One thing I learned from an Amish guy who was helping build our house, was use a packet of yeast, can of coke, molasses and kefir as fertilizer. Coke for the roots (phosphorus) and molasses for the sugar to feed the yeast/bacteria (from the kefir) to make your soil healthier.....not so much organic, but it works
Years ago, before I became a farmer, I worked in a classroom that had rabbits. Each week a teacher from another classroom would gleefully volunteer to change our cage.We found it odd that she bagged up the poo & took it home but we didn't complain! 😅. She shared that she had a huge vegetable garden and she called the rabbit poo "gold nuggets." We playfully teased her, but now I totally get it. Great content.
@@strictlyconservative8777 Absolutely it is. Same with Guinea pigs, a great addition to any homestead. Chicken manure may be A1, but it’s a lot more work!
You’re doing great. I hope it ends up being what you hope it’ll be love watching your videos. You are very close to home so it makes it nice. From one farmer to another Keep up the good work, sweetheart.🤗
It’s great meeting a young farmer so enthusiastic about a dream to become a regenerative farmer. My generation of gardeners ( in my late 60s) were working on and hoping this would happen. So go for it girl- we are looking forward to seeing your progress and your ideas.
Yup,Joel is an encyclopedia of knowledge! I rotate my chicken wagons on our hayfields to grow better. Do what your doing,stay small and grow as your confidence does,thats just common sense,which isnt too common anymore. You have alot of enthusiasm, awesome energy and a sharp eye for what is going on! Those are tools that many dont possess. Seed starting will be here before you know it,... starter plants = good money to pay off loan!
Yes, exactly. I met Joel at a Mother earth fair years ago. He is definitely the best source of knowledge in modern farming. There's another guy in NC who makes hundreds of thousands of dollars selling organic produce, only using 1 acre of land. I had the idea that an easy way to save food, long-term, is to freeze dry and package the excess for future use. That way you minimize waste. It's the best way to preserve food. Canned food is usually loaded with salt and even dangerous in an emergency, survival, situation.
I'm impressed. For you being young you are very knowledgeable or teachable. Ur Parents did a great job. I look forward to seeing ur brilliant ideas moving forward
I was a stay at Home mom with no money in my IRA or any savings of my own, which was scary at 53 years of age. Three years ago I got a part time job and save everything I make. After 3 years, I am 56 yo and have put $9,000 in an IRA and $40,000 in my portfolio with CFA, Evelyn Infurna. Since the goal of getting a job was to invest for retirement and NOT up my lifestyle, I was able to scale this quickly to $150,000. If I can do this in a year, anyone can.
I know this lady you just mentioned. Evelyn Infurna Services is a portfolio manager and investment advisor. She gained recognition as a former employee at Goldman Sachs; a renowned investor she is. Evelyn Infurna has demonstrated expertise in investment strategies n has been involved in managing portfolios and providing guidance to clients.
I went from no money to lnvest with to busting my A** off on Uber eats for four months to raise about $20k to start trading with Evelyn Infurna. I am at $128k right now and LOVING that you have to bring this up here
Evelyn Infurna is the CFA I use and im just putting this out here because you asked. You can Just search the name. You’d find necessary details to work with to set up an appointment.
As a vegan, former healthcare provider, also with an MPH and a national security background, who is deeply committed to animal rights and the environment--as well saving the American independent farmer (in spirit, and through legislation...since I've never farmed--though did have some experience on my uncle's farm decades ago)--I applaud your life change, your rescuing of the wondeful rabbits, your commitment to higher ideals, and for these great videos that share and teach SO much. Factory/corporate farms are evil, AND allowing foreign ownership of US land--farmland or any other land (like the 220,000 acres that are communist Chinese owned, with most located right next to US military bases)--is a huge threat to our agricultural security, health, and broader national security. I subscribed the first time I found you about three months ago and "thumbs up" each video. I think you're great, and your videos are incredibly inspiring! All the best to you and your animal family. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!! 🙂
Another Awesome video! Inspiring! Thanks for clarifying about the bunnies being rescued and getting out to play. I love how they each have their own little apartment too. Wish you lived in Central PA. I would totally volunteer to learn along with you. I live on less than 1/4 acre with a lot of big trees. After 10 years of trying to grow a food forest, we finally gave up and now are focusing on planting perennials. At least we'll get some good pollinators, and the critters enjoy eating the little bit of fruit from our dwarf trees. Thanks again for sharing! All the Best!
