Leaky Weirs - Bringing a Creek Back to Life with Natural Sequence Farming.

Using the excess rocks from paddock clearing, we decided to look further into the idea of bringing a dry creek bed back to life. Using the rocks to hold up water and hydrate the surrounding soil in the flood plain. With the seasons passing the water hydrated the flood plain and turn a baron area into a high functioning natural ecosystem.

[@ariadnepyanfar1048]

Incredible the diversity of aquatic plants you’ve had spring up out of a former dry gully.

[@mikechadwick8163]

Thanks for doing the work and sharing that some simple things can work and help our farms/landscapes by restoring soil hydration and reducing erosion.

[@FatCowFarmTatong]

Hey Mike, thanks for the kind words. Hopefully in the short future we will be conducting an open farm and discuss the simple methods of restoring farmland without braking the bank. Cheers

[@grahammanning9305]

Brilliant effort. Keep up the great work

[@FatCowFarmTatong]

Thanks Graham much appreciated. Cheers

[@g6rad1]

The proof o the pudding is in the eating!

[@richardmossfrance6353]

Well done with what you've achieved so far. Add more of these water retention structures and as time goes by your land will become more resilient to both the drought and flood events - that climate change is only exacerbating. Hold back as much as you can and your water table will inevitably rise giving you a more sustainable farm overall. It saddened me greatly to watch news footage of Oz farmers and their livestock suffering from drought. Best of luck

[@FatCowFarmTatong]

Hey Richard, thanks for the advice, this winter if the rains come we will certainly be adding more rocks and raising to the high bank mark. It is such a shame about the inland cattle, sheep and most of animals. Its cheaper to put down rather than transport to eastern farms to handle. Take care

[@threeriversforge1997]

Good work! It amazes me that more people just won't build the weirs even when they can see that it works. Here in the States, I recommend them all the time, along with Beaver Dam Analogs, and the pushback is amazing.

[@keyboardoracle1044]

Because it sounds too much like greenie talk and greens have such bad press with farmers that they would rather have their farm turn into a desert than to seem like a greenie. Just another flaw in how the human brain works…. Or doesn’t work.