Native Hunter
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I think we all need to chip in and get one made for doggr, so he can put that at the entrance to his farm or over his mantle.
It would be like one of those barn quilts - only better....
Logging roads
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It would be like one of those barn quilts - only better....
deer patch
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Now your talkin...I wonder what size he would prefer?
deer patch
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On a more serious note, I'm in the same boat with the OP as I had my roads reworked this past summer and I'm going to drill oats this spring when I plant summer plots and will probably plant rye grain this fall. Whether it will work or not I don't know but the seed is fairly cheap and I will already traveling the same roads so dropping the drill into the dirt isn't going to cost that much more.
THE LLC
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Yes. It's how I've spread it to fallow fields I wanted to make cover for quail, turkeys, and deer. Takes some time but it as worked for me.
dogghr
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Make it large, as I have the perfect place to place it for you guys!!!
Longleaf
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I think The LLC is on the right track with the broomsedge, the problem is you are looking to stabilize a road that sees light traffic. You are going to have to stay off that road especially when it is wet until the grass is well established. Gravel would be your best bet, but obviously it can be expensive if you are talking a good distance.
I had good luck doing what you are looking to do on a 3/4 mile stretch of road in piedmont red clay by hydroseeding with browntop millet. The fiber mulch in the hydroseeding slurry held enough moisture and nutrients long enough for the millet to establish and once it was established I broadcast a light dose of 19-19-19 a couple times before summer thunderstorms. I just left it standing over the winter and by the end of the second summer I had a reasonable stand of native grasses that volunteered along with about 50% millet. By the end of the third summer there was no millet to speak of and a enough grass to stabilize the roadway for occasional traffic in dry weather. I would only mow it once a year, in the early spring just as the grass starts to green back up.
I had good luck doing what you are looking to do on a 3/4 mile stretch of road in piedmont red clay by hydroseeding with browntop millet. The fiber mulch in the hydroseeding slurry held enough moisture and nutrients long enough for the millet to establish and once it was established I broadcast a light dose of 19-19-19 a couple times before summer thunderstorms. I just left it standing over the winter and by the end of the second summer I had a reasonable stand of native grasses that volunteered along with about 50% millet. By the end of the third summer there was no millet to speak of and a enough grass to stabilize the roadway for occasional traffic in dry weather. I would only mow it once a year, in the early spring just as the grass starts to green back up.
