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<blockquote data-quote="bigbluegrass" data-source="post: 1389547" data-attributes="member: 15537"><p>This farm is 80% wooded, mostly with cedar trees. I want to clear most of the wooded areas, especially the cedar, and turn it into pasture. I got a start on that last month. I caught a break in the weather for a few days. I did the work with a Case 1155E track loader, which I bought last year. </p><p><a href="https://postimg.org/image/u0luxt1h5/" target="_blank"><img src="https://s28.postimg.org/u0luxt1h5/IMG_20161223_104417953.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>It is only about 1, maybe 2 acres. Just a start. This spring/summer I hope to really get going with the land clearing. </p><p></p><p>Then I set some bales out there for a KY style bale graze - on the hillside. I set the bales in place with the loader, because I am very skeered of taking my old 2WD tractor on this hillside.</p><p></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://postimg.org/image/ket5wkb1j/" target="_blank"><img src="https://s23.postimg.org/ket5wkb1j/IMG_20161224_100428429.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I am rotating the cows through the bales now. Should have enough hay out there to get me to May. Now I need to figure out what to plant and when. I could and probably should do a soil test. I have tested the soil around this farm in the past and I get pretty consistent reports with a PH in the high 5s to low 6s. I am short on P in every report. I am high in K. N varies. I have plenty of Ca. I have a few months to finalize the planting sequence. It will be broadcast seeded, because I am not driving on the hillside anymore than I need to. Right now I am thinking of doing a seeding in the spring using buckwheat, sweet yellow clover, maybe millet and some other cover crop type of plants just to get some roots in the ground. I could graze that off over the summer and then plant the perennial grasses like fescue in the fall. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to plant on this ground and on any I clear over the summer to get an established pasture?</p><p></p><p>I want it to looks like this in a few years.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.org/image/7y00nodsh/" target="_blank"><img src="https://s24.postimg.org/7y00nodsh/IMG_20160522_183901963.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigbluegrass, post: 1389547, member: 15537"] This farm is 80% wooded, mostly with cedar trees. I want to clear most of the wooded areas, especially the cedar, and turn it into pasture. I got a start on that last month. I caught a break in the weather for a few days. I did the work with a Case 1155E track loader, which I bought last year. [url=https://postimg.org/image/u0luxt1h5/][img]https://s28.postimg.org/u0luxt1h5/IMG_20161223_104417953.jpg[/img][/url] It is only about 1, maybe 2 acres. Just a start. This spring/summer I hope to really get going with the land clearing. Then I set some bales out there for a KY style bale graze - on the hillside. I set the bales in place with the loader, because I am very skeered of taking my old 2WD tractor on this hillside. [url=https://postimg.org/image/ket5wkb1j/][img]https://s23.postimg.org/ket5wkb1j/IMG_20161224_100428429.jpg[/img][/url] I am rotating the cows through the bales now. Should have enough hay out there to get me to May. Now I need to figure out what to plant and when. I could and probably should do a soil test. I have tested the soil around this farm in the past and I get pretty consistent reports with a PH in the high 5s to low 6s. I am short on P in every report. I am high in K. N varies. I have plenty of Ca. I have a few months to finalize the planting sequence. It will be broadcast seeded, because I am not driving on the hillside anymore than I need to. Right now I am thinking of doing a seeding in the spring using buckwheat, sweet yellow clover, maybe millet and some other cover crop type of plants just to get some roots in the ground. I could graze that off over the summer and then plant the perennial grasses like fescue in the fall. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to plant on this ground and on any I clear over the summer to get an established pasture? I want it to looks like this in a few years. [url=https://postimg.org/image/7y00nodsh/][img]https://s24.postimg.org/7y00nodsh/IMG_20160522_183901963.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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