Hay Field and Fall Grass planting update
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- Опубліковано 29 жов 2019
- We have planted a lot of grass this fall. We planted a 3 acre Hay field, planted some small areas in the pastures, and planted lawn grass around the back of the log home. We have used different methods and in each area. Some places we amended the soil others we didn't Today we will walk around and see how well each area is doing.
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I'm still watching old videos. Under your deck would be a perfect spot for a 300ish gallon rain water catchment area. Like a truck box water tank.
I love your videos. You don't know me but I feel like you guys are my best friends.
Your homestead series is my dream aswell, however as a 28yr old in Aus, im a long way off,
Thanks for all your informational videos, have learnt alot from you guys
Hi..... Thank you for sharing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🎥👍👍👍
It sure looks great Evan. Your hard work has paid off and the both of you should be very proud. God bless!
Evan, I love your videos. They are so comforting. You exude such positive energy. More and more time to each. ) thank you.
i have 27 acres of pasture and 75% is clover.i have never had a problem with bloat in my cattle herd. It becomes a problem if you introduce the animals when they are not use to grazing it in large amounts. very small paddocks at first then increase little each day. your goats will take care of the weeds. they will not even touch the legumes until weeds are gone. multi species grazers are the best for your farm.
That place is looking sweet , keep up the good work Evan
No more water bills, you have all the water you need in the pond
I plan on using the pond in the future to irrigation.
I've had the 2-inch semi-trash pump from Harbor Freight for 2 years now. and are very impressed with it's performance. It's inexpensive and it cranks first pull every time.
I do plan on pond irrigation in the future. But I plan on a permanent installation with electric pump.
Cool ... Your starting to have a real nice place there. Get one big enough to put out a house fire .@@CountryViewAcres
Rain collector for the farm. A pump to put in the pond to water lawn.
Eventually, maybe next year.
@@CountryViewAcres Be great videos to see. A step by step.
That looks absolutely wonderful, I remember what it looked like before. Thanks for sharing your homestead with us,
Jimmy
Evan, you did a great job on the lawn. The ariel shots show beautifully. So happy for you.
If you top your grass seed with barley seed, it will work the same as straw but give you an annual lawn while your grass seed germinates. The barley seed will also open up the soil for the grass seed.......try it on a small area, you will be amazed
Big improvement in all areas. Great job.
Love seeing your updates! Keep 'em coming!
Looking good. Rome wasn't built in a day. Always wanted to say that. By this time next year it'll be even better. Thanks for the update.
Looks good Evan, it’s come a long way and you both can be proud. Thanks for sharing with us
Sorry you had so much trouble but glad it all worked out.
I would have bought a pump and pumped water from the Pond to give the gras water. That much cheaper than buying drinkwater to have on grasfield.
Eventually I plan on pumping water from the pond to irrigate the garden. But it will electric and a permanent installation.
The hay field really looks good Even. Now i can uncross my fingers.
You've got the nicest looking 40 acre homestead I've ever seen.
Wow! Things are greening up nicely, Evan. Nothing ever grows fast enough for me! My husband is way more patient.😊 A few years ago we had to let the grass paths in our backyard cottage garden die to save on water. The pathways were (and currently are) a mix of St.Augustine and some weedy grass from hell. The water restriction has lifted, so to help the St.Augustine rebound I laid a thick layer of wood chips down to avoid a muddy mess, mostly. But wouldn't you know it, the grass just looks better where there was more multch. As for water catchment, I'm sure you're working on that. Some people just don't listen, you said that your gutter set up is temporary until you can run a burried pipe to drain into your pond. I don't know why some people think a pond is bottomless, it's not, especially if there's a drought. Your pond will be your water catchment -- no unsightly barrels around your home, and you can irrigate from it as needed. Sheesh. Don't those arm chair quarterbacks know you by now??😏
Acouple bags of scotts turf builder will help the lawn around the house.
Having the deer graze it will probably improve the root system. And, of course, they fertilise while they graze!
