Great video. I live about 30 miles from CajunB and have visited his orchard a few times. I have purchased some cuttings and fig trees from him twice and plan on go back for more this fall. Brian is very knowledgeable on figs and the rest of his gardening. He enjoys doing it and does it all very well. You did a good job on the video and showed a lot. Keep up the good work.
Man, that whole farm is something else! I'd love to spend the day walking around there with CajunB, with my mouth shut and my ears open! And that okra! Seeing you pull an 8" pod off the plant and eating it raw says it all about that variety!
Taken quite a few rides in that golf cart and eaten many fruits there that I’ve never seen anywhere else. He and Linda are some awesome people and friends of mine. He is a wealth of knowledge and doesn’t mind sharing it. Hope you got to check out that massive Champanel grape vine growing where his chicken run was before hurricane Ida.
@@brianrodrigue6821 thank you for the friendship, knowledge, wise words, and everything else you have done for me over the years. I am forever grateful!
This reminded me that I have some dwarf nanners in pots i forgot to plant. I agree the sweet potatos and okra are about all i can grow in the bed this time of year. In Central Florida.
It’s nice to see how well his figs are doing despite the rain and humidity. I think the Gulf Coast tends to dry out a bit during August (opposite of the Southeast), but it is good to see they’re thriving.
What a great video! I’ve been to Chackbay Farm, but taking this virtual tour of the property was such a treat. Thanks, Linda, for letting me know about it. I learned a lot and plan on watching it again!
Lots of cold tolerant non commercial varieties of bananas available in Australia..I have 6 different ones... Really worth growing... Far more delicious than the shop bought
Growing up in NOLA, we raided many a fig tree in the neighborhood! Thanks for somewhat taking me back! :) BUT, I need to know where he got those Dwarf Cowhorn Okra seeds from! Would love to grow those. Currently, I am growing Red Burgundy, Clemson Spineless and Jambalaya.
What a great video of your adventures in Cajun Country. He has quite the spread there and lots of different things planted. It’s great to see different gardens throughout the country. Nice work Travis!!
Nicely done Travis. CajunB has a great garden. 200 Tomato plants! That would be a ton of tomatoes to pick. All the fig trees also. Would have to get an early start to the day to get those picked before it gets too hot outside.
Cajun B: Thank you for sharing your fig garden. Enjoyed learning about the pomelo and sugarcane, too! Travis: Thank you for taking us along on your road trip to New Orleans. Thoroughly enjoyed the video. Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 7/28/2022.
love the info, we are in 9a so glad to have a good start date to go by. Thank you Cajun B and Travis! The figs are awesome. Cant wait to buy another off of ya
Wonderful video, thank you. I had the opportunity to live and work in Cajun country some 35 years ago and found the locals to be very hardworking and generous folk. There's really nowhere in the country like that area. You could do worse than to model your fig aspirations on Brian's knowledge and experience. I'll be taking a very hard look at that Biltmore tomato. How are the many and various fig cultivars crossed and created?
I am thrilled to have found your channel!! The family and I are just over 1 year at our homestead, learning a ton of (new) old skills, we are getting our thumbs green a little bit this year. I'm excited to learn a bunch from you and your channel!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. God Bless
I traveled for work and rented all the time, usually from Hertz. If they were running short of passenger cars and they had them, they'd offer Mustang or Camaro convertibles for the same price. To be honest, a little impractical if you had much luggage or work supplies and noisey being a soft top. After a few times (I did like the Camaro better) I swore never again. Give me the minivan! Nice to see a different view of the LDF channel.
Field peas and snaps and a little okra together is my favorite! And man those loaded fig trees are awesome! My uncle makes a little muscadine and scuppernong wine for the holidays. But I don't know what type fig trees he has but he has two big trees that are loaded every year. He made some fig brandy last year. It taste so good till you don't think much about it but 5-6ounces... If you are sitting down don't get up. If you are already up you might need to sit down! I have a hard time falling asleep half the time but a thimble full of that brandy and in five minutes you are sawing logs!
Wow! Damn good video my man. I just bought this house with just a little acre plus.....now I want some more land to grow some more. I wish I could shake that old guys hand. I pray that success on you and your Family. One day I hope you'll have tours like that on your Homestead. Me and my Family will honored to visit and learn. KDWD! Keep doin' whatcha doin'!
As a figaholic, I wish you had listed out all the fig varieties so we could see the spelling of them all. There are thousands of varieties of figs! I have about forty and growing.
Wow I really enjoyed your video! This trip was worth its weight in gold! Got to get me some of these figs varieties to go with my Italian honey and brown turkey fig trees!
