@@3waroyrow2022 Yes. The evil will wither like blades of grass in the fields and God has already won the victory. My comment reflects my opinion that Joel can do more good continuing with his current role of educating and contending for a sensible, sustainable, resilient food production system that working for an organization already subjugated to the forces intent on the control and exploitation of life on Earth. Just because you worship God does not mean God will keep you from death by the evil ones. Ask Jesus, his disciples or John the Baptist. By confronting the WHO, Joel would become a target. Jesus himself avoided Jerusalem before His time had come, because He still had work to do in the provinces.
NEVER walk behind Joel.... This is the BEST video I have ever seen of Joel speaking in conversation instead of giving a speech. He is still teaching, but its a conversation as much as an interview!! Mike, you knocked this one out of the park!! I can't wait to see the rest of the videos..
Absolutely. This is one of my favourite permaculture/homesteading videos. Has convinced me to look at buying (ideally) sloping land. The conversation type presentation of the video is absolute gold!
I believe Joel is a living, walking, breathing book of knowledge! I'll be honest Mike, my head was spinning from some of the stuff he was just able to rattle off and know like the back of his hand.
Joel was raised by a family with generations of agricultural knowledge done the right way. In addition, he has gathered an abundance of knowledge from reading and interacting with pioneers that went before him. His books list the authors on whose shoulders he has stood. We all have an obligation to pass on the good knowledge that we have learned. In addition, the best way to learn a subject well is to teach it to someone else.
One of the principles of Permaculture is to identify the God-given resources that sustain life, like water, solar and organic matter created by microorganisms in living soil and allow them to nurture the environment. Industrial agriculture destroys the natural resources and replaces them with synthetic inputs purchased from corporations.
You guys have really stepped up your game in this Polyface Farm series. So impressed! Well done mike and lacie. Drone shots, music, intro, interviews. Great work
As a New Mexican I couldn't agree with Joel more. We are in such a critical water situation, The problem here is the people that make the decisions about where to spend the money in our state are bunched in 3 CITIES. Those of us that live in the country have a hard time making them understand that they are wasting OUR water.
show portions of this video to your city council and county leaders....it has to be socialized because they are in a mindset of concrete/construction for every solution....vs. organic.
@@AB-ol5uz My city council is so far removed from the "powers that be" I live in a very rural, farming and ranching area. Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Las Cruces are the most populace areas They don't care they want pretty streets, clean areas and would have a coniption fit if someone put anything like this anywhere near their Mc Mansion. Very sad. We are always last in education, 1st in child hood hunger, 1st in crime both property and personal. Now mind you most of those statistics on crime come from those same Ivory tower neighborhoods that are destroying the rest of this state. Not a night goes by that we aren't hearing about another murder or 2 in Albuquerque, Guess where they are trying to defund the police. Sorry I'll get off my soapbox, just very frustrating.
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I kept trying to get this idea through to the mayor & city council of Colorado Springs... to no avail. They don't get it. They also don't understand that it would both prevent flooding and help stop wildfires, and provide water sources to put those fires out. They don't listen. I don't live there anymore.
@ nmdispatchlady , The problem is not only where the state leaders are located but who they are. If you'll notice , Democrats gather in and control the cities. The mayor , the city council , the city attorney , are usually Democrat . Thus they have control of a large number of people in a concentrated area. And from the city their power spreads out like the tentacles of an octopus to the county. If they control enough counties they can control the state. They will get the people to believe that they are going to do for the people while their real goal is to gather political power. It's like the child molester offering a lollipop to a child without the child asking what do I have to do for the lollipop? Or what happens if I take the lollipop? Makes me think of the story about the turtle and the scorpion at the river that both want to cross. The scorpion asks to ride on the turtle's back across the river. No , replied the turtle because you'll sting me and I'll die. No I won't replied the scorpion. I promise. So the turtle let the scorpion get onto it's back and started across the river. Just as they approached the other bank , the Scorpion said " I can swim from here " and stung the turtle. " But you promised " said the turtle. " I know " replied the Scorpion. " So why did you sting me so that I'll die ?", asked the turtle . " Especially after you promised that you would not sting me and I gave you the ride on my back , " said the turtle. " I am a scorpion after all and that is what scorpions do ! " , said the scorpion. " You should have known better than to trust a scorpion . " It is that way with Democrats. It is not what they say they will do for you. It is what they do to you that matters. So who is responsible ? Those who voted the Democrats into office are the ultimate responsible ones. And for those who keep the Democrats in office ? Shame on you ! Be wise in how you vote in Nov.
That water system in the stream is something I used to do with my father. We had the same kind of water set up and the best tasting water. It supplied out house which was totally off grid, no electricity. We had a generator we’d run a few times a year. Once for Christmas for the tree, also to run a slot car track, and the occasional movie night.
Just the laughter of your family and the perspective you give on the clear pond with the camera, hearing him give all this information. Wonderful, thank you for this video.
13:38 Blew my mind. It was slow at work yesterday and I spent most of the day researching about irrigation, sprinklers, and pumps. It became obvious right away that the pump would be the most expensive aspect of the system. It took me looking at pumps all day to realize that I was all wrong, that the cost of a pump capable of the flow and pressure needed to spray from many large sprinklers to water a pasture would be many thousands of dollars. The answer was to look at small, cheap, high pressure pumps that could slowly pump water uphill into a reservoir. Joel is absolutely right, gravity can give you all the pressure and flow you need to run even a large irrigation system.
@ Jody Chapple , In general , the eastern states do not have the extremely dry wild fire conditions as they do in the western states. But controlling soil erosion would be helpful as well as helping to control flooding.
