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@katherinebragg9166 Год назад

Sela, if you use a tarp laid out flat on the ground you can rake a good bunch of leaves up onto it real quick, then grab two corners and pull it to where you wanna dump them. No bending over and over. It's lots faster and easier. Give it a try . The tarp just floats over the ground. Just don't pull too fast . I'm old and can't do all that bending stuff. Try it. I bet you'll like it better

@tsaligrass Год назад

painters cloth does better. i use it moving small twigs

@TMesser74 Год назад

Exactly what we do. Soooooo much faster and easier.

@katherinebragg9166 Год назад

@@tsaligrass I'd think that wouldn't pull as smoothly?

@dianacollinson2424 Год назад

It's easier on my body to use a blower to get my leaves in a central area, then rake onto the tarp.

@Foreveraltered-wv3by Год назад

I use a bed sheet😊

@tammysarrazin7078 Год назад

i love that Lacey is helping out most women would say i cant do that im pregnant hugsssss

@private15 Год назад

It’s good for pregnant women to stay active and fit. Just not to overdo lifting. Work is good exercise.

@tammysarrazin7078 Год назад

@@private15 i know that i bowled right up to day before one child and went to dance clubs (no booze) until they wouldnt let me in cuz they were afraid i would go into labour lol

@kailesancez Год назад

Lacey has to be in the house looking out the window laughing so hard as she watches you and your antics. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@davidj.mackinney6568 Год назад

Are you looking to become entertainer of the Year? What a wonderful way to do a program on composting.

@chabridgettumusiime8994 Год назад

I love 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🌹🌹💕🙏🙏🙏 this beautiful, hardworking, united , energetic family , I have never seen a Family working together, farming together, taking care of each other ❤️ so much like this family. I really admire them , who else admires this Fit Farmer and his beloved family? They have chicken 🐓, 🦆 ducks , send me a chicken 🐓 for Christmas but am far away in Kampala City, Uganda, Africa ❤️

@happycamper3977 Год назад

😂😂😂 I’m laughing already Darth Vader great video

@soiltosoulhomestead Год назад

A gift for your wife and daughter is on its way. God bless

@MikeTheFitFarmer Год назад

Aww, thank you so much!

@janiced.hannah7658 Год назад

Chewbacca is my favorite Star Wars character!!! Thanks for another wonderful video. You're one of my favorite families on RU-vid. I wish you all could post more videos. I enjoy your adventures. Please continue to be safe and be blessed 💕💞💕

@MikeTheFitFarmer Год назад

Thank you!

@AZJH8374 Год назад

Alan & Bonnie, watch Hollar Homesteads compost building as well.

@iplantseeds4639 Год назад

You two & and your whole family are true stewards of the land. I truly admire how your children are learning this from the ground up. No pun intended. Lol Thank you for showing others how they could do it for themselves. It’s a really good example for our future here on earth. 🙏

@ritikeshdeo9677 Год назад

I could have never imagined, even in my wildest dreams, the Darth Vader cleaning chicken poop….lol

@danny6247 Год назад

Mike is always funny

@herneathabelton1245 Год назад

Mike you taught me a lot about the compost💯🔥

@bevsurbangarden Год назад

Compost is black gold! Enjoyed the video. Lots of great comments regarding compost below also. :)

@deltorres2100 Год назад

I’m composting now on a smaller scale..but I see the black gold .. Your doing great Mike

@belieftransformation Год назад

Wonderfully put together vlog! Thanks for sharing your wonderful family work time! Many blessings to your family 🤗💕🇨🇦

@debbieschmidt2264 Год назад

May the force be with you! Keep sharing your composting your ideas. Always helpful. God Bless!

