0:00Hi guys, Jonathan here and we are at Bountiful Blessings Farm. I'm with my dad John and we're going to show you a couple quick tips on how to deploy

0:08landscape fabric or our quick plant fabric and how to do that most efficiently and effectively to maximize the use of your time in, you know, we're

0:17here at the farm in May. It's a busy time of year. Everything has to happen quickly and efficiently. And so this is

0:24a process that they use here that they can quickly deploy the landscape fabric and plant into it, but then not have

0:34to worry about a bunch of weeds in a few weeks. So, uh, Dad, do you want to talk about this? Sure. I mean, there's a lot

0:43to say, but we'll try to summarize it here. You know, I I know a lot of people think it's a lot of work to use

0:51landscape fabric, and there's no denying it takes some work to get it laid out and stapled in. But, um, you know, when

1:00you think of all the work that you're saving from from cultivating later on, I think it

1:06quickly pays for itself and and it's a lot less work in the long run.

1:13So, I think in another video we'll talk a little more about bed prep, but for for here we're we're going to be planting lettuce.

1:24Um, we would just, you know, depending on what the previous crop was, we're going to just,

1:32um, run over it with a wheel ho or something to get out any big stuff, rake

1:39it, tilt it. Sometimes, you know, we find for planting, we use 200 count plugs for for lettuce.

1:49So just running over it quick with the tilther adding any amendments, you know,

1:55of course that varies on the time of the year, but then um just having everything cut to the right length. This is where

2:03standardization comes in. So the the thing that we're doing here is not rolling it up. So these are all, like

2:11you said, cut to length 50-foot uh field plots around the farm here. So everything's already cut to length. And when you cut it, make sure you cut it

2:19with a few inches, you know, 8 or 10 inches longer than the bed. Uh cuz it will over time shrink and if you don't

2:27give yourself, you know, that maybe say 8 to 12 in of extra, you know, the first year you can just fold that under or

2:34roll it up at the end. Uh but it will shrink over over the years and uh that'll give you that extra to continue to be able to cover the full bed plot.

2:43Um, but once you've cut it and used it and you've, you know, maybe put it back up in the barn, rolling it up will make

2:52it harder and more timeconuming to lay it out next time you go to use it. So,

2:56what they do here on the farm is just folding. Um, so you can see here basically they would have it laid out and you just grab one end, fold it back to the the beginning. Ranger, come here.

3:08And then just continue to fold it onto itself. And then you'll see here in a second how easy that makes it to deploy.

3:15Um Dad, maybe you and I can just do this. Okay. So, you know, just lay it down here. One person kind of holds on

3:22to to the one end. So, you'll notice that I mean, we do fold it or roll it

3:29right at the end. We find it comes undone less often, you know. So, just the last

3:36couple feet we'll roll it up, but that's it. Yeah. And so then you want me to pull it out? Yeah. Okay.

3:45So with it being folded, it just kind of un unfolds as you pull both or you pull one end and hold the other end. And

3:53that's just the easiest way to deploy the quick plant fabric. Um and then again to fold that back up, you you want

4:01to just quickly show that process. Just pull it back here and we can show just how easy it is to just fold it back up.

4:15So yeah, anyway, and you can either fold it from fold it back depending, you know,

4:25kind of going back and forth.

4:30So that's the the easiest way to store it and then redeploy it. Uh, of course,

4:36if you're folding it up, you would be taking the staples out. Um, which is a little bit timeconuming,

4:42but again, all of the work that you're doing to uh lay down this fabric will be

4:50saved uh multiple times over. And then at this point, you would just roll it up so it's it holds together a little better. Yeah. Um, cool.

5:02And then I think the last little tip is we find rubber mallets are the easiest for pushing it in.

5:14Yeah. If if your soil's really soft, they can just go in by hand.

5:20Sometimes it just seems faster and easier

5:28just so yeah, as far as the time that it takes to do this, they have just done what is this? Eight or yeah, eight eight

5:38beds in this field plot. Um, and laid down all of this fabric in about 30 minutes. I think they started right around 7:30 when we got here. So about

5:4630 minutes to cover this this whole field plot and get it ready for planting with quick plant fabric. So pretty

5:54efficient and effective way to prep a field plot for planting and also save you a lot of headache in the weeks and months down the road not having to weed.

6:05So a tip for you growers out there. Any ending thoughts, Dad?

6:11No, it's uh yeah, you know, game changer in farming. There's there's no uh silver

6:20bullets, you know, it's there's it's work no matter what. So, you either do your work up front and laying down

6:28fabric or you're going to be doing your work um through the growing cycle by cultivating. Yeah. Yeah. But let's say

6:36it takes you an hour to, you know, lay down the fabric, prep for planting, and maybe an hour to pull it back up and and store it. Um, well, it's not going to do

6:45that for a plot this size. Yeah. But an hour total, right? Even if it did though, that's still a lot less than having to cultivate every few days. So,

6:56definitely a win in the long run. And if you guys are interested in utilizing this product, learning more about the system, go check out our website,

7:03farmersfriend.com, and go to the quick plant page or reach out to our customer service team by clicking the support button at the top of the page.

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