I'm glad you did a video about the Japanese vegetable knife. I found one at Ace hardware it is the best garden trowel Ive ever seen. Bare Bones makes knives that work. The stainless steel blade won't rust. The hook in the blade will cut twine.The solid wood handle is sealed to preserve it, the stainless steel cap is for pounding stakes, the heavy duty blade let's you dig in hard ground without blending, like a box store garden trowel will. And it comes with a heavy duty sheath that clips on and off quick and easy. I love my Hori Hori, it is well worth 50$ Bare Bones didn't ask me to comment, I'm just a gardener from Michigan.
Great idea on the knife. Pine shavings aren’t a great idea in the garden. Hardwood would be better but sawdust all the way around takes a long time to decompose and robs nitrogen from your soil in the process. I ruined some containers I was planting one year with sawdust. Also duck poop is a hot manure and can burn your plants until it is completely composted. Maybe you’re not using enough to hurt but I wouldn’t do it. You need rabbit poo if your going to use fresh manure.
That's what us Haudenosaunee do, three sisters. The corn takes nitrogen from the soil and the beans fix nitrogen into the soil. The squash provide ground cover that helps control weeds. You can also plant amaranth, the fourth sister, that will help bring in pollinators.
Great ideas. I made mistake many years ago with straw bails and introduced a grass that's a constant fight... if your not weeding every day it takes over quickly.
Just bought one because I'm always foraging for plants, food. And definitely in the garden. Didn't want to ruin my pocket knife. ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!! Mine is full tang, which I love, because I was afraid it'd break the handle. I'm a lady farmer who wears it on my belt daily. And I agree it does make you feel more protected by the size your carrying on your side😂
Three sisters' planting method was invented by American Indians beans feed nitrogen to the corn and the squash provide weed suppression along with helping reduce water evaporation from soil sun exposure
I got a hori hori two years ago, best tool I've ever bought. I did an initial till covered with 1/2 rotted wood chips, 4 years later I have an awesome garden. My problem weeds are simlax and dew berry... really deep roots. Oh, that's probably Johnson grass, very invasive.
@@keensell4u I get wood chips from the utility crews and let it start to break down(1-2 yrs) then add it to the top of my garden and around plants to suppress weeds and improve my soil texture and fertility.
I remember the old folks taking about laying down straw between rows and helps with keeping weeds down, and keep watering a to minimum. When we lived in NC they use a lot of goat 🐐 poop in the compost! We watched a video this week where a couple lay down straw over a grassy area in the winter 🥶 killed off grass for next year. Then they pulled back straw planted potatoes 🥔 covered them up and 💥 bam harvested over 300 pounds of potatoes. I don’t remember the size of the garden I’ll have to look that up. They said they never had to till up the ground but I’m sure they’re not from Texas where there’s lots of clay and things have to be tilled, but still the straw idea for killing off grass is awesome!
Interesting how you are fighting the exact same weeds as I'm fighting in Sweden. We call that awful grass "quickroot", suitable name, huh? They got into my 40 ft polytunnel and I've dug out all the dirt this spring to get that quickroot out. In some really airy places it's more roots than dirt. However, in a real starvation situation these roots are edible. Nice to know.
I tried that, with no high vertical support for the beans it turns into a cluster-flock....and the bees can't find the squash flowers....3 sisters is best done in small clumps...not rows
I'm glad you did a video about the Japanese vegetable knife. I found one at Ace hardware it is the best garden trowel Ive ever seen. Bare Bones makes knives that work. The stainless steel blade won't rust. The hook in the blade will cut twine.The solid wood handle is sealed to preserve it, the stainless steel cap is for pounding stakes, the heavy duty blade let's you dig in hard ground without blending, like a box store garden trowel will. And it comes with a heavy duty sheath that clips on and off quick and easy. I love my Hori Hori, it is well worth 50$
Bare Bones didn't ask me to comment, I'm just a gardener from Michigan.
Awesome! Thanks for the tip!! It was entertaining too, haha. God willing, we can all have bountiful gardens this year.
