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.
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.
There's this two year old USGS video called "Can rock dams reverse climate change?" that really hit home for a lot of people, with an adjacent reference valley without rock structures. I've changed a number of minds with that one.
@@mathiasfriman8927 I remember that video. It was a night-n-day difference between the two valleys even though they were right next door to each other. And all these years later..... the government agencies are still moving at a glacial pace.
Peter Andrews is an original genius. His work just makes sense. Good on you for adopting his simple and effective methods of land restoration. Thank you for posting.
Peter certainly opened our eyes. There are many concepts out there and once you see them clearly taking the best from all will certainly make a difference overall.
Slowing down water is the answer to almost every question in land management. CCTs and leaky weirs can save this planet. That and about 200 million more beavers. :)
Thank you for the video! The simple truth that you can literally dump your picked stones at roughly strategic points in a gully cannot be said loud enough. I hope many, many people see this and other proof like it.
Your spot on, in Australia we have become the best at land water drainage. The time has come to start reversing all those theories and start establishing ponds and billabongs again.
Hi there, the diversity blew my mind. From the aquatic plants that started to grow and then came the animals. Just goes to show that every environment came be brought back from such a simple method.
Hello from Southern Oregon, fairly dry here for months at a time. We are doing this in some ditches on our property, quite excited to see what happens. 😊
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
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
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
Great job !! I would recommend to fence that area from stock, seeing they have troughs for water, saving trampling,pugging the soil & eating the regrowth.
As time and money presents its self this area will certainly be isolated from the cattle like the swales we are protecting. Thanks for watching and the ideas. Cheers
I am a strong believer in using ponds to create healthy systems, the sedges and reeds do a great job of filtering the water, slowing the flow and even for a dam, having water filter through them only benefits everything, just look how important beaver dams are to Nth American waterways
We call them "rock riffles" in Western Australia. The main purpose, (as promoted by Landcare groups in the 1990s), was to improve "disolved oxygen" fed into the stream flow.. But the effect of slowing down velocity, improving bank absortion, slowing down erosion and better silt travel is showing big benefits. Just shows the value that "citizen science" is doing to our river health. Keep it up!
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.
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.
There's this two year old USGS video called "Can rock dams reverse climate change?" that really hit home for a lot of people, with an adjacent reference valley without rock structures. I've changed a number of minds with that one.
@@mathiasfriman8927 I remember that video. It was a night-n-day difference between the two valleys even though they were right next door to each other. And all these years later..... the government agencies are still moving at a glacial pace.
This is a brilliant example of the concept of leaky weirs. Thanks for uploading.
Thanks - cheers Pedder
Peter Andrews is an original genius.
His work just makes sense.
Good on you for adopting his simple and effective methods of land restoration.
Thank you for posting.
Peter certainly opened our eyes. There are many concepts out there and once you see them clearly taking the best from all will certainly make a difference overall.
Slowing down water is the answer to almost every question in land management.
CCTs and leaky weirs can save this planet.
That and about 200 million more beavers. :)
totally agree!
Thank you for the video! The simple truth that you can literally dump your picked stones at roughly strategic points in a gully cannot be said loud enough. I hope many, many people see this and other proof like it.
Your spot on, in Australia we have become the best at land water drainage. The time has come to start reversing all those theories and start establishing ponds and billabongs again.
Incredible the diversity of aquatic plants you’ve had spring up out of a former dry gully.
Hi there, the diversity blew my mind. From the aquatic plants that started to grow and then came the animals. Just goes to show that every environment came be brought back from such a simple method.
I am really interested in Peter’s work. It’s great to see you using he’s method also👍👍. Chris
Frogs = healthy ecosystem 👍🏽 Peter Andrews is a legend.
Hey Roman, Peter is certainly a legend - check out PA Yeoman he's also up there. Cheers
@@FatCowFarmTatong Will do, keep up the good work! Just subscribed.
Hello from Southern Oregon, fairly dry here for months at a time. We are doing this in some ditches on our property, quite excited to see what happens. 😊
It sounds like we are on the journey, good luck cheers.
LOVE
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
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
So sick to see all the life supported by the water now, a few nice trees to sit under and it would be lovely to sit out there
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.
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
Great job !! I would recommend to fence that area from stock, seeing they have troughs for water, saving trampling,pugging the soil & eating the regrowth.
As time and money presents its self this area will certainly be isolated from the cattle like the swales we are protecting. Thanks for watching and the ideas. Cheers
Lomandra longifolia, great riparian zone sedge/bush that gets deep roots and stops erosion
Brilliant effort. Keep up the great work
Thanks Graham much appreciated. Cheers
The proof o the pudding is in the eating!
So easy to do. There's no excuse now 🙂
It’s called a beaver dam in Canada
I am a strong believer in using ponds to create healthy systems, the sedges and reeds do a great job of filtering the water, slowing the flow and even for a dam, having water filter through them only benefits everything, just look how important beaver dams are to Nth American waterways
Hey Mark that's great, I'm glad you enjoy the videos. Take care.
Nice
I'd probably fence it off, the cows will ruin it.
We call them "rock riffles" in Western Australia. The main purpose, (as promoted by Landcare groups in the 1990s), was to improve "disolved oxygen" fed into the stream flow.. But the effect of slowing down velocity, improving bank absortion, slowing down erosion and better silt travel is showing big benefits. Just shows the value that "citizen science" is doing to our river health. Keep it up!