This would be a wonderful world if more ranchers practiced this and other regenerative methods, both for us and the animals. Hopefully this will catch on in a big way!! Thank you for this video 😊
You have a beautiful place. We have weedy and rough 4 acres in tropical rainforest Hawaii that we plan on putting goats and then sheep on. I’m thinking pigeon pea mixed in with grasses as weed replacement but what I want to do is establish more fruit and Mac nut trees as there are near the front of our place. Wife and I just got a LEM meat grinder for our Xmas gift to each other🐑🤙
Sounds so fun! Wish I was raising sheep in Hawaii. I saw an Episode of a food show my wife and I watch called, Somebody Feed Phil (on Netflix) and there's a sheep farm called Kahua Ranch, I think it's on the big island. Would LOVE to visit there one day!
Looking good! The small trees you identified as maples may be sweet gum. You could probably thin the silvopasture a bit more for thicker grass. Tulip poplars, maples(but not for horses) and a few others can be used for emergency feed in a drought. Cut them high so they can regrow from the stump (pollarding). You can also make biochar from all your woody brush clearings.
I believe you are right! I always call them maples, just because the leaves look like maples. But I believe you are right, sweet gums! They shoot up fast! I love the idea of pollarding. I've spent a lot of time on TH-cam watching people using pollard fodder for winter feeding in the highlands of Scotland. Looks like a dream!
Yes! We use our laying flock of chickens for our compost system. Basically, we throw our food scraps to a big wood chip pile where the chickens are, then they scratch and poop all over it, and we fill our garden boxes with the soil from their scratch piles! We just pulled up our last crop of the year, sweet potatoes!
Hey PJ. Thanks for the great videos and info. This spring I’m getting into raising katahdins. Putting fence up right now getting things ready… pretty excited. Done the pig and cattle thing but as a 56 yo I want something a little less strenuous. Look forward to more videos and thanks again.
Yes! The time of year makes a big difference. For those in the US, right now is a good time of year to move trees. Although it has been very dry in the southeast, but more rain would be better. But basically dig widely around the native sapling, when you have a solid root ball, dig another hole (bigger than you'd think) and transplant it onto the pasture.
Thank you for going over Silvo pasture! This is something I’m currently looking to do with the land I just bought and the lay out (21acres). From the research I’ve done it seems like a forestry mulcher would be able to do this job the most efficiently. I see you’re in NC just like me. May I a ask What company did you hire to come use the forestry mulcher?
I had the best experience with Creekside Forestry Mulching. It's just one guy, but he's so great to work with. If you end up working with Danny, let him know I sent you! I'm such a fan of his, and would love to help him grow. creeksidemulching.com/
@@homesteadingwithPJ thank you!! I’ll definitely reach out to him! I really appreciate you getting back to me! I’m located yadkin valley area so hopefully he services this area!
@@homesteadingwithPJ Danny told me to thank you for the recommendation.He is a great guy. I will be using him again! I really appreciate you recommending him! He does great work!
They aren't ideal, but I'm still getting grass growing underneath. I think I've got my forest thin enough to make it work. But you're right, they are certainly not the perfect silvopasture tree.
"I use the trees to grow my meat, and the meat to grow my trees."
- PJ The Wise
Awesome!
Love this!
@homesteadingwithPJ 🤣 thanks pj and we love you and your interesting insight too.
This would be a wonderful world if more ranchers practiced this and other regenerative methods, both for us and the animals. Hopefully this will catch on in a big way!! Thank you for this video 😊
Oh my goodness, i love your animals. They look so happy ❤
Thanks! I think they are happy!
You have a beautiful place. We have weedy and rough 4 acres in tropical rainforest Hawaii that we plan on putting goats and then sheep on. I’m thinking pigeon pea mixed in with grasses as weed replacement but what I want to do is establish more fruit and Mac nut trees as there are near the front of our place. Wife and I just got a LEM meat grinder for our Xmas gift to each other🐑🤙
Sounds so fun! Wish I was raising sheep in Hawaii. I saw an Episode of a food show my wife and I watch called, Somebody Feed Phil (on Netflix) and there's a sheep farm called Kahua Ranch, I think it's on the big island. Would LOVE to visit there one day!
Looking good! The small trees you identified as maples may be sweet gum. You could probably thin the silvopasture a bit more for thicker grass. Tulip poplars, maples(but not for horses) and a few others can be used for emergency feed in a drought. Cut them high so they can regrow from the stump (pollarding). You can also make biochar from all your woody brush clearings.
I believe you are right! I always call them maples, just because the leaves look like maples. But I believe you are right, sweet gums! They shoot up fast!
I love the idea of pollarding. I've spent a lot of time on TH-cam watching people using pollard fodder for winter feeding in the highlands of Scotland. Looks like a dream!
@@homesteadingwithPJ Lots of work! Especially when you can buy round bales for what amounts to less than $.10 per pound.
Appreciate your videos, thanks!
Your place is going to be so fertile PJ. Very exciting!! Do you have a compost system and gardens? Looking forward to more great videos!
Yes! We use our laying flock of chickens for our compost system. Basically, we throw our food scraps to a big wood chip pile where the chickens are, then they scratch and poop all over it, and we fill our garden boxes with the soil from their scratch piles!
We just pulled up our last crop of the year, sweet potatoes!
Hey PJ. Thanks for the great videos and info. This spring I’m getting into raising katahdins. Putting fence up right now getting things ready… pretty excited. Done the pig and cattle thing but as a 56 yo I want something a little less strenuous. Look forward to more videos and thanks again.
Sounds fun! My dream is do sheep in my silvopasture, and cows in the traditional pasture.
I’m 72 and just starting my farm life. Heck it’s just a number. I’m excited to get started.
Thank you!
Lovely
Thank you! So you have had luck moving a tree? Any tips on how to properly remove it from the ground?
Yes! The time of year makes a big difference. For those in the US, right now is a good time of year to move trees. Although it has been very dry in the southeast, but more rain would be better. But basically dig widely around the native sapling, when you have a solid root ball, dig another hole (bigger than you'd think) and transplant it onto the pasture.
@@homesteadingwithPJ thank you for answering!
Thank you for going over Silvo pasture! This is something I’m currently looking to do with the land I just bought and the lay out (21acres). From the research I’ve done it seems like a forestry mulcher would be able to do this job the most efficiently. I see you’re in NC just like me. May I a ask What company did you hire to come use the forestry mulcher?
I had the best experience with Creekside Forestry Mulching. It's just one guy, but he's so great to work with.
If you end up working with Danny, let him know I sent you! I'm such a fan of his, and would love to help him grow.
creeksidemulching.com/
@@homesteadingwithPJ thank you!! I’ll definitely reach out to him! I really appreciate you getting back to me! I’m located yadkin valley area so hopefully he services this area!
I have done this mulching and it is extremely expensive. Any tips? It is at least $1300 a day.
@@homesteadingwithPJ Danny told me to thank you for the recommendation.He is a great guy. I will be using him again! I really appreciate you recommending him! He does great work!
@@nofflet24 So glad it's working out. Yeah, Danny is wonderfuil!
Someone say cows
We have all three sheep cattle and goats plus our chickens ducks and guinnes love the trees areas
I raised goats for a few years and I know that what you are talking about is. The pasture never looked as good as with the goats.
Where bouts in nc?
Right around the middle!
I used to have trees in my pasture. The horses and goats destroyed them
Man, be careful with evergreens, it generates acidity in the soil... not good for garden.
They aren't ideal, but I'm still getting grass growing underneath. I think I've got my forest thin enough to make it work. But you're right, they are certainly not the perfect silvopasture tree.