Meadow mowing

[Stubby]

Goats?

 

Now we are cooking !

[csservices]

Goats?

 

Now we are cooking !

 

Best thing to do with those buddy things, they will eat everything except what they were put in to eat

[aspenarb]

You MUST remove the cuttings. If you want a wild flower meadow...

 

We had a grounds maintenance contract that included cutting wild flower areas and we had to use an amazon 2.5mtr top and collect mower behind our tractor. They also insisted it was cut at 100mm, the mower box held about two cubic meters of grass cuttings and would fill in about 15 minutes of cutting ,the compost dump was miles away from the areas being cut so more time was spent emptying the mower than cutting. A right royal pain in the @rse.

 

Bob

 

Picture of a small one , cant find one of ours.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQLvB7fFPheLLO_0114DFyWAHKKN-B4ALxUqdinbjaJ0QJ5Znqu7A

[mrstumpy]

Congratulations on planting a community orchard. As you are involved in community projects there are people willing to help. Locally (Norfolk) the wildlife trust are very helpful with funding and sharing local skills/equipment.

 

To manage our sites one of the conservation trusts has invested in reciprocating cutters, followed by a band rake to dry it and turn it into rows for a mini baler. The mini baler produces approx 1ft round bales.

 

It may be worth contacting your local conservation groups for ideas/assistance or for funding options i.e. lottery grants.