ReluctantFarmer
Overrun with beasties
I’ve got a 3-4 acre pasture that wasn’t cut for hay, and hasn’t been grazed this summer. I did run a brush hog over it in May-ish. It has some Johnson grass. It is mainly fescue AFAIK. It is November now, and we’ve had some below freezing temps. The grass is 4-6 ft tall in places. It’s mainly brown, but there is green grass about 8-12 inches tall underneath.
Question: what to do now?
I want to get it to where I can put some animals on it. But reading all the post about various ailments that are caused by grasses and such scares the bejezzus out of me.
I don’t need the grass immediately, but I don’t want to ruin the field or have a fire hazard. Also a bit more grass would be nice to have.
I had considered setting the brush hog high and cutting the brown dead stuff, then turning a few animals in on it to start eating the green underneath?
They have gotten some loose mineral on Friday. I can give some more also
Question: what to do now?
I want to get it to where I can put some animals on it. But reading all the post about various ailments that are caused by grasses and such scares the bejezzus out of me.
I don’t need the grass immediately, but I don’t want to ruin the field or have a fire hazard. Also a bit more grass would be nice to have.
I had considered setting the brush hog high and cutting the brown dead stuff, then turning a few animals in on it to start eating the green underneath?
They have gotten some loose mineral on Friday. I can give some more also
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