Becoming A Rainwater Harvesting Whisperer

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GrowTree Organics

GrowTree Organics

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@johnmcorigin2389
@johnmcorigin2389 5 ай бұрын
Nice too see this silt and clay accumulate in the earthworks. That's feinitely going to be a ot spot for vegetation.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
We'll see how everything develops!✌🏾
@risacademics
@risacademics 5 ай бұрын
Playing in a sandbox with water. What a killer job. 🐺
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
😅✌🏾
@bearnaff9387
@bearnaff9387 5 ай бұрын
I mean, the big depression-era works project to do basically this in the Sonoran Desert worked a century ago and started filling the hollow where the water ended up with almost an inch of topsoil per decade. Terraforming a patch of desert takes decades, but isn't overwhelmingly hard and once you've gotten it started, it will proceed as best it can on its own until some resource is lost, or the climate changes.
@ravenrock541
@ravenrock541 5 ай бұрын
Draining down isn't a bad thing, the soil can hold water too. At least it's not running right off your land.
@RandomsFandom
@RandomsFandom 5 ай бұрын
You can't hold soil in an area that has runoff.
@RandomsFandom
@RandomsFandom 5 ай бұрын
Get a large concrete ring. Place it in a hole like a straw, undermine out the dirt, and the ring will sink. Then put grates over it. A charging well.
@Dirt-Fermer
@Dirt-Fermer 5 ай бұрын
@@RandomsFandom a sinkhole can open anywhere anytime.
@rdlineberry
@rdlineberry 5 ай бұрын
The "dirt" is lacking carbon and is made up of large granules, so like he said, it soaks in quickly and drains down to bedrock and follows the contour of the bedrock, away from his property. The dirt does not hold the water long enough.
@ravenrock541
@ravenrock541 5 ай бұрын
@@rdlineberry I'm betting that if he digs a 'core sample' he will find caliche or a layer of very high clay content not too far down. Gravity is not the only force at work here
@RedandAprilOff-Grid
@RedandAprilOff-Grid 5 ай бұрын
We just got 3 inches of rain in 45 minutes! It was crazy! All of my little trenches and berms were very much overwhelmed, but overall our property handled it better than expected. We have some more work to do to keep water out of the shop, but thankfully it wasn't too bad. Love what you are doing! 🌱🏜️
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Oh wow! That's what my friend keeps saying he wants to see! The 3 inch downpour!😅 it'll definitely be cool to see when we get that and everything in full action. Glad you guys got some good rain! Thanks for stopping in!✌🏾
@1millionpumpkins542
@1millionpumpkins542 5 ай бұрын
The town below us just got 4" last night with severe property damage! We got a light rain.
@in2biz160
@in2biz160 5 ай бұрын
Great work, taking time to get to know your land and working with it is great to see. Thanks for sharing your journey
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for your support!✌🏾
@tracelee7332
@tracelee7332 2 ай бұрын
This is an example of a MAN who doesn't want to conquer and destroy. Blessings to you and your family and community 🌧️🌧️🌱🌿🌲☘️🌹💐
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much. Really appreciate the support!✌🏾
@paulmccormick9822
@paulmccormick9822 5 ай бұрын
Biochar, pound for pound, would be the most effective addition to your dirt when it comes to retaining water. Also try some FNMR techniques, seeing a lot of dead limbs on all your Juniper and Pinon Pine trees. Plant the rain and keep up the good work!
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
We'll be Doing that all!✌🏾
@gman7329
@gman7329 5 ай бұрын
I was actually about to suggest building a biochar reactor for the winter months for heating & using any dead material plus you can use prunings. It’s a win win situation, warmth/cooking & a great way to help hold onto moisture in the soil! Best of luck & keep up the great work 👍
@canadiangemstones7636
@canadiangemstones7636 4 ай бұрын
Except for the desert bit, you’re living my dream, have fun!
