Regenerative Farm in the High Desert growing trees and cows

[@novampires223]

My mother told me stories of my grandfather milking his cows at 10:00 AM and 10:00 PM, said the cows didn’t care what time it was as long as it was a routine for them.. 😂

[@rawsunnata829]

My grandmother was milking the cow at 5 am.

[@nicolaskutch2889]

Thanks, that's good to know. Not anytime soon lol, but that will come in handy

[@danielthompson3205]

That's very true. All the animals are the same.. a set routine, chooks come to the feed spot every time as long as it's the same time, as well a set sound or call. Great example, is the Japanese or Chinese chooks farmer, using a boom box to 'round up' or announce feed time (look it up XD ) there is also cow farmer found they would do the same.

[@duanejackson6718]

Milking cows early probably had more to do with getting the milk out for the morning delivery. I remember my dad used to get up at like 2 or 3:00 when he worked in a dairy farm

[@PigeonLaughter01]

​@danielthompson3205 for sure. just hearing the truck driving up the mesa, was their alarm. We always had a warm welcome waiting for us up top. 😅

[@ToniGlick]

What this guy has done with the stream is so key! Beaver or beaver like ponds not only help reform the ecosystem, but they help prevent brush fires.

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

What really prevents brush fires is grazing and browsing.

[@MLucyLuna]

California has something to learn about managing the water from you

[@patricksolomon1923]

Seems like he damed the creek and just stole water from everyone down stream

[@Gods_Real]

God has always made the natural do what man mimics.

[@NoahIsrael4]

Yep.

[@fireoflife]

America needs a lot more of this.

[@fx1337.w]

Gotcha covered content en route starting from scratch on something that looks like the picture on the left (thumbnail)

[@Grazziela44]

Too many Americans won't do the WORK. We've had a permaculture garden for five seasons now (zone 10a, NorCal) and been gardening to grow our own food for over 22 years.

[@tedc4982]

Yea, all you need is a piece of 'Desert' land with ...WATER... 'THEE' magic ingredient. Beautiful place though and nice approach.

[@andlehay3973]

Really surprised to hear that he has New Zealand bred jerseys! Our hand-milked "house cow" growing up in NZ was a beautiful jersey, she was never separated from her calf and often fostered orphans as well. She was so tolerant of us kids bringing her in and milking her, a real sweetheart.

[@LK-3000]

That's how it's supposed to be. Happy cows, rich milk.

[@uncletiggermclaren7592]

Sweetest little cows, aren't they?. When I was a child, my cousins milked a small herd of Jerseys, and they were basically like a pack of sweet smelling big doggos. You would walk into the paddock when they were full of grass, and they would come up and surround you, wanting pats and scritiches.

[@Eurydice870]

I read that people who are dairy intolerant can often drink milk from Jersey cows.

[@carylhalfwassen8555]

@@Eurydice870A2 milk in the grocery stores now. The protein in the milk is easier to break down for some people’s digestion.

[@soniag4516]

We had one in Fiji way back decades ago. She was so gentle and smart. We loved her and she loved on us. We were very sad to sell her when we migrated.

[@stijnt2377]

Really enjoyed how this farm was presented, without any arrogance. Just genuine wholesome management of nature.

[@dchall8]

Good vid. It reminds me of that time back in the 90s when we had a rancher come talk to our organic gardening club about his cow-calf operation. The biggest thing he did different from the rest of the ranchers in his county was he didn't deworm his animals. He found that Ivermec dewormer also is poisonous to dung beetles. So when he stopped deworming, the dung beetles returned to his ranch. Of course a few of his animals got worms. Those animals were culled immediately and their siblings were put on watch for worms. In a short time he had a herd that was resistant to worms. He also had a landscape punctured with 10s of thousands of holes from the dung beetles. When it rained, no matter how hard it rained, all the water was captured in the beetle holes with no runoff or erosion. He also found that certain cows and bulls did not get flies. He made sure to breed those together and now he has a herd that doesn't get flies - at least not like you normally see flies on livestock.

[@analoglime]

Wow! Thats great.

[@DRJoe100]

It sounds like bs … but I’ve seen a video on a guy claiming a similar thing with sheep, so there might be something to it. There’s also various natural deworming/parasite options for animals. Permaculture does earthworks and certain plant guilds to ensure the ground water is recharged during rain and it doesn’t just wash off like desserts etc , it’s super awesome. If you’re not already familiar with permaculture definitely watch videos of Bill Mollison/Millison, Geoff Lawton they’re the best at explaining it often with visuals and how to regreen deserts, grow better tasting food, higher yields and that contain more nutrients while doing less maintenance than conventional gardening/farming.

