Creating Soil in the Desert | Sorghum Behind Pigs

When it comes to creating soil there are a lot of options. Today we're showing you one of the ways we're doing just that.
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[bandgeekforlife]

I just wanted to say this: I also live in Az, and so does my brother and his family. Your farm has been inspirational and informational for both me and my sister-in-law. She in particular didn't grow up here and wasn't aware that it's possible to grow and harvest your own food even here in the desert, no matter how much I tried to tell her. As they say, though, seeing is believing- it was seeing channels like yours and others from around the Valley that convinced her. *Thank you!* She seems much happier here now that she's growing fruit trees in her backyard (she has more planned, I think, but they just bought their first house and can't do everything at once).

[thehiddenyogi]

I like how you passed wind at 7:05 and didn't bat an eye.

[IVOrganic]

Sooo happy to see such huge growing successes @ The Edge Of Nowhere! Another GREAT lesson, Duane! 🌱👍

[rashekasookdeo]

Hi. Dwaine and Lori. I have a suggestion. In order to protect da soil from wind erosion. Plant date palm on da boundary of your property. A wind break. You guys are living our dreams. Very inspirational.

[jessicacass]

Your farm and family are healing the earth with your efforts. I'm so proud to see people taking their lives and making so much important difference. Great job! Love it.

[shannagarroutte]

I can’t believe I haven’t found your page sooner! Love it!

[zainzyklon]

So I would recommend to make absolutely something against the wind, either tree rows set best with maximally 80 meters distance to the rows, or vertical racks where one installs solar cells. In addition, in the desert it is best to make the cultivation areas in hollows, then the moisture remains where it is needed.

[AmzBackyardOrchardandVineyard]

What a huge difference 2 years makes in creating soil! I can only imagine what the sorghum patch soil is going to be like, what do you have planned for the future of the sorghum patch?

[JupiterJane]

This is absolutely awesome what your doing here, it will benefit so many people!

[willbass]

Your sorghum should've been rolled/mowed right as seed heads were forming. You waited too long and plant shifted from growth phase to reproduction phase. The C:N ratio in the plant thus shifted to higher C. The greater part of the N ended up feeding the birds.
Those sorghum stalks will now take much longer to breakdown/ cycle.

Next time kill the plant at boot stage.

Better yet, use a perennial grass to build soil. Those 90-105 day annuals aren't going to cut it, imo. Not enough photosynthesis gets done to push carbs into soil. Just make a commitment for 4 or 5 years of a plot of mixed warm season perennial grasses and winter annuals (wheat).
A perennial grass mix builds topsoil and enhance soil life better than annuals alone.

Good luck.

[chetnash]

Those worms sure do a heck of a job! Glad you didn’t find any snakes there

[liverocks]

Hi Lori, hi Duane! You don’t know how excited I am for you to see how the soil will be in a year 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. If you had a lawnmower you could have chopped the sorghum in smaller pieces to help it worms get to the soft parts of the plant. Watching you guys work on the farm is so inspirational, it’s like what I would have done if I had a farm, I live my farming dreams through you guys 😂😂🤣. Crazy huh😄. Well keep on doing what you’re doing😘😘😘👋🏻

[LucasOliveira-fltt]

…then you could take a pic from above and say you got a “crop circle” in your farm…lol
Another awesome video, Duane. Thanks for sharing!

[jtfpxbt]

It would be really cool to try planting a patch of deep-rooted perennial prairie grasses and forbs, maybe inoculating them as well with the proper mycorrhizal fungi to allow the roots to dive deep. Perhaps just let the prairie patch mature for a while and let livestock graze or till it it once in a while -- sure to build good soil and attract beneficial critters.... really interesting and exciting work you have going.

[dinosaur]

Thanks, now I know how to creat soil for my food...

[danielfisch]

Thank you for another great video. Wood chips, compost and worms make the best soil.

[publicdomain]

A 6ft. fence slat cut in two, drill one hole on each end of each board. Tie a rope in each hole to suit your height and you can smash a swath pretty easy on the cheap. Look up the old crop circle makers. Cheers

[boweniscool]

Tractor with a Gannon would have worked well
It's how my grandpop always did his weeds, never got the weeds to stop coming back but sure was a quick way to kill them lol

[NirvanaFan]

god i love what you're doing. very jealous. regreening landscapes is just so terrific

[wildcat]

Water is so valuable in desert 🌵
8:35 yeah finally we found it 😄