i'm glad this vids are still up. Miss this guy.

Missing my old Bayou Gardener today.

Miss you Mr. Donald. Tilled the garden today getting ready to plant sweet corn and thought about you. You taught me a lot over the years and I THANK YOU.

Nice video. Gardening is much different in Louisiana then were I'm at in Southern California. They are still fun videos to watch, since I used to live in Georgia.

My old lab used to love hanging out with me in the garden. Sure do miss her.

You keep a nice place and the two dogs enjoy working w/ you or at least keeping you company.. Been picking up a lot of gardening tips watching your videos and I thank you..

Me and my dad love your videos he came and saw you in October we love to garden and are potatoes are almost ready to dig and we're already picking onions and we have the a Kubota.........Jared & melvin

I learn something new from every one of your videos. I am a small scale backyard gardener but I really enjoy seeing you out there with the tractor and the dogs! My furry helpers are a lot smaller than yours - a pug and a Pekingese. Thanks for the awesome videos!

his garden looks like about 2 1/2 - 3 acres. When I was growing up we had 3 gardens, each about 1 to 2 acres each. It was a lot of work, but looking back on it you couldn't get better food.

Just found this channel and was getting ready to thank Donald ( just saw in comments where he passed away) for teaching me more about how to set up for a one row operation in just a few minutes than in all my previous years of guessing. Well....I really enjoyed the video, I subscribed and here's my big THANK YOU Donald to you in Heaven. ABCIII

Sounds like we planted about the same time. This warm weather we are having is really making it grow, I can see a difference everyday. I did notice a few skips yesterday which may have been caused by all the rain. Glad you enjoy the videos. Thanks...... Donald

Wow what fine looking soil. Looks like potting soil. I was lucky and picked up a four row IH 56 planter for $50 bucks with all the plates. Love your videos thank you for posting.

You have the most helpful dogs ever!

Another great video. Thanks for taking the time to show us how its done!

Hi Donald,I so love your videos! They are very calming and always leave me happy. AND, as I have said a million times to you, you remind me so much of my dad. He could be your twin without the beautiful southern drawl. Thanks, DAD#2

Keep doing your thing man, I enjoy your video's and overall it's helping me enhance my planting skills. Thanks again.

I love the ideas you come up with.Great video and wonderful ideas and tips. Keep them coming.

Hi Donald. I enjoyed the video and the instructions! Look forward to checking them out more often

Spring is near and I can't wait. Soon as it dries I have some more plants and seeds to go in. Looking forward to your vids...... Donald

Congradulations I have been watching your videos (all of them ) and I have learned alot I just wished it was spring time so I too could start to plant . Well keep up the good work !!! and thank you so much for the good advice !!! Best regards Shawn

gr8 video. the potatoes, corn, and onions are coming right along. have to wait to start my garden due to frost warnings we've had in the Carolinas these past few days. so far, it looks like it will be a good harvest in the months to come.

i love the way your mind works

A very unique planter set up you have. Straightest rows I've ever seen put up.

Thats what my wife and I want to do as well...hopefully we can learn a lot and produce a lot and help some of the needy

I watch all of yours and think they're great. Thanks...... Donald

LUV THOSE DAWGS!!! I (GOOD) ENVY YOUR FIELDS. WISH I HAD ONE TOO. GREAT VIDEO!!!!

I learned something watching the video, and was confused when I first running over your garden with the golf cart. I figured it out later and after the tiller was run over it to mix the furtilizer into the soil. This is much easier than what I was use to doing with a horse and plow like we did during the 50's and 60's while growing up.

Thank you for your video I need to learn to do farm step by step for my future

RIP my friend

You got some awesome videos!!!

@SynXCraft ...it's a good feeling to open a jar of vegetalbles you grew and canned. Just can't beat the taste either.....Donald

Corn looks great .

thanks for the sweet corn video donald , i love your planter set up . didnt know you had welding projects to. i thought for sure lucy would be driving tractor. keep up the good work

I just wish that I had a second person to help me out. I like the attachment you built yourself for planting your corn.

We miss you Donald!

10-4. I enjoy your videos. good job.

I'm trying the Electric Fence, Looks like your gardening, is down to a science love the tomato watering idea with the 1.5 pipe. I just planted corn today when it starts growing I have to cover every night. We can get frost until June 1st makes planting early corn a risk with covering risk goes way down, I only planted 3 rows of peaches & cream about 150 stocks. Hopefully I have eatable corn Late June or early July. Most of our corn is planted 2nd week of May. Thanks for the ideas.

