Homestead Series Building A Potato hiller

[MRSketch09]

If you could attach a wheel on the front of that plow, so you could set your depth.. or hold the depth, that mike make it easier to pull as well. But then again, maybe it wouldn't because that angle of pull kind of sets the depth for you...

[Kightravin]

You might add a caster wheel to it to make it easier to move to less stong persons.

[wildbill23c]

I could see a rototiller having a problem pulling that if its a smaller tiller especially. With that it would be pointless even trying to pull it with a tiller anyhow it wouldn't take that long to do it by hand anyways.  Great idea.

[michaelstanger]

Nice

[TheScally1984]

good job



[paullie6719]

thanks for the video. wish you would have taken the block off so we could see the v tho

[momtomtse]

Very nice for rows! Good job!

[enoughraptor6]

I know this is a stupid question but why hill the potatoes. Thanks

[toknowandgrow]

@enoughraptor6

as they grow, you cover up the stalks, about 4-6 inches left exposed(depending) on the stalk, SO it causes the plant to grow more potatoes.

[buddybleau]

@enoughraptor6 Potato's need loose soil to grow in. And when it's time to pick them, it is much easier to just break the rows down by hand and just gather them.

[briargoatkilla]

green top taters never bothered me or mine. when hilling, i let my vines get 8 to 10 inches high, then i lay the fert to them and cover (hill) them almost completely. i only do this once. i make a bathtub full every year off of 6 rows 30 ft long. nice vid!

[CobinRain]

Very interesting video and useful. Is this in Canada?

[luc649]

You look a bit "unsure" about what you're doing ...DONT ! you're doing just fine .

[peachey2021]

simple yet a very good idea!!! nice work!!

[Engineer245]

A beautiful garden is really something to be proud of. Great jobs. The harder it is to pull the better job it will do. A short one would be easier but you would have to go down the row more than once to move as much soil. However, for a person with less strength that would be better. Cut the pole in half and add a hinge to the two sections plus another handle. Just fold to adjust the length!

[bmaxingout]

very cool thanks i will have to try it

[iwantosavemoney]

this is great 5 stars

the cheap guy

[GirladyLocks]

Teenagers & work in the same sentence??? HA! That'll be the day. Maybe if they were raised in a farm bubble away from today's society. Maybe. Very nice garden, btw :) Great inovations, too! Keep up the great work and keep the vids coming! They're so interesting. Thank you for sharing.

[mukwah1111]

.Very ingenious of you to rig up that V hiller tool !  In Canada we buy our potatoes in paper bags that have a mesh window in the back of the bag for ventilation..this keeps them without turning green from the light. Could never figure out why the potatoes in KS where I lived for 4 yrs sold potatoes in clear plastic bags & most of them were green..which makes for tummy aches. Weird. My very best to you and yours.

[mukwah1111]

I know I am certainly enjoying your series of vids. They are greatly appreciated. My very best to you and yours.

[bdot21]

Awesome!

[OregonAlleyCat]

You have some great info on your channel. Im looking to do something like this in the future. Thumbs up and subscribed.

[1fanger]

You could put bicycle tires on your tractor and tow it with it.

[aaronhergert]

Hey! Great tool! If you are still looking for an easier way to move it, try hooking the base of the tool up to a rope on a pulley system on each end. You could even hook that up to a bicycle and pedal it from side to side.

[VTwanderer]

How rocky is your soil?

[HomesteadAcres]

@VTwanderer not that bad we have one garden that is just above some bedrock

[larrylie88]

That look like some hard word.

[HomesteadAcres]

@larrylie88 not to bad it was easyer to pull than our row maker

[larrylie88]

@HomesteadAcres I enjoyed your video, it make's you thank. Keep it up.

[monicad33]

Hmmm, you got me thinking.....I am going to try it but I think I will hook it to my rototiller so the tiller loosens the soil a little and pulls the hiller at the same time....seems like it might work, but I will have to make the sides taller I think. Awesome videos!

[HomesteadAcres]

@monicad33 thanks I do this just after i till the rows for weeds I was going to atatch it to the tiller but I dont think it would pull it let me knowhow you make out

[monicad33]

@HomesteadAcres

So I tried it and it worked awesome.... but I usedthe tiller that is on the back of a Sears garden tractor. I didnt think my front tine tiller would pull it but I will try that one next time and let you know. It might make a difference that my soil is sandy loam without any rocks.

[Wheatfarmz11]

You are good in front of the camera, nice video. Would be nice to see how you made it (actual building of), and revisions later. Did you improve it?

[HomesteadAcres]

@Wheatfarmz11 thanks no not realy it seemed to work ok

[twotwentyswift]

Love it, good old fashioned ingenuity. Good looking garden there,

[HomesteadAcres]

@twotwentyswift Thanks I get a little boost of energy when I think theres an easyer way to do a job lol

[disarm0311]

Love your videos and advice godbless!

