Stupid Fake Farmer Doing the Wrong thing! Or....is he a Genius? You tell me!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

stoneyridgeshop.com Folks thanks so much for watching today! Please...grab yourself some Stoney Ridge goodies and support the farm/channel and content! It all helps so much....Without you there would be no Stoney Ridge Farm! I appreciate you all so much!

[@TheCritterWindow]

It may surprise you but your wood chipper makes a good straw chopper/blower. I chop chunks of round bails for use in the garden around onions.

[@joeh4295]

Never considered using my wood chipper. I'll have to try that

[@TheCritterWindow]

@@joeh4295 I have a PTO chipper and the straw is too chunky/stringy for our garden use. It works.

[@critical-thought]

I had similar problems, even with heavy seeding it still eroded. Ended up throwing a bunch of good size river rock from around the farm into the gullies, up to ground height. Worked great - dirt eventually filled in around the rock, grass grew in, and now you would never know there is (was) an issue.

[@timziegler9358]

Along your patio area you may want to consider installing a "French drain" with a river gravel cover. It could be tied into your building drain to carry off the excess drainage. Best wishes.

[@plnthrd]

My experience on my farm, never get grass to germinate this time of year unless you plan on watering it constantly in the beginning. With the expense of grass seed, I think I would have waited until fall especially with this mini drought going on...OH! and BTW thanks for the advice on using supersoil, my lawn around the house has NEVER looked better!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

watering every day right now....morning and evening....can't afford to let it start washing and ruin all this hard work

[@lilahnewton7940]

I'm just sorry you had to get rid of those beautiful trees. TRY THIS. Instead of fighting water ruts and run off go with the flow rather than trying to stop it. Make a wet weather creek all the way down the hill. Think outside the box. Maybe make another pond at the bottom. Or some sorta catchment.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

oh once we get some grass on this hillside it will be fantastic....if I made a "creek" it would just wash over and over again....establishing root structure is a permanent fix...great idea for sure, just not what I'm trying to accomplish...we will have some more ponds on the farm soon!

[@TXTractorLife]

I understand what the commenter is saying… We had a natural runoff off our garage that created a little channel through our field so what we did is we put rocks in that channel to basically protect it and give the water a place to go… Doesn’t fit every situation!

[@srg6532]

A way that worked great for me to seed center of drainage areas was to staple the manufactured rolls of straw in shingle overlaps up the grade. The top last piece of straw was dug in and buried on the last 6-12 inches. The goal was to get the water on top of the straw. If the stream of water gets to flowing under the straw, then the straw is useless. Done this several times and it worked every time.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

yep...we still may have to get straw matting and waddles for a few years until we get a good stand of grass/roots

[@robertschumacher472]

Hey Josh, there's a lot of ways to go, why did you not try to retain the water off of the roof and recycle it for irrigation water? I'm guessing you have ample rainfall and don't need to supplement with anything ? My other thought was if your soil is well drained and permeable then you would not have to worry so much about drain off if it's soaked in . Otherwise I would wonder or think why you wouldn't want to put in some deep growing rooted plans to break up the soil. Like Sweet Clover alfalfa and maybe even some tillage radishes for a really big effect which are great for cows. What's your thoughts if it's okay to ask

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

multiple comments on this ....you've gotta understand that this building would fill a 10,000 gallon water tank in about 4 mins during a heavy rain right? Tillage radish is a wonderful concept when your soil is soft.....I've tried it....I had 2 inch long radishes smaller than your pinky.....clover? Alfalfa? Remember the Ph of the soil has to be very basic for alfalfa, clover seed is about 10 times more expensive and is better suited for cool season planting....millet works...that's why I'm planting it. Tillage radish won't grow in my soil....most people don't grasp the hardness and lack of biologic material in my dirt...it's a sandy soil with no humus....we've gotta build it....that comes from planting, watering and mowing. This is what I've learned over the years. Also....1000 gallons of water will run out of a rain catchment setup in about 20 mins...I don't wanna bury a 10,000 gallon tank or have ugly rain catching totes sitting outside the shop growing mosquitos....we've got 6 creeks, 4 ponds and 3 wells...plenty of water on the property my friend

