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| HandFarming | Nov 16 2011, 11:28 AM Post #51 |
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I like that! Always better to have the animals do the cleanup. Was the guy Salatin? Sounds like his methods... I've been hearing more and more about no till and have been reading but not entirely understanding it. I have used the chicken and soon will use pot belly pig tractors to do clean up on gardens and then run them in the orchard to keep down the clover and grass. The true no-till doesn't disturb the ground and the worm population thrives. The output isn't as huge, but the inputs are so low. I am still planning on going with rock dust and all my other inputs to improve the nutrient density as it seems to be a key to soil and animal health.....and the vegetables taste fantastic. So, as I learn more about no till, I am still reminded that with a small amount of increased minerals I don't think the production would suffer. |
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| Raven | Nov 17 2011, 08:37 PM Post #52 |
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There are several guys that are into "sustainable" farming that I don't consider sustainable. The whole idea is that your farm is interdependent for survivability. I know of a guy who is big into getting calcium into your soil. Calcium in your soil is good but you can get what you want without having to buy his soil additives, it just takes longer. In today's world everyone wants everything right now. There is a reason that nature takes it slow. Our problem with the Greg Judy plan is that we don't have enough cattle to pound the hay/forage into the ground. Not to mention our little cows don't have the hoof pressure. I need very small paddocks. |
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| HandFarming | Nov 18 2011, 10:24 AM Post #53 |
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Calcium is a key ingredient and I see a lot of farmers add it as lime. We use lime in the barn, with chicken manure and it all gets to the gardens in good time. We also open up the gates and let the animals roam the hay field now after the row crops are in and they really don't go far past the hay field. They fertilize the lawn, gardens and hay field. I also noticed that running the chicken tractors along bad soil areas has improved it...and kept down the feed bill over summer. I think that intensive grazing can be done with nearly any animal-hogs, chickens, cattle, goats and sheep...hogs being the one who can take out everything past the root system. Think I'll need to make some super hog panel tractors for doing just that. |
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