Soil Fertility - Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Building Soil Fertility

Deep dive into how Sow a Heart Farm built fertile soil in just two years using cover crops, holistic planned grazing and compost.
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[@C.Hawkshaw]

You know, our earth, our ecosystem is so freaking cool, can’t wait until we all get hip to how much simpler it is to work with it than to work against it.

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Completely agree!

[@TMTFT]

I love that thought and one of the main reasons I like channels that cover holistic/permaculture way of life, there is so much to discover and learn. IMO the best channels are those that explain the 'why they do what they do' question so I can have a holistic understanding ;)

[@nancystafford3216]

Thank you, everyone who is helping regenerate soil!

[@brianhina8538]

I just found this channel. This is awesome. I have 155 acres to take care of. Mostly forest. However the 50 acres that are hay fields are now becoming our food forest. That you can Iearn a lot from you.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

The Lambinator is simply.....awesome! :-)

[@RegenerativeJourney]

It is soooo cool. Such a great way to integrate animals into the farm without destroying the crops. Thanks for watching!

[@md6397]

@4:20 she makes a nice statement about not being anti weed. Right on lol

[@Michael-ki5oz]

Her whole casual lecture was great. So clear, concise, and informative.

[@filiplikar]

Could provide some ideas for additional ca$h crops :-)

[@rosieblofeld]

That was BRILLIANT! THANKYOU! I'm interested in learning more ❤

[@sanjeeva311076]

Love what you said about weeds, especially in orchards. How can a small weed such as a dandelion hurt a large Victoria Plum Tree!? I think this whole idea of keeping plants apart does not do them any good at all. Apart from the invasive ones, plants are meant to grow side by side close to each other, which is exactly what happens in nature, in wet climates at least. I have a small allotment in the rainy UK. I am forced to keep weeds under control to avoid snarky letters from the council, but I do this very sparingly and grudgingly and remove the common, vigorous and invasive ones only. My method of soil building is to grow as many plants, bushes and trees of different sizes all mixed together, chop and drop, and light mulch and compost whenever I can be bothered. Apart from that, I leave nature to get on with it and basically sit back on my fat arse and watch and wait. The best way to build soil is with as many varieties of living plant roots of as many different sizes and depths as possible. Let nature do the hard work for you.

[@tritchie6272]

By weeds do you mean you get nasty letters about the type of plants on your land? Or when your yard gets to tall? Where I live (Kentucky USA) the main concern is if the grass in your yard gets to tall. And that's mostly if you live in town. The main concern seems to be about attracting snakes. Copperheads and in some places water moccasins can be a concern here. Personally as long as its not posing a danger to anybody I pretty much don't care what somebody else does on their own Property.

[@donthompson4912]

Fantastic practice! Just what I want to do on my Tree 🌲 farm. Thank You 🙏

[@ParadiseGardenOrganics]

It was wonderful and many thanks for sharing. I have learned a lot from this video because I have a fruit orchard and was dealing with exact same issues and have been desperately looking for solutions which I have found many in your video. Big thanks to you and the great people in this farm for sharing the knowledge and valuable experience.

[@RegenerativeJourney]

I'm so happy you found this video helpful. Good luck with your orchard!

[@jksatte]

Off topic but I love her hair. It's so nice!!!!! Also, good ideas about the garden. Mulch is king.

[@Incongnito09]

Love your laminator!!! And your passion. I'm working towards no till, seeing your farm gives me confidence I can make it work too!

[@scgoralski]

Thanks for sharing. I'd have never thought to graze the sheep in the rows between crops, what a fantastic idea. It's making me re-think how i plan out my orchard...

[@tritchie6272]

I watched a Greg Judy video where he said he remembers a time when Farmers would build ponds in the corner of their fields and after harvest would turn their cattle out on it. He seemed to wish people would still do that.

[@jonathancaulfield9837]

Ton of info & unexpected humor. On purpose or not you got me 3 times; rain irony, lambinator and my favorite, 'longebity'.. half smirk, pause.. power through!

[@RegenerativeJourney]

I wish I could take credit. Mollie provided so much great material, including both info and humor. She's a great storyteller. Thanks for the feedback! It gives me an idea of what pulls people in.

[@Mrammer]

I just came across your channel and have watched all of your videos now. They are amazing! Keep it up!

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Thanks so much! Really appreciate the kind words.

[@OBRfarm]

Someone on a Facebook group shared your vids. Just stumbled upon this... great work!

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Thanks! I hope you find value in them.

[@santhus1576]

Keep doing good work.. 🇮🇳

[@rosewhite---]

Alfalfa is deepest rooted plant for rejuvenating land.

[@StacksUrbanHarvest]

I'm binging your channel. Great content! 🌿

[@javierrangel6869]

I love the way you work with your lambs, sheptractor.

[@sickerOr]

The lambmover haha

[@svelanikolova5776]

I do permaculture, hugulcultre, vermicomposting, sheet mulching and lasagna beds in the fall or the spring to give it time to rot. I don't do hot composting because it gives off way too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Greetings from Bulgarian mountain farmer.

[@capicuaaa]

Cool! I do cold composting and also bury woods; branches, twigs and also plant matter and veggie scraps. I just love how easy it is this way!

