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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] pasture building question
  • Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:31:59 -0600


Yep, she's killed her soil, hasn't she. If those amendments are too
expensive she could go with overseeding a mix of grasses for the region.
Her local extension office should know what's good for pastures there.
Winter cover is esp advisable in any climate.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
--Henry David Thoreau

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On 8/11/2006 at 10:17 AM Aliza wrote:

>I am requesting information for a lady with mini horses - so cute you
>cant even imagine
>
>Okay - she has been spraying her fields with a broad leaf herbicide and
>using synths (at least she got a soil sample done though) and is wanting
>to know why her fields are so poor still. I explained a bit about soil
>biology. Unfortunately she is also downfield from a conventional orchard.
>
>
>She wants to do this a little at a time so here is what I suggested -
>greensand, rock phosphate, pasture rotation, and an application of soil
>probiotics (I forget the name of the one we have easily available here) I
>also recommended mowing the pasture. Of course adding chickens, sheep, or
>goats to the rotation would be most helpful but she is not going there:o)
>She doesnt really want a high protein lush pasture because her ponies are
>already fat but she would like a healthier pasture. Other then an
>application of appropriate organic fertilizer in the spring what other
>EASY things can she do to enliven her fields - its about 3 1/2 acres
>total.
>
>Aliza
>
>Aliza Vanderlip
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