Planting awesome future livestock shade trees in our pastures.

[@georgeheller2281]

You are living and working in a low stress environment. This is what is possible when you stay focused on the goal, and not let outsiders discourage you. So many people want to tell you what you can't do, and not enough telling you go for it. Greg is constantly saying go for it! Thank you for the countless times you have provided great information and positive reinforcement on your channel. Always looking for the positive, have a great weekend.

[@eltonshamblen9766]

The countless. All in line for a free throw. Have your list of answers ready. " Interesting. I'll think about that." Resistance is futile with the virtual farmer, the laws of physics, time, motion, economics, or simple reason, can be suspended until the second check bounces.

[@georgeheller2281]

@@eltonshamblen9766 please elaborate, for I know not of what you speak

[@joshdenbeaux6594]

My wife and I just bought that book and got it delivered yesterday!

[@joshdenbeaux6594]

And Austin gave two amazing presentations at NOFA Vermont this year. Really impressive guy. So happy to see you trying this out, Greg!

[@jeffecampbell]

I need a Conner on our farm!! Man he has worked hard for you guys. Good job and good luck Conner!

[@JudgeD-hc9vw]

I'd love to quit my factory job and get my hands dirty in solar collection and regenerative farming. Maybe it's too late and I'm to old, but what your doing looks to be very enjoyable.

[@C.Hawkshaw]

How old are you?

[@makeitkate3240]

Greg, I’ve been growing my own locust trees from seed. It’s ridiculously easy, nearly free, and they grow super fast. You boil some water and pour it into a cup. Then drop the seeds into that cup of water and leave it for a day. You’ll see that the viable seeds will have really swollen up by the end of that time. Then put them spread out on a wet paper towel, inside a ziploc bag. After a few days, they’ll have sent out a root, and you can then plant them in little pits and keep them watered, and by the end of the season they’re ready to plant outside. I’ve got over a hundred little seedlings I’ll be planting outside once our frosts are over, and the seeds cost me less than a dollar. Thanks a million of all of your help and knowledge that you share!

[@robpaton7]

Hay mulch… Greg, “DONT DO THAT”!! I found the hard way that hay mulch is the perfect habitat for voles and had most of my in field trees ring barked at ground level! They don’t like living in wood chip (put it on top of cardboard layer to kill grass), but gold standard I found is wood shaving horse manure if you can get it. Looking forward to spring now!

[@derekbury7262]

Best of luck Connor, in your future endeavors. Hope to see you on here again real soon

[@utuberjp9999]

Awesome Greg! My friend Dale Hendricks lives near the Hershey Farm in Southeastern Pennsylvania. He gave me a tour and we gathered hickory nuts. The land is now mostly subdivided but luckily many of the historic trees survive among homes and many residents understand the importance of the trees. I got a bunch of Hershey Thornless Honey Locust seedlings and planted them in my pastures - same idea as you! I also plant Silver Maple, Mulberry, Burr Oaks, Hickories and other varieties. My sheep love the foliage. My plan is to coppice or pollard as the trees get bigger. Love your videos Greg!

[@carlosbarrera8847]

Congratulations Connor! Go for it. Thanks Greg.

[@russellsmith3825]

Greg have you heard of Mark Shepard and his book "Restoration agriculture" ? He talks about alley cropping and silvopasture planting rows of fruit and nut trees in your pastures, planting vines with the trees to act as living trellis, and even planting strawberries in the shade under the that, pretty cool stuff especially if turning ruined farm land back into perennial pasture.

[@gedwardnelson]

Didn’t he say he still hasn’t made his place profitable yet though?

[@russellsmith3825]

@@gedwardnelson I think it is profitable, very.

[@backwoodsbaby9729]

Michael Gold was my agroforestry professor at Mizzou. I'm actually surprised of all the field trips we took we didn't come see you. The agroforestry farm in New Franklin is a cool place to see things demonstrated too.

[@howellcattlecompany9337]

We are doing the same thing. I have acquired a few hundred Hershey and Calhoun locust as well as persimmon. I’ve already planted a few paper shell pecans. We will also be planting a grove of clumping bamboo for winter feed. Bamboo is very overlooked by graziers and can be a valuable resource.

[@petereldracher5660]

Sounds like a good book! Inoculating some logs this week with shitake and oyster, and hoping my Chinese chestnut trees arrive soon. Soon as the chainsaw gets fixed, going to finish clearing some silvopasture before the grass starts really growing. Love you Greg and co.!

[@just4mewife]

Thanks Greg. Note, any honey locust that comes up from seed will most likely have thorns, my experience. I like the fact that they fix nitrogen; however, I didn't expect the thorns could puncture a tire. I was wrong. The thorns on a wild pear trees will do the same.

