This year we are reseeding about 20 acres - with wheat and peas undersown with grass. After we've harvested the cereal (as wholecrop) the grass will be there for grazing and/or silaging.
We started by letting some cows out to eat off some of the grass, then spread loads of nicely rotted hull muck. Then the fields were ploughed before the contractor's really big tractors and machines came to cultivate, level and sow seeds. In between Henry and James have been stone (or boulder) picking. Then it will be final roll and prayers for gentle rain and no pigeons.
All this is taking place way down the fields invisible from the main road. So if someone (e.g. a contractor) miscalculates the rate and runs out of seed when he's drilling, it won't be seen by every passerby. But you also won't see what a wonderful crop we get!
We started by letting some cows out to eat off some of the grass, then spread loads of nicely rotted hull muck. Then the fields were ploughed before the contractor's really big tractors and machines came to cultivate, level and sow seeds. In between Henry and James have been stone (or boulder) picking. Then it will be final roll and prayers for gentle rain and no pigeons.
All this is taking place way down the fields invisible from the main road. So if someone (e.g. a contractor) miscalculates the rate and runs out of seed when he's drilling, it won't be seen by every passerby. But you also won't see what a wonderful crop we get!
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