This very fertile 4 acre hillside pasture is too rocky for hay production, I mow it once a year in late summer. When fall rains come it’s often too wet for my heavy tractor.
Wow, lush. But it seems like you are mowing a lot of great flowers for native pollinators.
Worth-Illustrator607
More moo less mower
Emergency_Agent_3015
“The land of Mow.” You should consider retiring the area from production and allowing woody species to return. Rocky, thin soils on slopes are better suited for tree production and woody shrubs. Think about it the next time you have a mower repair.
maybeafarmer
I love Vermont
dodekahedron
Plant trees.
hinnsvartingi
That was so satisfying to watch. I wish I was there to smell
kennerly
Why not goats or sheep?
Mundane_Sail_1872
Rip goldenrod
DrMantisToboggan670
That brought back some good memories of walking the fields of my relatives properties in East Montpelier.
OldStromer
What type of mower are you running?
spizzle_
What a waste of your time and pasture for a negative yield.
davidolson1990
I actually kindof hate this. Every year. Not even giving nature a chance, especially if you do nothing with it. Imagine all the chopped up caterpillars. I hate it.
Unfair-Suggestion-37
Or you could not
BlackKloudDhali
Don’t listen to detractors, they will mow over your choices as the property owner.
monterey26
Genuine question… if you only mow once per year, why not wait a few more weeks for the flowers to finish blooming?
Legitimate_South9157
Sad to see all that goldenrod mowed down. It’s better for your homestead, the native plants, and the environment if you wait until late fall. Mow/disk a firebreak around your boundary and then burn off your pastures
RefrigeratorFluid886
So satisfying! Are you leaving the clippings on the ground? Good if you are. It will decompose and build up the rocky soil into something nice. Give it a few more years and this will be usable land. Could speed up the process a bit with a good layer of wood chips.
You could think about renting this space out to livestock farmers. It gets mowed down by the animals, and you get money for it.
Abundanceofyolk
5 cows would decimate that pasture.
DharmaKarmaBrahma
All those poor bugs
GrolarBear69
I see the golden rod everyone is talking about but I wouldn’t hay that with all those ferns.
GC_235
What are the cons of leaving it? Genuinely curious.
-Raskyl
Why mow it if you dont use it? Let the wildlife use the tall grasses and flowers.
Rhinoseri0us
Gorgeous. Satisfying.
you-look-adopted
This is exactly what my dreams look like. Red tractor, VT, poor soil that will make me rethink my wife and I’s life long dreams and a view to redirect those negative thoughts. Nice spot OP, keep it going!
emonymous3991
A lot of native bugs in there that you’re mowing as well. I’ll never understand mowing for the sake of mowing. If you don’t use the area then why mow at all? Rent it out to some livestock farmers I’m sure they’d be happy to use it. Thing will eventually die and come back like nature intended.
Flintthelab
Love it! Looks good!
Couchonthecouch
Thats a beautiful country side. Is that early morning or late afternoon?
zabulon_
Poor pollinators. Goldenrod is one the best plants you can have blooming.
Dr_Bunson_Honeydew
Candidate for r/oddlysatisfying
Dim-Mak-88
Those telling you to wait a little longer clearly didn’t read your comment about the fall rains.
Compote_Alive
Got goats?
Agvisor2360
I need to mow down my Spring/Summer pollinator garden but the heat index this week will be 110-115 degrees. I’ll just leave it be for a while.
Agvisor2360
Haters gonna hate. Let the man do what he wants to do. Every situation has positives and negatives to it.
Femveratu
Haha this is soooo satisfying, need to do some way overdue lot maintenance landscape work at my seasonal
kadrin88
Why mow it at all? Especially while everything is in bloom.
DifficultIsopod4472
Just think, a few more months and you’ll be doing SNOW REMOVAL!!
