Low Budget Small Pasture Renovation

This week I renovate my small pastures around our home using some budget gear, careful testing and great advice. Don't be put off by the high cost of machinery. There are some great options out there for even the smallest of holdings.
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[@jacefreeman8713]

For small acreage I wouldn’t overlook buying old hay from someone and spread it everywhere. You get the nutrients, nice amount of organic matter and the hay has more grass seed it in than you could ever drill. Just don’t lay it too thick on the ground or they become slug havens.

[@gregbell2117]

Even lower budget - hand spread everything. I did a tonne by hand - took a week, but I got to walk around and look at the paddocks. I routinely spread a few bags of seeds by hand. Saves having the machines sit around the rest of the year, and saves soil compaction.

[@AmandaIsAwesome]

This is really helpful for me!! We have a small farm that needs lots of love to get it back up to snuff. Thanks for the info!!

[@jacefreeman8713]

Another thing to note is when to take your soil test, doing it in winter/summer will give you very different results to spring/autumn when the nutrient exchange levels between microbes are the highest.

[@tonydoggett7627]

For a 70 year old tractor the Ferguson TEA-20 treads lightly in wet paddocks. Is cheap to purchase and new parts are plentiful.

[@hillbilly2224]

Great information 👍🤙

[@ryanemerry]

Great advise and a great demonstration.

[@alistairmacphail5778]

Thanks Tim. Some great tips for small blocks. FYI recently purchased a box blade which has rippers and have used it with hydraulic top link to aerate my paddocks ( and use same tool for my driveway). Love dual usage tools

[@lesleypapworth335]

Hi Tim

[@Petani-bali]

Thank you for video👍👍👍

[@harrylawrence5300]

I’ve only got a few acres, found this video very useful. Thank you

[@go5582]

Great job at hoogies.

[@barrywise7701]

I think dinky toys are very useful. We volunteer at an historic homestead and vineyard,. The vineyard is only one acre but we manage to produce enough grapes to produce a range of wines, which sell at our cellar door. We don’t have the space or budget for large implements, so dinky items are great. Thanks for the video. From Port Macquarie, NSW.

[@gnijhuis]

I did some research on those aerators myself and in the end opted against another implement as most of the forums I read concluded it didn't make much of a difference. If I had to get an aerator though, I'd suggest the ones that pull plugs rather than the ones that poke holes as poling of said holes compacts the soil around it and the water still doesn't go where it's supposed to. Thanks for sharing, great content :)

[@annburge291]

That was really groovy.

[@mattoe8621]

Have you tried GPS guidance? It will let you “paint” your paddocks with the seeder etc. For your acreage an ATV or UTV would be best but you seem to enjoy the old tractors. Thanks for the video. Very informative.

[@aussiebushhomestead3223]

First time viewer. Great content and appreciate the dinky toys bery much. We don't own any machinery, so always looking for tricks to do the job without a tractor!

[@stevenwilkinson3598]

Tad concerned about the pasture seed on surface of ground, love the aerator, thought I seen something very similar same design except in it was a seeder 😎👍

[@Archi1F]

Good to have small block ideas. So many people moved to 5 or 10 acre rural blocks leaving the city since the pandemic. You aren’t going to empty out the John Deere dealership with that size land but you may still want to get the best results with what you have, and it’s clearly too large a plot for quarter-acre block sized implements.

[@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754]

Tim how have you been?! Been a while since I saw you, really enjoyed your fencing videos, shared them many times.