fire and drought prevention through water retention
Montana
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too little water and your land is a tinderbox waiting to go off
the opposite? a rainforest
your area may never be a rainforest, but you can work it toward one
1. cover bare ground (old hay works)
2. plant in layers: fast willows, slow oaks
3. chop and drop, don't burn slash
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in a rainforest, your hand sinks into the topsoil up to your wrist 👇
let that soak in
open.spotify.com/episode/3Er…
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The Water Dev retweeted
I talked to Joel Salatin about why all the innovation in Ag comes from Northern climates and he posited that it has to do with the long growing seasons in the South. We have no time to stop and think. Whereas, in the North, people are snowed in, sitting by the wood stove for 6 months with nothing to do but think.
you're losing more than just water off your land
things to do this fall before spring runoff
1. ID areas that are already eroding
2. plan on where you're going to pile up the snow (hint: the end of the driveway is a bad choice 👎)
3. where can you increase current catchment?
first podcast episode in two years
had some cobwebs to dust off. check it out 👇
and let that soak in
open.spotify.com/episode/3CN…
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1st client paid yesterday
All these years watching my dad work, physically and mentally demanding, must have engraved something in me. Started really noticing it this past year when I got serious about building a biz that actually meant something to me. Not just about 🤑
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Sitting down with him to write up that first invoice was another layer I didn't expect. Fifty years of business experience across the table, walking me through it.
The same guy who told me I didn't want to grow up digging ditches.
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You could say the work itself came naturally through my upbringing. Learning how to run a business, that's ongoing. Grateful I don't have to figure it all out alone 🙏
One project down. 1,000 to go
Thanks Dad
#TheWaterDev #WatershedRestoration #BitterrootValley #SmallBusiness
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yesterday I signed up for local LTPBR (low tech process based restoration) classes. in talking with the guy, sounds like stuff I already know. but I bet there's more.
I'll have more knowledge, more local connections, more State connections, and more community recognition 💪
"I've always wanted to farm for God and do the right things for the soil and not just be the greedy farmer using everything up."
Kansas Farm Family Turned Off Irrigation, Built a Profitable Dryland Future dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag…
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extreme focus has been difficult, but rewarding for me. not always chasing the new thing. stay the path y'all
“Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years"
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Who do you know that is restoring soil, grassland, forest, or wetlands?
In chapter 2, there's success stories of several individuals who have improvied these ecosystems.
We need to celebrate those that are working hard, often at a personal expense, to make things better 💪
New month, new book(s)! Restoring the Pillars of Life and Hydrate the Earth by Ananda Fitzsimmons both came highly recommended. And after finishing Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner, I need something more refreshing (like spring water 😉)
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New month, new book(s)! Restoring the Pillars of Life and Hydrate the Earth by Ananda Fitzsimmons both came highly recommended. And after finishing Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner, I need something more refreshing (like spring water 😉)
Almost done reading Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner and someone in my book club recommended watching Chinatown (1974)
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"You don't want to grow up digging ditches." -Dad
25 years later....
"Looks like a well designed water retention project"
Thanks Dad 🙂
The Water Dev retweeted
Monday Motivation! 4/8
This last month of making our mountain house a home has been very challenging, but less than it would have been had I not found these amazing people that share their experience. Community is the way!
I appreciate you all more than you know!
List of amazing Farming, Homestead, Grow Your Own, Foragers, Herbalists, and Electroculture acct follows. Support your local farms!
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Yellowstone is built on the old ways of ranching. It makes for "good" TV, but a missed opportunity to educate millions of to rotational grazing, water conservation, and being good stewards of the land, rather than promoting your own tequila
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Rotational Grazing > Industrial Farming
Without rotating the land, the soil will end up getting destroyed and the land will no longer be useful for raising animals.
At Perrenial Pastures, we use regenerative methods of grazing.
The difference is obvious, you can see it.
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BONUS: one thing they did right in the show was display how much of an art being a cowboy really is. When they're roping calves and separating out heifers, it will be truly a sad day for American culture when the last cowboy dies
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