Yes, a very dry winter indeed. I hope the storm was just the beginning of regular rain. Thanks, we love this place. We intend on making it more functional and beautiful than when we bought it. Thanks for watching.
Just subscribed mate, where abouts are you guys, we have a farm at Bucca Qld….it’s been as dry as a popcorn fart for months, it’s nice to see someone getting a little rain for their cattle. We’re looking at getting some cattle soon just to keep the grass down when it rains. Luckily for us we have loads of channel water from the Kolan river but it doesn’t make the grass green unless you pump it out the winches. And with the cost of electricity just going through the roof we won’t be doing much of that. Cheers.
Thanks for subscribing. We are in SEQ also. Winter has been tough alright. Excellent you have access to water. I can imagine a solar pump would be a worth while investment if water is not scarce. What sort of cattle are you getting?
Nice! I really enjoy your music/ production, too. Erosion repair looked like it worked well. I wonder if you can even stick some broken up cow pats the top to get some fertility into the mix, more like a compost rather than just a mulch, so plants can get started. Cow poo is like gold. We have some rain forcast this week in Vic. Really hope it turns up. It may make it up to NSW, Qld too.
Thanks for your feedback. Very happy with the erosion repair and yes, I will grab some cow poo and put it near the dam as requested :-) Good luck with the rain. It lifts your soul when it rains I think. Let’s hope everywhere gets a good drink of rain.
Looks dry again already. Those branches you chucked over your fence look like great material for a future forest fire, maybe it would be worth creating some hugels with it?
Thought of using a wood chipper? If you chipped all the wood lying about the place you'd soon have enough mulch covering the bare soil to prevent erosion.
Yes I have. Dry timber is pretty hard on machines and as I understand it, you need to increase the size of the chipper when its dry. The size of the chipper I would need is of commercial grade and just not viable at this stage. Great idea though.
Good morning, that storm moved away from us, which I was thankful. It looked evil with the ever-changing cloud colour. With the warm weather you have some nice green pick within a few days. Do you have a tick burden where you are? Cheers
Was just out in the paddock and the grass looks healthier already. Yes, we are in a tick area and I am treating the cattle for ticks and other parasites in the next video. 👍
Thanks for your comment. Not mandatory but trees on fences damage the fences and if they are low enough, the cattle will go on an unscheduled excursion. The other benefits is that you or the fire trucks can move around the property with a bit more speed if needed.
Thanks for your comment. We have plenty of trees and most certainly normally use them to rot and improve the land. It’s coming fire season so I wanted to make sure the the trails are clear in case of fire.
More water would be great but the offset to that is that I have to remove good areas for growing grass as well as the introduction of potential erosion areas. It’s a double edge sword really.
dig more swales ponds and catchment ponds ditches,to retain more water,tree food forest to cool land and retain water
I have a couple of target areas where I will be doing that. Thanks for watching.
Glad you got some good rain, hope we can get some soon
I hope you do too Trent. As a very good friend of mine used to say, you can make money from mud but not from dust.
I see how happy you are for this, lets have a watch.
Yes, very happy. Thanks for watching. 👍
It was such a dry winter, I am hoping for a bit more rain before summer hits.
What a beautiful property you have, and the cattle looks good and happy!
Yes, a very dry winter indeed. I hope the storm was just the beginning of regular rain.
Thanks, we love this place. We intend on making it more functional and beautiful than when we bought it.
Thanks for watching.
3:38 Stark contrast of covered soil vs. uncovered. That must feel satisfying.
Very satisfying indeed.
Loving the content man
Cheers mate.
Nice one mate. Looked dry up at our place on Saturday so I don't think we got much if any.
I do hope you get some soon. It’s soul refreshing :-)
Look forward to seeing your place once your settled.
Just subscribed mate, where abouts are you guys, we have a farm at Bucca Qld….it’s been as dry as a popcorn fart for months, it’s nice to see someone getting a little rain for their cattle.
We’re looking at getting some cattle soon just to keep the grass down when it rains. Luckily for us we have loads of channel water from the Kolan river but it doesn’t make the grass green unless you pump it out the winches. And with the cost of electricity just going through the roof we won’t be doing much of that. Cheers.
Thanks for subscribing. We are in SEQ also. Winter has been tough alright. Excellent you have access to water. I can imagine a solar pump would be a worth while investment if water is not scarce. What sort of cattle are you getting?
Nice!
I really enjoy your music/ production, too.
Erosion repair looked like it worked well.
I wonder if you can even stick some broken up cow pats the top to get some fertility into the mix, more like a compost rather than just a mulch, so plants can get started.
Cow poo is like gold.
We have some rain forcast this week in Vic.
Really hope it turns up.
It may make it up to NSW, Qld too.
Thanks for your feedback.
Very happy with the erosion repair and yes, I will grab some cow poo and put it near the dam as requested :-)
Good luck with the rain. It lifts your soul when it rains I think. Let’s hope everywhere gets a good drink of rain.
Looks dry again already. Those branches you chucked over your fence look like great material for a future forest fire, maybe it would be worth creating some hugels with it?
those trees were the neighbors - I was returning to sender. We have about 50 areas of trees so that is certainly a future option.
Thought of using a wood chipper? If you chipped all the wood lying about the place you'd soon have enough mulch covering the bare soil to prevent erosion.
Yes I have. Dry timber is pretty hard on machines and as I understand it, you need to increase the size of the chipper when its dry. The size of the chipper I would need is of commercial grade and just not viable at this stage. Great idea though.
Good morning, that storm moved away from us, which I was thankful. It looked evil with the ever-changing cloud colour. With the warm weather you have some nice green pick within a few days. Do you have a tick burden where you are? Cheers
Was just out in the paddock and the grass looks healthier already. Yes, we are in a tick area and I am treating the cattle for ticks and other parasites in the next video. 👍
@@queenslandfarmer Excellent, I am interested on what products you will be using. Cheers
Oh and fruit tress etc.
Agree
From the uk. Is the fallen tree removal activity a ‘fire suppression’ activity/task? Is this mandatory?
Thanks for your comment. Not mandatory but trees on fences damage the fences and if they are low enough, the cattle will go on an unscheduled excursion. The other benefits is that you or the fire trucks can move around the property with a bit more speed if needed.
@@queenslandfarmer Thanks.
I feel more water catchment would be beneficial.
Agree. You can never have too much water stored but there are downsides like losing valuable land or erosion risk.
Id be putting all the fallen trees on my land to improve soil life
Thanks for your comment. We have plenty of trees and most certainly normally use them to rot and improve the land. It’s coming fire season so I wanted to make sure the the trails are clear in case of fire.
We never got a drop at Tabulam
What a shame. I hope that changes soon.
You can collect so much more water. Just dig more ponds. I'm no expert. I'm just asking a question.
More water would be great but the offset to that is that I have to remove good areas for growing grass as well as the introduction of potential erosion areas. It’s a double edge sword really.