Overseeding Pasture - The Project List
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- After a long, wet winter pastures are going to need some TLC, including overseeding, to get them back in shape. Overseeding or broadcast seeding a pasture is an inexpensive and quick way to rejuvenate and revitalize pastures. Today we get to work and bring new life into our feeding areas on The Project List.
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I know this post is old so you might not see my comment, but it worth a shot. I'm also a dry land rancher and I use to try the over seed with a broad cast seeder and had very little luck. I was able to find an old drill for $500 and it has paid for itself in wasted seed 10 times over. I would highly recommend it. My germination rates were way up. Since most drills have wider rows I do a double seeding going north to south then east to west. This fall I plan on doing one field north to south with dry land grass and then going east to west with alfalfa. Then the gaps in the rows of grass wont choke out the alfalfa. Just food for thought. Thanks for your video's
Great idea. Thank you very much Steven -Mike
I AM SO HAPPY you bottle feed, many use buckets, however nursing a bottle helps the calf release digestive enzymes, where bucket feeding does not
Mike, you have a remarkable voice for these videos. It's as though you've paid for a professional voice-over. I'm impressed every time I start watching. Definitely a strength.
Thank you very much, those old careers coming in handy. :) - Mike
Great job Mike,wont be long until sweet little Mackenzie will be out there giving the "old man" a little help with the outside chores (seems she already has the chickens under control) What a great family,Blessings to the ranch -Jerry
She's chomping at the bit to do more and more, I love it. thanks Jerry - Mike
If you've got some extra wood or metal laying about, you could probably rig yourself up a bracket to mount that seed spreader to that trailer you were using with the cake feeder jobby. That way you can cart the spreader about and seed too. Cut down on the runs back and forth to the shop. Then again, I suppose what with your wind and all you'd probably loose more seed than the saved time would be worth.
Yeah the wind is always a factor. It usually does end up somewhere on the ranch. Thanks for the great idea! -Mikr
I like to re-watch these videos!
That's awesome. Thank you Ron -Mike
Hereford cattle posters in the barn, I remember when my grandfather still had herefords on the family farm when I was growing up. Sounds like the perfect day for overseeding, right before spring rain or snow. Hopefully some cool weather until the new grass gets some roots going.
Exactly, thank you very much ! - Mike
I used to put down quite a bit a grass seed in the 80's with a spreader. Here's how we calibrated it. We removed the spinner on the spreader and hug a bucket. If you know your speed, distance covered and how far the seed will fly you have a certain area covered. Weigh the seed in the bucket and now you know how much seed you put down for a cover area. Homeowner grass seed expensive and didn't want to waste. I never trusted the indicators on the spreaders.
I dont trust them either, makes total sense. Thanks for the tip! - Mike
More great stuff !! Thank you Mike !! You all do such a wonderful job of producing these videos!! Appreciate you my friend !! Please be safe and God bless you all !!!!! Eddy
Thank you Eddy, we figure we want to put out something that people will enjoy and if you spend your time watching it, we can spend some of ours making them. Thanks again - Mike
Glad to hear you are paying attention to soil health. I googled it and I am about 3,000 road miles north west of you. We have an inch of new snow and it still coming down.
Oh man, keep on a snowing. By the way, did you get your package? - Mike
Got the package. As soon as my car gets out of the shop I will put one in the window my old truck I am debating on because it could be embarrassing to your channel.
Mike, I too use a small seeder like yours to broadcast seed. I find putting the cow on the seeded field foe a few days help ensure seed to soil contact by virtue of hood action. I call it "trodding in the see."
Actually that ended up happening sure to a gate not being latched. Lol. Thanks Philip - Mike
Mike I love your life so much I’m coming for you:D
stay blessed:)
Yelp it's like that in Ohio. We Buckeyes say, if you don't like the weather just wait a minute and it will change!
God bless.
haha, so much fun. Thanks Brian - Mike
Glad ya got it seeded before the storm hit mike.
As am I, hope it works. Thanks - Mike
My Father used to seed Timothy grass on snow in the spring. That looks like a good mix to use. 👍🏼
I have seeded Timothy before, it seems to work really well. Thanks Fiona - Mike
Hi Mike and Erin , I just would like to say before I joined your channel I knew little about farming and what hard work it entails. Living in a fantasy world I always had dreamt of living on a small off the grid farm that would be self sustainable hopefully using solar power and rain water or bore water if available. You Channel has certainly opened my eyes to alot of aspects that I would have never known as well as providing a great sorce of education also . Thank you for your marvelous channel and sharing your life with us green horns LOL.😀 it has given me great pleasure in watching and I look forward to watching your new Vlogs . Cheers from Down Under. 😊
Well thank you Kylie, very nice of you to say. We love having you and look forward to hearing from you as well. :) - Mike
The little gater it's so cute
It is, I cant wait til the girls are old enough to drive it. Yes it doesn have seatbelts. :) - Mike
Our Wyoming Life you should put the cake feeder on the squirt
Good video as usual! I wish you guys better weather! Luckily, we have started getting good enough weather to start putting in our garden this week. So I've got plenty of footage for this week's video.
