I feel like I've just had an epiphany. I watched both this and the other video with Brad Lancaster and I now know what I have to do with my land.
I watched as everything shriveled and died last year, with the grasshoppers eating everything else. Every time we have rain I watch as the water runs down the hill into the backyard and just sits there. I have already begun to dig a swale above the vegetable garden, which is at the bottom of the hill and above the house. What I need to do now is start putting in clumps of tree scattered around the field to slow the flow even further. They will provide shade for the tractored rabbits which we are starting this year. It will provide habitat for birds that could deal with the invasive insects. I would still have room to plant grain crops to feed the rabbits and ourselves, as well as hay for the rabbits.
This has been a cow pasture for so many years that nothing apart from grass has ever grown. We saw evidence of this last year when a couple of small persimmon trees shot up, probably seedlings from the mature persimmon at the top of the field, and this was after only one year without grazing.
Thank you George for posting the videos, although I think you have just sealed my fate for the next few years. Oh well, I wasn't going anywhere.
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.