Soil & Diverse Cover Crops Final Parts UNCUT

COMPLETE UNCUT FOOTAGE - FINAL PARTS
Conservation Agronomist, Ray Archuleta with the National Resources Conservation Service joins David Brandt of Walnut Creek Seeds for a workshop on soil and the use of diverse cover crops to build life and fertility in the soil. Produce abundant yields while implementing the best organic and sustainable methods of establishing and maintaining maximum biology. Build aggregates that make up the best soils and see it grow your best crops year after year.

[@chiledoug]

I am 68 wish I was 40 years younger..the methods are fascinating....I have no acreage but I still watch it..

[@Andee1688]

I'm 66, me too, no acreage, no descendants...still good for my urban food forest and garden....It's about growing the SOIL.

[@fasttrucker55]

Me too

[@lynnerobinson6425]

Me too

[@TheGroundskeeper]

Tell you what man you buy the land and I’ll help build it for you

[@petersonsawmillservice268]

Its amazing to me that people think this way of farming is new. This is how my dad taught me since 1980. I love hearing more people are teaching and spreading the information!

[@irishwanderer4206]

You will only understand what you've been taught🤞 ,this to some folks is the Mona Lisa of gardening ,and rightly so.

[@thechaosgardener]

Great content! I teach high school science and am teaching regenerative thinking to my students.

[@marlan5470]

The decorative lawns in schools should become laboratories growing food. If the harvest is plentiful the students could sell their produce next to the girl scouts selling cookies.

[@HighLow_Milo]

THANK YOU

[@dreday4443]

Need more teachers like u?

[@Mrbfgray]

I'm just a home gardener but much of this is fascinating.

[@ChrisWRR]

Right there with you. I am tempted to turn my tiny backyard into a miniature farmers field after watching this.

[@deelove6899]

Every single farmer in the world needs to see this! Thanks :)

[@InReality33]

Brilliant, guys! This type of knowledge will be a big part in saving the world... Honestly! Thanks so much for this resource.

[@johnwilliams8184]

WOW THANKS SO VERY MUCH I HAVE ETO LISTEN TO THIS OVER AND OVER SO MUCH GREAT THOUGHT AND KNOWLEDGE AND PHILOSOPHY GREAT TEACHER HERE THANKS SO MUCH THIS IS AMAZING

[@silkebaumhauer107]

please, push the translate-button! my english is not good enough to understand your interesting performance! Since a long time I am a big fan of your channel, if i can unterstod ;-) We have a little permacultural garden for our Self-sufficiency since 5 years and i learned so many things from your proffesionell excurses. please excuse my mistakes ;-) Thank you so much! Good wishes and thank you for your work! Silke from Bavaria/Germany

[@hallpaintandbody7717]

Wow, that is intense crop management! 2019 doing my 1st cover crop, no till. The farmer next to me is spending hundreds of dollars per acre on fungicide and fertilizer. Interesting test to see the difference.

[@allenyoung7229]

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[@marlan5470]

Let's hope your neighbor's application of chemicals doesn't damage your soil.

[@hallpaintandbody7717]

@@marlan5470 I may have to put up a barrier fence. My three peach trees may not make it, after spraying to terminate crops. Spring months will tell.

[@daveb6386]

How did your cover crop turn out?

[@hallpaintandbody7717]

@@daveb6386 Crimson clover grows well, where there's still top soil. The red clay, hardly anything will grow.

[@klausschroter1738]

FREE books.... nice... even if the video is from 2016 I downloaded some of them. Very nice source for knowledge about this topics.

[@miguelangelsimonfernandez5498]

Borage, "borago officinalis", borraja in Spain. a very nice plant, pollinators love the blue flowers. In Spain we sow it in spring cut the lower leaves for greens all year. They are good for soups and salads, howewer, one must remove the small hairs on the leaves (stalks too). They can also be sautéd, or with scrambled egg. The flowers can be collected later but on a dry morning. It is self seeding and usually cut in Autum.

[@mikelmartin6364]

yes, in Aragon is loved gastronomically as a regional dish served in many different ways

[@mpccenturion]

I am coming back to growing stuff. Been 40 yrs. Yeh I messed around with Geese for a year. What a wonderful Alarm System. Any Burglar walked on our property - and 6 geese were braying like the Scots of OLD - Bagpipes. They were the best! David Brant. Thank you for starting your journey! I follow! Within a year I will be following closer. Thank YOU Sir!

[@jj680l]

This is an incredible video thank you so much!

[@Iivingroomforest]

So much wealth here! Thank you :)

[@brianwood8207]

thanks for all the Ideas what a great Subscription

[@krustysurfer]

Great Perspectives, Mahalo!

