wild bird seed mixtures 2 year

[Hay Farmer]

No specific date for the removal of mine either. Here's my template from Natural England;

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Thanks for that.

 

[Hay Farmer]

I have ab9 too, but says establish from 1st March. So I put 110 sheep in there on Saturday.
I get my seed from @Great In Grass , will call you next month

Was thinking the same thing. Just wanted to confirm this with NE.
Cheers

 

[Flat 10]

I need to put some AB9 in, I don’t want to spend much so I was thinking I have barley, wheat and OSR in the shed if I mix that up and providing none make up more than 70% of the mix will NE be happy? Obviously I won’t have a seed invoice but I would make a record and put it in the stewardship file.

I read it that there's quite a bit of flexibility if you read @Brisel s link and you would probably be ok. Obviously you must include kale if its a 2 year mix. I would be tempted to buy a few other bits and pieces eg linseed, sunflowers etc to chuck in. Won't cost a lot and will make it 'look' a lot better.

 

[carpenter1]

Was thinking the same thing. Just wanted to confirm this with NE.
Cheers

I read it as I have from the 1st March to establish the mix, so first thing is to clear the ground. So sheep it is for a month or so, then plough.

 

[Princess Pooper]

Flail mower and then plough or rotavate? Glyphosate if required. To buy some kit to establish a few acres shouldn’t break the bank if contractor won’t come. Eg 3 furrow reversible rotavator and 3m drill.

Drilling isn't the issue, it's spraying and cultivating. I hand sow spring mixes and autumn goes in when the wheat is drilled. We're talking plots of less than an acre.

 

[Brisel]

Drilling isn't the issue, it's spraying and cultivating. I hand sow spring mixes and autumn goes in when the wheat is drilled. We're talking plots of less than an acre.

Er, minimum plot size is 0.4 ha = 1 acre...

 

[willy]

Feed the bird seed to the cows whole, let them walk over it shitting, job done