The Perfect Desert Pasture | U-pick Begins!
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- Опубліковано 26 кві 2024
- When we first started our poultry pasture it was nothing but dry, desert dirt. After 3 years we've found the perfect recipe for a bountiful green pasture. We also had over 80 people here for our Spring Farm Tour and helped us test out our soon to be available U-pick operation.
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The way that pig runs up to you when you're not holding any food and cleaning his poo....that's real love right there :)
Winston loves attention and scratches lol😂
Cats eats grass to controll the Easing Constipation, helps to controll hairballs etc. completly normal
Yes, you are right
Wow, I had no idea!
Love the luscious green pasture for the chickens, cats, dung beetles, (and a quick hour in the afternoon for the pigs?). Maintaining that green pasture requires a lot of nutrients and plant and animal diversity. Congratulations on that ginormous marvelous achievement.
I had a feeling you would appreciate this one. It's all about the soil in the end, right? 😉
My cats like eating grass too. The "cat grass" is annual oats, so I bought a huge bag of oat seed for like $10 and now they have a lifetime supply.
It was so cool to see those cats munching on the greens. We had no idea they did that to help clear fur balls!
Excellent video. WOW, 80 people are here for our Spring Farm. All guys are same-minded. Both of them are our mentors and teachers
Hey there Abid. One of these days I'm hoping we'll see you here for one of those tours!
Those pigs look very happy and healthy.
And seem very attached to them. I would have trouble making bacon with a pig seeking affection like that
We really enjoy raising pigs. The big pigs that we raise for folks for pork are a bit of a pain by the time they're full size, so it's one of the reasons we are raising the Kune pigs. Smaller size and they get to hang around with us.
We had such a great time on the tour, thank you for having us!
Woohoo!! Glad you enjoyed the tour. This one was by far our most fun!
We loved getting to come out & personally tour your farm. Thank you for having us. We love & appreciate you. 😊
Really glad you guys enjoyed it. Tours are always a special time for us, but this last one was by far our favorite!
You guys are the coolest folks I know! Loved your video and watching the tour. Loved how you got people engaged and involved.
Glad you enjoyed this one. This past tour was really enjoyable for us. It was a great crowd!
You guys don't have the humidity with your heat, it makes it so much worse. I live in the deep south and I always dread the summers. It gets so hot and humid it gets hard to do much of anything outside. We don't spray chemicals on our garden or fruit trees and this year the grubs have ruined all the plums and peaches.
I have to admit, we are very fortunate to have those dry temps in the summer. Humidity is just piling on, so not fair!!
I am continually impressed with your farm! Love the animals and the Green green green!!
Glad to hear it. We get excited, especially this time of year surrounded by all the green. It's hard not to smile.
Grass feed eggs are great. Most grocers will give you expired greens if y ou pick them up. The egg yokes will be orange.
There really is nothing like grass fed eggs, that's for sure!
Love seeing the cats in the background.
I think they know when the camera is out lol!
I am so sorry I miss this. I will try to make the next one😊
We really had a blast with everyone this time around. Our next one will be this Fall, so keep an eye out for an email on that one!
Very impressive as usual. I wish, when I have chicken, that it came from your beautiful, humane farm, where they had a good life.
Well, if you ever find yourself out our way you'll need to stop in for one!
Aww we missed it this Spring! Looking forward to the fall!
This was a fun time, lots more to see now that the farm is producing more. Fall is always a special time as well with the cooler weather, so hopefully we'll see you then!
Mindblowing😮❤❤
Greetings from Slovakia ❤
Oh wow, hello from the USA!!
Oh how fun, a farm tour. Wish we lived closer, we’re in Tucson. I learn so much from watching you two. You inspire me to try more in the garden. My grapes are doing great this year thanks to a live catch trap. We’ve rehomed 9 squirrels and it’s letting our grapes develop. No worries, we take them to a safe place and supply extra food for them.
Now that is dedication to animal welfare. Even the squirrels get rehomed!! 😊
I love using root tree stumps for my aquascapes🐟🐠. Cholla wood is great for my shrimp🦐🦐🦐
Ok, now when I first read this I'm thinking cholla in a smoker for shrimp! Then I re-read what you said and realized it's for growing shrimp, not eating!! 😂😂
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I see that confusion
Here in the very sunny and hot South Spain, we just replaced (seeded) the grass for alfalfa. Grass does ok in semi-shaded areas but can't stand full sun. Seeing your beautiful green pasture gives me hope. Maybe we will finally have some greenery in the West side of the house. Fingers crossed
I have my fingers crossed for you as well. Alfalfa does really well almost year round for us here. A little patchy mid-summer, but otherwise a solid green.
Spring grape pruning and training.. it's on my list when I finally get home to cold part of Europe from your side of world 🙂I'm curious that not that many people seems to know mulberries. After visiting your farm they certainly know and appreciate them - I guess you got quite some new clients...
It is definitely mulberry season around here. We may sneak a weekend of mulberry u-pick next weekend, but the season is very short!!
