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7:21 one grazing even two grazing event. But what I think he's actually talking about here isn't the good times he's talking about the bad times. You have so many producers who overgraze and screw themselves over. If you have something like sheep or goats it increases your paricite load during drought by over grazing and if you are in areas like Califorina Tule fog is even happens in the summer sometimes so having something overing means you are catching dew which is a micro rain event. Even if you have to get out there and cut the backside and throw over the tree fodder you would still be saving money then selling off your herd when the sale barn gonna be to full or you can push out anymore meat on the market that fast through moblie butchery. During a drought with tree fodder in comparison for space it's a shocking amount. it's also nice and cool in those areas the grass looks nicer and lush still. And it lowers stress. Folks kinda get this monocropping mind set. I've never understood it because tradional non subsidized farming world wide is filled with so many layers of complication in the system so that during the hard times you still survive and keep going. But the systems we run it's like boom or bust.

You would think for a tool that costs $400 that you could fill it once for 10 or more plugs.

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where can i find long videos about this farm and his methods?in english

that's a terrific video showing vegetation actually sprouting through the clay balls...so interesting...

The primary difference lies in the philosophy and approach to agriculture. The intent here is to intervene in 'natural' systems as little as possible. Manikis would broadcast seed mixes every so often but otherwise, aim to glean a yield from the vegetation available on the site. A significantly oversimplified description of Fukuoka's Natural Farming system focuses more on what you do than what you don't do - no fertilizers, chemicals, weeding, pruning or tillage.

If you have big trees that have been pruned, there is nothing you can do but keep pruning them. If you suddenly stop, they will die. You can apply the no-pruning principle on baby trees grown from seeds and let them get their natural form.

Hello Charlie Glad to hear from you. In terms of details, I don't have much to share at this point as it's been some time since I was last there. I'd highly recommend Dave Jacke's Edible Forest Gardens Vol. 2 for species details though it's geared more directly to North American ecosystems. Also, visit the Plants for a Future database for an extensive searchable directory of multifunctional plants. I hope you find something useful in that. Best wishes Mark

dear friend if you have any more info on this garden and what they have their it would really help us with out forest garden in Italy we are growing,, any contacts or species matrix please many thanks loads of love Charlie

hey there - have you any more info on this one please? We are growing a forest garden in Italy with a simular climate. Any contact info or websites, species matrix ect would be hugely useful for Europa - Praises and thanks, love Charlie

I have seen a lot of strong trees where I grew up that were completely pruned. There is a problem of harvesting from them as they are often rather oddly shaped and demand some climbing. But they are generally very healthy.

I know that seedballs will degrade and spread out a little, but why weren't smaller seedballs used in order to acheive a better spread of the seeds? There could be a few generalist and tenacious plants that will be found in every seedball and outcompete all the others, causing reduced biodiversity of plants that grow versus the biodiversity of the seeds in the seedball. I would suggest smaller seedballs unless some specific application is needed.

Nice to see. I find people on You Tube to be mostly not interested in gardens. I have so few visits but if I said watch my pink panties lol. Gzillions a day. I hold out small hope there are too few of us.

Very good point. I agree - I think the concept of natural farming is beautiful, but I believe that humans can be powerful allies to plants and animals in our application of good management to landscapes - pruning being one key area

es mi placer! mucho gusto

gracias por compartir esto, desde la patagomia un saludo