Love the earth worm lesson... I will tell you one worm observation I would turn my wooden planks I use for veggie gardens edging and pick worms for fishing..... I thought I would be taking all my worms from my garden but there was always more worms just as many maybe more... I never ran out of worms... Feed them and they will breed well same for any critters
Hi no dig, we have tried for a long time to be no dig... I've never liked tilling... The only time we really dig is making a new garden taking the sod off... Then we just layer compost and poop every year... The only reason why we would have to dig again is if we were not covering it enough with compost and grass moving back in... We have to move some rabbit poop compost on our new potato bed... Hubby found a ton of worms with the potatoes he dug out, next year we won't have to dig them out they are closer to the surface under the poop layer
I was looking at a garden bed of mine that looks like Greg's cows have been threw a few months ago and need to eat it up again lol... It was not planted or covered with wood chips etc... It did have several I guess cover crops of what ever that grew on its own it was to thick and we don't like disturbing the soil... We need to reclaim this garden and plan on cardboard and rabbit poop... compost mix... Feed the soil and it will feed your animals and you...
Sorry for the speach but all this no dig... Feed the soil is all common sense... Learning and sooo many more ideas flowing... It's what we have been trying to do on our own over all anyway it all fits soo well
This video reminds me of those peasants in Tibet that use yak manure for everything... from building fences to building ovens. The consistency of the manure is just like this, like a clay, that means those yaks eat the best of the best and they produce the best of the best in milk and meat.
I'm getting excited about earthworms to I'm rejuvenating a 50 year old pine forest amazing results in just one year. I'm using pigs moving them every couple days I am seeding behind them its a small area and I can afford the seed. I think in 2 years all be able to have 2 steers for beef. I might get a old dairy cow or two and roll out some hay in winter.
That's my question too....no back fencing for sheep on good pasture or only when you haven't developed the good pasture yet? Or no back fence on either one?
I've even seen this done with buffalo. I'm sure sheep would be fine if your density was high enough so that its obvious for them where they've been and where the higher quality pasture is. It they're surrounded by good bites of grass and the comfort of the herd, there's no reason for them to go walk 100 feet alone to skim the already grazed stuff. or at least that should be the management goal you aim for, don't let them get hungry and they'll stay were you want them.
As usual, great video! 5:50 If you don't graze this field in the winter, why stockpile forage here? I didn't notice any broad leaf weeds. How is this so? Is there a permanent perimeter fence? Thanks.
Greg, I am looking to implement your practices around me in the coming years. I have some potential land to lease on a conjoining farm that has been all row crops for years. How long should I plan for until the ground can produce good grass? I plan to start small with 5 cow calf pairs on 100 acres and grow from there.
It all depends on location, growing days, rain fall, and brittleness(frequency of rainfall through the year). If I'm remembering correctly Greg's stocking rate is 2-3 acres per cow and he only feeds hay when the snow is to thick and iced over that his cows can't break through it. He's gone some years feeding hay less then two weeks for the whole year, and its usually less then 2 months. He could probably increase the stocking rate a bit pretty safely, but he's very conservative with it because he likes super fat cows, healthy worms , soil, and he refuses to feed large amounts of hay or protein supplements.
I’m currently reading Comeback Farms and in that book Greg extols the benefits of back fencing. That is counter to the message of this video. Comeback Farms was published in 2008 and this video is from 2019, wondering what brought about the change in thinking or if perhaps it’s just situational?
When you build a perimeter fence, I know you use PVC or fiberglass piping/post. Do you use the normal diameter fence post 8 inch for corner post and brace post? How deep do you put them? This coming spring I’m going to put up high tensile wire. Thanks!
It's a nitrogen fixer, puts free nitrogen from the atmosphere into the soil for itself and the grasses to take up. Plus it's quite nutritious for the cows. :)
I’d love to have fescue like that. Saw some other video the other day.. claim that Kentucky 31 makes the taste of the beef bad. Any truth to that, or do you finish the cows outside of prime fescue season ?
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher thanks very much Greg. I live about two hunted something miles west of you. I am new to Kansas being here now 6 years and working cattle now for a little better than three. I had only 4” total rain since early July . My winter grazing land did not hardly grow, no late summer rains to get things kicked in. My land is the candidate for regeneration. Will be unrolling my first roll of hay tomorrow to add biomass and enhance my soils.
@@gregjudyregenerativerancher you're a credit to the cause. Seeing your video from two years ago had inspired me to aggressively research grazing my 300 acres and trying to make a living from it. I have no other infrastructure than cropland and bush. I currently raise bottle calves. At the time, I'd been told by everyone in the industry that there was no money to make in pastured beef because we have ten feet of snow in the winter in Canada and temperatures that can occasionally reach - 40. You're very inspiring. Your way of raising cattle is the most appealing to me. However, I still cannot make the numbers work. Currently the land can rent for 100$ per acre. That is the main issue: always considering opportunity costs. I'm glad to have recently discovered that you've launched a very active channel. Maybe you can make a video in the future that would be aimed at cattle grazing in Minnesota and other similar northern plains and mountain states. Thanks again for your wonderful videos.
Greg, I’m heading to Missouri for Thanksgiving. Would it be ok if I came out to your farm November 29? I’m getting some mini Hereford this spring Lord willing and I want to do what you are doing 🙂. So I was wondering if I could stop by and pick your brain 😁. There’s allot I want to tell you about goals I have, but its to much to fit in this commitment box haha. Take care 😁
