is very enlightening for us viewers as well!
Thanks man!
Wish i had his energy! He amazes me!
It is so interesting to watch, how Jim has really thought about some details, that he encounters daily. For example the way he sets his feet, while planting. I immediately thought he really thought this through: one knee supporting his spine, and by lifting his feet just a little bit he is easily able to move around in between the salad plants: a posture with which you can plant for hours without straining your back. The same goes for the scything: The technique he uses is so, that you could work for hours without getting tired.(I always thought golfing was invented by somebody who knew scything and who also knew how to use a hammer)
Jim is a pro at this for sure. He has so much great information to share with the world.
Jim is a brilliant human. He is resilient. He radiates with happiness and enthusiasm. Love to watch.
...living the simpler life...the way mankind should live...we are not meant for large cities...
Agreed!
What about Tenochtitlan?
Ironically i live in a city and scythe my lawn with a $10 garage sale buy. Use the grass to mulch my corn and sunflowers in front beds. Works really well and great workout.
Some are and some are not meant for city life. Jims and his mom's places are not way out in the country. Some big city dwellers are doing rooftop gardens
you're not meant to eat a large majority of the food in the world
you weren't meant to drive cars or call your family with a phone
you weren't meant to do ANYTHING other than to reproduce
Thank you for sharing this. Jim inspired me to purchase a scythe
And a soil block maker tho I might have to build one instead
Just a beautiful garden!!
Love when Jim shares his philosophy .. appreciate that yer all over this Pete.
TC
The Nicest most Productive inspirational Reaper Ever,Jim is so Awsome
I love all of the videos with Jim!
I am late to this channel. Wow. What a wonderful experience. Thank you, Jim and Peter. 🌈💕
Hey Bonnie! Glad you enjoyed 🙌
Love the editing and artistic photography of this vid. Simply gorgeous. What a wonderful postcard for Jim to cherish when he is back in Florida. Way to go guys.
Our Florida Garden thank you! I'm pretty lucky to have Mel's help with these videos. She's been doing a great job editing!
Mel Kanaris GreenDreamsFL I think the title shot of the video with the typo and the photograph, this has been the best title layout I've seen so far. Great, great job on the layout. I'd use that format everytime.
Takes me back to my two week stints every summer on the farm. Loved it and reminisce quite often.
Yep, taking your time, less mistakes, injuries, etc. Something I learned years ago.
Through social engineering via competition and technology, people are all a flutter trying to get instant gratification.
I really like the way Jim thinks.
im so glad I found this channel. Jim just brings me so much peace while watching xxx
Thanks! ❤️
Just a suggestion, you can focus on the visuals with close-ups when he's talking and in your other videos too. I would have loved to see close-ups of plantings of those greens with his voice in the background and back and forth. Apart from that good videos as always, cheers..
Slow/smaller crops equals more love given to what u have growing. And im a true believer that if u love the food u grow and cook it will taste better.
Love it.🌿☀💕
excellent film -- like the ideology he has of living your life 4/4/4
about to purchase a scythe as well
This vid is a piece of art, that speaks to the heart 🌸 Thank you.
Much love, thank you!
They aren't stories but just what each does during the day and what they learn. They become stories but mostly just interacting with others. I got to do that the other day for about 1 hour without the internet for me or the others in the room. It was nice and I miss that interaction.
Que bien me gusta esta forma de sembrar q bonito! 🤗🌷🌹🌻🌱🌱🌱🍐🍏🍒🍁🌿
Great channel Pete.... just SUBSCRIBED and God bless you.
Thanks man!
Great information. Jim has a rough life with people lining up to shoot footage of him scything! I'm going to start using a reel mower but I might start looking at a scythe now.
I'm from Poland and I remember my grandfather cut grass with scythe.
Discovered this channel Yesty & myself being an organic gardener & garden restorator since age ""3"" yes that's right folks lol avid infant start 💕🦋 Both sides f fam tree, All green finger farmers anyways This Jim fella is teaching me new things.
