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Gday- looks great well done -thanks for the inspiration & I can see this in my future- how may blue flanos do you own lol- 😉 my wife thinks my collection of red Flanos is too big.

Gday- well done bud- simple and easy to follow instructions and all while sporting a stylish blue Flano 😉 -I think the pipe bender, it would be easier if used by hanging on a wall and pulling the pipe down ways,.

Hello! I just watched your video on cuttings from the silk tree, I'm also trying to learn how to do this! I looked for a follow up video but didn't see one, how did they do?!

Any update video on what you did with this spring?

Is that OK.. to use those root hormone liqid on rooted dying plants or only for propagating plant cuttings.

I'd probably fence it off, the cows will ruin it.

So easy to do. There's no excuse now 🙂

'Water for every farm' by P A Yeoman should be essential reading, it set the foundations for water management, holding/using water high in the catchment, etc. for NSF to follow.

Been doing this in Ireland for a few years. Works brilliant. They get big.

Tank set ups are so much better these days I can remember dad pulling out dead animals out of our old tanks when we were kids love seeing what your up to. Thanks wendy

What did he say 😂

I'd love to see some drone footage of the area that's been deep-ripped; I'm sure there will be some nice green strips. What are your thoughts on feeding out along the high points of the paddock? In view of the nutrients getting washed down the slope and being trapped in the key cuts, just a thought. I enjoy all that you put up. Cheers.

Awesome job. We're in Victoria too...could do with some more rain. We're regenerating our land to wetlands, I've found your videos very helpful. Cheers

Thanks, this vid answered al ot of my questions regarding the cut itself.

nice video, my question is about the cuts in terms of depth and width as well as the way the edges of the cut should be eg, square, round or splayed.

Great to see it working so well for you. You may have to change the angle of the 90-degree pieces over your tank inlet once you get some rain (more than willing to send some of what we have been getting lately) coming off the roof. By the look of the angles from the gutter down, you will have a fair bit of pressure coming out and the water missing your tank altogether unless you have those 90-degree pieces pointing directly down into your tank.

So where is the removing blackberries part,? Clickbait.

G'Day mate, it all looks great to these tired old eyes. Just to get off topic for a second, you were talking about fixing the door on your "cool-room" a couple of posts ago. I came across the following video by accident and immediately thought of you. I hope that it helps... th-cam.com/video/DXcnbdHcrps/w-d-xo.html

Nice

Lomandra longifolia, great riparian zone sedge/bush that gets deep roots and stops erosion

Hey! Loved the video. How did the germination go after the trial?

great stuff, cant wait to see the next update

Ever thought of adding a few extra swales higher up?

Any chance of getting some Drone Video for reference to compare in 4months, 8 months and so on. It's all in context isn't it - up here near Bundaberg at this time year we would call 25mm rain and be glad to get it, whereas in the Summer we would'nt count it as being worthwhile as it would have dried away by the end of the next day. What you are doing is investing in the future and increasing the "effective" rainfall, if effect storing the rain event underground. In the past it would have all run off the property and be on its way - I keep comming across the paradigm of it being 7 years to achieve hydration and I don't know where this comes from as what the soil type under our feet must have some bearing on this magical figure of 7 years. I have been pushing this on our block for some years and wish I had taken more images for future reference/comparison. I have seen Alan Savoury say the same thing in his videos. In videos from Malloone Creek where they have been at it for longer time spans, they say that the creek is Dry at the top of the properties but there is permanant water running out from the bottom.

Good job on the Keyline. I was lucky & found a 3 tyne yoemans in a clearance sale that no one knew what it was. Have seen some great improvement after one year. Have you run your line on contour or slightly off to direct water to ridges. Would lend you the plow if we lived closer. Hope you get some rain this week. 🍻

I'm about to attempt propagating some Persian Silk too... Can you give us an update? Which method worked best and how many rooted? 😊

You may want to go with a 120 mm pipe it will give even more volume with not much deference in cost and I always say bigger is better it may also give you the extra wattage you may need for the electrical resistance you have yet to consider

What timber did you use for the rails and rafters?

Thanks for sharing the nuances of your system.

Looks great! The little bridge might be slowing down the water and collecting debris, don't you think? Hard to tell from the video.

I have similar setup but with two large vegetable gardens and chicken coop with run in the middle. One year chickens are in one garden, and in the second are vegetables and next year I rotate them.

Congratulations, it’s awesome you’re doing this. Audacity is a good open source program to pull out the wind noise, I didn’t find it to bad

Fascinating sound of the wind there mate. Might want to fix that in "post processing"... Love your work though. Been working on this at my place for a few years. Great to see the results. Thanks for sharing it with me/us! BTW, have you looked at Holistically Managed Grazing? Great way to regen grasslands!

Interesting video! Do you keep a record of where you place any hay bales to feed stock? The green patches that you discussed may also be a combination of the keyline rip as well as additional ground cover/mulch. We saw big changes around where the cattle had been fed hay and the increased ground cover and nutrient provided by the hay and animal waste. That said, there certainly seems to be an effect from the rips you’ve put in. I wonder how things would look if you’ve had the chance to use an implement with multiple tynes/shanks.

So no concerns re farm stock and injuries? im not sure how deep the keylines are.

What’re your stocking rates? I’d be curious to know if that was contributing to bare soils. Chatted to people that had issues with large numbers of Roos causing overgrazing

They say it takes 7 years to acheived hydration with Springs starting emerge at the lower parts of the slopes - I've never understood that as the underlying structure of the topopgraphy must affect how the water moves underground. I think that you will start to see the real changes from late spring with moisture and sunlight, but you are on the right track.

Thanks for updating!!

I put captions on and read what was said. Great video. Like what you are doing. How many acres do you have??

Great work mate. Awesome outcomes. Thanks for sharing. Still need to connect re your garden structure.

Please do something about the wind hitting the microphone. Can't hear what you are saying

If you got large land area; try not to put solar panels on the building roof because you need to clean those panels around 3~5 months to maintain its efficiency.

Victron chargers fail, and they made sure you cant repair them...

You are better than I am mate. No bloody way would you get me up on that roof ... Heights and Les don't mix LOL

Thank you very much.

Love what you do, what you have achieved and thoroughly enjoy and appreciate your content.

I was nder the impression that Calama has to be grafted

I am thinking about doing a patio behind my house. the little electric mixers just won't cut it. PTO driven mixer probably has the capacity to make the job feasible. Thanks for showing one of these in action. They're pretty reasonably priced. That'd cut the backbreaking labor down to a bearable amount!

I’m sure you have plenty to do but I’m really fascinated with the principles in the key line system and am hoping for an update video showing the current results. Thanks

Good deal. Is it NZ? Trying to er.. propagate them here in Brooklyn NY