The cheapest way to harvest water on your farm

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  • @LittleBigTreeFarm
    @LittleBigTreeFarm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    That was the best explanation I've heard yet for regenerative farming!

  • @jekesainjikizana9734
    @jekesainjikizana9734 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    Thanks Rolf for the tremendous lessons on how to effectively 'Catch the Rain', I love this lady's CPU she is a quick study! Subscribed right away my kinda content

  • @DavidNahinga
    @DavidNahinga 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This video was helpful to me.
    I have never really calculated how much rain 🌧️ is freely received and freely wasted.
    That method of calculating desertification is wisdom because you are rightly applying knowledge.
    Subscribed 🎉

  • @evainthemidst
    @evainthemidst 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Love the break-down, makes so much sense. Thank you for the great video! I'd love to see this as a series, with examples of this work being implemented.

  • @hannetjiedebeer9480
    @hannetjiedebeer9480 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a great and insightful video. We were put on earth to help one another.
    You are so blessed with patience and knowledge.
    Thank you!

  • @johnberry1107
    @johnberry1107 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Excellent Extension work!!!! That is how it goes. Priority problem. Possible solutions. Costs. Benefits. My budget. let's go! Thank you.

    • @zanree38
      @zanree38 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi Johnberry 😊

  • @anthonyburke5656
    @anthonyburke5656 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Just read and understand P.A. Yeomans book “Water For Every Farm”. He said it succinctly, “The best place to store water is in the soil”. Essentially, the best tactic to capture/store water is to divert water flow 90 degrees to the slope.

  • @DJG19870
    @DJG19870 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Very interesting info.
    If the fire resistant grass is only more common now… then it was in the past then this proves that in the past grass wasn’t routinely burned and that’s why better grass grew. “Burning grass makes more fertility has just been myth busted” as he said this land is mostly desert.
    You should also consider planting hedges around your property as hedges act as a wind break (slowing evaporation), hedges also prevent erosion and increase water infiltration around the property.

    • @thefoodforestnamibia
      @thefoodforestnamibia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fancy meeting you here 😂😂😂great info as always!

    • @DJG19870
      @DJG19870 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@thefoodforestnamibia hi, it’s nice to see you here too supporting some of the other African food forest/subsistence farming channels :)

    • @NurdinRamadhani-s1p
      @NurdinRamadhani-s1p วันที่ผ่านมา

      burning grass, kills insect which can be used to help generate fertilizer from tree decomposing, so better cut grass and leave the way it is otherwise your soil become unfertized naturally

  • @naturesaffiliate
    @naturesaffiliate 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I love the talks here. Definitely look into swales, berms, gabions and other water harvesting structures. I know it took me time which isn't quite free but a spade and hoe for some earthworks got my water harvesting garden built for 'free' which will then catch all water that enters the area and sinks it into the water table. It has proven highly effective and moss and ferns grow in the lanes there is so much moisture

  • @GerhardBothaWFF
    @GerhardBothaWFF 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I have been working on this on my property for some time. Swales and leaky dams are used to stop the water from running off and instead slowly penetrate the soil. To store water in a structure at scale is very costly. It is cheaper to store water in the soil. The organic content of soil determines the ability of soil to store water. Long story short, its a complex mix of managing grazers to enhance plants which generate exudates which increase organic matter which store water you hold on to. He is talking the truth. Instead of the idiot comments below, listen to what he is saying.

  • @TheSouthernLady777
    @TheSouthernLady777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I have that same grass on my property. Every year I cut it before it can re-seed. I use it for chicken nests. It lasts a long time in the nests.

    • @estebancorral5151
      @estebancorral5151 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And is exactly your problem. You should have different grasses on the same ground. Each grass will predominate at different time of the year. You are happy with a stagnant monoculture of grass. You are not progressive.

  • @mrzoukdotcomzouklambadaboo8212
    @mrzoukdotcomzouklambadaboo8212 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    And important to plant trees, that provide either forage, height for shade, future wood, and fruit.