@beverleysims9302 Год назад

Keep up the good work

@FloridaGirl- Год назад

🤣🤣🤣 LOVED THE INTRO! 👏👏👏 cracked me up! Ain’t nothing like good compost! After resting the garden and this sitting over winter. I can’t wait to see your garden next year! It’s going to be HUGE, GINORMOUSLY AWESOME! 🤣👍 (Mike you should also warn people about Grazon. When buying straw, hay and using manure. People should know where they are getting their resources. And know about the herbicide and how it WILL, not maybe, kill the garden). I’ve seen some aweful disasters!)

@jfarm8854 Год назад

Thanks for making the chores fun! It’s all about attitude!

@FarmerYuHaden Год назад

Mike your video made me laugh hard af

@bettypearson5570 Год назад

I bought my current home in suburbia 10 years ago and one of the first things I wanted to do was to start working on garden beds so I ordered a truckload of compost from the largest distributor in our area. I used the logic that they wouldn't have become the biggest if they weren't any good. Turned out to be killer compost and killed off the seedlings I planted in the first 3 beds in no time as well as the one established flower bed I had added it to. Before using the rest of it I tried replanting on my original beds. Then it was just a matter of using it in areas I wanted to suppress weeds. Those first 3 beds laid barren for the next 3-4 years without a single weed popping up. After that I tried growing grass on those beds. Some had grown but even after 10 years you can still tell where those beds were by the patchiness. Looking forward to starting my own "chicken worked" compost at my retirement farm.

@StoneKathryn Год назад

Wow, that must have been some nasty stuff in that compost for it not to grow a thing and not let grass grow in it for ten years!

@MikeTheFitFarmer Год назад

Ugh, thanks for sharing your experience.

@FloridaGirl- Год назад

One word: GRAZON. Have to be careful with straw and manure! It WILL kill your gardens for years! (It’s a herbicide). Horrible. The animals eat the hay, and it goes into the manure. Everyone has to BE SURE they know where they are getting this stuff if they are going to use it! And ASK and be sure. There are plenty of vids to on it on youtube. If you don’t know about it. Look up, “is your compost killing your garden?” That’s why, unfortunately, I quit using straw and manure. Another reason I don’t use free compost you can get from the city. If lawn treated debris is in the piles. Again it will leach into the compost. I only use my own clippings, leaves etc. From my own home and neighbors who I KNOW aren’t using weed and feed or herbicdes on the grass. I use the same methos Mike is showing. It’s black gold.

@lonestar6435 Год назад

Thanks for another awesome homesteading video. I just love your daughter's colorful skirt!

@kriskloeblen3670 Год назад

Hey when are you putting up the other yurt?I’m sure the kids would love their own space plus I think you would like more room to just move around. Just anxious to see one built.

@FloridaGirl- Год назад

They stored it till next spring I believe. In the pole barn. Till then.

@kriskloeblen3670 Год назад

Thank you.

@Foreveraltered-wv3by Год назад

I doubt it will be any time soon maybe spring

@markjohnson5108 Год назад

Thanks for the Vader compost show. I needed the laugh.

@RedLady198 Год назад

Nothing like making your own that way you know exactly what's in it 👍 Thanks for sharing and God bless 🙏💕

@brendah4773 Год назад

Yes, got that right

@gabrielmatthews1671 Год назад

Love you all!

@adelacoburn1396 Год назад

LOL...Mike you're hilarious but I like the way you approach a stinky job 😉😂. I have to do a little 10 min stretching workout (I'm an old lady) 😊. I do it before hauling wood to the house and when wood needs to be ricked.

@halfcenturyfarm607 Год назад

Although everyone in my family LOVES Star Wars (kids. Brother, Husband) I've never been a huge fan. In fact, when our parents took us to see The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, I thought it was a baseball movie LOL However, I am a huge fan of compost and The Fit Farmer❤️

@MikeTheFitFarmer Год назад

🤣

@ladydragon3648 Год назад

WOW What a fun way to start off with Darth Vader like that. LOL I loved all of the Star Ward movies. It is really hard to pick 1 of them as my FAVORITE MOVE. I also love the Ewalks movie to. They all where great.

