Regarding the 5-some acres of grasses and forbs, the first mowing can't be before something like July (pretty sure it's July; based on making sure all the hatchlings have left the nest). The NRCS guidelines have it defined...I'll double check. Anyway, I doubt that it would be much more than once a year. I don't fully understand all of it, but I rely on trustworthy dialogue with not only my farmer pal (who happens to manage a 400+ acre hunting preserve) but a super relationship with my NRCS agent. All this, and I still get nervous when they talk about the prescribed burn in a couple of years...