Don't worry about weeds haven't seen an annual that frost won't kill . Reasead thin spots in April rite on top of residue by hand
Nice farm
all the seed that didnt sprout,, as soon as ya get some livestock on it an careful not ta over graze it,ll sprout,, thank ya fer the video
a good site for rainwater harvesting is @homesteadonomics. He created a video for his garden by just laying down a tarp, dug a hole, piped downhill into a cistern. Fields and grass are very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Doing just fine, you should look into a grass that grows very long roots, that will help to sustain the grass in dry conditions, using pond water would help a lot. dave
High Five on the hay field Evan! As for the old garden area - now you know. You had a lot of weeds in that area when it was a garden, sooooo . . . . . . We live and learn - right. I'm surprised to hear that you live out in the country, but you don't have a well! And WHY are you wasting the free water that's coming off all your roofs?! At least for irrigation purposes, especially during dry times, you should have a rain-water catchment system. Is that in your plans for the future at all? At the very least, you can dig a big hole in that hill where you have your downspout, put a cistern in it, plug a spigot into the bottom of the cistern and run a water hose from it to your garden or to your sprinkler system. That cistern should easily fill up in the spring during the rainy season and give you the water you need for all your gardening needs. All in all, though, I have to commend you. You've been doing a LOT of work getting your farmstead just the way you want it and doing it in record time and doing it well. So many are haphazard and the farm winds up looking the way it did when you first bought it. This, for sure, is going to be a well maintained and good looking farm for as long as you and Rebecca own it and are able to take care of it the way you want to.
There is an old well, but it has no power and it is a hundreds of feet away from any. So it is going to take some work to get it running again. Probably just use it for livestock water or irrigation.
@@CountryViewAcres You've demonstrated that you are more than up to the task. And it will sure beat paying a lot of money out every year for municipal water. But who knows? Maybe now that you have most of the areas that need seeding seeded, ypu'll never need to draw that much water for irrigation of seeded areas again. But it would be nice to have it for your hay fields and pastures - as well as for your future livestock.
Country View Acres Maybe just look at a solar powered pump and a holding tank. Doesn't have to be large expensive pump. AS long as it just runs steadily and regularly and fills the tank fir when you need it. A 12 volt system would be enough for occasional water use.
I don't know but years ago in the area I lived in we put 2inch well down with but, we only had to go down to a depth of 100 to 120feet relatively inexpensive a friend gave me a jet pump and I converted it to 220volts from 110. Plenty of water 💧 for 1+ acres.
Why not use the water off of the house roof, for watering the grass by a water catchment system.
large rain barrels vs $$ for water. If you were getting it to consume it would need more attention. To water a lawn from a brand new roof not so much. There is a gradient already there for head pressure to spray it around. Swales are another technique that contours the land to catch & hold water in the soil.
Rather than let it 'run' away from you. Contoured beds along the slope with berries, maybe some hazelnuts or perennial aromatic flowers. Witch hazel is cool stuff for winter interest. Book of lists by lois trigg chapman will have zone appropriate selections from trees to flowers (& flowering trees).
Eventually I will probably water from the pond with a water pump.
Why not put in a water tank/s
Maybe just a small one then to at least drink the water
Looks like you are making some real headway. Mow the lawn high and let the rhizomes do their thing.😉
fantastic place
Hey mate, great series, we live off grid in Victoria Australia and easily fill 100,000 litres to 3 tanks from our shed which has a similar roof catchment size. That plus running a ranchio controlled irrigation system could automate your watering all year round for free. Cheers mate
Growing up my dad tilled. Consequently I lean towards tilling too. Some nutrients such and phosphate and potassium do not move through the soil as easily as nitrogen. Tilling helps distribute those throughout the soil.
In my area we throw straw on top of seeds to control seed erosion and to stop birds from eating seeds
Let the grass go to seed
Mow the clippings into the bare spots
It'll fill it in
Great drone footage mixed into your explanation. Very informative. Looks great!
Your hard is paying off! The place is looking fantastic! You have so much grass that you might need to get a robotic lawn mower just to keep it all cut! Lol
We had a gorgeous 120 acre farm in Arkansas that looked exactly like that but we never lived there we had leased it out to a rice farmer. Sold it a few years ago and bought 140 acres in the mountains to start an heirloom, organic apple orchard.
