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Re: Pasture
In <4n540f$gp9@atlas.uniserve.com>, delleman@uniserve.com (Willem Delleman) writes:
>Hello all,
>I have just found this group and thought I would put my question out. We
>have a small 5 acre farm and we are working towards, a more natural,
>organic attitude towards it. We run a few beef cattle, and pasture them.
>Our pasture however, is old and quite weedy in a non-nutritive way. How
>does one rejuvinate a pasture without using herbicides?
>I have nothing against these weeds, after all a weed is just a flower out
>of place! . . .
> . . . but, we do want to upgrage the feed field a bit. Our main
>residents are dandelions, thistles, buttercups.
>Anyone with experience or suggestions on this, or other places to look in
>the big old world (wide web or otherwise!)
>Many thanks,
>Terrill
>Please put Attention Terrill if sending mail responses, as I share our
>server and mail connection with my boss.
>
Hi Terrill, good on you for rebuilding your corner of the world.
Since you run cattle, I'll share my least-work-reseeding-bad-pasture trick.
Only feed hay that you would like to grow in your field. In Central Texas, we like
oats and klien grass. Put the hay feeder on the worst spot of ground in the pasture
and watch the cows create a "fairy ring" of manure, lost hay, and hoof action.
Move the feeder whenever you put out a new batch. It's not a hasty way to redo
but it keeps making progress.
We bought a place 17 years ago that had been leased out forever and was in
pitiful shape. Doesn't look so bad now...you just have to keep on keeping on.
References:
- Pasture
- From: delleman@uniserve.com (Willem Delleman)