Love the video and Cajun B's Garden and trees - especially the fig trees. I've gotten the fig fever myself the last couple of years so that was great information for me. Thanks for sharing Travis and may God bless you and keep you safe going back home. 👍
I'm new to fig scene and thoroughly like field trip! Didn't know LSU put out so many varieties right in my own home state. Hope Miss Brooklyn enjoyed the visit also.
I know you were like kid in a candy store being amongst all those fig trees. It's really inspiring to see all the different varieties. So far I've only got two, but I have gone to the LA Ag website for more information. I think I'm going to start a family tree of fig trees! Thanks for the great video as always!
I had a fig tree in my back yard which was very productive but all of a sudden it was overcome by a disease I think, something white was all over the branches and it eventually died. I hope to get more fig trees to try at it again and hope for the best for I do miss homemade fig preserves.
Travis thanks for the great video content. Was the wealth of knowledge and information. Thanks for bringing Us along on your adventure To Louisiana. Thanks Robert from Atlanta.👍😎
Man, deer got into my garden this year and have just devastated it! They ate my corn, beans,peppers, strawberries, cabbage, okra, Brussels, broccoli! I could have BAWLED! We live in MI and have lots of deer around but they’ve never jumped our garden fence before. I put some Bonide Repels All Deterrent around the perimeter tonight in hopes it keeps them out, as well as motion lights and whirly-gigs. If anyone has any other suggestions I am open! In past years we have planted our property with clover and wildflowers and that’s the only difference this year, we didn’t get around to re-seeding the clover.
Kandice, like many on this forum, you suffer heartbreaking damage from deer. Apart from the commercial deterrents, you can DIY your own spray from One Million Scoville hot sauce from Amazon, mixed 1/4 cup per gallon plus a tsp. dishwashing soap and sprayed on the garden perimeter. There are also motion detectors that can activate a tripod sprinkler. Old timers used to swear by hanging pieces of Irish Spring soap about 10' apart around the garden perimeter. Best of luck.
Absolutely great video, we northern boys don't get anything that much fun. So interesting to see what works there and things we can only dream of growing. Vegetables in the winter? We could grow mud balls, snowballs and icecicles up here in the winter.
Man I’d be in heaven down there with all them figs!! As I was watching I had the wife grab so fig bars, we love fig jam, bars etc!! Hope my tree produces them and they ripen this year, last year frost got to them but it was the first year transplant. I think on that big fig that’s fell over I’d cut the the majority of the tree on the ground and that one branch sticking almost straight up I’d stake you and let it grow my new main trunk. I was going to attempt to grow some sugar cane this year but didn’t so hope to grow a little next year, those pamelos was big!! I have a few citrus trees and a banana but unfortunately the people who sold me the banana didn’t know it was not a editable variety so got to get some others. Blue ice cream is one I want really bad, that stuff up here is exotic to us!! One day I’m going to have a conservatory so I can grow year round and citrus fruits etc. Looks like a good time and something for you to look forward to at your place!!
He girdled the branch, or basically cut away the bark in a rink all the way around in one spot. Then he packed soil around that spot and wrapped with Saran Wrap and then foil.
I really enjoyed the field trip. Thank you Cajun B for sharing your farm with us.
Good video, I'm sure CajunB has a massive wealth of knowledge when it comes to growing food.
He’s a wealth of information. Very honest business man. Great doing business with him
Amazing farm! The world needs more Cajun B’s and you too Travis
Thanks Rick!
Wonderful place and owner. Do more!
Great video. I live about 30 miles from CajunB and have visited his orchard a few times. I have purchased some cuttings and fig trees from him twice and plan on go back for more this fall. Brian is very knowledgeable on figs and the rest of his gardening. He enjoys doing it and does it all very well. You did a good job on the video and showed a lot. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Robert! CajunB is a wealth of knowledge and a great host.
Thanks Mr. Robert ! We enjoy your visit here.
Man, that whole farm is something else! I'd love to spend the day walking around there with CajunB, with my mouth shut and my ears open! And that okra! Seeing you pull an 8" pod off the plant and eating it raw says it all about that variety!
WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVERYONE SHARE THIS VIDEO!
TRAVIS DONE GREAT JOB DOING THIS VIDEO
That chopped fig wood might make some fantastic barbecue.
Good point!
Taken quite a few rides in that golf cart and eaten many fruits there that I’ve never seen anywhere else. He and Linda are some awesome people and friends of mine. He is a wealth of knowledge and doesn’t mind sharing it. Hope you got to check out that massive Champanel grape vine growing where his chicken run was before hurricane Ida.
