Brushhog season here

[davel745]

Been brush hogging most of the day, its that time of the year. Are you all brush hogging?

[oneokie]

Haven't hooked up my brushhog in over 25 years. All I was doing was scattering weed seed.

[plowhand]

Will be soon as a litle welding is done. Like to keep things tidy!

[Kris in MI]

Dh did our brush hogging a few weeks ago. Path to woods good to go for hunting season!

[unregistered41671]

I try to do my bush hogging 3-4 times per year......usually.

[Awnry Abe]

This year I switched to mowing-as-needed. Each paddock was mowed once, some twice, one thrice. I was able to leave just a little less than half of my pasture untouched by man and beast since July. I am on schedule to winter the cows there from mid Dec through Feb, with some hay to help. The remaining 1/2 is in rotation now. 1/4 of that was already mowed as the cows rotated out. The other 1/4 is my worst junk. It is very thick with weed. The cows are rotating through it now. They aren't happy, but I need it done this way. I'll mow short after them to make sure that thick junk doesn't lay flat and give the spring grass a slow start. I have a mental note to self to mow those pastures more often next season.

We had 0.00000 inches of rain from mid August til last week. Or so it seemed. Even though it was horribly dry, the pastures that I had mowed those months still bounced back with the dew, because they didn't have to compete for that precious moisture. That stuff I didn't touch since July isn't that great because of the lack of rain, but I think it is going to work as stockpile. A little more rain would make me look like a genius. Lol.

[driftwood]

started first day of july and just finished......finished some straight up and down with weedeater and blade.two days ago.

[jwal10]

Bush hogging here starts as soon a the ground is dry enough to get on and stops when it gets too wet. We never want weeds to go to seed, only the good plants. We don't have any "wild lands" it is all pasture. We fence everything, why own land that is not used. Even "woods" grow great feed when thinned. Livestock keeps down the "brush". Makes better shooting lanes and "wild animal" habitat. Including "pockets" for bird habitat. Land is expensive, we want a return for our money....James

[GunMonkeyIntl]

Did mine a few weeks ago.
Cleared the head of a road project I am working on, and cleared about an acre to expand my orchard. Have promised to hog a couple lanes for my neighbor to get into his wood lot but it has been too wet the last couple weeks.

[Rectifier]

I've been "hogging" with my Stihl trimmer and blade. Most of my home quarter is done. We graze on native grass, which out competes weeds very well. Crushing the mulch layer with heavy tires allows weed seeds access, far worse than leaving it be.
Our main issue is weed trees, willow mostly. So I cut them off with the saw blade on foot.
We have a few areas heavily encroached upon by pigweed/lambs quarters. But these are far from my grain and hay, nutritious and grow well in drought, so I leave them for the sheep.