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it seems the science has advanced quite a bit since this was published. i bet that farm would be so much more productive if they constantly had various combinations of covercrops at all times and also use no till methods so you dont damage the fungal network.
The same things must be tried in concentric circles with a slight cliff like gradiation so that at the center point there can be a circular pond this will ensure water all the time and their effect upon timber quality can also be researched in addition to the existing ones.
There is no selling of pine nuts. The branches are a good substrate for mushrooms. For which he could have been in partnership with a mushroom grower. It goes as well for raising worms. Goats could have raised and sold exclusively for Ramadan. There are so many revenue streams that George failed to seize.
I'd burn some--for the charcoal for the soil. It's good stuff for the biology of the soil, and he's right that I doesn't break down. You don't want it to when you understand the soil food web.
I have to wonder about a "Century Pioneer Farm" that has been in the family for over 100 years for which they are still making bank payments each month. I think perhaps at some time in the last 100 years of which you are so proud; the family's focus should have been on paying down/off that interest accumulating debt.
Using fruit and nut trees will work but rock fruit and livestock not recommended. Yet food forestry will give best outcome in comparison to silvopastures. With enough land one could make different acreage dedicated to the livestock in which you have in that system area.
If you already have trees/forest on your land thin them out and hire or outsource your land to goat owners, goats will eat pretty much anything and will clear the underbrush.
You already have a little more knowledge than 37 min before. Make contact with people, who are involved with any kind of agriculture. Usually, they will be happy to share their knowledge. And maybe, someday, you will be sharing your knowledge.
On the natur all exists for have a solution!!!!....it need (only!!...) to observ and apply... all exists, the right threes, the right grass, etc.., includes for the grounds whith salt... Goo by.. sorry for my writting...
Which makes you more money there in FL, 100 pounds of beef or 100 pounds of goat? You can fence goats off the trees pretty easily, especially when you keep 'em full of other stuff. A few goats in with your cattle keeps unwanted plants like palmetto or vines out.
Bet I know how you got the trees replanted in the grazed areas after clearcut: you planted the young tree starts and kept the cattle off of them with two-strand hot wire fencing. The hooves snap roots of the stumps and their manure, both, speed up rotting of the stumps. Bet the easy harvest made for very short stumps too.
This is what idiots get for favoring single-tree-species forests. Grooming forests for pine only or any tree only is stupid. _Nature can help control the pine beetle._ Uh, dipshits, the pine beetle is a part of nature.
I seen a silvopasture of bur oaks north of winnipeg, manitoba. I think those oaks are older than 30 years. Then again I'm not sure what a 30 year old bur oak looks like. They took most of the light and they were spaced pretty far apart. They looked pretty thick.
Great idea! Better yet, a compatable mix of tree species appropriate to soil & climate. Planting on countour; allowing a mix of shrubs, forbs, and grasses to establish synergistic relationships, wildlife habitat, pest predators, and a more varied- more healthy- diet for the livestock (cattle, sheep, goats, and/or...?) - these are just a few of the benefits of getting away from the monoculture mentality. Also allows landowner to harvest a tree crop even if one of the species becomes diseased.
I watched a video of a guy in West Virginia who said he had been doing some Silvo pasturing before he even knew about it. He raises pigs so he seems to have a strong interest in various Oak trees. Although from what I understood he was keeping some other tree species as well. His timber plan,which I believe this video mentioned or hinted at, was to use some trees for Lumber as he thinned over time. He said he had no interest in clear cutting and the thinning and selling would take place over time. I thought it was funny when he said he had been doing some Silvo Pasturing and didn't even know it until somebody asked him about it and he started researching it.
Yes! Coppicing is a great technique. But some type of grazing and/or browsing between the trees is neccessary for the overall health of the eco-system on the property. The electric fence mimics the way wild herds bunch and move. Herders with dogs would be another way, but is unavailable to most in the USA. Have you seen Mark Shepard's 'Restoration Agriculture'?
Yep, on contour with swales and more plant diversity in the micro-forest. I wish there was a way to get away from the mowing between the trees and the need tor even the electric fence you suggest..
Utilizing Verbenone to halt or prevent an attack while using Frontalin to entice pine beetles into poison traps seem like obvious approaches to combat the southern pine beetle.