@@AlexandraFasuloBiz They are truly full of knowledge, he is one who does not hold anything back youl love them. Also Curtis stone's book, i believe its called the market garden, hes canadian, his book cover's the business/logistical side of market gardening, with a bit of the how to garden for each crop and companion gardening, they will save you some time in the learning curve but i like your aproach of just getting your hands dirty, analizies paralizies is like a virus that can kill ones destiny.
Oh, boy! That info about rabbit compost being a pest repellent will be very helpful if ends up true for me. Working in a new place, not used to all the new pests, groundhogs, squirrels, raccoons, and possible deer. I'll find out next year.
Look into a fodder barley growing bunny feeder 10ft. tray will feed all your rabbits indoors. Grows 2" tall per day and just requires water and sunlight.
I appreciate your ideas. We sell rabbits for 4h, human and dog food. We use their poop to grow almost everything we eat. It makes the sorghum grow like crazy. We get molasses, silage, alcohol, grain and great compost materials from sorghum. We are learning to stack our functions as deep as possible.
I don’t know anything about farming but I’ve learned lots of things from this channel that aren’t specifically about farming you’re a wealth of knowledge and seem to have a great work ethic. I enjoy these videos!
Thank you for doing what you do, we need more regenerative farmers. I do dream, and have dreamed about living that life. Not sure how to make it happen, land is expensive, and I have so many responsibilities and obligations. But maybe ...
Regenerative Farming: a fancy way to reference old time family farming, haha. Nice video. Good idea to sell the goods. Guinea pigs are also used the same way rabbits are with regards to eating/pooping/fertilizing. My only word of caution is, the farmers people may be emulating are frequently in a much different climate zone than they are. At one point I did think I needed to upgrade my game and follow some popular gurus but then I realized that they are in several growing zones warmer than my corner of the world and their ideas don't work the same in mine.
I love your videos. There is a documentary that came out in 2019 called The Biggest Little Farm. It's about a couple on the west coast that left the city to start a regenerative farm. If you have not seen it, I think you would love their story.
I just started raising rabbits this year. Been gardening for 10+. Working on becoming a market gardener who practices regenerative and permaculture. After your grant program video, that could help a lot! Will be looking into it.
Joel Salatin is an excellent source of information. Don’t forget your chickens, they are excellent for preparing your soil. They scratch and will cultivate your soil.
Hello Alexandra. Question Did you test your well water and did you do soil analysis? We live in NW Wisconsin and we have problems with arsenic and led in well water. That’s what happened to us when we got 14 acre land. It’s would be interesting and educational if you had same issue or not?
Love your adventures! I had lamas years ago & came up with an ideas you could use... Bunny Beanie Babies, animals made from waste to add to garden that decompose 😂😂😂 just an idea ❤
Here in Michigan I have a small koi pond, my fish make great fertilizer and I use it on my yard & vegetable garden. I have 12 fish and they are over 30 years old. And can live to be 70 years old and older. Among other things they love rTo eat peas.
do you happen to have a web page? if not, maybe you might consider one. . . . just a thought. love the videos and keep up the good work.. its always fun to watch people grow. thank you.
@@BadlydrawnBen Yes!!! 🙌 Preach it. Most slept on homesteaders dream right there! Guinea pigs are great parents and baby piggies wean much earlier than rabbits.
You can do it, there’s the cycle! But you really otta have a methane ingester. Rich fertilizer and free methane. You have manure, you have organic matter. A fluid scrubber, can be made simply. Enough methane builds up, you can get a regulator and connect to a compressor engine, then channel it to a compressed gas tank as something that can be salvaged as a propane tank. It’d initially be low pressure, but can be fed into a propane or natural gas line.
