Bush Honeysuckle, Grass, Fence etc

I have sprayed as much bush honeysuckle as I can before the leaves started turning. The honeysuckle is out of control on the new 26 acres, so it will be interesting to see how well I kill it. Kenny is using the tree saw and we are thinning out the 26 acres so that we can see it this winter. I will also need to reseed many areas where there isn't anything growing at present. I need to do this while the ground is clear so I can see where I need to seed. The 26 acres I would like to seed after a snow. My plan is to seed a blend of fescue, lespedeza and clover on the 26 acres, and top dress with lespedeza and clover on the remaining 100 acres. We are setting corner posts now and hope to have the fence finished by the end of November. The grass is so heavy in spots you can barely drive thru it. I should have plenty of grass to carry the cows thru the winter. I am anxious to see how well we can graze this ranch and how much we can improve it with animal density.

Killing buckbrush

We are getting an excellent kill on the buckbrush. I posted these photos so you can see the difference between where I burned in mid December. The grass I planted is really taking off where I burned, not so much where I didn't burn. I have no idea how my burning will effect the buckbrush kill, but as far as getting grass started, it was a tremendous advantage to the grass where I burned and I am very pleased with the way it is coming in. It will be interesting to see what effect the burning will have on killing the buckbrush. Where I burned, the buckbrush cam back this spring from the roots...there was very little leaf area and that may hinder the effects of the spraying. we will see.

2,4 D Tree Kill 3-5 weeks after spraying

I think our spraying hurt around 75% of the trees, probably 10% or so were hurt pretty severely. It appears one particular type of tree was hurt worst but I've seen trees of all species in pretty bad shape. We sprayed very early before most of the trees were sprouting, but we sprayed again when the bulk of the trees had very small sprouts starting. I am doubtful the trees will die but they look pretty bad.

Some Before Pictures from August 2013