Thanks Dexter
Thanks Dexter
@@brianrodrigue6821 thank you for the friendship, knowledge, wise words, and everything else you have done for me over the years. I am forever grateful!
Amazing, a whole different growing experience from my Zone5. Thanks for showing us your garden/farm CajunB.
This was real interesting to me, being in 9b. So cool how everyone's garden is so different.
CajunB is still picking figs here and I am still making preserves
Nice! I have a few stragglers on my trees, but most of mine are done.
This reminded me that I have some dwarf nanners in pots i forgot to plant. I agree the sweet potatos and okra are about all i can grow in the bed this time of year. In Central Florida.
Great video , being from central Louisiana really enjoyed it thanks for sharing.
very good man
It’s nice to see how well his figs are doing despite the rain and humidity. I think the Gulf Coast tends to dry out a bit during August (opposite of the Southeast), but it is good to see they’re thriving.
Wonderful farm. Brave to visit in July. That heat in Louisiana is on a whole different level. I visited there during the summer and wow.
It was hot, but not much different than south GA. I liked the fact that there weren't any gnats over there. lol
Cool. RUclips thinks you are at 20k subscribers. Good job Sir!
Love it
Great Job On Video.. It Was A Pleasure having you Here..
Thibodaux, La ( Our Town Chackbay)
It was a great time for sure! Thanks for having me.
What a great video! I’ve been to Chackbay Farm, but taking this virtual tour of the property was such a treat. Thanks, Linda, for letting me know about it. I learned a lot and plan on watching it again!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank You Shawn !
Enjoy you and Mom’s visit today.
@@lindasanchez354 We really enjoyed the visit, too. We were just talking about that. Thanks for taking the time to visit with us.
Thanks!
Thank you Alan!
Lots of cold tolerant non commercial varieties of bananas available in Australia..I have 6 different ones... Really worth growing... Far more delicious than the shop bought
Good to be a face to Cajun B. This was great to watch, y'all take care.
Really enjoyed that trip to Cajun B and Linda's beautiful place! Thanks to them for sharing it with us! That's a heap of production!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Cajun B got it goin on. Awesome video. Thanks for taking us along.
Growing up in NOLA, we raided many a fig tree in the neighborhood! Thanks for somewhat taking me back! :) BUT, I need to know where he got those Dwarf Cowhorn Okra seeds from! Would love to grow those. Currently, I am growing Red Burgundy, Clemson Spineless and Jambalaya.
I'll have to ask him. I haven't been able to find any online.
Great video! Good job CAJUN B .
Thank you Cedric
Great!! I think I have fig envy now :/
What a great video of your adventures in Cajun Country. He has quite the spread there and lots of different things planted. It’s great to see different gardens throughout the country. Nice work Travis!!
Thanks Tim!
Enjoyable video! I planted a couple Biltmore tomato plants and the tomatoes are uniform in size and tasty.
What a treat of a tour! Thank you, Travis! Did you sample several varieties, and do you have a favorite?
I sampled quite a few. The Smith fig was a really good one. I've gotta get one of those planted at my place.
Thank you Travis for this great video,enjoyed it immensely…and also great thanks for coming here for the visit that I will remember forever.
Thanks for having me!
Wow! Great vlog!
Happy 20k!
Thank you!!
Nicely done Travis. CajunB has a great garden. 200 Tomato plants! That would be a ton of tomatoes to pick. All the fig trees also. Would have to get an early start to the day to get those picked before it gets too hot outside.
He said he gets up every morning and gets to picking.
Awesome trip!!! Loved visiting the orchard. 💜💙💜💙 Fun to watch you fig guys bond.👍👍
Thanks Leah!
I am exactly 200 miles due West of this Gentleman in Texas and also 30 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico , but we can't buy a rain drop here !
I'll bet you were as happy as a kid in a candy store learning about the different figs and tasting them to boot! Nice video!
I really loved watching that! Bananas, figs, citrus, sugar cane, wow!
What a beautiful farm!
That was fun and really interesting. Thank you Cajun B and Travis.
Glad you enjoyed it Frank!
Cajun B: Thank you for sharing your fig garden. Enjoyed learning about the pomelo and sugarcane, too!
Travis: Thank you for taking us along on your road trip to New Orleans. Thoroughly enjoyed the video. Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 7/28/2022.
Glad you enjoyed it Kate!
love the info, we are in 9a so glad to have a good start date to go by. Thank you Cajun B and Travis!
The figs are awesome. Cant wait to buy another off of ya
Thibiduea I think I spelled that right. I think that is where JP of JP Bees on RUclips lives. If so go say hi he is a nice fella..
