Tractors getting the job done! Fertilizer The Mainstream Said Wouldn't Work!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Folks.....share your thoughts!!! Farming is tough...and there's always someone there with their hands out waiting to get your hard earned $$$$$. Conventional wisdom says this just doesn't work.....but in the real world I've found it does! Stop paying that fertilizer man...stop spraying those pastures and learn to read the land, the grasses and listen to what it's telling us!

[@vernbolstad3956]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer like my grandma said. You can jar green beans but if you don’t plant the seed you’ll never see it again.

[@donaldjones4120]

Infrastructure comes first and your over the top. Efficiency, wisdom is what I pray for. I was running 3 head /acre in the irrigated desert of eastern WA. I'm struggling with 1 head /acre in Kentucky. After living in the desert/lessons learned is I need to figure out how to capture abundant spring rains and irrigate during the dry spells. Funny how nobody waters here. I couldn't even find a sprinkler at the store. Out West its way different. We have way more water here but..... If you can figure out irrigation you can basically double the value of your land. Wood chips basically retain water. Figure out water and your a winner

[@dalebargen]

Yes! Exactly! The organic material acts as a sponge and holds moisture, releasing it during dry periods. It should make a big difference during weeks of drought that happen frequently in the south.

[@john-william5917]

Building soil is the key , not artificially feeding plants! Good work !!

[@twc9000]

My neighbors keep giving me suggestions about how to improve my soil with chemicals, and I keep reminding them that I am going to keep my soil alive. I appreciate your channel and how you are using natural materials.

[@jamesoncross7494]

Any biodegradable material is good. Grass clipping, paper, woodchips, food, coffee grinds, anything. It all turns to soil. Mix it up, and spread it out. EXCELLENT. Do you put lime down to help with the Ph? Also, I would think you would want wood chips delivered every day. It's all free bio mass and is awsome! You are lucky to get it for free. Just make an area and pile it up a mile high. It will all turn into great soil.

[@kdegraa]

I wish wood chips were free where my farm is. Wood chips are expensive.i used to buy them but can’t now.

[@phillipthewise7758]

Back to the content I've been wanting to see. Great video! Reminds me of the early years on the farm.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@adriennemassey-hellard9224]

Thank you for bringing attention to the simplicity of building soil! ❤

[@stuartrinker]

I think where people get confused about the chips robbing nitrogen, is when it’s tilled in as opposed to what you’re doing and spreading it on top.

[@MikeDenny-js2so]

Great video! One of the reasons I love this channel is you continue to show how to farm without all the chemicals. And it works!!

[@dropshot1967]

It also helps that the chips and sawdust are spread on top of the soil. If they are mixed in with the soil the chances of remaining woodchips absorbing nitrogen are a lot higher. There is a reason that in many permaculture gardenbeds the soil is covered in a thick layer of woodchips without mixing it in with the soil.

[@ShalomShalom-d5c]

Wonderful job & lots of lessons here. 👍

[@a-survivors-journey]

I agree totally. Rebuilding soil for the future.

[@DiscGolfing]

For years I added normal NPK fert to my garden (even organic only). My soil was the problem, it's very clay, hard when dry. Weeding of course what a huge problem/time consuming. Then my friend recommended woodchips (free from chipdrop). Gave my boys some work moving it to the backyard next to the garden. Then I put down a layer of woodchips, turned the soil, added wood chips on top. It's taken a couple years, but my soil is less and less clay, dark brown/black soil in many places, plants are growing way better, the moisture is held in, don't have to water, and the chips keep weeds down to a HUGE minimum. They only pop up where I was light on chips.

[@DiscGolfing]

I"ve heard the "it will rob N from soil" too. My garden begs to differ. It just transforms the soil, there is now tons of life, bugs, bacteria in my garden than ever before. And it grows things.

[@southeastohiooutdoor]

I have watched your channel since the beginning when you cleared the land and the transformation in just the last 5 years is undeniable

[@richardwilkens4577]

I just had a new 25 hp TYM Delivered today first new tractor on the farm

[@scottsmith6846]

Hey Josh thank you for the video and that machine there did a beautiful job spreading out that stuff Woo

[@charleswise5570]

Josh, as always, great video!

