That was awesome. Have dug some of those myself, so felt the feet ache and arms hurting, and was sooo pleased with the results. Good for you. Good Job!

Clay loam soil, lovely. Volcanic also! Almost worth leaving the midwest...

You've done most the work for hugelkultur, might as well throw some organic matter to breakdown in your trench and then throw the soil on top

I double digged my garden 15 years ago and it’s a gift that keeps giving . Just a helpful suggestion use a maddock to dig the virgin soil , much easier .

Double dug, enemies all snug. While all gardening is fruitful/beneficial. Great seeing you finally working on your own land again. PS: I'm going over a ton in harvest 2,179. Cheers Sir David

Thank you, I finally understand what double digging is. I wish I had space to try it out.

Man this guy just loves to dig...glad he came out of the closet finally

Holy Molasses!!! That soil looks as hard as East Texas soil. Makes me wish for Florida sandy ground for you.

Thought I'd try this here in the high Mohave desert, elevation 2,500ft. Except every second row I thought about adding a few inchs of leaves, mulch, kitchen scraps, coco coar, cow poop, gypsum, etc... and then put the dirt back on top, to help it retain water and boost the soils nutrients. Sound good to you David???

I'm about to get started with my first garden bed at my new place. I wish I had a broad fork but this will do!

David, some folks are double diggin' that face forest .. .. .. sharp !!

Yay for a new video!

Thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏for sharing this wonderful video on double digging the garden beds.👊👊👊👊👊👊👊

Thanks men for video

It is interesting to see the different approaches to gardening. I follow the “no dig “ method as practiced by Charles Dowding and Richard Spencer of Ridgedale Farm and on my heavy clay soil here in England it works just fine.

You are spoiling us with good music!!

The end of the video is hilarious!!

Best song ever

Aw man, I had clay loam in NY…..funnily enough i thought we had bad soil back then 😂😂😂 now we live in East Tennessee 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈 and we have a mix of red clay and God knows what else They did drop a ton of top soil on the back part of our property when they put up our house, so we have a little layer of good soil (and left a mound top soil in the middle of our 2 acres) In short, u don’t know what you got until you got something else, and that something else is red clay…..

I've done this. The conclusion is that this is way more work than it's ever worth

I’ll go do that as soon as it thaws, we are sitting at -26C for the next 5 days or so.

Ah, hard work - I could watch watch it all day.

This becomes far less exhausting if done with a sufficiently long spade 😅

Good video. Loved the jams.

I am reading your Totally Crazy Easy Florida Gardening book right now. I got to page #10, and it was difficult to visualize for me. Now that I have watched this video, your book and pages 10 & 11 make perfect sense. I am a weeee bit ADHD. LOLOLOL

Double diggin' those yam jams😎

GREAT JOB!!!

i feel like the medow fork will do a 70% as good of a job in about 20% the time and effort but this is better result over all

David, the no till crowd make a compelling case not to disturb the layers of the soil since that destroys microorganisms. How do you feel about that?

dude!

Hurry up, spring

This makes me want to invade abandoned ground and plant things

On top of this, adding organic matter into the trench helps add nutrients back and improve the soil structure over the long term too.

TFS

You Diascored 😎

So, you mentioned you don't eat yams these days... what's the plan for them thar tubers?

love David on florida . where are you on this video. what about the sand?

I hate it when people talk about "it's so much hard work!" Necessity is the mother of invention but laziness is its father! Laziness breeds necessity which gives birth to invention. Lazy people die earlier than active people and are less healthy while they are alive.

Hey guys for more information on double digging. Visit www.alan-chadwick.org/html%20pages/techniques/videos%20of%20techniques/raised-bed-garden-basics-cultivation.html

Anyone here AFTER Dave’s digging song?

Double diggin' while you can, cuz' 'ventually you'll be an old man.

you need better shovel......long handle,pointed spade,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,your back will thank you

Have you tried the Charles Dowding "no dig" method?

Broad fork would have made it easier. Double digging is definitely worth it. Please add lots of mulch, straw, cardboard, anything. EVERYTHING. you will be REWARDED !!!

Really one unlike?!? Who hates to dig!!

Can I grow tomatoes in the compacted sand here in southwest Florida? If I use this method of course.

Why not just till it?

Would anyone recommend double digging sandy soil as well? Or is double digging for heavy clay soil only? Cheers

7:02 I love the sweat of thy brow part, but eating bread? Gross!

Will this work in N Florida? Lol

So what about torpedo grass ? I have about 7 pissed off vertebrae not liking bending over to finish pulling them up to their death. Seams as soon as my FL sand is aired up it loves it.

Your music ran me off.

Your opening killed it. Bye.

Broken spade there. Fix it, or buy a new one?

I’m going like 2ft deep!? I guess that’s to deep

Is double digging really just digging it once or did I miss a crucial part of the video when I left the room? lol

You must dig deeper. Your example lacks.

Digging is hard work? Sounds like someone could use the help of a tireless human machine. I wonder who that could be?

Hahaha... that's NOT double dig🤣😂😅😝

Rubbish that's not double digging at all that's single dig which is normal for a gardener to do each year, I'll explain what double digging is for you all, well you dig down one spade and remove it to the rear os the bed leaving a trench one spade deep you then dig down another spade deep in the Same trench and place that behind the trench then move back one spade, dug the first spade layer again placing it into the bottom of the first trench then dig down another spade depth and place that on top of the first previous layer then repeat working your way backward then at the end of the bed the last trench receives all the soil from the first trench you made, the theory is to bring up soil from a two spade depth and place it at the top layer we're all the nutrients over the years can be got at and also improve better drainage, thanks and if you need a demonstration I will be happy to show the proper way in a video of my own making.

It is interesting to see the different approaches to gardening. I follow the “no dig “ method as practiced by Charles Dowding and Richard Spencer of Ridgedale Farm and on my heavy clay soil here in England it works just fine.