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Observe Long-Term Soil and Pasture Improvement

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Changing our DIRT into SOIL on the farm without chemicals!

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The speaker revisits areas where hay was applied two to three years prior, showcasing lush, green grass where previously there was bare dirt or gullies. This demonstrates the long-term effectiveness of returning carbonaceous material and manure to the soil. A key indicator of success is the presence of earthworms found beneath cow patties, signifying a healthy, nutrient-rich soil ecosystem.

Goal: After several years, observe the positive effects of the hay application, including improved grass growth, reduced erosion, and a return of beneficial soil organisms like earthworms.

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  • Cow patties

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minute but if you look out through the field here you can see green specks green spots all over the place I hope you enjoyed that drone footage by the way and that little fly over and you can kind of see the area that we're talking about now so if you look you see green that's green there's like a green stripe going straight down through there it's not as green here and it's not as green well it's way green over there because the cows haven't been in there but this was a gully this was a mess and we rolled out hay on it and it started out just like up here let me show you the cows are really helping us restore our pasture land here and all this was pushed off this was all bare dirt three and a half years ago so this is what it looked like before and then I can still see some residual hay if you look straight out through there it's just beautiful luscious and green I tell you what building soil is something that I really pride myself in we want our earthworms back we want our microbes back we want to build our soil so that our animals build muscle so that we can enjoy life with our animals here on the farm and everything has a symbiotic relationship so guys thanks a lot for joining me here on the Stoney Ridge farm today I hope you enjoyed this little video I hope it gives you I guess a thought process that you need to have for building soil and for building your land this is the thought process bring carbon in put carbon down get these guys to put out that good but fertilizer and your pastures will grow and be awesome I cannot wait to move my cows over onto this section of pasture right here the grass is almost waist high it's going to be super duper cool guys thanks a lot found that like button jump in here subscribe the channel I just wanted to share a little tidbit of information with you and talk about a little technology we're using here on the farm all right see you next time bring-bring here in sweet that's way suppose Denise don't agree guys before we go you can learn a lot about your pastures by kicking over our cow pie just kick one over check this out open up the Christmas present look at that bagel fatty earthworm nice that's what we want guys that's what we're looking for right there cover that guy back up a myriad of cow pies out here awesome

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