Amazing compared to early last year, so little rain. You are truly blessed. Shalom
@FletchDoesIt
7 жыл бұрын
I clicked your ad to support you! Nice looking pasture my friend.
@ShalomAcres
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks my friend!
@David-fv7zg
7 жыл бұрын
Nice work on your ponds and detainment. Any other fish in there, bluegill, trout, bass? Great time fishing for the kids. One thing I noticed is the railroad tie. If this is genuine, these things are filled with creosote, and not good for anyone. Considering the volume of water you have and the amount of flow, it is likely dilute enough to not cause problems, but something to consider for the aquatic life down stream. Thanks again for sharing this, this is a fantastic space, and even better that you family worked on it together.
@ShalomAcres
7 жыл бұрын
Dave - the pond has bluegill, bass, and catfish. It is funny we have a nice place to fish but we rarely use it. Our neighbors and friends use it more than we do. I am more of a hunter, but fishing is something I need to work on! Thanks for the info on the ties, we are hoping to rock this area over the next 2-3 years and then pull the ties.
@maehay4065
7 жыл бұрын
You have a beautiful piece of LAND!👍🙏☝️🏡
@ShalomAcres
7 жыл бұрын
thank you!
@diygardener4556
7 жыл бұрын
That's awesome Chris! I'm not sure if you have the set up, or the interest to deal with goats; however, adding goats to your cross species grazing is another way to increase stocking density through better pasture utilization of your available forage types. I know you have cattle and sheep, but if you were in a position to add kiko goats. It would further lower field maintenance of noxious weeds and brush, while being almost a zero maintenance livestock. Of course goats require good fencing, and for that reason some people don't like them. There are several great resources to find out what makes that breed such a huge benefit, as the breed standard of that particular meat goat are fast growth on all pasture, zero feet maintenance even in wet areas, zero deworming, zero birthing problems, good mothering skills and all while full range feeding. Essentially zero imput from the farmer beyond fencing, predator protection, monitoring for proper rotation time, and making sure they have water. Another thing that can help your field health, soil fertility, and water retention for improved pasture quality. Is have a good mix of grasses with legumes best suited for your climate, that work together well. The diversity of proper companion planting in pasture, will actually make your legumes work harder to fix nitrogen for the companion forages around them, which increases carbon rich organic mater, that feeds the soil biology which makes nutrients available for plants. A simplified versions of the process is let your fields in rotation, grow high to pre-boot on your grasses, like your going to cut hay for high protein content; then put your livestock rotation on it, and only let them graze down the top third. Then you can roll your field to knock down any grass that didn't get trampled, which stimulates regrowth. The practice of that will increase organic matter in your soil drastically and quickly, like when you lay down hay, while increasing your water absorption, water retention, aeration, biological and microbiological activity. Because the plants grow such an extensive root structure, which will then thin itself out before regrowth, it adds more organic matter into the depths of your soil, then it does on top. You may have to set up a few more divisions of paddocks for rotational grazing, to properly implement the rotation depending on your heard size; however, university trials and long term agricultural studies shows it increase fertility exponentially, reduces any need for irrigation, requires no fertilizers, and becomes more beneficial compared to conventional agricultural practices. What makes this so effective is its a no till process. If you haven't already seen it, check out (Living Web Farm) channel, and their video (Treating the Farm as an Ecosystem Part 2 with Russell Hendrick). It's about 37 minutes long, but well worth the detail he gets into on the measured effects according to tests from universities and state agricultural department trials.
@ShalomAcres
7 жыл бұрын
Hey Daniel! At this time I am going to pass on goats for 2 reasons: Perimeter fence is 7 strand barbed wire so they will go threw it with ease and they love to climb. Our neighbors had goats (lived on our property for 5+ months) and they loved to hang out with our sheep which was fine until they start climbing round bales of hay and using them as a special toilet. I do like the idea of rotational grazing and I see the benefits of it. It will take us a couple more years to have it set up as you described but it will be worth all the labor and dollars to set it up. One thing we have going for us is our free range chickens and turkeys. They prevent pests in the pastures and give a nice fertilizer in return. Please keep the ideas coming we love to stretch our minds plus improve our little homestead!
@diygardener4556
7 жыл бұрын
Shalom Acres - Understandable. They are rascals....lol!
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