Rabbit manure is the most useful natural fertilizer!! Only rhing i wish is to figure out a way to make a rabbit tactor (like chicken tractor) but rabbits dig so havent figurre that out yet lol Id love to see them have a larger area to run around. A hutch is not a good life!!
When I lived in El Paso my neighbor Danny had received free rabbits from somebody and he released them in his backyard they kept piling up their dung in the desert dirt until the grass was able to take hold they weren't able to escape the backyard and they lived cage-free because there's a rock wall that surrounds all the house is in El Paso. The footing keeps them from digging underneath the fence and they keep it mowed like a golf course.
If you're looking at Salatin, there's another one Eliot Coleman, he's a market gardener dude. Also the people at the Land Institute have been working on perennial cropping and plants for 40 or more years. The Savannah Institute are doing forest tree crop improvement programs. There are others over there in America-land. Have a good weekend!🙂
In watching previous videos, it seems that you’ve chosen a European farming lifestyle, living in town & “commuting” to the farm daily. I haven’t seen any videos about how that works for you & the economics of that split. I’m also not sure what your current plans are for living spaces/accommodations on the farm, which is related to the first question. A video on those topics would be great!
Paint the outside of your hardware cloth black. I buy the flat black paint off the clearance isle an paint my cages to make them more transparent. Its a difference similar to a clean window v/s a dirty window.
Also, if you want to build living nutrient dense soil for crops it's essential to get the fecal as fresh as possible, since there's living microbes in the the fecal matter.
@RustyMeadowsHomestead I don't know about rabbit fecal since it's so small and this is the first time I've seen it used with soil, but I know that ruminate animals works great building soil. As long as the animals are healthy of course, but a diversity of different animals is even better because there's different microbes in each species.
theres some great youtube videos of african farms, nigeria i think? they raise tons of rabbits and they have these special cages built that is meant for harvesting the rabbit urine, and it is sold by the gallon to other famers as a natural pesticide. im sure them ahmish dudes could figure out how to build it. something to think about for sure!
I will try to make it simple for you to understand. Animals such as rabbits eat what is grown in gardens. My neighbor lost some food because she chose to not do anything about her rabbit problem. There are rabbits in my next door neighbors yard, so whenever the rabbits are hungry then they will eat whatever they want. Regarding myself I also grow food, and I am not growing my food like my next door neighbor!
You are Loved Alexandra ! Happy for you ! Keep at it ! Big Rainbow Dragon Hugs ! and Need your help to build The Forgotten Goddess Temple on the Canadian-US Border !
Wonder how the mushroom farming classes are going 🤗 (they starter already right?) was just wondering. I know im not from the usa. But i am your age and we live on a used to be farm that is in the family now for 60? Years. We updated it but have a nice part of garden/land that is still empty. Were looking for someting to do with it and this channel just came to my attention. And it might not be the same but i do learn some from it 😊
@AlexandraFasuloBiz8 at 53 somehow I might be too old? Out of touch? Can you break it down further into something that makes sense to what some of My viewers call me: grandma. Boo 😒
Don't put maneure up against the tree trunks, it can cause rot. Better to go out a bit and make a compost ring. You might want to put out the other 2 beds and fill them with organic matter so that it can compost over the winter.
I've been hearing a lot about Jerusalem artichokes lately, and I'm wondering what rabbits think of the greens, since it is the roots that humans would consume. Have you tried that, or would you consider doing so?
... moon pebbles ...!.. our Amish construction crews use dedicated poopy pee pee spots at jobsites its under the center of the gable on new barns and the reason why they always wear suspenders ..!
Not sure if you know this (I learned the hard way), but using hay/straw for my garden was a big mistake. Although there is a lot of nutrients from my goat and chicken bedding, there is also a lot of herbicides that were sprayed on them to reduce the weeds.....so unless you know whats sprayed on the straw you buy, keep it away from your garden. I have 2 beds I added a lot that had tons of chicken waste in it 3 years ago, cant grow any brassicas at all. Spinach was ok. Tried beets and turnips with no luck.
