Raking hay away from "mohican" refuge strip, Dartmoor 25.08.21

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Raking hay away from "mohican" refuge strip, Dartmoor 25.08.21

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Re: Raking hay away from "mohican" refuge strip, Dartmoor 25.08.21

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Will you cut this strip later this year or next spring? Do you cut the mohican in a different location each year?
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Re: Raking hay away from "mohican" refuge strip, Dartmoor 25.08.21

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I'll put the cows in that field later in the Autumn, and they'll pick about and sleep on it, but they won't graze it short. I've only been leaving mohicans for a few years and, rightly or wrongly, I do try to move them to prevent the establishment of vigorous grasses (cocksfoot).
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