Regenerative farming / agriculture just got a new term: Lazy Rivers!

[@mechanics4all405]

fantastic accomplishment over the last 4 years,well deserved❤❤❤❤❤

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@mechanics4all405 Only 3 years sir. Don't rush me. Ha ha. Thank you for sharing

[@HylanderSB]

The dogs are at least half the entertainment value of this channel!

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@HylanderSB Thank you

[@TimelineRanch]

Slowly and steady is the perfect method to make the magic happen. Thanks for sharing.

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@TimelineRanch You say it. Yes. That's the way

[@hotbit7327]

Dogs are the ⭐🌟⭐⭐ of today's episode!

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@hotbit7327 They are crazy and I love them. Thank you for sharing

[@DustinHarms]

Warms my heart to see!

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@DustinHarms Thanks for the sharing

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

0:06 Is that a brush berm across the lazy flow? LOVE IT! 0:55 Look at all of the holm oak acorns! Some are sprouting. Collect the sprouting acorns and pot them up for sale at the local market as seedlings?? 1:20 A good place for a few "cross flow" vetiver slips. 1:36 Perfect! Next step is drilling 4" diameter holes with a post hole digger 60" deep (or too rock layer) if there are no oaks in the area. What do you think of that idea? 1:52 A thing of beauty! 2:56 Next generation holm oaks. 💖 5:05 Even the spillway water got a chance to soak. 6:49 You can continue to build up the leaky weirs as rocks become available on the farm and silt continues to back fill the weirs. You are getting close to the top of the banks! I very much appreciate how the creek pools step down the elevation change. PERFECT! You have made SO much progress with the restoration of the creek bed. 7:35 I always remember that this leaky weir (no longer leaking) was the result of the failed upstream earthen dam. Good illustration of how failures can become opportunities if you let nature guide your thinking. This is an excellent little wildlife pond - and the geese agree. Now they are looking for their gander while the ducks are too busy with their new drake to come out to play ! Can you do a short for me Martin? Stand where the wild olive fell over and sweep from the west distribution pond downstrem, stopping at some point well west of the decantadores? I would like to get a fix on the elevation change for the last sketch. THank you!

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

06 is the Retama. 1.36 I'll have to do something there. Keep sharing Steve

[@alexchan1318]

I don't want to parrot the other comments but the dog swimming at 2:00. It's amazing how connected we with other animals. Rain and the abundance of water makes them excited. Your channel and Food Forest Namibia keep me going. Thank you!

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@alexchan1318 Thank you for sharing beautiful words

[@ourrockydreamontheelephant4188]

Fantastic job.

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@ourrockydreamontheelephant4188 Thank you

[@congeebrother5121]

Reminds me of "stage zero river restoration" - especially as the water flowing over the grasses gets clearer as the sediment drops out of solution

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@congeebrother5121 Very well said. Thank you

[@SMTRodent]

In some parts of Britain, a 'lazy' wind is just the opposite - it can't be bothered to go around you so it just blows straight through you (i.e. a very fast, cold wind). I do like your 'lazy river' very much. That slow-moving water is hopefully doing lots of good work!

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@SMTRodent Lazy wind. Aha. Thank you for sharing

[@KROLLONIUS]

Watermanager 😊 😊

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

Good one. Thanks for sharing

[@tomhalbert7359]

love the lists thanks. Oh and really love seeing the 3 years of work coming to fruition.

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@tomhalbert7359 Thank you

[@RonaldVerheul]

the progress you've made since the start of your channel is magnificent! well done!

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@RonaldVerheul Thank you

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Three years, one senior, his partner and the occasional volunteers. Truly remarkable. Focus, listening, observing and determination.

[@shannonalaminski2619]

Lazy rivers are not a new thing. Most rivers were lazy meandering swamp like things, especially before we tried to exterminate the beavers. Our modern straight deep cut canal like things that we call rivers are not natural rivers. I'm glad you're rediscovering real water flow.

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@shannonalaminski2619 Beautifully said. Thank you for sharing

[@mfrodyma1480]

Great close with dogs and geese.Are you going to formalize the geese pond? Also see that you are adding subscribers and the viewers are giving a good %of thumbs up. Like it!

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@mfrodyma1480 Dogs and geese. One of them for dinner! Thank you for sharing

[@adammz08]

congratulations

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@adammz08 Thank you for sharing

[@belgarion89]

Come for the water retention work, stay for the doggos

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@belgarion89 Yes yes. Thank you for sharing

[@markus_selloi]

Love to see it!!!