Hell yeah no killing! They are so much more than an unnecessary calorie consumption when we can provide them a whole and happy life as a sentient being we share this world with
@@allouttabubblegum1984 what in my comment communicates I do not understand this? We can acknowledge and respect the cycles of life and death we all experience without contributing directly to systems that cause the unnecessary harm and suffering.
9:53 I wouldn't encourage further domestication of wildlife just so we can 'close the loop'. We've done enough damage already. I wish zoos were better managed for this purpose though...
Composting toilets. Victor Hugo in Les Miserables, has a long section where he talks about the evils of the modern sewer systems and how it would negatively affect the poor and the famers.
Something to mull over in the same vain is whether “industrial organic” is sustainable. Pre-certification, organic was the way people grew produce-more like regenerative today. In order to scale to industrial size, it requires certification and standards, inviting the regulations that govern organic farming. For most of us, small & medium scale, with the human touch is very desirable-we accept industrial organic because it’s available broadly all year round in most stores-but it not our preference.
@@ttopero I Agree. Although large-scale regenerative farming is necessary, we should prioritize smaller, local farms that focus on quality and sustainability. By supporting local farmers' markets and sustainable agriculture initiatives we can create a more balanced and sustainable food system.
You’re Amish friends are loaded with knowledge, don’t be afraid to ask them questions I’m sure they’ll be more than happy to give you advice.
Yes! I learn by doing. So I will be doing!
One thing I learned from an Amish guy who was helping build our house, was use a packet of yeast, can of coke, molasses and kefir as fertilizer. Coke for the roots (phosphorus) and molasses for the sugar to feed the yeast/bacteria (from the kefir) to make your soil healthier.....not so much organic, but it works
hugelkultur.
@@jnaperskilol... knf and jadam... then put that, onto hugelkultur beds. i make crops for pennies
Years ago, before I became a farmer, I worked in a classroom that had rabbits. Each week a teacher from another classroom would gleefully volunteer to change our cage.We found it odd that she bagged up the poo & took it home but we didn't complain! 😅. She shared that she had a huge vegetable garden and she called the rabbit poo "gold nuggets." We playfully teased her, but now I totally get it. Great content.
I love that!! It truly is gardening gold.
Rabbit poop as pest control is news to me. Thanks for the info!
Its actually not the poop that can be used for insect control, it’s the urine.
Moon pebbles!
Rabbits tend to be quite successfully "regenerative" by default... Thanks, your videos are very enlightening. Nice day, there.
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Yes it is!
Joel Salatin is definitely on of my farming heroes
That is a great cold manure. Peaceful, beneficial animals and great for your garden!
@@strictlyconservative8777 Absolutely it is. Same with Guinea pigs, a great addition to any homestead.
Chicken manure may be A1, but it’s a lot more work!
@@RustyMeadow rabbit is superior to chicken. its one of the best to make salsa and herb for pennies
I have started seeing people doing this with guinea pigs now too. Apparently they're fertilizer is amazing also.
You’re doing great. I hope it ends up being what you hope it’ll be love watching your videos. You are very close to home so it makes it nice. From one farmer to another Keep up the good work, sweetheart.🤗
It’s great meeting a young farmer so enthusiastic about a dream to become a regenerative farmer. My generation of gardeners ( in my late 60s) were working on and hoping this would happen. So go for it girl- we are looking forward to seeing your progress and your ideas.
I’m glad to have found your channel , you are awesome
Yup,Joel is an encyclopedia of knowledge! I rotate my chicken wagons on our hayfields to grow better. Do what your doing,stay small and grow as your confidence does,thats just common sense,which isnt too common anymore. You have alot of enthusiasm, awesome energy and a sharp eye for what is going on! Those are tools that many dont possess. Seed starting will be here before you know it,... starter plants = good money to pay off loan!
Yes, exactly. I met Joel at a Mother earth fair years ago. He is definitely the best source of knowledge in modern farming. There's another guy in NC who makes hundreds of thousands of dollars selling organic produce, only using 1 acre of land. I had the idea that an easy way to save food, long-term, is to freeze dry and package the excess for future use. That way you minimize waste. It's the best way to preserve food. Canned food is usually loaded with salt and even dangerous in an emergency, survival, situation.
Perma Pastures?
