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Old 30-06-2003, 12:45 AM
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does anyone have any info on seasonal scheduling of work to be done on a
couple of acres that have been layed out to meadow.
I would be most grateful thankyou.


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Old 30-06-2003, 10:56 PM
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does anyone have any info on seasonal scheduling of work to be done on a
couple of acres that have been layed out to meadow.


If you're talking about ornamental meadow, not grazing meadow, then
try an advanced search in my posting history in google's archive, under
"wildflower meadow".

Janet.



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Janet Baraclough wrote:
The message
from "tim" contains these words:

does anyone have any info on seasonal scheduling of work to be done
on a couple of acres that have been layed out to meadow.


If you're talking about ornamental meadow, not grazing meadow,

then
try an advanced search in my posting history in google's archive,
under "wildflower meadow".


.....and if you are talking 'Hay Meadow', hay making (depending on
where you are) is either over, in hand now (weather permitting), or
about to commence.
The aftermath could then be grazed for a period (it depends on the
stock, sheep, cattle, horses) before November.
If you have pernicious weeds (ragwort, cow parsley, hogweed, thistle),
they will need treating in the spring - and then you join the farming
community in praying for the right weather.

Most Nature Reserves rely on grazing (at the right time) to prevent
reversion to coarse growth and scrub but with 2 acres one could
successfully manage that with hand picking the rough stuff (like as
what I does).

--
ned


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ned
 
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Janet Baraclough wrote:
The message
from "tim" contains these words:

does anyone have any info on seasonal scheduling of work to be done
on a couple of acres that have been layed out to meadow.


If you're talking about ornamental meadow, not grazing meadow,

then
try an advanced search in my posting history in google's archive,
under "wildflower meadow".


.....and if you are talking 'Hay Meadow', hay making (depending on
where you are) is either over, in hand now (weather permitting), or
about to commence.
The aftermath could then be grazed for a period (it depends on the
stock, sheep, cattle, horses) before November.
If you have pernicious weeds (ragwort, cow parsley, hogweed, thistle),
they will need treating in the spring - and then you join the farming
community in praying for the right weather.

Most Nature Reserves rely on grazing (at the right time) to prevent
reversion to coarse growth and scrub but with 2 acres one could
successfully manage that with hand picking the rough stuff (like as
what I does).

--
ned


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