Sheep in Orchards: Smart Farming Hack or Risky Mistake?
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Nice, yup when I had 100 sheep in the monoculture apple orchard they cleared every leaf up to chest height and gave fantastic access and aeration to the trees. Bonus was that the grass never was nicer than that year. No shrubs will survive after 2 grazings per year for two years.
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
You da man Stefan!
Oh, to have a flock of cuties who prune, weed, and fertilize for me! 😭 Husband says no... for now, lol, I'm still trying. Your channel is a huge inspiration over here, keep up the good work!
@jvin248
16 күн бұрын
use sheep not goats. Sure goat yoga is all fun and games, but goats are more interested in shrubbery than what's on the ground.
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
Thanks so much my friend!
@johncox7121
7 күн бұрын
The genuine inspiration I get from you content is off the chart,thank you Billy
@johncox7121
7 күн бұрын
Billy is the real deal
Consider installing a Screech Owl nest box. Owls eat rodents which host ticks. Sheep are a good match for an orchard. A couple pigs in fall would eat any fruits you missed which can reduced the over wintering of coddling moths.
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
That’s how we roll!
Something sheepy going on! Good job Billy and a great idea sir.
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
Thank you!
Thank you. It was indeed a pleasure to see this after I had already seen the Patreon version.
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
Awesome, thank you Dwight!
The sheep seem to be much safer than my goats. The goats would have stood up and cleared much higher. I may try it anyway, but instead of giving them a whole day, just allowing them in while I work beside them for a few hours a day. Your sand is so much better than what I have here. Locals call this sugar sand as it looks and feels like sugar. I still have had 0 luck getting comfrey to grow here in sun or shade. The amaranth, sun hemp and clover did produce pretty well and all the animals are living it
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
Goats might do some serious damage my friend.
Cute sappers, Billy. Godspeed!
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
Many thanks!
Mr. Billy!!! Sharing is Caring with the sheeps!!! We have st croix...
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
Right on!
We used to do this around the farm buildings and equipment. Sheep will clean out an area. We had goats too but they crashed fences down because they chased trees and shrubbery up high and ignored a lot of the ground feed, so were less effective than sheep. I'd choose the 'meat' variety of sheep over the 'wool' types unless you want to make sweaters.
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
Right there with you!
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
Right on !
Doing something similar with my pigs and goats in the woods trying to transform it slowly into silvapasture. I keep saying foot to knee is for the pigs and knee to shoulder is for the Pygmy goats that go in after. 🤣
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
Beautiful strategy my friend!
Well done.
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
Thank you Barbara!
Absolutely wonderful. Our tiny flock thrives on native black locust, tulip poplar, sassafras and the apricot, hazelnut and apple we've planted all over. By the time they've finished the rotation around the property all 6 of those are ready to be foraged again. I have yet to deworm any sheep. Another great video. Thanks.
The only comfrey that ever grew for me was bought from you guys!
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
That’s awesome!
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
That’s awesome!
Blessings!
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
Thank you my friend!
That's a lot of work in one day!!
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
That’s how we roll!
@___PK__
16 күн бұрын
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 No doubt! The sheep only leave the fun shaping part, and they ain't charging you and head butting you like goats tend to! 😆
Sappers lead the way 💥💥
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
Essayons!
@chaoticcaninejb
16 күн бұрын
@@PermaPasturesFarm21 🤙
...and the sheep got fed!
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
Bam!
Hi Billy. Do you run a ram with your flock? I’m assuming Walter is a wether? Beautiful flock!
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
We do for the month of November. We will just borrow one for the task.
Goats would eat your trees, too
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
Yup!!!
What’s the breed of sheep you have?
10:14 Is the cardboard not a highly industrial made, extra glue and stuff kind of product? I would would never put "that" in a completely organic soil.
@notbarbie582
17 күн бұрын
The worms at my place LOVE the plain brown corrugated cardboard!
@mmiilleennkkoo
17 күн бұрын
@@notbarbie582 Sure, but do the mushrooms like it?
@mmiilleennkkoo
17 күн бұрын
@@notbarbie582 bytheway: "If you look closely, they have a thin waxy or plastic living. 27.09.2023
@mmiilleennkkoo
17 күн бұрын
@@notbarbie582 all the toxins from the paint? 🤯
@notbarbie582
17 күн бұрын
@@mmiilleennkkoo no idea. But since I only use one layer, they break down quickly.
Walter is a camera hog.
@PermaPasturesFarm21
16 күн бұрын
He always is!