“ABC rabbit farm” is a great wealth of information. 😊
All the best!
Really enjoy your videos
moon pebbles LOL very cute
thank you for rescuing those rabbits!
We are so glad we did - we adore them!
I'm impressed. For you being young you are very knowledgeable or teachable. Ur Parents did a great job. I look forward to seeing ur brilliant ideas moving forward
I was a stay at Home mom with no money in my IRA or any savings of my own, which was scary at 53 years of age. Three years ago I got a part time job and save everything I make. After 3 years, I am 56 yo and have put $9,000 in an IRA and $40,000 in my portfolio with CFA, Evelyn Infurna. Since the goal of getting a job was to invest for retirement and NOT up my lifestyle, I was able to scale this quickly to $150,000. If I can do this in a year, anyone can.
I know this lady you just mentioned. Evelyn Infurna Services is a portfolio manager and investment advisor. She gained recognition as a former employee at Goldman Sachs; a renowned investor she is. Evelyn Infurna has demonstrated expertise in investment strategies n has been involved in managing portfolios and providing guidance to clients.
I went from no money to lnvest with to busting my A** off on Uber eats for four months to raise about $20k to start trading with Evelyn Infurna. I am at $128k right now and LOVING that you have to bring this up here
This is interesting. I heard a lot about the same person not long ago, please how can I contact her?
Evelyn Infurna is the CFA I use and im just putting this out here because you asked. You can Just search the name. You’d find necessary details to work with to set up an appointment.
Use her name to quickly conduct an internet search.
So glad to hear about your experience learning about Regenerative Agriculture!
As a vegan, former healthcare provider, also with an MPH and a national security background, who is deeply committed to animal rights and the environment--as well saving the American independent farmer (in spirit, and through legislation...since I've never farmed--though did have some experience on my uncle's farm decades ago)--I applaud your life change, your rescuing of the wondeful rabbits, your commitment to higher ideals, and for these great videos that share and teach SO much. Factory/corporate farms are evil, AND allowing foreign ownership of US land--farmland or any other land (like the 220,000 acres that are communist Chinese owned, with most located right next to US military bases)--is a huge threat to our agricultural security, health, and broader national security. I subscribed the first time I found you about three months ago and "thumbs up" each video. I think you're great, and your videos are incredibly inspiring! All the best to you and your animal family. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!! 🙂
I love this channel. Is so entertaining and informative. I'm not sure I've I'll ever use this information, but I definitely want to keep watching. 😊
Absolutely love your videos currently working on filling out my USDA loan form. Keep the videos coming keep inspiring the masses!
She’s amazing and unscripted. Truly an inspiration.
Aw - thank you! I appreciate comments like these - makes me want to film more for you all!
Another Awesome video! Inspiring! Thanks for clarifying about the bunnies being rescued and getting out to play. I love how they each have their own little apartment too. Wish you lived in Central PA. I would totally volunteer to learn along with you. I live on less than 1/4 acre with a lot of big trees. After 10 years of trying to grow a food forest, we finally gave up and now are focusing on planting perennials. At least we'll get some good pollinators, and the critters enjoy eating the little bit of fruit from our dwarf trees. Thanks again for sharing! All the Best!
Wow really nice setup it’s coming along. I never thought about bunnies on a farm.
Litty, I love this show!❤
I have been learning from watching and reading Joel salatins books for years, and he is amazing.
I definitely want to read them!
@@AlexandraFasuloBiz They are truly full of knowledge, he is one who does not hold anything back youl love them. Also Curtis stone's book, i believe its called the market garden, hes canadian, his book cover's the business/logistical side of market gardening, with a bit of the how to garden for each crop and companion gardening, they will save you some time in the learning curve but i like your aproach of just getting your hands dirty, analizies paralizies is like a virus that can kill ones destiny.
Oh, boy! That info about rabbit compost being a pest repellent will be very helpful if ends up true for me.
Working in a new place, not used to all the new pests, groundhogs, squirrels, raccoons, and possible deer.
I'll find out next year.