[@WanderingWonderer808]

I love this. Thank you for the knowledge.

[@toxicrune]

Thank you for posting this gold

[@mikemadsen2716]

thank you

[@cherylharewood2549]

Thank you for the information

[@brabandindezon]

nice,,,,, this is art thanks people for this nice and educative video, very good!

[@tankandlaci]

Great video and lots to learn. Question though. I am not farming but want a cover crop rotation for my hunting and wildlife purposes moving forward. Converting portions of old crop fields to repair the soil. Will probably cover crop 10 of 24 acres. Any differences for someone like me?

[@tobywaka12]

this is the best video ive seen so far!

[@Camille_Boomer77000]

That's going to stay stuck in my head for years: "Nature is not a nudist it wants to be covered". 😂

[@benkessler7460]

At 1:21:00, so powerful. Us young folk gonna do it.

[@mycedarridge]

Ben Kessler, right?? The best part of the whole video!

[@marspl]

Seriously inspiring!

[@johncourtneidge]

Again, thank-you. The take home is the value of diversity: that monocrops be they of single flora or fauna are lazy approaches. Diverse farming ie mixed farming is attention-intensive and, at best *not* effort intensive.

[@JohnPaul-hj7xl]

AS USUAL - Helpful and Great Info for us all

[@gcb6185]

You had David with you should have allowed him to share that would have given us immensely useful to the viewers and even to the students who came there

[@unionshout]

I started no till /cover crops. @ 84.. Regeneration.The environment profits. I'll let you know how I do

[@Gustav4]

And it's fantastic speaking to 10-15 people but 6300 watching here.

[@livingladolcevita7318]

shame you couldn't come to the uk and give these seminars, I shall try and use your methods on my allotment carry on the good work. Mark

[@jamestoday2239]

Mark, i'm also in Britain and am trying out this stuff on an allotment.

[@livingladolcevita7318]

when and where will you be here? would like to try to come and see you

[@jamestoday2239]

Oh no, i'm nothing to do with the film, just a viewer like yourself.

[@jamestoday2239]

But, perhaps we could exchange ideas/stories of failure if you'd be interested?

[@thechief762]

The small scale farms might consider a "jab" type planter for large seeds, or a Hatfield planter for transplants. Both are available from Johnny's Seeds.

[@sheilamclaughlin963]

Thanks in advance

[@fasttrucker55]

I remember my grandparents farm (50) year's ago, if not planted it was plowed clean that was exception of day.

[@tcotroneo]

Can’t find the soil web app.. Great discussions btw..

[@TinaThevarge]

Is this spreadsheet available somewhere? (Cover Crop Mix)

[@mamaduck6845]

I would like a mentor. I live in Schoharie county NY. Also looking for a nearby edible & medicinal wild plant expert.

[@sclivestock5943]

What could on plant on a grazing pasture that has been infested with Thistle. Thanks Scott

[@jdavid18]

I am starting to incorporate cover crops on my organic farm in South America. I am concerned about the cover crops termination because the terrain is not flat. How to address the cover crops termination in a mountainous terrain?

[@wendyscott8425]

@tsimahei Got a link? I couldn't find a thing about this online.

[@anazdesar8983]

We do not have such machines. Can I just cut cover crop and leave it there?

[@johncourtneidge]

I'm going to try with a medium weight garden roller (GBP30, fillable if necessary as an option with such) on my allotment on this winter's grazing rye and vetch mix . . .

[@miguelangelsimonfernandez5498]

What month of the year was this filmed?

[@jona1018]

What cover crop mix would you suggest for growing hemp?

[@The5thGen]

Weed

[@erwinbrubacker7488]

How about for orchards ? What mix ? Im planning on rolling.

[@jean-louisdespatie2873]

Very interested in this type of farming.I have small acreage in Ontario Canada. Unfortunately every video and all info I read about is from the States. Wondering if you have any names of someone that could help me here. Thanks

[@KrazyKajun602]

You mention that each legume uses a specific inoculate. So how is this done in a mix since eveything is in one bag with different legumes and inoculates mixing all together?

[@luismiranda9300]

Thanks for this Great video lots of great information ,I'm so confused tho 🐒

[@South3West77]

I can see in afew decades where there will be state laws in areas for applying this method.

[@shakengrain1942]

Camera needs different position. Speaker in front of display screen often.

[@lamnguyenhoang1280]

I'm not english native so that so difficult to understand exactly what him say when without caption. Add caption please! Make them useful to framer of the world

[@michael61png]

Who sells​ the roller behind the BCF?

[@ekcoylejr]

I am in central florida and I can see they have destroyed the soil here with conventional farming. lots of cleared land that is now just used for grazing. No winter here where the soil can recover a little. How would someone begin to recover soil here?