[@robertschumacher472]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer thanks Josh, it is good to know about your experience with those radishes and as my comment said later when I found out you have so much water down there I understand the reasons you're doing things. I've always thought that every piece of property in every area is slightly different than you have to get to know and become an expert on what you're working with . Also thinking in your mind that you know the answer is a good way to start but it doesn't mean you are right. When the first Ford Taurus came out and they put plastic door handles on I knew... that those handles were going to fall off and break in the cold weather. Well I was wrong. I have learned not to be so sure that just because I thought it up makes it right. Best wishes you know buddy my situation and thank you so much for keeping me going in these days are very trying and difficult your channel is one of my little bastions of relief from the world

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

it's funny when I watch content about planting tillage raddish and then I see the reality of what it did here...when I cleared some new ground, and it was really loose soil it still didnt' take....however I do think the tillage raddish helped the land....the grass is still very green...last year I planted some beets..much better idea!

[@seaday123]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Learned this year that clover no like my dirt but deer do like munching the clover! protecting cover crop from deer has not been worth the effort. The rye grass won the cover crop competition this year.

[@ricksousa3932]

your backyard looks amazing. Water problem, you have a ton of stone make a river rock runoff all the way down have it turn into the woods.

[@thestudystrategist2219]

Wow! That quite possibly is the coolest grill ever...! Any chance that you could harvest some of the water from the roof, and collect it in a huge tank?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I get a ton of comments asking about catching rain water ......honestly...catching, storing and utilizing rain water on this scale would take tanks 10,000 gallons or more. I looked into it and it's totally not going to be worth it. On a small scale like an urban back yard...heck yeah....but on this scale we'd be overfilling 10,000 gallon tanks in about 3 mins of downpour. Just not worth it...and mosquitos!! Wherever you see rain catchment...you'll see mosquitos!

[@paulettagyurik2644]

Your farm is beautiful God bless you and your family 🙏♥️🙏

[@ronevans852]

I hope the grass works for you I’m about 30 miles south of Atlanta Ga. We have had NO RAIN here in 7 weeks. All my yard grass Is dead, my garden is dead. All is lost here. (Good luck )

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

got our first rain in weeks here last night....raised beds with mulch has kept me from having to water the garden at all

[@toddpacheco4748]

Josh, before you know it you’re going to have a great 👍 looking 👀 yard behind the mega shop 😮😊❤

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I hope so!

[@ClickinChicken]

That's really exciting, the Finnishing 🔵⚪🔵 touches! Looks pretty Genius to me! My 1st question was did he buy enough seed?! Hope it takes! Now I have to pray for 'Gentle' Rains in Africa -Toto 80's music. Didn't care for the NC State police call, although it was a Buddy busting you. You started Dang gum, off with it man!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol....yep...that was Travis from Lane Shark in florida......I thought I'd put that in there just for fun

[@connieguillot6999]

Hoping u will get u some rain so u want have to water your new grass seeds 👍🏼👊🏻-yard looking GREAT without all the rocks!! 👍🏼

[@davebruins8623]

Very impressed with the versatility of the ventrac. Great tool.

[@srg6532]

A chisel plow works great on solid ground to pull up rocks. I set it only for 4-6 inches deep and travel in very slow gear. It flips out the big rocks. You can stop in time to prevent tearing up equipment if watching closely. On 1st pass I only went 4 inches. It loosens top soil and rocks. The next pass is at 6 inches. The heavy duty discs work great after removing these rocks. I like a spike harrow to keep those big rocks flipped up. The spike harrow is also great to level dirt. I've got a 10 ft corkscrew rock windrower for once the soil has been cleared of the biggest rocks. Following up with your bobcat rock rake would work great there. On the smaller rocks, we used 3 men with silage forks in front of the tractor bucket. Whatever fell thru the forks was left on the ground. The rocks on top of the forks was placed in tractor bucket. It was a great way to avoid those larger rocks that damage the tiller or bush hog.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