You’re so beautiful ☺️ I look forward to watching your farm grow 🥺
Gorgeous. Helpful and educational video. You're legit
Look into a fodder barley growing bunny feeder 10ft. tray will feed all your rabbits indoors. Grows 2" tall per day and just requires water and sunlight.
Still needs the constant input of barley seed though doesn't it?
I appreciate your ideas. We sell rabbits for 4h, human and dog food. We use their poop to grow almost everything we eat. It makes the sorghum grow like crazy. We get molasses, silage, alcohol, grain and great compost materials from sorghum. We are learning to stack our functions as deep as possible.
Love your work
I thank Alexandra.😉
@AlexandraFasuloBiz8 Thanks. I promise to think about the case.
Awesome content 👏
I don’t know anything about farming but I’ve learned lots of things from this channel that aren’t specifically about farming you’re a wealth of knowledge and seem to have a great work ethic. I enjoy these videos!
Haha, I def love to 'work' though it never really feels like work to me!
Good video,regenerative farming is also using aquaponics farming raising fish 🎣 and vegetables fruit all together
Amazing! Regenerative farming! Never heard of such a thing. Amazing!
Awesome video! We sell our alpaca "beans" at our local market for fertilizer too.
Thank you for doing what you do, we need more regenerative farmers. I do dream, and have dreamed about living that life. Not sure how to make it happen, land is expensive, and I have so many responsibilities and obligations. But maybe ...
look into micro greens
Fastest easiest way to start gardening
with the least amount of space
Good Luck👍
Thank you so much for the information you give out! Closing on my 9 acre property in 2 weeks. Cant wait. 1st generation farmer in the making 👍
Regenerative Farming: a fancy way to reference old time family farming, haha. Nice video. Good idea to sell the goods. Guinea pigs are also used the same way rabbits are with regards to eating/pooping/fertilizing. My only word of caution is, the farmers people may be emulating are frequently in a much different climate zone than they are. At one point I did think I needed to upgrade my game and follow some popular gurus but then I realized that they are in several growing zones warmer than my corner of the world and their ideas don't work the same in mine.
Rabbit eggs are the best!
@@HeatGeek1 So true! So chocolaty and melt in your mouth good. 😊
I like that you don't eat the rabbits and look for ways to keep them alive.
I love your videos. There is a documentary that came out in 2019 called The Biggest Little Farm. It's about a couple on the west coast that left the city to start a regenerative farm. If you have not seen it, I think you would love their story.
Love your rabbit set up. I have one little lionhead girl I saved off of FB, planning to add more this spring (probably after Easter 🙄)
These videos are very very easy to watch. 😊. I want to clean up moon pebbles 😂
@AlexandraFasuloBiz8 I am afraid I will need some tutoring ☺☺
I just started raising rabbits this year. Been gardening for 10+. Working on becoming a market gardener who practices regenerative and permaculture. After your grant program video, that could help a lot! Will be looking into it.
Joel Salatin is an excellent source of information. Don’t forget your chickens, they are excellent for preparing your soil. They scratch and will cultivate your soil.
Way to go! You can pepper your potters and fields with earthworms too-- inexpensive, perpetual fertilization
"Tell me again about the rabbits George, and about guys like us"
Dexter Cattle , are half the size of other breeds are dual purpose breed great foragers and very healthy easy birthing
Well done! We often contemplate getting rabbits. Now, I think it is inevitable.
Just make sure you aren’t allergic before you get a bunch.
@@authenticallytracy3421I’m allergic to them but I survive !
Hello Alexandra.
Question
Did you test your well water and did you do soil analysis?
We live in NW Wisconsin and we have problems with arsenic and led in well water. That’s what happened to us when we got 14 acre land.
It’s would be interesting and educational if you had same issue or not?
Well said!
Love your adventures! I had lamas years ago & came up with an ideas you could use... Bunny Beanie Babies, animals made from waste to add to garden that decompose 😂😂😂 just an idea ❤
Here in Michigan I have a small koi pond, my fish make great fertilizer and I use it on my yard & vegetable garden. I have 12 fish and they are over 30 years old. And can live to be 70 years old and older. Among other things they love rTo eat peas.
