So this is how things turned out with the continuing saga of the back hay field. I got most of it baled up, all but what would have been 15 or 20 bales + or -.
Out of that most was not feed quality, so I have maybe 50 bales of feed hay and 125 or 150 bales of mulch.
I would have preferred to use it all as feed but I have use for mulch.
On top of that is the fact that this pasture has been under grazed for the past few years, and when it was cut the grass was just left to decompose in the field. The result was a lot of thatch over the turf.
A lot of that thatch wound up in this hay. Getting it up off the field will do very good things for the pasture allowing the rain to soak in better and the soil to breath a bit, all good.
What I intend to do with all that mulch is to spread it in a thick layer over and area I intend to plant in corn and cowpeas next spring. I let it sit that way all winter, probably run chickens over the area. That should kill the grass and retain moisture in the soil so I can plant it no till in the spring, no need to plow or any of that. That’s my theory anyway; we’ll see how it goes.
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