Headline...."Georgia Farmer Eaten by Melon Crazed Ducks". Your varietal ambitions are just breathtaking. Most of us around the country, north and south, will be resting on our oars after a challenging garden year. Not Young Travis though, who's trying to decide if he needs six or seven types of cabbage going into winter. Slow down, son, you're setting that bar pretty high.

Can’t wait for the next video so I can see if Travis buys a grocery store watermelon for the ducks 😂😂😂😂

Ducks know an easy mark when they see one.

I watched the intro twice and laughed so hard both times!! 😂😂😂

I loved and laughed so hard at you feeding the ducks a watermelon. That sound of them eating it was great!

I'm not opposed to using synthetic fertilizer if needed but I cleaned out a cow barn this year and had the best garden that I've had in years thanks for another good show

You should try Alabama Blue Collards. They're more heat resistant than a lot of green collards and keep their sweetness longer in warmer months. Also, blue and purple leafed collards are becoming increasingly rare so it's good to get more people growing them. Last time I looked, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange still had them in stock.

watching how the ducks have you trained makes me laugh. Thank you! If you run out of watermelon, our ducks love Cheerios and frozen English peas and chopped up buggy fruit cut up about the size of peas from our fruit trees and cracked corn for treats.

You are fast becoming my favorite channel for all things gardening! Have you tried growing Sunshine variety of yellow watermelon? Johnny Seeds sells them. Compact vines and melons are excellent! Fast growers too. BTW--those ducks are hilarious!

😂😂😂😂. Love your ducks!! Mine discovered where the food came from and started pecking at the sliding glass doors and leaving poo on the concrete back porch. That brought the flies and a super hard scrub brush if not cleaned before it dried. 🥴. Learned a football player was swimming in my pond and gave him $20 to catch them so they could get new homes. Was worth every penny and more to watch him chase them through the pond, up the WV hillsides for about an hour. (I lived in a deep "holler") Did you know ducks hide their heads in the growth and dirt, thinking you can't see them??!! 😂😂😂 😂

Them old ducks love you ❤️

new kuroda are by far my favorite carrot they are super sweet and they mature faster than any other carrot i have ever grown

Those ducks have you WELL trained. We can hear you just fine over them anyway. 😉

The ducks are awesome!

Them ducks and that watermelon is the funniest sh.... I love that

Lovin' your new pets man hahaha

I love Kohlrabi, Lambs Lettuce (you gotta grow some, it has a slight nutty taste, is a German lettuce, also grown in France, keeps well even under snow) serve with oil, vinegar salt, pepper and diced onions, and Endive

Lololol!! So cute ducks haha though the difficulties of making the video lol but enjoy, love your videos and helpful tips and watching the homestead.

Hey Travis, I've been growing collards for a couple of seasons now up here in SWPA zone 6b. They did really well this year and since I do cut and grow again I'm still harvesting a good bit. I like mine for breakfast wilted in some bacon grease with my runny eggs on top. Or with a dash of maple syrup, but that may be blasphemous down in your neck of the woods 😊

I never liked turnips til I tried a hakurei turnip right out of a farmers row. You can eat it raw if you want. It was sweet and crunchy. Now I respect the turnip

Great intro. I loved it. Kudos. That made me hoot. I needed a good laugh.

My daughter grows collards in Nome Alaska. I send her seeds. They never get big because her growing season is so short but she uses the tiny leaves in salads.

I like how you gave the last watermelon to the ducks. Sweet!

That's funny im laffing ducks 🤣 😆

The ducks were hilarious! I like the YaYa carrot. Large yeilds, good taste and they grow well here.😊

Ducks are funny!

I’m near Memphis, and almost always overwinter collards. They’re very cold tolerant. They survived -5 to -10 during that deep freeze a few years ago. Also my red Russian kale did great too. The only thing I had out that wasn’t happy was chard. It pulled through, but it had a lot of frost damage.

I'm not a big vegetable gardener, but I enjoy watching your videos. I like the idea of pretty gardens that are neat and organized. I love the ducks!

I love me some collard greens. I took some of my leaves when I trimmed up my brussel sprouts last year and cooked them with collards and it was good

Carrot Seeds - Kyoto Red These are so sweet and crisp and no bitterness. Fall season only.

Grew black magic kale from seed and green magic broccoli from transplant in late summer to fall and both did excellent! Try Bright lights Swiss chard from Johnny seeds, easy to grow, colorful and they pack a huge nutritional punch! All grown with Agrothrive organic fertilizer.

