HawkinsHollow
Veteran Member
So here is my dilemma. I rented a bobcat with XTREME duty brush cutter and bush hogged about 5 acres that was in small brush/trees, vines and other undesirables. I would like to make 2 or 3 smaller (1/4 to 1/2 acre each) plots in that area. I am going to use my box blade to clean it up a little to get rid of some of the chunks of wood left in the wake of the bush hogging and even some stuff out. In the process I will be getting a soil test in preparation to lime and fertilize. I figured I would want to work the line into the soil, thus disturbing the existing vegetation even more than I already have. My problem is I will probably wait until September to plant as I will plant mostly Duranna clover and a few sections of annuals. What do I do with these areas until September comes? Do I plant some sort of cover crop? This is a flood plain, I don't want all my good dirt to go away while I wait for September to get here. What would you do?