megalomaniac
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ThIs hill is STEEP, pics don't do it justice. We won't bushhog it without the tractor with dual wheels. It's managed as a native browse food source for deer. Nothing but coralberry, blackberry, and weeds. Normally bushhog end of July or beginning of August, and with normal rains, I have 6 in of new succulent growth by Nov and it's an insurance policy if plots fail.
This year with the drought, there hasn't been much new growth, so as an experiment, we put down 75lbs of cereal rye on 1 acre of this 3ac hillside 3 weeks ago. 2 small rains on it since, but the rye is doing great! Deer are hammering it with droppings everywhere. I'll layer another 75lbs down before next rain, and if this keeps panning out, I may start doing this on a lot more of my native browse habitat
This year with the drought, there hasn't been much new growth, so as an experiment, we put down 75lbs of cereal rye on 1 acre of this 3ac hillside 3 weeks ago. 2 small rains on it since, but the rye is doing great! Deer are hammering it with droppings everywhere. I'll layer another 75lbs down before next rain, and if this keeps panning out, I may start doing this on a lot more of my native browse habitat