Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Bruce]

When you overseed do you do any ground prep or just broadcast the seed and hope they will get into the dirt?

 

[Baymule]

That's a nice bunch of peppers. Y'all have had a good garden this year.

 

[Mike CHS]

I've had pretty good growth just broadcasting. I get more growth if I time it so that the sheep have eaten it down quite a bit but if I time the seeding after quite a few days of no rain, it gets good ground contact even in the paddocks where I already have stockpiled grass. I get the best growth in paddocks that have been cut and there is time to get good growth on the rye grass but I did that last year and we had a hard freeze a month early and I not only got minimal growth from the seed, I also had a lot of die back of the perennial grasses so I was stuck feeding hay 6 weeks earlier than planned.

I have so much graze stockpiled already that I'm going to have to top cut several of the paddocks as it is since they can't keep up with it.

 

[Mike CHS]

Today was a light day of getting rid of to-do list items which included table top panels to go on top of the dog kennels on the porch. Nothing fancy but just plywood panels stained and coated with varnish to give the kennels a not so "rough" look. That is about the last of the things that need done out there so we called it finished.

I did a bit of weed eating then we ran into Home Depot to get some elastomeric paint to use on the tarps over our cattle panel shelters. Some of the tarps are showing a bit of weathering and the paint can add several years to their life span. The weather is supposed to be pretty again tomorrow so we will work on those together.

 

[Baymule]

I have so much graze stockpiled already that I'm going to have to top cut several of the paddocks as it is since they can't keep up with it.

Gee, what a tough problem to have! LOL

 

[frustratedearthmother]

did a bit of weed eating then we ran into Home Depot to get some elastomeric paint to use on the tarps over our cattle panel shelters. Some of the tarps are showing a bit of weathering and the paint can add several years to their life span.

I need to check into that - have some things around here that could use some life extension. Thanks!

 

[Mike CHS]

We did a lot of tree trimming on the lane outside the paddocks to get them back out of the way. We got two of the shelters painted and still have two to paint and one that we let go too long so it needs to be replaced. I took some pictures but they don't show enough that matters but we have one that we got one side done and started on the other half and they just seem bright.

Our friends in South Carolina turned us on to this finish and they report that they can double the life of the tarps as long as you catch them before they start ripping. We had a couple of small holes but Home Depot also carries patch material for use with the finish.

 

[farmerjan]

Had never heard of that extender stuff... Am definitely going to check into it. Makes a tarp covered panel or whatever seem like a much better bargain..... Thank you @Mike CHS .

 

[Mike CHS]

This coating isn't cheap but then the tarps we use aren't cheap either. They are all heavy duty UV rated so even adding a year or two is an easy choice.

 

[Beekissed]

Today was a light day of getting rid of to-do list items which included table top panels to go on top of the dog kennels on the porch. Nothing fancy but just plywood panels stained and coated with varnish to give the kennels a not so "rough" look. That is about the last of the things that need done out there so we called it finished.

I did a bit of weed eating then we ran into Home Depot to get some elastomeric paint to use on the tarps over our cattle panel shelters. Some of the tarps are showing a bit of weathering and the paint can add several years to their life span. The weather is supposed to be pretty again tomorrow so we will work on those together.

Never heard of painting tarps! That's interesting and I'd like to try it.