  • @Aluz-ln9wu
    @Aluz-ln9wu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Good food for thought! Thanks for the info

  • @eltontaropafadzwa8981
    @eltontaropafadzwa8981 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow this is so great thank you

  • @aulinobanze659
    @aulinobanze659 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    God bless you ❤️🇲🇿💪💯

  • @diamondsproglerlivingforev9711
    @diamondsproglerlivingforev9711 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Valuable land info .... thank you ❤

  • @kaomalengwe8758
    @kaomalengwe8758 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This is great you guys!

  • @jeffcurrent5593
    @jeffcurrent5593 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for the video!

  • @XploreZambia
    @XploreZambia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Subscribed straight away! 😃

  • @anthonyburke5656
    @anthonyburke5656 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another point, desertification has a “commonality”, that is low resistance to air movement at ground level combined with low relative humidity. Absent one of the factors of wind speed / low relative humidity you’re half way to “curing” desertification.

  • @sebasapaul
    @sebasapaul 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great lesson thank you

  • @TheSouthernLady777
    @TheSouthernLady777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Why burn the fields? That makes no sense to me.
    What I did was allow what would grow to grow to cover the ground and reduce the temperature and hold the water, then cut it in winter and let it feed the soil. The next year there were more plants. I added plants that I wanted and cut those I did not want. I left the filler plants as a cover crop again.

    • @TaLeng2023
      @TaLeng2023 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yeah I don't think it makes sense in their region. I'd understand it in the wet tropics where some fields turn into thickets if left to fallow but not in this area that is almost turning into desert.

    • @TheSouthernLady777
      @TheSouthernLady777 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @TaLeng2023 still, burning what is there is not good. You need shade to create coolness for other things to grow, so finding plants that can anchor the soil is better.

  • @jamesnkhoma7407
    @jamesnkhoma7407 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for the info

  • @tarwingrill4531
    @tarwingrill4531 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    1000 mm of rainwater/year is lot of water. Water should not be the main issue, unless it all comes at once. It is better to look at how much rain each month.

  • @lettyiyambo966
    @lettyiyambo966 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Water harvesting is the key

  • @PlantRelated
    @PlantRelated 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Wow!!

  • @JaimeBird-n8m
    @JaimeBird-n8m 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I just used a shovel and pilut in swales then planted tuff nitrogen fixing trees .

    • @estebancorral5151
      @estebancorral5151 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      His way is smarter. The animal activity has a immediate effect while in your approach it would take months if not years to realize the benefit.

  • @martinetdewaldt4943
    @martinetdewaldt4943 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very informative

  • @uncle-arubby
    @uncle-arubby 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wonderful job.

  • @zamfrostfoods6071
    @zamfrostfoods6071 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This type of grass is called Insoke in Lambs language of Copperbelt, Northwestern and central provinces of Zambia.

  • @lythitan222
    @lythitan222 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome work!

  • @wildsteadings
    @wildsteadings หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Infiltration, Evaporation. 3 months after the rain season that land is dry again, a borehole is what you need .

    • @grassrootstrustzambia2023
      @grassrootstrustzambia2023 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sure, but you got to get the rain into the ground first with healthy soil, lots of plants /m²

    • @wildsteadings
      @wildsteadings หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@grassrootstrustzambia2023 could be correct but an article I once read stated that your ground water doesn't collect from the land directly above it, so though it is the right thing todo to protect the soil and promote micro organisms . The water you allow to penetrate your soil will benefit the water table of someone else down stream.

    • @TaLeng2023
      @TaLeng2023 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@wildsteadingsyeah, unless you yourself have access to the water table, you're not getting to use that water you "stored". I think the only benefit with improving penetration in your field is that with a thicker ground cover, you'd get less water erosion once the rain starts and hopefully you'd have enough plants to hold the soil together throughout the dry season and prevent a dust bowl.

