We have come to the realization that our animals would benefit from annual forage crops. This week we disced up about 1.5 acres and planted turnips. These are pretty quick growers and work well as a break crop. A break crop is a plant that is strong enough to win the new versus old battle and hopefully drop the grass down a bit. We are thinking this will be a good crop for both the pigs and the chickens. We will see. We will also try and strip graze the tops of the turnips. This variety (appin) has enough shoots at the crown that regrowth is possible after the pigs have nubbed it down. If we leave the pigs too long the will go for the subterranean gold.
So if your driving by….the North field is in triticale/oats and the south side of the driveway will be the turnip patch.
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