Grass

Polyface Farm, a local farm owned by Joel Salatin, is a magic place that is different from industrial farms. It is a farm based on grass, different kinds of grass. First, I want to discuss Polyface Farm and ecology. It is definitely an organic and ecological friendly farm which is home to a wide range of corps and animals, such as tomatoes, sweet corn, berries, different grass and pigs, rabbits, cows, and chicken. According to Anderson (2013), an ecologically sound farmer tends to “maximize the…

wheat. This meant that he could farm larger farms and grow more wheat. However, it meant that there was a greater loss of short grass. Folkers may have been a great businessman with the efficient machines, but he was destroying the short grass that held the soil in place (Doc. C). Our lives are dependent on grass. Grass is what feeds the cattle that feed us. The short grass prairie covers the soil and holds it in place. It absorbs rainwater and prevents erosion. When farmers plow the fields and…

management and planned grazing via mesoherbivores will increase grass diversity and soil stability better than fire because mesoherbivores contribute more to the environment by increasing nutrients in the soil with mulch. They also keep the grass short and in a constant growing state. Whereas fire is a single event and grass will not continuously grow but rather grow in intervals between the fire events. 2. Due to the increased soil stability and grass diversity there will be an increased…

is no doubt that elk are intermediate, mixed feeders, they are closer to a grass/roughage eater than they are to a concentrate selector (Hofmann 1988). During most of the year elk forage primarily on graminoids. The broad muzzle of an elk makes it difficult for them to physically select individual plant parts like there smaller cousins, mule deer and white-tailed deer do. However, when elk are compared to a true grass/roughage eater, such as a domestic cow, it becomes apparent that they are…

by changing the grass’ regrowth time the sheep and wolves numbers could not support each other. When the grass did not replenish as fast this caused the sheep’s number to die down while the wolves went completely extinct. The evidence supports the claim by showing how the grass can affect the entire ecosystem, killing one of the species. Several of the other groups agreed with the hypothesis, claim, and experimental analysis. Only about two other groups said that increasing the grass regrowth…

that area of grass, that some scientists had observed was looking really short in comparison to some other area of grass? And then they made a theory that the long grass was long, because the dirt that it was standing in had more nitrogen in it, than the other area of grass’s dirt? And so, they decided to test their theory by finding two identical areas of grass (let’s call them area A and B, by the way), adding some nitrogen to area A and then, proving their theory right, as area A’s grass was…

air to breath, aeration lose the soil and makes the process easier. • Healthy grass roots: as a result of the better drainage and improved way for air and nutrients into soil the grass in your lawn can grow robustly and have a deeper root system. Compaction prevents the grass roots to go deeper and as a result of that the grass grows in the top layer of the soil only. Aeration eradicates this problem and helps the grass to grow…

good growing conditions, your grass will be able to crowd the weeds out over time. If weeds have established a foothold, your growing conditions are probably less than ideal. Fertilize your lawn early in the spring to give your grass a head start on the later germinating weeds. Keep it watered to avoid heat stress that allows summer weeds a place to grow. Keep it mowed so weeds don’t have a chance to produce seeds. Over time, good lawn management will encourage grass growth and help crowd out…

Artificial Grass…

hilly or uneven terrain. The 8 inch front and rear wheels allows this mower to maneuver well in all types of grass or terrain. All this is accomplished…