amysflock
Loving the herd life
We have just under 3 acres total, of which probably 2.25-2.5 are pasture. Last year when we moved in we just brush hogged, and brought the cows home about a month later. This year we harrowed in March and applied fertilizer (late...and it was a 21-7-14, so maybe not the right kind for spring?).
We had a pretty dry spring. The cows ate the orchard grass down, and it's not really growing back. And the shorter stuff headed out short and they won't eat it. It looks like the pasture is frozen in time...and not a good time, either.
We're concerned about the grass for the rest of the summer. What can we do to remedy this, anything? We did have a good rain yesterday (most of the day). We were told we lack water rights and can't irrigate, but a neighbor told us to ignore that and do it anyway (maybe under the cover of darkness, and pulling the sprinkler in the early morning before other neighbors see it??).
(We have shallow-rooted grass b/c we have a ton of rocks. We are thinking of aerating and overseeding with an orchard grass/red clover mix in the fall or early spring.)
HELP!!
We had a pretty dry spring. The cows ate the orchard grass down, and it's not really growing back. And the shorter stuff headed out short and they won't eat it. It looks like the pasture is frozen in time...and not a good time, either.
We're concerned about the grass for the rest of the summer. What can we do to remedy this, anything? We did have a good rain yesterday (most of the day). We were told we lack water rights and can't irrigate, but a neighbor told us to ignore that and do it anyway (maybe under the cover of darkness, and pulling the sprinkler in the early morning before other neighbors see it??).
(We have shallow-rooted grass b/c we have a ton of rocks. We are thinking of aerating and overseeding with an orchard grass/red clover mix in the fall or early spring.)
HELP!!