[@dchall8]

@@DRJoe100 It seems to work for bison (historically), sheep, goats, hogs, and even chickens on a small scale with movable chicken coops.

[@itcantbetruebutis7778]

@dchall8 that is super interesting. It proves by being very aware of how nature works, and then letting nature take its course, over time it brings much more long term sustainable results. So by letting the beetles back into the picture and them doing their thing, in the long run it benefited his entire herd and operation. It's the old formula they use over and over. Create problems thru man-made methods and then offer the solutions..... and neither one is a healthy, non harmful method.. all the issues we as humanity face, as well as the environment itself stems from this sinister and detrimental formula which unfortunately has destroyed, sickened, poisoned much of the land, the water, the air, and last but not least ourselves.... and yet people cant see the truth, cuz the truth gets uglier by the minute and thus its harder to take and comprehend the sheer scope of our own ignorance.

[@JimHiebert-k2y]

from what i know of cattle what he told you about immunity to parasites and flies does not work , i dont buy it

[@insAneTunA]

That young man did an amazing job already. He is clearly in tune with the landscape and the biology. 👍

[@StefanoCreatini]

Yeah, he did an it shows us what is possible l.

[@insAneTunA]

@@StefanoCreatini It shows that a lot more is possible when you have more knowledge and when you are able to apply the right strategy for the local conditions that you have. The biology of nature, the mechanism that makes things grow, is basically the same across the globe. The external factors decide if things will establish and go in succession or not. And when you apply the wrong external factors, or not enough or too much for your local conditions, things won't grow and flourish.

[@koka17]

He must be completely happy, content and satisfied with himself

[@insAneTunA]

@@koka17It is always nice to see a good result after all the hard work. 👍

[@godbluffvdgg]

My god, what a BEAUTIFUL way to live...Thanks for showing this...I didn't think this was possible today...Subbed etc...:) I'm a city guy ( philly) But I worked on a cattle farm when I was in the USAF in No. Cal... The respect I have for people that do this sort of thing is much greater than the respect I have for ANYONE in government...Jake has figured it out and there are many people like him. THEY are the people that should be heralded in the media, not the phony non contributing celebrities and sports figures... Good health and freedom to Jake and you all...

[@clayoreilly4553]

Why all the disdain for people in government? They do jobs that are necessary to the common good as well.

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@clayoreilly4553 Sadly, there are many good civil servants, There is some good done, by some. But, If you pay school taxes or city taxes or state taxes and can't see the 10000-1 bad vs good deeds; you're not paying attention.

[@clayoreilly4553]

@@godbluffvdgg I suspect your ratio is the reverse of what it actually is. I do pay taxes and I really do enjoy driving my vehicles on paved roads. Our public schools were some of the best in the world - until politicians (mostly "conservatives") started messing with them and telling teachers how to teach. They'd not teach religious doctrine in the schools when I was growing up. If you would like to improve the quality of our public servants, it is incumbent on all of us to elect politicians (public servants, supposedly) who want to make things better, rather than to just tear everything down.

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@clayoreilly4553 You're understanding of reality is dubious at best...Public schools in this nation have been being destroyed for decades; I imagine you haven't read Charlotte Iserbyt's book; "The deliberate dumbing down of America"...But, she was only deputy secretary of education during the Reagan administration... You obviously don't understand the purposes CRT, and hundreds of other nefarious programs.. If you still believe voting has merit; you're deliberately delusional...Smarten up ...I bet you believe in global warming too! tsk tsk tsk...Club of Rome, The First Global Revolution, 1991: “In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill (this is absolute proof that man made global warming is a fabrication)…. But in designating them as the enemy, we fall into the trap of mistaking symptoms for causes. All these dangers are caused by human intervention and it is only through changed attitudes and behavior that they can be overcome. The real enemy, then, is humanity itself.”

[@cherylpomeroy2556]

Tired of self-government? Yield your power to an authoritarian. Otherwise, focus your power to maintain & improve our bold experiment. Maybe rebalance energy expended to maintain biases to positivism?

[@margaretvanson3601]

What a fabulous programme. This is REAL Green science. I was so proud to hear he imported his Jersey cow from my home, New Zealand. I'm a farmers daughter from the middle if last century, and my dad had some lovely jersey cows, one of whom fell on love with him and insisted on sleeping underneath his bedroom window and following him around where ever and whenever she could. She gave the best milk.

[@nursemaggie2321]

So lovely about the lover girl cow 😅

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

😊❤

[@RanchKings]

Hi

[@bobjones8864]

I love seeing people raising their own food and improving the land. It looks like a happy place.

