tbrown913
Senior Member
My wife and I are going to be buying land soon. Very possibly her grandparents house and land! There is about 8 acres of grass around the house right now. Her uncle and nephew spend about 10 hours a week, each on zero turns, cutting the grass. I'm not willing to spend all my time cutting grass and I want to convert the grass to long growing food plots. I am thinking about 4 acres of soybeans, 2 or 3 acres of clover, and the rest will be garden space. As soon as we know what ground we will be buying I will do a soil test, one where the clover will be and one where the soybeans will be.
How would yall get rid of the grass? I am thinking about making a long process to kill everything. Spray roundup and if needed a broadleaf killer too and let everything die, then do a controlled burn. Then disc the land and let whatever seeds are in the dirt sprout. Spray them to kill. Put out what is needed per soil samples, and lightly disc in. If anything else grows kill that too. I figure this will take me until fall to get it done how I want. Then I would plant clover where I want it. Soybeans dont get planted in sept/Oct so that would have to be a normal plot the first year with some wheat oats and rye, then in the spring plant the soybeans.
What do yall think? What would yall do?
How would yall get rid of the grass? I am thinking about making a long process to kill everything. Spray roundup and if needed a broadleaf killer too and let everything die, then do a controlled burn. Then disc the land and let whatever seeds are in the dirt sprout. Spray them to kill. Put out what is needed per soil samples, and lightly disc in. If anything else grows kill that too. I figure this will take me until fall to get it done how I want. Then I would plant clover where I want it. Soybeans dont get planted in sept/Oct so that would have to be a normal plot the first year with some wheat oats and rye, then in the spring plant the soybeans.
What do yall think? What would yall do?