@@donaldmiller8629 Thanks for that. And yes the flooding, I didn't think about that. I'm from QLD Australia so don't know a great deal about weather and land conditions in America. Here everywhere has the potential to do everything. Lol
@@jodychapple5351 , Well , California has six seasons. Spring , summer , fire season , fall , winter , flood and mud slide season , and that brings us back to spring again. The way te cycle works is this . Spring brings the end of the winter rains. Then there is the growth of the weeds and rush such as the tumble weeds . The photos that you see of a nice green flowering California are not like that much past the beginning of April. Mid April is when the heat starts and the drying begins. Summer is hotter and drier. Then the fire season begins and burns the vegetation off and burns on into fall . At the end of fall it cools off and the fires are usually over as the vegetation is now all burned off. Then comes winter and the rains. Then you have the floods and the mud slides because there is not vegetation to hold the soil together. Because of the rains the weeds and tumble weeds grow again in the spring and we are now prepared to begin all over again. It's a yearly cycle. Year after year. Any ideas ?
Would love to see a diagram or pictures of the concrete-made pond collar system and the layout of the three of them protecting the pipe and seep prevention. Thanks 😊
My dad knew where my great grandmother's homestead was and we'd take rides there to pick apples from trees they had started. There was a natural spring on the land we'd drink from delicious!
Great video! I was wondering if the Salatins use the pond water for drinking water in their house. Joel is such a brilliant and also practical man. The earth could use a few million copies of Mr. Salatin around the world in every country. Thank you for helping spread Mr. Salatin's wisdom through your videos.
Fantastic!! PERFECT!!! First time viewer, now subscriber, multi-generational Farmer. I greatly appreciate your hard work finding people like this. You did Good!! REAL GOOD
I’d seen his water distro system on other CZcams channels and I’m still so impressed with what he has been able to do with no mechanical means That’s the way to do it 👍👍
Thank you guys sooo much for this video! Our family is trying to figure out the best water solution for our homestead. We are currently off grid and Joel's wisdom and experience is priceless!!
Water, water everywhere.. Great opener.. Dead right about how important it is... In fact it is THE most important factor when considering any homestead or off grid habitat.. It is the life blood of everything.. Utilities ie gas, electricity etc you can do without, they aren't life essentials,, Water is..Great video. 👌👍👌
I am really enjoying your Polyface farm series. Such a wealth of knowledge and information! And how generous of Joel Salatin to spend so much time taking you all around and explaining all of his systems. I think this will be extremely helpful for homesteaders all over the country and the world.
~~~Edit: Oh my gosh! I'm putting this quote in my email signature!!!: The tragedy of the human experience is not that we're lazy...... ....The tragedy of the human experience is that we're busy about the wrong things!~~~ WOWWWWWW freaking WOWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mister Mike, have you ever watched Weed 'em and Reep? I feel like this incredible video goes hand in hand with their "flood irrigation". They live in Arizona and have flood irrigation that comes from a natural pond and allows them to water their yards naturally, therefor not using up water from the aquifers. It's pretty cool stuff! Also, I had no idea you were doing this series and after watching the pig video and seeing that you had this video..... I am so utterly, even more impressed than I already was with your channel! What incredibly useful and informative content you and your beautiful family have provided! Again, thank you, thank you, thank you so much! (Does Polyface Farm allow visitors in general? If so, how does it work? I'm not near the level of homesteading as your family is but I'd love to go see his farm and pick his brain. I have chickens for the first time this year and I am absolutely in love with raising them. We are thinking about getting a couple of pigs (Yorkshires thanks to the other video I saw of you with Polyface Farm) for meat but I'd love to ask him some questions as related to my current property and possibly building up the environment around me. Dang.... I am so sorry I type so much. I know you guys are soooo stinking busy. Sharing this video too because I can't WAIT to see you guys get to 100k followers! You WILL absolutely get there sir!
Research water rights in the western states. Water rights are actually purchased, and you can get in serious trouble (and even wind up dead in some areas) if you violate them.
@@Jasonsfarm So true! Water means money out west. People fight over the rights for it and jealously guard access to it. A friend who lives in Albuquerque told me land along the river is $1 million an acre and land a mile up the hill is $1 per acre.
@@jackfanning7952 Property with water rights is far more expensive, no doubt. You can find decentish land for less than $2k an acre in Utah, but with no water rights. That'll be another $2-3k per acre foot of water right. By the time you add it all up, in North Carolina or Virginia, in fertile soil with plenty of rain and ownership of any water on or under the land, $4300 per acre doesn't look so bad.
Brand new subscriber today. I've seen you on the Hollar Homestead channel and finally came over to check yours out. Like it so far! Hope you reach the 100,000 soon!
You and Joel are my mentors and others from CZcams. I believe one if these fine days I will visit Joel Salatin too and enjoy what you Fit farmer and Justin Rhodes enjoy. Thanks for putting out this educational videos out for us to see and learn
A well known, old time technique to seal the bottom of a pond but you still need to pay attention to other techniques to keep the dam from breaking. See pond-building by Geoff Lawton.
@ Valeria Lamberti , But , the Liberal Democrats would hate Joel Salatin as the president. For one thing he would be too much like Trump. Too much doing for the people and not enough for the Democrat Party.
@@valerialamberti9037 , I did not mean to imply that they have the same personality. But they are similar forthright men. Like , okay , let's move on and get something accomplished.
An absolutely amazing video all the way around. I've been binging from the beginning since i first found you three days ago so it's fascinating to see how big your baby is!
My family and I are starting a farm on an 8 hectare plot and Mike, I jus gotta say thank you so much for going there and sharing this unique,rare gold with us man! My first time watching your videos and you just gained a like share and a subscriber! Cant wait to watch more of your videos mate!