Thats great, thanks for watching - Mike
Thought it was just me on my farm having to do the shuffle!No matter where I park something, I’ll have to move it! Love your channel!
Thank you very much ! -Mike
NO more snow..just rain will do fine ..good luck on your seeding.
Thank you very much - Mike
Thanks for the farm vlog Mike
Thank you for watching - Mike
Thanks for taking the time to share.
Thank you for watching - Mike
Hi Mike...I was waiting for you to just blast over all that tubing piled up in the shop (were you just a little bit tempted)....but then you would likely be sleeping in the shop :) That is one heck of a lot of seed slinging for one day for one Cowboy...good for you man. I had to turn on the AC tonight....getting warm in Justin Texas. Terry
I did think about it, but you are right. I would have been outside for the night. I'm hoping to soon remember what AC stands for but for right now it alludes me :) Thanks Terry- Mike
Hi Andy, Good 🌃 night Mike and Erin glad to be here on the project list. Good night girls hope you guys are doing 👌 OK. Erin I hope everything went well at the farmers market. Mike maintaining the ranch is a lot of work, it's amazing how you're so organized with everything.,great job. Till the next video have a wonderful 🌃 night and may it be filled with peace .👋 bye ☁⛅🏡🐂🐂🐂🐂🐮🐮💕🐔🐔🐔🐓🐓🐓🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🐷🐷🐷🐷🐴🐴.
Thank you Athea, always a pleasure! - Mike
Our Wyoming Life It's always a pleasure watching you're channel as well can't wait to see the high tunnel. 🌱🌱🐂🐂
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When I have a project it usually seems like something is working against me, and that something is usually me.........you don't even know how brilliant that statement is.
I like watching your videos and I am a subscriber of your videos
Just reseeded my pasture the same exact way. Hoping to see some great results this spring.
I'm with ya, heres to luck for both of us! - Mike
Yessir Thank you!
Great idea using the weather to your advantage. I seeded a new section of lawn last spring and tried to get it seeded right before the spring rains. That way I don't have to water it with the hose. It's laziness on my part I think! LOL! Sometimes lazy people are the best innovators. hahaha
Use every tool you have at your disposal, even if it makes you look or feel lazy. The time you save can be spent somewhere else. Thanks Jerry - Mike
Hopefully all goes well with the seed germination. That's how we do it with our food plots, right before a rain. Gotta work with mother nature. Chicks doing Ok? Thanks for the video
Chicks are doing great, we are actually having a great year so far. Thanks - Mike
As always, great vlogs. Keep em coming
Looks like three projects in the garage with priorities changing:)
That they are. Thanks for watching - Mike
I love the project list videos great video mike
Thank you very much ! - Mike
Mike, you gotta love it when a plan come together, from Col H Smith of the A-Team, LOL.
Gotta love 80's tv. I always loved this one from Murdock "Hang on everybody, I want to try something I saw in a cartoon once!"
Thanks Steve - Mike
Great video and just what I needed to know. Thanks! (And I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who does the shuffle.)
AWESOME BLOSSOM🌻👽
Thanks Betty, hope all is well - Mike
Nice job man
Thank you and thanks for watching - Mike
What a sexy weather u can ride hunt all the time wooo!
Thanks for watching - Mike
Keep updating.on reseeding
Will do, it should be interesting to see what it does. Thanks Anthony - Mike
I don’t think I missed a video ... but little orphan Andy was quite a surprise ... 🤔 ... what happened? (We often raised bum steers and lambs for the summer and ‘converted’ them in the fall... I think my dad chose that time because my sister and I were back in school and he could do it while we were gone ... less drama!)
Obviously we cant get everything that happens into a video. We did introduce everyone to Andy in our newsletter which comes out on Mondays and you can sign up at our website. We will probably talk about him a bit during our livestream as well. Looks like another twin Thanks Jan - Mike
Hey Mike. Great job great video 👍
Thanks Calum - Mike
Hi Mike. The way we over seed is. In the fall we no till tritacale in our older seedings
I planted grass today too, but about 200 sq feet...
It all works. Just different scale. Hope it all comes up -Mike
reseeding usually means 2 to 5 years for the grass to establish for graze or baling.? depending on hot or cool season grasses. for us anyway.