[@Zachary_333]

This guy is tapped in. A soul brother. Many blessings

[@margis.5873]

I am always moved by the regenerative farmer's enthusiasm, wisdom, and willingness to experiment and learn. When I was a little girl, I always imagined living on such a farm.

[@StryKhymorodnyk]

Hello! I am from Ukraine, Kryvyi Rih. We grow peppers and tomatoes using nets over them to make a shadow. My parents have a really small patch of land. Perhaps, as the green-house of yours. So they use it in maximum potential. But without animals, because it is within the city borders and actually, it is the place restored from an industrial usage. I live in a place surrounded by quarries (it even saved my life once, when 3 missiles dove into quarry and were unable to fly higher, I was at my work at that time). You do great job!

[@seth101-hv4st]

Stay safe Pastor Loki!🙏

[@williamchamberlain2263]

I heard that some people grow kiwi fruit or cucumbers overhead - might be able to use those for some of your shade

[@HansSenwua]

What is your source of water? What is the size of the land?

[@brandonb9785]

This is what I would like to do in the highlands of Texas. What you are doing here is the mantle of responsibility nature has placed on us.

[@shawnwelch7371]

Please if you ever do I'd love to try and live around that and promote that on my own future land! I'm bout a hour and a half from Dallas and I'm so tired of all the fires every. Single. Year.

[@ryanrogers8211]

God placed the responsibility of mankind to steward nature. Not nature itself.

[@MarilynC.Cooley]

This video showcasing a regenerative farm in the high desert is truly inspiring! It's incredible to see how innovative farming practices can thrive even in challenging environments like the desert. The integration of growing trees and raising cows not only demonstrates sustainability but also promotes biodiversity and soil health. This approach not only supports local ecosystems but also contributes to combating climate change by sequestering carbon and enhancing natural habitats. Kudos to the farmers for their dedication to sustainable agriculture and for sharing their knowledge with the community. This is a great example of how we can work with nature to create productive and resilient agricultural systems for a better future.

[@cavalierx6099]

I live in High Desert with a small farm, and seeing this is amazing, but clearly this is only possible with a year around fresh water source in VOLUME. He is CLEARLY making the best of that water and a dream come true. But for most farmers in these rougher biomes simple DO NOT have access to a volume of water like this... they are forced to access only ground water and it has become a net zero gain with the loss of ground water levels.

[@lauralee6628]

Bit of Context Please = What is the annual precipitation ??? without this info the entire view you present is almost meaningless // incomprehensible. ACCORDING to GOOGLE RESEARCH Annual Rainfall is 533 mm = which by most definitions is NOT DESERT ??? add the advantage of high altitude and cooler climate now we can start to understand the climate = Why do you call it desert if this is the actual rainfall

[@angel21991]

would water holding landscape features help ? I mean especially in places with lower rainfall, the only viable way for surface water would be that right? Would those help in the more challenging landscapes you work with ?

[@lizf506]

The whole reason Paul Gautchi started the Back to Eden Method was because he wanted an orchard and had so little rainfall and could barely pump anything out of his well.

[@RichardChappell1]

@@lauralee6628 I don't know exactly where he's at, but looking at the vegetation surrounding his farm, he's not in a high rainfall area. It looks a lot like Northern AZ/Southern UT and the water you see is primarily intermittent snow melt - extremely variable. It's definitely desert.

[@lauralee6628]

@@RichardChappell1 you can find his farm on google in a 500 mm plus rainfall zone - it aint desert

[@KarasCyborg]

Awesome farm Jake! Need some sort of solar powered fans to suck all the flys near the water troughs into a big sack that you can dump into your pond to feed the fish.

[@RaraAvis1138]

Oh my heart! To hear a farmer who treats his animals with respect is everything.

[@johns6119]

Smart young man. I only have a couple of Nigerian Dwarf female goats and we love them, never broke out of the fence, once they found the gate open and came to our sliding glass door to look inside the house but they are very mellow. They are also acting like they protect the chickens and let us know if we have predators.

[@sk.n.9302]

Greetings from my parents' ranch in central Texas. I love your concept, especially allowing the calves to stay w/ the dairy cows & letting them live longer lives (than the usual 4). Looking forward to learning more!

[@shawnwelch7371]

I live in texas, by chance do yall try to do any of these practices? Would love it if yall do I'm so tired of seeing fires blazing every single year here 😭 bout a hour and a half away from dallas

[@sk.n.9302]

@@shawnwelch7371 We're located between Houston & Dallas, and there's another ranch by Bay City. My parents still run these, and pastures could be upgraded to more native prairyland. Our cattle lead good grass feed lives BUT the calves are sold every year & sadly go to feed lots. The mommas bellow for ~3-4 days looking for them. This is so awful, you can hear the concern/longing.