A weed I've had trouble irradiating for years has Litterally,Overnight, Become a source of water mulch.well well well, what else will this glorious channel teach me. Thku very much Jim & crew🌺👍🌺👌
# Iradicating.
Wow, that’s awesome Netty! You’ve been playing in the dirt your whole life. Jim has taught me a lot also...
G,day Pete.
Yes indeed & the soul sings because of Gardening lol 💕
Four hours for "bread" making. Four hours for community. Four hrs for self. That's a great nugget of wisdom right there. Sadly though most are too selfish.
It's nice to have you my friend,, i think we have the same perception.. in life..a million thanks for sharing...
Awesome ! 🙌
Jim, you are amazing, you actually made a paradise on the earth 🌍, and Pete thanks for sharing the information and made a video's to show how all of us need to live! THANK YOU BOTH!!!!
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We should take better care of each other, and together we can care for all that is green and good in this world.
Beautiful scythe action. You need to come to the UK and compete! 😄
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Awesome. you inspire me.
I got an American style which I regret, but it still works great. The sharpness makes all the difference. You should just about be able to shave with it.
I love videos with Jim he's my fav
Wish he was my dad. I could sit and listen to his wise words all day long.
Word!
That truck is so awesome!
An advantage of slowing down is that it forces you to skip trivial things and also decide what's really important.
Thinking about it right now, "Idle hands are the tools of the Devil" may be about the anxiety and depression that arise with excess idle time.
Living the dream right here!
Awesome! Love these videos with Jim
Rhonda Montiel thank you!
At first I was like that corn looks bad, then I realized it was garlic
I love this, wood chips are great but being rural I just cannot get enough without spending lots... I have seven hectares of pasture and graze someone else's cows but there are not enough to keep on top of growth. Time to keep one paddock for trees and veges, three for the cows and one for grass... I wonder if I should get a scythe, no petrol required, it won't breakdown... yes!!
Eventually I would love to have no cows and all trees!
Hi, this Adib from reunion Island... a lot of wisdom in this Cat’s talking. Thanks for the sharing
Please. Where’s online best way to buy seeds ( organic/ non GMO) ?
Hello! Check out bakers creek or Jonny’s
First time I heard of the triple 4 idea. Would appreciate if you could share more! Thanks for all your hard work.
Yes, please. I'd be out there with you.
Song at the beginning of video:
Promised by Ziv Moran
I wish I had known the grass mulch method when we lived on an acre of it in Ohio. I don't think I can get enough non-chemical sprayed grass here in Fla. Oh and I want that chard! Wow that is pretty. My favorite green.
You could use mulch here from a tree service maybe?
i bought some UV protective sleeves from ebay for $1.50 and have had great results but i'm not so far north yet.
Giga-inspiring! Thank you!
I enjoyed this video a lot. Thanks for sharing! Funny thing, I'm in Florida. 😊
HufflePuk Wudgie that's for the feedback! I just did some more recent film work with Jim, it will be out soon.
Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL. I subscribed, so I'll keep an eye out! 😊 Keep up the great work!
Do you still keep in contact with Jim and see how he's doing?
It works for me here in Washington state. I am trying to get all 7 scyths tuned to my body so that I can quickly swich from short grass to tall grass to thick grass or brush.
How simple... It's all just right there... Thanks
The gloves culture in north america has always intrigued me, is there any reason why you guys wear gloves to work with dirt? Is it too cold or something?
I'm from Brazil and I don't know anyone who wears them for gardening, even in our community garden near home where a lot of diverse people come to work, maybe it's just a cultural thing, but if you know of a reason I'd like to hear it :D, Thanks, loved your videos
do calluses count as gloves/shoes? i never wear gloves in the dirt, i get teased alot for it too.... maybe i should take a trip down south
Some people prefer gloves, some don't. I barely even wear shoes in the states and I won't put on gloves unless I'm doing metal works.
Excellent, again!