[@andrewblacklock630]

This is true.

[@taunapowell9651]

Wow! Big project. Too much work for me especially since I actually need to manage the trees I already have instead of making more work. The lady who puts me together whenever I need it has reminded me again (I’ve had tremendous pain in both shoulders these past weeks) that I must stop working like a man. I’ve now hit a brick wall on work. Decision height. Oh and all the best to Connor and his new adventures!

[@pleasantplacesfarm]

Great video. I remember Austin from the grazing school last year. -Mike

[@lopin890]

Howdy Greg!!! More incredible info shared! Thank you!!! Just need some "dry-land" tips if you have them!! (Did the ARIZONA consult project ever get a follow up?) High Desert of Central Oregon.. we have pitiful rain fall, and snows haven't been great the past few years, so we're in drought conditions again... Irrigation canals will be turned off JULY this year because there just isn't any water!! Those who depend on pasture for their animals are in a world of hurt! Friend is discing up a couple of their pastures and planting a mix of 7 dryland crops from Great Basin Seed Co... if they can get it in and get some water over it for a couple months, it will establish and be able to hold its own..and these grasses are perennials... We've heard hay may be as high as $400/ton this year...makes it tough when you don't have pasture!! Thanks again, Greg...I always appreciate your knowledge!❤❤

[@cletushatfield8817]

IIRC pear cacti produce nice little berries.

[@lifeandliberty0172]

I'm interested to watch this. I had just had the idea to plant at least one apple tree in each paddock, for shade, and so the cows can eat them too

[@emilmoldovan1789]

Great lesson in the pasture. That the best idea to combine grass with trees,they will support each other,the ecosystem will function properly . Thank you for sharing the best of your knowledge

[@tedbastwock3810]

Incredible operation, thanks for sharing

[@troybishoppthegrasswhisper3703]

Welcome to our world Mr. Judy. Been planting trees since you were a pup. Glad you mentioned the fuel and how important grazing management is buddy.

[@markrodrigue9503]

Great video

[@Ezmoshe1]

Tree crops are very exciting in terms of additional feed at no cost input. Very forward thinking of you greg!

[@elvasvendsen7700]

Hello Greg, I just read this book called White Feathers by Bernd Heinrich, and it is all about tree swallows. He points out that if many nesting boxes are provided along a fence line, it could be that even though there are many swallows around, they might not successfully raise young because the birds get confused about which house is theirs. The way I understood from the book, it might be good to somehow make the houses easier to identify by a splash of different color paint or something like that. I have 35 swallow houses on a fence line, and I noticed when I cleaned them out this spring that every house had something in it, but sometimes only a start of a nest, so probably did not successfully produce young. I know you love tree swallows and have encouraged farmers (like me!) to provide housing, so just something to consider.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

You place the houses 100 feet apart and they do fine nesting in them

[@kennethbealljr1062]

Great video. Looking forward to how this goes. How big was that paddock you turned the cows on?

[@marvinbaier3627]

Thanks for the videos! That’s what we been doing too! I planted 100 trees yesterday and I have 25 today. I wanted to plant some other trees but they were all sold out that I wanted but I will check his website now. Thanks!

[@Monmorrangr]

For 3 generations we have left all walnut trees standing on our property. Our best grass is around those trees. I think it has a lot to do with the walnut husk.

[@davemi00]

I bought 50ft x 5ft Heavy Ga fence wire rolls, cut in 10ft lengths. Plastic Tree Trunk Sleeves. At Home Dep type Stores w 2 T posts on ea. That gives you 5, 3ft circles w 10-5ft T-Posts. Soft Twist wire them together. Easy, peasy.

[@keithandkaymccormick7577]

Love your videos and content. Thank you for the link to Russ Wilson, his channel also has great content.

[@andrewblacklock630]

My understanding is that the seedlings trees that result from these thornless varieties of honey locusts will themselves have thorns. You may want to look into this before bring more thornless honey locusts trees into your property. I have just received scion wood and seeds from oikos trees crops of a very low tannin burr oak x white oak. This maybe another route to explore as you will be getting a very high quality masting crop each fall.

[@jmhamilton87]

Just remember thornless honey locusts will have many of their offspring revert back to the thorned variety. Which is fine as long as your staying on top of the seedlings with mowing/clipping.

[@markrodrigue9503]

If you can find a deal on bulk comfrey plat a couple around tree and how about a blue berry or raspberry plant next to tree and if you plant a pair or apple other fruit trees near the honey locust it will feed nitrogen to the fruit tree

[@AussiePharmer]

Great vid. Recently heard of a grazier that lost 4 cows to oak and acorn poisoning. Can you give us your thoughts please Greg? I didnt know oaks did that, but I suspect this happened because the cows were hungry and didnt have access to any other feed.

