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There are many situations where cover crops are a good idea, but there are many other situations where they are not. The complexities of each particular farm, farmer, their available resources and their goals make mandating cover crops everywhere a bad idea.

The aerated static pile at Long's is not watered very frequently as it involves dragging hoses from a distance. I'm not sure how much water you can apply to the pile without an adverse effect. With greywater, one thing to be aware of is the additional phosphorous and nitrates that may be in greywater from soaps and other household chemicals. Applying greywater to a pile could add these nutrients to the compost, which may or may not be desirable.

200w solar powering a 500w portable battery. 3.2A/120V (standard plug) Blower plugged into Timer with battery backup. Portable LiFePO4 batteries have gotten cheaper and with better storage capacity even in the last year than when we got this one. MC4 (solar connectors) and MC4 to 8mm adapter (goes into battery generator).

Had the same question. I manage an active composting program for a large community garden. We don’t have power at our farm but want to incorporate ASP to our composting program. Thanks for sharing this info along with the video.

I believe that is spelled correctly. Ray was a regenerative producer in North Carolina and is where Ray Archuleta (Ray the Soil Guy) was introduced to numerous different practices on the farm, that he went on to discuss as part of his teachings. I believe that Mr. Shires passed away a few years ago.

youtube.com/@GreenCoverSeed That’s the TH-cam channel

It costs around $300 per prairie dog to trap and relocate them. Traps need to be opened, checked and closed daily. Trapped prairie dogs must be vaccinated for plague before moving to a new location, according to State regulations. Additionally, Colorado State law requires that you must receive approval from the receiving County's government to move prairie dogs across County lines in Colorado.

Glad you think so.

Yes, sorry, That was a problem with the recording. Some devices seem to be able to broadcast it OK but others not so much. Elizabeth

I forwarded you reply on to Dale. Thanks so much.

Glad you enjoyed it

I forwarded your suggestion on to our growers. Thanks! E

That will only last for so long. I frequently see geese repeatedly land on the same farm fields the next day, yes some would likely be from different flocks but many seem to be from the same flocks. Having a longer term solution for wild geese could be dogs or laser systems that are designed to scare away birds.

@@Nightowl5454 In 40 + years, that's not been my experience. If by chance it's a major flyway, I think it's possible...Hunters are still the best option as a simple solution. Many are even willing to pay the landowners for the privilege to hunt private properties, another win win. Most states have very strict law's governing the 'harassment" of wildlife, especially federally controlled waterfowl.

@MTpockets Woodenickle yes, hunters can be a useful if they're smart and safe. The dairy farm where I grew up and worked on had many reckless, disrespectful and probably shouldn't ever be allowed to hunt anything because of the horrible choices they repeatedly make. For example shooting too close houses, 2 rifle bullets have landed inside nearby houses, bird shot landing in my backyard from a hunting that was shooting at ducks, hunters that repeatedly cut the farmer's fences, 1 used a tractor without permission to knockdown a tree that he wanted for firewood that he didn't have permission to take, they stole tools from the barn and gasoline from the personal pump he had for the farm. The list of bad stuff goes on and on, I'm sure there's stuff I haven't heard about either. It goes to show you can't trust just anyone on your property and the farmer had to stop letting people onto the property even though they were paying for the use of it because of the problems they would frequently cause. There was 1 guy that was very good at woodchuck hunting and would shoot them while sitting in his truck, he had very good aim and very rarely missed with his rifle, that guy was freely allowed to go shoot woodchucks where and when he wanted on the property.