@jennsadventures84 Год назад

Y'all are brave to be barefooted around the farm. I wish I didn't have an "aversion" to squishy stuff. 😳 Have fun!

@laurasimpson7211 Год назад

What a precious donkey! He loves yaw so much he wants to go with yaw!

@doncc6080 Год назад

Mike I have found the best way to do leaves is with a bagging mower. It chops them up so they break down faster. If you do not have one I think you have a chipper that will also do it.

@heidipustelniak652 Год назад

Thank you for the composting lesson! I need to water my compost more often!

@allanbonnieguffey5634 Год назад

Thanks for sharing about making compost. Love the Darth Vader hat!

@justgoodness333littlehomes5 Год назад

Hahahahaha........ Mike you Crack me up.

@annmatthews3579 Год назад

Black gold fantastic for the garden

@StoneKathryn Год назад

The darkside of compost! Those baby African goslings sure got big! I like the first Star Wars Movie the most, "A New Hope". I think it was Chapter 4. It's great that you know how to do this method of making compost. Those turkeys look mighty delicious! Are you eating Mr. Tom for Thanksgiving? Nice job Selah getting all those leaves to put into the compost! Thanks for this Dickson family!

@aaronaakre9470 Год назад

You girls are braver than me. I have wimped out I don’t think I could go barefoot like that.

@deannewilliams3321 Год назад

Oh yeah, I definitely do my stretches until I can dance without hurting lol. My little cousin had to have surgery on that tendon under his arm, he tore it. And he is an ex pro rugby player. So I reach up and over with the flat of my hand on the back of my neck, fingers pointing down, stretch to reach between shoulder blades. It was so tight! Much better now. Nice compost! I’m composting directly on my spring garden. Super charging it with compost tea and all kinds of stuff. Not turning it, just letting it cook down and cool on its own. I’ve been trying to get it 2’ deep but it keeps shrinking lol. Still waiting for my first real frost…okra still growing out there and my last yellow squash had a flower this morning lol. I wish I had some of your coop poop!

@aaronaakre9470 Год назад

I do like ESB. But also the mandalorian, and solo, also rogue one. I like when aniken and obi, meet.

@debkincaid2891 Год назад

You are such a clown 🤣 (Darth Vader) & so very smart! Compost, compost, compost! Thanks for this: we so struggle with compost building.

@sunsetstella8917 Год назад

A dust pan will help a lot getting the litter out of the brooder . Great video!

@ashleehouse5204 Год назад

That's alot of good info. I have a slow pile, I just add as we mow and clean coops and don't turn. After a few months or so it's nice underneath. Turning isn't as complicated as I thought. I had watched a video that made it seem way more complex. Thank you guys! Such an encouragement.

@brendah4773 Год назад

Mike reminds me of the Homsteading Alton Brown. Brilliant mind, with humor

@MikeTheFitFarmer Год назад

What a compliment, lol! Thanks!

@brendah4773 Год назад

@@MikeTheFitFarmer you’re most welcome. Educational with a touch of humor. It’s great!

@commonsensemetoo Год назад

Leslie, I just saw you on pantry talk and you were wonderful. Great hearing about you 2 ladies pregnancy and how y'all are coming along well. Pray for you and yours. Big AMEN!!!

@dorisoconnell629 Год назад

I have three composters. I like the one like yours best. I’m in the city. Thanks to Mike, I will lift the composter off the pile, place it next to the pile & shovel the pile in it , “turning the soil”. Yeah! Will have compost sooner. After Ian hit us sure had enough to fill all 3 of my composters! I think you will like that composter very much. Sure beats my other 2 that have a door on the bottom to take out compost or very hard on an old lady to take from the bottom and put it on the top to turn it. What a job!

@barbaradoye1989 Год назад

Great advice! Excited about baby! Take care! God Bless!

