Jim worked on one of those projects today...
The meadow at the other farm, where we keep our dry cows and bred heifers has thinned out over time and needed to be over seeded. It's a good time of year to do this, since the animals are penned out of the meadow over winter. (If they were to be walking on the meadow while the grass isn't growing, their hooves would ruin the ground.)
He used a mixture of orchard grass, rye and some other grasses, and the no-till drill. He was ready to make his final pass here, and is motioning me to climb on the back of the seeder to make sure all of the seed was evenly distributed...
Here you can see the lines that the drill made in the meadow as he was seeding...
Finishing up...
Our Jersey bull has to keep an eye on everything that happens. He's anticipating grazing on that meadow once the weather gets warmer and the new growth is thick ...
Now we need just the right combination of warm weather and moisture to sprout that new grass and make it grow. There's nothing quite like seeing animals grazing on a lush, green pasture in the spring time...it really is right around the corner!
