The Government's Invasive Grass is Taking Over // Silvopasture Update

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[@idahohoosier8989]

Blessings, julie

[@camicri4263]

Awesome! Thank you for sharing 🙏🤗❤️

[@stephenluna7932]

Awesome improvement

[@jcmustian]

I'd be tempted to spray a homemade Jadam microbial solution in that area. Its a quick and dirty way to multiply good microbes harvested from healthy forest soil.

[@jimt6151]

I'm closely watching what you do with that hillside. I've got a hillside much like it that needs the same care.

[@lynnjasmine3216]

Billy, you are not going to believe this! I was looking at an extra(standby) tomato plant and thinking, "hmm, what can I mix up to fertilize this? Banana water-sure.". and then it hit me. I was standing RIGHT beside mature comfrey!😂😂😂😂

[@christineploeg1992]

Guys. I rescued a stuck butterfly with comfrey! He was fluttering up in the rafters of our porch under the clear carbon roofing. I tried so many things. Then the www informed me that butterflies “adore” comfrey. I tied some to an extension pole and put it up beside him or her and finally ‘they’ climbed on and let me lower her down. Him… who knows!?! Lol Godspeed little flutter by.

[@jimt6151]

@@christineploeg1992 "WE" may not know whether it's a him or a her, but the butterfly knows for sure! Humans are the only ones that seem to wrongly believe there are other options!

[@jeremyhula931]

Thank you Billy. I ordered 10 comfry routes and got 14. You guys are awesome. Love what you do. Praying for you all. I have a question. Why is it that the animals can eat the comfry but we can't? You guys seem to say that we shouldn't, maybe. That's the impression I got but I would like to know why. Love you Guys. Father Yah has used you guys to change my life in a wonderful way.

[@Autumnswirl71]

Ive got about 8ish acres of trees and bramble. Cleaned up the edges, starting to make some indents. going to hit it hard this fall when things die back. No sheep or pigs yet, in process of getting fencing done.

[@fresnokidsr]

Thanks for sharing this video with us Billy and William. May y'all have a good one. Have fun take care

[@sharonnorris5984]

I live in Southeast Alabama and colon grass has become the bane of my existence.When you burn it the temperature is so high and it burns like gas or petroleum products. County ageny says don't burn and don't till. The herbicide to control this is very very expensive. It got started in my area from the boxcars on the freight train. Trying to keep it mowed before it heads out to seed. Been a battle for 10 years and no end in sight

[@craigsurette3438]

Anything that burns like that, sounds like its got a lot of excellent potential for a biofuel. You can probably get away with making/purchasing a biodigester to make this stuff into cooking gas .There are tutorials online , and the start up/costs with ROI is very reasonable. I just helped set up a commercial system for about 1000$ which is about the size of a parked car that turns a 5 gallon bucket of horse poop into 4 burner/hrs of cooking time via natural gas per day. If we didnt buy the idiot/hassle proof commercial system, we could have done it for much cheaper

[@cedriccbass-jp8ky]

Great video. I have a problem with the thorny blackberry in one of my fields, still haven't found out how to make it my ally. It really improves my sandy soil but the little trees and shrubs get lost in there and when I strim they get nailed.

[@denisebrady6858]

This is going to be very interesting to watch the progress on so please show us .

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Of course!

[@mickigfellers1503]

We've had a really bad problem with Johnson grass in our fields. It has taken a few years to get rid of it.

[@prepperwhatcolleen2167]

We have some tooo. It’s difficult to get rid of

[@timmmmmmmmmmy1]

You won't find Johnson grass in a cow pasture.

[@rickcooper6817]

That ground looks better every time you show it, won't be long now before it's producing something sustaining for sure. Thanks for the updates.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Of course my friend. Thanks for watching!

[@lorindahall131]

From what I can tell we have Nutsedge. We've tried to burn it,pull it,till it up and burn roots. It is very invasive.

[@busyrand]

Excellent lordship over the land... Great presentation. I was able to understand exactly what you did, and why you did it that way.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Glad you enjoyed it my friend!

[@busyrand]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 You're a great teacher Brother....

[@rickthelian2215]

Billy, you always have the answers.😊 Happy Father’s Day too.😊 How’s Milkboy, haven’t seen him for a few videos? 😊

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Appreciate it my friend. Milk boy is good!