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 4 ай бұрын
Thank you! It'll be a humid oasis soon enough!😁✌🏾
@tracelee7332
@tracelee7332 2 ай бұрын
And you will have enough water for a swimmable pond​@@GrowTreeOrganics
@OldHatIdeas
@OldHatIdeas 3 ай бұрын
I'm glad you are getting rain and it is hanging out!
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 3 ай бұрын
As am I!✌🏾
@stevesavage8784
@stevesavage8784 5 ай бұрын
That calcrete layer you have is typical of arid areas. The heat and evaporation causes mineral precipitation in the B soil horizon. I am guessing though that organic matter creating humic acids may help in breaking that up? Maybe???
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Yes you're correct. More plants, equals more carbonic acid that solublizes the calcium Carbonate, coupled with more bio mass, micro biology, and humic acids being created, which reinforces the solubility. Just a constant positive feedback loop. 😁✌🏾
@Makestuff-vm7lk
@Makestuff-vm7lk 5 ай бұрын
For the Algorithm. And your project.
@markfcoble
@markfcoble 5 ай бұрын
We have earth work swales everywhere, sandy soil too. Now adding dead plant materials to these holes. Looks like our place, high mountain desert plateau hideout NM.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
That's awesome! I'm sure we're very similar, it's more common around the world than we all think. ✌🏾
@2A-FreeCali
@2A-FreeCali 5 ай бұрын
Love what you're doing Brandon. Great work. A chipper would be handy for those larger Invasive trees. they'd make great beds to retain water. start to build soil and you can use them as beds for trees that you want. Those large ones are sucking up lots of water that could be used. water table will rise faster without em. seems counter intuitive when trying to green the desert but the math works out. Id just chip em where they are and get planting. Dig a pool or pond on the lowest point on the land. many benefits. Stay cool out there homie
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Thank you. We will be looking into one of those for sure. Gotta save up the $ ✌🏾
@eslnoob191
@eslnoob191 4 ай бұрын
I've been watching several projects in Northern Arizona and yeah the consensus seems to be that a lot of the trees currently growing there are just water hogs that look nice but are lowering the biodiversity. Some ranchers have said that, after removing a lot of the trees, the water table came up so much that natural springs returned. A more diverse and productive habitat would be a grassland with occasional trees rather than the pretty thick woodland that is there currently.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 4 ай бұрын
@@eslnoob191 there are many ways to create biodiversity. Consider we do need the trees because they help bring the fungal presence and a healthy forest actually has a bigger ratio of fungi compared to bacteria. Grassland only brings bacteria and bacteria do half the job that fungi do. Most of the studies discussing these trees and the "water hog" aspect come from ranchers and farmers, who ate the ones that want those trees down anyway for the farming and ranching, so I think it's a biased opinion. As for their water tables coming up, that would be true for any forest. If you took all the pine trees away in flagstaff I'm sure the water table would come up there too. It's curious and something to think about the variables of those ranchers saying the water table came up after the trees were gone, what are your soil conditions, do you have a hard pan layer, what's the grazing routine, rotational grazing or just free range, what's the water table like during the season, and what's the water table like after 1,2,3, or 4 years. Not to mention farming and ranching takes way more water than all these trees are sucking up. Also to mention that pine trees take way more water than the juniper, so shouldn't we be cutting all the pine trees first? All these trees contribute something, but it's our own human thinking that deems things useful or not. If you have a chance ever take a look at the national parks, Prescott national park comes to mind, no grazing there, no farming, but lots of juniper, yet you can observe how lush and full the grass is there. Now go to an area that has a ranch or farming, not much diversity there. Especially the ranches, unless they've been more so responsibly managed, you see how diminished and a lack of diversity. I pass the national parks a lot and then i see the area im in that's been a ranch since the settlers came, with most of the trees gone and surprisingly there isn't much grass, let alone diversity. So I think there are a lot of variables other than just the trees are sucking up all the water. These are just my thoughts and anyone on their own property can cut down all the trees or do whatever suits them.✌🏾
@eslnoob191
@eslnoob191 4 ай бұрын
@@GrowTreeOrganics Great comment! Nature truly is incredibly complex and perhaps even beyond human understanding. You are one of the most intelligent, thoughtful, and competent channels in this space, and it's why I've subscribed and try to watch your videos whenever I can. I know your project will be successful and I'm looking forward to seeing it all come together!