[@angelaj8958]

@@shawnwelch7371 when TX was a country, you could ride a horse all day and not see a tree, but the grass and flowers grew up to the horses' heads. If all the mesquite were removed, the river flow in TX would increase 5x. Fencing for cattle destroyed the fragile topsoil.

[@crystalbluebutterfly]

“Letting them”! Farmers of farmed animals are pure evil!!! Period!

[@shawnwelch7371]

@crystalbluebutterfly yeah you need to to stop being ignorant

[@user-gj8ms7jd8v]

My kid told me that if you shade your plants/veggies, the indirect or even reflective light is better for your plants. It filters out the damaging UV light, & you still have enough sunlight for growth. That's probably why he's getting bumper crops in the greenhouse.

[@bluefernlove]

That's why food forrests are key.

[@frozenrogue8970]

If you have water you can do anything! What is so amazing is that he has all the water.

[@traildriving]

He built water retention systems that make this possible. Look into permaculture and regenerative farming.

[@cybernuggito]

I grew up in Durango, I know exactly where you're at. I also know what that area looked like before you got there. You've done an amazing job. I've been living in S.Korea, but I'd like to come home sometime soon, so I bought some acres just south of Lemon. My property was part of the Missionary Fire that burned years ago, so I have some work to do... Love your video, gives me hope and energy to see that you can revitalize the land to be so alive and healthy.... Awesome job!

[@markd.9042]

This is the ecosystem I reside in where I live, so learning how to manage it is very important to me. Thank you.

[@shanehorvath9711]

The native Americans had a method of land management where you make the land work for you not against you. This man has the right idea. thanks for this video!!

[@derekneil6238]

This is the exact opposite of what Native Americans have done.

[@louisegogel7973]

Yes indeed… Work with nature and nature will provide.

[@AKu-xs5vg]

@@derekneil6238 How? Obviously Native Americans didn't have plastic greenhouses and hoses, but it looks closer to the traditional principles of self-management than it does to the European colonial principle of monoculture and intensive extraction.

[@traildriving]

@@derekneil6238 depends on the tribe. Plenty of tribes were farming tribes.

[@catherinejones6481]

This was fantastic. I wish all these anti cattle people would watch this and see for themselves just how amazing cattle are to the environment. I’m going to bookmark this one and share when that point arises in a conversation. Great job.

[@wanderingman8921]

@catherinejones6481 I would almost wager they want the degradation

[@dartfather]

@catherinejones6481 The vegans would be mad if you tell them you are regenerating the fallow land using cattles.

[@barbarar2216]

the answer as everything in biology is: It depends. Goats and pigs, as you saw, leave the ground dry and compacted. Goats specially eat the roots of things, the bark, everything, so they erode the soil. In the same line, ANY group of animals left without rotating them will compact the soil to unusable levels. Not every cattle is suited for every environment. Not every cattle is handled so they fill in a roll. ITs different to have 30 cows to 200. There are so many variants to take into consideration.

[@dartfather]

@@barbarar2216 hateful vegan spotted.

[@bluefernlove]

The anti cattle people are just ignorant. They see a couple of videos of industrial farming and think every cow must be treated the same way everywhere. They don't realize that most farmers take very good care of their animals.

[@annashepard6337]

All farms should be like this.

[@danastrahan6085]

You are the future of agriculture. keep up the good work and bless all who work with the earth.

[@nobrakes7247]

What a family of superheroes. Thanks for the goat comment. Very true.

[@rizabalanca2788]

I get this guy 2 thumbs up, he deserves the Academy, a word for green.

[@davidburdick594]

The chestnut planting plans to find the hardiest specimen is a method used by a farmer in the midwest. He calls it STUN, Shear Total Utter Neglect, he does this too weed out the weak genetics and foster the strong genetics in a species.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Mark Shepard created STUN. Jake and him work together on projects around the world. Jake grows seedlings for Marks company.

[@jdsd744]

@@StefanoCreatini Created STUN? I have been practicing it since I first started gardening with my grandmother as a child- not a new technique.

[@traildriving]

@@jdsd744 exactly. This is super old school, and used to get plants that will thrive in your micro climate. Been done since 100’s of years before the Victorian era.

[@koltoncrane3099]

Jdsd Maybe it’s not new but it could be new somewhat for a commercial business to do compared to the norm.

