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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7189975" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>been a time since last read this thread, as previously said, we have had x3 shite summers, and have been looking at ways, to work around them, this is some of what we have achieved/tried. Focusing on soil structure, thinking a good structure, will be more fertile, and retain more water, very little has been ploughed, just tine worked, or direct drilled, if we are satisfied no panning is present, plenty of slurry gone on, the tines seem to cope with incorporating the slurry very well, a very shallow pass, with the p/h, to level out, drill/roll, This appears to have worked, we are seeing mole hills, (to many) and mushrooms (not many) again, which has got to be good, one field, haven't seen mushrooms there, for 40 yrs. Grazing wise, we are not big enough to have a 'long' rotation, but we have, through paddock/strip/back fencing, been a very much 24/36 hrs on/off system. Deliberately left 2 fields, on the 'old' system, 2/3 days field, the difference, was very obvious. Although very short of grass, we have succeeded, in leaving longer residuals, and, longer rotation. The result, not sure, but, once it did rain, mid sept, everything went mental, turning a desperate fodder shortage, into an 'ok' winter. For the last 4/5 years, we have cut 17 acres of pp, next door, on a 1 cut, nothing more done, from one year to the next, we cut end may, fair crop, weed population appeared much less, and we were asked to cut it again, to tidy up, for a sale, very respectable crop, and, as in the 1st cut, less weed. Is this, the natural grasses, taking back 'control, and out competing the weeds, or something else ? We expected to lose the keep, as building were sold, but we now have it, free, as long as we keep it 'tidy', the owner relocating to devon, holding the land, as a long term investment.</p><p> This autumn, we have been reseeding/overseeding, with plantain, chicory, vetch, cocksfoot, timothy, fesques and clover, with rye grass, trying different mixes, so far, plantains, have gone 'mental', way ahead of the rest. The drought resistant leys, sown last spring, very slow to get going, but have kept going ! I have found it very interesting, hard at times, to do the 'opposite' of normal. But we have seen results, and looking forward to next year, for more (better) results.</p><p> For anybody thinking about changing systems, to this way, i would advise, look at organic systems, the more regenative ways, and pick the bits, from both, that you think will work for your farm, and never be frightened to experiment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7189975, member: 86168"] been a time since last read this thread, as previously said, we have had x3 shite summers, and have been looking at ways, to work around them, this is some of what we have achieved/tried. Focusing on soil structure, thinking a good structure, will be more fertile, and retain more water, very little has been ploughed, just tine worked, or direct drilled, if we are satisfied no panning is present, plenty of slurry gone on, the tines seem to cope with incorporating the slurry very well, a very shallow pass, with the p/h, to level out, drill/roll, This appears to have worked, we are seeing mole hills, (to many) and mushrooms (not many) again, which has got to be good, one field, haven't seen mushrooms there, for 40 yrs. Grazing wise, we are not big enough to have a 'long' rotation, but we have, through paddock/strip/back fencing, been a very much 24/36 hrs on/off system. Deliberately left 2 fields, on the 'old' system, 2/3 days field, the difference, was very obvious. Although very short of grass, we have succeeded, in leaving longer residuals, and, longer rotation. The result, not sure, but, once it did rain, mid sept, everything went mental, turning a desperate fodder shortage, into an 'ok' winter. For the last 4/5 years, we have cut 17 acres of pp, next door, on a 1 cut, nothing more done, from one year to the next, we cut end may, fair crop, weed population appeared much less, and we were asked to cut it again, to tidy up, for a sale, very respectable crop, and, as in the 1st cut, less weed. Is this, the natural grasses, taking back 'control, and out competing the weeds, or something else ? We expected to lose the keep, as building were sold, but we now have it, free, as long as we keep it 'tidy', the owner relocating to devon, holding the land, as a long term investment. This autumn, we have been reseeding/overseeding, with plantain, chicory, vetch, cocksfoot, timothy, fesques and clover, with rye grass, trying different mixes, so far, plantains, have gone 'mental', way ahead of the rest. The drought resistant leys, sown last spring, very slow to get going, but have kept going ! I have found it very interesting, hard at times, to do the 'opposite' of normal. But we have seen results, and looking forward to next year, for more (better) results. For anybody thinking about changing systems, to this way, i would advise, look at organic systems, the more regenative ways, and pick the bits, from both, that you think will work for your farm, and never be frightened to experiment. [/QUOTE]
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