Pruning Trees SMALL and What's Happening in the Good Gardens Right Now! 

Today we are pruning back some of the fruit trees in the Grocery Row Gardens, plus I got an amazing new wheel hoe. And we take a little garden tour. Grocery Row Gardening: amzn.to/3GGnaUC Water-Wise Gardening: amzn.to/3Jms1fs Subscribe to the newsletter: thesurvivalgardener.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=d1c57e318ab24156698c41249&id=1f74a21dc8 Get Grafting! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SFYOnVSO25U.html Thank you for watching!

I’ve noticed since being here the last few years we get a quick frost right before Easter so that’s when I hold off planting out until

You never fail to put a smile on my face and a giggle in my throat! Happy Dormancy! (I’m glad you’ve got carrots.)

I can't wait to dig holes again.

We're about to buy up some apples, pears, and plum trees at our local Walmart. Top price 26.99 for the apples.

While I would love to live in the tropics and be able to garden year-round, there are some advantages to having a winter dormant season. If it gets cold enough, it will kill off some of the pests. And it's good to have both a time of (comparative) rest, and a time of anticipation for what is coming.

This drab picture is why I have houseplants.

My son raked up under the live oak tree but didn't remove the piles of leaves. Chickens took care of them.

Can you use some of what you've pruned for cuttings?

Found your channel from John Willis (SOE) live stream.

I've been thinking about grafting some of my peaches onto my plum trees. Peaches don't do very well here for some reason but plums tend to do pretty well. What do you think?

Do you use your cuttings to propagate more fruit trees? I’ve done it with mulberries and they are thriving

Braid them together and than bend them out

Read G A Little Fruit Tree a while back, but today with your encouragement I'm finally planting my first fruit tree. I know in my heart that psychopath pruning is for me. SNIP...ha ha ha ha Ahhh! As my mother-in-law says, it's got two chances. Choose to live little fruit tree! Terri in Tulsa

Can the "dead" runners be planted again, or do they need a little sap & life in them?

I’ve tested starting seeds according to the moon phase by the almanac and started some in a barren phase. I saw seeds sprout as soon as 18 hours when planted during the right phase of the non and it took right around 14 days to see first signs of sprouting when planted in the barren phase. All still grew regardless. But definitely noticed a big difference in doing it. Why not get a quicker yield? 🤷‍♂️ ✌️

Why did you soak the char and not just spread around the ashes? I'm a newby.

David how do you deal with deer? I hear that deer with strip fruit trees of leaves completely

I am in NZ and we are in our last month of summer, can I prune my trees now or do I have to wait till winter/spring?. These are new fruit trees so no fruit but growing straight up.

Just to clarify what I witnessed in this video: one of the many talented and good children is making marbles out of clay to replace all of the ones that his father lost in Grenada.

It's 85° in So Cal today. No leaves on the pit fruit but starting to get the swollen nubs on the new growth. Can I still aggressively prune past the new growth?

Off topic. I've been searching your videos for the breed of chickens you once mentioned. You didn't like Cornish cross, so you mentioned another breed that takes lo ger but tastes better. Maybe the name has the word ranger, not sure.

Hey DAVID.... HELP ME PLEASE. Ok sir, I have a plot of bare land. But the soil is absolute rubbish. There's no organic matter or decay matter because a bunch of Californians decided to clear cut the land about 30 years ago. Here's what is in my tool box. I have a rabbitry of 34 buns. I use wood stove pellets for litter. and a couple of buns can fill it to a 50/50 mix of poo and wood powder as the pellets absorb urine. There's absolutely zero Green plants of any kind in the area anymore. I plan on essentially making a huge compost pile to break down the powder and poo/urine. The soil on that land is basically dirt that once had gorgeous soil like a chocolate cake. However its in an arid climate and ants have survived upon that old organic matter. Now the soil is basically dried out clay with a slight mix of volcanic crushed rocks. Any tips?? any Pointers?? and suggestions??.. I want to use a composting toilet, plant invasive plants like blackberries to get the nitrogen greens I need. Also should I just till the bunny poo blend straight into the soil as is? The soil is currently turning into dust without any organic matter to keep it from becoming entirely barren and unusable. Its 3.2 acres and its considered lush High Desert. But at one time before the clearcut. Its was actually part of a plush forest with huge ground flora species, ferns, aloes, and ivy that iirc is now extinct.

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Dude, a bicycle from a pawn shop will probably run you 15 bucks, and it comes.with 2 replacement wheels. Just sayin.

"This is actual winter". Cries buried under 3 feet of snow! That potato trencher... I have a feeling it would be better if pulled somehow? Just such an awkward angle to push it, no? Pulling with a big stone on the blade, I would think that would work better.

I have the same problem with my free-range chickens and my attempts to keep my fruit trees mulched. I'm going to put down bagged leaves or other mulch material around the trees and then cover them with larger chunks of old firewood I have laying around. The pieces of wood should be heavy and large enough to prevent the chickens from scratching them out away from the tree.

