It has been a little over a month since we tilled and reseeded my fields. Many acres were seeded with Rye, Orchard grass, Clover and Oats. We tilled up the native Fescue, and I am sure it will come back but now it will have some competition. Soon I will soil test as well and supplement what they need to make sure the planted seeds have the best chance to flourish and hopefully we can kick out all the native Broomstraw grass and some of the Fescue that has grown in the poor nutrient areas.
All of this new grass will greatly improve the diversity of the final product. Being hay for soil production.
We also threw out some seed for the plan of having a food plot.. That is coming up as well. With a few inches of rain in the last month it has helped the new seeds germinate and start growing.
All of the fresh green is from the recent rains, we got a good rain storm a few weeks ago so everything looks happy in this cooler weather we are having.
The clover is coming up as well, an under story green that should attract deer. Should have pretty flowers too.. I think its the Dutch variety but maybe I got some Crimson too I forget.
Some of this is Rye and Forage Rape.
Hopefully the falling leaves from the large trees near by makes it so they can handle drops in rain and such.
Looks like a few different kinds of grass growing here. Has different sizes and slightly different green to it.
Many of the other fields look just like this. When the cold comes and stays the grasses should go dormant and then keep growing next spring.
The wild flower seeds have done the best, they got a head start on the others so makes sense. Many are over eight feet tall now. Some of them are perennials and others are annuals so we shall see what returns next year.
Cold weather will take these out too, I hope they come back next year.
We have got enough rain to keep the seeds alive, but not enough to push them to grow really hard. So maybe the food plot will need to grow over the next year to produce.
It has to be a good spot for the deer, there is a wild persimmon tree right next to the food plot.
Hard to say which grass this is, but it looks happy. Its possible its the fescue coming back after being tilled.
These are the clovers, had a frosty morning and they were covered in dew. They do not seem to mind.
Here is a mix of both grasses and clover. Along with the red clay found around here I hope they do good.
With the cold weather setting in around here and temperatures well into the freezing soon all this grass will go dormant. And then after the harsh winter is over it should pop up strong after some good rains.
