Hi, Around min 52 the couple is talking about the difficulties they have to grow cucumber in a rather cold climate. Here in Belgium it also can the a bit to cold to grow them. But here i got a tip from a very nice boek: Cucumber need a warm, moisted ground, with al lot of hummus, pH between 6,5 and 7,5. There are sometimes planted on a combination of compost and manure. Dig a hole from 20cm deep and 30cm wide, fill it with semi digested compost or manure (mixed with straw), and plant om the little hill the cucumber. Because the compost or manure is getting composted, it gives of heat. And that benefit the cucumber.
As a no-till market farmer in california this video has SSOOOOooooo many useful and specific wisdom nuggets from real farm experience. Thank you so much for this sharing.
I found this video incredibly valuable and would love to see more gatherings like this. Really handy for understanding situational context and the nuances of different methods on different farms. Also the ability to bounce ideas back and forth to improve or troubleshoot or even just sharing what worked and didn't work through experience. Please do more conferences like this, so many nuggets of useful information. Thanks Dave Australia
Hi Jesse, thanks for sharing this helpful session. Just came up in my feed for the first time. Can you share the name of the book that Kristine mentioned towards the end? German author, Crop companion oriented.
Daniel looks so much like McNulty from the Wire. Totally a compliment. 55:31 Greg Auton of Maritime Gardening grows no-till parsnips every year, but he might just harvest with a stick to dig around them. He's in Nova Scotia 6A.
Loved this conference! Always so amazing and such a great community. I was wondering if anyone could comment on their switch from a 30" bed to a 42" bed...I'm very interested in starting with 42" beds, but have you had trouble finding any equipment for this size? the BCS flail mower for example is max size 35", and the 5-row Jang seeder at 15" wide would be an awkward fit on 42" beds. Anyone have any experience with tools that they previously used on a 30" bed system that were not adaptable to the 42" system?
good question. We switched from 30" to 48" and still use the same equipment. It's just two passes instead of one sometimes but honestly we rarely use it on the bed tops anymore so it mostly works out. There are other mowers you could possibly try depending on how you use it?
@@notillgrowers cool thank you. I am just starting and would like to give the larger bed sizes a try. 5' C to C, with 42" beds to start, and maybe expand to 48" beds with 5' C to C as time goes... I find it difficult to make that 12" path work with the BCS rotary plow, but maybe I just need more practice. Definitely easy to see how wider beds makes mkre sense once you do the math! I love the growing your mulch in place idea. I wonder if a sickle mower would work to do this. I'll be just one person to start and it sounds like Daniel Mayes "roller crimper" method is a multi- person activity. I am thinking of experimenting with a sickle mower and wondering if anyone has any experience or thoughts on that.
Great discussion.I cringe at the thought of using landscape fabric as it breaks down to micro plastic despite its positive benefits.Its a difficult scenario.
Hi,
Around min 52 the couple is talking about the difficulties they have to grow cucumber in a rather cold climate.
Here in Belgium it also can the a bit to cold to grow them. But here i got a tip from a very nice boek:
Cucumber need a warm, moisted ground, with al lot of hummus, pH between 6,5 and 7,5. There are sometimes planted on a combination of compost and manure. Dig a hole from 20cm deep and 30cm wide, fill it with semi digested compost or manure (mixed with straw), and plant om the little hill the cucumber. Because the compost or manure is getting composted, it gives of heat. And that benefit the cucumber.
As a no-till market farmer in california this video has SSOOOOooooo many useful and specific wisdom nuggets from real farm experience. Thank you so much for this sharing.
I found this video incredibly valuable and would love to see more gatherings like this. Really handy for understanding situational context and the nuances of different methods on different farms. Also the ability to bounce ideas back and forth to improve or troubleshoot or even just sharing what worked and didn't work through experience. Please do more conferences like this, so many nuggets of useful information.
Thanks
Dave
Australia
Hi Jesse, thanks for sharing this helpful session. Just came up in my feed for the first time. Can you share the name of the book that Kristine mentioned towards the end? German author, Crop companion oriented.
Hi, the book is written by Marie-Louise Kreuter and has the Title "Der Bio Garten" (the organic garden in english)
Have you ever put a blanket of compost over crimped cover crop to get it to break Down and create a sowing layer?
Awesome! This is great!! Thank you!!
I don't live far from Frith Farm. I'm excited to try to visit for a tour sometime. Great interviews
Daniel looks so much like McNulty from the Wire. Totally a compliment. 55:31 Greg Auton of Maritime Gardening grows no-till parsnips every year, but he might just harvest with a stick to dig around them. He's in Nova Scotia 6A.
Loved this conference! Always so amazing and such a great community. I was wondering if anyone could comment on their switch from a 30" bed to a 42" bed...I'm very interested in starting with 42" beds, but have you had trouble finding any equipment for this size? the BCS flail mower for example is max size 35", and the 5-row Jang seeder at 15" wide would be an awkward fit on 42" beds. Anyone have any experience with tools that they previously used on a 30" bed system that were not adaptable to the 42" system?
good question. We switched from 30" to 48" and still use the same equipment. It's just two passes instead of one sometimes but honestly we rarely use it on the bed tops anymore so it mostly works out. There are other mowers you could possibly try depending on how you use it?
@@notillgrowers cool thank you. I am just starting and would like to give the larger bed sizes a try. 5' C to C, with 42" beds to start, and maybe expand to 48" beds with 5' C to C as time goes... I find it difficult to make that 12" path work with the BCS rotary plow, but maybe I just need more practice. Definitely easy to see how wider beds makes mkre sense once you do the math!
I love the growing your mulch in place idea. I wonder if a sickle mower would work to do this. I'll be just one person to start and it sounds like Daniel Mayes "roller crimper" method is a multi- person activity. I am thinking of experimenting with a sickle mower and wondering if anyone has any experience or thoughts on that.
Great discussion.I cringe at the thought of using landscape fabric as it breaks down to micro plastic despite its positive benefits.Its a difficult scenario.
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Why did you needed all this racial gibberish at the start? This was much like declarations of love for Mao Zedong in communist China.