The Future Pasture

Whoa, things are busy.  I'm a little surprised.  It's a good kind of busy though.  I don't feel stretched and I'm not freaking out.  Yay!

Last Thursday, Thanksgiving, Lakes and I frost seeded on of pasture of 17 acres.  Frost seeding is a nice way to seed without totally tearing up the earth and reduces labor.  You spread the seed during the time of year when it freezes at night and is warm during the day.  That freezing and thawing of the ground will help push the seeds down into the earth.  We also have our breeding ewes pasturing on that piece, so their little hooves will help push it down into the ground too.  There is a risk of frost seeding now versus the spring is that the seeds could bud and die if we get a warm weather spell then freezing cold weather.  But people do it so we are testing it out and we'll see what happens in the spring!

 Red Clover seed!

 Me mixing the inoculant to add to the seed.  It helps protect the seed from bacteria etc...  You shouldn't breath it in, hence the mask.

 Adding the inoculant to the seed!

 Lakes mixing up the seeds.  All the seeds need to be coated with the inoculant.

 Spreading with broadcaster!

They were hard to find, but here's one little red clover seed.  Stay safe little seed!  See you next spring (hopefully)!