Clearing Land for Pasture - FHC Farm Bulletin #3

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  • Опубліковано 16 лют 2023
  • Simple and inexpensive methods for turning woodland or forested areas into productive grass pasture for the small farm or homestead is briefly described in this third edition of the Farm Hand's Companion Farm Bulletin.
    Be sure and subscribe to the Farm Hand's Companion channel and watch episodes of The Farm Hand's Companion Show as Pa Mac takes an undeveloped piece of property and turns it into a small subsistence farm.
    Also visit www.farmhandscompanion.com to find articles, posts, photographs, and encouragement for today's self-sufficient farm or homestead. (And be sure to check out the General Store for books (like Pa Mac's "Building an Old-fashioned Pole Barn") or DVD's by Pa Mac at www.farmhandscompanion.com/gen...)
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  • @darienconversi5500
    @darienconversi5500 Рік тому +6

    Thanks for everything you do Pa Mac! There's not alot of youtubers that I make sure to watch EVERY video, but you'll always one of the few.

  • @kingtkuehn
    @kingtkuehn Рік тому +4

    Thanks! Many Blessings.. I'd like to see more videos from you. Have a wonderful day.

  • @douglasvantassel8098
    @douglasvantassel8098 Рік тому +3

    Great video, thank you for making these.

  • @kenthorsen4558
    @kenthorsen4558 Рік тому +3

    We did that on my folks farmstead with goats and sheep and it worked great. Since they have passed away the farm was sold and the trees have reclaimed the former pasture. Have a great weekend and thanks for the memories.

  • @moonafarms1621
    @moonafarms1621 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for sharing!!!!!

  • @stacihill2528
    @stacihill2528 Рік тому +4

    Another excellent video! We are loving the farm bulletins.

  • @brianphilbrook5262
    @brianphilbrook5262 Рік тому +2

    I started with goats seven years ago and turned a thick overgrown piece of my property into a great pasture.

  • @Join.The.Partee
    @Join.The.Partee Рік тому +3

    Yay! I always love watching your videos!

  • @olddawgdreaming5715
    @olddawgdreaming5715 Рік тому +4

    Great video on clearing land for pasture and gardens. Thanks for sharing with us. Always great videos from your farm!! Fred.

  • @locdawg3815
    @locdawg3815 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for the free education! I'm starting my homestead in the spring and this video has given me more pointers and motivation than my wife. Subbed to your channel and will share photos after I get around to part 4!

  • @vladabocanek3703
    @vladabocanek3703 Рік тому +1

    Hello Pa Mac, I love your content, because you show, that most important virtue is patience. Yes, you can pay or use heavy equipment to get rid of trees, but why? I wonder, do you have some special "intimate" relationship with some of your animals? When I was younger (20's) I had partial job around horses, still living in very old farm. Every morning, I fed, cleaned and milked our animals, and after that I went to neghbour, to feed his horses. One of them had very special relationship to me, she walked down, ate her breakfast and after that, she always came to me, as close as possible, to rest her head on my shoulder and enjoyed time, being touched, talked and handed. Very special and only one of them. Than I decided to train her to become puller, working horse. She was quite scared about all stuff hanging on her and so on, but always calm, as I was with her. On the other hand, with goats, as we had two, one was able to follow by word, other was always keen to do her worst. With sheeps - oh yes, they are willing to find quickes way to die, or be tortured to go, where I want. Nature of sheeps. But our cow, yersey, she was named Lisa, because she was very used to lick everything in her reach. Lisa (in Czech) means "to lick" (Líza). She had her head. She knew where and when to find someting to eat. Apples, peaches, young leafes. Very smart one. But never "follower". Just she stayed in her world of interest.

  • @fergusonto-2032
    @fergusonto-2032 Рік тому +1

    Really enjoying your channel , I am a subscriber , blessings

  • @epicwatertime11
    @epicwatertime11 9 місяців тому

    Very nice video! Currently working on turning 5 acres of dense brush and large pines into useable pasture. It’s been a process to say the least but everything worth it after seeing the chunk of land cleared. Glad I’m not the only crazy one doing it by hand instead of using big machines.

  • @michaelwhiteoldtimer7648
    @michaelwhiteoldtimer7648 Рік тому

    Animals can save you a lot of work clearing land

  • @Aermydach
    @Aermydach Рік тому

    Cheers for another informative and brilliant bulletin!

  • @southerngardenesse
    @southerngardenesse Рік тому +1

    Excellent!

  • @BigPhilsSaws
    @BigPhilsSaws Місяць тому

    Pa Mac, can you do some small wood projects with your hand tools? Maybe show how to set up a hand planer blade? I'd love to see that. I know woodworking isn't the focus of your channel, but I don't have any other old timers of my own to ask.

  • @RobertMayfair
    @RobertMayfair Рік тому

    Great video, I always wondered about this

  • @TheRedneckprepper
    @TheRedneckprepper Рік тому +1

    TY

  • @randalb5947
    @randalb5947 6 місяців тому

    Do you have to worry about what the cows eat in the woods? Leaves that a poisonous?

  • @WilliamTMusil
    @WilliamTMusil Рік тому

    Hiya

  • @TakeTheRide
    @TakeTheRide Рік тому

    Can I please borrow your goats. Thank you.

  • @SaintCoemgen
    @SaintCoemgen Рік тому +1

    0:17 - Grass crops are not necessarily *essential* for the running of any small farm or homestead. They are only needed if one hold animals. Vegan homesteaders will not hold animals, so need no such grassland. So not true in all cases.
    So it "depends".
    I am not trying to promote one way or the other, simply pointing out that words like "essential" need to be qualified. Better said: "if you have farm animals, then good quality grass crops are essential". Such a simple better crafted statement is true in all cases. Without taking any position on issues some may consider volatile topics. Simply trying to help. To keep such potential volatility out of your great videos and keep them soft and educational for all. Which is ideal.
    Hope this helps.

    • @farmhandscompanion
      @farmhandscompanion  Рік тому +5

      I apologize for that, Saint Coemgen. I admit I don't know anything about vegans and didn't realize they don't ride horses or raise and process their own wool.