what's wrong with it?
Using some as bedding for pigs and it's just like straw.
Nothing wrong with bedding with it,Just the thought off throwing it back out through the spreader on clean fields.
what's wrong with it?
Using some as bedding for pigs and it's just like straw.
If you have sheep available free now then I’d get them in there not costing you anything and could only do some good and could well save you a bill.Interesting thread also in a similar position just bought 50 acres that hasn't been farmed for 20 years not much brush but plenty of rush and old brown dead grass. Any suggestions? Was going to mow and bale and burn then spray off. But I think there would be about 10 bales to the acre [emoji85]. Or other option was to throw the tack sheep in there free of charge for a few weeks. Plan is to to put FYM and lime and plough and two year ley after most bulk of old grass and rush is gone. Sorry for hijacking the thread. Suggestions will be great cheers
Cut it before the seeds are viable then. Or force some cattle to chew them down when they are young and growing, did some this year on a bit where drains had been fixed, didn't do the bullocks any harm for a couple of days and made a big difference.Nothing wrong with bedding with it,Just the thought off throwing it back out through the spreader on clean fields.
Its neither negative nor pessemistic.I 100% agree with your last two sentences, I just can't get over your negativity and pessimism. I'm going to go back to lurking as posting clearly hasn't been good for my blood pressure.
You said was it worth the effort for 3.5 acres.?Who’s being negative here?!?!?!
I wasn’t questioning the point of improving it, I was questioning the method, which I believe is the underlying point of this thread.
If you are unwilling to consider every option then then I would suggest you are in the wrong job, working in a factory on a production line may be better suited.
big larch trees were felled beside the farm years ago... One of them...View attachment 756578 was rotten in the centre so got cut up for firewood, was really struggling with one bit which looked as though it should have just fallen apart... Changed the.direction I was chopping in...View attachment 756586 I couldn't bring myself to burn it
If you read the OP, it is blackthorn , brier and bushesA hot wire is easy to intstall around such an area, just strim or glyphosate the wire run. Don’t use sheep, far to fussy and light. Get some stirks or ponies in and plenty of them. You can even charge a bit for their services, especially the latter.
They will eat and tread it to grassy goodnes pretty rapidly. If you seed their poo, you can influence the regrowth too. It’s all about biology not chemistry or mechanics.
Sounds like a job for the 360If you read the OP, it is blackthorn , brier and bushes
strimmers dont go well in that
You said was it worth the effort for 3.5 acres.?
I have reclaimed plenty of rough land using livestock and machines, but in this case he cant get in to fence it, so machines it has to be.
Forcing animals to eat crap requires a very good fence, as i am sure you know
If you read the OP, it is blackthorn , brier and bushes
strimmers dont go well in that
SorryNo, I questioned whether it would repay the diesel, steel and time unless it was being sold for a horse paddock, and then merely suggested an alternative, as have others.
Look @glasshouse, I’m not going to fall out with you over 3.5 acres of scrub in some obscure corner of the UK. I simply offered a different opinion. The OP asked for opinions, he got them.
I’m out!
It's interesting to note that MANY farmers with nice flat grass fields can struggle to make any appreciable return off it ,and now I see why that may be - and it isn't the supermarkets!Ahh, that old chestnut!
Doesn’t that just prove my point though? Why spend more money than is absolutely necessary? Secure the fences, ensure water, then get something in there that’s actually going to pay; sheep, horses, goats, anything but a tractor, mulcher and driver @ £x/hr.
Would be useful to see a few pics of the offending field mind?
Can anyone tell me how to find the emoji for "this bloke is fudgeing mental"?
If it's hedges around the outside then ley them ane put a fence up you may be able to get a grant for thisThe biggest problem is gaining access to the perimeter to fence. As it is overgrown with briars, trees etc it’s not possible to fence. My concerns is that if I were to leave sheep out in it they would get caught in briars etc