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Uhhh yes, it was total. Video might not quite look like it though because the exposure was set to capture the surroundings.

@@MistahL thanks! Glad you enjoyed.

Yes, they’ll also literally eat pork and human flesh if that’s what they’re given. Doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to feed them that lol. Our pigs eat a vegetarian diet. In biology we use terms like herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, etc. Pigs are omnivores.

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How do you quantify “efforts”? Is that like time spent, or something? Also where are you getting that 90% number? Most of what I do involves around propagating plants and teaching kids about where their food comes from, not building infrastructure. The entire living world is intertwined with the non biotic infrastructure that is the geosphere, atmosphere, etc. Building a rock wall could be considered non biotic infrastructure, until you think about the habitat it provides. The barn was built in the 1880s lol so not much I can do about that. The fencing and coops allows us to raise animals for food, and creates manure full of worms and life. Does that count as “non biotic infrastructure”?

Hey thanks for this comment. I’m a geologist that’s become more of a plant nerd and farm educator, so I still have a lot to learn about agroecology. I’ve gone deep down the rabbit hole of botany, native plants, ecology, and am trying to bring that into the realm of farming / agriculture. My hope is to learn more about this stuff and continue to put out videos. Do you have any book recommendations or other resources that might be good for me to read?

This is near Lake Placid, in the High Peaks region. About 2200’ elevation.

Yea exactly, we mow the perimeter and then set up the fencing so it doesn’t short on the tall grass.

Thank you!

That sounds awesome. I really think there’s a lot to learn from these kinds of deep fundamental experiences that connect us to the real world around us. I hope that all goes well for you!

Thanks for this wonderful comment. It really is an invaluable experience. It’s scary how few people understand or care where their food comes from. Hopefully we can change that!

@@BearBottomHomestead it’s really turning into something amazing!

Yaaa I’ll do an update on the forest garden soon, it’s really goin off right now.

@@onegrapefruitlover glad you enjoyed!

Glad you enjoyed!

Yea Ive done that exact thing before haha. It’s amazing how effective this is at controlling them for such little effort. I hope it works for you too!

Ooh I like that setup. I’ve been wanting to make something like that.

Hehe that’s awesome I’m glad you enjoy it. It’ll be interesting to rewatch these many years from now and get to experience how the garden is changing over time.

@@AgroecologicalSystems We live arid so ours never looks like this. But all that green is relaxing.

Haha yea that’s a good idea. I’m glad you like these videos, they’re kind of a weird style but I think it’s cool hehe. Just the sounds of wind and birds, trees rustling, animals scurrying around.

No but that sounds really cool. I’ve heard of black soldier fly larvae being used but hadn’t heard of cockroaches.

@@AgroecologicalSystems Black soliderfly larvae is kind of the best. The problem is feeding them. You can only give them like 30% duckweed then the rest has to be real food. Which sucks because I couldn't find enough food for them my first try at it. It took 4 tries discovery you could give 30% duckweed to them and on top of that we got dairy cattle. So we mix the duckweed with the manure from the dairy cattle. And boom finally got enough waste flow for black soliderflies to work. The cockroaches for us where easier. Because it scales up and down eaiser. You can go really small the you can go really big. We couldn't do that as easy with black soliderfly larvae. At least for us. There's this perfect mid level size or larger that actually worked for the effort.

Yes! I have a playlist of those for this garden, which I update with a new video every few weeks. No commentary, just the garden and nature sounds.

@@AgroecologicalSystems thank you!!! you will probably be the reason why I actually chill out at work.

Totally! Glad you enjoyed.m the video.

Glad you enjoyed!

It is angled slightly, I think only a few percent. I think that’s one of the main factors in how long it takes the material to pass through and can be adjusted slightly.

@@AgroecologicalSystems how much would you think it weighs when it is full with materials? Thinking about building a set up similar to this and wondering if it would be possible to rotate it with a hand winch set up or do you think it needs an electric motor set up like yours?

@@kenp8991 not sure, I’d say it’s at least a ton. But I think a hand winch could work, maybe with the right gear ratio.

Hehe yea silly font choice.

@@AgroecologicalSystems lean into it! Make a shire.

I wish, but not this time. Might try to get there in the fall though.

That’s cool, I never tried growing the dry land kind before. We grow a lot of other canoe crops down lower where there’s better soil and stuff, might try some different kinds of taro down there.

I’m not sure about buying one but the Compost For Good website in the description has free open-source plans for building one like in the video.

Agreed. I think we can do it!

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Thanks bra

The horses would just need more area. We have different pastures for them to go to so they can rotate that way. I think you could have chickens follow the horses and it would work well.

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Thanks! Still workin on it, the contours are a little wonky but it’s starting to look good with the vegetation growing back

That would probably be a good idea lol.. it’s been like that since the 70s as far as I know. It’s usually pretty wet around this time of year, but there are like dry leaves and debris under the shed, dry wood nearby, etc.

Makes for some spectacular long-exposure timelapses though! I'm uploading one now that turned out really cool.

Yea definitely, it’s just a soupy mess out there haha

Looks good!

@@AgroecologicalSystems thank you!

@@AgroecologicalSystems Thanks!

Yea it was colonized by other fungi the next year.

Thanks Frances!

Yea that would probably work, you might try to play around with the interval / rest period and other variables but we’ve done something similar. Over time you’ll start to see more diversity.

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Hey thanks!

Glad you like them!