What's growing in my pasture? Pasture plant identification with Farmer Doug

Have you ever asked yourself what's growing in my pasture? We hope you find this video useful! Farmer Doug does some pasture plant identification here in central Kentucky. He looks at both pasture grasses and pasture weeds.
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[@SoilMatesofGeorgia]

That was really good. I was just walking Susy through our pastures on Saturday and didn’t recognize half our forage/growth. We have fescue, white and crimson clover, Johnson grass, and all kinds of random stuff I’m trying to learn. Thistle and briars are our biggest nemesis 🤬, but we don’t spray, so it’s a constant battle. - Alex

[@southernsongbirdfarm1129]

Thank you! Kudos to you for not spraying! It definitely is harder to do constant clipping/mowing, but honestly, along with rotational grazing, we’ve seen a huge difference in our problem areas. Keep at it! 💙

[@SoilMatesofGeorgia]

Southern Songbird Farm We aren’t onsite at the farm full time yet, but we put in our first electric fence this spring and have 3 paddocks now. My cousin moves the cows weekly, give or take depending on rain. When we move down there full time, we’ll break those paddocks down much smaller and do more high density grazing. For now, it’s occasional mowing and sometimes handheld brush cutting

[@southernsongbirdfarm1129]

Soil Mates of Georgia That’s awesome! You’re gonna see such a difference. Even those weekly moves are gonna help.

[@charleswalters5284]

Sheep love weeds

[@Rc51gemini900]

In 18 minutes you thoroughly explained in detail what I have spent alot of hours searching for on the net. Thank you

[@carrieshepperson3402]

We’re so glad it helped! We also have a late summer/early fall version you can check out if this one was missing some plants you have questions about. 🌱

[@charleswalters5284]

Each "weed" is a tool to tell us how we messed up our soil. You can use them to tell you what you need to do to fix it.

[@allenmeinhold7038]

Wow, what a wealth of information you are! Thank you Sir! Butch Ashland Ohio

[@southernsongbirdfarm1129]

Thank you! Glad it was useful!

[@lindsaynorman9323]

you just taught me that my front lawn IS garbage, but my front pasture is healthy as can be.

[@southernsongbirdfarm1129]

Just turn your front lawn into more pasture! Problem solved! ;-)

[@lisagearlds7037]

I have learn so many names of plants that i have on my farm. Thanks so much from SCK

[@southernsongbirdfarm1129]

So glad to help! We look forward to doing a fall version.

[@cogentdynamics]

That was really interesting! I am not a farmer but want to have forage plants in my yard of 1.5 acres. The mono-culture seems silly. I’d like to learn more. I have planted white clover and bluestem along with others but have had limited success. Forage for birds, rabbit and maybe chickens not to mention my German Shepherd 😅. Primary grass is K31. Nutrition, maintainability and soil welfare are my primary goals. Thanks for your contribution!

[@southernsongbirdfarm1129]

That’s amazing! I bet your yard is the local haven for wildlife. You’ll see such variety as everything matures.

[@cogentdynamics]

@@southernsongbirdfarm1129 thanks, I am learning. Here in Western North Carolina the invasives are a pain, I’m pulling and spraying Multiflora rose, Privet, poison ivy and others constantly. It makes me happy to see plants that belong. The last couple years we have seen huge numbers of Hummingbirds. I want to try Goldenrod, Joe Pie and Milk Weed. I (ave a hard time establishing the stuff. Keep the nice content coming, I enjoy it.

[@LouiseRitaKnowlesFaith]

Thank you!

[@christywystiria6615]

Love you guys!

[@southernsongbirdfarm1129]

You are awesome!

[@MegF142857]

I recognize so much of that from my yard, but glad don't have any Hemlock. I made it a mission to eliminate some of the weeds by dedicating hours to hand pulling, which has helped some. Our Curly Dock was dug up & hopefully next year have very little return. Each year making a dent at reducing.

[@charleswalters5284]

Sheep work for free

[@quailjailss]

Not enough videos like this. Thank you so much for sharing. Love to see the plants you want to have and the plants you need to identify to get rid of them. Where is your farm located? I’m in Alabama, I see a lot of this stuff here… esp Virginia creeper

[@southernsongbirdfarm1129]

Glad you liked it. We’re in Zone 6b in central Kentucky. We have another video with late summer/early autumn pasture as well. 😊

[@charleswalters5284]

Dandelions= compaction Chickweed=low organic content, etc....

[@amynoble3630]

Do you guys have a store front to purchase meats from?

[@southernsongbirdfarm1129]

Hi, Amy! We are licensed by Clark County to sell meat from the farm, and you can also order from our website. You can shoot us an email and we’ll be happy to help.