This was so informative! We recently bought 6.4 acres in the mountains and it's slightly sloped, now I need to figure out how to get the most out of that slope. Would you recommend any videos and/or books to help with that? His explanation of the water being gravity fed down the slope was amazing. I could totally get on a bike and have awesome pressure lol great video!!
@ Desarae Daniels , But you don't need to use a Bicycle to pump the water. You only need to save and store the water up on the slope. Gravity will bring the water down. You don't even need a lot of height. Check out Doug and Stacie on U-TUBE They store the rainwater in tanks in their barn which is only six or maybe eight feet above their house. In fact , to look at it , it looks almost level. Gravity takes the water from the barn to their house. The source of the water ? It comes from the roof of their barn. There is a fellow in Arizona that collects rainwater. His land is very flat. He collects the rainwater from the roof of his house. And now he has made a collection " roof ? " about three feet above ground . But it is sloped by three or four inches. ( the pitch ) . The rainwater is collected and directed into pipes which go to the water storage tanks that are buried in the ground. In his case he does have to pump the water to his house. For him the main thing is to have a source of water. My land has only a very slight slope to it. So my pond is slightly elevated above ground level. I use a roof system on ground level to collect rain and direct that water into the pond. My chickens use that roof for shade and shelter from hawks. Water is gravity flow to my gardens and chickens. The pond is replenished every time it rains. Or even with a heavy dew . Give your situation some thought. Brainstorm some ideas. One or more of them may work. If you have a slope you are already a step ahead. Now devise a way to collect and store rainwater.
@@donaldmiller8629 Hey thanks so much! We're not living on our land yet, but definitely collecting what we can and rain water collection is going to be a big part for us. First thing is leveling out a way to get onto the property lol cutting trees down and planning! These are great tips and will be making notes of them for the future, thanks again!
just a response to his comment about figuring out a way to prevent the landscape from getting drier each year. We are constantly destroying plants which provide shade to the ground which keeps the soil moist and prevents the loss of soil. wouldn't more efforts of replacing the trees and vegetation we are destroying just restore the moisture in the landscape and improve the ecosystem all while trapping and collecting more water? just some thoughts im not very smart or knowledgable on agriculture and irrigation. great vid brother wish you and your family many blessings to come! thanks for taking the time to make these videos.
Mankind needs the acreage, it rips trees out in the Amazon rain forest at a rate of minimum of 3 billion trees a year.. Man needs the space to grow food, and put domesticated animals, plus housing.. I agree with you and the gentleman n this video,, we are crazy.. We are blundering this earth to a point of No return.. When in fact we should be enriching this earth.. But Mankind never, ever learns..
Well, we don't have a lot of beavers these days to build all the ponds they'd be building. And of course, planting more cover crops, hedgerows, and trees would be a good help in restoring the soil's water. Allowing livestock to stimulate plant growth also keeps more water in the soil.
Soil organic matter (OM) is a key component of increasing water holding capacity within the soil, which decreases need for watering and can have direct impact on groundwater levels. Joel talks about it at length in a number of videos. His grazing method increases OM. Check out the Savory Institute and White Oak Pastures Down in GA to learn more. It’s easy to fixate in the rainforest, but reality is you can make a noticeable effect in your own ecosystem before you will in that ecosystem. Not trying to downplay the issue, just instead focus on what the average landowner and person in the US can do now.
@@steelegoing Did you know that mankind is stripping trees out of the Amazon rain forest at a rate of 1 billion trees a year...Minimum!! It is Mankind that has created these terrible legacies, Mankind that pollutes the earth's atmosphere,, We are ALL part of this, and cannot escape that fact,, Mankind advances, not caring about the future, only the now.. The future of mankind will be short in comparison to the dinosaurs, Mankind never, ever learns from his mistakes.
@@markb1487 , One of the first things to understand is that weather patterns tend to flow from west to east The moisture ( humidity ) rising from the Amazon basin tends to form the rainfall for Africa. So removing millions of trees in the Amazon Basin changes the amount of rainfall for Africa. So , why are the trees being removed in the Amazon Basin ? It is mostly to provide grazing for beef. But , the former forest land is not good for growing grasses. It will only grow good grass for about three to four years. And then you need new forest land again for growing grass. So , more trees are cut down. It takes so much time for the trees to grow that the former forest land will not recover . In the meantime , Africa becomes drier and drier from lack of rain. More and more land becomes desert. A self defeating cycle. If you really want to help , you can reduce your patronage of places such as MacDonald's and BurgerKing .
The climate is getting drier here. I'm working on how to distribute my spring water without grid tied power. First step is three small ponds in the main section. Then a 12V pump connected to a solar panel to pump water to tanks uphill.
I can't thank Joel enough for showing you guys all of this, and that y'all got to taste the water ! I remember as a kid, the water ( from the well) on my folk's farm here in Dunn county, WI ( the western, very hilly & clay soils side of the county) , tasted pretty good, now it's harder, and not quite the same. I'm sure this was so much better than most any I've ever had tho.. . SO glad your kids were there for all of this , so amazing for them ! So useful for them to carry with into the rest of their lives ! My husband did point out that in even a 3 story home, you'd have very little pressure, for gravity fed system. Not that it can't be a great way to live off grid ! Just that you won't be able to have pressurized sprayers in your shower or kit. sink, etc. . Thanks for all of this !!
I am so grateful that I stumbled across your channel. The ideas and knowledge are priceless. And you are obviously passionate about what you are showing, which makes it a pleasure to watch.
