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You've figured me out, I'm definitely a lizard robot... thanks for blowing my cover!

Thanks!

CZcams is spying on your thoughts!

Bastards!!!​@@thehomesteadconsultant

I ripped off the idea from another youtuber, I wish I could remember who to give them credit. The clear cups let me take the trees out to see the roots while the red cups block light most of the time.

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Yeah. Wtf… wiggle wiggle yank. I pulled about 25 out, one handed, just a few days ago. Took like 5 lazy minutes.

That sometimes works in sandy or loamy soils. It does not work in clay soils, especially when the post is deep.

@@thehomesteadconsultant seems to work pretty good in Michigan clay, Virginia clay, and Kentucky clay. Never tried it in homestead clay though.

🤷‍♂️ maybe you're just outrageously 💪

Yep, back in the day when men were men and so were the woman, compared to men now days

Yes you can. That would have taken me several days with the number of posts I needed to remove.

@@thehomesteadconsultant oh you're still living in the fast lane 🤣

These elderberries are all still alive and thriving

It was raining for 2 days before I made this video and it was still this hard to pull out 🙄.

I love that you caught it! Yes, it's a small trowel that works better than any spatial that I can find 😆

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bro do you ever live? or do you exist in fear of the passage of time?

Look up the "cholesterol myth" and dive down the rabbit hole my friend (avoid Google as they have scrubbed any real information). I intentionally eat a TON of cholesterol and saturated fats. I have perfect health numbers and have cured several supposed "genetic conditions, and feel better in my 40s than in my 20s because of eating this was. What we have been told about food is nearly 100% ass backward.

I find that hard to believe but hey if it's working for you by all means keep doing it though I'd still be wary.

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Exercise

Thank you!

That is an option, but a properly driven t-post in dry clay soil would not come out that way. It is also likely to bend you t-post when trying to remove it when it is driven deep enough. Here is a video of the method you are mentioning. czcams.com/video/ukvE7TQMizQ/video.htmlsi=bxxwMB8HjffOWFx7

The swale is designed to have specific overflow points to prevent any damage. It was designed so that the amount of water collecting above it does not exceed the amount of water the system can handle. See how that works here czcams.com/users/shortsD1bmmScitlA?feature=share

@@thehomesteadconsultant Thanks ,wish you could come to our place. We have a creek that washed out and trying to figure out how to fill in the banks. Plus a pond that gets slimy every summer and needs to have the overflow rebuilt. Thanks for the channel !👍

😆 possibly, but who cares!

If that level of production was managed properly, it would shift from being one of the worst thing for the environment to being one of the better things.

Thank you, I'm glad you found it helpful!

A terrace is a flat, stair step structure that gas a much steaper face. They are often used in a similar way to distribute water, but they have several differences in their construction and overall purpose.

Yes, they are fruit trees and we are working on filling out all the spaces between with fruit bushes and herbs.

I concur!

The original mix that we planted was natives, these are volunteers so some may be non-native.

Cool, I'm meeting lots of great people through Nostr!

Some people fill them with mulch, but I don’t know how healthy that is for peoples plants. Due to the wood chips sitting in standing water. I don’t know what kinds of ecological and bacterial/fungal issues you could get from it.

Thanks for your thought. Yes, that could work but I opted to dig real swales where they were because I never intended for the trenches to be permanent

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Free T-posts!

Glad to have you here! Aaron really pushed my chanel forward! What state are you building in?

@@thehomesteadconsultant Florida

This guy is a legend 😊😊😊

@@leonsaquaponicsandhomegard6793 you're to generous 😆 thanks!

I have found that creating the right environment (heavy mulch and tillage radish in this case) is very effective and that, in the long run, not disturbing the soil is a better option. Just my opinion though.

@@thehomesteadconsultant I wouldn't suggest it as annual task, but a one broadforking, which doesn't up end or alter the soil profile could give you a jumpstart especially if you have a claypan. Raking sand or compost into the tine holes could help with soil infiltration in many soil conditions. Tillage radishes will also do this but may take reseeding them for several seasons to get down to 16 to 18 inches. Think of it like Yeoman's Keyline Plowing.

You are correct. I miss spoke/miss typed :(

Good call, it's hard to remember to ask when I'm out making the video.

I had not heard of that, thanks for the info!