[@connieguillot6999]

Yes great learning today -if u have room to put stuff like that on ur land which u do and spread it .rich rich soil and saving money 👍🏼👊🏻

[@alh9338]

Always wondered what the best time of year was for this. Kinda makes sense seeing how the sun can hit more and break it down. Let the grass get its growth in spring then feed it. But if im wrong, let us know! Thanks again.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

early fall/winter when the wet season is coming on in my opinion is best

[@toddpacheco4748]

Josh,it’s going to look 👀 awesome 🤩 in the future when it takes off 😮😊❤

[@dalebargen]

The woodchips and shaving are a light material - Could you raise the sides on your ABI spreader so you can haul bigger loads?

[@garytnew7504]

Now that’s a great suggestion well thought of 👏👏👏👍👍

[@franciscodanconia4324]

I know it works. 8 years ago we had a tree taken down at our house and then the stump ground out. After the stump grinding I had a massive pile of chips. I spread it out on a 25x15 area of the back yard, which is all fill clay junk (my entire lot is fill). The grass didn’t grow well there. Worked it in with my little tiller. 8 years later that is still the greenest, fastest growing part of the lawn.

[@franciscodanconia4324]

The other good thing about using wood chips is it encourages growth of beneficial fungi in the soil which helps with nutrient transfer from the soil to the plants.

[@mircscreations6889]

Thanks for taking the time to explain everything. When you run out of the free shaving and sawdust you could even mulch some of your overgrown areas of the farm as well. Kill two birds with one stone. Great job great video.

[@kriswhite1344]

Been interested on how the manure spreader works, this video answered so many questions for me.. Thank you Josh.. Just a lady in NC

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Glad it was helpful!

[@cyclemaster46]

In a pinch I use motorcycle chain lube penetrant. Chains, latches, hinges, The solvents evaporate it pulls the grease in. Capillary action.

[@SteveSimoneaux-n3w]

Good morning. Loving this video👍

[@vincentnail2881]

Great video video man! Chips and saw dust, works.

[@dougdavis4439]

That's going to be some pretty pasture, Josh. Have always enjoyed watching you building the soil back, my friend! Woooo! Looking awesome, man!

[@JAKE3914]

Good job Josh. Hope ya pressure wash the spreader.

[@jamesjessee4064]

Nice video ❤️ 👍 🙋‍♂️

[@BUTTEWORKS]

Soil just need what comes out of it. That spreader is a dream tool.

[@fixtherustbucket]

If one would spend the time to research, look at, and understand how everything, including animals, all play their part in building soil. They would understand that fertilizers and chemicals would never have to be introduced. Once an area has been robbed of its resources, the cycles are interrupted and turn into what the SRF pastures use to look like. One must have the passion to see this and understand. Where I grew up, our house was surrounded by fields and woods. I spent countless hours walking through both, looking at what was happening above and below the canopy. Woooo!!

[@garytnew7504]

Josh can see you have to have another 20 semi truck loads of saw dust and the wood chips Also as a quick designated area to dump the shavings and wood chips You could look into digging a trench the your manure spreader and be pulled down a trench that the top of spreader is level with ground level so you in the loader is above you trailer and fill the spreader way quicker and the companies that are dumping the products wood chips etc will know the location always Just a idea for ya to think of matey Keep up P N K 😊😊😊 Cheers

[@denniscleveland669]

I think that the gate being at full up position, allows the whole load to go into the shredders and that causes the thicker spots. Lowering the gate will hold the top portion of the pile back and make for a more uniform spread. That will definitely help the soil.

[@barnabus6937]

Neat machine 🎉🎉

[@franciscodanconia4324]

The wood chips will soak up nitrogen initially. But then release it slowly as it completely breaks down.

[@themintlord4744]

For a while I thought you were crazy from going away from an established, reputable brand like John Deere and going to some South Korean brand most people have never heard of, but now that I work in construction and I've run some newer John deere equipment, I've quickly realized how overpriced, overengeneered, underpowered and fragile new John deere equipment is. And a good friend of mine now works at a TYM dealer so I've spent more time around them. I'd say you made a good choice, even though a lot of people couldn't see it at the time.

[@Trial-N-ErrorFarms-jk9iz]

Give the landscape company another place to unload chips. A "sacrifice paddock" if you will. Just a one or two acre area that is not in the cattle rotation. Let them dump there for a year and then set up another place for another year. In a couple years, you will have chest high forage and need to raise cows on contract just to keep up with the spring flush!