Great idea on the knife. Pine shavings aren’t a great idea in the garden. Hardwood would be better but sawdust all the way around takes a long time to decompose and robs nitrogen from your soil in the process. I ruined some containers I was planting one year with sawdust. Also duck poop is a hot manure and can burn your plants until it is completely composted. Maybe you’re not using enough to hurt but I wouldn’t do it. You need rabbit poo if your going to use fresh manure.
This is why we compost our chicken coop poop.. since we use pine shavings in our coop.
That's what us Haudenosaunee do, three sisters. The corn takes nitrogen from the soil and the beans fix nitrogen into the soil. The squash provide ground cover that helps control weeds. You can also plant amaranth, the fourth sister, that will help bring in pollinators.
Great ideas. I made mistake many years ago with straw bails and introduced a grass that's a constant fight... if your not weeding every day it takes over quickly.
I use a organic wheat straw...never had a problem with it
Thanks for mentioning buying mulch from the county. We have a center 10 minutes from us and totally forgot that was an option. 👍
Just bought one because I'm always foraging for plants, food. And definitely in the garden. Didn't want to ruin my pocket knife. ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!! Mine is full tang, which I love, because I was afraid it'd break the handle. I'm a lady farmer who wears it on my belt daily. And I agree it does make you feel more protected by the size your carrying on your side😂
Thanks for sharing 🙏 😎 🏖 🏝
I seem to over plant as well . I will try the corn and beans . thanks
Cool looking tool. Might have to check that out.
Three sisters' planting method was invented by American Indians beans feed nitrogen to the corn and the squash provide weed suppression along with helping reduce water evaporation from soil sun exposure
Wow if I was younger I'd get the knife and sharpener. 2 mulched with grass from lawn cuttings
Thank you for your help, useful video 🙏🙏
I got a hori hori two years ago, best tool I've ever bought. I did an initial till covered with 1/2 rotted wood chips, 4 years later I have an awesome garden. My problem weeds are simlax and dew berry... really deep roots.
Oh, that's probably Johnson grass, very invasive.
What do you use the mulch for ? What is it good for ?
@@keensell4u I get wood chips from the utility crews and let it start to break down(1-2 yrs) then add it to the top of my garden and around plants to suppress weeds and improve my soil texture and fertility.
I remember the old folks taking about laying down straw between rows and helps with keeping weeds down, and keep watering a to minimum.
When we lived in NC they use a lot of goat 🐐 poop in the compost!
We watched a video this week where a couple lay down straw over a grassy area in the winter 🥶 killed off grass for next year.
Then they pulled back straw planted potatoes 🥔 covered them up and 💥 bam harvested over 300 pounds of potatoes.
I don’t remember the size of the garden I’ll have to look that up.
They said they never had to till up the ground but I’m sure they’re not from Texas where there’s lots of clay and things have to be tilled, but still the straw idea for killing off grass is awesome!
I use an organic wheat straw and never had a problem with it
Should plant the beans when the corn emerges, then plant the squash when the beans emerge. "Three sisters planting"
I just subscribed. You have awesome things you do!. I wish I'd had the Knife.We pulled weeds daily. It was tiring.
Interesting how you are fighting the exact same weeds as I'm fighting in Sweden. We call that awful grass "quickroot", suitable name, huh?
They got into my 40 ft polytunnel and I've dug out all the dirt this spring to get that quickroot out. In some really airy places it's more roots than dirt.
However, in a real starvation situation these roots are edible. Nice to know.
End of the handle is called the pummel .
I would like to see the beautiful garden please! :)
I spray that grass with cheap white vinegar 🙃
it will not kill Johnson grass it will kill the foliage it touches but it wont kill the deep root
I have an old oyster knife that I use similarly.
I tried that, with no high vertical support for the beans it turns into a cluster-flock....and the bees can't find the squash flowers....3 sisters is best done in small clumps...not rows
Johnson grass.. hogs will dig it up.. plow after a few months an they will get the deep stuff
What do you use the mulch for ?what is a good for ?
Thats what we did, we'd have to go out daily to get rid of weeds.
Three sisters garden
what is the brand of the hand held sharpener?
We use chicken poop,yes it worked great
Do you use a tiller?
"Ginsu Gardener"
Pity it's made in china, you had me up until then.
Grow more huh