Well this wont be baled and it wont be grazed until late fall. Hopefully it works. Thanks - Mike
Nice job Mike.
Thank you very much - Mike
Evening Mike my brother who lives in Canada told me about a water for cattle that takes no electricity,no heaters it stayed open even to 40 below. Just a afterthought it’s called a Bar Bar A water. Might help come next winter. As always great videos.Take care.😎
Thank you very much, I will check them out - Mike
Your intro reminds me of Marty Stanford’s wild American
Great video!
Thank you very much and thanks for watching - Mike
Excellent
Thank you sir ! - Mike
Great job, you do a wonderful job of ranch work
Thank you Ina :) - Mike
awesome spreader
It seems to work pretty well, would be nice if it had a bigger bin. Thanks Rodney - Mike
Ditto on your voice. Clear, well modulated and authoritive!
Why not keep your ranch as a hobby .....in the meantime there are many opportunities for a better paying and mostly fun career as voice actor. Teaching in industry would be a close second.
Anyway, well done !!
Mike thanks for sharing buddy. I know all about seeding we put a lot of seed every fall normally around 3 palettes plus we aerate and some lawns we will do a total kill and remove all dead grass then aerate and either power or slit seed or broadcast seed the lawn yours seems to go a little faster than ours. LOL We use push spreaders and walk behind and ride on aerators . Hope the weather is good for your seed to come up in abundance . Not sure what is going on with youtube I have stopped getting notifications from your channel I have tried unsubscribing and then subscribing again and I have the bell clicked I think this is the only channel I'M not getting notifications for I'M going to see if they come back in a couple of days. Haver a great week hope to be there thursday. God Bless!!!
Thats weird about the notifications, there system leaves alot to be desired. Thank you :) - Mike
You should get a standard pi hitch for all your equipment and go beyond 3 pt to 3.14159etc points; at least they started
Thanx lovin’ your videos from left coast near the Krapitol of California
Do you use any type of vetch? It is great for cattle feed. My Dad used vetch and brome with other natural grasses. Worked well in Nebraska sandy soil.
We just did the barn shuffle yesterday, just to get the plows out . It will be the disks next, then the planter. 🤔
Sure is fun, the bad part is this time of year I keep putting stuff away and keep on playing. You think I would learn my lesson. Thanks Melissa - Mike
Our Wyoming Life, the worst part is when nothing starts.
Been there, I have become a big fan of trickle chargers
Our Wyoming Life, not all our storage barns have electricity. 😞
Mike those fertile tracts of land are happy to take your seed
also couldent you put some extra bags of seed on the atv so you dont have to run back each time?
I actually reloaded in the shop because of the wind. The wind will blow that seed everywhere when you are pouring it. Thanks - Mike
WOW YOUR SUPERMAN FAST!😆
I try, thanks for watching - Mike
Would you not be tempted to built another shed or extension so you have more room for the vehilces and the random bits that built up over the year?
for that 4wheeler u can just pick up the back end and turn it, i dealt w the same type of problem.
Nice voice recording in post.
Wow you shore work that wrainch fast! ;)
Oooh, this is some new content! I don't think we saw any overseeding stuff last year. Cool! Btw, why do you have all those "Herefords" banners in your garage? lol Who/what is Herefords?
Thank you very much. Herefords are a breed of cattle. They used to run them quite a bit on the ranch we are on. - Mike
The McRib is back
Is it? I wonder if its regional thing? I'm going to have to check next time I am in town. haha Thanks ! - Mike
Man I’ve been trying to make out what is at the ‘top’ of the project list ... I was always seeing ‘FudLuck later’ ... just now realized it was ‘Fuel leak Gator’!
haha, Yea I should cross that off, I think I got it figured out. Thanks Jan - Mike
Can you buy your feed in bulk or mini bulk bags? It's $40 per ton more in little bags rather than bulk, here in Manitoba.
Same here, the local feed store just started offering 1 ton bags so that will help Thanks - Mike
Hello, great video for sure but I have a question about F1 22 still crashes from Directx
Have you ever considered a hydroponic setup to grow grass year round. I've seen some successful examples of this. It seems a lot more controlled and reliable.
I'm am vary curious to see how it turns out
As am i. Thanks - Mike
If you harrow and you seed it make more seed to soil contact
Yup. Just harrowed it thanks -Mike
If you harrow after you seed it makes more seed to soil contact
Thanks for the tip
Gd job on the ranch. Ever considered using a layer of woodchips to capture moisture and protect the seedling?
i advice you to make wall of trees around the farm to minimize the effect wind
Have you ever grew Sorghum Sudan grass there ? Or are the seasons too short? Here in TN we get a lot of tonnage from it, but when frost hits, its over. So may not work there. Just curious.
