Very good update.thank you.looking forward to see the improvement if soil on área with strow (and shit if animals) and also that cows learns to move between areas with minimal supervision
That app looks very useful for managing so many paddocks. I realize you probably film with the camera that's with you at the time, but for what it's worth: the video taken using a stabilizing rig is much easier to watch than the video taken without it.
Now that you mention the video stabilizing rig. I actually had bought all that for my "big" Nikon camera but in the end it is much easier to just get the iPhone out of the pocket and film with that. It's always there. I'm looking for options to have an external microphone for the iPhone as well. All the videos have been shot with iPhone so far. The Nikon rig was simply too heavy and totally impractical - unless one wants to make films and has nothing else to do.
Yes that app is nice and very "visual": you can see at a glance. It seems you already know about recovery of grazing, forget my previous comment !!! ;)
Between November and April you should probably give straw and park the animals like you’ve done this time. That will allow for the grass to grow stronger and faster during spring and to rebuild soil in the depleted areas.
This gives us options, yes. And we can observe and adapt as needed. There are several challenging phases and ways to improve. The summer draught can be mitigated with hot season grasses. And there is the cold period where grass simply does not grow (below 5C) and that is when we need stored forage or maybe something else that can be harvested. I know Greg Judy talks about stockpiling paddocks for winter grazing. No snow here but it's still cold.
@@ProjectGranjaCaimito I have the same issue. I hay some fields during spring / summer to have some forage for the winter. Also not a bad idea to stock pile forage like Greg Judy mentions. There is really no growth during the winter months so by grazing what little grass you have in the paddocks you are reducing grass production during spring time. Better to have cows help you by producing compost. I have my cows on the paddocks from June to September and then from October to late November depending on how early and how much it rains in the fall. Then maybe a quick rotation in late February to mid March. From mid March to June I just let grass grow to stockpile for the summer drought period.
@@coperneto Right. Just keep in mind that we are in a Mediterranean climate and "winter" is not the same every year. It can be very mild and only some days are below the temperature where grass stops growing. Usually it does grow albeit very slow. Lots of things to figure out - again.
@@ProjectGranjaCaimito Yes lots to figure out and you already are doing great work, but I have been looking into holistic grazing and it seems very important that grass not be eaten too low, too often, it is called overgrazing. Also it is very foreign to me that cows in your region are fed straw and not hay ! Cows love to eat some trees, maybe some hedges woud be benificial. But it's a lot of work to put in, unless you have cuttings and just stick them into the ground in november and hope more thant 50% sprout up (it's still not bad, if free)
@@chafouincatnip5648 The thing about the straw was foreign to me also and I learned that there isn't basically any hay or very expensive. The dominant model of "production" is to keep mother cows on a huge piece of land where they eat what grows naturally, wean the calves before summer and sell them to a feed lot. Then the cows are kept over summer with straw and some supplements. About the overgrazing: it's only overgrazing if you keep them for too long. But it's complex and depends on many factors. Since we are doing this the land has changed a lot and we have a lot more grass than before. And many species are coming back. So it must be right. ;-) Good idea about the cuttings. But like I keep saying: first the fencing to protect what we plant.
Our bird population has increased due to that cow patties. We wanted to do chickens but it's a challenge due to predators and management. We might do geese instead - they are fierce and also add a lot of manure.
A passing thought... that metal wall the walkway is built from makes a lot of noise when the cows hit it with the horns or kick it. For them it sounds like they are trapped in the middle of a metal drum and somebody bangs it... they will not be calm. Would it be an idea to clad the interior of that walkway with something that dampens sound?
Here is an example: th-cam.com/video/68decnATpIk/w-d-xo.html There are a lot of bangs all the time. I've thought about the noise too and maybe we can dampen it a bit by adding more bars behind the sheet metal. The important thing with this design is that the animals cannot see the other side and thus want to go forward instead of trying to get out by lifting something up.
we’ve used rubber matting (from old conveyor belting) as the screening on our cattle yards. It’s about 10mm thick and with its internal wire reinforcing, heavy enough to be screwed to the railings directly. It worked very well and was effective in keeping the noise down.
Yes. There is more toads and we've also seen (now in May) several turtles. Yes. The big pond should get some aquatic plants to keep the water clean. We need to watch a bit how the water level drops now in summer and learn more about aquatic plants.
I have found that birds tend to bring in lots of aquatic life (probably on their feet ?) or a few buckets of natural pond water will really help the ecosystem !
@@chafouincatnip5648 that's an interesting thought. We'll see what settles there. I do have a few ideas but need to read up on those plants to see what might like it here. Unfortunately I don't know a pond or lake nearby where there are aquatic plants. carpfishingcordoba.wordpress.com/otras-temporadas/temporada-2016/buenas-hierbas/ is a water reservoir "across the street" from us. No aquatic plants there. Our creek is the outflow from this one.
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Very good update.thank you.looking forward to see the improvement if soil on área with strow (and shit if animals) and also that cows learns to move between areas with minimal supervision
I'm glad you enjoyed it. More to come
That app looks very useful for managing so many paddocks. I realize you probably film with the camera that's with you at the time, but for what it's worth: the video taken using a stabilizing rig is much easier to watch than the video taken without it.
