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Author Topic: Changing stubble field to grass  (Read 2303 times)

moony

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Dent
Changing stubble field to grass
« on: March 21, 2013, 07:47:32 pm »
Been offered a large chunk of land to rent. About 30 acres of it has been used to grow wheat for the last 3 years. Roughly how expensive and much of a job would it be to change the field to permanent pasture and what is the general procedure? Contractors would be doing the work as I don't have anywhere near sufficient equipment to do it.

Hassle

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Lincolnshire
Re: Changing stubble field to grass
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2013, 09:22:12 pm »
spray off with round up and direct drill the grass seed so not ripping up ground and then roll every week to compact the surface as long as not  :gloomy:

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Changing stubble field to grass
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2013, 10:24:45 am »
And then put sheep on it. ;)
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

 

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