Market Farming

["Bennett" <bennett AT frognet.net>]

The drough just about wiped out our pastures, which were in 
very poor and over-grazed condition anyway.  Can any of the
below mentioned be seeded now, or sometime this spring?
>> We've now settled on mixes of grains & annual rye, for several reasons.
>> 
>> diminishing their ability to germinate. This type of mix may also be
>> established much later in the season, an important aspect in a climate
>> 
>favored "guild" at the moment is a combination of cereal grains (rye & 
>oats) for height & carbon, annual ryegrass (mainly for filling in the 
>space between the cereal grains), and field peas for N fixing & biomass.