We have 25 Acres near Goulburn NSW Australia. Follow to see what we are doing on our little patch. What are our animals upto. What are we growing in the vege patch and the orchard. There will be lots of beekeeping. We also have all sorts of different projects going on which we will show what we are doing and how we are doing it.
You could be right but I have seen wombats ripping the bark of trees like this and the way the ground was dug up looks more like something that was scratch with claws rather cloven hooves like a deer.
Hi John Ian building a top bar hive I’m 70 years young and need a hobby to keep me going I live in gippsland🎉 Australia I’m trying to get all the information I can can you please tell me what mesh you used for the floor I will be watching all your vids cheers keith
Hi Keith I used a gutter guard mesh from Bunnings. If you have a local steel supplier and you can get a mesh with 3mm holes that will do the job. I would go for either aluminium or stainless steel for durability. Cheers John
I also noticed some butterflies and insects flying around, which is very encouraging for the restoration of the vegetation and to keep the soil healthy. All those larvae from those insects create holes in the soil or any of the bio mass that they can find, which creates passageways for the water when it rains. And that is just one aspect of it. Of course there is also the pollination that occurs. And the list goes on and on.
Yes we are just at the end of the wandering monarch breeding season. It is amazing here during those few weeks. We get butterfly’s everywhere. We have also had heaps of beetles which will definitely have larvae that will dig tunnels in the ground as they develop. We also have heaps wolf spiders which dig huge holes in the ground. I feel sorry for them when it rains as they must get absolutely inundated but I also think of the water penetration. Ant nests would also proved a pathway for water in heavier rain. Thanks for watching.
Great to see the recovery and the wildlife. I will never underestimate the power of those dingos, we lost a 400kg steer recently and they pulled it under an external fence as an entire animal to eat the carcass.
It was great to see the animals returning. It took about 3 weeks before we started seeing any animals in the cams. The bush looks totally different three years later.
@@honeybacres That hay, combined with the compost, forms an excellent if not the most optimal habitat for the micro organisms with very constant and optimal conditions. So the microorganisms can multiply really fast, and provide the plants with plenty enough nutrients. And they do not go dormant because of sudden changes in conditions. Plants need microorganisms for their supply of nutrients.
It would be recommendable to create a larger area with mulch around the tree. And it wouldn't hurt if the layer is thicker as well. This will prevent heat transfer via the soil, and it will provide the tree and the microorganisms a much larger area that will retain moisture. Roots from trees prefer to grow away from the tree, at a much shallower level as what most people think they would grow. Most importantly is that beneficial microorganisms do not like rapid changing conditions in their habitat, so if you can prevent heat transfer via the soil, and when you can keep a more consistent moisture level in a larger area around the stem of the tree, then the microorganisms that provide the roots from the tree with important nutrients will give the tree much better conditions to grow well. A healthy and large and biodiverse colony of microorganisms make trees grow better and healthier. But if the conditions for the microorganisms are changing too much too often and too rapidly because of rapidly changing temperatures and moisture levels the microorganisms will not do well, especially at the outer edges from the mulch patch, and in turn the tree will have less nutrients that are available in order to grow well. In other words, then the roots will not prefer to grow away from the tree stem, and therefore the roots will be less able to find the nutrients in order to grow as well compared to the same tree species that does grow in the most optimal conditions in which there is a healthy and large enough and biodiverse colony of established microorganisms. Many people only apply mulch directly above the roots, but because of heat transfer via the soil and moisture evaporation the application from the mulch is much less effective for the micro organisms at the outer edges. So for those reasons it is recommendable to create a much larger patch of mulch as the area that you think where the roots from the tree are. 👍
Thanks for the good info. I do agree with what you say but I also need to work with what I have. My mulch pile is starting to get low but I should be able to get more soon. When I do I will be topping up the mulch around most of our trees.
Plenty of vegetable scraps and the occasional light watering. It was also on the south side of our house so never got sun on it and as a result never git hit enough to dry out.
iv been using your design of worm farm for two years and really recommend it other than what i do diffrent is i mulch up kitchen scraps in a blender with water and freeze in ice cube trays to feed which the worms prefer. I have found that i do not even use the spout because water does not build up. But if someone needed worm tea they could install a spout anyhow and flush a good amount of water through the top and let it drain into the bottom to harvest.