I have seen some varieties of sorghum grown around here although we would probably only get one cutting. I wish I would have put some in when we reseeded a couple of years ago, next time for sure. Thanks - Mike
Hi! i am here again..you toll me you did not herard a bell about mob grazing..it is ok...but..would you try it in an small way? just an experience..i saw Gabe Brown, ..almost your latitud,..he is achieving pretty good benefit from his method,...just thinking...
Got about 4 if he’s of snow down here in CO! How’s the weather up there right now? Hopefully some rain!
Not bad now. Supposed to hit 70 tomorrow. Rain is on the way. Thanks Austin -Mike
How long till you will seed those pasture again
Usually we aim for every 5 years, but a really wet and sloppy winter will cause it to be done earlier. Thanks for watching - Mike
When over seeding scuf up ground first, if seed is just thrown on top of ground only 5% will grow .
Thank you and thanks for watching - Mike
Hello! I'm new to the channel and was wondering how the seeding turned out? I couldn't find an update video. Thanks!
I think we did an update during a live stream. It did well. We did have a lot of weeds in it but the cows were happy to eat it in the fall
I should come up there and help you clean up the building. What model is the JD parked in the corner? Take care. Gene
I'm not sure I'm ready to tackle it yet lol Its a 4055 thanks Gene - Mike
Did he do an update to this?
Yes I did, I believe we talked about it in a livestream. Thanks for watching - MIke
The seeding will still work even with snow on it? I always thought snow/cold would kill it off
Hi Mike, I noticed you have JD4055 in your storage shade, is it for sale ? thanks
Sorry but no, its not for sale. We use it during haying quite a bit - Mike
Hey that's a nice lookin John Deere 4055 you got there sitting doing nothing, you ever think much about selling, those 4000 series JD's are good tractors 4Sure.
Not much for it to do in the winter, this summer and during haying it gets plenty of work. Thanks for watching - Mike
Good stuff! Do y'all have to re-seed these pastures every year?
Thank you Curt, not usually. Depends on how wet the winter is and how much they get worked. - Mike
Anyone plant winter rye in that region Mike?
Did it make a difference with the seeding?
What is ur cost per acre to over seed
You should have greg judy come look at your place.....
kevin cooollins
Nice easy way of reseeding do you plow any fields
Not if we can help it. We have had a couple of hay fields get root bound and we will sometimes rip them, very shallow, only a could of inches to loosen things up. Thanks James - Mike
First and how are you mike and no Helmut on the bike :-)
Hi Jacob! - Mike
install a 1 ton crane in the barn. no more storage tetris
How many acres is on your ranch mike?
Over 5000 acres. Thanks for watching - MIke
What part of Wyoming are you in
We are in northeast Wyoming. The closest town to us is Gillette. Thanks for watching - Mike
You keep that white stuff over there.lol. all ours still hasnt melted😱
I'll try my best. Thanks Lorie - Mike
Lorie Habel yeah
Hey Mike. This was another great video. How do you make money from CZcams?
Thank you very much, once you are accepted into the partner program you make money based on the ads people watch before your video. If someone watches the full ad then you get a fraction of a cent. - Mike
Thanks for sharing. Im never in a hurry when I watch your videos so I'll just let the ads finish. Just watched the Apple Tree pruning. You both rock!
Can u make more vids with ur gator??
Again look at the tools Mike has.
Where to start? Did you talk to a rang Specialist and have them do a plant Inventory on that pasture? Or did you just run to the coop and buy what they Suggested? I would guess the you went to the coop. If you really cared about the health of your range you would cut the size of your Heard. Ranchers around here have become so spoiled with the money that they get from oil and gas that they have stoped Practicing good Herd management.
Oh where to start? :) We don't have any had production on the ranch. Oil is limited and no one is getting rich off it. The University of Wyoming teaches range management and grass management courses on our ranch. Also we had a horticulturalist out before we do anything. Our mix is ordered and mixed for us. Our soil tests and conditions. Thank you very much for watching. -Mike
Our Wyoming Life so a horticulturalist recommended alfalfa in your mix for the high Desert plains of Gillette wyoming? How many Acres does The University say a cow calf pair should have for your Area.
What exactly is wrong with growing alfalfa? Every hay field and pasture out here has some alfalfa growing in it. The stocking rate for this area is 35 acres per pair. Have a nice day.
am coming out to work on the farm for free
haha, wait til summer! lol - Mike
Overseeing alfalfa on existing alfalfa can be a pain. It produces autotoxins to prevent new growth. I hope you don't have this situation.
Luckily I dont have any alfalfa in that area. :) Good call though- Mike