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 4 ай бұрын
@@eslnoob191 appreciate the dialog! Nature has been doing this for billions of years, plenty to learn from her! Thanks for being apart of the journey and thank you for supporting the channel!✌🏾
@dovh49
@dovh49 5 ай бұрын
It's been a bit of a disappointing monsoon season so far. I hope August will be better.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
It has, but I think I've found a secret to our weather patterns from observing this season so far! I'll probably do a video on that!✌🏾
@jamestboehm6450
@jamestboehm6450 5 ай бұрын
Get some native grasses or a grassy grain growing. Get plant matter roots into the ground to form a vegetable mass on and under the ground.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
In due time definitely!✌🏾
@LucasCobb
@LucasCobb 4 ай бұрын
Just subscribed and looking forward to see how the homestead continues to come along. Really cool building techniques going on here.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 4 ай бұрын
Nice! Thanks for joining the journey!✌🏾
@DoItYourselfGardening
@DoItYourselfGardening 4 ай бұрын
Have seen your videos and I encourage you to continue no matter what!! I will make some videos with my swale layout in the next coming years as I implement it. I have a sandy beach soil with maybe 20-30 years of just weed growth and beating sun no tree cover. My hopes like yours are to channel the water to the root areas and observe how it flows through the natural slopes. Everything you do is vital to people like me just wanting to enjoy learning nature. Thank you friend! 🤙
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 4 ай бұрын
Thank you my friend for the supportive words! We will continue on! One rock at a time!✌🏾
@DoItYourselfGardening
@DoItYourselfGardening 4 ай бұрын
@@GrowTreeOrganics someone shared with me that palm logs can be soaked for a few months in salt water so that I’d be hardened. Still need to implement on a scale to my size and just test in general. I’ll do my best to post results and using it in a. Swale or dam like manor. Not sure if any kind of palms are near you however I wonder if dried cactus can be soaked in something the same way to initiate the same effect. Apologies for the long rant😅it all just came to mind. I’ll leave it to be and work on it all and keep you in the loop. Again thank you for being a spark of inspiration! 🤙
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 4 ай бұрын
@@DoItYourselfGardening interesting! I'll have to look into that myself. Thanks for that! Definitely keep me posted on your findings!✌🏾
@AstroTerran7734
@AstroTerran7734 5 ай бұрын
Id say you already have tons of organic matter on your land. Try pruning the bottoms of those trees and bushes and use that material for ground cover or building BDA's. See also, FMNR method.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
We'll be Doing plenty of pruning and the whole arsenal of Organics to bring the Desert back to life!✌🏾
@gasmoneyindustry
@gasmoneyindustry 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for documenting all of this and putting it out there for us
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
My pleasure! Thank you for the support!😁✌🏾
@hirokawiti4932
@hirokawiti4932 5 ай бұрын
Those jack rabbit are a great omen of abundant times to come, ig u will be catching more water from the melt also thanks to your earthworks. It's already noticeable the rate of growth around ur check dams. I can only imagine how it will look in the years to come
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Oh nice. I did see 2 jack rabbits , so twice the good fortune! Plenty more green to come!😁✌🏾
@hirokawiti4932
@hirokawiti4932 5 ай бұрын
@@GrowTreeOrganics rabbits sensing change xd ty for keeping us posted
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
@@hirokawiti4932 ✌🏾
@frictionhitch
@frictionhitch 5 ай бұрын
I am super impressed with your earthworks. I love your plans and the work you have put in. I have no doubt that it will pay dividends in time. Well done guys
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Really appreciate it! The proof will be in the pudding!😁✌🏾
@permissiontoshine
@permissiontoshine 5 ай бұрын
Great to see your project coming together and your YT channel gain some traction. I look forward to and watch all of your videos, just don't have much opportunity to comment. Hi from Perth, Western Australia