Impressive. Real impressive. A load of money. And nothing without water.
Dried some Moringa this week. Fine tuning the process as I go. About at the end of process additions now. Just about perfected shade dried aeration/air flow without any leaf-heating/darkening/fermentation. Real fun. Small scale. Possibly two kg dried leaf. Can share process. Take care! RSA.
I have to admit, one of the many advantages to our dry, hot air and an outbuilding. It makes it ideal for drying moringa for powder. Are you in the Phoenix area? Our trees are just starting to come out of dormancy right now.
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In South Africa. Last harvest. Autumn here now.
Hi, Lori and Duane, George L here. Sorry I missed Farm Day. We are recovering from jet lag from our trip to Italy which included a week at a vineyard in the Chianti Classico in Tuscany. Fun fact: they are not allowed to water their vines at all! My second year Potted cab vines have set fruit. The pots seem to keep the critters from eating the roots. We have clover in Fountain Hills in shady areas this year, probably due to the rain. Please put me on your helper list for grape harvesting and wine making!
Oh wow, that trip sounds like the place to be! Glad to hear those cab vines are growing for you. Ours are finally pushing solid growth and new clusters, so year 3 is under way.
When you upgrade those broiler hen portable housing I think you should use a gutted trailer with a weighted skirt so that you aren't required to drag anything. IMO you should be able to dangle some sort of fencing on a chain or heavy pipe.
Hmm, now that would be an interesting way to go about this.
Great video as usual. Thank you so much for allowing those of us, fortunate enough to be close, to visit. We had a great time!
So glad you guys enjoyed the tour. This was by far our favorite so far!
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun. Your itoi onions look fantastic. I have some multiplying onions called Louisiana Everbearing Shallots that are very similar but I think they get a little bigger than the itoi variety. They’re delicious, lol. I also have the Egyptian walking onions which are a cool variety that self replicates too but I just got them last fall and have been growing them out and haven’t tried them yet. I’m very intrigued by perennial bunching onions for some reason, lol. Next on my list are the itoi and also potato onions.
Hey Jared. I have to admit, growing a huge single bulb onion is not my cup of tea. Even though they can be harder to use in cooking (if you're only using the bulb), there's just something about putting in 1 bulb and getting a ton more! Ok, now I have not heard of potato onions. Do tell??
Hey guys, love your videos as always❤❤. I’m so happy for the growth and prosperity. You guys are enjoying because of your dedication and true passion. I was just wondering if we could get a video update on how the moringa are doing? You guys inspired me to plant moringa trees at my house and that was one of the best decision I’ve ever made, and I think the potential for what they could do for your pasture, and other places around the farm are deeply impactful. Would just love an update. Also, I’m sure you guys know this, but food for thought if you guys chip up the moringa wood, stems and leaves(at least the stems and leaves your animals don’t eat😂😂) it acts as a potent fertilizer because of all the nutrients and minerals inside. Love you guys can’t wait to continue to follow you guys on your journey to stardom!!!!!!❤
Ah yes, we'll definitely get an update on the moringa here soon. With a late frost a couple of weeks ago they are just starting to come out of dormancy right now!
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You are good with that alfalfa. And clover hard seeds, so look for that back again.
Pakistan mulberries are still green. Nothing yet on the Illinois everbearing. But, that one was planted 3 years ago, and froze back to the roots that winter. Happily, it came up, and now went through 2 winters in good shape. Next year, berries! And, I hope, the Mexican elderberry tree will bloom.
Wine that may be reaching an ‘old’ stage can be frozen for brandy. That’s old school, from well before the invention of a still. Tequila and mescal, grapes and other berries, were fermented through summer in large pots buried in the ground. When December came, teenage boys would carry it up on the mountains to bury in snow for weeks. After elders deemed it good, alcohol was drained from the ice. When the jars were brought down the old-timers, not kids like you two, made merry with their rumatiz medicine. Again, you need to be elderly to drink anything stronger than beer. There are elders who still do this, called the old tradition. It’s much better than a couple of years in jail for using a still. Cochise county is still known for the quantity and quality of their sour mash, mescal, and tequila.
I wish I could have come, but not well these days. Aside from that, I smoke, and wouldn’t do that around nonsmokers. Niio, kids!
One of these days I would love to meet you in person Martin. I can only imagine the stories that would be told!!
Fun and informative as always! My cats love wheatgrass for nibbling. And barfing 😅
We haven't seen them upchuck yet, but who knows, they're outside most of the time!
Of all the years Ive watched, Ive wondered..about how many pounds of all the different feeds do you go thru each month? Farm looks great guys!
Hey Eric! That varies quite a bit based on what we're raising at the time. Right now we're down to just layers, ducks, geese and the Kune pigs. Either way it's still a lot. Several hundred pounds in a month.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Wow! Yeah that would vary for sure. I remember when I raised birds it felt like I was constantly buying feed. Nice to see a good turn out for the tour. All pro with the microphone now too!! :)
Do you think you will ever sell any of your blackberries as cuttings since you have a nice desert adapated plant or more going? Id def buy some cuttings/starts.
