Keyline and Natural Sequence Farming - 1 Year On - The Results.

One year on from natural sequence and keyline farming practices, and results are in. The main point of interest is that our ground cover is very very close to 100%. Even if we haven't had rain in 8 - 10 weeks we some patches of green grass and we can see where the water seeps are. Something to think about in the future.

[@gcg2927]

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

[@jamesspry3294]

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!

[@FatCowFarmTatong]

Hey James, the wind was full on sorry my little phone was certainly struggling. I've look at Holistic management and are working towards it. We only have a small heard which is growing every year. Thanks for your words of encouragement. Cheers

[@MtMoriahLowlines]

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

[@FormidableHumanoid]

Seems like an excellent way to slow and retain water! An idea that came to me while watching your video; would you consider adding something into the cuts to make them last longer, such as gravel, wood chips, or biochar?

[@rwfoxtrot]

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.

[@tradcon3096]

Thanks for updating!!

[@terrywood3711]

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.

[@rayelliman1341]

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

[@robmunro1310]

Funny but I like the sound of the wind, added to the reality of the situation with the blowing of the reeds and trees.

[@FatCowFarmTatong]

Sorry about all that wind, I was on my own running around and was a fairly full on day windy wise.

[@Luca-hc6wo]

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

[@traceysmith7661]

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

[@misacarter5128]

Wondering if you have looked into soil biology re infiltration. Hard soils are caused by lack of growing plant roots. I can see it on my place too. Have done hours of TH-cam videos - Nicole masters, Dr christine Jones and particularly for grazing Jim Gerrish are all invaluable watches. Also, what type of laser level did you use - I want to get one for exactly the same thing - can’t figure out what to get. 🙏

[@FatCowFarmTatong]

Hey There, we are experimenting with white turnips to open up the soils, time will tell on that. I'm using a topcoat laser, any brand of rotary laser will work well. No need for gradient options required. Cheers

[@Ckktopa]

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

[@FatCowFarmTatong]

The single ripper I used cuts 300mm and maybe 50mm across. (single ripper pipe layer). The cut quickly closes in on itself.