Monday, November 9, 2020

Fall Planting

Today, I finished planting cool season forage for the sheep.  Today's and yesterday's planting used a new seed spreader that Jeffrey helped me setup on the Gator. 
Here, in the east bahia field, I am planting a mixture of Durana white clover a chicory.  The seed is very small and my seed drill would tend to get it too deep.  It wants to be near the surface no deeper than 1/4 inch.  First I dragged the chain harrow around with the tractor,  then spun out the seed using the Gator, making multiple passes from different directions to try for a uniform seed distribution.   Then dragged the harrow around again to help settle the seed into the soil.  

A closer look...
The sheep with lambs are in the middle field with Heidi and Zeus on Guard.
Sheep have eaten most of the summer forage and are on hay and supplement tubs while the cool season crops come in.

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