@patcunningham8279 Год назад

fyi, the lids to the 5 gal buckets make excellant "helps" to use with rake to pick up and move leaves and small matter....

@brendah4773 Год назад

After a couple years, your soil will be rich in nutrients. Nice and soft 😊

@viccimauldin9786 Год назад

LOL!! Do not know if I can watch the rest of this because I am laughing so hard Darth!! Good lessons your family teaches others. 😀❤

@jfarm8854 Год назад

Favorite Star Wars is any I watch with the grandkids

@missourigirl4101 Год назад

Mike- at our place we use a leaf blower with bag to suck up leaves and that crushes them in to bit then we empty it on to my garden and flower meds for the winter. The worms love it and it’s a mulch to protect the soil.

@terizumbusch8408 Год назад

I loved the 1st 3 original 1st 3 I didn't really care for the new 1st 3 but the last 3 was fantastic and I think the final episode did an amazing job of closure for an incredible series. I really love them all except the 1st 3 but 789 were fabulous and I think 9 was just cherry on top

@authorcharlieboring Год назад

I have two compost rings made from wire. I live in an urban area of northern VA so I don't have much room. For these 2 rings I make leaf mold using a cold method and harvest it after more than a year.

@bluelilly22222 Год назад

Darth Vadar cleaning chicken coop 😄😀😂😃😅😂❤

@noramaegomez197 Год назад

I agree great Vader voice ! I mix in grass clippings with the brown for compost. When you don’t have grass ask a local neighbor or lawn guy if you can get the grass clippings! Carry a big glad bag he can dump them into! 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱😊

@cherylcallahan5402 Год назад

*The Fit Farmer Mike Dickson appreciate your videos Listening 🌟 from Mass USA TYVM 💙 Mike*

@plurmingo1 Год назад

Oh that got me, when Lacey blululu the turkey and he gobbled back.

@michaelbriggsbfn1130 Год назад

The first STAR WARS is my favorite. A NEW HOPE

@tamararoberts9307 Год назад

I throw a few branches in between layers of my compost pile

@acts238istheway3 Год назад

Not that long ago... In a Galaxy closer than we think... Manure Wars .. Our nostrils... Food they eat Compost will become.. yesss THE YODA FARMER... Great video best laugh I've had all day...

@gaynellhilton3004 Год назад

Star Wars - the original is by far my favorite. That said, I like the whole series of movies.

@marieennis6114 Год назад

Minds the same as your words Empire strikes back

@karenharris9569 Год назад

👍

@TheOriginalBadger Год назад

Looks like those figs are about ready to harvest. When are those new cute little cattle you showed us a couple of videos back due to arrive on the homestead?

@Lights4444 Год назад

Omg ..lol me and my husband loved your dark Vader mask and the entrance with the whole music thing going on great job and may the force be with you..😍😇🙏

@ivyboley1518 Год назад

Finally the answer to my question!!!!! Your children have curly hair an until I saw mike with his cap off, and the

@ivyboley1518 Год назад

Oops, continued. Curly hair, which is beautiful. Your whole family has awesome hair. Thank you for allowing me to express that. Continue to have a blessed life.❤️💖💖❤️❤️❤️

@YardfullyHomeGardenProducts Год назад

Love this video!! 💚

@TheBabcocks Год назад

I'm in the process of gathering leaves for leaf mold. It's time consuming but it's worth it!

@nancygomaz3231 Год назад

Love this Star Wars humor 😄.

@artkeyes Год назад

kinda silly, but a nice touch during teaching

@terryjohnson6392 Год назад

Looks like fun.. Great video on how to compost.

@rosaolbera8768 Год назад

Awesome video

@maymaytrue550 Год назад

Great intro

@jeaniewelch9198 Год назад

LOVE to see that steam rise when I turn my compost!!!

