All that clover has to be great for fixing nitrogen in the soil and it looks so lush! The honey bees have to love all that clover also!
Making A Pasture
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mystang89
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That is a beautiful job! Well done!
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Just be careful of pasture bloat in the sheep from the over abundance of clover. It looks beautiful, but they can overdo it and get down very quick from it. We have to watch it in the cattle also.
Bruce
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If it is white clover, yes. They can't get down into the red clover flowers. Bumbles can though.
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Baymule
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@farmerjan I make sure they have a belly full of hay, then I only leave them on the pasture about 3 hours. Then I put out dolomite lime, mineral and baking soda. I started them several weeks ago on the pipeline, which is also planted in clovers, fescue and rye grasses, but NO where near as lush as this pasture. I am watching them. Thank you.
@Bruce there is Crimson clover and white clover. Bees are tearing it up! It’s humming out there!
I never thought I’d see pasture this lush.
@Bruce there is Crimson clover and white clover. Bees are tearing it up! It’s humming out there!
I never thought I’d see pasture this lush.
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Baymule
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Pasture #1 across the driveway from pasture #2 is getting a shot of nitrogen. I’m raising Cornish cross and we drag the coop forward every few days. It started out to be a chicken tractor, but I seriously over built it. We drag it forward, DH waters it in.
Mike CHS
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I would be hard pressed to keep my sheep from gorging on that salad bar of vegetation. 
If there is green matter that can be smelled they will literally stand next to the hay rack and stare at the green stuff and ignore the hay.
If there is green matter that can be smelled they will literally stand next to the hay rack and stare at the green stuff and ignore the hay.
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Baymule
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After a few hours, they go to the gate and yell at me. They want to go back to their new barn (roof) to ruminate. The radiant heat barrier we put under the tin really cuts the heat.
My husband loves Crimson Clover. It lines the roadways here in the spring and makes a beautiful showing. So we bought a 50 pound bag of that too. He sowed it out front along the road and down the driveway. It is in full bloom now and it's gorgeous. It is a little skimpy in places, but it should get better next year. We'll let this go to seed and we'll plant more next fall.
My husband loves Crimson Clover. It lines the roadways here in the spring and makes a beautiful showing. So we bought a 50 pound bag of that too. He sowed it out front along the road and down the driveway. It is in full bloom now and it's gorgeous. It is a little skimpy in places, but it should get better next year. We'll let this go to seed and we'll plant more next fall.
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promiseacres
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That is gorgeous
Wehner Homestead
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That crimson clover is beautiful!! Looking good Bay! I’m sure it’s nice to see your hard work paying off and the sheep enjoying the fruits of your labor!
