howdy neighbor, subscribed as well, about the same zone here in Marshalls Creek

Gotcha. Were more north in a Suburb of The Office. Sorry I can't bring myself to type the name 😶. I'm guessing my wife found your first because this account was already subscribed. I'm hoping to start making videos for our much smaller garden situation. Big for the area but nothing like yours.

Welcome! Thanks for watching! :)

Oh wow, not far away at all! I use soil blocks mainly as a way to save myself space on the front end of things. If I can time it right and can safely plant out directly from the small blocks I will-it’s mostly my early season flowers I’ll treat this way. Most of my seedlings are potted up for sale from the small blocks. I pot up my own plantings to cell trays so I don’t have a bunch of small groups of blocks wasting space. The tool I use for planting- stand n’ plant- works better if there is a little more soil mass than a small block, which is another reason I’ll eventually use the cell trays. I agree with you about rain being an issue- it makes hardening off more difficult and I also find outside the smaller blocks dry out way faster. Much less room for error in watering!

@@hahnacre6339 Thank you so much for the reply. We are starting some of our fall stuff probably the first week of July and I'm going to try your method of potting up to a 72 cell plug tray from the mini blocks for those. One more question, is there a reason you don't up block the minis into the 2in blocks with the insert for the mini blocks? Thanks again

@@hahnacre6339 at some point I have to make some videos in the early spring with what it looks like with all 2in soil blocks. Its a bit of a pain in the grow tent and greenhouse but like you said, the hardening off its a pain as 2" and 4" blocks cant see rain at all

standnplant.com - I have seen various forms of this same tool but I really feel this one is the best value for your money. It does work with seeds, you would just have to watch how deep you place the tool so they weren’t planted too deep. Basically if it fits down the barrel, you can plant it!

Yes! We aren’t too far from our old place. Our Facebook page has all of our new info, I’ll be posting there when we open!

Yes, till first. The front of the plastic layer just shapes the bed and smooths the dirt for the plastic to lay tight to it

Thank you so much! 😊

Thank you!

We have always used the biodegradable film, in previous years we used Nolt’s as a supplier. We purchased a new roll from rainflo with the layer and were very happy with its performance last year. It’s listed in their catalog under bio-gold.

@@hahnacre6339 I’ve been looking at bio gold for this season as well. Thank you for the heads-on on this. I appreciate it!!

Welcome and thank you for watching! :) I hope you have much success with your perennials!!

Thank you so much! 😊

Thank you and welcome! :)

Yes! We are just a short distance away from our previous location

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We are lucky enough to not need to irrigate for the most part. In the off chance that we do I’ll either hand water or run hoses from a neighboring property as we don’t have a well in the field itself.

@@hahnacre6339 yeah we're fighting that battle too. Wells can be so expensive.

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Aww thank you so much, I appreciate it! ☺️ Yes, we use a biodegradable mulch. I wouldn’t be able to work as much ground as I do without it. There are some weeds (nutsedge) that will push it up a little but then usually the heat takes care of them and it’s not an issue. I’ve never used any other color. I will tell you I had a terrible tomato year last year it didn’t matter what I did! Happy growing!

Love it! I may adopt that tune :) That’s interesting, I’ve been seeing aphids everywhere this year I’ve never seen them on cabbage. I wish you much success this growing season!!

Love you too! ❤️

Thank you sir!

We actually aren’t sure. We bought it at auction and it had no markings on it, no information came with it. Our best guess was an older model from nolt’s

Thank you!

Thanks! 😊

Very happy so far with its performance and ease of use. This was a big purchase for us but well worth it so far!

I agree!!

Thank you! That’s awesome. I can relate, I also have a “real job” to work around! :)

Welcome and thank you!

@@hahnacre6339 thank you..

This one was my Pap’s that we dug out of our woods, never skipped a beat getting back to work 👍🏻

This tractor was a big deal for us this year. It sure was nice running without any issues!

The decision to till or not is one piece of a bigger picture. We have built immense soil health using other regenerative practices.

I’m right there with you! Seems like we have multiple seasons in one day!

Agreed! So many plants that need to be hardened off but I just don’t feel good about these temps yet!

Can’t help it! 😬

Haha I may consider it next year!