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Preparations for the upcoming grazing season are in full swing. Farmers are checking their fences and water systems, and frost-seeding legumes to improve pasture quality. Soon there will be cattle out on grass, and less feeding to do in the barns! But with all the excitement, have you put much thought into your spring grazing plan? Where should you start?

There are two schools of thought on which paddock should be grazed first. One is to start each spring in a different paddock, so that the grasses are not being grazed at the same time every year. This strategy can help maintain a diverse mix of species in your pastures, because changing when the cattle eat those plants means a different species bears the brunt of that stress each year. The disadvantage to this strategy is that it assumes all your paddocks are similar: that they have the same drainage, the same soil type, and they are ready to be grazed at the same time in the spring. If your farm is not very uniform – think hills or wet areas – there will be paddocks that simply cannot be grazed first without the rest of the pasture becoming over-mature.

Dr. Yousef Papadopoulous at AAFC’s Nappan research station has been studying pasture mixes. He has worked on simple and complex mixtures, complimentary grass and legume species, and how grass varieties perform in mixes. In a webinar held February 2017, he outlined which forage species are most productive at different times of year:

Terraseedingthe Finishing Touch To Any Landscaping Project

Due to the ease of application Terraseeding provides a great solution for erosion control on slopes in ponds, channels, along roadways, parks, and other buffers.

Terraseeding, a trademarked term for Hydroseeding, makes seeding large and complex areas extremely efficient by using a pneumatic blower truck composted soil with seed.

Reasons should you consider Terraseeding to finish your next landscape construction project:

  • A single technician with one blower can cover about 1 acre of ground in one day, significantly more than a large crew and in a fraction of the time. This helps to reduce labour costs, making Terraseeding a more economical alternative.
  • Seed mixtures are customizable to meet individual environmental and municipal specifications and can include a variety of wildflowers, native fescues, grasses, and ryes.
  • Mixing seed with composted soil pre-installation provides the ultimate seed protection and moisture control.
  • The seed is planted, rather than exposed on the surface. This protects the seed from wind, wildlife, and the burning sun.
  • Seed germination increases due to the warmth and moisture in the soil.
  • The blown-in application levels the rough grade of subsoil with a smooth finished layer of well-draining soil. This eliminates hours of fine leveling labour with machine or hand rake.

Talk with the team at Geoscape to see whether the terraseeding process makes sense for your development.

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