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Brett Hazelden posted an update in the group
a year ago (edited)Perennial & Biodiverse Pastures a year agoSome follow up photos post the Soilkee seeding.
No real rain post seeding 4 weeks ago so it has all been irrigation.
Competition is causing the expected challenges with some areas being hard to see any seed coming up at all. But other areas are relatively easy to see.
Jury’s still out on the benefit of the Soilkee. Spacing looks too wide to me,…
Lower Blackwood LCDC and Joanna Wren1 Comment-
I saw this pic on a facebook post from someone in Victoria – it looks similar into existing pasture.
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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…
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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 Perennial Pasture Species for High Rainfall Mediterranean Regions
Thanks Eric, exactly what I wanted to know & pretty much our experience as well. Interesting about the perennial rye – good point. Fine for irrigated pastures I guess.
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Reply to How to Avoid Overgrazing
Great stuff Eric. Where are you? So good to have working examples underway 🙂
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Reply to How to Avoid Overgrazing
Who wouldn’t want some of this when everything is drying out.
Plantain, well and truly recovered as confirmed by the yellowing lower leaves.
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Reply to How to Avoid Overgrazing
Some pics of a stockpiled/sabbath area after a graze. One could argue that there’s wasted feed but the soil microbes don’t think so. I’ll be watching to see what regrowth is like under that mulch. These will be the priority green graze areas next season.
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Reply to How to Avoid Overgrazing
Hey Kate,
The premise is that unless you have exclusively ryegrass and clover paddocks, the stock won’t graze it down to a nice even hight, they’ll graze the best and leave the rest, so grazing it to a certain hight is kind of a mute point. They’ll also eat the leaves first and leave the stems. This can mean inadequate fibre intake at…
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Reply to Perennial Pasture Species for High Rainfall Mediterranean Regions
Great work Eric! I’m really interested in how you got them established.. what sort of paddock prep, seeding timing & method?
Also not sure why not going into dormancy is a problem ( perennial rye)?
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