Planting our our new Hay Field with a custom Grass Mix
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- Today I am finally planting our new Hay Field. The field will mostly be grass hay. We are planting orchard grass, meadow fescue, Timothy, and medium red clover. We are going to use a 3 point broadcast spreader to distribute the grass seed on the hay field. Then we are going to use a cultipacker to roll over the field and press the seed into the soil.
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The field looks good. Hope you get a drizzly rain to get it to grow. Now go to work...[just kidding]. Hope your work schedule slows down soon, I miss the videos.
Amen, Nole brother ... Evan seems to be getting the hang of it regards this hayfield. BTW: you might like Field Rows channel, from maybe 100 miles northwest of Tallahassee ... And man, do we need a quarterback.
Hey Evan you want it to rain? Wash the tractor and the truck and the car it always happens .lol
The seed coverage was impressive. Let’s pray for good germination. That field will be a bonus for your hay harvest and farm income. Thanks Evan.
You look very happy with a job well done.👏 😀 😊 ☺ 😄
Good morning from the south of England
Good morning from Grand Forks
That old mixer that you got sure has paid for itself.
I'd bet Tom and Charlie Silva love you repping their shirt!
Great job showing and telling, keep up the good work showing I’ll do mine like that to see ya next time see ya bye.
Nice T-Shirt! I have one just like it. Silva Brothers
Always a great video. Thumbs up Evan !
Good use for concrete mixer
I love your Silva brothers construction shirt they are awesome contractors and I love this old house!!! True classic
That field looks pretty good. The old roller did a good job. 👍👍
I'm so glad to see you on the homestead!!! Glad your getting it seeded down!!!!! God bless you!
Amen, to all that.
That new tractor is doing a great job! Nice video.
Really enjoy your show, your my #1 show.
great video
I believe that you were pulling a roller packing the hay seed..you mentioned a cultipacker, they would have a set if cultivating teeth along with a packer
Look's good Even!
Would love to hear how the hay turned out after this. We’re looking at adding 3-4 acres to our horse pasture and have similar equipment available to lay down grass seed. Thanks and awesome video!
Clean Your cab filter now and blow out engine filters.
I worked up My field and My filters were pretty much plugged full of dust and debris. Really enjoyed the drone footage. Hopefully Your long stretch of 12 hour work is almost over. Stay safe.
Good job young man!
Butch
Ashland Ohio
Good Luck Evan.
Great job!!!
Well you have done your part very well, it now up to good old mother nature to do her part !
Very nice good looking field, rolling also will make it great for making hay will the 🌞 👍👍
Looking good, pray for rain.
I gotta tell ya Evan that is a great idea for mixing grass seed 😃👍
Not too many people would have thought of a cement mixer for getting a uniform mix 🤔!
Next time you plant seed go mow a hay field. That should make it rain for a week.
This only works if you’re legitimately trying to make hay, but it works like a charm.
Love the old mixer; everyone needs one.
....good one, nice job, keep safe...
Enjoying your videos here in Memphis.
Cambridge Rolls , perfect for the job .
JudithB It looks good, now for rain!!!
I enjoy ALL of your videos so much. Watching you and Rebekah build your future business from that old overgrown farm into what you have made it today has been very enjoyable ❤️ You two are so smart in doing this now, when you are still working full-time. It is the right way to go about it. I am 🙏🙏🙏 for rain for you. Thank you so much for sharing
Corpus Christi TX
I love a cultipacker. In a few days the depressions made by the cultipacker will turn green.
Lol good use for that cement mixer!!!!
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Great job Evan…. Your hay field looks amazing!!
Very well done. Great camera work. I learned a bit. Thanks. 😊
The field looks amazing. Well done!
Great job Evan, great job.Have a blessed day.👍👏🚜
Jeezz Evan, You are rockin this field. Good Job.
As usual Evan great job, looks real neat Dave
You can still get corrugated wheels for your roller as an option. It is called a Cambridge roller
Great video seed spread looks great
Great seing you will be good to see it sprout up
Thanks for your videos my brother your are amazing you are very helpful
Good video Evan, hope everything comes up fine.
Love This Old House and your channel!
I was just looking at your red wonder and thinking that it really deserves some TLC after a dusty workout! 🏴
Nice job Evan. Our culipacker we used looked exactly like yours! That should make a good hay field. When you come off your hectic work schedule it will make you wonder how you got it all done! Give lots of credit to Rebekah! Love watching your videos and as always thanks for taking us along with you.
The field looks great Evan and will look even better when the hay is growing.
My fingers are crossed!😊
You've done just about all there is to do, Evan. Now comes the hardest part of farming...waiting.
Have an awesome and blessed day!
What a nice prepared field
This is a beautiful piece of land. Can't wait to see it green up! Also, noticed your shirt in the first half of the video, Silva Brothers! Big fan of TOH for over 30 years. Sure feeds some dreams of bigger, nice homes!