[@williamhyde2310]

people are doing incredible things exactly like this all over the world ,some by themselves. It takes a true dedication to make things like this a reality and he seems extremely driven and focused

[@natedc9932]

I love how nice the animals are treated❤

[@StefanoCreatini]

Its a special place, The geese are so happy. Jakes dogs keep the coyotes away so birds can thrive in this oasis

[@Zizzyyzz]

Those pigs couldn't be happier! 🐖😀

[@kieranh2005]

As one of the regenerative agriculture speakers I've listened to said. "They have a great life and one bad day."

[@bigboi7817]

Maple is insane to me because in NZ farming jerseys are notorious for their mischief. They seem smarter than the more common fresians from my experience, able to get around milking sheds, broken fences and the like (especially where you dont want them) with ease.

[@farmyourbackyard2023]

I loved your explanation of calf sharing! And your method is on point. So humane. Love it.

[@douglasparker577]

What an intelligent, caring speaker.

[@moi6586]

very inspiring indeed

[@darongardner4294]

Amazing how much diversity there is .I like the idea of intercropping and experimentation and making the land work for you

[@5DNRG]

Last Spring I stayed at a co-housing community in the high desert (first high desert experience) and it was beautiful. The community could benefit from these practices nurturing the land more, esp with TREES! 🌳🌲🌳

[@louisegogel7973]

Did you send them this video? Also introduce them to Geoff Lawton and permaculture, as well as regenerative farming shown here. All of it works well together and they can decide how best to proceed with their particular area.

[@martinsmallridge4025]

I’ve been wondering about the use of swales and ponds and how you’d manage the mosquitos and other problem fauna. So the use of geese and ducks to handle that was a welcome answer…

[@carlost9454]

Martin, I was pondering about it. I believe mosquito larvae can’t live in moving water, so a pump with a water jet going into the air and creating ripples could be the solution. I am assuming that’s why every where in the world fountains have streams pouring in the water. Good luck and if you try it please let me know.

[@louisegogel7973]

@@carlost9454I imagine that in desert conditions, you’d not want to have the pond water go into the air with fountains… too much loss then.

[@sparhawkable]

We need so much more of this! Thank you for teaching us.

[@jamescunningham1973]

Fantastic video,what an amzing job Jake is doing,all his animals look happy and healthy

[@IceLynne]

I'm so impressed! God bless him and continue to prosper him.

[@runcmt]

take a barrel and cover it with yellow sticky fly paper. Then place the barrels in the areas where you graze your cattle. Within no time you will see the fly paper covered with flies. No flies to mate and breed, no more flies, and the end of your fly problem. It really works. Look it up on youtube.

[@alfredotto7525]

It's nice to know that there are people out there practicing these farming techniques.

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

I am a goat farmer. I free range my goats. Surprisingly, they spend more time around the barn relaxing and chewing their cud than they do out foraging.

[@wendyp2011]

Mine too! They can't wait to be put up in their stalls. They have ten acres..but no they want to lay around in the straw bedding 🤣

[@shirleyqueen2332]

Wish I could buy fresh goat milk from you, ♥️♥️♥️ goat milk & goat cheese ♥️from DC🇺🇸🦅🇲🇺🦤

[@MrDamon888]

What breed of goats?

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

@@MrDamon888 Kiko/Savanah

[@dc1397]

The amount of knowledge this guy has to put into practice is amazing.

[@sappir26]

I'm so into regenerative farming. Keep up the great work. ❤👍

[@louisegogel7973]

❤❤❤

[@louisegogel7973]

💚👍🏼🌿🪴🐂🐄🐖 Jake, your journey with Cedar Winds Farm is awesome! Thank you so much for you and your family’s vision and all you do to apply and learn in creating that vision. I am sharing this video on my face book page for others to learn and be inspired! Note: Someone on a video was taking care of the flies in a very natural way… I think they had a chicken tractor which was set in the pastures just grazed and the chickens at all the critters from the cow manure… the eggs of the flies in the manure then couldn’t get out of hand.

[@louisegogel7973]

Someone told me it was Joel Salatin who worked with flies in the natural way as I described.

[@HickoryDickory86]

Love this. You can tell Mabel adores her human, and ever then little training pigs are just ripping and running and having a blast. And I love seeing the land hydrated and green (thanks to the **Aussie accent activated** "swales on contour"), and those trees shooting up like weeds.

[@lauralee6628]

Bit of Context Please = What is the annual precipitation ??? without this info the entire view you present is almost meaningless // incomprehensible. ACCORDING to GOOGLE RESEARCH Annual Rainfall is 533 mm = which by most definitions is NOT DESERT ??? add the advantage of high altitude and cooler climate now we can start to understand the climate = Why do you call it desert if this is the actual rainfall

[@user-zx1ip8mk8y]

Nice work, and good for you sticking with the cows. Your place reminds me of how I grew up out in the country of western Oregon. I miss it.

