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Integrate Organic Matter and Dispose of Debris

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What happens here

Use a wood chipper, powered by the Massey Ferguson 240 tractor, to convert smaller branches and woody debris into wood chips. These chips will then be spread across the field to help retain soil moisture and build organic matter. Alternatively, use the John Deere tractor's bucket to scrape up piles of remaining debris and organic matter, such as wood chips and branches, and transport them to a large hole to fill it. This process helps to dispose of unwanted organic material while simultaneously filling depressions in the landscape and adding beneficial organic matter to the soil.

Goal: Process smaller branches into wood chips using a chipper for soil improvement, and use a tractor to move collected organic debris into a designated hole.

Tools and materials

  • Hearing Protection
  • John Deere Tractor with Bucket
  • Massey Ferguson 240 Tractor
  • Safety Glasses
  • Wood Chipper

What they say

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now you might be wondering what all this debris is and what all this mess is well this is what we scraped up with the Titan landscape rake back here off of this pasture so basically we pulled to each corner there three corners one two and three we've already cleaned up the first two corners and we've got a big hole over here right behind this oak tree right there that we're dumping all the debris so that we fill in that big old hole over there so what I'm doing is scraping all this stuff up putting it in the bucket taking it over there dumping it in the hole come back sweep up with the ventrac and then move on to the next section of pasture this will be pasture in three months there will be grass growing on this it will be beautiful luscious and green [Music] now you might be saying well Josh why don't you just plow the bucket right into the power right here and pick it up well because it hits rocks and sticks and prevents me from filling the bucket up without gouging into the earth that's already there and I don't want to go in and take any topsoil all I want to take is this mess away so that's why we're using the ventrac right now as a broom to sweep up smooth out and move on to the next spot to me one of the most important parts of starting a farm this is going to be a first generation farm is making the land beautiful and making it a beautiful places you can be proud of that's where landscaping machines like this come into effect you can't do it all with just a farm tractor you just can't do it all [Music] [Applause] we got how many more hours a day like we have four and a half more hours if they like we've got about eight hours worth of work to do he's get busy fired the wood chipper horsepower chipper like a champion man I like that chipper that thing it just never ceases to amaze me this is the third time I've used it and it is just eaten up some good I wish I had time enough to chip that whole big pile over there this stuff is really good for the soil we'll go back over it with the rake spread it out a little bit and it'll help the soil retain moisture rad so with all three vehicles down here

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