you ain't pulling no chisel plow through this lol.....it will totally come apart....trust me.....I'm barely skimming the surface of this hillside....about 1-3 inches below grade are tens of thousands of rocks....from fist size to the size of a VW Beetle!! A disc or plow would just get destroyed...ask me how I know....first bought the farm all the old timers suggested this method....I ripped up a pile of equipment and broke discs like nobody's business. Over the 9 years I've been here this has been the best method...I'm also going to bring in a jack hammer to bust down some of the rocks that were too big to remove with the excavator! That's how big these are!

[@sclivestock5943]

Great job Josh. Thats a lot of hard work. Too bad you didn’t have access to a bale processor to spread the straw. Have a great week!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

by the time I got a straw blower I'd have the job done...now if it was 200 bales...I'd be looking for a straw blower lol

[@taurota1554]

Awesome and outstanding as always

[@johnme7049]

Looking good brother. Stay Hydrated!

[@williamgaines9784]

That straw spreading was putting the man in manual labor...dawn would definitely been a better time to do it, although not a great filming environment, as you would have been covering the seed with the straw while the dew was still present.. Looking forward go seeing an update and 🤞that no gully washers happen between now and first mowing.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

You got that right!

[@johnsandell4501]

Nice seeding job. 👍👍👍

[@outandaboutwithsamiam5034]

I was coming down 77south yesterday and when i got to the Virginia/ North Carolina line, Stoney Ridge Farm popped up in my mind....thats some beautiful farmland up there....yall have a good day on the SRF!!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

nice!

[@outandaboutwithsamiam5034]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I had went to visit a Marine buddy I served with 34 years ago on the USS WISCONSIN BB-64...WE were the first and last Marine Detachment to ever serve on an Iowas class battleship...did some fishing together in the Ohio River Valley up around Deerfield Ohio, home of Johnny Paycheck. We traveled back to Norfolk Virginia, to see the ship and discovered our names are still on the read boards and training/duty rosters for eternity......an emotional day for us. They were gracious to open normally closed spaces for us 3 PlankOwners, and even gave us some pieces of the teak wood deck. Military Brotherhood is Real!!!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I still talk daily with military buddies.....I keep in touch with most all of my closest USAF friends!

[@danielturrentine8324]

Have you ever thought of a rain catchment system and then use it to water you gardens

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

with 3 wells and 6 creeks here, we really don't need it for the gardens. I've only had to water my gardens once this year when first planted....those raised beds with mulch hold the moisture really well

[@danielturrentine8324]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer it was just a thought. rainwater cost nothing, well water cost the amount to pump it if you were still on the grid. oh well, just my thinking, though I love the gathering grille

[@robertschumacher472]

Question answered sorry Josh I didn't read down this far

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Most certainly good way of thinking....I've had experience with rain water collection and found it to be extremely labor intensive and honestly in the end not quite worth it. I went as far as trying to hook up my toilets to use rain water in my home in the city! Now that's really thinking cheaply!! How bout this one...water your garden in the city and they charge you sewer for every gallon of water you use....even if it's in the garden you still pay sewer!!! Say what!!! lol I was a bigtime cheapskate! That's why I did it lol

[@seandrake7534]

So just curious what did you use for pipe underground for the gutter run off I need to do this around my place but I'm wondering if putting in lateral line pipe the stuff with the holes in it wouldn't be a smart way to go as well that way the water could be put back into the ground and not have so much runoff not doing anything any good yeah I would still need the pop ups somewhere in the system

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

6 inch single wall corrugated pipe here's the video install: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpapmYaPi9Njd6M

[@bryanpearce4440]

Love the Channel ! Glad to see you are doing well.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Much appreciated!

