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Yes it was. The tallgrass prairie is one of the most endangered ecosystems on the planet. ~2 million acres burns in the Flint Hills each year as landowners light the grass to knock back woody encroachment, go after invasive species, promote new growth, etc. Today was a good burn day and thousands of acres burned to preserve the prairie. A few did escape. Our FD went on 2 today.
I have my 33.5 acres broken up into 3 units. I don't want to burn it all each spring.
I have my 33.5 acres broken up into 3 units. I don't want to burn it all each spring.
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High fire danger today (higher than they predicted for today with yesterday's forecast). My daughter was out early today with the pioneer checking the burn. I have a 45 gal tank with a 5 gpm diaphragm electric pump on it. Doing the burn required less than 5 gal and most of that was pretreating telephone poles.
The grass in there had been unburned for at least 3 years. It was thick and matted and unsuitable for quail or turkey chick's to maneuver. I will now run a disk through it as that stimulates the forbs wildlife requires.
The grass in there had been unburned for at least 3 years. It was thick and matted and unsuitable for quail or turkey chick's to maneuver. I will now run a disk through it as that stimulates the forbs wildlife requires.
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You can see it is already greening up. We have storms in the forecast tonight so should be a beautiful carpet of green later this week
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Ran down and did a growing season burn thus afternoon while my wife and son slept. Really knocks back the sericea. Also provides a fire break when our season starts back up in a couple months.
