What could I grow on 15 acres

[nimblemotors]

Bamboo has two types, running and clumping. Clumping does not spread horizontal roots.
In any case, the clumping bamboo will be grown in containers, not planted in the ground.

Any advice to eliminate this grass? Gravel going down in this area.

 

[GLyford]

Others may have a better way, but for me, given your listed tractor, if you have teeth on the front bucket, I'd be tempted to try and put them just under the soil and drive forward to uproot as many clumps as I could. If not, I'd basically do the same thing with the backhoe.

Smooth out the ground best you can after, with either the front bucket or even a hand rake (landscape rake, back blade, or box blade if you have access and a machine with a 3-point hitch to pull one). If you have time, wait for disturbed seeds to re-sprout, then spray with roundup or equivalent.

If you don't have the time to wait, go ahead and put down the gravel and then spray the weeds whenever they show up later start to grow through it--that might be never.

I had a gentleman I met one time tell me he had a dirt parking lot with no weeds, it was hard packed well enough that they just didn't grow. Someone told him he should really put down gravel, so he did. The open spaces in the coarse gravel held enough water that it then grew weeds all over and he really regretted having done it.

My thought is remove the grass first, and see if the dirt will support what you want to do as is...I'd only add gravel if there are problems...just my 2c, not knowing what typical soils are like in your area.

For just me, I am not sure the grass is really a problem. I'd just try mowing it first to knock it down and chop it up and see what happens. It could be keeping everything from washing out. But since you have already said you want to remove it, that's how I'd go about it.

 

[nimblemotors]

Can I simply mow this with a regular lawn mower? Seems very long grass for a mower, although it is layed down now.
I plan to pour concrete in front of the barn, and park cars on one side of it. I have thought of just putting down plastic under the cars did that at my current house
and that seemed to work, but here I want to be able to roll them around as most don't run.

 

[GLyford]

Yep, just a regular mower should be able to do it, especially set on its tallest setting. Push or rider, the method is the same.

Go slow for first pass, to allow the chute to clear without bogging the engine. Probably not to much of a problem with it dead and dry, but green and wet it would be tough.

Once you have a full pass across the area (or along one side, or whatever), start widening with partial passes, maybe 1/4 or 1/3 the mower width.

Then if you think you need it shorter, go over it again at whatever height you want. You can also just go over it a bunch of times in one direction to send the clippings off to one side out of the way.

Make sure your muffler is in good shape to keep sparks off the dry grass.