Producer Kate Tarrant
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Brett Hazelden posted an update in the group
a year agoMake Your Own Biological Inputs a year agoWe have managed to source some cheaper seconds mulies for $2/kg – see photo. Much more cost effective!
So we have put 15 x 20kg boxes into a 1,000 litre pod to make a fish hydrolysate plus water, molasses and the base culture.
The ones that were made on farm with David Hardwick used a minced up burley block of Mulies which have gone well and…
Rosalind and Lance Sambell, Kate Tarrant and Joanna Wren2 Comments-
It’s all a bit fishy!😅
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A quick update – the fish bodies have all broken down with only the bones still around. Needs a stir every few weeks to help keep the process going which gets it bubbling again for a day or two. Smell wise it’s not sweet but it’s not like awful rotting fish either – just slightly unpleasant on the nose. Not to bad for 6 weeks of fermentation.
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Reply to How to Avoid Overgrazing
Photo is of
high density vs low density (neighbour) last summer and plantain responding to late summer rain.
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Reply to How to Avoid Overgrazing
Kate, the intention is to match the experience that Mark described earlier regarding utilisation, trampling and manure on stockpiled feed over the non growing season.
This is best achieved with the high density grazing, which is a combination of small area and frequent moves. The main difference between the growing season and non growing will…
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Stock density is really important. I have 70 cow, calf pairs and 20 heifers on about a ha/day to achieve the grazing pressure required.
It doesn’t matter if you get the daily area a bit wrong. I’m always learning and adjusting according to pasture biomass availability, composition and time of year. The point is you are not grazing the new…
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Steve Slape posted an update in the group
a year agoSoil Secrets a year agoHi all we’re running a webinar series with Austrian researcher Harriet Mella for the next few weeks on a Wednesday night. Registration is free with access to the recording via the website. If you get a chance to catch up on the first session over the weekend and join us next week for session 2 of 4 or keep watching them at your convenience.…
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I’m booked, thanks Steve
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Thanks Steve, what a resource. The first session was fantastic and looking forward to the rest. Definitely best to watch them in order, there’s a lot of information to take in :-/
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Brett Hazelden posted an update in the group
a year ago (edited)Make Your Own Biological Inputs a year agoA couple of photos of the humate and seaweed drums, plus a patch that got a heavy spray whilst we adjusted the spray unit. You can see a solid brown stain on the grass from the extract mix. Maybe we will see super bacteria, fungi and microbes in this area 😬.
Should say if you have a fine screen in the spray unit it will block it up straight…
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You are welcome Brett.. let’s hope the Johnson Su does it’s job!😁
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Brett Hazelden posted an update in the group
a year ago (edited)Make Your Own Biological Inputs a year agoBusy weekend, besides the seeding got a Johnson Su Compost Bioreactor going – made out of a couple of IBC’s..
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Dean Campbell posted an update in the group
a year agoPerennial & Biodiverse Pastures a year agoWith the improved drag
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Nicely done Dean, look forward to seeing it in action 🙂
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Dean Campbell posted an update in the group
a year agoPerennial & Biodiverse Pastures a year agoView more comments-
Hitech drag!
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Such an awesome little machine!
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