@memyselfandeye8377 Год назад

Empire Strikes Back...my favorite 😍

@denisebrady6858 Год назад

Wow would love to have your muscle here to help me - it is so true you lose muscle strength as you get older. Well done Mike great job. Lacey you look spectacular & baby is looking very good too. Cheers Denise- Australia

@rebeccamunoz4596 Год назад

Great compost idea's!🤗❤👍

@charlesvaughn5055 Год назад

enjoyed the information on making the compost. have a great week.

@NovaBill6264 Год назад

I like them all but my favorite is empire strikes back awesome movies, God Bless you and your family

@abcvdfa Год назад

Informative

@paulmaddocks4346 Год назад

It’s time to build a bigger home give the kids their own rooms

@nancycowell-miller4321 Год назад

You've ALMOST inspired me to tackle my cold-compost bin. At the very least, I can try to scoop out the chicken coop-poop (I do deep litter method). This is Big Work for me (recently lost my husband 😥 - and dealing w/cancer)(Not a victim though, I feel like my life must have meaning ❤) Anywaaaaay! I have missed your Gardening videos(and I appreciate your "Land Sabbath"). Just wanted to say THANKS for the inspiration. Heck, I may even check back and let you know if I *did* clean the chicken coop! 😁

@nancycowell-miller4321 Год назад

I have to laugh though - when you were gathering coop-poop, I wondered if the Darth Vader mask offered any respiratory protection! (Guessing "Not!" But I think abt these things bc I'm immunocompromised)

@MikeTheFitFarmer Год назад

Please do that! Hang in there, and I'm sorry for your loss.

@donaldhernandez1547 Год назад

That's a pretty good vader voice

@fralinsandfriends Год назад

All things biodegradable especially poop. LOL That's interesting about the mixture. I've never made compost. 😁😁👋👋💖💖

@lydiahansbrough7609 Год назад

Thank you for sharing the information re: gosling, geese, hens’

@CristalPNL Год назад

The Empire strikes back is the best

@GS-rw9og Год назад

excellent

@Foreveraltered-wv3by Год назад

Lol you just keep getting better and better with videos

@terrireddish8263 Год назад

I’ve been using chickens run to make compost for last few years now works great,I rake out and refill with woodchip I give them stuff out of veg patch with roots still on and other fruit and veg and leave skins/cores in to compost down,I’ve filled lots of raised beds we’ve made and grew lots of stuff,love it 😊👍🇬🇧

@maryshawn905 Год назад

Like your star wars mask. Pretty funny 🤗🤗🤗. Plus now I know how to make compost into black gold.

@gabrielmatthews1671 Год назад

Mike. That is amazing!

@gabrielmatthews1671 Год назад

Only you. Can prevent. Forest fires.

@gabrielmatthews1671 Год назад

Go Yoda. Try? No try.

@gabrielmatthews1671 Год назад

Do. Or do not.

@gabrielmatthews1671 Год назад

Who knew? Skywalker. Was Vader.

@minawhitford3135 Год назад

so comical Mike. thanks.!!! I do make my own compost but I don't have animal manual.

@candaceaustin4258 Год назад

Thank you for great information. When I'm in a house again I'll use your advice. I'm in a studio apt for now. We 3 tenants have 2 spaces to garden. We will most definitely plant the Three Siaters and lots of herbs. 2 of my close friends are master gardeners. So I have rich ideas from them and you. I am grateful

@megmills1697 Год назад

Great video I have done my compost wrong will restart in spring thank you for information

@MikeTheFitFarmer Год назад

Glad to help!

@duanelawrence4311 Год назад

Good humor

@breheaton4758 Год назад

I do make my home compost.in my kitchen.in winter.i dry out my veg an fruit leavings.egg shells.twigs.hay.dead flowers.a pretty well compost.thanks again for ya vedio,s.love them,to learn .hi.

@RoseLawrence765 Год назад

Awesome video 🦋Also with the compost pile next to the garden when it rains it makes this liquid runoff be compost tea which helps also fertilize an area🎈🦋