The doc films The Biggest Little Farm & Kiss the Ground are two other great recourses.
do you happen to have a web page? if not, maybe you might consider one. . . . just a thought. love the videos and keep up the good work.. its always fun to watch people grow. thank you.
Guinee pigs are also excellent for regenerative farming
@@BadlydrawnBen Yes!!! 🙌
Preach it.
Most slept on homesteaders dream right there!
Guinea pigs are great parents and baby piggies wean much earlier than rabbits.
@Rusty , great little critters love the noise they make and they can also be sold as pets when you breed too many 👍
You can do it, there’s the cycle! But you really otta have a methane ingester. Rich fertilizer and free methane. You have manure, you have organic matter.
A fluid scrubber, can be made simply. Enough methane builds up, you can get a regulator and connect to a compressor engine, then channel it to a compressed gas tank as something that can be salvaged as a propane tank. It’d initially be low pressure, but can be fed into a propane or natural gas line.
Can you show us hiw you rinse and dry the poop
rabbit poo reminds me of coco puffs
Rabbit manure is the most useful natural fertilizer!! Only rhing i wish is to figure out a way to make a rabbit tactor (like chicken tractor) but rabbits dig so havent figurre that out yet lol
Id love to see them have a larger area to run around. A hutch is not a good life!!
Can you talk more about the decision making process behind the native plants you chose and how you went about planting them?
@ I don’t understand
Awesome
When I lived in El Paso my neighbor Danny had received free rabbits from somebody and he released them in his backyard they kept piling up their dung in the desert dirt until the grass was able to take hold they weren't able to escape the backyard and they lived cage-free because there's a rock wall that surrounds all the house is in El Paso. The footing keeps them from digging underneath the fence and they keep it mowed like a golf course.
If you're looking at Salatin, there's another one Eliot Coleman, he's a market gardener dude.
Also the people at the Land Institute have been working on perennial cropping and plants for 40 or more years.
The Savannah Institute are doing forest tree crop improvement programs.
There are others over there in America-land.
Have a good weekend!🙂
BROWN GOLD!!!! lol 💯✌️💛🌞
In watching previous videos, it seems that you’ve chosen a European farming lifestyle, living in town & “commuting” to the farm daily. I haven’t seen any videos about how that works for you & the economics of that split. I’m also not sure what your current plans are for living spaces/accommodations on the farm, which is related to the first question. A video on those topics would be great!
Paint the outside of your hardware cloth black. I buy the flat black paint off the clearance isle an paint my cages to make them more transparent. Its a difference similar to a clean window v/s a dirty window.
Funny enough, in my kid's school they have two rabbits named Neptune and Jupiter :)
Brilliant, why wouldn't you monetize that? Good stuff!
I grew up in NYC and am going on 18 years out in California, lost all the antifreeze in my blood, couldn't handle living in upstate NY.
Also, if you want to build living nutrient dense soil for crops it's essential to get the fecal as fresh as possible, since there's living microbes in the the fecal matter.
@@DraQinn I think I just levelled up. Thanks 👍
Kinda like fresh vegetables compared to 50% off.
@RustyMeadowsHomestead I don't know about rabbit fecal since it's so small and this is the first time I've seen it used with soil, but I know that ruminate animals works great building soil. As long as the animals are healthy of course, but a diversity of different animals is even better because there's different microbes in each species.
theres some great youtube videos of african farms, nigeria i think? they raise tons of rabbits and they have these special cages built that is meant for harvesting the rabbit urine, and it is sold by the gallon to other famers as a natural pesticide. im sure them ahmish dudes could figure out how to build it. something to think about for sure!
I will try to make it simple for you to understand. Animals such as rabbits eat what is grown in gardens. My neighbor lost some food because she chose to not do anything about her rabbit problem. There are rabbits in my next door neighbors yard, so whenever the rabbits are hungry then they will eat whatever they want.
Regarding myself I also grow food, and I am not growing my food like my next door neighbor!
🙏🙏🙏🙏
Cool! I need to figure out how to buy a farm!
