Blkbuckaroo wrote:
What did you use for water out there?
For this burn we used a backpack sprayer and two four wheelers with 15 gal tanks. Maybe not quite as much as we really should've had but the wind was from the east and the south,west and north sides all had trees and creek so we weren't really to worried.
Richard Doolittle wrote:
I've never heard of having to clear locust trees. I didn't know they could be a pest.
Thanks for the pics!
The Locust we have around here grow like crazy and have stickers like you can't believe. They look sort of like a cactus but only bigger and longer needles.. They are nasty to cut cause if you get poked by them it will make a heck of a sore spot and swells and gets infected from the needle.
You are welcome for the pictures.. Wish I would remember to take more I enjoy looking at everyone elses and should share more from here...
porter
Don't you burn off those wood fence posts when you do that?
Well you have to keep an eye them as they can burn if they aren't in the best shape. The hedge we use for posts usually are pretty tough if they aren't getting to the point of needing to be replaced. We usually put Cody my 10yr old son on the 4whlr to patrol the black line behind what we light to make sure things are in good shape. We normally have a pickup with about 250 gal of water and a reserve of about 1000 on a trailer just in case. Fire is to be respected and used very carefully. I understand the fear that some have for fire but in this part of the country between the fields, creeks and roads fire is fairly managable.
RSL
Burning grass always blows my mind...
Well in this part of the country we have a constant fight with Cedar, Locust, dogwood, buck brush and so on. We have found that if we burn a pasture we can save a lot of money on spray and mechanical control. I don't do it very often but it really works when we get a chance to do it.
Nice looking calf. I like the eye pigment. rd
I do to and plan to keep her if she looks as good at weaning as she does now...
To give everyone a little history of the pasture. It has always been overgrazed (as long as I can remember). It used to be used for late season grazing, calving and winter pasture. It is only about 30 acres but it is about a quarter mile from the house. I have been resting it a lot over the last couple yrs to help it get back up in shape. Our normal stocking rate is about 4-6 acres per cow and it wouldn't last for a full grazing season with 7-9 acres per cow. It was a wreck and the trees were the other half of the problem. With a little luck by the time May rolls around it will be all shinned up and ready for cattle. I need to build a short half mile of fence to really get it back to what I want it to be..