Think you better be planting some winter squash for them ducks

Got some great laughs watching this video. One of the funniest things is when your big black lab was getting ready to take a dump, but you cut it out. I remember you didn't catch it last year and I laughed till I cried. I don't know why I think watching your dog doing its business is so funny😄😄, but it gets to me.😅😅

Those ducks are hilarious. You brought it on yourself. Hehe

I really like early hybrid 7 for spinach. Grows easy for me in Texas anyway and I like the flavor.

Thanks for all the info

Hungry ducks! 😊

They are some spoiled ducks 😂

Just imagine you have 5 ducks, i have 22. Here in fl its still too hot for fall starts on top of hurricane season, but soon.

Laughed so hard at your duck friends. I've had ducks and I know how they are. You got them spoiled. 🍉🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆

Lol watching you telling those ducks it’s the last one.

OMG. Those ducks. hahaha

Love the ducks. They seem to like watermelon and fingers.

Silly ducks!! 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆 Man they still crack me up!! 😂😂

Travis, your girlfriends are HANGRY!!! Hahahah…mine holler their brains out every time I step out the door. And they get lots of melon too..they love chopped greens too. (For their winter hanger)

When it come to greens, It's collard greens and only collard greens for me. I don't need any of those other greens. Just add some smoked meat, onions, chicken broth, and seasonings to that big pot of greens and I'm good. Oh yea, got to drizzle some hot pepper vinegar on them finished greens too.

Nice cut when the dog takes a poop! Lmao!

I do hear that. Soo cute!

Sounds like you have it figured out. I am only doing collards, broccoli, brussel Sprouts, cabbage and beets. I may try somethingvelse if I see something I just gotta grow.

Here i Eastern NC we pride ourselves on our "yellow cabbage collards". The best I've ever eaten.

Love, love the ducks, hehe 🤣😂🤣😂

No seeds from Hoss Tools? I always enjoy watching your videos and seeing what grows the best in this 8B humidity.

🤣 your duck buddies are awesome

Great video! I do well with a Swiss chard planting this time of year in zone 6. No specific variety.

Just got in my seeds for fall. We went to our local nursey last weekend and they had some beautiful cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower plants $4.25 a six-pack, I left with one of each. They had a six-pack of the giant cabbage so I pick up one of those too, had never seen them around here. Those ducks sounded like they were laughing at you every time you started talking🤣!! ✌🏻

😲 those ducks went to town on that watermelon!

I see you going to the farmers market and buying melons for your besties! I don't like turnips either! Very informative video TY!

You and those ducks are so funny! What are you going to feed them when they come back tomorrow if you're out of watermelon? You know they're gonna come back!

I can see it now you’ll be having to buy those ducks a watermelon all winter long. Ha ha

I love those ducks!

Those ducks are a hoot!! Chickens are the same way about strawberries/tops. So funny to see them run really fast. They lean so far forward that it looks like they'll fall on their face.

Gai lan (Chinese broccoli) might be a good addition to your winter plants.

I have the BEST zucchini this year. I would like to see you grow it and see how it does for you. It is sweet, the skin is thinner and yummy, hardly any seeds, and doesn't get mushy when sautéed. It's called zuccinino rampicante. I got the seeds from baker creek. However the vines are huge like pumpkins. It can be harvested and eaten green or left to turn tan-ish and kept for longer. I'm freezing some to try out the storage and since it holds up so well to cooking, I'm going to try pickles.

I love ducks

Also thanks for mentioning what is your go to variety. I've been looking for a vid with that information and I know you're not wanting to make it so I'm just taking notes on the info you give out along the way

Interesting info on the fertilizer, organic versus synthetic.

Those ducks though....😂 Sure hope those fall watermelons do well...Otherwise you're going to have some upset ducks. Best of luck on the fall garden.✌

Oooooo! There's something I always wanted to try, that you should, because if anything it looks interesting - Black Spanish radishes!

Im dying....omg those ducks!!!

I'm looking forward to having some fall radishes

Purple mustard greens are amazing too

Megaton is good. Tropic Giant gets huge. An old reliable is Stonehead

Sounds like those ducks are laughing at you - ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Thanks for sharing your fall seed selection. Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 8/18/2022.

Peking ducks...yum

Hey Travis. Great episode! I'm up near Savannah. Zone 8b. I've been growing 'bravo' cabbage for a couple seasons now. It's been my best green cabbage variety. Makes great sauerkraut.