That was fun and interesting to watch. Many Thanks to CajunB for showing his crops and sharing his knowledge
Awesome video Trav, glad you took the trip down here and showcased Brian’s plot. Hope you had a good trip sir.
Wonderful video, thank you. I had the opportunity to live and work in Cajun country some 35 years ago and found the locals to be very hardworking and generous folk. There's really nowhere in the country like that area. You could do worse than to model your fig aspirations on Brian's knowledge and experience. I'll be taking a very hard look at that Biltmore tomato.
How are the many and various fig cultivars crossed and created?
Good question on how they're created. I'm not 100% sure, but it's probably a very delicate process considering the fig itself is an inverted flower.
Thanks for taking us along… great video!
Thanks Sally!
Cajun B is cool as a cucumber. I’m digging his chill Louisiana vibe. Really knowledgeable.
He's an awesome guy to hang out with for sure.
This was fantastic to see other growers in different parts of the country! Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I ride the inside lane crossing that bridge too. Lol.
I absolutely love, love, love Pomelos!!!
Sounds Ike that was a great trip. The gardens looked wonderful. 👍🏻
It was!
i want that okra!
Great trip Travis, hope you get to do more videos like this thanks 😊
I hope so too!
Travis
This was just a fabulous tour.
Really enjoyed it.
Thanks Karen!
Thanks for sharing!!!
Thanks to y'all!!
You bet Wayne!
Thanks guys enjoy your trip Travis 😀🇦🇺
I am thrilled to have found your channel!! The family and I are just over 1 year at our homestead, learning a ton of (new) old skills, we are getting our thumbs green a little bit this year. I'm excited to learn a bunch from you and your channel!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. God Bless
Welcome! Glad you found us!
Great video. Thanks for visiting our state! Cajun B was the perfect farm for figs.
Confessing I’ve never eaten a fig. Going to have to remedy that situation! Thanks Cajun B & Travis for this fun video.
You gotta try some!
Very cool tour, hope you were able to get some cuttings to expand your fig field.
I'll get some this fall. We were tight on space with our carry-on luggage.
Excellent colaboration thanks for the video
Our pleasure!
I traveled for work and rented all the time, usually from Hertz. If they were running short of passenger cars and they had them, they'd offer Mustang or Camaro convertibles for the same price. To be honest, a little impractical if you had much luggage or work supplies and noisey being a soft top. After a few times (I did like the Camaro better) I swore never again. Give me the minivan! Nice to see a different view of the LDF channel.
Driving in New Orleans is not for the faint of heart. It's way worse than Atlanta. I would have rather had something a little easier to drive. lol
Travis, I bet you were wanting to taste everyone of those figs😂!!! ✌🏻
I tried about 30-40 of them. Gave it my best shot! lol
Field peas and snaps and a little okra together is my favorite! And man those loaded fig trees are awesome! My uncle makes a little muscadine and scuppernong wine for the holidays. But I don't know what type fig trees he has but he has two big trees that are loaded every year. He made some fig brandy last year. It taste so good till you don't think much about it but 5-6ounces... If you are sitting down don't get up. If you are already up you might need to sit down! I have a hard time falling asleep half the time but a thimble full of that brandy and in five minutes you are sawing logs!
Great video, enjoying see other farms/gardens...Thank you gentlemen for sharing
Wow! Damn good video my man. I just bought this house with just a little acre plus.....now I want some more land to grow some more. I wish I could shake that old guys hand. I pray that success on you and your Family. One day I hope you'll have tours like that on your Homestead. Me and my Family will honored to visit and learn. KDWD!
Keep doin' whatcha doin'!
Thanks Lerone!
As a figaholic, I wish you had listed out all the fig varieties so we could see the spelling of them all. There are thousands of varieties of figs! I have about forty and growing.
The ones he showed in the video were LSU Thibodaux, LSU Scott's Black, LSU Gilbeaux (not sure of the spelling on that one), and Black Madeira.
@@LazyDogFarm Thank you!
@@LazyDogFarm Travis, I believe that's the French Gilbeau, though it's not an LSU introduction.
Brian has about 200 Fig varieties. I have sampled about 50 different ones.
And they are All Good >
That was fun! Thank you 😊
Glad you enjoyed it Wanda!
Wow I really enjoyed your video! This trip was worth its weight in gold! Got to get me some of these figs varieties to go with my Italian honey and brown turkey fig trees!
All this time ive been Buying file powder.! I have sassafras tree/shrubs all over the area. I learned something new again!
Thanks! Got that one many years ago during my college days at UGA.
