Pasture reclamation

What happens to a pasture that sits

Pasture does not stay open on its own. Without grazing pressure, hay cutting, or fire, cedar and brush move in from the fence rows and the draws. Give it ten or fifteen years and a field that fed cattle is carrying nothing.

The grass is usually still in the seed bank. It is just shaded out. Take the canopy off and a lot of it comes back on its own.

Why mulching instead of a dozer

A dozer pushes everything into a pile, tears up your topsoil, and leaves you with a burn pile, a permit, and bare dirt that washes. A mulcher grinds the growth where it stands and leaves the chips on the ground.

That chip layer matters. It holds your soil through the spring rains, keeps moisture in, and breaks down into the ground over the next couple of seasons.

What it costs and how long it takes

Price comes down to how thick the growth is, how big the stems are, and how steep the ground is. Open pasture with scattered cedar goes fast. A field that has grown into a young thicket takes longer.

We walk it with you before we quote, and the estimate is free.

After we clear it

For best results, get seed on it while the ground is still open. We are happy to tell you what has worked for other people around here, though we do not seed or spray ourselves.