[@chessman483]

Loved this video, hopefully we get our place up to your level one day.

[@diananeuenschwander5560]

PHENOMENAL!!! Your farm is awesome 5hank you for sharing. I wish you nothing but success!

[@brigittemadrid3739]

I loved the first video and I love this one on Jake and his farm! Amazing stuff! I would love to see more videos like this local in Colorado.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Got more coming out this summer. Any particular topics?

[@brigittemadrid3739]

@@StefanoCreatini Yes! More on Jake's farm would be so awesome, especially since they're doing such amazing and important work on the farm! Some more on the folks who inspire Jake and any friend's farms would be great too! I'm more than happy to aid in building community around good people like this! Just let me know how I can play my part!

[@StefanoCreatini]

@@brigittemadrid3739 You got it! If you can share videos, comment, and like, it would help us grow. Thanks

[@burntblonde2925]

I love how caring he is, towards his animals

[@crusadesgeneral]

amazing video, great editing. love this guys farm, love that he works hard at being organic and doesnt make excuses so he can be lazy and use harmful chemicals.

[@petersterling5334]

Its an Awesome thing seeing these Young Farmers using Natural Farming techniques to Manage Nature and make the Land Abundant and Healthy again! Such a Great example for regenerating the Land instead of Destroying it. As a 72 Year old this Really gives me hope for our Beautiful Country and Planet!!

[@belamoure]

It is such a pleasure to listen to you and th to see the results of your wise actions.

[@leserickson7057]

Awesome video, your presentation was orchestrated in such a manner That made it very enjoyable to watch. You love what your doing ,please keep it up. you are an amazing person and I'm willing to bet that your wife is much the same. Congratulations you have empowered many people to challenge themselves and move out of their comfort zone.

[@ziauddin7948]

beautiful agri land , crops & cattle raised in natural way # ❤️ 🇵🇰

[@melaniecarroll5755]

Thank you for showing compassion to your animals ❤

[@hillbilly-homestead]

That is so awesome, I'm so glad I found this video! Mark sheppard is a king of restoration on a large scale! I'm so glad that you were able to turn this high desert into an oasis and vip lounge for all of the wildlife! Keep up the fantastic work!

[@shortmeister4321]

Much respect for his caretaking of the land.

[@SteveMirabelli]

I love everything about this. Way more thinking than I would be capable of but glad there is someone smart enough to pull this off. Very inspirational.

[@vancenichols9490]

Wow! This is perhaps the most positive, proactive and innovative land management practice I've ever seen! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@robine916]

Ah, flies...I remember the days of the flies at the horse barn I rode at. Gold Shaw Farm (YT) uses large sheets of flypaper wrapped on upside down kitchen trash cans, or something similar. Works really well!💗

[@StefanoCreatini]

Do you have a link to video? Id love to see that

[@carolg.1424]

Don't know how to add a link but Greg Judy does regenerative agriculture with mixed stock and has some techniques you might like.

[@betsyoman7173]

@@StefanoCreatini Gold Shaw Farm is a youtube channel, you can find it. And the rest of the channel is enjoyable too.

[@dejavu666wampas9]

Back when I was a farm kid, we had a can of DDT powder in the barn, and we kids would sprinkle some on the cows’ backs, then spread it out barehanded, to keep the flies from bothering the cows. Times have changed.

[@louisegogel7973]

Someone on a video was taking care of the flies in a very natural way… I think they had a chicken tractor which was set in the pastures just grazed and the chickens at all the critters from the cow manure… the eggs of the flies in the manure then couldn’t get out of hand.

[@mgreenesco9955]

Great to see the good people out there, would love to do this myself.

[@Oscarcat2212]

He has added so much value to that. Ecological as well as monetary. It is beautiful.

[@Soldrakenn]

The world desperately need more of this

[@ARockRaider]

it's great stuff, but it takes lots of skill and even more patience. the thing i would worry most about this level of long term work is the government showing up and ruining everything, especially when he mentioned an endangered animal showing up on the property.

[@keyboard_g]

It also takes millions of dollars for land and equipment to even get started. Money and less stress is amazing for the soul.

[@joel8056]

I love the doing deals with other local farmers Specialise and trade . Perfect

[@Lauradicus]

So nice to see regenerative ag in such an “inhospitable” place. Every ounce of water that can be kept in this area (and away from greedy irresponsible industrial farmers at the CA border is - well, worth every effort. I applaud you for being beavers and bison! Heal the Mother!!!

