Originally Posted By: William
So...... Late April throw out some Buckwheat and Turnips/Radishes and then mow the cereals to the ground?


Yes……Something to keep in mind though and I’ll throw this out there again…..is that we’re not really just trying to grow a field of turnips and buckwheat alone...or whatever it may be. You’re just adding them into the mix and giving the field some more diversity. You still want some of the natural summer growth to grow as well. Our goal with this method during the summer is to produce biomass while still keeping the field attractive to deer with lush browse. Too many people still have the mindset that we’re trying to completely emulate the farmer. The farmer calls this and that a weed and we follow suit labeling many things as “bad”. We are not farming a single crop though and many of those other plants that the farmer curses are very beneficial to us from the standpoint of producing biomass as well as deer browse. We need that grass component in there…..we need that broadleaf component in there…..we need that legume. What we are trying to emulate is a very diverse and very fertile prairie ecosystem.

Last edited by CNC; 03/16/16 03:20 AM.

We dont rent pigs