PLANNING for KIDS & LAMBS |GARDENS on CONTOUR |PERMACULTURE FOOD FOREST FARM & ORGANIC MARKET GARDEN

In this week's FARMVLOG, while coaxing the goats outside, we discuss our plans and ideas for how we want to get our dairy goats and Shetland sheep in kid and lamb. We chat over our options for taking the goats to visit a billy and how we plan to borrow a friend's shetland tup/ram.
We also let a wee secret slip out!
We then take a look at some of the massive beech hedges we have around our farmhouse that help protect us from the wind, but have grown so much that they now block out the light and desperately need cutting. We talk over just how influential hedges and fences can be on a permaculture design and show the changes we have made to this ancient hedge.
We finish the vlog with a look at the work that has begun at our new area of tree nursery which is in our market garden. We have been using an A frame level to mark out the natural contour lines of the plot as we are planning to create the tree beds on contour to help stop erosion and soil/nutrient loss and help retain water. Check out the Weedy Garden for an excellent A frame tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zM8wBbR4RQ
@The Weedy Garden

About Tap o' Noth Farm:
Hi, we're James and Rosa! Welcome to Tap o' Noth Farm, a quarter acre Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) market garden and 8 acre permaculture designed forest garden farm/homestead in Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland. We practice home scale to small farm scale agroforestry and regenerative agriculture methods to produce organic fruit and vegetables, raise dairy goats for all our raw milk needs, Shetland sheep and geese to graze our silvopasture and coppice systems and laying hens, moved around in a Chickshaw, for an abundance of eggs.
Our videos aren't 'how to's' - more videos to give a glimpse into our lifestyle and hopefully inspire you to bring aspects of what you see into your own life.

Chapters (jump to your point of interest)
Intro 0:00
Goat kid plans 2:00
Geese update 8:05
Sheep update 9:26
Trimming hedges 11:00
Beginning the tree nursery 16:20
Why we use the contour 17:39

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How to use an A frame level
A frame
contour design
marking out contour
tree nursery design
forest gardening
no dig gardening
no till farming
getting goats in kid
getting sheep in lamb
beech hedges
dead hedge