[@lauralee6628]

Bit of Context Please = What is the annual precipitation ??? without this info the entire view you present is almost meaningless // incomprehensible. ACCORDING to GOOGLE RESEARCH Annual Rainfall is 533 mm = which by most definitions is NOT DESERT ??? add the advantage of high altitude and cooler climate now we can start to understand the climate = Why do you call it desert if this is the actual rainfall

[@fuzzytigercat]

@@lauralee6628 Deserts get rain too, just not very much. That's why they are deserts. Desert is dry, dusty land that doesn't get much rain.

[@lauralee6628]

@@fuzzytigercat this desert gets over 500 mm of rain so it aint a desert

[@louisegogel7973]

Have any of you seen Geoff Lawton’s greening the desert in Jordan or Zeytuna farms in Australia? When one slows the water from rains, it can soak into the ground replenishing and after seven years, filling the water table so that springs show up where there was only dry desert before. It’s fascinating and wonderful to see the changes from permaculture thinking.

[@lauralee6628]

@@louisegogel7973 have you actually seen this ?

[@tomhoefling]

I'm highly impressed, with the man, the work he's doing, and the fruit of it.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Its a step forward

[@pang-ngiavang1956]

Wow!!! Amazing farm and making the farm working for you is a beautiful idea💜💜💜

[@rumhave9632]

"Nature needs management" Absolutely true.

[@stephengould2232]

It might be a good idea to make biochar from your dyeing juniper/cedar and spread it in your training ground for pigs; the biochar would soak up nitrogenous matter and water and you could then later use it in the planting of trees. Have you tried planting Moringa or Russian olive trees?

[@savannahsmiles1797]

russian olive trees are consider invasive in most of the rockies.

[@Junzar56]

Bio char is great in acidic soil. It doesn’t do much in alkaline soil. The high desert usually is very alkaline. People use junipers for Firewood.

[@trinitrojack]

I didn't expect this experiment in managing harsh land to work so successfully. Great work man!

[@BadBoy-tn2yx]

This guy is brilliant. Patient. Hard working. He deserve the love of his labor

[@pdcro1247]

Wow what an incredible approach to sustainability

[@ceridwynnhaven3335]

Living in the high desert, wanting a small farm... it's amazing this found me.

[@staroceans8677]

I love this guy, he is BRILLIANT and he should be held in high esteem for all he's accomplished. He works with nature, he works with animals and he works to the benefit of society and the planet as a whole. I wish we could multiply him in Society because it would be a better world in which to live. I wished even though I'm a senior now that I had done something like this many years ago. What a WONDERFUL way to sustain life and to provide for your family and community. ❤

[@StefanoCreatini]

I agree. This is my goal and the reason I make these videos. All of society can benefit the more farmers like Jake that we have.

[@traildriving]

You can always do things at a micro scale with your yard. Plant native plants. :)

[@SharonPerry-sz4ng]

Oh my godness!!! Love what you doing here in Western Colorado...we're just down the road in Delta. Yea!

[@sigmar09]

Fantastisk jobb, virkelig artig å se 👍.

[@teri8991]

Jake, you are a sign and a wonder of God for growing this amazing farm in a high desert and what a beautiful work you and your family have done with it. I’m very impressed how you care for your animals by using them to care for your farm. That’s how it was meant to be. 😊

[@stefanmckannon1634]

"I'd rather be reproducing than foraging" sounds a lot like "creating rather than consuming" - This is all incredibly inspirational

[@dannybarrera7637]

Wow. He knows so much about regenerating the soil

[@lynngatlin4469]

Young man is pretty smart an uses his head to maintain an take care of mother earth just as god had planned it. Instead of abusing it he is using it along with nature an this method will work every time.

[@metapatriot]

This presentation brought to you by a lot of work and tons of water, water being the determining factor.

[@traildriving]

He created water systems. Look into permaculture and regenerative agriculture.

[@zachwak]

I milk my goats the same way you've described. Its really nice because the kids can start to wean but still be with their moms

[@jawadad73]

that last treeline in the 'high' hoop explains why he's so chill...

[@Awelesslex]

I love it! Gratitude for sharing!

[@siegfriedschudel7024]

Hey you have done great! It all looks very beautiful and promising 👍 and I see the KZbin channel also is on its best way 👍 Congratulations

[@StefanoCreatini]

Thanks! I appreciate the kind words

[@alexmuolo711]

Great video, inspirational. Keep up the good work

[@StefanoCreatini]

Thank you! Will do!

[@frankmorris4790]

"Those things once the ruin of the forest may now be it's salvation." ~ Aldo Leopold~ good job, an inspiration.

