Which implement do I need?

[Industrial Toys]

That's all I use, unless I really have a larger area. Seed is expensive, and you can control and see where it's going with the hand crank spreader. Eventually, your hand will fall off though.

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

What tools to use ??

I can give you an example of the problem I've been working on in one of our pastures here in the north.
It was reclaimed forest and bush about 20 years ago. It was seeded with a pasture blend of the time, used for hay, and grazed lightly. Then it was not used for about 10 years.

Much of the hay quality plants have not survived because of inattention I suspect. And bush brush has started to take back over.
My plan the last 3 years has been to brush hog mow every bit of it at least once a year. Some patches more often depending for instance, if I find thistle. I over seed with admittedly a cheap generic type pasture blend and annual rye. This is the best plan to eventually replace many plants I don't want with things livestock will eat. All on the cheap.

So my implements are a brush hog mower, disk, harrow, and a sub soil shank I use in places I want winter melt to drain faster or places I want maximum snow melt to go into the ground.

Regardless how you spread seed, the biggest thing is light cover on the seed, or good firm contact of the seed on the ground.

My 5 cents of experience and opinion.

 

[jmt1271]

My pasture is about 2.5 acres right now but the lawn areas I'd like to hit probably total less than an acre.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Buckaroo. I don't hear anything you say. How does that impact gender discrimination? Maybe only a sane Canadian will understand this question?

 

[searcyfarms]

hello i live in Missouri, 2.5 acres for 2 horses will be nothing but dirt after spring rains and once they eat if off and wear it down it will not recover until the next spring and get thinner and thinner you will not be able to maintain 2.5 acres for 2 horses period sorry to bear the news.

i had 2 horses on 6 acres here and they will eat it slick after spring and pack it down hard. i haven't had horses in about 4 yrs now and its just recovering w/out any work on my part on its own other than keep the weeds out by 24d the first two yrs now I'm mowing it back two times a yr to help stimulate growth and the timothy, clover, brome are doing well although i do have some patches of foxtail that i need to deal with - mow it slick as u can, cut it up with light disking or scratch it up with field conditioner, again, i wouldn't bother to waste my money or time on trying to keep it going if horses are on it constant and you do not or are not able to remove them from it for months at a time because it will never recover enough to be worthwhile of your money/expense/time

its horrible what horses will do to a pasture if you don't keep them off it, the only thing worse is a hog, they get it by the roots !!!!

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

Buckaroo. I don't hear anything you say. How does that impact gender discrimination? Maybe only a sane Canadian will understand this question?

I have no idea what or how this applies to this thread. Are you sure you put this in the right place ??

 

[Industrial Toys]

It would seem that our PMs only concerns about, just about anything, is only how it might relate to Gender Discrimination. Maybe the news of our Prime Minister (Zoolander) hasn't reached you up there yet. Or how his eyebrows fell off his face when giving a speech at some summit!

 

[oosik]

WoW, IT. There must be a news article that neither Wyobuckaroo nor I have yet seen. Ah....on this, I will agree with Wyo. Perhaps a link......??

Wyobuckaroo - be careful with the way you manage the thistle areas. For our area - thistle usually means, freshly turned ground. The State Dept of Agriculture has some very specific recommendation so that the thistle won't simply spread. I am talking about Canadian Bull Thistle. For years I used a combo of - chop it down & RoundUp. In the short term it always looked like I was making progress. Long term - it was spreading.

I'm not trying to tell you what or how to do - just check for your area and see what the best local advice is. Thistle can be pretty tricky.

I turned a small patch of land - perhaps, 100 x 150. It became a thistle patch overnight. I've worked on this area now for almost four years. Finally, I'm winning and it's on the way back to native grasses.