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Been there before with the flood. Nice content Curtis.
Things of this sort can be very disheartening for a farmer. It will be interesting to see how all the earth moving/excavating works out in the long run for him. Thanks for sharing.
Uh…lemme guess, before watching…..the lesson here is….the lower the ground the higher you hugel build. Aint that the culture?
Curtis, that drone is useful for far more than sexy aerial farm shots. You can stitch together 100's of overlapping vertical shots to make a 3D digital map of you farm (and neighbor's) terrain. Software like Maps Made Easy or Pix4D will automagically stitch all the pictures together into a seamless aerial photo and elevation model. The elevation model will be high resolution (cm's), enough to detect subtle topography that is hard to detect from ground level. You can use it to plan out farm drainage, excavation (cut and fill) and terracing, in tools like Sketchup. A Phantom or Mavic drone can cover a 2 acre farm no problem.
Why permaculture design works hahaha
Water movement is huge! I work tiling several months of the year and I'm curious if burying tile under the fields at a close spacing would have been a viable option for Ray. It seems like what he did is working!
At 7:11 the dog in background caught a fish I think. Maybe not,just seems to like splashing.
Just wanna say thanks for all that you do. Using your techniques along with some other growers I've made about 25 thousand my first year farming and my second year is looking to be about 50k or more, all on about 1/5th of an acre by myself in Hawaii. I think that most of all, you got me over the mental barrier of starting my own project. Keep doing what you do Curtis!
What kind of wood are those chips? Are they Pine?
Hi Curtis…been following you for a long time…huge fan of yours and learned so much from you. I wanted to ask you what are your thoughts on using water imploding devices in agriculture? Have you ever used it yourself? If not would you give it a try and share you experiences with us?
Thanks for sharing…when I was little I remember the back fields flooding out
He had to modify the land too
Flooding is a natural cycle of life. The most fertile farming land is on flood plains, nutrients wash off and are deposited over time on these low lying areas.
yep. 3 words. Grand Solar Minimum (GSM). This will be the new normal for the next several years. We farm in Kentucky and it's been a hellova "gully-washer" summer. We're building a second high-tunnel now and are getting ready to buy two 100' caterpillar tunnels from Farmers Friend. not for season extension, but protection from the crazy gully-washers.
So much good information here, whether you garden or not.
yeah flooding sucks. not sure even earthworks will work at my place. #coastallife.
Something happened at 7:12 with the dog. A snake?
Good video! The farmer lower down is now wondering where all this water is coming from 🙂
Haha always digging the shirts man! Rain this year has been relentless on the east coast, thanks for the video curtis, helps a lot!
Curtis. I love the Ts. Keep em coming.
Ray Tyler is the man. Such an optimist.
Had an amazing week with you and Ray at Rose Creek and learned soooo much from your course thanks man! #waywardcajunfarms
forreal though, the people who built a neighborhood behind our property put in drains by the road but filled them with huge boulders and weeds are literally always growing in them… It's sad that they pretty much have to use chemicals to maintain it… whats even worse is that there's a spring that used to flow right under where they put a road and drainage pipes down into a big ravine that would eventually become a tributary to a very popular swim spot… I wonder how much pollution is going into this swim spot now as all of the surrounding areas become built on… the sad thing is, the people who live here have no idea that it was a tributary at one point, nor do they even realize their lawn treatments are ending up pretty directly into watersheds. I will never understand people's need to have a perfect lawn even when we have record rainfall…. it's not like the makers of Round-up, Weed n Feed, or pesticides are going to tell people not to use it when its gunna rain or if you live near watersheds or anything like that… they're wasting money and they don't even know it, they just don't like all these worms that come up when it rains…
Ayyyyeee Tennessee !!
Just another example of how climate change is going to affect our ability to feed ourselves.
I am really getting the importance of looking at all water run off from highest to lowest point to determine what precautions we all need to make.
If I was him. I would sue whoever clear cut that forest. The didn't do a proper environmental study. His losses, repairs, future repairs and court fees should all be included. I'm sure if he adds all that up. It will easily be over $100,000.
I personally don't think suing should ever really be the answer, but I don't think it was a Mom and Pop organization that did it.
This is why i hill all my rows been there done that. Great job on video lots of info thanks.
10/10 on relocating all of that soil to greatly improve the drainage. He may have benefited by using the USDA's 'Soil Web Survey'. The SWS shows Ksat ratings, water table depth, estimated rainfall… all free accurate information about your land.
Is this Washington State?
How did they do last year with the flood. Out here in Oklahoma we had a 100 year flood event that devastated. Cheers