We used to live in the Front Royal Va up on a mtn. We live about 45 min away now. We frequently drive down skyline drive just for those views. Had a visitor last week and I was telling her how much I love living in this area. Unfortunately we had to move off our farm and now live in a small town. Would love to be able to do most of this stuff for some fantastic water once again.
Found your channel about 3:00 am yesterday, trust me very interesting. One of biggest prayer each day is to a start a layer 🐔 coop am so inspired bless God for you....🇯🇲
I love a good water tower. For home and garden use you don’t need a ton of pressure so as long as it’s 8 feet up you’ll be happy. Just remember if you want to use irrigation systems or drip lines, they are designed for certain pressure which needs to be regulated.
This man sure has a passion to share his knowledge just wonderful-but I enjoy yall just as much on your adventures and new things yall learn and share :) great video-thanks for sharing
I saw a negative comment on Amazon about one of Joel's books. About how Joel gets on the pedestal to talk about all the worlds problems ect. evt. Which is the gist of the problem with a lot of people in the system. They don't see the holistic planet wide system of nature is what trumps the fake industrial systems that have attempted to replace nature and failed miserably. Joel's wisdom like old Indian chief's is priceless. His ability to put it all together needs to be followed by as many as possible. The state and their Artificial Imtelligence surveillance satellite systems war machine and operation dumb em down television additive drugs disguised as food ect. wants us all to think about anything and everything except where we came from and where we ought to be heading. Thanks much for spreading Joel's word. Great video !
Awesome video Joel is just full of information because of his experience and what I like the most is it's usually not expensive to implement. For one he doesn't fight nature but tries to utilize it and work with it. Keep up the good work and God bless you all
The first ponds that he put in he hired a guy at the going rates to dig the ponds. Now he has equipment to do it himself. Sorry but I can't tell you exactly how much it cost.I just remember Joel talking about it in his books.
Wow you guys got the royal tour. You are a great story teller sir. Definitely found your niche and the family is awesome and with the game plan. Keep it up everyone and you guys got 100K before Christmas!
I love that man, he should be in charge of World Health Organisation because he knows what he is talking about. Daddy Earth.
He wouldn't last too long. he makes too much sense. The evil people would kill him. Maybe when Jesus returns, he will have a job like that for Joel.
There shouldn’t be a world health organization, or a worldwide organization of any kind, they will be the death of all humanity.
Joel is perfectly fitted for the earthly paradise, not heaven! He would be teaching everyone how to enhance the earth
@@jackfanning7952 those evil will kill themselves. The Lord God whom he believes in protects Joel Salatin from all harm. Psalms 91 is Joel's portion
@@3waroyrow2022 Yes. The evil will wither like blades of grass in the fields and God has already won the victory. My comment reflects my opinion that Joel can do more good continuing with his current role of educating and contending for a sensible, sustainable, resilient food production system that working for an organization already subjugated to the forces intent on the control and exploitation of life on Earth. Just because you worship God does not mean God will keep you from death by the evil ones. Ask Jesus, his disciples or John the Baptist. By confronting the WHO, Joel would become a target. Jesus himself avoided Jerusalem before His time had come, because He still had work to do in the provinces.
NEVER walk behind Joel.... This is the BEST video I have ever seen of Joel speaking in conversation instead of giving a speech. He is still teaching, but its a conversation as much as an interview!! Mike, you knocked this one out of the park!! I can't wait to see the rest of the videos..
We wish we could have just recorded him talk all day! It was such a special time with him, we never expected him to spend all day with us.
Absolutely. This is one of my favourite permaculture/homesteading videos. Has convinced me to look at buying (ideally) sloping land. The conversation type presentation of the video is absolute gold!
My goodness, I wish I had 1% of the knowledge this man has. So intelligent.
Real life knowledge trumps Marxist PhDs any day.
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Me too
Stop wishing but listen to him more, learn and be willing to do what he teaches you
@@3waroyrow2022 I do thanks very much. Its called a compliment
I believe Joel is a living, walking, breathing book of knowledge! I'll be honest Mike, my head was spinning from some of the stuff he was just able to rattle off and know like the back of his hand.
Joel was raised by a family with generations of agricultural knowledge done the right way. In addition, he has gathered an abundance of knowledge from reading and interacting with pioneers that went before him. His books list the authors on whose shoulders he has stood. We all have an obligation to pass on the good knowledge that we have learned. In addition, the best way to learn a subject well is to teach it to someone else.
I have loved and truly admired Joel for years. It is so nice to see him able to share this with more and more people now. He has blown up... FINALLY.
This guys idea of water catchment is amazing! Why aren’t we working on this system!
Get on it.
One of the principles of Permaculture is to identify the God-given resources that sustain life, like water, solar and organic matter created by microorganisms in living soil and allow them to nurture the environment. Industrial agriculture destroys the natural resources and replaces them with synthetic inputs purchased from corporations.
Why? Because there isn't any big bucks in being self sufficient. Why? It makes too much sense.
Well meaning but poorly educated environmentalists.
@@dw5523 Who are you talking about? Educate your listeners.
You guys have really stepped up your game in this Polyface Farm series. So impressed! Well done mike and lacie. Drone shots, music, intro, interviews. Great work
Thanks so much!
That pond was absolutely beautiful and I’m sure the camera didn’t pick up all it glory. Thanks for sharing this.
Not at all. It was beautiful and clear.
The time spent with Joel has been invaluable......enjoyed every moment and truly appreciate you sharing with all of us viewers
As a New Mexican I couldn't agree with Joel more. We are in such a critical water situation, The problem here is the people that make the decisions about where to spend the money in our state are bunched in 3 CITIES. Those of us that live in the country have a hard time making them understand that they are wasting OUR water.
show portions of this video to your city council and county leaders....it has to be socialized because they are in a mindset of concrete/construction for every solution....vs. organic.
