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- From: broy@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu (Barbara Roy)
- Subject: Re: Winter Pasture Care
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:49:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.220836.5144@synapse.bms.com>, detoro@synapse.bms.com (Dave Detoro) writes...
- >Last spring we planted about two acres of pasture for our horse and pony.
- >It came in pretty well but it didnt seem to get real thick. By the end
- >of the summer we had to supplement their feeding with hay. Just about
- >2 weeks ago we took them off of the pasture. I assumed we would keep
- >them off until the spring figuring this would help the pasture come in
- >better next year. However someone just told me we might as well let
- >them stay on it all winter that it wont make any difference. If this
- >is true we would rather since it will give them more room to romp and
- >at least some grass to nibble on.
- >
- >Can anyone help in this decision ? If it makes any difference, we dont
- >normally get much snow around here.
- >
- >Dave
- >
- >
- >--
- >==============================================================
- > Dave Detoro net: detoro@bms.com work #: (609) 252-5990
- >==============================================================
- >
-
- You don't mention where you are located, so I don't know if your grass actually
- GROWS all winter like it does down south. But here in Iowa where winters are
- pretty severe, I take my horses off pasture while the grass is still several
- inches high. This protects it somewhat from winterkill and keeps the horses
- from compacting the soil during all the freezing/thawing periods we get. Nothing
- makes for a rougher pasture than horse hooves on wet ground. I feed big round
- bales all winter in a 3 acre lot, so the horses get a little running around
- room even in the winter.
-
- Barbara Roy, University of Iowa, Weeg Computing Center, Iowa City, IA. 52242
- Internet: broy@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu or Barbara-Roy@uiowa.edu
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- Disclaimer: My opinions are solely my own and may change daily.
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