Swamp Hatches a Big Plot

We've planted clover in several of our roughly three miles of trails because of the obvious. 

Namely:

1.  You have to have something vegetative in your trails - otherwise you end up with mud.

2.  Clover is easy to maintain.  Mow it once a year and broadcast some fertilizer over the top.  It reproduces prodigiously.  It is the gift that keeps on giving.

3.  All critters love clover. The birds eat the bugs that are attracted to the clover.  And the critters eat the clover.  In the winter the deer will actually paw-up the snow to get at the clover forage below.

 
There are also some large plots in open areas that we rotate various forage crops.

Last year was a bust however.  Way to wet to get any prep work completed and nothing planted.

Not so this year.

I sprayed those overgrown plots with glyphosate (generic RoundUp) at an application rate of 8%.  I'm going to nuke all of the weeds and trash growing in there and then disc-it-up when it's drier.

I know for sure I'm planting oil sunflowers this year because all the song birds like sunflower seeds.  Still have to figure out what else to plant.