[@Self.reliant]

Hay just a tip from a small engine guy. When you lub the chain try to lube it in the inside of the chain then as it spins it forces the lube it's the chain vs on the outside alot gets slung off.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

thanks...been a cyclist for about 25 years.....best to drench.then wipe down...but too dangerous with this kinda setup

[@archangel729]

Stanley dirtmonkey loves the cast loader i think hes up to 3 now 1 for property 2 for snow removal . Low impact on ground due to tires . Id love to have one but i have no real need for it lol

[@bullpups4life189]

When oiling a chain like that you only need to get the o rings. Spraying the sides etc just makes more mess.

[@pattythrasher6663]

I grew up on what started as a 160 acre farm in 1951. I have been watching your channel for several months and have enjoyed watching the changes and progress. You mentioned that there are over 1700 videos. Is there any way I could start at the beginning with the first video and watch them sequentially? I would really like to see the progression of what you have done rather than hit and miss videos.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

yep...just go to youtube.com/@stoneyridgefarmer click "videos" and click watch all....some are old and difficult to watch lol

[@ahasadasa2875]

the wood type makes a big difference, and decomposing wood chips can suck nitrogen out of the soil so you need to add nitrogen

[@brucebelitz3451]

Now you build a compost area and take wood chips from tree cutters saw dust from where ever and manure and compost it mixing later in the process to add nitrogen to the compost and spread that every year! Talk about building soil. It will cost to build the compost area but pay off for the life of your farm! You could even build a pole barn to store the finished product for later use without leaching all the good stuff. Also get with nearby city's that collect leaves every year and add that to the mix!

[@archangel729]

Here's an idea set up your mulch spreading like ice scraping a hockey rink lol

[@steve-rr3nq]

Right now, we are facing a hay shortage, in my county and it is going to get worse. the extension agent said all of the hay, and hay fields are tainted with nitrites, and poison to animals. they planted milo and other crops for feed and hay. but the drought cause the nitrites to not become nitrates. and now the crops are useless. the only hay available is from non fertilized fields, and there aren't many of those, here.

[@karlrovey]

Milo is usually only toxic to grazing animals at certain stages and right after a freeze. It's incredibly drought resistant. Did it not head out and produce grain?

[@2chipped]

Build the soil or add water..both will get you healthy soil. It's all about moisture retention. In my sandy area of coastal Ga,watering my lawn...then cutting grass at 4"+ shades the roots and holds moisture. Israel is a green island from proper management. The Netherlands is basically reclaimed ocean bottoms using amendments and removing water. Too much or too little can be a problem. Fertile dry ground will dry out etc.

[@bohammarberg4072]

Good day !!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@devinsullivan7233]

Wood chips should be left in small windrows to decompose. That way they DO NOT heat up. Don’t turn the piles either. It takes 3-5 years and you will have a beautiful black humus that is full of fungal spores.

[@dennissweeney7743]

Wow got late ! Awesome video!

[@Grnbarf]

Awesome

[@ClickinChicken]

Great SHTF video! LoL. I know it wasn't S. Just horsing around!

[@scottbehr5690]

That spreader is a lot nicer than the one I pulled as a kid...old wooden ground driven spreader behind an H model Farmall. You look like you could use some help on that farm!

[@david-q5q4z]

Grear job ,,,,JOSS!

[@maddmaxx6730]

Looks great 👍 Wooooo!

[@charleswise5570]

Josh, keep those wood chips coming! Free carbon! Can't get any better than that! I was thinking about something. Here goes. Hahaha Get your local barista to start saving their used coffee grounds for you. Not just Starbucks, but the small mom and pop coffee shops also. Add that to your chicken manure and wood chips for your spreader. Your spreader would automatically mix it, as you spread it. It would add more volume, and the healthy bacteria load would help break those materials down. You could spread both at once. I'm sure the coffee shops would do it, because they pay for their waste removal. It would greatly reduce the shear volume.

[@ethanbohnert4611]

Need turn them wood chip piles get it break down faster make that black gold

[@americanbeefranch]

But you loose more carbon that way…

[@justinauman5438]

Have you heard anything from the dealer on the other tractor yet Josh

[@brantgentry1463]

A mini front end loader

[@TheShelton1111]

Morning SRF!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

GOOD MORNING!!! WOOOOO!!!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Good Morning!! Tell me what ya'll think about this!

