Yeah, it's worked well for the last few years. I screened the wood chips, and added in bunny poo and biochar to make raised beds, and the gardens have done great. Last year I charred some 2x6 boards to make some nice raised beds. I use cattle panels for arches as well as cutting them in half, and using electrical conduit as frames for upright trellises.

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Dang you have a nice setup!

Thank you! Little bit at a time, develop more each year. Small, thought out steps, building on knowledge and experience year after year. I only have 1/2 acre, but feel like we do pretty good with wat we have. I want to add meat chickens to the mix next year. We have 8 hens, and 5 breeder rabbits (3 does, 2 bucks). I got fodder trees from Nick Ferguson 2 years ago, and propagated them last year and this year. Hoping to grow 50% of their feed this year, and 80% next year.

I am putting in persimmons, asian pears, figs, cherries, apples, seaberry, goumi, adding peaches, plums, and a few other things to the orchard this year.

After doing little for the last 2 years, because of our desire to move out of NJ, and my wife's cancer, I decided we're going to stay for 5 years (now that she's cancer free just to make sure she's out of the woods, so to speak). I figure, I have to develope more while I'm here, just in case

Sounds like you have made more progress than most! Glad your wife's health is better.😊

Thank you ... I'm still just getting started. Little but at a time. Learn new things, and apply them. Wish I had land enough for ruminant animals. That's the life goal, regenerative ranch.