In article <6fe64uFba3ikU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Charlie Kroeger <ckrogrr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > previous owner and/or contractors hired by the previous owner scraping
> > the top 18 inches or so of soil into a pile, putting down a layer of
> > large (3-6 inches) broken stone and drainage lines, adding a 6 inch
> > layer of 5/8-minus gravel on top of that, scraping the piled up soil
> > back across the area, then running out of money
>
> This is another type of overgrazing but just as destructive you can file
it
> under 'stupid ****ing white men'
That would be PRETTY close to the tab I used for filing. Yours is
phrased to be a little more suitable for polite company than mine, but I
can see that essentially the same thought is being expressed. :)
> Your thoughtful procedure will pay off someday. In that area with so
much
> rain it won't take 20 years to put things right.
Nah, I expect that if I can get rid of the weeds, then maybe hit the
high spots with the arena drag and/or a railroad tie/chain-link fence
drag strung off the back of the tractor, maybe put some more grass seed
in, I can have it a *MOSTLY* happy pasture in a year or two. Get some
good turf going to keep the weeds choked back, and it'll start shaping
up even faster. It's just that I'm dealing with 3-ish years of
completely ignored growth on what was essentially a weed heaven. I
shudder to think what the weed-seed count in the dirt over there is! But
if I can get a decent turf going, that'll cease to matter.
Fortunately, I've got climate more or less on my side. There's a reason
this area is not-so-jokingly referred to as "The Pacific NorthWet" :)
Vegetation gets LOTS of irrigation, and with the reasonably mild temps,
does its best to use it all.
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