Love the video and Cajun B's Garden and trees - especially the fig trees. I've gotten the fig fever myself the last couple of years so that was great information for me. Thanks for sharing Travis and may God bless you and keep you safe going back home. 👍
Thanks!
I'm new to fig scene and thoroughly like field trip! Didn't know LSU put out so many varieties right in my own home state. Hope Miss Brooklyn enjoyed the visit also.
She did enjoy the visit. She stayed in NOLA and had a relaxation day while I made the trip to Thibodaux.
I know you were like kid in a candy store being amongst all those fig trees. It's really inspiring to see all the different varieties. So far I've only got two, but I have gone to the LA Ag website for more information. I think I'm going to start a family tree of fig trees! Thanks for the great video as always!
awesome. Ive seen a tour here before. it is always such an awesome place.
I had a fig tree in my back yard which was very productive but all of a sudden it was overcome by a disease I think, something white was all over the branches and it eventually died. I hope to get more fig trees to try at it again and hope for the best for I do miss homemade fig preserves.
I wonder if it was just rust? Although rust doesn't normally kill a tree. It just makes it lose leaves but they grow back the next year.
Great video….would love to take a tour of his gardens, thank you for sharing……
Very cool guy… enjoyed the video.
Thanks Doug!
This was one of your most interesting videos - and I watch em all - I'm 8a in Texas
Thanks Bill!
💪🏽 I always look forward to your videos, thank you for the content
Thanks for always joining us Ricky!
Travis thanks for the great video content. Was the wealth of knowledge and information. Thanks for bringing Us along on your adventure To Louisiana. Thanks Robert from Atlanta.👍😎
I would like to see a video from Chackbay Farm on the steps of fig tree planting and maintenance.
Nice!
Loved it!
That was really good Travis
Thanks Kenny!
We grill okra with oil, salt and pepper, can’t be beat.
Yum!
Again you make me envious of southern climates. Figs do not grow in zone3-4
Man, deer got into my garden this year and have just devastated it! They ate my corn, beans,peppers, strawberries, cabbage, okra, Brussels, broccoli! I could have BAWLED! We live in MI and have lots of deer around but they’ve never jumped our garden fence before. I put some Bonide Repels All Deterrent around the perimeter tonight in hopes it keeps them out, as well as motion lights and whirly-gigs. If anyone has any other suggestions I am open! In past years we have planted our property with clover and wildflowers and that’s the only difference this year, we didn’t get around to re-seeding the clover.
Kandice, like many on this forum, you suffer heartbreaking damage from deer. Apart from the commercial deterrents, you can DIY your own spray from One Million Scoville hot sauce from Amazon, mixed 1/4 cup per gallon plus a tsp. dishwashing soap and sprayed on the garden perimeter. There are also motion detectors that can activate a tripod sprinkler. Old timers used to swear by hanging pieces of Irish Spring soap about 10' apart around the garden perimeter. Best of luck.
Absolutely great video, we northern boys don't get anything that much fun. So interesting to see what works there and things we can only dream of growing. Vegetables in the winter? We could grow mud balls, snowballs and icecicles up here in the winter.
This is their break time down there. Then it's full send again come August.
Enjoyed this one!
I'm glad!
Man I’d be in heaven down there with all them figs!! As I was watching I had the wife grab so fig bars, we love fig jam, bars etc!! Hope my tree produces them and they ripen this year, last year frost got to them but it was the first year transplant. I think on that big fig that’s fell over I’d cut the the majority of the tree on the ground and that one branch sticking almost straight up I’d stake you and let it grow my new main trunk. I was going to attempt to grow some sugar cane this year but didn’t so hope to grow a little next year, those pamelos was big!! I have a few citrus trees and a banana but unfortunately the people who sold me the banana didn’t know it was not a editable variety so got to get some others. Blue ice cream is one I want really bad, that stuff up here is exotic to us!! One day I’m going to have a conservatory so I can grow year round and citrus fruits etc. Looks like a good time and something for you to look forward to at your place!!
I love Chevy Malibu
Awesome video! Does he sell any cuttings? Would love to gift my father in law with a couple new varieties.
He does sell some cuttings in the fall on figbid.com. We'll also have trees on our site next spring.
How did he start that root on the fig tree he had wrapped? Did he cut the branch & what did he wrap it in? Never seen that before.
He girdled the branch, or basically cut away the bark in a rink all the way around in one spot. Then he packed soil around that spot and wrapped with Saran Wrap and then foil.
Amazing Fig orchard! I had no idea we could grow bananas in Louisiana. I’d love to know the variety. I’ve grown banana as an ornamental.
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