[@svelanikolova5776]

@@capicuaaa indeed it is super easy. You find that in the beginning the soil absorbs it fast. In 2 years the absorption of material will slow down and yiud involvement will decreese

[@sayakas_journey]

Love it!

[@paulbraga4460]

yes, this is important work - document the practices and report on what works. even better, what works best and also easiest. you have to get there as soon as possible - biological agriculture. grow a great crop and the soil is built, that is the paradigm i subscribe to as the fastest, easiest way to get there

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Thanks for watching Paul. There's so much to capture and share about these farms. I'm trying to both inspire and inform. I wish everyone of these farmers could hire their own camera crew to share all their knowledge on a regular basis.

[@Tate.TopG.]

It's really amazing. I like those type of video where you see how people how their way up to regenerating agriculture. So many ways but the same goals. Thx for the video

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Thanks for watching the video Johnny! Glad you found it interesting. There are many paths farmers and ranchers take to regenerating soil. I make these videos to shed light on those different paths.

[@Tate.TopG.]

@@RegenerativeJourney it's really helpful for a lot of us who want to leave the corporate world and farm. Keep it up cuz you are helping a bunch of us. Thank you so much for your time and effort to educate others

[@RegenerativeJourney]

@@Tate.TopG. Thanks for the encouragement! That feedback is helpful. Good luck on your journey. 😊

[@RegenerativeJourney]

This is really great to hear. Keeps me motivated to keep making these videos. Thanks!

[@termsofuseist]

What a fantastic system, thank you for sharing. I have been learning more about no-till systems and I was wondering about the origin of the mulching material. Is it store bought? That is such a mass of mulch to produce these beautiful deep mulch beds, can this farm produce that much biomass, and if so, how? shrubs? many thanks in advance

[@michaellinnebur7694]

Wheat is a allopathic plant .so it could get interesting to see what happens

[@s2kspeedsoft772]

Hey! Im David Collins too!

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Ha! There are so many of us. Must be a great name or something. 😁 Thanks for watching!

[@rosewhite---]

Hamlin Garland wrote a book about buying a Dust Bowl farm and regenerating it. Try find the book.

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Thanks!

[@mamadffaye]

How can you organically fight termite? I have land a termite prone area and I don't want to use pesticides.

[@leelindsay5618]

I want a break down of how and why on the laminator...what is it made out of? One whole row per day?

[@RegenerativeJourney]

Hi Lee. Great request. It's hard to include everything in the videos. Are you asking because you're serious about building one and using it? If so, the folks at Sow a Heart farm may be willing to provide more info. Let me know and I'll see how I can help.

[@neemanaeemi9084]

Such an important concept, but not enough examples of people seed bombing an area to restore degraded land.

[@dgreen341]

Good video but why no info on how often to move sheep tractor

[@Aermydach]

There's so much more they could go into! But, do you want to watch a 3 hour video rambling around many, many topics?

[@willbass2869]

Great wonky wheel on lambinator. Keeping it real.

[@gerrybrownlee3217]

Question fixing soil that had persistent organic pesticides in soil,is dieldrin pink really heartbreaking as wont eat from it

[@tibetantones1248]

👍❤️

[@brendamclean3033]

Join the movement to save soil from extinction #conciousplanet #savesoil

[@KangRoundHere]

That front right wheel on the laminator has seen better days, yeah?

[@defective6811]

It's been the star of many plays

[@sharlenejoyduclayan3335]

Can you enumerate the practices they used?

[@RegenerativeJourney]

I tried to give a good overview in the video, but if you want more detail it may be best to contact the farm. Here's their website: www.sowaheart.com/.

[@RegenerativeMojave]

What climate are you located in?

[@philippechevereau9818]

Fremont, CA

[@sgransar]

What state are we visiting here?

[@RegenerativeJourney]

This farm is in the city of Fremont in the state of California.

[@billiebruv]

Ya dont neccessarily need N fixers to build N, only as initial repairers

[@baddrivercam]

I don't want my soil to get pregnant though. I wouldn't be able to afford the doctor bills. 😂

[@jakob5914]

I mean what you are teching is good but showing extreme is not showing big part of the farmers from the right light :(

[@krystiansieminski8060]

This only work on small farms, haw are we going to do this on a farm of 5 000 acres or maybe 50 000 acres? You need an army to do the job in Your style. TH

[@RegenerativeJourney]

This is a great question. I know there are larger scale farms implementing regenerative practices but I haven't seem them myself yet. Check out these larger scale farms: Rick Clark farmersfootprint.us/rick-clark/, Gabe Brown brownsranch.us/.

[@jerrybear3081]

maybe we could eliminate the unemployment rate..

[@antoniolopes8776]

@@jerrybear3081 I guess most people want jobs (doctor computer=clerical jobs) not working with their hands.

[@thetessellater9163]

I'm sorry, but that lamb cage is terrible - the poor animals are clearly distressed; not the way to farm!

[@muzairanwar]

Probably easier to use electric fencing or other temo fencing instead of that sheep tractor garbage

[@MrMawnster]

ughh no...in orchards you don't want the grass for certain types of things...for instance bush type fruits will take 3-4 times longer to establish b/c of the competition.

[@MrMawnster]

LOL too much mulch leads to rodent and disease problems and takes all the nitrogen out of the soil if it's too high in carbon