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@markus_selloi We love it

[@user-vo3st8kx7s]

I'm starting to imagine something can go wrong with water running on the soil. Maybe it can remove nutriments too much. I will be interested in observing if there will be difference in what will grow. Btw the goose looks amazing

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

I'm asking myself that question. Nutrients definitely move down a slope. I'll create more nutrient factories uphill. Thank you for sharing

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

All of your trees and plants(everything with roots) is pumping exudates and mineral from deep in the soil. I am not concerned about leeching. Your progress toward growing living soil is so far unexplored, and the extra deep water speed the process as your fauna will have better access to deep water this summer for the first time in a century+.

[@Permuh]

The issue isn’t nutrients going away, but the water preventing things from growing by choking the plants underneath the surface

[@davespinks4992]

Great to see things coming together, have you thought about creating drill holes using a tube, removing the core and replacing the grass plug. Looking forward to seeing your neighbour down hill green up as the water table builds up. 👍

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@davespinks4992 I don't know drill holes. Is the a link to some more information? Thanks for the update

[@armandodesousa6375]

I am glad you like your Huggel swales- not used often enough. Even people on rocky hillsides have the possibility of having the benefits of a swale without having to dig the rocky soil.

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@armandodesousa6375 We like them. Thank you for sharing

[@1millionpumpkins542]

Aww heartwarming ❤

[@ArchieMcClintock]

I value what you are doing ... I hope that you continue planting native species such as cork oak and do the best possible to reduce the use of plastic as it sets a precedent to others - "I like it"

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@ArchieMcClintock Thank you for sharing. All what you say is much appreciated

[@YoJesusMorales]

Have you thought of plants that grow in Andalusia that can filter the water in the swales?

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

Please suggest some

[@YoJesusMorales]

@@SuerteDelMolinoFarm I'm sad to say I don't know. I did a quick search and berro de agua came up but I'm not sure. Also, have any new insects or frogs started to appear?

[@MichaelBrown-be7vn]

Have you considered trying to grow a canopy and food forest??? I lived in Andalucia...do I know what others do...namely... nothing.... your water harvesting could really create a whole new biome

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@MichaelBrown-be7vn Canopy and food forest have been planted. Thank you for sharing

[@steverapisura5418]

@@SuerteDelMolinoFarm Yes, & now we must WAIT whilst they grow!

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@steverapisura5418 Let them grow with all the water.

[@Fipes]

Can you take a spade with you in your next video? I would like to see how moist the soil is😅

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@Fipes Thank you for asking

[@YulkGhuit]

Trickle, stream 😁 mini, waterfall ❤️ I struggle with translating Spanish > English, English > Spanish. I would like to recommend some shrubbery type plants, mid height, not trees, not ground cover, that have tap roots, that break into your soil. Maybe they could be for flowers, or fruits, or vegetation, or mulch, or companions supporting other plants. Are there plants that can do these things please?

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

TELL ME! Which plants can do that? You can write to me in Spanish. Much appreciated

[@YulkGhuit]

@ I am a native English speaker 🙂 I tried to use google translate to search in Spanish for these plants so they would be from the region, country, you now live 🙂 My lack of understanding of Spanish, even after trying to retranslate back to English, lead to nothing. I am hoping with your Spanish skills you could learn better 😊 My original idea is that it is easier to establish shrubs, lower plants, so that trees you want to grow have some canopy, shade cover, companion planting, and you would always have various stages of forest growth 😁 I recall seeing all the holm oaks that germinate but without support, cover, they do not endure the summers. I follow your dream to walk from one end of your land to the other in shade 🌳 🌴 🌲 🌳

[@luciatheron1621]

Japanese radish, parsnips etc. can be used to break clay soil.

[@YulkGhuit]

@@luciatheron1621 Do you know of any perennials that do this? Some trees have tap roots. I am wondering if there are shrubs, bushes, similar plants, to do this suitable to the Suerte de Molina farm?

[@IRailroad]

🔥

[@rajsinghji-84]

Lazy rivers 👍🏻

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@@rajsinghji-84 As lazy as I am Raj

[@rajsinghji-84]

@ You aren’t lazy at all. But Lazy River is awesome. The water be like, “sink baby sink”. The properties upstream and downstream are also getting benefited by your work. You should put a levy on them 😈

[@SuerteDelMolinoFarm]

@rajsinghji-84 Yea. Let's do it