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Author Archives: Michael Burlace
Grazing shock
If you find Your soil has relatively low biological activity OR Your soil is hard OR Your soil has poor water infiltration OR Your soil has low biological fertility Then, Grazing shock is the effect on a plant of being … Continue reading
Market garden
If you find There is an unfilled demand for fruits or vegetables in your region OR You have enough labor and skills to operate this way OR Other enterprises are not providing sufficient income Then, A market garden can be … Continue reading
Posted in Farm pattern
Tagged Crop, Farm pattern, Fruit, Intercrop, Orchard, Profit, Soil fertility, Time
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Short on, long off rotation
If you find There are crop problems such as soil-borne diseases and deficiencies from a short rotation OR Stock leave weeds and overgraze the “good bits” Then, Allowing a longer gap may allow recovery. A shorter “on” time may allow … Continue reading
Posted in Farm pattern, Weeds
Tagged Farm pattern, Grazing, Market garden, Pasture, Vegetables, Weed
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Competitive crop
If you find Too much time, effort and energy goes into trying to control weeds and other pests OR A big part of the farm income is spent on pest control measures OR Tackling weeds head-on with chemicals just leads … Continue reading
Crop-beaten weeds
If you find Weeds seem to do better than crops and pastures do OR Much the same weed problems occur in much the same way year after year OR You set out to grow a crop but it seems that … Continue reading
Posted in Farm pattern, Weeds
Tagged Crop, Farm pattern, Nature, Pasture, Plants, Weed
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Understanding weed characteristics
If you find Weeds succeed each year despite all attempts to beat them with chemicals OR Weeds on your land have developed resistance to all the chemicals that it is feasible to throw at them OR Weeds seed before you … Continue reading
Managed lifecycles
If you find Non-desired species are not profitable and some eat into profit OR Pests allowed to complete their lifecycle produce greater numbers of offspring than the existing generation OR The offspring of desirable species are profitable OR Desirable species … Continue reading
Animals on the move
If you find Animals that stay in the one spot: breed parasites cause a buildup of weed seeds cause a buildup of nutrients in stock camps and generally sour the ground cause over-grazing. Then, By preventing animals from staying in … Continue reading
Closed gate
If you find Grazing animals have different objectives to managers of animals OR Animals will roam all over the place picking at the smorgasbord of delicacies and leaving the bits they don’t want, thus allowing those plants to develop into … Continue reading
Rolling harvest
If you find Having a single harvest each year means there may be just one day when the whole year’s farm income arrives OR Paying bills that come in regularly can be difficult with a single paycheck OR It is … Continue reading