[HomesteadAcres]

@disarm0311 THnaks

[angeliakay63]

Great job - Thanks so much for sharing this. It is a blessing!!

[HomesteadAcres]

@angeliakay63 Your welcome thanks for watching

[screechingscreeching]

nice job man!

[HomesteadAcres]

@screechingscreeching thanks

[spartianfox]

I am impressed. I have a question, do you think that a solid plastic triangle would work better, slide easier? Just a thought.

[HomesteadAcres]

@spartianfox If you happen to have one sure whynot give it a try

[dkim68]

How about adding a couple of lawnmower wheels to make it easier to pull?

[HomesteadAcres]

@dkim68 well that might work but the idea is you want it on the ground to push the dirt over to the side , I might try just a bit less weight and see if that helps this year thanks for the post

[onyxreddragon]

very nice! great ideas!

[HomesteadAcres]

@onyxreddragon THnaks for watching

[thomaswilhelm]

You know... that's actually really clever. 5*

[HomesteadAcres]

@thomaswilhelm thanks it was very helfull last year

[boatmaker2004]

make a double harness and put your wife on one side

[dmacosta1]

Excellent job

[HomesteadAcres]

@dmacosta1 thanks

[Tabooga65]

very cool.

[HomesteadAcres]

@Tabooga65 thanks it was a great time saver

[dobe762]

Excellent job, but I feel that a longer beem might only increase the resistance, you'd have a narrower beem but more in contact with the earth.

[HomesteadAcres]

@dobe762 It might I might build one and see

[LittleSonOfa]

Great idea!

[HomesteadAcres]

@LittleSonOfa Thanks it was a big help

[powerspade]

Well what a good idea, made from scraps simple yet it works . Thanks for the idea you solved a problem that I had with my crops

[BLuser01]

Thanks for sharing

[davideli7879]

my grand mother would clap her hand for joy if she was around to see that. we used a hoe, like your wife was talking about. while I love what you have done, I don't know about waking backwards like that, I would end up on my butt.

[HomesteadAcres]

@davideli7879 I did once fell into the raised bed

[SuperGozzy]

that looks like fun we used a tiller with a wing on it good job

[ivankinsman]

I have read that a tiller is not good for the soil and that it is much better to dig by hand. I do this but it is also a lot more work!

[ilovedahorse]

My thanks to kittenkattin for providing the referral to your website. I grew up Church of God (7th day), but I'm learning more from kittenkattin about the things that some of our church leaders had alluded to througout the years since my childhood. I feel like I'm on a better track now spiritually, because of kittenkattin. (a.k.a. "my rabbi" LOL) My grown kids listen to him too, now.

When we lived in Oklahoma, people thought we were menonites, but not the hook n' eyes. We respect Amish.

[ilovedahorse]

We now live on about 14a. that we rent. I wanted to get back to country living and provide the joys for my grandkids. We have 2 class B minis that the grandkids ride and we drive them. We just got a QH yearling filly that looks more like a saddlebred to me. We're going to teach her to ride and drive. We also have 24 chicks, 12 guniea keets, and people drop off kittens here. We have 5 geese coming and a farm dog. We're getting dairy goats. Maybe the minis could help out with our gardening chores?

[ilovedahorse]

Hi, I enjoyed this video and will want to learn more about homesteading. I grew up on a dairy farm that my grandparents passed down to my parents and now it is passed on to us. (4) forties. My dad sold the dairy cows when I was little and raised beef or springers. Then, later, just rented out the land to our neighbor which pays the taxes.

Now my son wants to move back down there to stop paying rent and expenses of living on land we don't own here. I live north of there because I teach here.

[bleuwinn]

I just found you guys on here and I like you're vids. thumbs up on the simple life I wish I could do the same. what are you guys going to dod with all of those potatoes?lol

[enkelin32]

What about a metal tip at the apex of the Vee or attach a wedge honed to a cutting edge like you would sharpen your shovel. Would that make it easier to pull?

[peevedgrl]

very cool!!!!!

[5513011]

Wounderful instructive video.

[twhittamore]

Outstanding

[frgtmygld]

Good video, great idea. subscribing now.

It looks like the very best thing a guy can have in his garden is a good wife!

[elgringote3]

another practical and ingenious invention.. Unfortunately it won't work with my clay soil but thank you. What happened to the new hat, i see its grandpappy is back

[Michigansnowpony]

You are the epitome of ingenuity!!!!! My Dad was the same way -- he would think of a problem and then rig the solution up with things he had lying around the farm. It's a gift to be able to do that I think.

[desire4liberation]

I think that is just great!!

good work....

i only have a few potatoes growing (for the first time) they are up and i have no idea what i am doing (hee heee)

[bearsagainstevil]

you can get ridging attachments for a wheel hoe their not that hard to push

[stshell]

great work . i would be out of breath more than u lol. nice potato patch !

[beast12101]

great use with what you got, just as good as any hiller you'd pay for.