[@bighill6633]

I believe if the animals eat green acorns the tanins can have a negative effect.

[@1mtstewart]

Cows on fixed rations can get a " sweet tooth" for acorns and eat a belly full of them. The acidosis from the acorns will kill them. Animals from pastures where therr are border trees with nuts and acorns don't get the opportunity to get enough to have an impact on their health. They might eat a few here or there. Good luck.

[@portwolf2293]

Hmm, I'm wondering if the large crepe myrtles would work for pasture shade?

[@mrsmagandelatour]

Hey Greg have you made a book about your pasture rotation Grazing

[@tomcondon6169]

I wonder about making a tree trunk protector on the bottom 4 or 5 feet, friendly to deer-rubbing.

[@donpeterson9282]

How do you train your dogs to stay on your property and with your flocks and/or herds? Thanks Greg ✌🙏🏼🇺🇸🖖

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Takes persistence, patience and time. Some young dogs learn quicker than others.

[@stevenpeterson8444]

this is a Godsend. trying to replant after a tornado in a livestock, permaculture minded way. thanks!

[@Strevale]

Have you noticed a reduction in fescue with your grazing methods? We're several hours south of you, but it's all fescue out here and it's causing issues for the cows around here. We're more into dairy breeds. We were talking to a local dairyman and he said with his rotational grazing he was only able to get the fescue down to about 50% of the fields. I don't know his methods though.

[@idgyschmitz1833]

Was Austin at the grazing school in May of 21?

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Yes

[@osromatra]

I was looking through old documents from when my great great grandfather farmed and I saw on a bill of sale that they sold a foraged crop called lespedeza. Do you happen to have much info on that? Is it basically a weed or is it something you can actually cultivate/encourage?

[@lifeandliberty0172]

I believe it's a type of clover, it's mentioned a lot in an old pasture book I have

[@1mtstewart]

There are several varieties of lespedeza. One is 'servecia' it is invasive and is very fibrous compared to the other pasture varieties. Some NRCS outfits suggested the 'servecia' variety for buffer areas and highly erosion prone patches and found out about it's ability to take over. The other varieties are excellent annual legumes. They have fine stems and nice leaves very closely resenbling clovers other than "mammoth" leaved clovers. They should be innoculated to fix nitrogen on their roots and spread after the last frost as their earlier growth can be frost killed. Since they are an annual, they must be allowed to go to seed once per year to reseed for the following year. I have some hilly pastures that I sow to lespedeza on occasion. It makes great pasture. I usually put my bulls in a pasture there before turn out July 1st for Spring breeding season. They come out fat and happy. Lespedeza is also known as "Korean clover". Good luck

[@stevenfrench7940]

I’m 31 in Montana looking for someone close to home that’s doing this

[@jewelcitizen2567]

That’s the funny thing, everyone who isn’t Amish… the Amish refer to as ‘English.’

[@big.g.fromohio3546]

I talked to a row crop farmer, said he’s not putting one seed in the ground this year. He said he could have the best crop ever and he won’t make any money.

[@C.Hawkshaw]

Is he going to get some cows?

[@lindagates9150]

Wow I like the triangular shape of the tree protection solution it has the circle shape beat. Guys and gals I like the alliteration better than guys and um ladies but I don't mind being one of the guys now that I am an old gal since not too many people use feminine versions for actors, authors, shepherds, instructors, waiters, managers, comedians ...do I qualify as a comedian? Or perhaps a humorist? Yesterday I watched a man who lives in a Mid-Atlantic state who raises his dairy cows like you raise your meat herd. The grandson and son of conventional farmers who chose I think some twenty years ago to do it that way instead of growing crops like corn to feed his animals . I have two alarms going off Alexa and Samsung so I bid you a great day see you down the road!🍀☘️🍀🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🌟👍👍👍👍👍🍀☘️🍀😘💞💕💞🙋🏼‍♀️

[@thesmiths629]

At 500 gallons of fuel a day at $5 a gallon. He could pay 20 people $15/hr for 8 hrs. That's not even including the cost of the tractor and maintenance. We need more sunburned workforce in this country.

[@elizebethparker5412]

I is a good job when you can take your puppy with you.

[@nineallday000]

haha love Greg pausing for like 20 seconds on the guys phone number.

[@roblena7977]

Girlfriend wants cows, that makes me happy because it's an excuse to buy trees.

[@gregjudyregenerativerancher]

Rob that’s a good girlfriend that is wanting to get cows!! You better put a ring on her finger😊😊👍