A corduroy carpet has rolled
out across our gently sloping hill
side.
Jagged rows of beige stripes
accent the new green, cornstalk
residual weaving faint row mark
ings through the grassy cover.
The forage harvester’s motor was
till warm from chopping the corn
for silage when The Farmer sent
a tractor and drill poking oats
seed across the hill into the de
nuded soil.
His goal is to have all fields
cover-cropped through the win
ter, to minimize erosion and
boost organic matter to fatten our
valuable, hardworking earth
worms. In a burst of lucky tim
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just as another moisture-maker
storm was shoving its first dark
clouds our way.
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can over the seeding, green shots
popped through the ground
about as quickly as the sun
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days. Tiny lines of green soon
wound around the hill, pushing
out side shoots of tender, grassy
blades to fill in between the rows.
And all the neighborhood crit
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A small family of resident deer
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was standing, it offered ample
cover for hiding in between their
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though, the does and their fawns
headed for he woods. The tender,
tasty oats tempted them out of
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Of course, the usual parade of
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and the woodlot, nabbed the op
portunity to dine on fresh feast
ings as well. Then the aerial
troops began to flock in.
This invitation began small,
just a few of our matured Cana
da goose hatchlings returning for
a visit. After learning to fly, they
had disappeared to join larger
area flocks. New oats growth
brought more than our few wing
ing back, apparently they invited
every distant relative anywhere
nearby to join the party.
Their timing was fascinating,
since the invasion of literally sev
eral hundred feathered friends
descended on the field of freshly
sprouted oats about two days
after the early goose-hunting sea
son closed. It’s probably safe to
assume that the couple of acres
they dined on from sunrise to
sunset is probably even better fer
tilized than neighboring parts of
that field. Feed for fertilizer was
probably a reasonable trade.
Seeding a cover crop in the
fields by the house has a dual
purpose, not only to protect and
enrich the soil, but also to pro
vide our “girls” with healthy fall
grazing. Last year’s drought and
short crops left us seriously short
of quality feed through! the sum
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Is a heart-wanning Sight-. But it’s
best to watch from a distance.
Our older cows seem to remem
ber field-pasturing from year to
year. They’ll practically stam
pede right over you for the fresh
grass.
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The first several minutes of
this exercise are never about eat
ing. Instead, the whole group will
run, trot, kick up their heels
dance! - as they race toward the
top of the hill. Heads in the air,
tails trailing behind, udders of
the older ones swaying as they
run, their behavior suggests kin
dergartners excused to the play
ground. With acres of edible
playground to choose from, they
split off in clusters, heading for
various comers to explore.
Eventually, after getting the
recess mode out of their systems,
the girls settle down to business.
Dolls, Toys And Collectables Show
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YORK (York Co.) More
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babies, Barbies and Star Wars
collectables to the York 35th
Semi-Annual Show and Sale,
Sunday, Nov. 2, at the Old Main
Building in the York Fair
grounds, Route 74 South off
Route 30.
The show will feature exhibi
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from Canada to Florida.
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Heads get buried in the grass,
muzzles busy munching. Black
and white cows grazing on green
grass with a blue sky overhead is
absolutely one of by favorite
scenes.
Their presence wasn’t quite as
thrilling to another group.
A day or two after we began
grazing the hillside, several flocks
of geese, flew over one morning,
honking loudly. Headed north?
Minutes later, several flocks of
geese flew over, headed south.
Honking even more loudly. Then
we realized it was our feathered
moochers, highly upset over los
ing their feeding area to the new
“flock” that was munching their
grass. And they haven’t been
back.
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