Achinghips
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Really, I was thinking it would bein the thousands and thousands of pounds
That makes me feel better
That makes me feel better
How much to put this right for grazing - piccie?
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jendie
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Get a few pigs. Pigs will eat anything, when they are finished you can eat the pigs )
)ofcourseyoucan
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have read the whole post! personnally i would get a nice farmer to mow it, then round bale it and burn it! should only cost you 2 to 3 hundred pounds! bale it after 2 to 3 days dryish weather, then pile it and burn it. grazing should be ok for the winter then. but in the spring i would soil test for ph. and spray for weeds (need to keep the ponies off for 10 days). soil test will tell you what is lacking and what you need to apply. lime is best put on in the autumn. (would think yours will need lime as so many weeds!) However if you buy this property and are short of funds check for nasty weeds and let the horses eat what they fancy through the winter (think belly fill and amusement) then in the spring soil test/spray/fert etc as req. if fencing is good then you can get away with minimal expense til spring,. i definately would not plough and reseed old pasture, it will take you 3 years to get a good root base capable of withstanding horses. top seed any bare patches as req. i would definitely NOT let the state of the fields stop you buying a house with land to keep the horses at home!
ofcourseyoucan
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soil testing will only cost £50 max and will save you applying what is not req.
brighteyes
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You do need to be careful mowing and leaving - ragwort becomes palatable to horses once dead and dried. Make absolutely sure you have none of it before mowing, or if you do, get every last scrap of cuttings off the field before letting your horses on.
PeterNatt
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You need a specialist grass contractor with the correct machinery - not a farmer.
Get them to use a cut and collect machine and remove all the collected debris off site.
This will remove any cut ragwort etc off site safely away from your horses. It will also allow the grass to recover.
Then see what comes up and if there are any thistles and or nettles strim them repeatedly and they will give up the ghost. You should be left with grass.
If any ragwort comes up then selectively spray with Barrier x or a sililar product.
Avoid ploughing it up unless you have got 3 years to let the grass take hold. You can always drill grass seed in.
Get them to use a cut and collect machine and remove all the collected debris off site.
This will remove any cut ragwort etc off site safely away from your horses. It will also allow the grass to recover.
Then see what comes up and if there are any thistles and or nettles strim them repeatedly and they will give up the ghost. You should be left with grass.
If any ragwort comes up then selectively spray with Barrier x or a sililar product.
Avoid ploughing it up unless you have got 3 years to let the grass take hold. You can always drill grass seed in.
Achinghips
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Thanks everyone, wow, I shall defo be coming here for all my land management advice.
My order then, is to
1. Mow (is this called harrowing) and have it all taken away. (Goodness knows what I'll be left with - there were horses on there about 2 years ago, so there is grass in there somewhere).
2. Leave it.
3. Strim it.
Then I come back and ask for advice?
My order then, is to
1. Mow (is this called harrowing) and have it all taken away. (Goodness knows what I'll be left with - there were horses on there about 2 years ago, so there is grass in there somewhere).
2. Leave it.
3. Strim it.
Then I come back and ask for advice?