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Absolutely!

Absolutely!

I’m starting to think he does. 🤣 He generally has other chores, but it was a light day for him. Haha.

@@farmasaurus that’s hilarious 😂

You are right! That’s exactly why we are using them for limited periods 7-10 days and not revisiting the same area (at least not this year). The goal is to eradicate the invasive plant species, disturb the soil and native seed bank, then allow new native species to claim the territory. So far so good, but I’m really interested to see what these areas look like next spring!

I can tell you my pigs hate onions, garlic, and cayenne. If if give them a whole onion or garlic they will not touch it at all. Maybe it would be worth blending that stuff up and creating a solution to spray around? Maybe even planting some for future prevention. I’m not expert here, but a couple ideas.

@@farmasaurus thank you!

What is that thing in the background with the pigs?!?! It’s probably a stump or something but had me saying “WTF is that?!”

@@BlueHairChad yep it’s just a big stump. 😂 Partly rotted and pigs are working on tearing it up.

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Thank you! Happy to share!

They are definitely that good!

and bacon!

@@glen3925 yes, and bacon!

Hey I hear that! More money never hurts. In those situations I start looking for free resources on my land like timbre, stone, etc. Also free stuff on fb marketplace is your friend! You got this!

Hey man! Sounds like you have quite the journey going too! Definitely some similar land and situations. For the starkline fencing I have to often use a rubber mallet to drive it into the ground rather than stepping, it can be surprising how much it helps, but I have had some wear and tear to the forked spikes doing this. Then at my corners I drive in a fiberglass rod with a mallet to tie off the starkline fence and keep it tight.

@@farmasaurus There you go! Great. I was wondering about that fiber glass rod. I'm going to get some in the next week and finally get the netting up. Great info bro! Love it! Thanks again.

Thanks you for your comment! I think it can be a tough balance with or without kids. Like you said it takes time, definitely not happening over night.

Thanks! 😀

Thanks! Hope you continue to enjoy the content! 😀

Of course! You’ve got this! Just remember to prep first and if you take the leap it’s not a 1 way move. If you find it’s too much or you want to do it different you can always sell those animals! My plan is to clean the woods with pigs and goats, then get sheep on in a couple years. 😀

Yea I have a lot that went to seed this year. They are pretty, but I give the bees and wildlife plenty of clover as is. 🤣 I’m going to go an a thistle digging spree next year.

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Thanks for your comment! My main goal is to try to help others and maybe entertain a tad... haha. It is really good to hear you received some value. Good luck with those chicks! Let me know how it turns out!

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Hahahaha. Yessir. I’m just assuming something is going to fail and trying to have contingencies. I’m interested in having some koi and an aquaponics system one day. Maybe in 2-3 years. May have to pick your brain. 😀

@@farmasaurus any time it's a great hubby and there is so many people on here that help with the aquaponics. And what the cool thing about aquaponics is man you can do it with catfish bluegill tilapia perch email Australian Red claw crayfish that look like baby lobsters.

Thanks I appreciate the feedback! Maybe I will get there one day, but for now I am keeping everything as minimal as I can while trying to provide some value.

I’m not a fan of vines either. I have spent too much time fighting them and ripping them out of trees. 😭

I am with you! I wish tomatoes grew as fast as thistles lol

Good to hear! The garden is a new venture for me. I have grown some strawberries and stuff, but nothing major. I actually had a lot of starts indoors that I started too early and my bathroom was full of tomatoes, but I ended up just letting them go and starting over because I was trying to do too much. 🤣

@@farmasaurus Very nice! Growing can teach you alot. Especially if you start learning about soil science. I'll be following the progress!

Ayyyyyyyy! Thanks for the sub!

That is an interesting idea. I hadn’t thought of that. Maybe I’ll have to give it a go with another batch of birds sometime.

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Hey man! Not me, I am in Maryland, but that definitely sounds like a conversation I would have. 😂

Dang! Well you have a doppelganger here in North Alabama that also likes clearing land with goats. My buddy and I call him Aerospace Goat Dude since we can't find him at our work anymore to ask him his name.

