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I have a small alfalfa field. It is an old field. The alfalfa population is quite low and Has dandelions. I have gotten half the yield I should be getting for my area.

I have a small frock of goats that I feed the hay to. I have enough pasture so I do not need to graze it.

I make the hay for winter feed and sell enough to pay for part of the expenses.

The field is 1.1 acres. My brother bales my hay for me when he makes his. It isn’t really practical to have my own equipment or to break this up into smaller pieces. I do have a small broadcast seeder and a drag that i could use cover it lightly.

Are there any ideas of what I could overseed into the existing stand? If I terminate the alfalfa stand is there a cash crop before going back to hay? I’m in NE Iowa if that makes a difference.

One thing I’m interested in learning more about stockpiling forage on pasture. Is this possible with goats? where can I get more information on this concept?

Thank you

Looking for help to see what I can do to stop leaves from going brown. Also have bare branches should I cut them off?

One of my cedar hedges (the one facing the street) was not properly maintained in the decades it lived before I bought the place, and it’s just a mess. An arborist told me there’s not much to be done–he could give it a uniform height, but it’ll still be a mess and the think patches won’t grow back thicker…

I’d like to just cut it all down and start again with something else! But what?

Looking around my neighborhood–an old suburban village with lots of tall trees in Southern Quebec–the only other kind of hedge I see is honeysuckle and I don’t love that option.

Would hazelnut be crazy? I want to have a mini forest on the other side of the hedge, so it’s an attractive option… But I’ve never really observed a hedge of then close up… Has anybody tried this in a suburban setting? Any other hedge reccos? Thanks!

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