One thing to possible consider is the willow as a cash crop. Good willow for weaving baskets is rather hard to come by, but there are groups in every state that enjoy keeping the tradition of willow basketry alive. With that much water, you could grow a very nice crop of different varieties of willow. And when pollarded at a comfortable height, it's pretty easy to harvest the whips. Might be something to look into.
I absolutely love growing willow! We had a few hundred coppiced and pollarded willows. They pop up fairly routinely in my videos. We sold some cuttings from them, sold some bundles for decoration(mostly curly yellow), but primarily I grew them for biochar and pig shade! Here’s a video where I talk about just that as far as the water goes: Grow what works on your farm! For us it’s willows and pastured pork! ua-cam.com/users/shortskxBAR3_xy1c?feature=share
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One thing to possible consider is the willow as a cash crop. Good willow for weaving baskets is rather hard to come by, but there are groups in every state that enjoy keeping the tradition of willow basketry alive. With that much water, you could grow a very nice crop of different varieties of willow. And when pollarded at a comfortable height, it's pretty easy to harvest the whips. Might be something to look into.
I absolutely love growing willow! We had a few hundred coppiced and pollarded willows. They pop up fairly routinely in my videos. We sold some cuttings from them, sold some bundles for decoration(mostly curly yellow), but primarily I grew them for biochar and pig shade! Here’s a video where I talk about just that as far as the water goes:
Grow what works on your farm! For us it’s willows and pastured pork!
ua-cam.com/users/shortskxBAR3_xy1c?feature=share