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! Really appreciate your support! Even a comment here and there is fine by me! Glad you had a chance to comment this time though! Cheers!✌🏾
@permissiontoshine
@permissiontoshine 4 ай бұрын
@@GrowTreeOrganics I love you guys showing the world, being and example of what hard work, passion and commitment looks like. It inspires me to do better.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 4 ай бұрын
@@permissiontoshine thank you very much for those words! Definitely means a lot and I'm glad we can inspire you! Thanks for being apart of the journey!✌🏾
@1millionpumpkins542
@1millionpumpkins542 5 ай бұрын
I aspire to implementing the techniques you're showing here. Bravo! Hehe, beware of making bets with the Rain. Offerings are required when you wish to bend the Elementals in your direction, and the house always wins.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Oh right! I'll get started with a delicious chicken dinner for the rain weather!😅... can't go wrong with chicken!😅✌🏾
@1millionpumpkins542
@1millionpumpkins542 5 ай бұрын
@GrowTreeOrganics Everything loves to eat chicken! 😋 Learning about Puebloan culture is one of my lifelong interests. Their reverence and animism resonates deeply the longer I live in their ancestral homeland. I've never felt closer to the Creator's omnipresence. Blessings to you 🙏
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
@@1millionpumpkins542 it's an honor to learn of the natives history that thrived in this area for thousands of years and to walk in their footsteps so to speak as far as respecting the land and working with nature! Thank you!✌🏾
@insAneTunA
@insAneTunA 5 ай бұрын
If you can make or source some wood chips it would be great to add to the soil. Even a small patch with a thick layer would be good. It lasts much longer as hay or straw. And it holds much more water compared to hay or straw once the chips are a bit matured👍
@Mr_Jamin007
@Mr_Jamin007 5 ай бұрын
Wood chips would take a while till they break down enough to become porous in that dry climate but if they're mixed with the straw and a bit of manure they'd make great soil. Just spread out a thing layer over as big an area as possible about an inch thick. In about ten years he'll have a foot of decent soil.
@Mr_Jamin007
@Mr_Jamin007 5 ай бұрын
He's got a lot of trees that he could raise the canopy and chip up all the branches so it'd only cost a few hundred for a semi decent small wood chipper.
@insAneTunA
@insAneTunA 5 ай бұрын
@@Mr_Jamin007 Spread a one foot thick layer, no matter how small the patch is, and you have decent soil in a year. It takes a year, but it will last for many years.
@Mr_Jamin007
@Mr_Jamin007 5 ай бұрын
@@insAneTunA you could, I think spreading it over a larger area is better for covering the ground to help keep the ground cool and letting grass and weeds to keep popping through for more local biomass to mulch and spread or compost. If he isn't close to somewhere he can bring stuff in from, it'll cost a lot for fuel. Putting down a thick layer will suppress the native plants and you'll have to wait a while for it to break down enough for seeds to take hold. That's what's good about him spreading out the straw, stuff can keep pushing through.
@insAneTunA
@insAneTunA 5 ай бұрын
@@Mr_Jamin007 Nope. A thin layer does absolutely nothing. It is a waste of time and money.
@ShannonNunn-s6f
@ShannonNunn-s6f 5 ай бұрын
Awesome brother! thank God for the rain, Have you researched trees from deserts around the world... Some hold water and provide shelter and shade to help reduce evaporation as well...... The ecosystem and leaves would add some diversity... Moringa trees grow super fast and don't need a lot of water or complex soils... Their roots could dig into the ground helping with absorption in areas where you need less run off... Just some ideas... Love your work... Keep it up...
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
We'll be coming up soon, the next couple months, on planting a ton of native Desert trees for our area, along with grasses and such! The best is yet to come! But thank you very much, appreciate your support!✌🏾
@1millionpumpkins542
@1millionpumpkins542 5 ай бұрын
I have some moringa seeds I brought from SoCal, but haven't planted them yet because of the freezing winters.