[@dalebargen]

Planting grass seed in 90 degree dry weather seems like an issue. Are you going to be able to irrigate it well all summer?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

That's the plan! Once the millet sprouts I'll hit it again with more millet to hold the land...then in sept/oct I'll overseed with rye and fescue again

[@kdegraa]

In Australia there’d be a few big water tanks next to the buildings to collect the rain water. At the very least the tank water could be used to water the grass so it grows faster and thicker.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Many many folks have suggested rain collection off this building.....in order to capture rain off this building I'd have to place ugly tanks beside my future home that would basically overflow every time it rains. There's a massive amount of water that comes off this building....catching it, looking at ugly tanks, or burying a 10k gallon tank for the sake of catching $2 worth of rain water, not to mention mosquito control in those tanks...we're much better off using one of the 3 wells on the farm. We'd need a 10,000 gallon tank to catch the water off this building and make it useful..plus a pump to push it out to the sprinklers. Great on a small scale....expensive on a larger scale...maybe someday though!

[@kdegraa]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer mosquito control is easy, cover the access to the tank with a barrier mosquitoes can't get through. It is up to you as it is your property. Perhaps the ground water there is sufficient to never need to store water. Water tanks do not need to be ugly though they will always expensive. If a water tank was located behind your shed there would be no need for pumping to irrigate the land below the tank. Gravity would do the work. I tend to think erosion will always be an issue in this area. The hard surfaces uphill of the area will not absorb rain and if rain water is not either stored or diverted then sometimes a huge amount of water will travel down this area and will do what water does.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

So...the well isn't "ground water" so much as it's in an aquafer. Trust me in order to prevent mosquitos in my last rain catchment tanks I put in goldfish...that was fun but just not worth it in the end......you've gotta have pressure to push water out of a sprinkler....if it rained 1 inch we'd fill up 10,000 gallons of water in a matter of minutes...just not worth it in the long run, now if I had a small garden in town...sure...totally...but on this scale we're talking about millions of gallons of water blasting up out of the top of a rain barrel....it's just too darn big. 3 wells, 6 creeks and 4 ponds on the property keep us covered pretty good. I guess it's more about scale and usefulness than it is anything. I do have a buddy on the lookout for a couple underground water tanks though! Woooo!!

[@scottsmith6846]

Hey Josh thank you for the video everything looks nice there woo

[@maddmaxx6730]

Need a time lapse camera mounted to the building to show the grass growing

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

that would be cool!

[@westernessence7644]

Stoney ridge is a high input first generation farm - entertaining too.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

that's how we roll! Woooooo!!

[@keithhillis4855]

" Woo ", listen young man, you be careful in that hot sún, I know that you are a healthy person, but Please be careful !!! We 💘 you " Woo "

[@lynnbreazeale9134]

I would suggest erosion control matting for those channels where heavy water flows.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

we're gonna see how it does ...might have to place matting and wattles for a bit until we get some root structure

[@bjones8354]

Great video! Millet is new to me. TY

[@douglasroberts2250]

I see the grade you have. Even with grass grown in solid, you're going to have constant erosion. I'd put in a French drain ( a little further down than your pop ups ) sleeved and embedded in rock and installed in a diagonal line down the hill.. In less than a year , all your topsoil will go to the base of that grade without it.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

the whole farm is on a hill....once grass gets established there is no erosion issue my friend...just gonna take me some time to get it right

[@douglasroberts2250]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer it still erodes, with a velocity of water.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I guess what ya really can't see in this video is that the water is actually being re-directed in several places....once grass is established it will stop eroding.....but it's gonna take me a few years and more erosion control measures in the future for sure!

[@douglasroberts2250]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer you can get those big long pillow like things to stop a lot of it. Mesh stuff. It helps

[@srg6532]

It would be great if a company had a rock system that went through loose soil and separated the rocks from the dirt and sized the rock by 3 different sizes, for farm use. A program of herbicide ahead of time and burning away the organic matter is best for these systems.

[@bohammarberg4072]

Good morning!!!! 🌹🌹🌹

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

Good morning!

[@melaniekeen3611]

We need some rain bad over here in Walnut Cove. Just a stones throw from you

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

headed up that way later today to hanging rock for a bike ride!