@@AB-ol5uz My city council is so far removed from the "powers that be" I live in a very rural, farming and ranching area. Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Las Cruces are the most populace areas They don't care they want pretty streets, clean areas and would have a coniption fit if someone put anything like this anywhere near their Mc Mansion. Very sad. We are always last in education, 1st in child hood hunger, 1st in crime both property and personal. Now mind you most of those statistics on crime come from those same Ivory tower neighborhoods that are destroying the rest of this state. Not a night goes by that we aren't hearing about another murder or 2 in Albuquerque, Guess where they are trying to defund the police. Sorry I'll get off my soapbox, just very frustrating.
I kept trying to get this idea through to the mayor & city council of Colorado Springs... to no avail. They don't get it. They also don't understand that it would both prevent flooding and help stop wildfires, and provide water sources to put those fires out. They don't listen.
I don't live there anymore.
It is quite frustrating to have some of the answers but no one willing to listen.
@ nmdispatchlady ,
The problem is not only where the state leaders are located but who they are. If you'll notice , Democrats gather in and control the cities. The mayor , the city council , the city attorney , are usually Democrat . Thus they have control of a large number of people in a concentrated area. And from the city their power spreads out like the tentacles of an octopus to the county. If they control enough counties they can control the state. They will get the people to believe that they are going to do for the people while their real goal is to gather political power. It's like the child molester offering a lollipop to a child without the child asking what do I have to do for the lollipop? Or what happens if I take the lollipop? Makes me think of the story about the turtle and the scorpion at the river that both want to cross. The scorpion asks to ride on the turtle's back across the river. No , replied the turtle because you'll sting me and I'll die. No I won't replied the scorpion. I promise. So the turtle let the scorpion get onto it's back and started across the river. Just as they approached the other bank , the Scorpion said " I can swim from here " and stung the turtle. " But you promised " said the turtle. " I know " replied the Scorpion. " So why did you sting me so that I'll die ?", asked the turtle . " Especially after you promised that you would not sting me and I gave you the ride on my back , " said the turtle. " I am a scorpion after all and that is what scorpions do ! " , said the scorpion. " You should have known better than to trust a scorpion . "
It is that way with Democrats. It is not what they say they will do for you. It is what they do to you that matters. So who is responsible ? Those who voted the Democrats into office are the ultimate responsible ones. And for those who keep the Democrats in office ? Shame on you !
Be wise in how you vote in Nov.
Joel is a genuine American treasurer. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Governments should learn from this man
That water system in the stream is something I used to do with my father. We had the same kind of water set up and the best tasting water. It supplied out house which was totally off grid, no electricity. We had a generator we’d run a few times a year. Once for Christmas for the tree, also to run a slot car track, and the occasional movie night.
Just the laughter of your family and the perspective you give on the clear pond with the camera, hearing him give all this information. Wonderful, thank you for this video.
13:38 Blew my mind. It was slow at work yesterday and I spent most of the day researching about irrigation, sprinklers, and pumps. It became obvious right away that the pump would be the most expensive aspect of the system. It took me looking at pumps all day to realize that I was all wrong, that the cost of a pump capable of the flow and pressure needed to spray from many large sprinklers to water a pasture would be many thousands of dollars. The answer was to look at small, cheap, high pressure pumps that could slowly pump water uphill into a reservoir. Joel is absolutely right, gravity can give you all the pressure and flow you need to run even a large irrigation system.
I can't explain it, but I get Bob Ross vibes off your channel. Love it. Glad to see new uploads!
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I love how Joel has that " I love when the new people - GET IT - look on his face 18:24. JS is a very solid Man. !
Also..adding in ponds means more plant growth, that in turn stops soil erosion. Also help as a fire break too. So another couple of wins.
@ Jody Chapple ,
In general , the eastern states do not have the extremely dry wild fire conditions as they do in the western states. But controlling soil erosion would be helpful as well as helping to control flooding.
@@donaldmiller8629 Thanks for that. And yes the flooding, I didn't think about that.
I'm from QLD Australia so don't know a great deal about weather and land conditions in America. Here everywhere has the potential to do everything. Lol
@@jodychapple5351 ,
Well , California has six seasons. Spring , summer , fire season , fall , winter , flood and mud slide season , and that brings us back to spring again. The way te cycle works is this . Spring brings the end of the winter rains. Then there is the growth of the weeds and rush such as the tumble weeds . The photos that you see of a nice green flowering California are not like that much past the beginning of April. Mid April is when the heat starts and the drying begins. Summer is hotter and drier. Then the fire season begins and burns the vegetation off and burns on into fall . At the end of fall it cools off and the fires are usually over as the vegetation is now all burned off. Then comes winter and the rains. Then you have the floods and the mud slides because there is not vegetation to hold the soil together.
Because of the rains the weeds and tumble weeds grow again in the spring and we are now prepared to begin all over again.
It's a yearly cycle. Year after year. Any ideas ?
What a treat. Such an intimate time with Joel Salatin! Thanks for capturing that and sharing it with us.
Would love to see a diagram or pictures of the concrete-made pond collar system and the layout of the three of them protecting the pipe and seep prevention. Thanks 😊
Me, too!
Search “concrete pond collar”, JS didn’t invent them he just brought them back 😊
Likewise
This was amazing information. Water truly is life and without it we will cease to exist.
My dad knew where my great grandmother's homestead was and we'd take rides there to pick apples from trees they had started. There was a natural spring on the land we'd drink from delicious!
