Horses are particular. Green doesn't mean they will eat it. They like timothy and orchard grass, alfalfa, clover and will graze on spring dandelions, chicory, fescue and a few other things. There is some kind of swamp grass in our lower field that they will eat the early tender sprouts in spring but will not eat it once it has gotten tough or dry. I mowed tons of that down yesterday and will gather up what I can and use it for mulch in the potato patch.
David cut out a bunch of Russian Olive trees. If you don't kill them out every year you will have fields of new ones cropping up. Same for the Chinese Elms. If you only cut them they will grow back. Elms can be killed with a brushing of toradon before it makes a scab over the cut trunk. Spray olives after they start to come up from the stump or a new tree will grow in the same place.
We planted the willow tree about 22 years ago. It is first to get spring leaves and the last to shed in the winter. The stream is low this time of year but it will get about 3 feet deep once the natural springs begin to bubble north of us and the ranches north of us begin to irrigate. Jack had trout in there for years. Then the cranes came and plucked them out!
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