>Hallo Andres, > >I'm afraid everything I do is very different from what you are >proposing so I can't be much help. I would get in touch, if possible, >with the local folks and the ag extension office or uni which serves >your area. Pasture farming is area specific given weather conditions, >soil type, length of season and what livestock you are pasturing. >Even where I am at the requirements are different if you drive 15 >minutes south. I have to plant for heavy clay but my neighbors a few >miles south have to plant for sandy soil. This is not to mention that >my neighbors think I am crazy because I use no pesticides, herbicides >or chemical fertilizers. > >Do a google or hotbot search for pasture planting and refine your >search to suit your conditions. Then find a neighbor who is >successful who uses farming methods which mirror your methods and talk >to them.
I'd bet my boots there aren't any Gustl. Andres is doing ley farming, and the unis and ag extensions won't ever heard of it, and shame on them for that. Best wishes Keith >Follow that up with whatever free government or university >information you can find and then decide which best suits your >conditions and methods of farming. > >I'm sorry I can't be more help than that. I don't have a clue about >farming in the desert. Good luck friend. > >Happy Happy, > >Gustl > >Tuesday, 20 September, 2005, 21:19:28, you wrote: > >AY> Hi, tried posting the following to Rodale's NewFarm forums, and have >AY> gotten no answer so far. Any farmers on this list? Gustl? Keith? I'm >AY> leaving this particular field unseeded until i can figure out a smart >AY> way to do it: > >AY> Hello, >AY> It's spring here in the southern hemisphere, and we're looking at >AY> seeding a recently harvested potato field with a forage mixture. We >AY> don't have access to a drill yet, so the plan is to broadcast a nurse >AY> crop of oats, then lightly disc to cover, then broadcast alfalfa plus a >AY> bunch of other small seeded forbs, grasses, and legumes. We'll need to >AY> furrow the field for irrigation (can't count on enough-properly >AY> timed-rain here in the desert, although we do get about 200-250mm >AY> spread out over the season-conditions are much like southern colorado, >AY> northern new mexico), so the question is: do we furrow before >AY> broadcasting the alfalfa+, and if so, how do we cover and pack the >AY> seed/bed after furrowing? Or, if we furrow after seeding the alfalfa+, >AY> won't the seeds be buried too deep? >...snip... >-- >Je mehr wir haben, desto mehr fordert Gott von uns. >******** >We can't change the winds but we can adjust our sails. >******** >The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, >soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, >without signposts. >C. S. Lewis, "The Screwtape Letters" >******** >Es gibt Wahrheiten, die so sehr auf der Straße liegen, >daß sie gerade deshalb von der gewöhnlichen Welt nicht >gesehen oder wenigstens nicht erkannt werden. >******** >Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't >hear the music. >George Carlin >******** >The best portion of a good man's life - >His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. >William Wordsworth _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
