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Regenerative Agriculture and Direct Drilling
Holistic Farming
"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="martian" data-source="post: 7403353" data-attributes="member: 801"><p>There's an assumption that the wise old farmers knew what they were doing in the olden days, but you've only to read <em>Dirt </em>by David Montgomery, to realise the damage that was done...the Land of Milk and Honey in the Bible was turned to desert by ancient farmers doing it wrong, ditto the North African breadbaskets of Libya and Tunis destroyed by greedy Romans and on it goes. Those guys were taking carbon out of the soil, we need to put it back. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, I've been enjoying myself this winter blocking ditches, where appropriate, and allowing floodwater across meadows. Boy, does it green the grass up! You've got to pick your spot, but there is something very satisfying about stopping the water from leaving via a ditch, as well as filtering the silt out</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="martian, post: 7403353, member: 801"] There's an assumption that the wise old farmers knew what they were doing in the olden days, but you've only to read [I]Dirt [/I]by David Montgomery, to realise the damage that was done...the Land of Milk and Honey in the Bible was turned to desert by ancient farmers doing it wrong, ditto the North African breadbaskets of Libya and Tunis destroyed by greedy Romans and on it goes. Those guys were taking carbon out of the soil, we need to put it back. Anyway, I've been enjoying myself this winter blocking ditches, where appropriate, and allowing floodwater across meadows. Boy, does it green the grass up! You've got to pick your spot, but there is something very satisfying about stopping the water from leaving via a ditch, as well as filtering the silt out [/QUOTE]
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