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Establish Rotational Grazing Infrastructure

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Small scale regenerative farming..here's how I do it!

What happens here

To facilitate effective mob grazing and compost integration, it's essential to establish a well-planned infrastructure. This includes setting up a reliable water system, such as a solar-powered well that feeds a water cistern (e.g., a Northern Tool 1500-gallon tank) which then gravity-feeds water to various waterers throughout the farm. This ensures animals have access to water regardless of power outages. Additionally, a robust fencing system is needed. The video highlights 'Tornado Wire' for permanent perimeter fencing and 'Polybraid' electric wire with 'pig-tail step-in posts' for creating temporary, easily movable paddocks. Fencing off natural waterways is critical to prevent contamination and maintain water quality. This infrastructure allows for precise control over where and when animals graze, maximizing the distribution of manure and trampled organic matter, effectively integrating compost into the soil.

Goal: Set up essential infrastructure like solar-powered water systems and movable electric fences to enable controlled rotational grazing, a key aspect of natural compost integration.

Tools and materials

  • Electric Fence Charger N/A — Energizing the electric fences to contain livestock (implied by 'hot' wire)
  • Electric Fence Handle — Safely opening and closing electric fence gates to move animals
  • Pig-tail Step-in Posts N/A — Supporting the polybraid electric wire for easy and quick paddock setup
  • Polybraid Electric Wire N/A — Creating temporary internal paddocks for rotational grazing
  • Solar Well System — Powering water supply throughout the farm, ensuring continuous water access for animals
  • Tornado Wire — Permanent perimeter fencing for strong animal containment
  • Water Cistern
  • Waterers — Providing drinking access for cattle in each paddock

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do so we've got a solar well set up over here the solar well Powers all the water on the farm for the cattle what happens when the Sun goes behind the clouds is the solar well doesn't work so there's a big water tank a water cistern 1500 gallons of storage for the cows now they don't drink as much when it's cool and when it's rainy and they also get a lot of moisture from the the grass itself that's right girl so we don't really have to prepare so much for the watering but we do have to turn on our water cistern so that water falls down to each of our waterers all throughout the farm this whole system is fed by gravity which is really cool I'll post a link at the end of this video to some of the Water System videos they're really really good and educational so when I

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