Overgrown to Mowed: Satisfying Bushhogging Transformation!
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- Опубліковано 1 січ 2025
- In this video, I take you through an overgrown pasture by the front pond, identifying the different types of weeds and grasses that have taken over since it was last mowed a year and a half ago. It’s time for a much-needed bushhogging! Join me as I tackle this job with the Kioti tractor and Woods BB72 bushhog. Let’s transform this wild field back into manageable land-ride along and see the difference!
The reason we’re using the bushhog instead of relying on our animals is that we only have 5 goats and 2 sheep, which isn't enough to keep up with this pasture. Additionally, there are toxic plants like milkweed and Johnson grass that need to be removed first to keep our animals safe. Thanks for watching and understanding!
I hope you are Watching out for animal life bedded down in the fields…possibly baby fawns…
I sure do. The fawns are big enough this time of year to get out of the way. I try my best to avoid wildlife but sometimes it does unfortunately happen, but turtles are the only ones that I know I have hit before.
I just want ask the same question why no animal mower 😂
Don’t worry about what people think, just do what you want how you want. It looks great when it’s done.
That sounds like wonderful advice to live by. Thank you!
Enjoy your content
Thank you!!
Great job
Thank you!
Looking good, I always love mowing videos, very relaxing... Thx for bringing us along...
Thanks for watching! We appreciate it! 💗Allison
Nice i love a whole day of cutting once it's mowed down it looks a lot bigger and saving those hickory trees is a good call nature loves that and it gives the real young grass and clover to grow and the deer probably thank you for that. Larry
Agreed, being on the tractor is very relaxing and I dont mind a full day on it either as long as I'm not getting stung! I'm hoping those hickory trees will grow to make shade for the pastured animals someday. There were also a lot of locust trees growing together in a patch. I kept the few that were nice and straight. Take care!
wow what a difference
great job!
Thank you!
Can you show us a video on changing/sharpening the blades on the slasher?
Yes, I will when the time comes. I haven't sharpened them yet because I actually prefer to keep them a little bit dull, otherwise the stalks are too sharp and poke tires!
How long did it take to cut all that down? You don't get a lot of time for relaxing, do you?
I think it was around 3 hours! I can never say I have nothing to do 😁
I'm guessing you're going to make some type of pasture land out of this area you mowed eventually. Maybe do some kind of trade with a neighbor who's got cattle or something in rhe meantime? Maybe a lease?
An 8’ flail mower would make short work of your pasture and would mulch the grass at the same time, but they are pricey.
A flail mower would definitely be nice, especially if it was 8'. We do have a forrestry mulcher that we use on the Bobcat track loader but its teeth arent as small as a flail mower so it doesnt mulch grass as well. There's a few spots on the property where I may try the Bobcat with forrestry mulcher instead of a bushhog for comparison and make a video. Thanks for watching and the suggestion on the flail mower!
I've learned not to mow pastures until all the leaves are off the trees, otherwise it won't look like you mowed in a month.
You are 100% right. Especially the Johnson grass, it shoots up like nothing I've ever seen. Sometimes I will mow to keep things from getting to a seed head, but I have so much to mow here, I start early (September). We've had a big drought too so things have kinda stunted on growth (until it rains). Thanks!
It’s sad to mow down all the plants the pollinators need, necessary, but sad
Three weeks later they are waist high again. I've seen so many things grow so fast!