{"id":1827,"date":"2013-03-24T07:21:47","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T11:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/?p=1827"},"modified":"2013-03-24T07:21:47","modified_gmt":"2013-03-24T11:21:47","slug":"just-in-time-for-the-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/just-in-time-for-the-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Just in time for the snow&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130323_21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1828\" alt=\"20130323_21\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130323_21-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>&#8230;.please.\u00a0 On his last visit, pasture guru Jim Gerrish had recommended we try seeding some Italian rye grass into one of our pastures and here we go.\u00a0 A beautiful early Spring morning; hard to believe 8 inches of snow is on the way.\u00a0 But that&#8217;s perfect for new seeds.<\/p>\n<p>I sometimes think we should call this &#8220;Thistle Hill Experimental Farm&#8221; for all the things we try.\u00a0 But it is part of the fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130323_26.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1830\" alt=\"20130323_26\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/20130323_26-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>For our non-farm readers, we&#8217;re towing a &#8220;drill&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0 A row of blades cuts grooves in the sod and seed is carefully metered into the grooves.\u00a0 Rollers then pass over the seed, covering the hole.<\/p>\n<p>The seed, the diesel fuel and the time makes it an expensive process and these 15 acres will be reserved just for our steers and our meat business.\u00a0 The expectation is somewhat more marbling a bit sooner.\u00a0 The question, of course, is whether it&#8217;s cost-effective.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;.please.\u00a0 On his last visit, pasture guru Jim Gerrish had recommended we try seeding some Italian rye grass into one of our pastures and here we go.\u00a0 A beautiful early Spring morning; hard to believe 8 inches of snow is on the way.\u00a0 But that&#8217;s perfect for new seeds. I sometimes think we should call this &#8220;Thistle Hill Experimental Farm&#8221; for all the things we try.\u00a0 But it is part of the fun. For our non-farm readers, we&#8217;re towing a &#8220;drill&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0 A row of blades cuts grooves in the sod and seed is carefully metered into the grooves.\u00a0 Rollers then pass over the seed, covering the hole. The seed, the diesel fuel and the time makes it an expensive process and these 15 acres will be reserved just for our steers and our meat business.\u00a0 The expectation is somewhat more marbling a bit sooner.\u00a0 The question, of course, is whether it&#8217;s cost-effective. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pasture","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1832,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions\/1832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}