Thanks for the advice about growing grass on a hillside because we are going to need it because sometime long in the past someone over grazed parts of it.
Make sure you have plenty of grass seed on hand wait untill you know your going to get you first snow, and reseed and seed heavily and it will fill in nicely.
Your not to far from us. Good luck
I'm enjoying your videos. I found you when looking for how to set up a chicken coop in a barn. I was born in Carbondale and still have family in that area. I'm getting a little homesick watching your channel.
Carbondale is in the heart of shawnee national forest. That is a nice area.
Thinner areas will fill in immediately foxtail, crab grass and other weeds. 2,4-D will get rid of the broad leaf weeds, but for the grasses the only way to get rid of foxtail, crab grass, and other weed grasses is to over seed. That is why the seeding rate is so high on lawn grasses. Its best to over seed both the lawn and the pasture every year. In the fall, you can easily see the thin spots and just seed where it is needed.
Water bill of $140.00. For that you could have bought a pump and drawn your water from your pond. Over time it will all find its own way back.
Your land is so beautiful.
Looking great!
I have just watched your series on the hay field and the grass, it was very interesting to follow your ups and down on your journey, it’s now midnight here in England but I had to stay awake to see the outcome. I hope you and your family are keeping safe and well in the strange times we are having at the moment?
It's looking really good!!
Beautiful pasture!
I was gone tell you the same thing that Louis L told you get some water thanks for your animals so you whant have to by that water
Property is looking great!!
Your lawn and fields are looking good.
Wow the pastures look great and still looking forward to see your new videos hehe 😉
Lookin good Evan! Art in CA
is there a reason you cant use the pond water? The seeded areas of your field will fill in as fall progresses, Moisture will stay in the soil longer with cooler temps, the soil temperature will stay warm enough to allow germination. Whatever seed doesn't germinate may well come up in the spring. It looks great Evan!
I was also going to suggest using a rain catchment system from your roof. Seems better than digging a trench, buying pipe and putting it underground, then buying water when you need it for the grass during heat. you may even be close enough to your garden to use it there. I see several people think the same. The other thing I was wondering was why you weren't using the water from the pond? It comes with fertilizer already in it! You might not be able to use a sprinkler without filtering it but I'm sure you can make a PVC sprinkler like I did with pipe and a drill and bit. Love your channel, you are two very hard working people and have accomplished a lot. Not telling you how to run your homestead, you are doing great, just giving a few suggestions that come with experience.
I plan on pumping water from the pond for irrigation in the future.
Be sure to add some trees to help hold the soil better.
Tree roots have a lot to do with why grass doesn't grow well along the forest edge.
have you done an ariel view of the whole property so we can figure out your layout from the house round all the barns and fields
Your property is looking great! Similar to what others have said, I wonder how a pond pump would do for watering that area. I bet all the duck poop in there would be great to help things get going! Thanks for sharing.
I plan on installing pond irrigation in the future.
Greta video! Looks like things are really coming along. I'd highly recommend using PVC for the down spout piping, corrugated is nothing but headaches within a few years. Cost isn't that much more either as you can use the thin wall anywhere you wont drive over.
Yes, I will put in pvc pipe. I can see that the flexible pipe won't last long. And good point on being able to drive over buried pvc pipe.
Looking good . I watched you doing all of the work getting the land ready for seed . That back pasture looks amazing now . Shame that company killed everything off on you but it looks good now . Like everyone said , why not pump the water from the pond to water the grass . Well now at least you know that the seeder that you bought works . You and your wife have certainly come along way .
I have plans for a pond irrigation system, maybe next year.
You could, instead of letting rain water flow into pond try 1] collect rain water in large tank. Add pump and used collected water to water lawn, wash cars, etc, etc.....2] Or dig several trenches from the rain spout out to the lawn. Use perforated pipe lying in/on gravel underlay. Cover. Then rain will water your lawn. Cut the water bill...….
I plan on pumping water from the pond for irrigation later.