[@maddmaxx6730]

Landscaping ain’t for wussies 😎 Wooooo!

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

lol!

[@Sgtkode]

I can't believe you don't have hay throwing machine!🤣 Me personally I would have put in gravel to the pop ups. Ran electricity with plugs along the Mega-shop wall and parked my toys er Tractors back there and later put a shelter/ roof to protect the Toys/tractors. I'm the genius 🤣

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

fixing to get rid of some machines...simplify my operation a touch

[@michaelblum6222]

Another great video Josh. Subscribers and future subscribers please hit the like button.

[@overwatch2671]

Good for ya, Josh. Good job

[@RobertMcCarty-zi1ww]

Bet you wish you had a manure spreader works great for straw

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

I have a manure spreader, hmmm...got me thinking now!

[@RobertMcCarty-zi1ww]

@@StoneyRidgeFarmer how we strawed the pins in feed lot

[@geraldgammel1569]

Does rye grass grow in the summer time?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

if watered well....moreover I'm just trying to get some root structure down

[@bettinaripperger4159]

I live in Texas- we use Rye in the fall. It keeps green in the winter until spring. Once the temps get higher … it dies off

[@denniscleveland669]

An ole three tine hay fork, would be just what you need, to help spread that hay and help keep your distance from the chaff.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

oh...that would take me forever....just gotta suck it up and shake it out or rent a straw blower! That would be awesome!

[@robertgreen8695]

Not for nothing but saw dust and wooe chips do the swame thing and you can get them fairly cheap.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

all that straw was $120

[@dmark6699]

Plant an orchard that would stop the erosion problem.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

problem is I can't even dig a hole in this ground...it's so rocky! Still would need to plant grass to hold the ground in place and prevent washing...orchard would be pretty though! I'm gonna try and plant about 20 cherry trees this fall!

[@peterbannister3286]

One day you’ll learn how to open those bags properly

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

knife....go! No string, no mess lol

[@jalopyjoe4483]

Was hear. Wooooo

[@billkrebbs9972]

Put up a game trail camera

[@thomasred2603]

What about the rest of it

[@janrobertbos]

...genius?...fescue end of June?...nah...lollollol...😁😁

[@jamescarnes5550]

Smart reasons you are one smart cookie for eliminating the erosion

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

thanks James!

[@ronthacker211]

When are you going to reveal your new lady friend?!?

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

it will be some time.....you wouldn't believe all the hateful comments surrounding my relationship status...I get put down all the time, called insulting names and folks say "no wonder you can't keep a woman"....when in all honesty...I tried to keep my wife...I had her move back home 15 times just to be let down with the same problems....I'm a little injured inside brotha...that healing is gonna take some time. Bring a new woman or multiple on the channel and I'll get ripped apart lol....plus...on social media people can be so cruel....they may comment on her looks or the way she talks ...I'm not sure she'd be ok with all that. She's a fitness trainer....very fit lady and that intimidates some folks and brings out childish insults sometimes.

[@ronthacker211]

Completely understandable. Many of us who have been with you for a long time, know the history. I think we all only wish you the best of happiness.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

thanks so much buddy.....I hope to find a good woman someday...as you can imagine it does take a special person to come here and fall into this lifestyle...not for the faint of heart and most people have never done a hard days work in their life...especially young people....funny how folks will go to the gym and pick up weights and move them around, but ask them to help pick up rocks on a hot summer day and they'll look at ya like you're crazy! Ex wife was like that! After about 2 hours she was toast...but could go to the gym and run on a treadmill facing a brick wall for an hour bhahhahah....a little frustrated Stoney Rant! I'm dating a personal trainer from my gym now....she doesn't like getting dirty bhahhahha

[@CliffordHenley]

Grandad always told me if you got teats or tires you gonna have troubles from time to time, boy was he right.😂

[@majorpayne5289]

👍🇺🇸

[@dennisreed3382]

Wait. You're a fake farmer.

[@StoneyRidgeFarmer]

according to the trolls bhahhahaha