  • @walterluus6174
    @walterluus6174 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Brilliant! Thank you

  • @uncle-arubby
    @uncle-arubby 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Good job, //@arubby.

  • @Catherinemazvani
    @Catherinemazvani 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this

  • @maryshealthkitchenandhomestead
    @maryshealthkitchenandhomestead 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for sharing, I just learned something

  • @thefoodforestnamibia
    @thefoodforestnamibia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow nice video! Counting plants! Almost to scared to do that on my land

    • @homesteadzambia
      @homesteadzambia  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      From what I've seen of your channel, your land will be covered in plants very soon.

  • @msemakweli-wk3lg
    @msemakweli-wk3lg 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Excellent explanation but the lady is interrupting too much with irrelevant suggestions.

  • @phyroukann3764
    @phyroukann3764 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Hey lady put down a baobab tree down. Why, because I like that giant tree, and it is a natural treasure in Africa. Also put a trenches around your field for harvesting your rain waters.

  • @FeliciaBoamah
    @FeliciaBoamah 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What if there’s no animal nearby that can come. Can you break up the soil and use manure and get more plants?

    • @grassrootstrustzambia2023
      @grassrootstrustzambia2023 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's hard to imagine farming sustainably or regeneratively with animals in the circle to help convert all the vegetation back into soil fertility/water.
      Maybe time to think about what animals you can manage on your farm !

    • @FeliciaBoamah
      @FeliciaBoamah 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      For example if you are farming inside the city or urban areas sometimes animals aren’t allowed but you can grow crops and things. That’s why I was curious if breaking it up and spreading manure would work. It’s definitely not the ideal situation but for lots of people animals are not always a possibility.

  • @darkskinwoman
    @darkskinwoman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Is there a way to contact this woman? Does she have a channel?

    • @homesteadzambia
      @homesteadzambia  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      web.facebook.com/Back2BasicsOrganiks.

    • @darkskinwoman
      @darkskinwoman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@homesteadzambia thanks!

  • @nicolamorrell3723
    @nicolamorrell3723 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He says there is seed in the soil but which seeds, I wonder?

    • @grassrootstrustzambia2023
      @grassrootstrustzambia2023 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The mix of palatable grasses, legumes, forbs, shrubs and bushes that were here before the management changed, the diversity that supported vast herds of wild animals ..

  • @LittleBigTreeFarm
    @LittleBigTreeFarm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who is that man and how do I contact him?

    • @homesteadzambia
      @homesteadzambia  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      web.facebook.com/rolf.shenton

  • @tweet4132
    @tweet4132 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The video doesn't show how to harvest water!

    • @hassanmakame
      @hassanmakame 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It does but not in the way you probably expected, doing a dam or a reservoir system.
      This is about regenerative systems, better read that concept first. For a clue, water is retained in the ground by not allowing it to flow over, you achieve that by increasing the number of plants per square meter on the land, plant more cover grass, easier achieved by grazing the ruminants on the land....
      As mentioned above, you first need to understand how regenerative systems work to grasp what the old man is saying in the video. I suggest you look for those videos, read about Allan Savory ideas as well. Hope this helps.

    • @victorhopper6774
      @victorhopper6774 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@hassanmakame got to be more to why it is this way with that much rain. we get the same amount of rain. we never burn the ground. does it never get cold there? does it only rain a few months a year?

    • @cassieoz1702
      @cassieoz1702 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@victorhopper6774 the problem is not total rainfall. It's run-off, excessive evaporation and time interval between downpours

    • @victorhopper6774
      @victorhopper6774 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@cassieoz1702 all that is helped by the burning, must stop the burning. find a suitable taproot legume

  • @kennedymulinda1025
    @kennedymulinda1025 หลายเดือนก่อน

    trying to understand i will watch more
    good.

  • @antoinettekankindi6807
    @antoinettekankindi6807 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Contact of this gentleman please?

