We did 6 spots this year with no tillage. We had a few load out spots from loggers and the waste piles they left about 3 years ago. Ran a dozer over them in the spring and just crunched all the rotten stuff I could up. By late summer they were covered in briars , dog fennel and whatever else could pop up. We seeded and bush hogged them last month. Been 3 weeks and they are coming up well.
The 3 other spots we did were on powerlines and basically nothing but sage grass. It seems to be the only thing that grows there anymore after the power co sprayers have come thru for the past 15 years. Seeded them, came back a week later and cut. Now 2 weeks later and its starting to show thru the thatch.
So far looking good. Used cereal rye, diakons, clovers, purple tops, kale and rape.