Im glad you dont do seed starting videos every year , man around this time my feed is full of everyone doing the same video over and over again people love beating that dead horse , its just starting seeds for christ sake

I've been growing by the moon for several years and I swear by it if you do it right your lettuce doesn't bolt

I know it's short notice, I just found out about you. We are having the second self reliance festival here at SOE in Camden TN this weekend. Love to have you out. You around also go on the survival podcast. I saw you on ice age farmer.

"actual winter" >florida 🤔🤔🤔

I got the courage to prune like a psychopath from some of your older videos and I’m thrilled to report that my peach tree in particular looks amazing this year. It was a mangled overgrown mess when we bought our house 4 years ago and now it’s a lovely goblet shape. This video is a timely reminder that I need to go ham on my kiwis before they wake up in a few weeks! I think I’ll do that tomorrow. =D

Ahah have the same issue with the chickens and the mulch. relatable!

It’s like starting with a clean slate . Can’t wait to see how you color it. High dry desert here in upper Northern Nevada & still very cold at night. Have a great day 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

You have a relaxing voice.

If you ever create a backup channel would it be called.. david good food ? 🤔😂✌🏻🙏🏻👍🏻🇺🇸

Lmao! I love your channel! Your sense of humor keeps me entertained also!😆😆😆😁👌🌻

David get a kokopo banana...it's the shortest cycle !

So right about chickens and their 6th sense to move mulch!

Chicken juice. 🤠

You sweet summer children. LOL

remember 1978 spring, snow in may?

What state are you growing in? I'm on the S.Cumberland Plateau, TN and even my garlic got bit by the cold this winter. We've had several lows in the teens.

My understanding is that the more biologically rich your soil is then the more impact the moon cycles have on your crops. It has very little impact on dead soils. I heard that on an episode of Advancing Eco Agriculture.

Are you growing American elderberries? Good for health and chickens I've heard.

I noticed you mentioned amending the soil with alfalfa pellets over the last several videos. Have you considered feeding the pellets to rabbits instead? More meat for the family and rabbit droppings are ready to go into the soil since they don't burn (like chicken etc). Not sure if the pellets do a better job at fluffing up and bulking the soil than droppings, kind of curious...

Hello David. I'm in Zone 6/7. Should I prune my two year old fig trees now? I've never pruned them and they are almost 6 foot tall.

Got the grocery row gardening for Christmas, existed to start it very soon. I live in zone 5b but I will figure it out. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge you are awesome.

Prune your plants like a biodynamic psychopath! 👍

Do you have any deer or wild pigs that visit your garden?

I can't wait to leave NC and move back to Florida. 5 winters here were 6 too many. Hopefully I'll be gone in a month. I want to start farming in south Florida.

(00:28) “This is actual winter out here!” No snow on the ground, walking in a flannel. I turn to look out side and see -20F with another 5” of snow on the forecast this week and wonder what that must be like. A fairy tale. 😆😂😂 “God bless you, you sweet summer children.”😆

I too just started using the Farmer's Almanac for the first time. I thought it would be especially fun to use for pruning my trees since it tells when it is good for growth, or control, by the moon phases! I noticed you mentioned you would prune for growth later. Nice ❤️

As a Northerner, thank you for showing the winter post freeze situation! What do I do with trees that have been in ground 2 years already and getting kinda big...now that I am sold on idea of Grocery Rows. I am afraid to be brutal with them...

Tearing out an older Granny Smith that is dying and going to try one sour cherry and one sweet, both self-fertile. Fingers crossed LOVE cherries. Also loved your comments on the chickens. So very true!

My giant, black mission fig that I never bothered to prune, well, last year's late deep freeze severely damaged the trunk despite the fact it was dormant still when the freeze hit. I decided to compost and mulch around it though to help it along which I had never done before. I didn't want to lose the tree. Anyway, it sent out about a dozen suckers that shot up six feet in height which it had never done before, so I guess that compost did some good. I didn't even realize it until it went dormant and dropped all its leaves. Sadly, I have to cut the main trunk down to the ground, but now I am faced with the fortunate problem of what to do with all the suckers. I don't want a fig bush. I have air rooted many a sucker off the tree in years past, so I will likely leave them on for now and air root the ones I don't want to either give away or plant elsewhere in the garden. I have always treated this fig as the mother tree, and air rooted suckers that are three to four feet tall turn into really vigorous trees. Of course, I will compost and mulch again.

I love how you showed the potato plow bust while using it! Keeping it real. Thanks!!

Chicken juice is amazing fertiliser

no loquats?

Are you ex Navy? I was in from 83 to 89...

Watch your toes there!

Ahh, pruning ASMR

Just what I needed 🌳 👍😊

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How long does biochar need to soak? I used water from my aquarium, soaked charcoal in it for a few days, then threw it in a pit with some dog poop, stirred well and filled it the rest of the way with dirt and leaf mulch. Should that’ work for pumpkins?

I murdered my peach tree last year by pruning and it didn’t fruit. So this is such painful thing to watch. Not sure what I did wrong. Committed to learning how to prune this year

Where did you get your mayhaw?

David, I burned some hay bales for biochar given to me by a neighbor, but I remember you talking about Grazon and similiar herbicides. Will making it char breakdown any potential residual herbicide in the remnants or should I just apply this to the lawn and not other plants? My Google Fu is weak on this issue.