@@mjschuetz hahahahah that’s funny. Maybe I just have one of those faces. Also, Aerospace goat dude would be a great channel name. 🤣🤣🤣

About 1/2 an acre. Which works good for us now, but we will probably have to expand next year.

@@farmasaurus OK, Well that's a little tight for a dog like yours, But it looks like you have it in a good location. A lot of guys put the dogs inside the electric fence with the chickens or goats. But your dog has many locations he needs to cover. He is working for his keep😁 Remember most predator pressure comes from the ground, foxes, weasels, coyote bear, ETC all follow their nose close to the ground. You can do a lot with one wire close to the ground. Chicken Hawks SUCK! 😡 I think they might even be a little evil, when they kill my animals😳 But they look cool when they are not in my town.😏

@@ironwoodworkman4917 yea my long term plan is to get the pigs and goats to do their jobs and start putting up some permanent fencing to contain Storm (the dog). I’m just trying to plan out and do everything as temporary as I can until I find my groove with where the fencing should be.

@@ironwoodworkman4917 also hawks are definitely evil. From my experience they kill in excess and just eat the parts they think taste good. 🤣

@@farmasaurus I hear that, One step at a time, is how most people climb the ladder. Unless you have a pile of $$$ and a small army to help you build it all.

Thanks man!

Thanks! My videos have been a bit sparse lately with how busy things have been. Hoping to be more consistent again next week!

@@farmasaurus its all good my old UA-cam account got deleted and I started this one and I've been lazy I don't think I posted a new video on this account in 8 months 😂

@@timothyalanogrady 🤣🤣🤣 hey that’s how it goes sometimes.

@@farmasaurus tomorrow I'm going to do a little short video of my slash aquaponic gardening

@@timothyalanogrady do it! I would love to see!

Awwww shucks 🥰. Thanks bro!

Hey man thanks for the comment! This one actually has corn in it, but it’s all ground up! I may give them some whole corn sometime soon though.

Absolutely that is the hope! I think it’s going to take a few rounds because the pigs disturbed some tree seeds it seems, but if I have the goats do work over the next couple months I think it will be looking good.

Hey there! Thanks for stopping by! Hope you get some value out of the content!

Maybe, for now I’m trying to clear out the understory to see how much it helps with growth of some grasses I plant. Really just in an experimentation phase right now. My land is in a forestry plan which has tax advantages for me, so for now I’m trying to keep from clearing so much that any acreage has to be removed from the program. My goal though is to keep as many large trees as I can for this year and assess next year. Baby steps.

No Autumn olive that I have seen, but I’m still a novice in identification. Lots of cherry, tulip poplar, some hicory/maple, a few oak. They love the hickory nuts! I still feed them a good 16-18 lbs of feed per day, but all the stuff from the forest is good enrichment and extra calories. Thanks for the comment! I am enjoying the strategy so far, but it is work intensive.

Thats a good idea! I did see that, but I forgot to respond. Should be fixed now!

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It’s the same area, I just realized I accidentally posted the same video twice. 🤣 I didn’t realize I posted it yet and edited the project adding a few changes. I might just take this one down lol

Thanks for catching that, I’m a good ball. 🤦

Good idea and thanks! It’s probably going to be a few weeks before it’s wrapped up.

@@farmasaurus well if it takes a couple weeks to check should be ready for it by then there'll be grown pretty big.

@@timothyalanogrady absolutely. I’m always running behind on infrastructure, gotta pace myself.

Glad you like them! Idk if it’s gangster or just laziness/convenience 🤣 I wear them 90% of the time year round. Haha.

Thanks! I appreciate it!

Thanks man! Yea it is definitely starting to come together. I was skeptical about how well it would work, but I’m blown away with the outcome so far.

@@farmasaurus like I tell my kids all the time you have to try things that you're thinking of to see how they work and if they don't work out quite well, you keep working different avenues to it all comes

Thanks!!! It’s been fun to experiment with it.

