Got a deluge of rain so I had to half the pig paddock so they won't ruin the pasture after this deluge of rain. This brushy area is gunna be tore up when they're done so hopefully I can feed hay on it in the next 6 months or so to get some grass growing! #permaculture https://nostrcheck.me/media/d70d50091504b992d1838822af245d5f6b3a16b82d917acb7924cef61ed4acee/e49dd3ecd4859191ff663b96291e5654d4608c72300180af60330622db2d12b8.mp4
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If you have some to spare, it may be worth tossing in a winter cover crop seed mix a day or two before you move them next.
Got any advice on a mix? Won't the birds just eat it all at this point?
I guess I don't know where you are, but farmers around here (nw ohio) are still putting in wheat a bit. Maybe wheat/triticale/rye for a grass, clover will either sprout now or spring, vetch of some sort, winter peas maybe. I got a winter cover crop mix from true leaf market last fall and am still using it this year with good germination (when timed with moisture because it's been so frigging dry)
Jordan Green is a farmer that sells (or did for a good while) piglets to polyface. He throws down seed with the intention of the hogs eating up to 30% I think. Their rooting incorporates the seed into the soil some, which would protect some from birds. I'll see if I can find the videos he did on it years ago.
I know the exact video, but my thinking is just that the canopy is too dense to worry about putting down seed until next year when I *should* get to the stage where I'm trying to actually throw down seed VS let what's in the seed bank come up.