Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
FARMVLOG #71 continues where we left off in the last vlog, preparing to make tree hay.
Tree hay is the ancient process of gathering leafy branches in the summer, when the nutrients are at the highest, bundling the branches together and drying them to make hay to feed to the sheep and goats in the winter when grass is scarce. We look at the agroforestry systems we have planted to be able to to supply all our tree hay needs, namely the silvopasture systems we have designed, but also look at making tree hay from willow hedges that we planted to break the wind and stabilise a steep bank. We look at the methods for drying the tree hay bundles, moving the bales in our BCS two wheel tractor to our ruined blacksmith building for storage.
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 food forest 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 FARMVLOGS are more 'how we do' rather than 'how to'. They are a daily diary or fly on the wall look at a young couple running a working permaculture farm. Our TAP TIPS videos are more of a focused tutorial style video.
Patreon: patreon.com/tapfarm
If you're looking for even more content from James and Rosa then you can become a patron of Tap Farm. It takes James between 5-10 hrs to edit our vlogs, let alone the time it takes to film and farm at the same time! Your support will aid us greatly in producing our FARMVLOGS, enabling us to take the time needed to craft a beautiful film and to help fund the licences needed for the vlog soundtrack. We will list your name at the end of each vlog episode so everyone knows how brilliant you are! We will also keep you updated on our farm work/life by posting exclusive video content that is not available on YouTube such as FARMVLOG outtakes, behind the scenes footage, hints & tips and more in depth videos discussing the many permaculture systems to be found on the farm PLUS the odd photo from Rosa and James.
INSTAGRAM - @TAPFARM
FACEBOOK - facebook.com/taponothfarm
TAP CHAT - FACEBOOK GROUP for subscribers /followers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/tapch...
WEBSITE - taponothfarm.com
#treehay #permaculture #makinghayfromtrees
FARMVLOG #71 continues where we left off in the last vlog, preparing to make tree hay.
Tree hay is the ancient process of gathering leafy branches in the summer, when the nutrients are at the highest, bundling the branches together and drying them to make hay to feed to the sheep and goats in the winter when grass is scarce. We look at the agroforestry systems we have planted to be able to to supply all our tree hay needs, namely the silvopasture systems we have designed, but also look at making tree hay from willow hedges that we planted to break the wind and stabilise a steep bank. We look at the methods for drying the tree hay bundles, moving the bales in our BCS two wheel tractor to our ruined blacksmith building for storage.
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 food forest 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 FARMVLOGS are more 'how we do' rather than 'how to'. They are a daily diary or fly on the wall look at a young couple running a working permaculture farm. Our TAP TIPS videos are more of a focused tutorial style video.
Patreon: patreon.com/tapfarm
If you're looking for even more content from James and Rosa then you can become a patron of Tap Farm. It takes James between 5-10 hrs to edit our vlogs, let alone the time it takes to film and farm at the same time! Your support will aid us greatly in producing our FARMVLOGS, enabling us to take the time needed to craft a beautiful film and to help fund the licences needed for the vlog soundtrack. We will list your name at the end of each vlog episode so everyone knows how brilliant you are! We will also keep you updated on our farm work/life by posting exclusive video content that is not available on YouTube such as FARMVLOG outtakes, behind the scenes footage, hints & tips and more in depth videos discussing the many permaculture systems to be found on the farm PLUS the odd photo from Rosa and James.
INSTAGRAM - @TAPFARM
FACEBOOK - facebook.com/taponothfarm
TAP CHAT - FACEBOOK GROUP for subscribers /followers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/tapch...
WEBSITE - taponothfarm.com
#treehay #permaculture #makinghayfromtrees
