Pasture Renovation 

We continually strive to improve our services and facility for our clients.  2021 has been a busy year!  We started the year rehabbing our back old hay field to turn it into new pastures for our client's wonderful horses.   

Step 1: Soil Samples
First we took a soil samples in the spring from various places in the field to ensure a good representation of the soil was presented.  We then sent the soil off to the lab to be tested via Southern States.  The handy dandy soil probe tool made the process so much easier and was well worth the $15 spend.  

Step 2: Herbicide & Fertilizer mix based on soil sample results   

Step 3: Seed Pasture  
After a two week waiting period we were able to "no till drill" to plant our pasture seed.  We rented a Haybuster 107C no-till drill from Southern States - Georgetown.  We have found them to be a great resource with super customer service and very knowledgeable!

Step 4: Let the Seed Grow  
We then waited for Mother Nature to do her thing and grow the seed. We planted a bit later than was optimum, so there was concern the seeds would not germinate and the seeding would take.  By June, we had beautiful lush green grass.  Success!   We then continued to mow the field 2-3 times per month.  Even though we put about 11 acres in fence, we mowed the entire 20 acres in order to maintain our hacking paths.  It takes about 5 hours to mow with our 12' bushhog to mow the entire space.