Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!howland.erols.net!nntp.abs.net!newshub2.home.com!news.home.com!news1.wwck1.ri.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: Supersedes: Expires: 16 Jan 2002 14:10:38 GMT Newsgroups: rec.equestrian,rec.answers,alt.animals.mules,alt.answers,misc.rural,misc.answers,news.answers Subject: Pasture FAQ From: Ronald Florence Followup-To: poster Organization: 18 James Street, Providence, RI Approved: news-answers-request@mit.edu Summary: Frequently Asked Questions (and answers) on establishing, maintaining, and utilizing livestock pastures, for small producers and hobby farms. Sender: ron@rosie.18james.com Lines: 40 Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 14:10:39 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.232.132.29 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.wwck1.ri.home.com 1004796639 64.232.132.29 (Sat, 03 Nov 2001 06:10:39 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 06:10:39 PST Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu rec.equestrian:468986 rec.answers:69775 alt.animals.mules:907 alt.answers:58618 misc.rural:121127 misc.answers:13678 news.answers:218421 Archive-name: rural/pasture-faq Posting-Frequency: every 60 days URL: http://www.18james.com/rural/pasture.html The Pasture FAQ is available at http://www.18james.com/rural/pasture.html It was last modified with additional or updated information and links on Tue Oct 30 13:10:08 2001 EST. This is the only maintained version of the FAQ. Older versions in archives, newsgroups, or on other WWW sites are likely to be out-of-date and incomplete. The Pasture FAQ and the table of contents listed below are © 1994-2001 Ronald Florence. Pasture FAQ ----------- Contents 1. Why Pasture 2. How Much Pasture 3. Multiple Species 4. Making Pastures 5. Upgrading Pastures 6. What To Seed 7. Maintaining Pastures 8. Soil & Tissue Tests 9. Pasture Fences 10. Water, Salt & Minerals 11. Rotation Grazing 12. Pasture Yield 13. Seasonal Rotation 14. Weeds 15. Disadvantages 16. Unimproved Pasture 17. Credits 18. Copyright & Permissions -- Ronald Florence http://www.18james.com .