"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..

[Farmer Roy]

Landing Page 2018 - Heritage Water Tanks

heritagetanks.com.au

 

[Bury the Trash]

im certainly trying to sort water - ive just taken a 200l drum up to the stock along my woodland tracks to the top fields (on a hill) - IN the rain... to a wet/spring field next to an old farmstead shed building... Rainwater harvesting is my current youtube research marathon...

Sometines grants are, or have been availiable for storage set ups and would a dam good use of a grant if could one acheive it ir.
Im just thinking also that a rathef large funnel type arrangement ....maybe .like an upward facing satellite dish ? on the top of a decent sized storage tank with a drinker off the side would , at least be enough for a flock in winter ...


Have to find some way to keep the bledy birds of tho...

 

[ShooTa]

yeah the IBC umbrellas - were somewhat hamstung by being SSSI so i have to wrod my requests for wildlife water holes carefully..........

 

[Kiwi Pete]

"Counterintuitive Pete" has a certain ring to it, even if it IS a bit long winded.....

It's easier to just be Backwards Pete.
Or Awkward Pete...


On the rainwater topic, silage sheet and timber can actually make quite a good funnel if it's just to lead into a trough for stock.

 

[Henarar]

no shortage of water here now, an inch in the last day and lots more tomorrow and it looks like a band of rain every couple days for the next week, so some of the cattle will have to come in which is a nuisance really cos the grass is growing, hopefully keep a couple small groups out and keep moving them around

 

[anzani]

im certainly trying to sort water - ive just taken a 200l drum up to the stock along my woodland tracks to the top fields (on a hill) - IN the rain... to a wet/spring field next to an old farmstead shed building... Rainwater harvesting is my current youtube research marathon...

Catslide some corrugated sheets, just hang gutters , easily double the catchment area of a hovel roof

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Leaving Facebook

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Well worth a watch

 

[Farmer Roy]

Leaving Facebook

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Well worth a watch

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2359136781002251

 

[Farmer Roy]

the opening sentence will polarise & anger most people, I suspect . . .

 

[Kiwi Pete]

People are very angry.....

 

[Henarar]

People are very angry.....

yep but mostly those in France

 

[tinsheet]

yep but mostly those in France

Quiet a few on this forum seem angry!

 

[Fenwick]

yep but mostly those in France

 

[Henarar]

Sorry
A few will get the joke

 

[n.w]

Ive been given a few tons of brewers spent grain, originally from a distillers, does anyone have an idea of application rates on a sand based soil, will be used for root crops

 

[SilliamWhale]

http://agknowledge.co.nz/uploads/fert-review/FertReview42.pdf

Doug's latest. I'm a fan of his. Tells it like it is

I'm a fan of Regenerative Agriculture but I also think we need to be pragmatic about it disappearing up its own bottom when scrutinised

@martian - another cracking guy for Groundswell although he doesn't totally fit the mould in some ways

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Ive been given a few tons of brewers spent grain, originally from a distillers, does anyone have an idea of application rates on a sand based soil, will be used for root crops

I think the short answer is, "all of it"... how much can you put on?
If only you got the free beer as well, then you could pee in a big barrel and put all the N back with it...
It should be pretty good stuff, not something I've any experience with.

Expect a C:N ratio of about 12-17:1.. ie nitrogen won't be "needed" to break it down, N will likely be released from application to soil, certainly a few hundredweight won't hurt anyone
It may go a bit mouldy so you wouldn't want to put tons on an acre.

 

[n.w]

I think the short answer is, "all of it"... how much can you put on?
If only you got the free beer as well, then you could pee in a big barrel and put all the N back with it...
It should be pretty good stuff, not something I've any experience with.

Expect a C:N ratio of about 12-17:1.. ie nitrogen won't be "needed" to break it down, N will likely be released from application to soil, certainly a few hundredweight won't hurt anyone
It may go a bit mouldy so you wouldn't want to put tons on an acre.

cheers Pete, I will layer it on and see what happens. its from a whiskey distiller if that makes a difference

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

cheers Pete, I will layer it on and see what happens. its from a whiskey distiller if that makes a difference

You'd be a bit worried if you got beer with it then

 

[Kiwi Pete]

cheers Pete, I will layer it on and see what happens. its from a whiskey distiller if that makes a difference

What sort of tonnage/area have you got?