    • @homesteadzambia
      @homesteadzambia  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      web.facebook.com/rolf.shenton

  • @FrancoisleRoux777
    @FrancoisleRoux777 หลายเดือนก่อน

    how can i get Rolf`s number?

  • @Shayne-pq1rs
    @Shayne-pq1rs 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That is a lot of water! Why isn't that area a jungle!

    • @Gabi-lt4mx
      @Gabi-lt4mx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There is no soil which will hold the water.

    • @zambeziflora5113
      @zambeziflora5113 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @Shayne-pq1rs, here in Zambia we get all our rain in a 3-5 month wet monsoon season while the rest of the year is dry. Grasslands and woodlands are the most common vegetation types for our area with some amounts of evergreen forest in higher rainfall areas or those areas with higher water tables.

  • @efremteenagebento6701
    @efremteenagebento6701 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wat we call rain harvest.

    • @homesteadzambia
      @homesteadzambia  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's important to harvest rain in any way we can!

  • @camerafishingcountry6903
    @camerafishingcountry6903 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And that is why there is no desertification where there is hoofed animals 🙄😂 Dont believe your eyes when you see multimillion acre cattle properties in the Dry Outback of Australia- the interior of Australia is actually a massive green forest due to all the cows 😂

    • @reinhardstuckler1275
      @reinhardstuckler1275 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The secret is a short grazing period followed by a long resting period and the next grazing only when the gras is fully recovered

    • @grassrootstrustzambia2023
      @grassrootstrustzambia2023 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yep ​@@reinhardstuckler1275

  • @Johanjacobs-vj6ob
    @Johanjacobs-vj6ob 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why would you want to harvest water if you recieve a 1000mm of rain ..ridiculous ...!!!!

    • @iamkarmenvolmink
      @iamkarmenvolmink 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That rain is probably only 4 to 5 months of the year in summer. The rest is drought... and that's why you need to harvest.

    • @cassieoz1702
      @cassieoz1702 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Such ignorance! The issue isn't total annual rainfall, it's excessive evaporation, interval between downpours and run-off.

  • @shipili
    @shipili 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can someone make me understand what this white man is saying, how do we keep this water.

    • @Insaan0457
      @Insaan0457 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      If we make more plants to take root in barren soil, then the soil becomes porous and retains the rain water. Obviously, the plants need to be of use to us and not weeds. But even weeds are better than bare soil

  • @richardmwangi2540
    @richardmwangi2540 หลายเดือนก่อน

    00

  • @ecofriend93
    @ecofriend93 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Look up Grazed and Confused, a report that shows animals do not help in the way this guy is explaining.

  • @mosukalayu9785
    @mosukalayu9785 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The lady is clueless. Dude's face when she asks ignorant questions is hilarious

    • @TheSouthernLady777
      @TheSouthernLady777 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      She is learning and that is admirable. She is trying and you have to start somewhere.

    • @Gabi-lt4mx
      @Gabi-lt4mx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      What a rude comment. The will learn, how should she knows?

    • @Online_confessions
      @Online_confessions 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If she wasn't clueless why would he be there in the first place?

    • @olydnk5270
      @olydnk5270 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think you are the one displaying naivety....sometimes the questions are meant to make us understand or to make the point clearer...

    • @hannetjiedebeer9480
      @hannetjiedebeer9480 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      We are not born with knowledge about absolutely everything. We all have to start somewhere.
      It is clear that the lady wants to learn. She repeats what he says in question form, showing that she listened attentively. She also recognized potential obstacles - a lack of funds to aquire farm animals. Because she asked the question, she received a solution to let her neighbors' animals graze the land. That is a win-win relationship. The presenter is a patient, kind, and knowledgeable teacher. Where there is a will, there is a way.
      People were born to work together.
      God will provide in due time.

  • @gofaonebaiphetlhi629
    @gofaonebaiphetlhi629 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am at 6:15, what is the cheapest way to harvest water on my farm?