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It’s not round up residue (glyphosate) in manure… it’s the broad leaf weed killers – Aminopyrallid and Clopyrallid. They’re sprayed on pasture; broadleaf herbicides kill everything except grass. So it’s grazed and ends up in feed (hay, silage) It doesn’t break down much when eaten, so it passes straight through the animal, remaining fully active. So the manure is full of herbicide that will kill anything except grass. Some plants are more susceptible, legumes, solanaceae are especially ruined by manure with this stuff in it. And it takes years and years to break down. It’s not just manure either… if you’re mulching with hay, that can be contaminated. And here in the UK it’s been found in municipal compost which is used by growers and has destroyed gardens and allotments… and resultantly end up in commercial compost that contains municipal compost… because these are the herbicides that are marketed to home gardeners to kill weeds in lawns so their lawn clippings end up in municipal waste…
it’s a massive problem. You need to know where your mulch or compost comes from and what exactly has been sprayed on where they graze or the hay crops they eat… and if the hay comes from a different source, it can be near impossible to trace what’s happened where.
Always, always do a bean test.. curly leaves then don’t use the stuff.
The only things I’ve heard that grow ok in aminopyralid contaminated manure or compost is brassicas. Everything else has greatly reduced yields or no yields.
I really enjoy longer videos on any topic, but especially yours. The shorter videos mainly contain infos about stuff I know already. After a long day in the garden with the kids, I really don't want to watch flashy shorts. I'm pretty resistent to clickbait. Watching your videos is more like having an interesting conversation with friends who are more knowledgeable about my favourite topic.
A gentle suggestion from my own experience, how about a sitter to play with the kids while you do the Live? I bet a neighbor’s kid or maybe family would gladly trade produce for a few hours with the kids. Just a thought.
Tired of getting the smoke here in the u.s ,Canada and U.S need to clear dead trees out.
Ian
Have you thought about cutting your videos less and breaking them into more than one 20 or 30 minutes each, then either posting as part 1, 2, 3, etc. or posting one each day for however many days? Less cutting for you. More videos for us. When they run an hour I usually watch in segments.
I love watching your longer form videos! I have you chatting away to me while I'm seed sowing, crafting, putting my makeup on in the morning. I get fed up with short videos.
I like the longer videos……love to watch bouquet making & the market selling. Love the farm tours as well.
Totally agree with you on permaculture, piramid tat is basically a cult. While one doesnt need all that, just look at nature and do the same 🙂
Yes please make the bouquets making video. You literally spend hours to make that 40 bouquets everyweek. We don't mind spending an hour or two watching you making those beauties
I could watch you guys for hours.
I really enjoy the videos and like them a bit longer; you all keep my company as I work.
i love longer videos. especially how you edit them. it is so nice to have them on the "background".
Regarding horse manure with herbicides: it’s a different herbicide than roundup but it is persistent in the manure. (I don’t remember the name off the top of my head.) Charles Dowding has some videos on it, including the name, and how to test for its presence.
Edit: Additional information
The herbicides are in a class called aminopyralid. It does not kill grasses thus it may be sprayed on hay. While it is excreted by horses in their manure it is broken down in the soil by soil microorganisms. The video in which Charles Dowding discusses aminopyralid and shows its effects is at https://youtu.be/2D1idnMNKng .
I love watching the bouquet making portion of the video! Please keep it in!
Another vote for always keeping the bouquet-making segments1 It's my adult version of being a kid in a candy store. I also love the 30min plus videos to listen to while cooking or doing other chores.
An idea for the blog channel. How about show how you guys preserve the food that you harvest for yourselves?
Ok. Just wow about the birthday stuff. Give her a day every year where she is the queen. Period. No negotiations. She deserves it.
I prefer longer videos. I usually listen to videos while i'm multi tasking. Longer videos mean less time scrolling looking for something to watch. Maybe that's just me.
please dont drop any of your flower harvest or bouquet making its the best part. I too like the longer videos thats why I watch you guys. Well also because you guys are so down to earth.
I've never seen them in stores, does anyone sells hardy kiwis at the farmers market? Looks like it would be easy for the kids to pick. I planted some this year.
I love your videos. I have been watching them since you were in town before you got your farm. Your family is the best, your's is the family I would love to have as neighbors. You'all are honest and friendly. Please keep them coming.
We love your long videos!!! The longer the better..I dont watch peoples videos that are short. You can just go back to where u left off when u want..i dont see the problem lol
I just started watching type live replay. Perhaps making shorter videos and posting them 2x a week instead of once. Then you won’t have to cut that extra footage. We would always love to see you more!
Love your longer videos and the bouquet making! Thank you for uploading these lives afterwards, I’m in the UK so watch them later as it’s 2am here when you do them. I’ve learned a great deal from listening to you explain how you grow even though the growing environment here is very different and I also grow flowers now with my veggies. Thank you for all that you share x
At 40.30 – the weedkiller residue in manure, it's aminopyralid and clopyralid broad leaf herbicide. Lots will come up on Google. Basically it is used on hay to kill all the things that are not grass, but it is incredibly persistent and is not broken down by the animal's digestion or by composting, so people just get all their veggies killed. It's a massive problem and doesn't seem to be getting any closer to being banned. In the UK, amongst 'no dig' growers who use loads of compost, it is becoming commonplace to do a 'bean test', to sow some beans or peas as a test before spreading on the garden and if they display gnarly distorted growth, the manure/compost is contaminated.
Stop cutting footage from your videos and just split it into two different parts and upload twice that week instead of once!