[SallyintNorth]

We normally do cattle - sheep - ponies, each grazing closer than the last and nullifying the worms of the previous occupants.  But I have to say that in this current long dry spell, the grass is struggling to come back from the ponies if we leave them on to eat it as short as we would usually.  Still working on how to do it, but I'm kind of having one sacrificial area that the ponies come back to (and I'll feed them hay if I need to, rather than let them graze another area too short), interspersed with letting the ponies in with the cattle for a day or two now and again. 

Christine Page (Pasture for Life) says of her cattle she lets them 'eat a third, trample a third, leave a third' before she moves them on.  I like that.

[Foobar]

Christine Page (Pasture for Life) says of her cattle she lets them 'eat a third, trample a third, leave a third' before she moves them on.  I like that.

Yes, I like that too.

If you like that you will like this (if you haven't seen it already) - Planned Holistic Grazing:
https://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_reverse_climate_change

[YorkshireLass]

I'm a member of PFLA but still learning and absorbing.


Anecdote from the rain (finally!!!!) this weekend - the fresher pasture that hasn't been grazed right down has seemed to absorb the water much better. It's being held close to the ground by the trampled stems and leaves as opposed to just draining straight off dry ground.

[landroverroy]

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If you like that you will like this (if you haven't seen it already) - Planned Holistic Grazing:
https://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_reverse_climate_change

Wow. That is amazing. Well worth looking at and makes you think.

[Foobar]

You can google "regenerative agriculture" and the "savory institute" for more stuff on that subject if you are interested. 

[landroverroy]

  Thanks.

[Penninehillbilly]

Christine Page (Pasture for Life) says of her cattle she lets them 'eat a third, trample a third, leave a third' before she moves them on.  I like that.

Yes, I like that too.

If you like that you will like this (if you haven't seen it already) - Planned Holistic Grazing:
https://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_reverse_climate_change

Wow, just watched this, so enlightening, we all know about rotation, but this proves so much (and one in the eye for vegans).
It should really be televised,  general public could use a wakeup call as well 

[Lingon]

Here is a longer and more detailed version of his lecture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEAFTsFH_x4