Small Patches of Pretty Nice Hay

Fergienewbee · May 17, 2014

Most of you know all my plantings and projects are for wildlife. I missed my calling so this is my chance to have a perfect job without all the aggravation of government agencies. As I walk around and/or follow the dogs, I'm becoming aware I have some pretty nice hay: orchard grass, timothy, and clover. Most would be pretty hard to mow and bale. Even the power line only has a couple of acres at best. I may use my brush hog and put some up to feed the tame rabbits this winter. One of those mini-balers would be great, but they cost a lot. I would be able to pasture a calf on what I have if I put up some fence.

Larry

rrlund · May 17, 2014

I wish I could say the same about the new seeding that I planted in the oats last year. This is going to be the first year that I ever worked up a new seeding without even giving it a chance. I know darned well there'll be more hay on the ground I was going to plow up to put to corn,so I might as well take hay off of that one more year and put this ground back to corn.
The oats weren't worth a darned last year and the alfalfa isn't any better.

Nick m · May 17, 2014

What happened? I put a little field in last spring that was alfalfa alone and didn't think it was gonna make it. Lots of lambs quarter and spotty alfalfa. Figured it would be a corn field this year but came on great. Would never know it was on life support last year.

rrlund · May 18, 2014

I just don't know. It could be that the ground wasn't worked enough I suppose,but I'd think it would have come on better than it did,just would have been rough ground. I've got big bare spots,other places some is real short like it's just coming on mixed in with tall stuff. Not worth saving.
The clutch went out on the big tractor last spring right after I got over it with the disc one time. I went up with another tractor and hit it with the field cultivator but I didn't get it worked with either the chisel plow or moldboard plow. The oats didn't stool out and were thin. I got it in May 4th or so. I don't know if all that flooding rain later in May last year did it all in or what?

Brown Swiss · May 19, 2014

An option for you would be to plant some alfalfa seed right in the bare spots along with a Berseem clover, the Berseem is an annual and will produce several tons in the same year it is planted and it dries well! Just a thought. Tom

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