[@loquat44-40]

I have found that mowing will certainly impact the type of vegetation. Doing that work with a weed wacker really sounds like the hard way. I would only reserve weed wacking for areas where mowing will not work. Keep that chinese silver grass cut down and more useful grass and things will take its place. Chinese silver grass: It spreads along disturbed ground and natural areas and can create large patches. displacing native plants. The grass is also very flammable and increases the fire risks of invaded areas. Depending on the species, this invasive can spread via seeds and/or underground rhizomes.

[@springhopefarm9616]

So where did this come from I've never watched before and you seem to know. Thanks for the info I live in indiana I've never seen it or at least I don't think so

[@anthonydooley3616]

Any cover is better than nothing, but you're doing exactly what I was thinking at the beginning of the video. In a few years, that will be a nice pasture.

[@erbauungstutztaufgnade1875]

Very good.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much!

[@vlunceford]

The comfrey I got from you last year is absolutely gorgeous! I need to divide it because it’s gotten too big for the spots where I have it planted. This week it has started to bloom - so pretty and those huge deep green leaves! We don’t have silvergrass in NW Georgia that I know of but my property is rife with nutsedge. I am constantly pulling it out of my green beds but this has me thinking - can I make changes to the environment to create a spot nutsedge won’t grow? No clue but I’m going to looking into it.

[@jerriscollins-ruth9019]

Very good job Billy

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Appreciate it my friend!

[@wildforagingcountrylife867]

We're having a problem with broomsedge, but I have hopes that with frequent brushmowing it will build the soil and will no longer like growing there.

[@jeanmuehlfelt7942]

Would goats eat that grass? My nephew rents out his goats for the summer to farmer friends and then butchers in the Fall. It works on clearing out berry canes, etc, in the Northern woods.

[@djssquibbs3295]

exc content. saludos desde Costa Rica :)

[@JnkAbstrq]

This is amazing. Great lesson. I planted native prairie grasses just to do the same thing to cover bare soil. Keep the vids coming

[@jerrylansbury9558]

Its mother natures job......to paint the earth green ! Humans need not do anything !

[@pavlovssheep5548]

something like daikon radish or mustards could be used as an intermediate crop to break up soil and produce organic matter as brassica grow best in non-fugally dominated soil (brassicas do not form a relationship with mycorrhizal fungus )

[@The_Argent]

He did a video a couple months ago where those are in the seed mixture he referenced in this one.

[@s.gordonplatt8638]

Billy, have you ever experimented with inoculatiing with mushroom spores and/or used mycorhysal inoculations when planting in these depleted areas? Love watching your progress!

[@craigsurette3438]

I was going to ask the same thing In my PDC we were taught to find the nearest, healthiest forest that matches our local situation, and to use soil from several spots in that place to make an inoculation solution to spread in the area we want to restore the soil microbiome of. Sort of like making yogurt to restore digestive flora in your stomach, but for a forest.

[@markpennella]

EXCELLENT CONCEPTS! To much fluff for me. Keep up the amazing work

[@gratefulprepsnj]

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[@lastwarning8502]

Congratulations on reaching 100k subs.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much 😀

[@ZacchaeusGardens]

Love the channel brother

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thanks a lot my friend!

[@prepperwhatcolleen2167]

Thank you for the information. Bought property little over 2 years ago and working on getting the land back to be more productive 🌱

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Of course my friend. Thanks for watching!

[@jessicafield9907]

My pioneer is morning glory. How on earth do you get rid of something so aggressive

[@craigsurette3438]

I have a silly question. How are you avoiding the seeds from the silvergrass sprouting or it springing back from its roots once you chop and drop it here? Unless there are more steps i am missing, it seems like you are just making things more fertile for next year's silvergrass this way. Ps, be VERY thankfull silvergrass is what you have taking over at your place. I live in New England, and we are being taken over by ridiculous amounts of Japanese Knotweed, and that stuff is pretty much impossible to kill. It is so rugged ,If you tar over it, it comes back through and or around where you paved....The amount of manhours we put in to just keep it from taking over is ridiculous, and you have to be on it with a purpose, or it will take over in a season or 2. Cutting it back vigorously, and then sheetmulching it, is the only way to slow it down. The good news is it is edible and it shows promise as a medicine against Lyme's disease , so we may be forced into some sort of "if you cant beat them , join them" sort of compromise.

[@fresnokidsr]

Sounds like you might have a cash crop if it really does help fight Lyme disease

[@cuznclive2236]

Knotweed is a prime ingredient for treating Lyme and Bartonella (another bacterial-based tick disease) naturally.

