Planting Pasture in August....in AZ? | Free Mulch? 

She didn't blink an eye at that one!

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm, I'm sure there were plenty of people that would go, "Ewww...how can she do that?" Hey, I've done it! I've had pack rats destroy my garden....they're "outa here!" LOL!

@@taylorvanbuskirk8040 she's never really been a "girly girl" and farming has only made her care even less!!

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm, well...I LOVE IT!

Glad you enjoyed this one. We're always trying to find ways to utilize what we can grow here on the farm, so we're hopeful on this one!

We're keeping our fingers crossed it does well!!

Hopefully that's what it's called right now!! 😂

It was definitely a close call though...😉

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm, LOL!

Aww, thank you!! ❤️❤️

That's the plan. Building the soil from the surface down makes for a lot less work on our part and hopefully a healthier soil in the end!

Lori was having a bit too much fun with that!!

Yeah, they're already shacking up together. Winston is quite the little sweet talker, huh?

Glad you enjoyed this one! ❤️

We do need to figure something out for planting these pastures and I like the idea of an aerator. Anything that can do double duty is always a plus!

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I'll drop by the farm and see if it's outback with some other stuff, they pulled all the fruit trees out, now wine grapes. It was a older JD that was used behind ride-on mowers, but back then they had lots of attachments, took the mower, attachments to Oregon, not the aerator, had a sandy pasture there. It was a roller with spikes, could add water for penetration, it was perfect, it would flatten, crimp and disturb, I'd broadcast like you do then then roll, and if needed raise the mow deck and clip. I started the cover cropping in 06, as I had high PH soil, and a gal I met while I worked on Hawaii Island consulting for the Papaya, Mac Nut, Coffee growers told me, just add bio mass. I had never heard of Regenerative farming, but looking back my parents did it in our gardens every winter, veggies come off, broadbeans, peas, buckwheat, flax went in, then our goat herd went out in March to trim it, Mom said that's how her Dad grew their market garden in Romania, so I've just done it, except the years we raised horses. But those hay burnets just eat poop, and start over.

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I sent you a email, see if you can find that, Princess is our version of harbor freight, I could order one of these for you, remember you get a extra 30% on your USA dollar. That price is Can. $

@@johac7637 I saw that email, thanks for pointing us in the right direction!

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm we had 8 tenths the last rain, nothing ran to the street, and I'm sloped 3' in the 200' foot depth of the lot, all except the drive from the back to, where it still pools, so I got and kept 8 tenths I kept all of it, not sent to the wash to go to who knows where. Think in those terms, people ask you about a pond, unless your raising frogs, why ? Right, keep it in your orchards, erosion is not what we want, we want earthworm the drill the drain holes, like going out at night collecting fishing worms on the schoolyard in Western Oregon, they are our best friends. Food for thought.

No doubt!

Senden Mesut!

Winston's a little gigolo with those 2 girls!!

Glad you enjoyed this one Abid. Those jujube trees are really doing great right now!

Those should do really well for you in San B. Very similar climate to ours.

Congrats on those chips! We have a static pile in the back of the farm that has been there for about 4 years now. When we scoop chips from the bottom they are completely dry and not broken down at all, so if you want them to compost down you'll need to water them regularly. The only issue with the mold would be inhaling it as it won't harm your gardens. If it's windy or we're moving large amounts we usually wear a mask. I'm not sure we have any of the turkeys left, but you can email us and we can send you the details and put you on the waiting list. 😉

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Great info thanks! keep the vids coming - N phx wanna b

Now that is good to know. They do make a great seed products.

I love these insights. Your post confirms the doubts of many of us being manipulated and robbed by mega corporations... with no protection or oversight by our government.

It sounds like we're on the same page here and the proof is in the taste. Even with our limited pasture, the fact that they are outside and running around all the time just makes for a totally different tasting meat.

That may be just a little too cold for them to be planted in-ground, but you can definitely grow them in pots and bring them in on freezing nights. I would suggest the Chicago Hardy as it's the most cold tolerant from what I understand.

Chicago Hardy ... will look for them ... can roll them out on my deck for summers.

The sorghum is primarily for the turkey pasture (as feed for the Thanksgiving turkeys that we raise) and used for chop/drop. The one you saw us trimming back is a volunteer from an area we grew it in a few years ago and that's just a volunteer that has come up on it's own. As for hemp (Sunn Hemp specifically), we do have plans to include that in our rotation on this same pasture next Spring....assuming the sorghum does well being planted this late! I'm not sure on the bedding. The pine shavings serve 2 purposes, they do a great job of absorbing moisture and they help with the smell.

These came from Hoover's Hatchery and we have used Cackle Hatcher in the past. I don't know this for a fact, but I think they all come from a centralized hatchery.

We don't really do any dirt prep, but we did put down some goat manure in the Spring which should help with nutrition. We'll be chancing that up again next year to add Sunn Hemp to help with chop and drop as well as fixing nitrogen. I'll link to the one we use for you here; amzn.to/3Mmxgzj

This time of year we try to keep the vlogs a bit shorter. It's just too darn hot to spend much time outside! I've been there with you on that last run down the slope. That's usually asking for trouble!

We're testing that out too!!