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2 жыл бұрын

In this episode I try and use a box blade to prep new ground for a corn garden. How did it work out? Tune in to find out. Honest assessment.
If you want to see someone who had some better luck trying the same thing be sure to check out this video by "Woodland Acres", and be sure to give him a like and subscribe as well :) • Tilling our garden wit...

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@chickenhawkfarmstead8478 Жыл бұрын

Even my MF 265 50hp tractor had trouble with all 5 ripper blade down when I was doing the same thing. Thanks for sharing 👍

@TryNewThings Жыл бұрын

Was out your way'ish on Friday - ordered a sofa in Pleasureville.

@thehawkc 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking us along on your new journey.

@TryNewThings 2 жыл бұрын

Cliff thanks for coming along for the ride :)

@DougCooking 2 жыл бұрын

Good work on the consistent postings Chris. I like this springtime garden work. Always interesting stuff, and you’ve hit over 1000 subs! Congratulations! 🥳

@TryNewThings 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Doug. Sometime soon I'll go around and highlight all the 'food' we are growing... thinking it may be become more of a necessity than a hobby this year unfortunately with the inflation and such. Having a ball out there on the little farm though.

@ProfessorTravis 8 ай бұрын

I'm thinking about doing this same thing but on a "mountain" side in the Ozarks with an 8n I'm about to get. Instead of a proper garden though I'm probably just going to do a food plot, at least for now. So thanks for this, it's quite helpful in helping me decide/visualize how to go about things.

@TryNewThings 8 ай бұрын

Moved up the hill this year expanding my garden for 2024, hit so much rock I had to excavate the top foot with a backhoe. But when it was all done I’m ready for the next growing season. Best of luck with your food plat project Travis and thanks for the comment. Much appreciated.

@maineiachomestead7550 Ай бұрын

I've done it for my neighbor but it does take a few passes to cut through the sod. They still ended up borrowing a rototiller to finish it. I think I'm going to try to work a patch for sweet corn and sunflowers this week and see what happens. I have draft control on my tractor, btw.

@TryNewThings Ай бұрын

As a pre-till option on new ground, I think it is a good option. Helped me locate and remove some rocks before tilling as well.

@deanbarr5740 2 жыл бұрын

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained" Chris. Looked like maybe a little too wet. But, you gotter done. Surprisingly your tractor handled the 6' box blade with ease.

@TryNewThings 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dean… turns out if I had waited it would not only have been wet… it would be a swamp. Rain all week, but the corn is already up and about 4” tall.

@jjcochran8599 2 жыл бұрын

I got a $100 cultivar off marketplace. I used it like a chisel plow. It was a life saver for me this year.

@TryNewThings 2 жыл бұрын

Does your attachment hook up to the 3 pt connections or is it one that goes into a receiver (square trailer hitch receiver)?

@hcurtis77 3 ай бұрын

From what I have seen, you want to have the least amount of blade involved, so change the angle more.

@TryNewThings 3 ай бұрын

Turn the blades out? More in line with the rows? Thanks for the helpful tips

@cohocarl Жыл бұрын

Is that the 5' (60"), or 6' (72") box blade? Thx

@TryNewThings Жыл бұрын

60”

@larrystephens7437 2 жыл бұрын

My vote is get the tiller...

@TryNewThings 2 жыл бұрын

I'm leaning hard that way for next spring. Then I could do a much bigger garden as well.

@larrystephens7437 2 жыл бұрын

@@TryNewThings I can assure you a garden can get out of hand. I had one that was 90 feet square and 135 tomato plants. It was nuts to maintain. Last years was about a quarter of that size.

@larrystephens7437 2 жыл бұрын

My neighbor had a tiller and it was like magic.!

@TryNewThings 2 жыл бұрын

we have had a little 16' x 20' garden at home, that was fairly easy to keep up with - just converted it to raised beds for this year. I'm assuming just a plot of corn will be fairly easy to look after out at the barn for this year, but yeah, keeping up takes effort. Forever trimming around all my blackberries and raspberries, fruit trees, kiwi, etc, that said, I just planted Jujube trees and some grapes, as well as planted some strawberries and blueberries this year.