tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post3718792597906723681..comments2024-03-29T09:55:48.161-04:00Comments on Eaton Rapids Joe: Red CloverEaton Rapids Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-51660306538533929892022-06-02T09:17:53.010-04:002022-06-02T09:17:53.010-04:00Forage is not something I have really dealt with y...Forage is not something I have really dealt with yet as the Ranch is usually well provided with native grasses through late May/ Early June. That said, the Cowboy is thinking about introducing some irrigation so longer term it might become a thing.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-67919595832683595472022-06-02T06:31:42.105-04:002022-06-02T06:31:42.105-04:00Reading about soil reclamation in the south. The ...Reading about soil reclamation in the south. The basic instructions boil down to lime it and plant clover. The dialogue seemed to assume some sort of grass already in place but suffering and low in nutritional value. Rounded up the Bermuda as my first spot is shaded and home to the septic field. Planted red clover and a shade friendly dwarf fescue. Probably some creeping red in there too. It is interesting how green the grass is where the clover germinated well compared to an area of sparse germination. A 1954 soil survey map called my dirt "red clay silt". Pretty sure some topsoil had accumulated from the forestry effort since 1954 but I figure it is in the foot high berms at the lower edge of my front yard thanks to the home building process. The deer surely like eating it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-11066977981149256632022-06-01T21:17:00.966-04:002022-06-01T21:17:00.966-04:00This is the first I ever heard of this. I used to...This is the first I ever heard of this. I used to seed my pastures and hay fields with Red Clover along with trefoil and various grasses. It was highly recommended by MSU Extension Service. Made great hay and pasture and I always had a good crop of angora goat kidds and lambs. It's been about 25 years since I last seeded and there is still lots of red clover and trefoil out there. ---kencoyoteken48https://www.blogger.com/profile/06182514695395380561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-76815345168177998442022-06-01T21:09:05.693-04:002022-06-01T21:09:05.693-04:00Red Clover has higher phytoestrogen levels when it...Red Clover has higher phytoestrogen levels when it has been mechanically damaged or bugs attacked it.<br /><br />I recommend that you use hay from the most deer-trampled or the buggiest corner.<br /><br />Your mileage will vary.Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-89276610685201447532022-06-01T19:36:09.055-04:002022-06-01T19:36:09.055-04:00Out here in Western Oregon we raise red clover for...Out here in Western Oregon we raise red clover for seed. This week the fields are windrowed and ready to chop for insilage. In late August the second growth will be ready to combine. Common practice to seed red clover with a nurse crop, oats or a brassica in the early spring. The first seed crop comes off the next summer. The fields are usually good for two seed crops.- G706Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-54739537892679972042022-06-01T16:51:38.332-04:002022-06-01T16:51:38.332-04:00Interesting twist, if you will, on clover. We grew...Interesting twist, if you will, on clover. We grew it as a 'fallow' field option.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2970975545475697571.post-23959345911411778162022-06-01T13:46:02.760-04:002022-06-01T13:46:02.760-04:00So when my wife complains about hot flashes I need...So when my wife complains about hot flashes I need to give her some hay?<br />You're a strange man Mr. Joe. LOL!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com