restoring fields

[slowzuki]

Keegs, you're lucky, if you can keep it mowed and likely require lime and fertilizer application you will have a nice field within a couple of years.

 

[keegs]

http://www.umaine.edu/umext/pasture/Lessons/PDF/Grazing Lesson 4.pdf

 

[keegs]

Keegs, you're lucky, if you can keep it mowed and likely require lime and fertilizer application you will have a nice field within a couple of years.

Morning slowzuki, I haven't done any actual pricing but from what I gathered so far, lime applications run approx. $90. per/acre. The University of Maine - Cooperative Extension Publications - Bulletin #2491, This Old Hayfield: A Fact Sheet on Hayfield Renovation

I should at least get a soil test. Do you know what the process is for taking samples? Do you just take one or do you sample several areas?

 

[cassandraame84]

If the burdock is the same burdock that I'm thinking of, the roots of that plant can be harvested and sold for a nice chunk of change.

 

[keegs]

If the burdock is the same burdock that I'm thinking of, the roots of that plant can be harvested and sold for a nice chunk of change.

Hi Cassandra.....Funny you should mention this...last week we gathered some burdock root, cleaned it, cut it into thin slices and fried it in butter. It definitely has potential...tasted like a cross between plantain and coconut. Best to gather the younger plants though as the roots get woody as the plant ages. :thumbsup:

 

[MattLynch]

All of the weeds you have are pretty easy to control without chemicals. If you mow down your fields before the weeds start to go to seed (the earliest ones don't start here until July) and then mow 1 or two more times before winter and by the next year your weeds will be almost gone as long as the soil conditions are good for grass.

Haying the field will help a lot too but you should put back at least the nutrients you removed.

 

[Ross71]

Morning slowzuki, I haven't done any actual pricing but from what I gathered so far, lime applications run approx. $90. per/acre. The University of Maine - Cooperative Extension Publications - Bulletin #2491, This Old Hayfield: A Fact Sheet on Hayfield Renovation

I should at least get a soil test. Do you know what the process is for taking samples? Do you just take one or do you sample several areas?

Yes. Get several soil samples, at least one per 4 or 5 acres. Pay someone to do it, get accurate results, and act accordingly. It will save you money overall. You'll bnow how much lime to apply, otherwise you are just guessing.

 

[cassandraame84]

Medicinal Qualities of Burdock

Goldenrod | University of Maryland Medical Center

Included a link for burdock and golden rod. Might as well get some use out of your weeds. My grandma used to be a grey lady and a midwife in the hills of Tennessee and she had notebooks full of what we now call weeds and how to use them. Enjoy!

 

[Egon]

In the area I grew up cultivation would have been used. The field would be cultivated in early spring and kept black till fall. Then a cover crop was planted. Next spring this would be tiled under and the the field was planted. Many times oats or barley were planted in with the grasses to help protect them when they wer small.

50 years ago but it worked then.

 

[keegs]

Yes. Get several soil samples, at least one per 4 or 5 acres. Pay someone to do it, get accurate results, and act accordingly. It will save you money overall. You'll bnow how much lime to apply, otherwise you are just guessing.

Thanks Ross.