Lauren Clegg

Thanks for your reply. Simple is definitely what I prefer! I had a little dig around where we have pla yed about 40 fruit trees green manure and sheep poo. There were actually plenty of earthworms hurrah! We have had rains though. In a previous area very hard pan clay they were present too but come summer who know where they go to hide. The dirt is super hard, like rock. The new food forest area seems much better black soil, of about a foot then the clay. Have deep ripped lines here too and added gypsum. I will continue with what you have said. And will keep up the small scale composting worm farm just for the veggie patch!
I have used home seaweed tea on all transplanted trees. I just stirred it a bit no airation I agree it seems a bit overboard🤷‍♀️.
Appreciate everyone taking the time to reply to me !

Some terraces I've mulched. Some pine, some bluegum chips

Hi thanks for the replies.
I can see how it would be very diluted in the dam, good point.
Totally agree with the mulching I'll attach some pics. The area so far, is about 3 acres. I actually do have the chips, lots of pine harvesting has gone on. That was my full intention. However that is a slow process  years and years. So whilst I will do that intermittently, we have been seeing green manure everywhere. So far about 2 acres is done. Much less time consuming! We have green now! Perhaps instead of worm tea. Compost tea in the totes? I do spray out seaweed tea currently.
Also a few days ago  I came across an awesome permie farm in NZ I'm going to contact them. They had feed bags full of compost brewing in a small pond, much smaller than ours. Let out a plug and it flowed down channels to the fruit trees. They had lived in South America. Cant remember the native peoples they learnt from. Will have to rewatch again.
I am trying to create systems with the least amount of effort, I guess like all permies.
Will update on if we go ahead or not. A combination is what I'm leaning towards now. Thanks again!

Hi everyone
After seeing Biggest Little Farm, I've been pondering how I can step up vermiculture on the our 40acre farm. Obviously dont have 1 million dollars to implement!
The main outcome I would like is the worm juice for large scale spraying on our food forest and the degraded land in general.
I have a large dam that will have a ducks and that water will be pumped all over, to benefit fruit trees, aka geoff lawnton style. Would it be at all possible to brew the worm fertilzer in ibcs (totes) then pump it to the dam , then pump out? Would this be a bad idea for the ducks?
That's my main concern?
Or should I just pump straight from the IBCs to the food forest lines?  
Thanks would really appreciate your input!