SRBeef
Well-known member
The hay ring post below got me to think what folks do as far as moving hay rings through the winter or just leave them in one spot.
I am leaning more toward leaving them in one spot to concentrate the manure/dropped hay in one spot so it can be forked, piled and composted.
I had one area this past spring that I used a manure fork on my loader to build a compost pile in May and it was really nicely composted down to half or less its original volume by November and a neighbor and I spread it on a nearby newer pasture of mine. It looked like very good stuff.
It seems when I move the feeders I end up leaving a number of spots that are tough to clean up. I end up dragging them but it still takes longer for that spot to grow any useful grazing forage.
So I am leaving them in two fairly small sacrifice areas, maybe moving a couple yards but that is about it.
Do you folks, other than bale grazers, move them around or leave them near one spot all winter?
Jim
I am leaning more toward leaving them in one spot to concentrate the manure/dropped hay in one spot so it can be forked, piled and composted.
I had one area this past spring that I used a manure fork on my loader to build a compost pile in May and it was really nicely composted down to half or less its original volume by November and a neighbor and I spread it on a nearby newer pasture of mine. It looked like very good stuff.
It seems when I move the feeders I end up leaving a number of spots that are tough to clean up. I end up dragging them but it still takes longer for that spot to grow any useful grazing forage.
So I am leaving them in two fairly small sacrifice areas, maybe moving a couple yards but that is about it.
Do you folks, other than bale grazers, move them around or leave them near one spot all winter?
Jim