@MJ123and5
@MJ123and5 5 ай бұрын
Nice.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!✌🏾
@bigfootsboggybottomlodge4954
@bigfootsboggybottomlodge4954 5 ай бұрын
Right on 👍 ✌
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Growin on!😅✌🏾
@conorpp1
@conorpp1 4 ай бұрын
A further issue in relation to water is how all the wells and industrial farms tap into the aquifer and deplete it. Then when you add in all the soil erosion and the fact that because of erosion, a large % of the rainwater runs off the land rather than seeping into it the aquifer never recovers and so continues to deplete. What you are doing is very important. You are a nature replacement until nature can come back and do these things with human intervention. Over grazing, bad water management and bad farming practices are the causes of so many of our desertification problems. Good land management practices are key to restoring a healthy bio-diverse landscape.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 4 ай бұрын
We had first hand experience in Montana, seeing how when the farmers started irrigating how much the river level would drop. Startling to say the least. So many man made issues that domino up the nature world! We just want to try and be responsible for ourselves and our land! Appreciate your input, so much is still foreign to people on these matters and especially how to solve the problem effectively, but also in balance with nature!✌🏾
@SurvivalXBushcraft541CORE
@SurvivalXBushcraft541CORE 5 ай бұрын
Junipers are water hogs. Also, if that is dolomite or limestone layer aka caliche, dig up, break it down small, put it into a campfire to remove the carbon dioxide from the rock. It will turn bright white. After cooking, small amount of water (it should fizzle) and it will turn into a paste. You now have the key ingredient to making homemade concrete.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Oh I want that CO2 to stay in the ground to feed the microbes. The caliche is good minerals too!😅✌🏾
@robwi7369
@robwi7369 5 ай бұрын
Hello from Chandler. If you can ever find, untreated, ceramics, like a pot planner. Because it’s so porous it’s a great thing to mix into the dirt to retain moisture.
@robwi7369
@robwi7369 5 ай бұрын
Pot planters
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Definitely, appreciate that suggestion!✌🏾
@1millionpumpkins542
@1millionpumpkins542 5 ай бұрын
You just reminded me of when I used plain clay cat litter/absorbent for my house rabbit's litter box one year, and dumped it into woodchips and a stump I kept trying to turn into a planter.. We really saw soil action 🔥
@gatorbait9385
@gatorbait9385 5 ай бұрын
There doesn't need to be anything special underground to cause that sheet flow. Dry sand is enough. Im in Florida, and i can say dry sand is hydrophobic and prevents drainage. We always see crazy flooding after a drought because all the sand dries out and stops letting the water through.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Very true and you're right. There can be other variables as well. But in some spots on the property the caliche layer is maybe 1 foot down or less and we have huge boulders! We're actually in an area with ancient volcano remnants, so I suspect we also have pockets where water can be held.✌🏾
@ethandoingstuff1433
@ethandoingstuff1433 5 ай бұрын
awesome vid. Always fun to play in the rain. Have you considered adding seed into your little dams and seeing what pops up and where?
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Definitely a good time! I have a previous video going over how we're laying straw and cover crop seed. But we still have a lot more to do and show!✌🏾 "Soaking and Storing More Rainwater In The Desert" kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZS4koVvrpynr9ksi=QZVpQzj62f0zBoNN
@AlanW
@AlanW 5 ай бұрын
Looking forward to seeing progress on this!
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
As do I! Thank you!✌🏾
@Leon-vp3vb
@Leon-vp3vb 4 ай бұрын
Fascinating project. Can this type of soil hold water for pond development? Will it be more effective to have 10 feet by 10 feet square blocks holding water in steps?
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 4 ай бұрын
We're very sandy in our soil here, so we'll be using rubber liner for the most part! But you never know we could find a spot that holds water for a long time!✌🏾
@chalbal
@chalbal Ай бұрын
On our farm in the karoo in south africa we used to trim the bottom of all the bushes so animals would be able to use it as shelter in the day. How come you dont build your water catchers around the bases ofthe plants/trees in your area ?
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 29 күн бұрын
You'll have to watch all the rain videos to have a better idea of what's going on, but also we're not finished and we're only 1 year into this project between 2 people. Plenty of trimming, planting, and building still to go!✌🏾
@_MikeJon_
@_MikeJon_ 5 ай бұрын
Nice!