@MandLVideo ... You're welcome and hope you have a great year in the garden....... Donald

Love your channel and vids. Keep up the good work.

To draw the rows I use a “Row Hipper” and to make the furrow I use a “Middle Buster”. The two could be combined without too much trouble. If I were pressed for time and have acres to plant then I would maybe do it but that’s not the case for most gardeners. It’s also not 100% necessary to plant in a furrow, I only do it because it saves on water. It allows me to use a water tank and prevents the water from running out into the middles rather than soaking down into the row….Donald

Thank you Donald

Very nice. Than you for sharing.

very kewl sir, almost done with the chicken coop, then it's on to the garden work. much to do, lots and lots fruit trees are starting to bud, got some lettuce, and my potatoes are starting to come up. will shoot some vid when i get a little more foliage on things.l

Hi Donald, I like the seeder on back of the tractor idea. I have just about given up on the Hoss seeder. It may be fine for a real small garden but on hills, it's hard to push straight. I'm a big guy like you and using the tractor more and my back less sounds like the best plan. Here in upstate SC, my soil is like yours, mainly red clay. I keeping adding mulch and it's getting better. Take care, Glenn

good vidio, im planting corn in my garden in york england, thankyou for the info

@specialks1953 ... I reccomend the first chance you get, move out of the city and to the country. You'll never look back. Glad you enjoy the videos and thank you........Donald

Glad you enjoy the videos Hayley...... Donald

You know, sometimes you run up on people you really wish you could have known. This is one of those times. Bee Blessed Danny and Rita in TN on Rooster's Ridge

Lucy likes just about any vegetable. I'll have to keep a close eye on her this year...... Donald

So looking forward to spring.

This guy is such an OG.

Glad you enjoyed.....Donald

Very impressive!

@dayspeace ... Thanks and glad you enjoyed the video.....Donald

Another great video my friend!!! I hope Jeff saw how to draw a straight row!!!! Greg

To plant in a furrow you need soil that drains well otherwise make some breaks in the low areas of the garden so it doesn't flood your seeds / plants in a real heavy rain. When you're not broadcasting fertilizer and adding it by hand, that furrow helps direct it where it is needed the most. Looking forward to some pics...... Donald

Glad you enjoy the videos.....Donald

thanks for the video.. nice work!

i love your vids man, awesome!

ingenuity at its best , simple but effective

@webcajun You are correct anout the tractor and weather. My tractor, which is a '98 Massey Ferguson 231, sits kinda low. It's sort of a "low profile" tractor in a way... It's low points are under the bell housing on the transmission and the drawbar underneath the PTO shaft that's coming out the rear-end. I'll be having to cultivate and "hill" pretty soon...

A suggestion that may be helpful to some. The old JD 71 FLEX planters are everywhere. These can be bought around a $100 each. I have a full size tractor and I can plant three rows on 25" center with the middle row center on the tractor. This gives me the wheels as a row marker, The flex was a wonderful reliable planter and can plant with the very best of them. This is also a great wildlife food plot planter.

cheers donald, will see if you have any ofther vids that we grow here in england, all the best

you are the man donald gonna use some of your ideas up here in manitoba p.s. love your cajun drawl eh!

@thetank10000 ... most of the vegetables I plant are on rows with a furrow on top of the row. When watering the furrow keeps the water from running into the middles and allows it to soak down into the row. Corn can also be planting flat, without a row, and dirt brought up to the stalk after the last of the fertilizer is applied......... Donald

It's been wet here in Georgia too. I took 4 days trying to dry things out and I still ended up planting in golf ball sized clumps. Hopefully it'll come up ok. I think I'll try the "Truckers Favorite" corn next year. I'm trying to get away from hybrid or GMO plants, but it's not easy.

That sounds like a nice setup. I wish I could see it to copy.

@231MasseyFerguson ...G-90 is a good variety for Louisiana. When you see the silk at the ends of the ears you'll be harvesting 21-24 days later....Donald

Last year 2011 I planted in February, got lucky and made a crop.....Donald

@green2lean ... with corn I usually just flood the rows until I see seepage on the other side. How often naturally depends on the weather and your soil. Dig down a few inches and check for moisture........ Donald

@whittle4u … The corn gets watered only when needed. I flood the middle of the rows 2 maybe 3 times during the season. Rain takes care of the rest. My onions are grown in the winter and spring which we get plenty of rain at that time of the year. They do get watered regularly when first planted though to get the seeds to sprout…….Donald

Well I got the corn re-done! LOL! I took the middlebuster early this morning and busted the corn rows back open once again, but didn't go as deep. Applied 13-13-13, once again, to each row (6 rows, 80 ft. in length each). And once again, placed 2 kernals about every 12 inches apart. And finally, I TOOK THE GARDEN RAKE (LOL instead of the row hippers) and covered the seeds with about 1 or 2 inches of dirt. Didn't water because it's supposed to rain tomorrow and Saturday. Sure hope it grows!!

