Bird Alley Fields (Disking)
Nothing is cheaper to produce for wildlife than native plants. We can stimulate a wide diversity of native forbs and grasses by disking (i.e., plowing) the soil lightly at the appropriate time of the year (Winter).
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February. A strip is disked into a field that was burned a month before. |
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August. The field begins to recover. |
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October. This picture was taken a little farther down the field (look at the trees). This is primarily ragweed, a great seed producer and cover for wildlife. |
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Timing of disking is important. This picture was taken in the summer in the same field complex. The area on the right (on the left of David) was plowed in the summer and is dominated by sickle pod, a nasty invasive field species. The area on the right was disked in December and is full of ragweed (good). |