[@wesleycallison2079]

Mob grazing cover crops.

[@GOODNEWSGREENS]

What message for business men and bankers?

[@GOODNEWSGREENS]

You ask if I know what corn is. ? Can you give me a hint? Is that something which is Dead or Alive

[@familyvlogs9105]

What were those apps again?

[@jpp9876]

How about grazing goats to work on the mugwart?

[@joecactus91]

perhaps a short growing perennial mix like that wouldnt suppress the weeds

[@randommarko3844]

Can barley be used as a cover crop instead of rye?

[@Cordell-]

32:32 should answer your question

[@joansmith3492]

So maybe you all could reconsider how you think about mugwort. Make it a harvest. Mugwort has many uses. Figure out how to use it instead of how to kill it.

[@chrisdewet4384]

Does anyone have the website address for that SARE site? I cannot find it

[@phillipbertrand8514]

Whats the name of all the free links.

[@Gustav4]

Can somebody explain what he is saying at 46:40. I understand it is something about salmonella which I'm very interested in.

[@jacobfurnish7450]

I think what he is trying to say is that the earthworms eat so much bacteria and their castings act as food for different bacteria until the ecoli and salmonella are "choked off." (competition from other bacteria)

[@RealEstateInsider247]

at 3:42, it is difficult to understand the name of the free ebook on the sare.org website. Can anyone understand what they are saying?

[@karinlindquist2192]

It's called "Managing Cover Crops Profitably." That's the pdf they were referring to. www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Books/Managing-Cover-Crops-Profitably-3rd-Edition

[@wesleycallison2079]

Wonder what their throwing away at the granary with the weed seeds. Diversity?

[@wesleycallison2079]

I saw a guy on TV about ten years ago who said he farmed by adding earthworm eggs only. Every year. I don't know if he was willing or not

[@jamestoday2239]

One of the questions that keeps mulling around for me is around the grouping of certain plants into 'good guys' v's bad, in relation to how these various plants contribute to the general diversity of native fauna. So for example, Milkweed that grows as a weed throughout the US, is the sole food plant of the enigmatic Monarch butterfly.....So is there a place for Milkweed in agro-ecology/ soil health centred farming generally? Many moths, butterfly's e.t.c are in steep and widespread decline and depend upon weeds as larval food plants and nectar sources, and are themselves food for bats, birds e.t.c, which all go enrich and enhance bio-diversity. So how can true native flora find a space in this new way of farming so that it can sustain the multitude of organisms that depend on it?

[@lastniceguy1]

First thing that comes to mind is hedge rows and no clean cropping.

[@mikelmartin6364]

James, there are no such "good plants and bad plants" . All plants are good, important is to let the nature find ints own balance. I do not destroy the weeds in my garden, they are used by the beneficials (insects) and other bad insects that are food for the beneficials. Everything is interlinked, just sit back and observe the nature; read "one straw revolution" free pdf

[@williamspencer5564]

David is the guy from the it ain't much but its honest work meme

[@karlbogrand1239]

Yes!

[@hallpaintandbody7717]

One month later and not a drop of rain. A sledgehammer wouldn't dent this red clay. Failure, no I'm dragging a 200 ft. water hose around. Lets grow some soil!

[@mikelmartin6364]

start buiding the first inches of soil by lasaña method; search here on YT and spray some water regularly if not raining . small surface first, like 5x5ft experimental ; start planting/cultivating local weeds that are adapted to local climate. Cover your soil with whatever comes handy and already adapted. Then after 2 years use cover crops in between the weeds , min 4-6 mixes to see what is ok for your climate and adapting best. Grow from there. Weeds are not bad, we call them weeds; nature does not see them like that; weeds are part of your local ecosystem and they deserve their place as veterans you develop from there; (remember we consumed weeds as salad hundred of thousand of years ago) give them some water. Be patient! your red clay will grow 2-3 inches of black soil if you give it time. Cheers!

[@Jaantoenen]

The air is mostly nitrogen. Why not use a cover crop along that pulls and store it from the air.?

[@oldauntzibby4395]

That's what legumes do (peas, beans, vetch, etc.).

[@mamo9389]

When you roll the cover crops don't you kill many if not all of the insect life? I feel that trampling it down with cattle will be the better apporach, won't it?