Ducks are a great addition 😂

Those ducks are hilarious

Havent tried the top chop, but we are growing some carolina yellow cabbage collards this fall. 7a

Like always great video Travis. I wrote down every one you mentioned and gonna give them a try. But what about Garlic, I was really hoping to here about Garlic. Ok thanks again Travis. You what would be cool to see, is how you preserve or make your veggies last a long time. Also can you share where you get your onions.

Ruby Perfection cabbage is pretty enough to grow in the ornamental garden. So they are big on looks and just ok for taste. My favorite tasting cabbage is Stonehead. I just slice it up and eat it raw. A fast maturing smaller head is Tiara and the taste is fine for cooking but not eating raw.

If you just want to do something wacky, consider watermelon radish. It is a 45-60 day crop. The greens and roots, when cooked, tastes of rutabaga greens...very, very tasty.

That started out hilarious 😂

I grow Bravo every year…..good one

Surprisingly my cool weather crops are going great, some seeds are old but still pretty good germination. I don't even like greens but I'm willing to try and get to like them as food prices continue to rise. The onions are really surprising because I've heard they lose germination pretty quickly. If all goes well I should have plenty of collards, cabbage, broncli and onions. Always look forward to seeing what you're planting Travis.

😁 I love the ducks!!!

had to look up what a rutabaga is...... LOL turnips for us in the UK. looks like a great haul. Tried to get some seeds from baker creek but customs destroyed them :( i was gutted to say the least. they have some really unusual things, giant japanes carrots and cabbage.

You should try Rape, Mustards and Turnip top greens. I normally grow them together, so I can cook them all together as a bitter mix greens in the Fall season.

You should look into the variety of all top turnip, no root only the tops. What varieties of garlic are you planting this year ?

Go feed your duck friends and come back! This so funny and cute!!

Now I know what to do with my left over less than perfect melons. I just need to get some ducks.😊

This was SO helpful. Thank you! Where did you get the onion seeds?

Late Flat Dutch cabbage! You could trial it against your Megaton(?) cabbage. Late Flat Dutch gets BIG, is delicious, and good for sauerkraut (it is dense). Can't guess whether yours is the right environment for it though. It attracts white cabbage butterflies. Sadly. Also, unrelated, I learned that the pandemic brought a pandemic of squash poisoning to Europe. A lot of people were bored and did more veggie growing. And ended up in the hospital with horrible gastrointestinal illness due to consumption of squash with high concentrations of curcur-whatever. Upshot is to beware squashes grown from saved seed where the parent plant may have bred with an ornamental variety not meant for consumption.

Thanks for all the suggestions. What are you going to do when you're out of watermelons? You might need to go to the store and get some for the ducks

Gotta see you plant 🌱 olives 🫒 and peaches 🍑 and some apple 🍎 culture like kufflecreek nursery youtube channel where even dave wilson nursery man (the guy with indiana Jones hat) was impressed at all the variety of supposed high chill hours that were possible to grow big and fat in south of california and take 115 degree temperature. He sells those that bear the next year.

You are the duck man. So, back to gardens, I've noticed that you never grow Swiss chard. My favorite is Orange Fantasia. It's more yellow, but very productive. Also. have you ever done fall strawberries? That's a staple fall crop here in north central Florida. I don't have a variety to recommend, but they need to be planted here in October.

the ducks sound like they are laughing 😃

I live in Houma la all we grow is bravo and discovery it will be the sweetest cabbage you ever grow I have a lot of discovery cabbage seed if you need any let me know

I’ll send you a giant red cabbage and a giant green cabbage as well as some giant carrots, beets, kohlrabi, cauliflower, rutabaga… all giants that you guys can play around with… I grew the black nebulas and they are awesome and taste great so going to plant some more or those and little fingers and a Kyoto red that done great last fall/winter. Late flat Dutch does good for a big cabbage and golden acre for a regular head, I’ve been growing brussel sprouts since late winter early spring and they’re just now making sprouts 😂. I love black palm cabbage aka lacinato, planted some last spring and it made it to this spring. I even transplanted it from outside in December to the greenhouse where it finished out!! I need to try some broccoli and regular cauliflower and see if I can get them to grow cause we love that stuff. Looks like you got a great line up!! Wish I could go south every winter so I could grow then come back here in April!!

Oh those ducks!! 😂😂

Found some Macon onion seeds online. Mine are on the way.