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Appreciate it!✌🏾
@az55544
@az55544 5 ай бұрын
Quick like a bunny, start your native tree nursery (why is "tree" in your name?). Desert trees and shrubs grow slowly. All that slowing of water needs some foliage. Trees make rain. Google that. If you can create a microclimate, you will have more rain. And, crikey, i hope you have a good map.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Oh you'll see soon enough, why its called Growtree!😅 we've got plenty more to do here!✌🏾
@CallMePreet
@CallMePreet 5 ай бұрын
Way cool
@자유인-n3f
@자유인-n3f 5 ай бұрын
🇰🇷응원합니다
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!✌🏾
@sophiareygrace6656
@sophiareygrace6656 5 ай бұрын
You should remove every single invasive trees there
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Then we'll really be a Desert then!😅✌🏾
@lovegoodmusic2477
@lovegoodmusic2477 5 ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@John-yo9jz
@John-yo9jz 3 ай бұрын
You need need more wild grasses.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 3 ай бұрын
Yes we do!😅👍🏾✌🏾
@Rok_Piletic
@Rok_Piletic 5 ай бұрын
Biobedding Straw Pellets?
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
We're using straw, among other various ways to get the ground covered and fertilized!✌🏾
@danielcastiglione5328
@danielcastiglione5328 5 ай бұрын
It may sound crazy but you need to thin out your trees to improve your ground water retention. If you took a picture of your area 150 years ago, if would have far less trees. The soil needs the mulch from the trees, and will promote grass growth, to help retain rain water and soil.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
I would disagree actually. This place used to be full of pine trees. We're also in the vicinity of an ancient volcano, which actually caused our area to become a bowl because of collapsing lava tube. So we have a fertile area coupled with years of nature caused and man made fires. Trust me the trees are doing the least amount of damage compared to other variables we have here. ✌🏾
@danielcastiglione5328
@danielcastiglione5328 5 ай бұрын
@@GrowTreeOrganics you can get a wildlife biologist to come out and assess. We do a lot of work managing juniper and pinyon pine forest. Climate change has really cause over expansion and density problems in these forest. We do a drop and leave or drop mulch method. The deer, elk and grouse population have never been better.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
We'll be implementing silvaculture, especially since we want diversity, I know a good deal in that area as well. We still have much to do here, but I did a video where I take about managing our old growth forest, so we will be doing lots of chop and drop, promoting the pinyon trees, and creating more diversity along with capturing and retaining water on the property. I really appreciate your expression of thoughts. Definitely follow along to see how we're doing all this!✌🏾
@nj1101
@nj1101 5 ай бұрын
🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
@chriswiedeman490
@chriswiedeman490 5 ай бұрын
Hey man. Saw the kitties run through a segment of the video. Have you had them all fixed yet? Cats are really bad for your local bird population. Please don't let them keep breeding.
@a_fellow_homesteader
@a_fellow_homesteader 5 ай бұрын
We are responsible with our cats in that manner. They are a greatly needed worker on our land due to the mass amount of rodents ✌🏾💜 🐱
@RandomsFandom
@RandomsFandom 5 ай бұрын
Outdoor cats are good food for coyotes.
@RandomsFandom
@RandomsFandom 5 ай бұрын
​@@a_fellow_homesteaderget plastic drums, cut off the top, and string some wheels across the gap. Put peanut butter on the middle wheel. When they climb across they will fall in the barrel. Fill the barrel, and float balls on the surface to conceal the water. Quicksand trap
@RandomsFandom
@RandomsFandom 5 ай бұрын
Put a pond in the lowest corner. And aqueduct it to the spots where you grow
@a_fellow_homesteader
@a_fellow_homesteader 5 ай бұрын
@@RandomsFandom we have tried many kinds of traps. They do very little.
@Bigredkarl
@Bigredkarl 5 ай бұрын
Swales swales swales
@Anu_Fathima
@Anu_Fathima 4 ай бұрын
Are you from India or have any roots..??
