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What do you put in your Apple Trees to keep bugs off the leaves?

Great idea. Wish you had shown better how to install that underside piece for us who are not wood savvy.😊

What do you do with all the rocks you dig up? Do you use them for anything? I have land with a bunch of large sandstone rocks

I have very sandy soil and as well as adding organic matter I have added powdered clay and peat moss, they both cost money, but the benefits are rapid. Small amounts yearly add up over time and my soil is really good now.

I hsd all of those except froe and block-and-tackle, but the greatt old antiques were stolen out of my basement! My favorites include Army surplus Foxhole Shovel, tiny pick, military grade flashlight. I have my grandpa's hand-made level, my mom's metal 4- and 5-prong rakes, my dadis many many tools, Grandma's pliers. Your tamp bar has enough leverage to use as a fantastic prybar, to pry up Walnut or Sassafras saplings, or to pry rubber tracks back onto a Skid Steer!!! Oh, and the relly long sharp pick is a must to pull a round rock out of a garden or dig up clumps of anything !!!

If you use wood, you want it to be more of a fine dust. The larger the "chunks", the more they take away from your soil. Leaves, mixed with grass is really the best way, newspaper spread in between your rows, then work that into the ground in the fall, really helps. Another item that really helps, unfortunately, is store bought, is gypsum. When I still farmed before an illness forced me to give it up, whenever I plowed a field, would let it sit for a few weeks, then go back over it with a deep ripper. Plows leave a "sheared" cut under the furrow, water will only soak in so far until it hits that sheared layer. A deep ripper shank however, will go deeper than the furrow and break open that sheared layer allowing moisture to do deeper into the soil and allow roots to get plenty of moisture they need to grow. For gardens, you can get a 1 shank ripper fairly cheap if you plow your garden, otherwise, a tiller is best option to turn the soil. Also, coffee grinds, even though more for worms but, you'll be surprise as what that can do.

Milking stool!!!😃 My grandma used one to milk.

Maybe people would be interested in knowing how you decided where to put what buildings. I am having trouble deciding where to put a main barn, where to put a pig pen, chicken coop, goat shed. The chicken coop has proved to be the hardest decision. I keep going in circles, changing my mind. What factors did you consider?

Question for possible further show is how to get rid of creeping charlie. (charlie here does not deserve a capital letter). Thanks for your good videos.

I like this channel ; but this presentation totally excluded the most important word associated with amending poor soil : COMPOST! MANURE is animal feces and also an important soil amendment. I would definitely prefer sandy soil to clay soil; as the latter will require MUCH more amending and will always tend to return to its sticky dense condition. All of the materials that the host describes in his rambling presentation should be mixed and then COMPOSTED; which means broken down. YES = bacteria, fungi, various insects and their larva will do most of the work in breaking down the compost; this is the natural process of decomposition. YES= composting takes time; PRO TIP = the SMALLER the size of the material; the FASTER it will COMPOST. Know that large wood chips and sticks can take several YEARS to break down. Shred, chip or grind your materials into the smallest possible particle size possible; then COMPOST it! Always inoculate a new batch of compost with some mature compost to transfer all of the helpful organisms to the new stuff. If you are gardening in containers or have small plots; consider getting a mid sized chipper shredder 8-10 hp. Pro tip = forget all of those "tumbling composters" just use large nursery pots or other large containers with holes in the bottom to hold your compost. Fill these containers 1/2 to 3/4 full and then stack them 2-3 containers high. Add water occasionally to the top most container to keep the material moist. If you have kitchen scraps; use a covered container to prevent attracting rodents and other varmints. Turning the compost in these stacked containers is MUCH easier because most people can lift and invert a half full 5 to 15 gallon container. You'll also notice that these compost container stacks take up MUCH less room than a typical compost pile. Compost made with small pieces of material and kept moist should be ready to use in 6 months to a year. Happy composting and gardening!

Great info as usual PaMac...right up my ally here because of sandy soil.my problem is I keep trying to plant every year. Should have just took this advice and waited on the planting. But, after 4 years or so it's much better than when I started.you the man many Blessings to you and yours!

8:07 how'd you get that view Pa Mac?! Great info as always thank you!

I feel like this is a TV set and u go home to another house

When I was growing up we put leaves and tobacco stalks on the garden each fall and plowed it in when the spring came. It worked great!🤗❤️🐝

Great job Pa Mac , you always have an answer. This answer is right on even though it's Crap. I did really appreciate the explanations of the different animals manure and how it fertilizes in different degrees that helps or hurts the crops if too much is mixed in with your dirt. Always enjoy your channel and the help you share and fun you have making these videos. Keep up the great way you share . Fred.

I grew up in central NC and we had red clay. That stuff was tough! Very hard to dig in.

My city gives away compost and mulch. That's where I get the bulk of my organic material. I also compost. I collect different manures from local farms. I also collect leaves in the Fall from my neighbors. I also add shells and bones to my dirt. With these methods, I've added six inches of soul to my garden and can grow anything.

Soil not dirt!!! I have too much rocks ... in Harrogate we grow rocks! I live on the west side of the Rockies in the Columbia valley BC. We tried extracting the rocks but that leaves not much soil so still have to add organic matter. Now I just put cardboard on top and then pile the organic matter on and start growing. I gather all kinds of material from the forrest (leaves, needles, small branches, ...) as well as chicken manure with wood chips. The best additive I've discovered is biochar which I make in the wood stove in the winter. I can get tons of ash mixed with the soil from the burn-pile in the Crown land not far away. Thank you for the video!!!

