THIS WEED IS THE BANE OF MY EXISTENCE!
VLOG131. Filmed May 31, 2017. Today, we are turning over beds, laying down landscape fabric, harvesting, planting and dealing with the worst weed I know of.
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more rototilling. no patience. destroying soil. closed minded to the better, faster, easier way. the "I've been doing it forever and it works just fine". clearly you haven't tried the no – till method because if you did, you'd understand that it's actually far less work, more productive, and healthier for your plants and soil. but you go ahead and burn fuel, stress your body, and oxidize your soil. you're the closed minded business owner. so surely your way is best.
you've reached your peak and plateau. all downhill from there. you're married to your equipment. hard not to be once you're financially invested.
In the past, you mentioned using wood chips in some way. Is that still something you might do? BTW, top-notch vids and info.
So let me know when you're ready to sell your Tilther. Our church donation community garden could use it. 🙂 All the best.
How big is that backyard in the overhead drone shot?
That is EXACTLY what I call field bind week. Does anyone have any good suggestions for cheap and effective tarps for plots? I haven't had any luck with billboard companies locally and the shipping on those is pretty high due to weight.
One weed.. To bind them.
Another awesome video. Thanks!
BERMUDA GRASS IS THE DEVIL. ALL OUT WAR AGAINST BERMUDA GRASS. EVERYDAY IS LIKE A MORTAL KOMBAT FIGHT!
Welcome to the university of curtis stone
The bane of my existance is fungal gnats
That weed is the bane of my existence too. I tackle it as soon as I see it.
Curtis do you ever deal with thistle? If so, id be really interested to hear how.
Are your Green City Acres shirts available on your website?
Thanks Curtis for taking the time to share with us. It really is such a "giving" thing to do. Much appreciated.
weeds are no problem they are a blessing rich houses for nutes and mircrobes you should be pulling them whole and making them into ferment plant juice to feed your garden. tilling is killing your microbes constantly
worse than quack grass?
I'm 34 but can you adopt me? I'll work for vegetables and a cot.
About your seeder rear wheel gathering mud. Could you make a metal plate
that would ride on top of the wheel with a stiff wire brush attached to
the bottom of the plate so it rode on the wheel? (plate mainly for
weight) Or maybe just a woos handled wire brush w/o the plate might be
enough?
well, that didn't work out as well as I thought…look into eatweeds and I'll be on my way
OMG I hate bind weed. it's by far the worst weed evar! I have it growing in my yard too and it's a big pita.
Search Bindweed, medicinal, eatable, many uses. including "flavoring in a liqueur called "Noyeau".
What do you do with the weeds after you pull them out? Compost them, or toss them in the garbage?
Good episode but how does the title relate to the show. I would just watch the whole plot turn over. But got confused with the title. Thanks for making the video.
I loathe bindweed. I've been pulling up bits of rhizome all season.
I notice there is some spotty red lettuce in your green beds is this a
lettuce mix you are planting or was there just some seed contamination
Good tune ! Who is it?
Music be green city acres, where can I buy it?
I gave up gardening because the bindweed is so bad! Its nearly impossible to get rid of and the root system is so long! Once I heard a man in church say, "I know how to get rid of bindweed" and several of us perked up. Then he said, "Move"!
In our area, we get crab grass, and it spreads and shoots underneath borders and all.sorts of barriers. It's dreadful, in landscaping, but I imagine it would be much worse in a garden.
bindweed, wild morning glory(perennial) tolerant of dry and wet soils grows through 9 zones.
Field bind weed is my worst enemy.
Can you propane torch the tiller to burn out all of clog?
You can try making a scraper for the earth way or look to putting a non-stick coating to help knock off the dirt/mud!
Would like to see that weed more clearly and close up before it's unearthed. If I could I.d. It early maybe it's easier to prevent on my place.
every time I back out my tiller off my small dump trailer, I fear for my shins
Every region has its demises weed. Mine is nut grass and wire grass 🙁
Our homesteading journey is just getting started for the most part. This year, we have been fighting that bindweed in our backyard, it's all over the place. Luckily, the turkeys actually eat it. The chickens and geese don't really care for it, but at least the turkeys eat it.
Dewd… just gotta say… you are such an awesome inspiration. Good stuff all the way around. The best part… you don't mind doing the work.
I love weed, but I love weeds too. They enable soil microorganisms to thrive and pump nutrients INTO the soil.
Field Bind weed
Is that guy german?
What roller for the jang did you find works well with beets?
lol u guys think this is bad. try Johnson Grass
This might work. Farmhack.org has downloadable plans for 3d printing Jang rollers. If these can't be adapted, maybe someone else has come up with something out there.
http://farmhack.org/tools/custom-3d-printable-jang-seeder-rollers
Weed info begins at 8:30 in video.