[@cuznclive2236]

@@fresnokidsr It absolutely does help to treat Lyme, but Knotweed-based tinctures are inexpensive. Most people just want it gone! Hurricane Irene (2011) brought it to the NE in droves. Farmers have fought it's growth since.

[@kentuckysustainableliving3583]

It’s looking great. I’m still working on my silvopasture

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thanks so much!

[@homesteadingpastor]

Thanks for sharing this informative video my friend. We are slowly working on our silvo pasture as well. Love the concept.

[@jaycarroll9058]

What about goats? They will eat everything to bare bare bare ground, small trees too, cedar, whatever?

[@tomf.2274]

You could also speed up the transition with some compost extract with good fungal biomass and some fungal food sprayed before you do the chop and drop.

[@Rosethatwantstomove]

It looks good to me

[@tommyluck19]

Thanks Billy! just a quick question: what kind of seed are You sowing to the area what the sheep stomped down?

[@mrs.h3]

Thank you for sharing. By the way, your bone sauce works great! God bless

[@sambraun1918]

I only know what’s going on because of your podcast. May God bless you and your family always.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Appreciate it my friend. Thanks for listening in!

[@ktd3166]

Literally just got done splitting my comfrey and replanting it.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Love to hear it my friend!

[@dwighthires3163]

That tall grass sure looks great. Too bad it is not edible to the livestock. Glad you have a good plan.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thanks a lot my friend!

[@cindy9032]

I don't ever remember seeing that grass back in 60's & 70's....I hope the County Agricultural office didn't start it...they suggested Vetch to me to grow on my embankments in 90's...I'm glad I didn't use it...

[@rachelanderson-z6n]

silver grass can be used to make biofuel

[@cindy9032]

That grass looks like it belongs in the beach area...

[@StewartFarmApiary]

Great video. Here is my question - do you burn your leaves in the fall or spring? Seems you have a lot of leaves and how do you keep them from laying on the ground in the fall and smothering out the new growth?

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Goats have a reputable for eating less desirable things that others leave alone. Would they be of help? What state is this in?

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Not even the goats will touch the stuff off.

[@livingintoday06]

Hey Billy. Can I apply this same principle to a pasture with minimal trees? Tyia

[@alisonkirton8377]

Hey Billy, I have a question on pasture management. We just got a soil test on our 4 acres and our pH is 5.7. They recommended 3 ton of lime per acre and also NPK fertilizer (which we are not planning on using, just keep rotating the 8 sheep). Do you recommend the lime or is there a 'permaculture' way of balancing the pH? We have quite a few species growing, I have ID'ed clover, poison ivy (have to be careful walking through it!), blackberry, dandelion, buttercups and a few different grasses.

[@fresnokidsr]

I believe that nature doing what nature does is always beautiful even if you have to use silvergrass as carbon layer for mulch. I always say if you work with nature she will work with you. If you go against her she will win the battle and the war.

[@valerieclowney3616]

Anyone got any ideas to get rid of pig weed?

[@cory1641]

Thank you for the video. I have johnson grass in my bahiagrass pasture and cogon grass is trying to creep in. Running chickens now but next spring we're getting sheep to rotational graze it down. What's your thought on pine trees in a forest? I have oaks and other deciduous trees but primarily covered in pines. Would you cut them down or leave them standing?

[@The_Argent]

Will goats eat silver grass?

[@DudeMaccabeus]

I just dont believe chickens and Goats wont eat all that silvergrass

[@tb1401]

How about using hogs

[@wakeUPdummies]

He might identity as a You, not me.😂

[@wakeUPdummies]

I guarantee a castrated ram doesn't identify as a me.

[@johndernberger1961]

Will goats eat it?

[@raphlvlogs271]

how many people are working on your channel so far?

[@markpiersall9815]

Consider installing a Screech Owl nest box. Owls eat rodents which host ticks and attract pit vipers.

[@jamesjessee4064]

❤️🙋‍♂️👍

[@growingagainstthegrain2165]

What brand rice knife do you recommend?

[@misterdubity3073]

What seeds did you scatter?

[@tuloko16]

You want fungal activity fast? Burn it. I like doing it. Right at the beginning of fall. So as the fungae is moving in, they are getting covered with leaves. Of course it depends on your area, and what you want out of the land.

[@marilynweber7957]

Ours is Johnson Grass - it is AWFUL - miss a root and make 100 more