@@ericbowers1620 we're working with a business partner on propagation (he does it for a living), but he had a VERY hard time getting the blackberry cuttings to take. Eventually we still hope to.
glad to see your success
Things are definitely starting to take shape!
Wonderful visit! We loved our tour was it last year or year before? Learned how to process chicken, will be doing our new flock we hatched soon. Turkeys are hatching and selling, lots of eggs, and just harvested mulberries and now blackberries, apricots getting color! Thanks for the inspiration and how to!
Sounds like you have quite the harvest going this Spring. I think it was year before last when we saw you guys in the Fall.
Wow, everything looks amazing! We're only making moves at a snail's pace 😅 hopefully we can come to your next open house. Btw, do you know what happened to Gus' Meats? I tried looking them up and it said permanently closed 😞 (we ran into you two at their Buckeye place once). Are you still working on a beef program?
Yeah, I remember talking to Tim right before he shut it down. He wanted to get out of the biz and move onto other things. We do have a beef program up and running and we actually use the same guy to finish ours as Tim used for all of his. I'll link to the details on our website for you here; www.edgeofnowherefarm.com/products
those broilers are starting to look "Pleasantly Plump"......😂
Hey Dan! Oh yes, plump is a good description. Just finished processing today and the average weight for this batch was just under 6 pounds!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thats so awesome.....you folks are sure a shining gem out here in the desert helping so many folks.....you even showed me a retired net engineer on how to be a farmer too! I can proudly say I am a fifth generation farmer....my mom was born on a S dakota farm! God Bless!
Cats eat grass to help them make fur balls. All fur they lick to clean themselfes they can't digest.
Amazing how they know to do that!
Have you tried Sudan grass to build soil
Oh yes, we have it as our primary crop for our turkeys. I'll link to a video we shot on that last season. ua-cam.com/video/G1nNHL_xf-8/v-deo.html
We've also used it as a soil build. I'll link that for you here;
ua-cam.com/video/AI-BO7wCR8Q/v-deo.html
Have you guys ever talked about the eggs from your turkeys? How they taste, if you sell them?
Funny you should ask. We haven't done an episode on them, but we just had somebody reach out yesterday and stopped by to purchase a dozen. We don't get many and the laying season is very short, but they do hatch at a very high rate.
How did your Not so Green Acres pigs do? We got a couple from them a couple of months ago. How long do you grow them out? Ours are Duroc/Red Wattle cross.
They turned out really good this year (weights were solid, just above 200lbs avg hang). We had a good mix and tried Red Wattle/Mangalista for the first time. We have ours coming home in a week or so, so looking forward to trying them.
Got here first!
You're almost all the way to nowhere.
Early bird gets the worm is what I've always been told. Now to figure out how to ship worms to you guys...🤔
Do your pasture greens need full sunlight?
Oh yes, the pasture is completely full sun.
Are you going to being U-pick on a regular basis or just certain weekends?
Hey Pam! We're going to do certain weekends and we're kicking around the idea of putting it out there for the last round of mulberries next weekend. Not sure on peaches, but we want to. BTW, we processed chickens over the last couple of days, so let us know when you're ready for those!
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm , I will call Monday to figure out a good day to come get them.
Do you have ti reseed the perennial rye every year? How do you get the seeds to go in in-between the existing alfalfa?
Yes, we do have to re-seed the rye. We purchase it every October from Home Depot in 50lb bags. The seeds easily slip under the alfalfa as it's pretty sparse by the time we get into Fall. We also cover any bare patches with seed and straw until the shoots come up.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thankyou!!
How much rain do you get annually? How much do you water the pasture?
We usually get less than 9 inches annually. The pasture varies based on the season. This time of year it's 3x/week. Winter can be as little as once/week.
Do you seed something else in place of the winter rye for the summertime? Or is the pasture only alfalfa at that point?
Ours is only Alfalfa during the Summertime. That's only because we refuse to plant bermuda grass which is what most folks default to.
Was wondering how did your moringa tree fair over the winter? Im not good on a computer. Would like your email to buy some moringa seed.
They are just starting to come out of dormancy now, but they look to have faired pretty well. If you head over to our website you can join our customer email list at the bottom of our home page. I'll link to it for you here, so you can just click on this link;
www.edgeofnowherefarm.com/
Dwyane! you gotta change that intro music, sounds like elevator lounge lizard music!
I'm curious, can you estimate how many miles you walk in an average day?
We'll be working on a new intro later this Spring when it heats up and the trees have all broken dormancy. We try to get a new one produced each season if we can. Oh and as for miles walked, not really sure. Need to get a good pedometer to find out, but I imagine it's several in a day this time of year when it's nice outside.
Your missing a goat🤔🤔🤔
Yeah, we needed to thin the herd down by 1. We always intended to keep just 2 goats, but Lori was talked into a 3rd by our breeder.
@@EdgeofNowhereFarm How did it taste❓
@@slamboy66 The G.O.A.T of course!