Good on you for repaying the land for what it has given to us. My parents had a sheep station in the Murchison region of Western Australia and it was a small one at 150,000 acres. They were allowed to carry 5500 sheep but never went over 3500. And they didn’t use a couple of the thicker bushier paddocks on the eastern end. Both dad and I were bitten by snakes out there at different times but after dad was bitten he decided to sell the place to the conservation department as long as they could live there and be caretakers. They worked hard at controlling feral goats, foxes, cats and dogs and carried out research work where they trapped small native mammals and measured and weighed them. They are both in there mid 80’s now and have retired to greener parts closer to Perth and the station has now been returned to the bush, the old homestead and shearing shed and other sheds were all bulldozed and buried. It’s great to contribute to repairing the planet and I take my hat off to you for this initiative and when you can see it all grown up, feel proud of the decision to do it in the first place.
Put a gate in the fence, guaranteed the day you finish an animal will get the other side and you’ll be cutting it to get her out. A lesson I learned the hard way!
Great stuff, What I find annoying is how farmers get treated poorly by the government and the public but you never hear about the good work they have been doing to help improve the environment.
It’s going to look great when it’s done. Your lucky to get it fully founded. We planted half our trees last weekend. Great video enjoy the fine weather while it lasts 👌
Another awesome video Andrew. As you said will be great to watch it grow and develop. With those plum trees that are around 100 years old you should look at doing some airlayering from them . If you want to keep the history of them that hardly costs anything to do this
I've never heard of that term before! Would be quite cool to do as I imagine they are an old variety that's probably not around today, maybe similar ones out there though
I am interested in how it all goes and how you feel about it a few years down the road now that the government and environmentalists have their claws in your land and business. I am not having a dig at you, Andrew, but I am very sceptical of the NZ government right now.
Plantings have to be 30m wide to be considered a forest. From there it can be used to sequest carbon and claim credits. The nz government are about to charge farmers for livestock emissions. What I'm trying to say is if your at say 28 meters wide, it maybe worth going out a bit further to offset your tax bill.
That's correct and definitely as good subject to touch on in another video. But From my understanding its not worth doing it for areas like this as they are slow growing and dont sequest much carbon. where as pine trees are the total opposite....but id rather look at native over pine any day
I don't understand. They cut down trees some place in order to get posts to fence off the environment in another place. What happens the the environment where the trees were cut. This isn't directed at you personally and in fact you probably were wondering about it too.
@@keithwheeler8875 I know that. Managed woodlands with only one species of tree allowed to grow are worse than no woodlands at all. Who manages woodlands anyway? Governments? Experts?
There are a lot of pine forests in NZ which these posts will be from. Typically from planting to harvesting it takes 30 years then the pine trees are planted again and the cycle continues
very cool, lose yer less productive areas simplify the works and paddocks, nice to see the wider farm environment being biodiversity enhanced ...good on ye and i dont think you will miss the land too much ..
Who is responsible for controlling the weeds on those blocks you fence off ??,like ragwort, blackberry, thistles etc?A bit miserable by only using quarter rounds.Will be interesting to see how far apart they place the posts
@evecalvert1350 can assure you black berries will take over completely and wipe out the native plants.We did this back in the 80s on our farm in Matamata at our own expense, and the weeds were are major issue
DoC will be arranging a contractor to come release the plants later on. It is really important to spray or trample weeds around the native plants for the first two years after planting, otherwise they will choke the natives.
So with the agreement the people that planting are going to come back and do 3 releases i think it is and after that hopefully they will be established enough but otherwise we are
With H4 tanalith (cupro-arsenic ) pressure treatment they are rated at 40 years, H5 tanalith rated at 60 years in marine use. The base log is Californian Pinus Radiata which grows to usable timber maturity in 27/33 years in NZ's sub-tropical climate.
This is so good to see! We planted out all our swamp area many years ago and it's so cool to see it turning into a forest area now!
I totally agree! It looks awesome once it all starts to mature
Thank you Andrew, for contributing to OUR environment !!!!!!
Brilliant Andrew, I wish they would do that here in Ireland.
Such a beautifull place, thanks for bringing us along.
Spot on Andrew
Good on you for repaying the land for what it has given to us. My parents had a sheep station in the Murchison region of Western Australia and it was a small one at 150,000 acres. They were allowed to carry 5500 sheep but never went over 3500. And they didn’t use a couple of the thicker bushier paddocks on the eastern end. Both dad and I were bitten by snakes out there at different times but after dad was bitten he decided to sell the place to the conservation department as long as they could live there and be caretakers. They worked hard at controlling feral goats, foxes, cats and dogs and carried out research work where they trapped small native mammals and measured and weighed them. They are both in there mid 80’s now and have retired to greener parts closer to Perth and the station has now been returned to the bush, the old homestead and shearing shed and other sheds were all bulldozed and buried. It’s great to contribute to repairing the planet and I take my hat off to you for this initiative and when you can see it all grown up, feel proud of the decision to do it in the first place.
Love seeing all the riparian planting projects going on
Put a gate in the fence, guaranteed the day you finish an animal will get the other side and you’ll be cutting it to get her out. A lesson I learned the hard way!
I have thought about that, wouldn't be a bad idea!
Fantastic project - win win. Well done!
Congratulations mate. Sounds awesome
Great stuff, What I find annoying is how farmers get treated poorly by the government and the public but you never hear about the good work they have been doing to help improve the environment.