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 4 ай бұрын
Born in America. I don't know my full family tree, so I could have Indian roots somewhere in my family tree!😅✌🏾
@Anu_Fathima
@Anu_Fathima 4 ай бұрын
@@GrowTreeOrganics You look like an Indian.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 4 ай бұрын
@@Anu_Fathima 😅 I've been told I'm a lot of things. I'll add Indian to that list!😂✌🏾
@yas4435
@yas4435 4 ай бұрын
Invest into a new tool please!!!❤
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 4 ай бұрын
Really appreciate it! Will Do!👍🏾✌🏾
@susanlatimer1673
@susanlatimer1673 5 ай бұрын
EARTH
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
💚✌🏾
@Jellybizzy
@Jellybizzy 5 ай бұрын
Dang, kinda stinks that the peak is in the middle like that. Doing stuff at the top only benefits half your land. Basically gotta double your efforts.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Oh but we have earthworks at our bottom! Plus we're not done with this project. Still so much to do! Only enough time in a day for 2 people and trying to make somewhat quality videos. We're getting there! 1 rock at a time!✌🏾
@JimHiebert-k2y
@JimHiebert-k2y 5 ай бұрын
you are so tanned
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Like the toast that was in the toaster a little too long!😅✌🏾
@JackofAllMasterOfnone86
@JackofAllMasterOfnone86 5 ай бұрын
You got your hands full. Nearly no native grasses, extra sandy loom, overgrowth of junipers. Whatever water you can save, those junipers are gonna gobble up. That land up there is so over grazed 😢 you have a desperate need for deep root native grasses.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
Definitely a lot to tackle, but we have a process of how we're progressing things here. I actually hope to disprove the juniper "sucking up all the water" story that most people say, but seem to lack evidence to support what they're saying. Not saying you're wrong, but I do hope to show how we're bringing back the grasses and vegetation without having to clear cut all the juniper. Which that's all the trees on our property... Plenty of examples in our world of how "beneficial" it is to simply clear cut everything. These trees still contribute fungal growth and activity, so they do have something going for them. ✌🏾
@JackofAllMasterOfnone86
@JackofAllMasterOfnone86 5 ай бұрын
@GrowTreeOrganics would be cool to see! I just speak from knowing what the northern grasslands looked like. Also, there are some ranches that have restored their grasslands up there. It's amazing to see them come back. Most of that land was owned by a couple of people and was grazed nonstop for 80 -90 years. But I'm a firm believer their is more than one way to skin a cat. Their are some native seed sellers. Small but very helpful. Maze seeds are awesome as well. Good luck brotha.
@robwi7369
@robwi7369 5 ай бұрын
I agree you need to retain moisture in the soil. You can look into biochar. It’s great for moisture and adding nutrients.
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
@@robwi7369 most definitely!😁✌🏾
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
@@JackofAllMasterOfnone86 really appreciate it! Plenty more progress to come here!✌🏾
@OOOOO0KKKKKKKK
@OOOOO0KKKKKKKK 5 ай бұрын
for the algo
@WilliamSFBikeTour
@WilliamSFBikeTour 5 ай бұрын
✌🏻💝☯🖖🏻 🌧⛈🌞🌱
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
💦😁✌🏾
@35Colorado
@35Colorado 5 ай бұрын
You have to get rid of those trees, they are invasive to the area and take up to 6000 gallons each to grow
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 5 ай бұрын
So I've heard!✌🏾😅
@paramashantadharma5676
@paramashantadharma5676 3 ай бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqupn4yZftadbKs Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Here Comes The Rain Again (Remastered)
@paramashantadharma5676
@paramashantadharma5676 3 ай бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZOsnYVom6uLg5o The Alarm - Rain in the Summertime
@GrowTreeOrganics
@GrowTreeOrganics 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing!✌🏾
@paramashantadharma5676
@paramashantadharma5676 3 ай бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWbbYnlvpM2Fl5Y The Jesus And Mary Chain - Happy When It Rains (Official Music Video)
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