blackolive (Ste)
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One for the farmers/horsey types I think.
we've moved yards from a busy farm type sea of mud yard to a small private stables with only us and the owners. Its Bliss, and our two have never been happier in the time we've had them.
However their field/paddock hasnt been looked after or grazed for a few years, as a result there are docks ( some of whichi Ive pulled when the ground was soft ) a lot of creeping buttercup, and a lot of patches of a tall leafy thing that I havent identified as yet, but the Horses don't touch, and its taking a lot of potential grass space up.
It backs down onto a brook, and Im intending leaving it overgrown past the electric fence that Ive had to put up to stop River wandering off into the undergrowth and potentially dropping into the brook, as it provides cover for Pheasants, and currently a family of Canada Geese, But I want to start maximising its grazing potential and getting the grass to weed ratio back up.
there are patches at the end that border onto the trees that are quite nettly with no grass at all put these are quite shaded
Wondering whats the best way to do it, is it as simple as topping everything back regularly with a big strimmer and stopping the weeds thriving so the grass gets re-established, or is it better to get a specialist contractor in to spray the field with a broad spectrum herbicide that will do the weeds in one go hopefully, then seed where the bare patches have been left, then fertilise/lime etc in the late winter/spring before they go out again next year ?
we've moved yards from a busy farm type sea of mud yard to a small private stables with only us and the owners. Its Bliss, and our two have never been happier in the time we've had them.
However their field/paddock hasnt been looked after or grazed for a few years, as a result there are docks ( some of whichi Ive pulled when the ground was soft ) a lot of creeping buttercup, and a lot of patches of a tall leafy thing that I havent identified as yet, but the Horses don't touch, and its taking a lot of potential grass space up.
It backs down onto a brook, and Im intending leaving it overgrown past the electric fence that Ive had to put up to stop River wandering off into the undergrowth and potentially dropping into the brook, as it provides cover for Pheasants, and currently a family of Canada Geese, But I want to start maximising its grazing potential and getting the grass to weed ratio back up.
there are patches at the end that border onto the trees that are quite nettly with no grass at all put these are quite shaded
Wondering whats the best way to do it, is it as simple as topping everything back regularly with a big strimmer and stopping the weeds thriving so the grass gets re-established, or is it better to get a specialist contractor in to spray the field with a broad spectrum herbicide that will do the weeds in one go hopefully, then seed where the bare patches have been left, then fertilise/lime etc in the late winter/spring before they go out again next year ?
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