Great video! I was wondering if the Salatins use the pond water for drinking water in their house. Joel is such a brilliant and also practical man. The earth could use a few million copies of Mr. Salatin around the world in every country. Thank you for helping spread Mr. Salatin's wisdom through your videos.
We asked if they drink the spring water but their house is on a well.
One video, book at a time he is teaching us!
You was in my back door, thanks for visiting the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia...
I watch a Twitter/CZcams channel of a young woman who lives in Virginia, Mahgdalen Rose. Check her out.
A very beautiful place, but still too close for my comfort to D.C.
Fantastic!! PERFECT!!! First time viewer, now subscriber, multi-generational Farmer.
I greatly appreciate your hard work finding people like this. You did Good!!
REAL GOOD
Welcome aboard!
I’d seen his water distro system on other CZcams channels and I’m still so impressed with what he has been able to do with no mechanical means That’s the way to do it 👍👍
AP - initially he used heavy equipment (like in the new pond) to create the pond.
Thank you guys sooo much for this video! Our family is trying to figure out the best water solution for our homestead. We are currently off grid and Joel's wisdom and experience is priceless!!
Water, water everywhere.. Great opener.. Dead right about how important it is... In fact it is THE most important factor when considering any homestead or off grid habitat.. It is the life blood of everything.. Utilities ie gas, electricity etc you can do without, they aren't life essentials,, Water is..Great video. 👌👍👌
Wow!. Eden. That was great!
Great video. Joel is such a great out of the box thinker.
Joel is a wealth of information! So interesting to watch and listen to !
Im glad i was able to visit Joel's farm through you
I am really enjoying your Polyface farm series. Such a wealth of knowledge and information! And how generous of Joel Salatin to spend so much time taking you all around and explaining all of his systems. I think this will be extremely helpful for homesteaders all over the country and the world.
I love that gravity water system. Makes so much sense.
This was EXCELLENT!
More closeup shots would be very beneficial and seeing a sketch of the baffle system he was talking about...
Thank you so much!
Joe has so much knowledge it is just crazy! Thank you for sharing your experiences with us.
This guy is simply brilliant...he is definitely a master of his skill...a life time of knowledge is hard earned
~~~Edit: Oh my gosh! I'm putting this quote in my email signature!!!: The tragedy of the human experience is not that we're lazy...... ....The tragedy of the human experience is that we're busy about the wrong things!~~~ WOWWWWWW freaking WOWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mister Mike, have you ever watched Weed 'em and Reep? I feel like this incredible video goes hand in hand with their "flood irrigation". They live in Arizona and have flood irrigation that comes from a natural pond and allows them to water their yards naturally, therefor not using up water from the aquifers. It's pretty cool stuff!
Also, I had no idea you were doing this series and after watching the pig video and seeing that you had this video..... I am so utterly, even more impressed than I already was with your channel! What incredibly useful and informative content you and your beautiful family have provided! Again, thank you, thank you, thank you so much!
(Does Polyface Farm allow visitors in general? If so, how does it work? I'm not near the level of homesteading as your family is but I'd love to go see his farm and pick his brain. I have chickens for the first time this year and I am absolutely in love with raising them. We are thinking about getting a couple of pigs (Yorkshires thanks to the other video I saw of you with Polyface Farm) for meat but I'd love to ask him some questions as related to my current property and possibly building up the environment around me.
Dang.... I am so sorry I type so much. I know you guys are soooo stinking busy. Sharing this video too because I can't WAIT to see you guys get to 100k followers! You WILL absolutely get there sir!
Cool cheers from Portugal 🇵🇹
This was such a cool video. I wish people would get the message of how important good clean water is.
Mr. Salatin is like an open Encyclopedia. Awesome!
Mike..you have such a sweet, admirable soul; so informative and lovely with your family. I love when Saylor says..."yes..sir". She is adorable!!.
I have a creek on my property and I am implementing this!
Loving the behind the scenes Joel Salatin series. Thank you so much for posting these! God bless!!
Anyone thinking his pond is him hoarding the water has be watching to many old westerns 😂
Research water rights in the western states. Water rights are actually purchased, and you can get in serious trouble (and even wind up dead in some areas) if you violate them.
@@Jasonsfarm So true! Water means money out west. People fight over the rights for it and jealously guard access to it. A friend who lives in Albuquerque told me land along the river is $1 million an acre and land a mile up the hill is $1 per acre.
@@jackfanning7952 Property with water rights is far more expensive, no doubt. You can find decentish land for less than $2k an acre in Utah, but with no water rights. That'll be another $2-3k per acre foot of water right. By the time you add it all up, in North Carolina or Virginia, in fertile soil with plenty of rain and ownership of any water on or under the land, $4300 per acre doesn't look so bad.
Looks like he's thinking ''No beavers anymore? So I'll be the beaver!''
Brand new subscriber today. I've seen you on the Hollar Homestead channel and finally came over to check yours out. Like it so far! Hope you reach the 100,000 soon!
You and Joel are my mentors and others from CZcams. I believe one if these fine days I will visit Joel Salatin too and enjoy what you Fit farmer and Justin Rhodes enjoy. Thanks for putting out this educational videos out for us to see and learn
We were looking at a property that had a leaking pond and Scott was telling me about using pigs to seal the pond.
A well known, old time technique to seal the bottom of a pond but you still need to pay attention to other techniques to keep the dam from breaking. See pond-building by Geoff Lawton.
Really enjoying your journey to Joel Salatin and Polyface farm vlogs.
Man I can't wait till I get to see polyface myself!
Joel is amazing with what he does. Having grown up drinking water from Lake Superior, I am just a bit jaded in that regard.