Now that you mention the video stabilizing rig. I actually had bought all that for my "big" Nikon camera but in the end it is much easier to just get the iPhone out of the pocket and film with that. It's always there. I'm looking for options to have an external microphone for the iPhone as well. All the videos have been shot with iPhone so far. The Nikon rig was simply too heavy and totally impractical - unless one wants to make films and has nothing else to do.
Yes that app is nice and very "visual": you can see at a glance. It seems you already know about recovery of grazing, forget my previous comment !!! ;)
@@chafouincatnip5648 There is more to show soon ;-)
enjoyed watching thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Between November and April you should probably give straw and park the animals like you’ve done this time. That will allow for the grass to grow stronger and faster during spring and to rebuild soil in the depleted areas.
This gives us options, yes. And we can observe and adapt as needed.
There are several challenging phases and ways to improve. The summer draught can be mitigated with hot season grasses. And there is the cold period where grass simply does not grow (below 5C) and that is when we need stored forage or maybe something else that can be harvested. I know Greg Judy talks about stockpiling paddocks for winter grazing. No snow here but it's still cold.
@@ProjectGranjaCaimito I have the same issue. I hay some fields during spring / summer to have some forage for the winter. Also not a bad idea to stock pile forage like Greg Judy mentions.
There is really no growth during the winter months so by grazing what little grass you have in the paddocks you are reducing grass production during spring time. Better to have cows help you by producing compost.
I have my cows on the paddocks from June to September and then from October to late November depending on how early and how much it rains in the fall. Then maybe a quick rotation in late February to mid March. From mid
March to June I just let grass grow to stockpile for the summer drought period.
@@coperneto Right. Just keep in mind that we are in a Mediterranean climate and "winter" is not the same every year. It can be very mild and only some days are below the temperature where grass stops growing. Usually it does grow albeit very slow. Lots of things to figure out - again.
@@ProjectGranjaCaimito Yes lots to figure out and you already are doing great work, but I have been looking into holistic grazing and it seems very important that grass not be eaten too low, too often, it is called overgrazing. Also it is very foreign to me that cows in your region are fed straw and not hay !
Cows love to eat some trees, maybe some hedges woud be benificial. But it's a lot of work to put in, unless you have cuttings and just stick them into the ground in november and hope more thant 50% sprout up (it's still not bad, if free)
@@chafouincatnip5648 The thing about the straw was foreign to me also and I learned that there isn't basically any hay or very expensive. The dominant model of "production" is to keep mother cows on a huge piece of land where they eat what grows naturally, wean the calves before summer and sell them to a feed lot. Then the cows are kept over summer with straw and some supplements.
About the overgrazing: it's only overgrazing if you keep them for too long. But it's complex and depends on many factors. Since we are doing this the land has changed a lot and we have a lot more grass than before. And many species are coming back. So it must be right. ;-)
Good idea about the cuttings. But like I keep saying: first the fencing to protect what we plant.
You can use chickens to spread the cow patties so there's more even growth and improvement
Our bird population has increased due to that cow patties. We wanted to do chickens but it's a challenge due to predators and management. We might do geese instead - they are fierce and also add a lot of manure.
A passing thought... that metal wall the walkway is built from makes a lot of noise when the cows hit it with the horns or kick it. For them it sounds like they are trapped in the middle of a metal drum and somebody bangs it... they will not be calm. Would it be an idea to clad the interior of that walkway with something that dampens sound?
Here is an example: th-cam.com/video/68decnATpIk/w-d-xo.html
There are a lot of bangs all the time. I've thought about the noise too and maybe we can dampen it a bit by adding more bars behind the sheet metal.
The important thing with this design is that the animals cannot see the other side and thus want to go forward instead of trying to get out by lifting something up.
we’ve used rubber matting (from old conveyor belting) as the screening on our cattle yards. It’s about 10mm thick and with its internal wire reinforcing, heavy enough to be screwed to the railings directly. It worked very well and was effective in keeping the noise down.
perhaps as simple as bramble matts, made for domestic fences, for privacy, can line the walls ?
"Slow is smooth and smooth is fast" - Phil Dunphy, Modern Family. Not for heading animals but family members. 😂
Do you see any increase in frogs and other amphibians?
Will you introduce aquatic plants to your ponds?
Yes. There is more toads and we've also seen (now in May) several turtles.
Yes. The big pond should get some aquatic plants to keep the water clean. We need to watch a bit how the water level drops now in summer and learn more about aquatic plants.
I have found that birds tend to bring in lots of aquatic life (probably on their feet ?) or a few buckets of natural pond water will really help the ecosystem !
@@chafouincatnip5648 that's an interesting thought. We'll see what settles there. I do have a few ideas but need to read up on those plants to see what might like it here. Unfortunately I don't know a pond or lake nearby where there are aquatic plants.
carpfishingcordoba.wordpress.com/otras-temporadas/temporada-2016/buenas-hierbas/ is a water reservoir "across the street" from us. No aquatic plants there. Our creek is the outflow from this one.
Are you going to cover that bare soil with straw or hay?
In the video for May you are going to see what we did. Involves straw ...