[@TheShelton1111]

Looks good need more bio mass Brix need to be above 12

[@markrowbotham222]

woodchips must smell amazing

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

😂 kinda like the forest floor

[@ronthacker211]

I use sawdust from my wood shop on my garden... EXCEPT... for some species of wood that could be toxic to plants.

[@jayroser9876]

Kind of a version of hugleculter gardening.

[@jalopyjoe4483]

Was hear. Woooo!

[@ShortbusMooner]

Just like my compost pile: I add organic waste, it turns into soil! 🏆

[@TheCosmicGuy0111]

Sweet

[@Clawson_customs]

Can you only lift the swing up gate up halfway to make the load last longer and spread out thinner?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Yes. If ya look close you’ll see me doing that exact thing. Great minds think alike my brother!

[@Clawson_customs]

@StoneyRidgeFarmer right on that's awesome

[@bruceflynn9711]

Looks like some more wood chips would be a good idea

[@rlouis-s9b]

The fact you said a 55 hp tractor should only run a 6ft bush hog is crazy. I run a 6ft on a 8n Ford tractor. It works just fine.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

if you've ever mown heavy brush/thick tall grass.....a 6ft mower is about all most 40-50hp tractors can effectively and efficiently mow. Just my experience brother....it's not crazy....It's just about speed and quality of cut. However...I do run a heavy duty woods xtreme brush bull cutter so that makes a difference....light duty mower would be different for sure

[@rlouis-s9b]

@StoneyRidgeFarmer I have ran that 8n set up through brush and heavy foliage that is over 5ft tall. Thickects with bushes and brush that is upwards to 2 to 3 inches in diameter. It cut fine

[@kj6jfx]

What did farmers use before chemicals? Lol

[@vernbolstad3956]

I can spread that faster than that with my wheel barrow!😂 Yee Yee!!! 🤠

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Bhahaha!

[@briangrammer898]

❤❤VIDEO ❤❤Good Morning Josh❤

[@TheCarhartt1]

I think subsoiling before applying the material would’ve helped even more…just my 2 cents

[@CliftonLehman]

My concern is it lowers the pH of the soil

[@genieking6191]

Free or cheap bio mass is fabulous for grass. I am gotta say tho manure should be composted with hay, straw, or sawdust about 4 to 6 months. Good compost consists of layers of green (grass, hay, saw dust) brown (poo) , soil, and water.

[@ShalomShalom-d5c]

Brown also stands for dry leaves, cardboard

[@dalebargen]

Great work! I love this concept. I’d like to see if there is a difference in results between the woodchips and sawdust.

[@franciscodanconia4324]

I’d bet you’d see a faster response from the sawdust as it’ll break down a lot faster and possibly not tie up as much nitrogen for as long. Be interesting to see equal acreage done only in chips and only in sawdust.

[@brianhillis3701]

The wood chips will out perform saw dust long term. More insects. Dead insects have lots of nitronen. Wood chips add more variety to the soil and are lighter as they dont compress. Both are very good. The key is moderation in all things.​@@franciscodanconia4324

[@dalebargen]

@@franciscodanconia4324 The woodchips include bark and leaves so I’d expect they would do better, but it would be a great experiment!

[@stevektx]

Wondering if this would work in Texas.... :)

[@carlfoltz4244]

Do you check to see if the sawdust or wood chips inlude that from walnut trees? I have heard that walnut is not good for animals.

[@RichardMixon-m2g]

Josh, here in the panhandle of Florida, I use sulfur, lime(dolomite), and basic slag, along with biomass, and manure. The first three components will grow anything you want you just have to change the percentages for different crops. These components do make the weeds( dogfennel thistle, etc) flourish as well as the pasture grasses. I've not found anything to naturally keep them under control, so I do use 2,4, d amine to control those undersireables. If you know of a way to stop the spread of those nasties, I'd appreciate knowing it. Biodiversity is a very good way to grow and feed the soil. However, when I do this, I do so with the thought (idea) that I'm not helping the overall process by feeding the undesireables that my cattle won't eat. I feel they are uptaking nutrients that the desirable crop needs that the cattle will eat. So at 72 years of age, I want to see the success of my efforts while on the sunny side of the sod so I've hybridized my operation to use the older, more traditional methods of soil sustainability and the newer way of beneficial crop selection. I've come to realize that after I'm gone, probably no one will remember nor care about my processes of doing things, they'll more than likely think I was foolish to do all that I do/did in the name of "natural" sustainable farming habits lol.Just my thoughts.