My grandson 7yrs old, has ADHD very bad. He loves loves your post, sits very still, wants to shake your Hand, Mike :)
Dear Mike and Lacey, thank you so much for sharing the KNOWLEDGE! Super informative and inspirational video!
In my country we'll say Joe is a true "Peronista", social equity, I love him! Vote Salatin for president!!
Really? LoL 😆 interesting
@ Valeria Lamberti ,
But , the Liberal Democrats would hate Joel Salatin as the president. For one thing he would be too much like Trump. Too much doing for the people and not enough for the Democrat Party.
@Donald Miller ... too much like Trump? 😳 God forbid
@@donaldmiller8629 can't see him like Trump, also we never could be loved by everybody!
@@valerialamberti9037 ,
I did not mean to imply that they have the same personality. But they are similar forthright men. Like , okay , let's move on and get something accomplished.
Just shared in a very large homesteading group on Facebook. Hope it helps
Awesome thank you!
I thoroughly enjoyed this series with Joel. Thank you for sharing.
An absolutely amazing video all the way around. I've been binging from the beginning since i first found you three days ago so it's fascinating to see how big your baby is!
It was the most inspiring farm video that I’ve ever seen. Thank you man.
God bless you and your family!!!
Polyface is such an inspiring place!
What beautiful property and so informative. Glad you were able to visit his farm
So fun to see how much your children have grown these last 2 years😊
My family and I are starting a farm on an 8 hectare plot and Mike, I jus gotta say thank you so much for going there and sharing this unique,rare gold with us man! My first time watching your videos and you just gained a like share and a subscriber! Cant wait to watch more of your videos mate!
This was so informative! We recently bought 6.4 acres in the mountains and it's slightly sloped, now I need to figure out how to get the most out of that slope. Would you recommend any videos and/or books to help with that? His explanation of the water being gravity fed down the slope was amazing. I could totally get on a bike and have awesome pressure lol great video!!
Watch some Geoff Lawton videos.
@@4philipp thanks!
Desarae Daniels he mentioned a book by P A Yeoman...I think it was titled WATER FOR EVERY FARM.
Yeomans Keyline Plan. Hope this helps.
@ Desarae Daniels ,
But you don't need to use a Bicycle to pump the water. You only need to save and store the water up on the slope. Gravity will bring the water down. You don't even need a lot of height. Check out Doug and Stacie on U-TUBE They store the rainwater in tanks in their barn which is only six or maybe eight feet above their house. In fact , to look at it , it looks almost level. Gravity takes the water from the barn to their house. The source of the water ? It comes from the roof of their barn.
There is a fellow in Arizona that collects rainwater. His land is very flat. He collects the rainwater from the roof of his house. And now he has made a collection " roof ? " about three feet above ground . But it is sloped by three or four inches. ( the pitch ) . The rainwater is collected and directed into pipes which go to the water storage tanks that are buried in the ground. In his case he does have to pump the water to his house. For him the main thing is to have a source of water.
My land has only a very slight slope to it. So my pond is slightly elevated above ground level. I use a roof system on ground level to collect rain and direct that water into the pond. My chickens use that roof for shade and shelter from hawks. Water is gravity flow to my gardens and chickens. The pond is replenished every time it rains. Or even with a heavy dew .
Give your situation some thought. Brainstorm some ideas. One or more of them may work. If you have a slope you are already a step ahead. Now devise a way to collect and store rainwater.
@@donaldmiller8629 Hey thanks so much! We're not living on our land yet, but definitely collecting what we can and rain water collection is going to be a big part for us. First thing is leveling out a way to get onto the property lol cutting trees down and planning! These are great tips and will be making notes of them for the future, thanks again!
just a response to his comment about figuring out a way to prevent the landscape from getting drier each year. We are constantly destroying plants which provide shade to the ground which keeps the soil moist and prevents the loss of soil. wouldn't more efforts of replacing the trees and vegetation we are destroying just restore the moisture in the landscape and improve the ecosystem all while trapping and collecting more water? just some thoughts im not very smart or knowledgable on agriculture and irrigation.
great vid brother wish you and your family many blessings to come! thanks for taking the time to make these videos.
Mankind needs the acreage, it rips trees out in the Amazon rain forest at a rate of minimum of 3 billion trees a year.. Man needs the space to grow food, and put domesticated animals, plus housing.. I agree with you and the gentleman n this video,, we are crazy.. We are blundering this earth to a point of No return.. When in fact we should be enriching this earth.. But Mankind never, ever learns..
Well, we don't have a lot of beavers these days to build all the ponds they'd be building. And of course, planting more cover crops, hedgerows, and trees would be a good help in restoring the soil's water. Allowing livestock to stimulate plant growth also keeps more water in the soil.
Soil organic matter (OM) is a key component of increasing water holding capacity within the soil, which decreases need for watering and can have direct impact on groundwater levels. Joel talks about it at length in a number of videos. His grazing method increases OM. Check out the Savory Institute and White Oak Pastures Down in GA to learn more. It’s easy to fixate in the rainforest, but reality is you can make a noticeable effect in your own ecosystem before you will in that ecosystem. Not trying to downplay the issue, just instead focus on what the average landowner and person in the US can do now.
@@steelegoing Did you know that mankind is stripping trees out of the Amazon rain forest at a rate of 1 billion trees a year...Minimum!!
It is Mankind that has created these terrible legacies, Mankind that pollutes the earth's atmosphere,, We are ALL part of this, and cannot escape that fact,, Mankind advances, not caring about the future, only the now.. The future of mankind will be short in comparison to the dinosaurs,
Mankind never, ever learns from his mistakes.
