Land Preparation for New Pasture
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CLEARING MORE LAND! FOLLOWING THE FARM DREAM!
What happens here
The farmer proceeds to the large, muddy, newly cleared area where Frank is operating the Caterpillar track loader. This area was once dense forest with large trees but is now being prepared for pasture. The process involves skimming off the top layer of dirt and grass to fill in low spots and level high spots. The farmer explains that this topsoil will eventually be spread back out across the land. He emphasizes the time-consuming nature of this work and outlines the next steps: discing the entire area multiple times to break up soil and remove debris, dragging it to further smooth and clear sticks/rocks, and finally using a no-till seed drill to plant pasture grass. This area will require about two years to fully establish as productive pasture before it can be intensively grazed.
Goal: Prepare cleared land for seeding and establishing new pastures
Tools and materials
- Chain Drag Harrow — Smoothing the ground and gathering debris (mentioned)
- Disk Harrow — Breaking up soil and incorporating organic matter (mentioned)
- No-Till Seed Drill — Planting pasture seeds without extensive tilling (mentioned)
- Pasture Seed — Establishing new pasture
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