[@yvonnejohnson1557]

The sawdust that you got from that furniture company make sure they don't use particle would cuz that's got formaldehyde in it from Gary

[@ShalomShalom-d5c]

Gary put formaldahyde in it?

[@ShalomShalom-d5c]

Gary put formaldahyde in it?

[@ShalomShalom-d5c]

Gary put formaldahyde in it?

[@yvonnejohnson1557]

Used to make particle board and work with it from Gary

[@garyb8186]

Josh, Did you have to walk back to get the cast loader?

[@randyhauck7225]

they are called beaters

[@beartooth867]

Stock piled and left alone it will be dirt in five years

[@garrickbrandon7150]

Better put some black water on it to

[@ronaldcummings6337]

The farmer's number one job is to feed the soil.

[@AmberLee-ev7nr]

What size is the manure spreader?

[@thomasr.miller5553]

😁👍👍👍

[@tlack6197]

Still not sure where you get that a 50hp tractor should only pull a 6ft mower...I pull a 6ft all day on my 40hp small tractor. You usually size 1ft per 5hp. No doubt that 10ft batwing is at the upper limits but "my 50hp should only be able to pull a 6ft mower" is bad info. In regards to the woodchips, I live in N. Tx and I do the same...also thinly spread old hay out. People told me the same thing about it inhibiting growth...total opposite! I can see if you spread it too thick like you would in a garden to control weeds, but I get good growth.

[@lizlowbridge2501]

I've seen you wearing that hat in another video a while ago, been looking everywhere to see where to buy one. Where did you get it??

[@coltenlumpkinhchorses]

Mr josh are tmy tractor are the best tractor on the market to buy

[@davidmack8813]

Far flippin out meets its a dirty job somebody's gotta do it.

[@donaldjones4120]

The real results are measured with how many head per acre. Full transparency please How many head per acre you running

[@dalebargen]

Are the semi loads of sawdust free?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

this one was

[@andrepoirier3529]

did I miss something latest news on BIG T

[@kriswhite1344]

So this is PTO driven, then what is ground driven??

[@dalebargen]

Instead of a PTO shaft driving the spreader, the mechanism is connected by drive chains to the axle of the spreader, so it operates only when you are moving.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

this one is PTO driven, but I've had ground driven one's in the past too

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

this one is pto, but I've had ground driven one's in the past!

[@stevefoster6384]

Do you think running a disk over the lot first to break up the hard pack?????

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

every time you break the land...you open it up for weeds and undesirables....I've found that discing or plowing tends to simply cause more problems and eventually will cause compaction. We've gotta get root structure in the soil to break up that hard pan...this eventually happens if we can keep the soil moist and stimulate growth

[@stevefoster6384]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer so I guess a tooth rake would cause the same issue. Like a de-thatch rake.

[@keithfrazier2558]

Doesn't wood chips and sawdust change your ph more acidic? I'm not sure your ph so it may need the higher ph. I've seen other farmers talk about it when mixed in with their manure they field spread. It looks like it works on the part you did already regardless the ph.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

my ph is horribly acidic....4.0 in most places.....over time this heals the soil for me, but we will have to put down lime on the pastures

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[@start6858]

Why would you tell the landscape company to stop brining wood chips you have 110 acres that little pile looks like it might cover a 3rd of a acre

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Because they keep dumping in my pasture and won’t answer or return my phone calls. Super frustrating to deal with them

[@dalebargen]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmerTell them to dump in specific spots - maybe post a sign marking the spot?

[@garytnew7504]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmerI wouldn’t be complaining if it’s for free Josh that’s why I suggested a trench type sunken ramp Yoh tow the spreader do the top is at ground level and you can see into the spreader and fill it quicker easier

[@ShalomShalom-d5c]

Chips are pricey, too many homesteaders buying them bc we cant use straw anymore (bc of RoundUp). I kno homesteaders who chase chip trucks down the road!