[@j.j.oliphant9794]

This is awesome. I was wondering if something like this would be possible in some of the areas I have looked at buying land in Utah. My problem is that from what I can tell my water would be pretty limited and it looks like the main thing done here was to raise the water table. I don't know how one would do that with limited water.

[@louisegogel7973]

If you research permaculture, planting water, greening the desert, and such topics, you’ll find a ton to chew over about how to get your water table filled over some years of sculpting the land to slow, shade, and plant the water that does come to your area.

[@dave31764]

Goats vs cows , I love your answer about that. Your cows do seem easy to manage, amazing they don’t mess with the non energized electric fence.

[@robertshilling5102]

Very impressive. Awesome farm.

[@roses9339]

I wish many, many more people treated their farmland like this young man. As humans, we must take care of Mother Earth. Cheers Rosemary Western Australia 73yrs

[@Mr53000]

You will definitely like the Japanese plums. The mother of my best friend in high school was from Japan. She planted Japanese plum trees in front of their house in California. Quite prolific and tasty!

[@MrBswede]

This method of milking cows was exactly what we did when I was a kid. One of my chores was to get the cow in at dusk and milk in the morning. Our milk cow probably had a little Jersey or other dairy cow in her background but was just a "good milker" that dad chose.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Almost all of the water you see in the ponds and stream Jake doesn't have water rights too. It passes along to neighbors. It looks nice for the video. He gets a small amount of irrigation water upstream that he uses for the field. All his water comes from winter mountain snow that melts, some years there isn't any available. This year, there was record snow melt, so that is why things look green. As for the sage brush comments, Jake would have left it alone if it was not filled with knapweed, sage grouse inhabited it, and periodic bison grazing occurred. This is the natural way sage brush habitat occurred.

[@cavalierx6099]

Its funny that you are pointing out that he "doesn't have water rights too" the streams and ponds on his property, but has backed them up, slowed their movement and is leeching the water into his ground. I know farms/farmers that have been sued and lost for doing this to natural springs that originate on their own properties access the moisture just for watering stock (which stock access to water is not a prohibited usage), but by slowing the flow or collecting the water even temporarily you are violating the other owners water rights. The point is... Jake is very fortunate to this access and neighbors that aren't litigious, because in a majority of places water right are much much more complicated than this- and if we care about farming and land management this is one of those things that needs to change. This is especially important when you take into account Corporate Farming and Moron Governments ditching water thousands of miles through deserts just so people in the cities can flush a toilet and water a lawn every other day.

[@Danielle-zq7kb]

@@cavalierx6099Lawn watering in arid climate zones shouldn’t be an allowed use of water, imho.

[@ALittleBitOfEverything-wd9ee]

I don't particularly like the idea of a lawn in the first place. It has seemed like the whole idea is an extreme example of valuing appearance over utility since I was a child. You go to the time, effort and expense of watering and fertilizing something so that you can go to the time effort and expense of cutting it and throwing it away. Even if you skip fertilizing and use a multching mower, it is a waste. But I have also seen that when you try to regulate something like watering by law it can cause problems you don't expect. Really the only way to enforce it is if your neighbors inform on you. Which can cause needles problems in a community as the informers are convinced of their moral superiority and the waterers ask if they think this is Nazi Germany or Stalinist Russia and do they get paid to turn people in or are they just mean. It makes fights over nothing. I like the approach that some desert cities have taken of public service announcements about why it's a problem and ways to have a beautiful yard with plants you don't need to water. Education and social pressure rather than laws. It seems to work.

[@karileonard9239]

Did we understand the history of lawns? They were for the family health and well-being. The green grass acts as a cleanser for the laundry. You see this in other countries. Lay the sheets on the lawn and they whiten naturally. In our cities we had commons used for laundry. The old photos of Boston common show sheets laid out. In some countries the bushes around the house are covered in laundry early in the day. We have lost the reason for the old ways The lawn also keeps the air cooler and clean. A thought to ponder 🌞

[@user-gj8ms7jd8v]

​@@cavalierx6099Yeah, for not having water rights he sure was using alot of water & talking as if they were his. I don't mind, it's just deceptive. He's using alot of water. I'm in northern CA, beyond serious drought for 2-7yrs. 30+ yr old trees dead or dying. No showers, no flushing, watering fruit trees for 10mins each every other day in 100+ degree heat just to keep them alive another yr, & still went over water allowance. Horrible. So, this guy is awash in water.

[@glennwall552]

Lol your plumbs the birds love them. Beavers do great work. Like how you understand natural sequential farming.