I picked up on that too! Back in the day, the only way to get one of those shirts was to hire Silva Brothers Construction to do a job for you. I have always admired the quality of work that Tommy and his brothers did on TOH. You knew he was good when you'd see Norm treat him as a peer.
This summer has FLOWN by so fast that we're behind with canning. Hope to catch up this weekend. Also hoping your garden turned out well for your needs.
Looks very nice. I could do stuff like that all day every day. I hope that your long consecutive work days end soon!
Keep us posted on the progress
I like the way you explain things. I'm impressed with the way you produce your videos.
You explain you farming techniques so any man can comprehend and go out and plant hay.
Great job.
Good video hope u get some rain
Is that a Silva Brothers shirt - as in Tommy Silva of This Old House fame?!?! You’ll have to send him one of your shirts!
In the future, mix ratios by weight of Pure Live Seed (PLS)... not weight of seed type. I was a seedsman for years and helped many, many of farmers get exactly what they wanted out of their fields.
Looks really Purdy earl, I'm praying you get the right amount of rain. Stay safe, and hope you're getting your veggies canned. 💙💛👍👍🚜
Good job Evan.
Hope you have good luck with your new grass field!
nice job Bud... love to watch your vids..
So a trick for orchard grass is when you mix it with other seed you can not shake them together because orchard grass will separate it self from other seeds
Looks good
Always enjoy. Looking good out there. Hard work shows
Run a light set off harrows over it in front of the roller mate
I have a cultipacker that looks just like yours. The shaft rides in a wood block on each end. I inherited it, it was bought used for 2 dollars in the 50s,
I have mu dad’s old roller it has wood bearings also
What type of wood is used ??
@@georgedavidson1221 the old guy that I inherited it from used white oak, I made one out of yellow pine, used 1 7/8 hole saw. I drilled a hole at an angle and put a grease zirt in the wood so I could grease it. It's been on about 10 trs.
@@georgedavidson1221 Lignum Vitae, ideally...
We used those V rollers to bust clay dirt clods that would dry as hard as rock, with concrete blocks setting in the holders on top.
Looks awesome
Looks great. well done
The field looks good and you just need some rain and I think it will grow quickly.
Love the videos! If you want that cinematic feel with the drone, try moving both sticks at the same time.
I love your farm...brings back memories of childhood...my father used a mule to turn his fields...lol. No kidding...we loved that Ole mule. Good luck with the grass seed.
By the way nice looking pond , Hopefully that is part of your property . If it is like to see more of your property ? Thank you !
The pond is on their property. It's three and a half acres. It you want to see it in relation to where the house is, go to his playlist and check out the log home cabin build. It shows the pond A LOT ❤️
Field looks awesome Even.
Looks good my friend.
Watch your drydown on the clover when cutting next year. Will dry much slower than the grasses (in my experience).
I agree !
Clover is fine in a pasture mix but why in the world use it in a HAY mixture ?
If you insist on a legume, alfalfa dries much faster than c lover for hay.
Love the channel and the farm!
Evan, thank you for the video. I noticed you had a Silva brothers construction shirt on. Is this the Silva that was on this Old House? Have a great rest of your weekend.
Thanks for sharing with us Evan, the field looks great, hopefully it will be green before long. Looks great around there. Stay safe and keep having fun. Fred. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👋👋
Looks great! Be safe!
Awesome job. Your field is in excellent condition. Praying you get some good soaking rains now🙏🏻
May the rain force be with you!
Field looking good Evan, you're going to get a Good crop, enjoying all your videos keep them coming.👍👍
So helpful! Thank you!
ny father use to say milking cows make sweeter milk with clover
Chicory is also a good option for cattle feed, and is also used to make a coffee like beverage.
I enjoy your attitude towards farming! I hope to start next year. Best of luck to you and yours!
in the uk we call that a cambrige roller
Glad you used cultipacker, this what i use for this purpose. Packer compresses soil to bond seed & grooves accept heavy deluge of rain water & hold soil. Roller is smooth & seed tends to stick to it. Roller makes ground like a paved parking lot. In heavy rain no ridges to slow the erosion of soil/seed. then a redo for part or all of field. I cringed when you mentioned Timothy seed as this was raised to feed horses only, If one stem reaches maturity it is like wire, it punctures and kill cattle. Never let it get that high. Also Timothy pulls from the soil, does not add or amend. Seed germination is 7-10 days. You will be tempted to harvest in late October if weather cooperates in growth, but strongly suggest you resist until next May.
I'm learning
You just really need enough rain to make the moisture meet. 1/2 to 3/4 inch.
I had a roller like that with oak bearings, they worked pretty good.
Love to watch your love for your farm.