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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7506073" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>without that grass, we wouldn't have a business.</p><p>do you mean we should be challenging the grass more, that we haven't yet learn't what we can achieve from it.</p><p>We would all agree, each farm has it's own good or bad points, whether natural or manmade, and i'm beginning to think that we should concentrate more, on what our farms grow best, rather than a list of varieties on a bag of grass seed. At the moment we are feeding a 'dry' ley, 4 types of prg, red fesque and clover, it is dry ground there, but other than the 'brow' where the stone shows, that ley is dense, this is year 2, not bad last year, but <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> this year, which might suggest we need to give it time, to really get going, but that mix, certainly suits that patch. And it should be fairly easy to work out, what grows best where, like with herbs, plantain grows like a weed, but chickory more fussy, it's a learning curve, but could be a very profitable one. As have said before, we have a crop of h/rye and vetch in, it's amazing watching the battle royale, of which grows best, definitely fallen out with each other !</p><p> No idea what weather we will have this summer, but the signs don't look good, our stream is at 10% of what it should be for this time of year, ground is drying out fast, and the cold wind is hitting the grass. 4 dry summers, is not good for us, and over the last 2 years or so, new grass leys, have been 'dry' ones, so we are semi 'prepared', and it is noticeable that the 'natural' grasses, timothy, cocksfoot, fesques seem better than some prg's, we fully intend to try a fully diverse ley, in the autumn, and am thinking of trying a home concoction, of c/foot, tim, fesques and clover, with a small amount of prg, and probably plantain etc, if nothing else, it might show what our farm wants to grow, the only big concern i have, is weed control, on that, sprays are out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7506073, member: 86168"] without that grass, we wouldn't have a business. do you mean we should be challenging the grass more, that we haven't yet learn't what we can achieve from it. We would all agree, each farm has it's own good or bad points, whether natural or manmade, and i'm beginning to think that we should concentrate more, on what our farms grow best, rather than a list of varieties on a bag of grass seed. At the moment we are feeding a 'dry' ley, 4 types of prg, red fesque and clover, it is dry ground there, but other than the 'brow' where the stone shows, that ley is dense, this is year 2, not bad last year, but :) this year, which might suggest we need to give it time, to really get going, but that mix, certainly suits that patch. And it should be fairly easy to work out, what grows best where, like with herbs, plantain grows like a weed, but chickory more fussy, it's a learning curve, but could be a very profitable one. As have said before, we have a crop of h/rye and vetch in, it's amazing watching the battle royale, of which grows best, definitely fallen out with each other ! No idea what weather we will have this summer, but the signs don't look good, our stream is at 10% of what it should be for this time of year, ground is drying out fast, and the cold wind is hitting the grass. 4 dry summers, is not good for us, and over the last 2 years or so, new grass leys, have been 'dry' ones, so we are semi 'prepared', and it is noticeable that the 'natural' grasses, timothy, cocksfoot, fesques seem better than some prg's, we fully intend to try a fully diverse ley, in the autumn, and am thinking of trying a home concoction, of c/foot, tim, fesques and clover, with a small amount of prg, and probably plantain etc, if nothing else, it might show what our farm wants to grow, the only big concern i have, is weed control, on that, sprays are out. [/QUOTE]
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