Thanks man! I definitely should have waited on the chicks, but Rural King got their hook in me with $1 chicks. 😂 These chickens will be for egg production, but I do like Joel’s Chicken tractors and I think I’ll use them once I get to meat production. Looking back I wish I would have started with meat chickens. 🤣 It looks like I’m about 5 hours from your area, but my family lives in Ky. Maybe one day I can swing through on my way to see family and we can do some trading or work and I can get a tour of your stuff!

​@@farmasaurus That sounds Great, I am just getting stated in this location, on a very old family farm, Because my Father passed away. It has been run down over the years, Right now I am removing briars and Autumn olives trees. I am also rebuilding a 40' steel bridge that washed out in a flood, removing old trailer houses and painting and getting a garden started. Then I will start with live stock. I moved back here from Montana. But Yes! I love getting to know people and I have been away from here a long time. I will try to PM you when I get some time and give you some info.

@@ironwoodworkman4917 sorry to hear about your father. I know that’s never easy, my mom passed 5 years ago. Sounds like you have your work cut out for you over there. Idk if I have fixing a bridge like that in me. 😂 I’ll keep an eye out for the message!

@@farmasaurusIt is OK, and thank you, I am sorry to hear about your Mom as well. It is a hard feeling to explain to people that have not lost a parent. LoL, Well the deck is wood. But it is like anything, One step at a time. Concrete, steel, wood and finish. But the truth is this one gave some welding scars from not having all my gear out here and a grinder trying to eat my finger. BTW, Jake, I do not think that you have a email linked to your channel, so I do not know how to send you a PM. I am not the best with tech, It changes so much all the time.

Yes they are one of the best we use ducks in the same way to control bugs and fertilizing areas. I like the fact that the ducks don't rip up everything like the chickens do when they scratch. Both both are amazing works

Almost 90 chickens, couple rabbits, and a goose. 🤣

Thanks! I am in Maryland, but I am from Kentucky. I like the woods for the pigs because the shelter is “built in” and I’m trying to clean things up. The electric is not so bad, as long as you have shoes with a good sole the shock won’t hurt so much as scare you, but if you ground yourself by touching the ground while touching the fence it will. Either way, it’s not super painful. 😂 Kentucky would be a good spot imo. There is a good mix of open fields, woods, etc. Kentucky sits on a lot of limestone so you have a lot of caves which is always neat. Central Kentucky is where I am from and where I would probably suggest looking. For the description I got a little help from Chat GPT. 😂 I have a hard time pulling the trigger on stuff I write, so I write some and let it rewrite it for me. Haha.

Thank you!!!

Hey man! That’s a good idea too. I just hate all the flimsy poles, they drive me nuts. 🤣 Enjoy your holiday as well!

@@farmasaurus yeah you can even use the 3x 5x 8 landscape tires I think they're like 5 to 6 bucks a piece cut the bottoms on a 45 drive them in with a sledge and then zip ties you should pretty good

Thanks man! I’ll have to check out that video! One of these days I want to get a perimeter fence up and maybe a few paddocks with high tinsel wire. I think what I am doing now is my first step to getting there. To your point I think the pig situation is good enough for now, but in a year or two I am hoping to have transformed it into something requiring less setup and tear down on the fence side.

@@farmasaurus I hear that, Clearing land is never easy. Animals, tractors, what ever. Remember I am a pro logger/arborist. I started clearing high voltage powerlines when I was 12 years old for my Fathers tree service, all summer when schools was out. By the time I was 20 I had a trees service in Seattle WA and was logging under 250 Ton yarders in the Olympic and Cascade Mountains. This was back when the only PPE was your helmet and bug-screens goggles. 🪰Lol All that, just to say, If you need some help with chainsaws and logging info. Just let me know.

@@ironwoodworkman4917 thanks I appreciate it! I am being a little strategic because of my property taxes. Currently my woods are in a forestry plan that allows them to be taxed at an agricultural rate rather than residential. I think there will come a day when we are ready to multiply our livestock and create more pasture, but I think that may be a couple years out. Not to say the taxes would break me, but overall I am trying to keep the costs as low as I can while I am getting started and learning. 😂 Once I am ready I may call on you for help. 😀