Habitat out loud

[SD51555]

The new plot is surging forward. I couldn’t be happier with how this is going. This spot is on my north end. I didn’t really dig up the soil other that popping stumps out and taking brush away. I was concerned it’d struggle with compaction and subsoil being brought up from digging.

I only put on lime and gypsum after the dig, but the cheat code is that this is forest soil. It’s loaded with Myco fungi, and I ripped it open and put it back and seeded in 72 hours and caught rain.

I was really hoping to see the sun hemp take off, but so far the millet and sorghums are leading the pack.

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[SD51555]

I filmed the throw and roll on my 5 year old plots today. They were bushy, but lots of good stuff in there yet. It laid down pretty well with one pass too.

Broadcast barley
Roll
Profit

https://rumble.com/v6x3scu-throw-and-roll-barley-2025.html

 

[SD51555]

I have one big bee balm plant in my south plot. I didn't count how many bumble bees were on it, but it had to be 30+. I spared it from the roller. You have to watch this in full screen to appreciate it.

https://rumble.com/v6x3svw-bees-on-bee-balm.html

 

[SD51555]

I circled the ones I could see in the picture. There were more on the back side.

 

[TreeDaddy]

With all that bee balm and YSC, keeping bees will be the next project

A natural for your place and philosophy

bill

 

[Kdog]

Approximately how fast go when spreading seed?

 

[SD51555]

Approximately how fast go when spreading seed?

Oh man, I have no idea. I'm far from calibrated. I also have my dash displaying rpms instead of speed.

I am no role model when it comes to precision on cereal grains, and I don't worry about even coverage too much. There's a chance the barley doesn't do anything in all that vegetation. There's gonna be a lot of legumes and broadleaves stand right back up and the grass will largely stay down, so I can afford some failure.

 

[SD51555]

With all that bee balm and YSC, keeping bees will be the next project

A natural for your place and philosophy

bill

I would really like to do that. I'd love to have my own honey without glyphosate in it, and I think I could do it at my place. I'm isolated enough and have good enough habitat, I wouldn't imagine the bees would ever leave my property.