It’s going to look great when it’s done. Your lucky to get it fully founded. We planted half our trees last weekend. Great video enjoy the fine weather while it lasts 👌
Yeah definitely! From what I've heard its all drying up now. Being next to the lake helps, otherwise it wouldnt have been
Sing it from the rooftops - farmers care about the environment.
Another awesome video Andrew. As you said will be great to watch it grow and develop. With those plum trees that are around 100 years old you should look at doing some airlayering from them . If you want to keep the history of them that hardly costs anything to do this
I've never heard of that term before! Would be quite cool to do as I imagine they are an old variety that's probably not around today, maybe similar ones out there though
Hi I like your video
Nice post driver to help get the post in ground. Thanks fer explaining what is happening with your farm.
You will be getting wetland trees, that’s what I do, I plant native trees on farms and they do look good in 5 years time.
A couple of nice ponds to shoot a few ducks on.
I am interested in how it all goes and how you feel about it a few years down the road now that the government and environmentalists have their claws in your land and business. I am not having a dig at you, Andrew, but I am very sceptical of the NZ government right now.
Another great video Andrew great environmental project will be intreresting to see it develop over time
The USA has a similar program for riparian areas
HI Andrew someone I did some stone work for in Qeensland did the same 15 years ago it now looks amazing goog luck with the project
Great video, your enthusiasm shines through for this project.
Good man Andrew, brilliant idea,hopefully it will be a great success. 🤞🏼
The posts need caps on them to stop water getting into them not sure if they will do that but worth a thought .
They are tanalised which stops them rotting
👀🙄🐾👍Great video Andy well done
Have you thought of having a planting day from your local subscriber/watchers? I’d be keen to chip in a few hours.
Good idea! but I'm not actually doing any of the planting, a company is coming in and doing it all
Plantings have to be 30m wide to be considered a forest. From there it can be used to sequest carbon and claim credits. The nz government are about to charge farmers for livestock emissions. What I'm trying to say is if your at say 28 meters wide, it maybe worth going out a bit further to offset your tax bill.
That's correct and definitely as good subject to touch on in another video. But From my understanding its not worth doing it for areas like this as they are slow growing and dont sequest much carbon. where as pine trees are the total opposite....but id rather look at native over pine any day
How will you keep the drains running when it is fenced and planted?
The Carex are hopefully going to shade out all the weeds but I take your point especially around cleaning them
where can i get the Jersey grass fed genetics?
Andrew, entirely off the subject, but I’m sorry to hear about your declining milk price. I’m sure that you will be covering this in future videos.
Thanks Andrew, things aren’t looking to Rosie but it’s happened before and will again, I’ll go into it a bit in a video soon 👍
Hello
You grow as much grass in the winter in NZ as we do in summer in the UK and the odd dock, do you grow thistles to?
can a digger still get access to drains for maintenance with the new fences and planting?
Should still be able to get in there
I don't understand. They cut down trees some place in order to get posts to fence off the environment in another place. What happens the the environment where the trees were cut. This isn't directed at you personally and in fact you probably were wondering about it too.
The posts are from managed woodlands specifically planted for growing wood that get cut and replanted over and over with fast growing trees
@@keithwheeler8875 I know that. Managed woodlands with only one species of tree allowed to grow are worse than no woodlands at all. Who manages woodlands anyway? Governments? Experts?
There are a lot of pine forests in NZ which these posts will be from. Typically from planting to harvesting it takes 30 years then the pine trees are planted again and the cycle continues
Nice one Andrew. Your enthusiasm is infectious 😂 Just a question Does the collar on the cow give any indication that the cow is giving birth?
I haven't had them pick up a calving as such yet, but in the heifers when they calve it comes through as a heat
very cool, lose yer less productive areas simplify the works and paddocks, nice to see the wider farm environment being biodiversity enhanced ...good on ye and i dont think you will miss the land too much ..
Who is responsible for controlling the weeds on those blocks you fence off ??,like ragwort, blackberry, thistles etc?A bit miserable by only using quarter rounds.Will be interesting to see how far apart they place the posts
Weeds provide food for wildlife i expect and may be part of the idea
@evecalvert1350 can assure you black berries will take over completely and wipe out the native plants.We did this back in the 80s on our farm in Matamata at our own expense, and the weeds were are major issue
DoC will be arranging a contractor to come release the plants later on. It is really important to spray or trample weeds around the native plants for the first two years after planting, otherwise they will choke the natives.
@@pixie706 Native plants are much better food for the native birds. They are wanting to recreate a natural environment.
So with the agreement the people that planting are going to come back and do 3 releases i think it is and after that hopefully they will be established enough but otherwise we are
How long do your posts last before they rot? Have to go with creosoted posts here because otherwise lucky to get 5 years out of them in the UK
In New Zealand they are tantalised,and last forever.
Creosote posts are now banned in Ireland
With H4 tanalith (cupro-arsenic ) pressure treatment they are rated at 40 years, H5 tanalith rated at 60 years in marine use. The base log is Californian Pinus Radiata which grows to usable timber maturity in 27/33 years in NZ's sub-tropical climate.
Why do the posts not have points on them
Not needed as the post driver copes anyway.
Ground’s pretty soft around here
Yep dont need to in soft ground
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Doc are muppets..i would let them anywhere near ya farm mate