I am very interested in grass as mulch. But doesn't the grass contain lots of seeds that then grow more weeds and grass in your garden beds?
Amazing ❤️ I just watched one after one videos.
Glad you enjoyed!
Hey there Pete, what is the name of the Song at the start of this video? It is really really beautiful =)
I'd like to know as well
Finally found it!!! Promised by Ziv Moran
Well done! @petekanaris well put together!
Is there a noticable difference between using grass cut with a scythe vs a mower?
Jim is correct, only 30k in that county of maine. My cousin lived there for a job and complained since he's from Miami, FL. - jacob
Acoatof Gold no wok but definitely quite.
Let Jim know I have 2 cheap scythes arriving to my door soon and a quality one from scythe supply on the way in August 2021. They were out of stock or I would have gotten more!
Score!!! Wow, they are super busy now.
Nice farm.
I Love Jim!!! Wish he had a RUclips channel!
Thanks Pete 👊🔥💥
Humans should live like this.
Sage Advise! Loving these videos.....~
Thanks Rick!
Inspirational.
thats a helluva truck
Like everything else, we also fertilize and save moisture. The question is, how do you deal with snails?
I live in maine and the fields I have are full of dandelions. How does jim deal with dandelions that have gone to seed? I assume you should not cover your beds with cut grass with seeds? Very interested in using the grass that I have but I don't want to make it worse by adding dandelion seeds.
Great video! Jim seems liek a really neat guy. I love that scythe it is way better than the old heavy american one. I have that too or my grandpa had one I inherited. :) Does jim have trouble with quack grass??
I would love to be able to have a garden like this .do u just depend on the rain to water the garden
I live the way you guys work!!!
Olivia Chacon thank you!
Hello when you install the hay, do you put a geotextile canvas for the weeds?
Your garden is magnificent. Thank you
Hello! Just hay before it seeds, no ground cover.
Amazing content. Wonderfully edited. Love the music you chose!
ChezGra thank you! Mel really did well with the editing on this one.
Can someone elaborate on what Jim was saying when he says balancing your day with four hours bread labor, four hours time to yourself and four hours community. Is there a person he references at 7:12? I can't quite make the name out. Jim is obviously well read and he turned me onto books by Eliot Coleman and Joel Salatin because of the interview you have done. Maybe a video on "required reading" would be interesting? Thank You!
I'm here after watching scything videos - I realised my technique needs help!
A question - a lot of what I'm scything is more than just grass - dandelions etc. If I put this n my veges will I be planting dandelions!! There will be seeds everythwere in the air in either case.
Everything took a beating here in Houston hoping my plants that got knock down come back. Thinking I could take cuttings from the knock down plant and just replant.
palndan I'm sorry to hear this, hoping y'all recover soon :(
Sign me up for the course! Very Excited! Does Jim grow Salanova Lettuce too? I would like to take both the North and South courses. Great Video!
Oldesouth Farm yes he grows the Salanova's, we have some footage we him harvesting and talking about growing it. Glad you enjoyed!
I love the Salanova's and if I cut them leaving a few leaves in the rosette It grows back with like 4 mini heads I can cut again.
Jim, I am brand new to growing food at home. I am gathering stuf for my first concrete block. Raised bed. How much hay should I buy to get things rolling along? I am here in Deltona Florida.
Idyllic! !!!
Also, how is it that you don't get grass seeds from the cut grass mulch making weeds in the veg garden ???
Im a gardener for 63 years always looking for green ways to get rid of those cut worms from my vegetables any suggestions?
what mowed vegetation should I not use in the garden?
what could somehow start growing and competing there?
I'm really enjoying watching your stuff. But I notice that you have the white moth flying around your brassicas how do you deal with this pest
Great video!
what came out from the truck, what area size of grass was it from ? 1/4 acre ? .... and how much area of garden does it feed ? ...1/8 acre ? ... for how long ?
I eat way too much processed food, I wish I had my own garden so I can eat fresh greens and vegetables everyday.