Might wanna plan on getting a zero turn mower for all that grass.....just sayin
It would be nice to have a zero turn. But they are pricey.
Why not get a pump and use pond water instead of city water to irrigate your new grass?
Hey ! ;-) ..like your Channel a Lot!
Why dont u put a 50 gallon drum on the roof drain ...save the rainwater and use it for your garden plants!? ...thats what we do in BAVARIA...free water!
Because I plan to pump it from the pond in the future.
Even, can you irrigate that alfalfa/grass field out of your pond? You'd get another cutting probably.
I have bought some stuff to be able to do some small irrigation from the pond. Maybe 3 sprinkler heads. But I haven't put it all together yet. So it should be possible.
Looking good Evan! How is winter preparation coming? Cheers
Today I will be getting the fireplace ready and kindling made up. Might burn the first fire soon.
Your place is looking very nice! Everything that you and your wife are doing is well worth the effort.
On another note, what kind of drone do you use for the overhead footage? It's a nice touch to your videos.
I just got a new drone. It is a DJI Mavic Air.
@@CountryViewAcres I have been looking at the same model. It seems to do well for the price (from all of the reviews that I've read). I would love to shoot some overhead video around our property.
Give your cattle added feed and let them be well fed three or four days before turning cattle out on fields with clover 🍀 in the pasture... never turn hungry cattle out on clover 🍀 fields that is a sure way to cause bloat in cattle, because they'll overeat if hungry..
Buy a water tank and catch your roof runoff. best drinking water in the world.
Good work, but maybe instead of piping water to lake, why not collect it for future irrigation?
I will probably pump water from the pond later to irrigate.
You've done an amazing job on your property. Everything about it is nearly perfect.
The only two things that it's missing is a creek with year around water and a well.
Love the house, pond, barn, open fields, and LONG driveway. It's all gorgeous!
I've been trying to find a property like yours for about 2 years now and everything is just so darn expensive. I'm just hoping that patience will pay off. ( eventually )
There is a well, it doesn't have power anymore. I plan on fixing the well and using it for livestock watering.
Would you be able to bury a tank under the downpipe for water collection rather than use town supply. Or pump from the pond.
Plan on pumping from the pond in the future.
Why don’t you get a pump and pull your water out of the pond to water your lawn and garden.
I plan to in the future.
You are going to need to keep up with nutritional needs of the soil to keep you lawn and hey fields.
Instead of a water bill you could have got a water pump and watered from the pond ! 🇬🇧🇬🇧
And then he would have a higher electric bill, gonna pay some way.
august not as expensive if you use a petrol pump !
@@jamiemckenzie8516, How expensive is a gas pump And how much to power it ?
august I live in the UK so wouldn’t know U.S prices ! It was just a thought
@@jamiemckenzie8516, Ok. I understand, thanks !
Hi. I was born and raised in SE Illinois. Where are you located? We just sold 100 acres of tillable farm ground.
I live near the wabash river along the Indiana border.
Country View Acres lol, my family is from Carmi. My mother was Lola Ackerman. My maiden name was Rhodes
Why don’t you se pond to irrigate yard?
All the places that you seeded nothing grows on the edges weird
Yeah, that is weird.
Harvest the deer that are grassing your hay field and make venison steaks
Is there a reason you do not collect rainwater and your pawn runoff to water your garden and your animals
why not use your pond as a water source for your yard
I hope to use the pond in the future for irrigation. But I want to be a permanent installation. So it will take some planning.
do what yack f zay says
Puzzled. Why didn't you pump water from that pond instead of paying $140 extra on your water bill??
My water bill is normally $60 to $70 dollars. So it was only an extra $70. Buying a pump and everything to pump water from the pond will be much more. But that being said I do plan on using the pond to irrigate in the future. But it will take some planning.
Have you got any Chicken farmers near you? If so they may be glad for you to take some of their "Chicken-Shit" away! Take care now.
Why don’t you feed beef cow or Brahman cow sad sir
Lay off the background music, it's distracting
Yeah, I was afraid it was too loud. I turned it down several times during editing. I'll work on it.