Flail Mowing

... just to remind myself really.

This week I got a flail mower for the BCS tractor and mowed the winter rye which had reached 5'+ but hopefully before the seed heads had matured - not that it matters too much on that area. Half of the plot was then churned over with the tiller and sweet clover sown. I haven't done the other half yet, but am thinking of maybe drilling kale or something that the pigs could eat off later in the year?

The small hay meadow was also flail mowed, there are a lot of weeds and herbs in it which would make poor hay yet, so better mulched back into the soil and I just sowed some Timothy #1 at 2.5lb/acre. No idea if it will germinate, but there is rain forecast so hopefully it will wash in. Again, if I caught it before the weed seeds were viable then next year maybe we'll have a useable hay crop.

Both areas really could have done with liming / wood ash, but I have no way of spreading it.