@@markb1487 ,
One of the first things to understand is that weather patterns tend to flow from west to east
The moisture ( humidity ) rising from the Amazon basin tends to form the rainfall for Africa. So removing millions of trees in the Amazon Basin changes the amount of rainfall for Africa. So , why are the trees being removed in the Amazon Basin ? It is mostly to provide grazing for beef. But , the former forest land is not good for growing grasses. It will only grow good grass for about three to four years. And then you need new forest land again for growing grass. So , more trees are cut down. It takes so much time for the trees to grow that the former forest land will not recover . In the meantime , Africa becomes drier and drier from lack of rain. More and more land becomes desert. A self defeating cycle.
If you really want to help , you can reduce your patronage of places such as MacDonald's and BurgerKing .
The climate is getting drier here. I'm working on how to distribute my spring water without grid tied power.
First step is three small ponds in the main section. Then a 12V pump connected to a solar panel to pump water to tanks uphill.
Can you use a water ram pump?
I can't thank Joel enough for showing you guys all of this, and that y'all got to taste the water ! I remember as a kid, the water ( from the well) on my folk's farm here in Dunn county, WI ( the western, very hilly & clay soils side of the county) , tasted pretty good, now it's harder, and not quite the same. I'm sure this was so much better than most any I've ever had tho.. . SO glad your kids were there for all of this , so amazing for them ! So useful for them to carry with into the rest of their lives ! My husband did point out that in even a 3 story home, you'd have very little pressure, for gravity fed system. Not that it can't be a great way to live off grid ! Just that you won't be able to have pressurized sprayers in your shower or kit. sink, etc. . Thanks for all of this !!
I like his mandate.. "Give more than what you take" .. Good fella
Thanks for this Mike & Lacie! You rarely hear him talk on this topic. Loved it!
I am so grateful that I stumbled across your channel. The ideas and knowledge are priceless. And you are obviously passionate about what you are showing, which makes it a pleasure to watch.
We used to live in the Front Royal Va up on a mtn. We live about 45 min away now. We frequently drive down skyline drive just for those views. Had a visitor last week and I was telling her how much I love living in this area. Unfortunately we had to move off our farm and now live in a small town. Would love to be able to do most of this stuff for some fantastic water once again.
Found your channel about 3:00 am yesterday, trust me very interesting. One of biggest prayer each day is to a start a layer 🐔 coop am so inspired bless God for you....🇯🇲
So we'll informed man you are sir. Practical and sustainable intellectual man we need to listen to..love from Fiji
He is so full of great information...
Thank you for sharing your time with him.
Have a good evening 🌻🌻🌻
I love a good water tower. For home and garden use you don’t need a ton of pressure so as long as it’s 8 feet up you’ll be happy. Just remember if you want to use irrigation systems or drip lines, they are designed for certain pressure which needs to be regulated.
Terrific!!! Thank you for sharing ☺️
Happy to give him my dollars for his polyface book
This man sure has a passion to share his knowledge just wonderful-but I enjoy yall just as much on your adventures and new things yall learn and share :) great video-thanks for sharing
I saw a negative comment on Amazon about one of Joel's books. About how Joel gets on the pedestal to talk about all the worlds problems ect. evt. Which is the gist of the problem with a lot of people in the system. They don't see the holistic planet wide system of nature is what trumps the fake industrial systems that have attempted to replace nature and failed miserably. Joel's wisdom like old Indian chief's is priceless. His ability to put it all together needs to be followed by as many as possible. The state and their Artificial Imtelligence surveillance satellite systems war machine and operation dumb em down television additive drugs disguised as food ect. wants us all to think about anything and everything except where we came from and where we ought to be heading. Thanks much for spreading Joel's word. Great video !
Wow. _Very_ informative!
Thank y'all!
Awesome video Joel is just full of information because of his experience and what I like the most is it's usually not expensive to implement. For one he doesn't fight nature but tries to utilize it and work with it. Keep up the good work and God bless you all
Wow, beautiful water - so much powerful information
What a gem. Thank you!!
That pond is beautiful!
fantastic video! Joel is a deep thinker and gets it!! Glad you got to spend time with him Mike (and your family).....
Great video! I wish you had asked how much it cost to make his new pond.
The first ponds that he put in he hired a guy at the going rates to dig the ponds. Now he has equipment to do it himself. Sorry but I can't tell you exactly how much it cost.I just remember Joel talking about it in his books.
So enjoyed this video!!
YAH'S timing is impeccable, HalleluYAH!!
I'm developing my Homesteading plan and preparing to start life over again!!
Wow you guys got the royal tour. You are a great story teller sir. Definitely found your niche and the family is awesome and with the game plan. Keep it up everyone and you guys got 100K before Christmas!
Thanks so much!
@@MikeTheFitFarmer ...I shared your video with my small amount of subscribers and Facebook friends. Thanks again
This was awesome! I've heard about the water system they've developed, but it was so helpful to see it & hear details! Thanks!
Hi..... Thank you for sharing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🎥👍👍👍
while I'm certain your vids or fine I think I'll stick with those directly from the MAN himself - no time for extras and repeats. Thanks for sharing!
In AZ the game and fish make small concrete ponds called drinkers to help water the wildlife. Very similar.
Enjoyed it. Thanks for the quality and informative content.
Mike, what a great video! Thank you!
When you were driving with Joel that reminded me of my cousins in WV they call it ridge running lol we would go berry picking and ginsinging❤️
Wow I have learned so much from this one video...can't thank you enough. Have a blessed day.🤗
Joels such a smart cookie. What a fun adventure for you all
Love that man!
That guy is a national treasure
Look what God Did!!! Awesome
Wonderful vedio good to see you all out and about in such a beautiful place. Great to learn from this man. Thank yuh ou. Off grid in Oklahoma Mt.Momma