Nikeflies
Hey there! I’m a fellow New Englander and just finished a year long Master Woodland Manager program from CT DEEP. See all the flowering goldenrod you’re mowing over? That is an immensely important plant for pollinators late in the season, which helps improve the quality of any fruit or veggies you’re growing!. It is highly recommended to wait until October to mow a field like this, as you get the max benefits to pollinators/ food chain and allow these flowers to go to seed and spread for future.
49erfanstuckinok
Shame
rayeranhi
Any way to restore this to native grasslands/remove the invasives permanently?
AdministrationOk1083
You’ve got grass?
nixonbeach
You should stream this as sleep content on YouTube. For real this is peaceful.
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Wow, lush. But it seems like you are mowing a lot of great flowers for native pollinators.
More moo less mower
“The land of Mow.” You should consider retiring the area from production and allowing woody species to return. Rocky, thin soils on slopes are better suited for tree production and woody shrubs. Think about it the next time you have a mower repair.
I love Vermont
Plant trees.
That was so satisfying to watch. I wish I was there to smell
Why not goats or sheep?
Rip goldenrod
That brought back some good memories of walking the fields of my relatives properties in East Montpelier.
What type of mower are you running?
What a waste of your time and pasture for a negative yield.
I actually kindof hate this. Every year. Not even giving nature a chance, especially if you do nothing with it. Imagine all the chopped up caterpillars. I hate it.
Or you could not
Don’t listen to detractors, they will mow over your choices as the property owner.
Genuine question… if you only mow once per year, why not wait a few more weeks for the flowers to finish blooming?
Sad to see all that goldenrod mowed down. It’s better for your homestead, the native plants, and the environment if you wait until late fall. Mow/disk a firebreak around your boundary and then burn off your pastures
So satisfying! Are you leaving the clippings on the ground? Good if you are. It will decompose and build up the rocky soil into something nice. Give it a few more years and this will be usable land. Could speed up the process a bit with a good layer of wood chips.
You could think about renting this space out to livestock farmers. It gets mowed down by the animals, and you get money for it.
5 cows would decimate that pasture.
All those poor bugs
I see the golden rod everyone is talking about but I wouldn’t hay that with all those ferns.
What are the cons of leaving it? Genuinely curious.
Why mow it if you dont use it? Let the wildlife use the tall grasses and flowers.
Gorgeous. Satisfying.
This is exactly what my dreams look like. Red tractor, VT, poor soil that will make me rethink my wife and I’s life long dreams and a view to redirect those negative thoughts. Nice spot OP, keep it going!
A lot of native bugs in there that you’re mowing as well. I’ll never understand mowing for the sake of mowing. If you don’t use the area then why mow at all? Rent it out to some livestock farmers I’m sure they’d be happy to use it. Thing will eventually die and come back like nature intended.
Love it! Looks good!
Thats a beautiful country side. Is that early morning or late afternoon?
Poor pollinators. Goldenrod is one the best plants you can have blooming.
Candidate for r/oddlysatisfying
Those telling you to wait a little longer clearly didn’t read your comment about the fall rains.
Got goats?
I need to mow down my Spring/Summer pollinator garden but the heat index this week will be 110-115 degrees. I’ll just leave it be for a while.
Haters gonna hate. Let the man do what he wants to do. Every situation has positives and negatives to it.
Haha this is soooo satisfying, need to do some way overdue lot maintenance landscape work at my seasonal
Why mow it at all? Especially while everything is in bloom.
Just think, a few more months and you’ll be doing SNOW REMOVAL!!
Hey there! I’m a fellow New Englander and just finished a year long Master Woodland Manager program from CT DEEP. See all the flowering goldenrod you’re mowing over? That is an immensely important plant for pollinators late in the season, which helps improve the quality of any fruit or veggies you’re growing!. It is highly recommended to wait until October to mow a field like this, as you get the max benefits to pollinators/ food chain and allow these flowers to go to seed and spread for future.
Shame
Any way to restore this to native grasslands/remove the invasives permanently?
You’ve got grass?
You should stream this as sleep content on YouTube. For real this is peaceful.