You are Loved Alexandra ! Happy for you ! Keep at it ! Big Rainbow Dragon Hugs ! and Need your help to build The Forgotten Goddess Temple on the Canadian-US Border !
Wonder how the mushroom farming classes are going 🤗 (they starter already right?) was just wondering. I know im not from the usa. But i am your age and we live on a used to be farm that is in the family now for 60? Years. We updated it but have a nice part of garden/land that is still empty. Were looking for someting to do with it and this channel just came to my attention. And it might not be the same but i do learn some from it 😊
Go full loop and raise other rabbits for food. Then turn your own excrement into night soil.
Bunnies make soooo much poo. I loved myy girls. Have fun
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Where get the cages?
Look up permaculture principles and design too
@AlexandraFasuloBiz8 at 53 somehow I might be too old? Out of touch? Can you break it down further into something that makes sense to what some of
My viewers call me: grandma. Boo 😒
another great fertilizer is keeping your ash from wood stoves, and mix it 50 50 with chicken shit. perfect for so many crops.
Look into worm castings also, I’m very interested in rabbits and worms…….
I have a rabbit and did not know this! How do you wash it and why?
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Don't put maneure up against the tree trunks, it can cause rot. Better to go out a bit and make a compost ring. You might want to put out the other 2 beds and fill them with organic matter so that it can compost over the winter.
Yep it’s not against it! That’s soil. I make a ring 💍
Yes, rabbit farming is the future. Wish I could be there. Kentucky fried rabbits
I've been hearing a lot about Jerusalem artichokes lately, and I'm wondering what rabbits think of the greens, since it is the roots that humans would consume. Have you tried that, or would you consider doing so?
... moon pebbles ...!.. our Amish construction crews use dedicated poopy pee pee spots at jobsites its under the center of the gable on new barns and the reason why they always wear suspenders ..!
Tune in, Dr. Elaine Ingham Soil Food Web school.... hours of audio podcasts and lectures.
Not sure if you know this (I learned the hard way), but using hay/straw for my garden was a big mistake. Although there is a lot of nutrients from my goat and chicken bedding, there is also a lot of herbicides that were sprayed on them to reduce the weeds.....so unless you know whats sprayed on the straw you buy, keep it away from your garden. I have 2 beds I added a lot that had tons of chicken waste in it 3 years ago, cant grow any brassicas at all. Spinach was ok. Tried beets and turnips with no luck.
@@jnaperski Should have broken down by year 3. Great advice either way. Don’t give up on it!
Keep feeding the soil.
True. Better buy hay from the Amish if you can. Most of the commercial hay is loaded with herbicide
You named your bunnies after Greek gods and goddesses? 😂 😂
Hell yeah no killing!
They are so much more than an unnecessary calorie consumption when we can provide them a whole and happy life as a sentient being we share this world with
Life must take life in order to live. Animal or plant. Read the Secret life of plants by Christopher Bird.
@@allouttabubblegum1984 what in my comment communicates I do not understand this?
We can acknowledge and respect the cycles of life and death we all experience without contributing directly to systems that cause the unnecessary harm and suffering.
9:53 I wouldn't encourage further domestication of wildlife just so we can 'close the loop'. We've done enough damage already. I wish zoos were better managed for this purpose though...
@AlexandraFasuloBiz.3 did you post this erroneously?
Composting toilets. Victor Hugo in Les Miserables, has a long section where he talks about the evils of the modern sewer systems and how it would negatively affect the poor and the famers.
Is regenerative farming scalable, especially can it be successful at large scale. some success stories at large scale.
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@@JaneThatcher89 thanks
Something to mull over in the same vain is whether “industrial organic” is sustainable. Pre-certification, organic was the way people grew produce-more like regenerative today. In order to scale to industrial size, it requires certification and standards, inviting the regulations that govern organic farming. For most of us, small & medium scale, with the human touch is very desirable-we accept industrial organic because it’s available broadly all year round in most stores-but it not our preference.
@@ttopero I Agree. Although large-scale regenerative farming is necessary, we should prioritize smaller, local farms that focus on quality and sustainability. By supporting local farmers' markets and sustainable agriculture initiatives we can create a more balanced and sustainable food system.
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