[@joecactus91]

hi guys! have you ever experimented with using all perennial cover crops? for example a mix of all short plants like alfalfa, comfrey, sage, with self-seeding annuals like buckwheat and umbelliferae? wouldnt it be more cost effective to have a perennial cover, that you only have to seed once? at planting time you could chop and drop the mature perennial cover crop plants, leaving enough stubble to regrow, and transplant big tomato plants in 1 gallon pots, for example? the perennials might push the soil balance even closer to that "forest-edge ecosystem" than annual cover crops could. they might even flower before being shaded out by the annual crop, and set seeds in the shadows ready to spring forth when you remove the annual crop with no additional expenditure or effort. that way there would literally not be a second the soil did not have a matrix of living roots in it

[@GardenViper]

perennials are very tough to terminate without herbicide . One gallon tomato pots would be cost prohibited 4000 tomatoes to the acre. Chop and drop is the most expensive way to cover crop hands down. Chop and drop could maybe done on an acre or two, but sixty acres that completely unfeasible. Your ideas are more practical in a orcharding systems not annual.

[@ginagriffiths3677]

one must understand if it wouldn't be for photosynthesis Ray would not have such a nice tan. 😀

[@patriciarussell8450]

Mark in the video I noticed you as a striking looking twin to my son Aaron Russell, check him out on face book you guys are so much alike, really dark hair long slender nose :A true twin.

[@miarognstad2494]

“Best way to save soil temperatures and water is . . . “ What did he say?! The other guy said the word off mic. What is the word?

[@raurkegoose5233]

A lot of good info, unfortunately, Ray, and others, seem to think of compost tea/extract as fertilizer. It is not. The nuturients in compost tea/extract is minimal at best, and the application rates are minimal as well. Compost tea/extract are all about adding missing micro-organisms (bacteria, fungi, etc.).

[@FreeRange1234]

Really, when did they say that? Maybe if you're so smart you should do your own work shop and produce your own videos. I'm sure Ray understands what compost tea is and how it works.

[@Yotaciv]

Raurke Goose yeah but without those benificials the organic matter is going to take a long time to be available. So in a way it is a fertilizer in the sence that with out it the nutrient in the soil cant be used.

[@raurkegoose5233]

That is not what a fertilizer is. A fertilizer adds chemistry. Compost tea adds biology. It is a biological ammendment, not a fertilizer. But, my point is that these guys equate tea with superphosphate and such, eschew it's use, and fail to see the potential of the soil. Look at the biological reports on their soils, they are all lacking fungi in a big way, as well as some of the various predator species. Tea is, or should be, part of the solution. Other than that, love these guys and what they are doing and teaching.

[@markroeder2491]

Many compost teas do add P and K, from eggshells ect. Many times CT is used to inoculate biochar and when it is added to soil other amendments such as lime, and rock dust are added also. So I guess, I'm saying that you are being very critical in your observations. Sometimes CT is a fertilizer too!

[@marcovoetberg6618]

My question to the compost tea idea is why do (some) people give the advice to apply the compost tea regularly? I mean if its all about adding missing biology would one application not suffice? Maybe more applications with again different biology sure. But either the biology lands in a place it can live and prosper or it doesn't. Would the concept of build it and they come not apply here as well?

[@jennifersissons7844]

Why not use nature and just let the weeds grow before flattening them?

[@wendyscott8425]

I think weeds may not provide the nutrition the soil needs in order to grow the crops. Better to plant things that put nitrogen into the soil and other essential minerals so the crops can grow well.

[@SimplyThinkDreams]

A lot of weeds are perennial and will not die by being rolled.

[@heterodox3487]

Actually it's a good cost effective solution if you don't need to grow food and you want to regenerate the top soil. It's a matter of time and priorities. It takes 7-10 year's with (weeds). Although a lot are edible or medicinal

[@zackscott8636]

guy with red shirt, chill out.

[@MatthewHolevinski]

The second I saw the guy in the red shirt, i was like yup, he's from Kansas :)

[@HeavyDemir]

Someone cut of those index fingers, man I am sick of them!

[@markroeder2491]

That's Ray Archuleta ya donk! LOL. Literally the brightest "soil" guy around.

[@mikelmartin6364]

@@markroeder2491 ya, Ray Archuleta ,The soil "whisperer" , I like him how he explains soil health, looks very good person ; wish we had agronoms by thousands like him.

[@sheilamclaughlin963]

Use to be able get the usda soils book from ascs offices when I was a young farmer, I like the book, don’t care much for the on line stuff

[@sheilamclaughlin963]

Those bars need an edge to cut, if that rye is volunteer that machine will not kill it, if we hay wheat rye too soon it will sucker and seed back anyway, the rye we fight looks like bran and grows, really well, adapted from combining dirty wheat and the combine blowing 2/3 of the rye out the back, u would swear that the dang stuff has a 100% germination

[@sheilamclaughlin963]

U leave rye to get to a dough stage it will grow next, that’s why the wheat belt has trouble with volunteer rye that we have to fight