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I previously posted about FarmRoots.app, the site I created to support farm succession and I wanted to provide an update.

The first transition postings are live! If you want to take over a turnkey Cranberry Farm in Washington State or start a regenerative operation on a lease to own property in Virginia, you can check out the opportunities at https://farmroots.app/BrowseOpportunities

Mentorship is live! I want to encourage anyone who is willing to be a mentor to new farmers, or new farmers looking for mentors, to check out the mentorship page and begin interactions. https://farmroots.app/Mentorship

There is also a forum page for anyone to post on - whether you are looking for answers to questions, other farmers to create a co-op, or simply to put out feelers, please check it out. https://farmroots.app/Forum

With data from the USDA NASS 2022 Census of Agriculture, I created a 'Succession Pressure Index' Map which shows the succession pressure by county across the US. https://farmroots.app/SuccessionMap

I appreciate the feedback from this group the first time I posted and wanted to share the updates. Thanks for the feedback and support!

I really want people to do this with me!

I've got some elderberry cuttings in water to root. small roots are starting to form, but many of the cuttings have started to leaf out. should I pinch off the leaves so the cuttings put all their energy into roots, or give them some more light and let them do their thing?

Have some nice sized large mouth bass in my pond and I can’t find one bait or lure that they are interested in. Looking for ideas?

This is Bucky. He is a dapple colored boer goat. He's young and healthy. He's worth a lot because dapple colored goats are usually worth a lot of money. Stuff like this got me into having my own land.

Also, this is an update video for the goat and the sheep ram who likes to fight each other. They've finally calmed down and sheep conceded because the Francisco the goat is over 300 pounds and you're not beating something that big.

Here's what I know; I have water flow through the drain pipe down to the creek. But has not changed flow rate since I began pumping the pond a week ago,. I have pumped approximately 3ft down, measuring distance on the bank/berm water level.

I have the water level down past the spill way pipe.- vertical pipe. The pipe has a seperate hole on the side from deterioration or impact from some time ago.

I put food coloring in the pipe from the pond side to see if it would pull purple die to the outlet pipe at stream. That did not happen. No water movement in pipe.

Earlier today, I stuck the 2" discharge pipe from the water pump inside the spill way pipe. Bottom of pipe is about 10'. I sprayed water into pipe to see if I could dislodge anything stuck. Keep in mind, I can not drain the water out of pipe. What you see in the picture is where the water level stays at.

I have the main valve at the base of the berm completely open. We assume the valve is operating correctly and is not seized shut. Pond drainage worked fine last year.

The outlet pipe run is about 500' to the creek. Downhill. In one picture, I highlighted the pond berm with red. So you can see the distance.

I have a camera down the spillway pipe now, but its not the easiest to get a good picture of the horizontal pipe going to valve to see if its clogged.

I got this old meat grinder and I wanted to check what I should clean it with and what kind of oil to use to keep it in good nick.

Thanks in advance.

Will add some roosts soon

Looking for advice on lowering the maintenance on my lawn. It's manageable during summer, but spring is unbearable. I have to spend 4-5 hours every weekend just to keep up with the growth.

I only have a basic ride-on mower. The lawn area is about 1.2 acres, surrounding our home. The rest of the property is sown with alfalfa (12 acres in total).

We don't have animals to help keep the grass low, my partner is worried about sheep getting into her flower beds, and we'd need to improve fencing anyway.

I'm based in Argentina, climate/rainfall is similar to northern Georgia or Tennessee.

I've been reading about overseeding with white clover after mowing very short, to gradually replace the grass with something lower maintenance. Wondering if that's a viable strategy, or if there are better alternatives. Not looking for a perfect lawn, just something that looks decent and requires significantly less mowing. I'd rather not use herbicides on the lawn area.

Any tips or experience with similar situations?

boa tarde, pesquisando aqui e o ideal é utilizar maravalha, fui até algumas casas agropecuárias onde meus avós moram, mas não encontrei. estava pesquisando no GPT ele me recomendou usar folhas secas na cama. na casa dos meus avós tem pé de manga e pé goiaba, faz sentido deixa essas folhas secando durante uns 5 dias, após isso picar elas e espalhar na área do puleiro? inicialmente pretendo usar somente no puleiro, se der certo, pretendo usar em todo o galinheiro. isso faz sentido?