[Bramham Wiltshire Horns]

We are looking at a small holding on Saturday
It used to have grass fields but now has been turned into wheat fields

Out of interest does anyone know roughly what it would take to get 5 acres back to grass and how long it would be before sheep and cattle could be put back into it

Thanks I will also put in a different topic

[Tim W]

We drilled a new ley into a stubble last week ----expect to graze it in April with sheep

Great opportunity to sow the grass type you want and to get clean grazing

[Marches Farmer]

Autumn sown grass will generally grow away very well.

[Bramham Wiltshire Horns]

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What would the cost likely to be I know it can vary

And what type of grass should I aim for

[macgro7]

I've put mixture of cold season grasses, cold season grasses (about 10 different species), legumes (several different varieties of clover, vetch etc) and some other herbs. That's should more or less take care of itself if managed correctly (frequent rotation, longish rest periods).

[davet]

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What would the cost likely to be I know it can vary

And what type of grass should I aim for

Depends what you want to do with it, depends on your soil.
I would look around:

https://www.thegrassseedstore.co.uk/product-category/agricultural/

https://www.hmseeds.co.uk/en/agricultural-grass-seed-forage

http://www.bostonseeds.com/products/1/Grass-Seeds/3/Agricultural-Grass-Seed/

http://www.barenbrug.co.uk/products.asp?menu_id=5

and realise how much choice you have