If you travel up around me in Michigan, you can pick up a very usable jd 2 row planter for around 400 bucks, save time and lots of space, even apply fert as you plant

@mugsyjeff ... Living in Louisiana planting flat is usually not an option when we get heavy rains. That row / hill will hold moisture during those dry spells in summer. Just checked out your videos and subscribed..... Donald

Great video. Ransom

The method I’m about to tell you works anywhere, under any weather conditions and soil type. Dig down a few inches and check the moisture content of the soil. Before too long you’ll be able to judge when to water under any conditions. It’s very simple and works every time. : ) ….Donald

Yes it's a one man operation and I do sell some of the extra to help pay expenses. Glad you enjoy the vids...... Donald

G-90 does real well around here. This year I planned on planting “Incredible” but the rain kept setting me back so I probably won’t have any sweet corn. Both of these are hybrids. I’ve planted an OP variety called “Golden Bantam” in the past that does pretty well. Not as sweet as the two above but ok……Donald

I LIKE HOW YOU DID IT

I rasie crops for farmers markets. I kind of need 4 rows coming off at a time but I have wondered about cutting it down to two rows and making it three point mounted planter to make it easier to haul up and down the road. Also for starting in the middle of the field for the next crop of sweet corn. I plant corn from mid April to mid July. I have the same tiller as Donald but my ground never works up that well. It works up nice but not as fine as Donalds.

@sully428 ... if you have the room to rotate your crops I would recommend it. Just about any vegetable that follows corn would do well if you fertilized both in the fall and spring........ Donald

During a rainy season, planting on rows keeps young plants out of standing water. During a dry period, the soil stays moist a lot longer under those rows........ Donald

Since making that video I've gotten my hands on a Covington planter. Because all my equipment is one row I really need to stick with that setup.....Donald

@tigger42100 ... thanks and glad you enjoy the vids..........Donald

@jacksnapper1 ... Thanks and glad you enjoy the videos.......Donald

I've watched many of your videos. Thank you. I want.to try this style of gardening. What do you do with all the food?

Donald love all your videos and have been watching them for years, I was wondering how deep was the tiller set when you tilled in the fertilizer?

At lot of us are getting impatient but it's best to wait till the weather is right. See you in the forum...... Donald

@shartne ...I use Triple 13 or 17 to fertilized with......Donald

@agrotis79 ... they are bad here too. Threw some mothballs out in the corn patch and it seemed to help some........Donald

I have a Covington planter and removed the fertilizer hopper. I find I can better control the amount with the broadcast spreader. I can also till the fertilizer in after broadcasting…..Donald

I grew up in a farming community and about the only other fertilizer we use in the garden was manure. I use insecticide, but only when I have to so I guess you could say I'm 10% organic. LOL ...... Donald

@webcajun You should SEE the rain we got here in the last 2 days!! The back side of the garden was pretty much flooded, but luckily that side hasn't been planted yet. After seeing all this, I LOVE planting on a row. Not far from my house yesterday (couple miles), a tornado ripped the roof off of some of my kin folks' home and tore up their neighbor's roof also. Nobody was injured Thank God.

@231MasseyFerguson ...If you plant in moist soil you don't need to water right away. If your soil is dry then yes water them in.......Donald

Donald, can you tell me the make of the hipper you are using in this video. Look to be well put together. Any information would be great. Btw, your videos are very informative thanks

No need to start your corn seed indoors, just plant directly into the garden. No pee in the garden, I'll stick with regular fertilizer. May try the 3 sisters this year if it ever dries up enough to get back in the garden....... Donald

nice farm i think everyone should work like this for their food like it was ment to be

@agrotis79 ... here are a few things to try; electric fence, radio playing in the corn patch at night and spread out some moth balls.......Donald

Good to know. They actually said in the description that it made good feed if allowed to "mature". There are added benefits to post here. The Merit is good tasting corn, but it's a hybrid and only produces one ear per plant. Maybe I'll go with the Golden Bantam. Have you tried the Peaches and Cream or Honey and Cream varieties?

@sp00ktube ... that would maybe work. Only planting a small area it really doesn't take that long to switch tools.........Donald