A couple of reasons - firstly, to increase the recovery time. This sounds dumb, right?you have lost me now, what the idea of taking it down so low ? is it cos there is plenty of moisture even though you are in mid summer I spose
Here you go Pete, we're a wet hill farm on the edge of Exmoor2020 rainfall here, in case you're interested.
Jan 449mm
Feb 35mm
Mar 52mm
Apr 45mm
May 12mm (usually our flood month)
Jun 94mm
Jul 213mm
Aug 114mm
Sep 164mm
Oct 156mm
Nov 81mm
Dec 153mm
Total 1568mm
Quite an unexpected 'pattern' but very very welcome.
Just on 74mm now for January
You should join the Gun forum I'm on, it appears that the average member on there has two of eachThe average human has one breast and one testicle!
Wow. That's more like where I came from.Here you go Pete, we're a wet hill farm on the edge of Exmoor
We do drain well though!
Jan 175mm
Feb 298mm
Mar 150 mm
Apr 25 mm
May 25 mm really checked the grass growth this month herbal legs were good mind.
Jun 194 mm
Jul 85 mm
Aug 239 mm
Sept 35 mm
Oct 398 mm
Nov 144 mm
Dec 386mm
Total 2154mm!
Total grazing.
Really having a hard time getting my head round the idea of leaving so little. After spending so long trying to leave so much.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I think the principle behind non-selective grazing makes perfect sense but obviously @Kiwi Pete has been making a decent fist of his system up to now. Interesting to see what happens.Will grazing like that compromise lamb growth rate?
Im think you said in one of your posts that by not grazing the grass short you leave behind parasites, potash and problems.
You said why you have changed your grazing , it would be interesting if your mob were milkers what the milk would have done.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I think the principle behind non-selective grazing makes perfect sense but obviously @Kiwi Pete has been making a decent fist of his system up to now. Interesting to see what happens.
all you need now, in that wilderness, is a guardian dog, greg judy has some for sale..................Scanned the ewes yesterday and they are all in lamb.
Put them in to this wilderness, not much been in here for decades, just topped each year View attachment 931082View attachment 931083View attachment 931084View attachment 931085
It's just a part of the journey.Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I think the principle behind non-selective grazing makes perfect sense but obviously @Kiwi Pete has been making a decent fist of his system up to now. Interesting to see what happens.
This was us for 2019 and 2020:Here you go Pete, we're a wet hill farm on the edge of Exmoor
We do drain well though!
Jan 175mm
Feb 298mm
Mar 150 mm
Apr 25 mm
May 25 mm really checked the grass growth this month herbal leys were good mind.
Jun 194 mm
Jul 85 mm
Aug 239 mm
Sept 35 mm
Oct 398 mm
Nov 144 mm
Dec 386mm
Total 2154mm!
Its an interesting place thats for sure, the ewes seem happy in there though, there is plenty of trees for cover and dry places to lye down, hell of a mat of grass and stuff so they won't be in the mud for a while.all you need now, in that wilderness, is a guardian dog, greg judy has some for sale..................
I took some ground rougher than that next door when we came. Took it down hard with sheep late winter. You wouldn't know it now.Scanned the ewes yesterday and they are all in lamb.
Put them in to this wilderness, not much been in here for decades, just topped each year View attachment 931082View attachment 931083View attachment 931084View attachment 931085
yep its amazing what can be doneI took some ground rougher than that next door when we came. Took it down hard with sheep late winter. You wouldn't know it now.
It was a real win-win. My landlord gets a modest rent for land that was sitting earning nothing, plus it's a lot nicer to look at and I get 10 acres for reasonable moneyyep its amazing what can be done
or a fence line or 2 ? which i had that much keep atm ...even tho is carp old grass species......like from the road verges ..all you need now, in that wilderness, is a guardian dog, greg judy has some for sale..................