Joel Salatin
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Podcast Appearances
So I call this diaper grass, teenage grass, and nursing home grass, okay, just to help. And so if you want to accumulate the most biomass possible, you want to let it go through that blaze of growth.
So I call this diaper grass, teenage grass, and nursing home grass, okay, just to help. And so if you want to accumulate the most biomass possible, you want to let it go through that blaze of growth.
So the whole idea of controlled grazing is to hit it at the second break point, not this break point, not this point down here, when it's long enough to graze, but it hasn't gone through this teenage growth spurt.
So the whole idea of controlled grazing is to hit it at the second break point, not this break point, not this point down here, when it's long enough to graze, but it hasn't gone through this teenage growth spurt.
So the whole idea of controlled grazing is to hit it at the second break point, not this break point, not this point down here, when it's long enough to graze, but it hasn't gone through this teenage growth spurt.
So that's what the electric fence becomes, then a steering wheel, an accelerator, and a brake on the four-legged sauerkraut pruner to be able to steer them around the landscape to catch this second growth point all the time. And suddenly what happens is by letting the grass go through there, you get a completely different energy flow Because now the grass is always at energy equilibrium.
So that's what the electric fence becomes, then a steering wheel, an accelerator, and a brake on the four-legged sauerkraut pruner to be able to steer them around the landscape to catch this second growth point all the time. And suddenly what happens is by letting the grass go through there, you get a completely different energy flow Because now the grass is always at energy equilibrium.
So that's what the electric fence becomes, then a steering wheel, an accelerator, and a brake on the four-legged sauerkraut pruner to be able to steer them around the landscape to catch this second growth point all the time. And suddenly what happens is by letting the grass go through there, you get a completely different energy flow Because now the grass is always at energy equilibrium.
What do you mean by energy equilibrium? What I mean is when the forage gets pruned or grazed, I use the word pruning because grazing is now, that's a bad word. Okay. So pruning, all right? When it gets pruned, if it gets pruned too frequently, you actually weaken the plant. And so by only allowing, by controlling when the pruner can prune strategically,
What do you mean by energy equilibrium? What I mean is when the forage gets pruned or grazed, I use the word pruning because grazing is now, that's a bad word. Okay. So pruning, all right? When it gets pruned, if it gets pruned too frequently, you actually weaken the plant. And so by only allowing, by controlling when the pruner can prune strategically,
What do you mean by energy equilibrium? What I mean is when the forage gets pruned or grazed, I use the word pruning because grazing is now, that's a bad word. Okay. So pruning, all right? When it gets pruned, if it gets pruned too frequently, you actually weaken the plant. And so by only allowing, by controlling when the pruner can prune strategically,
you allow that plant to actually accumulate energy and vibrancy and flourish, just like pruning a vineyard or an apple tree or anything else. And so, for example, in our area, the average grassβ Right, so the optimal amount of grazing in a grassland is not zero. No. So rather than grazing 20 times this long, we're grazing six times this long, for example.
you allow that plant to actually accumulate energy and vibrancy and flourish, just like pruning a vineyard or an apple tree or anything else. And so, for example, in our area, the average grassβ Right, so the optimal amount of grazing in a grassland is not zero. No. So rather than grazing 20 times this long, we're grazing six times this long, for example.
you allow that plant to actually accumulate energy and vibrancy and flourish, just like pruning a vineyard or an apple tree or anything else. And so, for example, in our area, the average grassβ Right, so the optimal amount of grazing in a grassland is not zero. No. So rather than grazing 20 times this long, we're grazing six times this long, for example.
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So five times the efficiency. Yeah, right.
So five times the efficiency. Yeah, right.
So five times the efficiency. Yeah, right.