In one part of my field, the northeast corner near the pen where I keep my chickens, the grass is already a dense, thick green with some stalks over a foot tall, and it’s only February 14th.
I don’t know why exactly this particular area is doing so well, but I can’t help but think it has to do with the chickens and their manure.
If that is the case, then I really need to run tons of chickens across my land for the sake of fertility.
This part of the pasture also does poorly in the summer because there just isn’t a lot of Bermudagrass established there. That could be another reason why it does well. If that is the case, then I can’t do too much about it. I rely a great deal on Bermudagrass for the long summer here. It grows from June to October, 6 months of the year. A few months of spring and autumn growth simply can’t compare.