Great video, turned my day around. Thank you for making these.

One of my fav farmers.

The rolli polli or pill bug is a very populous insect that lives and eats the decaying leaf matter however they will prefer to eat your vegetables you plant.

Man you’re on the farm!!

About worms: Don't release more into your lands. They're not native/are very invasive in North America. They don't just stay in the fields, and there's already a problem in North American forests with them eating all of the leaf litter that a lot of the most beautiful spring plants need to live. www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/terrestrialanimals/earthworms/index.html

bravo spread the knowledge!

Our garden spot is terribly rocky. After a rain post tilling it looks like a gravel driveway. The soil is very low in organic matter. This video has spurred me to once again get started on building better soil. I will probably use leaves, which I have in abundance, and a green cover crop like turnips or wheat. I used horse manure once and fought pigweed for a couple years. I don't want to go there again. LOL

Good explanation! Thank you. I live in West central GA and my soil is pure sand. We have been working on increasing organic matter for a few years. It is now like night and day. The dirt is now good soil and improving. Early on we put some topsoil in two areas. Because the sand had no capacity to keep that top soil and after about two years, there was no topsoil left! It went down the sand and poof, gone. It's better to work with the manures you talked about. Takes time but it's a sure thing.

I know it’s gonna be a good day when the farmhand companion comes to tell me how the cow ate the cabbage. I always get up and do something traditional outside, even if I just get some wood in. This is the best traditional methods channel out there. Thank you thank you thank you for sharing with us all that you have gathered. ❤

Ok - So, my dog killed a rooster yesterday. His first. It was one of 3 roosters my neighbor deposited on his property a few weeks ago to "live or die" as he no longer lives there himself. I want to get chickens myself eventually and I'm looking for solutions that do NOT include "put a bullet in your dog's head" like so many have already told me, because I actually care about my dog. (I don't know what's wrong with this world) I don't know which route to take. Right now, I'm thinking I'll just get 100 chickens to roam & see what happens. Maybe a goose. Maybe just an enclosed area.

Deliverance music was a bit on the nose!

One two main points about shaping the wood to make a snath you need water and a pipe bender or as they would have used in the old days a table with wood pegs set at certain distances. this would allow the wood to be shaped after soaking it for a few weeks to get it soft enough than it would be placed on the table and tied down and allowed to dry into the shape they wanted it. As for handle adjustment they would move the nibs where they wanted them I often have to do the same thing with the weedeaters I use because I'm short also.

Cosplaying as a bumblebee

This person DOES NOT know how to farm

What the wisest to to sharpen them when in the feild

Help, i accidentally used my one legged stool upside down. Not me, the stool. Will be awaiting your instructions. Over and out.

Another great video! I've learned a lot from you.

Dang, nearly forgot about snakes. Now I kinda wish you’d talked about them. Did you ever make that video?

as always...perfect. Thanks

I have a question, I am planning on 7 hens and 1 rooster, Black Jersey Giants and have a fenced in 25 foot by 50 foot area for them to roam. I have a larger half acre area they can roam that is about 40% brush and weeds. Si that enough space for a very long time or do you think they will tear up all of that space eventually?

Is juniper shaving safe for chickens, since they call it a false ceder?

the point is to drive spike. the blade is a bit longer to get underneath the boat, and to work on all the curvy parts you can see a legnth of beam laid out, cuts ever few inches, nd the man come swinging an adz cuts to the line and voila, a backbone keel.

Ur videos are soothing…love from India🇮🇳

It’s the first iso ball!

I've had various breeds in my flock over 7 years. Road island red, Grey Wyandotte, Austrilope, and leg horns. While sitting here listening to this video watching my chickens I'll have to say the Road island reds are the best. My oldest which is 7 years old was my first chick's I bought from tractor supply since then I've sprinkled the other breads amongst them over the years with a total at one time of 28. I currently have 14. 11 of which are Road island reds the other three are leghorns. The others died of old age and at times a racoon or hawk. My point is the road islands are more aware heat and cold resistant and great egg layers plus they have a great personality and live long.

Inresponse to Patrick's question about a combo coop/run setup. I've done exactly that. It's a 12 x 20 With a 6ft square elevated coop incorporated into the structure all under the same roof. The walls are 6ft high wrapped in chicken wire with a added wooden pickets to create a little shade while allowing air to flow thru. Plus an added protection. The concept came from a podcast called. Nature's always right. I believe the video was title building a self sufficient chicken coop. Check it out.

God bless ya Pa Mac! Always enjoy your videos!

Very nice!!!!!! 😊🙏👍❤️

Squat while you're young people, don't bend over, don't kneel, stretch daily. Having said that this looks cool too

i fenced off a section of dense woods with lots of dense overhead cover and literally wraped chicken wire around the perimeter trees to give them a good sized safe area to roam in. i also piled branches along the bottom of the fence to make it secure and used stakes along the bottom to hold everything in tight.

If you want to keep chickens without a coop and feed than watch "florida bulfrog" he got some Great videos about chickens

Merci from Montreal Canada