by Jake Western
In making your selections, then, your first consideration is to seed your fields with species that will survive in your area and under your pasturing conditions. Your second concern is tending the perennials to maintain healthy turf year after year of productive use. Unless you already have some crop-growing experience, you're wise to involve some knowledgeable advisors and/or custom planters in a major pasture renovation or establishment project. But to gain a working knowledge of pasture options, familiarize yourself with four essential forage characteristics listed below, then check out the various grass and legume species on the accompanying chart for their rankings in these areas. Finally, you'll be prepared to mix and match the species suited to specific fields.LEXINGTON, KY (AP) - Six top officials at the Blue Grass Airport will no longer have credit cards issued by the board after it was revealed that three employees racked up $4,500 in charges at a Texas strip club. Board chairman Bernard Lovely told the ...
Read moreBryan Gilbertson has to remove a mitten as he packs fresh bullets into a clip for one of the .22-caliber rifles available at the new Saddle Ridge biathlon course west of Steamboat Springs. The complex, where Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club ...
Read moreAqua America, Inc.'s (NYSE:WTR) Texas subsidiary announced today that it has completed the acquisition of two water companies in Hays County. Aqua Texas, Inc. purchased the assets of the Cardinal Valley Water Company and the Mountain Crest Water ...
Read moreCUMBRIA Riding Club kicked off the 2008 season with a Mock Hunt through the glorious countryside of Waberthwaite and Corney Fell, warming members and steeds up nicely for their Spring Hunter Trials at their local events field at Newton Manor, near ...
Read moreJoel Reichenberger's column appears Sundays in the Steamboat Pilot & Today. Contact him at 871-4253 or e-mail jreichenberger@steamboatpilot.com . Staring at all the glitz and glamour of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, it’s easy to forget ...
Read moreA side trip to Shreveport, La., while his Muskogee High School girls basketball team was playing in a Longview, Texas, tournament in 2001 left an indelible mark on Lucky Tarkington. It's the reason why he actually looks forward to pulling the ...
Read moreTalking heads from Los Angeles to New York City have been asking this question over and over since the death of Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston. Why do the Travoltas, the first family of Hollywood, live in ...
Read moreWhen Mike Cianciola describes the freedom of the open road, he's not talking about riding a Harley-Davidson or even a Honda. Rather, his cycle of choice is a lost piece of Americana, which among collectors and mechanics has become a symbol of ...
Read moreTWO-year-old Taree galloper Lucky Elmo was kept fit on trail rides by owner-trainer Bindi Cheers after stewards banned it from racing while investigations were made as to why it had elevated testosterone levels. Top prizemoney races were missed for ...
Read moreHill lives "up the road" and can't recall when he first got involved with the club. He nominates "10 years or more" but later that day he is presented with life membership of the Merton club for his official involvement dating back to 1975. Hill met ...
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