Take me through this by step please(non-farmer)

[boacephus]

Okay area is a small hill top with an apple tree. Normal foliage, regularly mowed throughout the summer. It's about a foot tall right now. Normal grasses, some rye still in there.

So what's the steps. Burn off?? Till?? or simply throw some seed in there.

From reading late planting posts it appears as if the rye wheat turnips are the way to go? Even seen something about some peas thrown in?

Thanks for helpin out a true amatuer trying to get something going.

 

[dbltree]

If it's already mowed, then you can just go ahead and till it up and plant any of the array of plantings for fall as mentioned in the Cereal Grain post.

You can nuke the sod with Roundup first to set back the grasses, but you can get away with out it for rye and brassicas planted in the fall.

No need to burn and if your getting any of the rain I am, it's not likely anyway.

1) Spray with 1-2 quarts per acre of Roundup (optional)
2) Till, plow, disk (whatever you have to work it up with)
3) Broadcast seed (you can mix and match rye, wheat, oats, brassicas and Austrian Winter Peas. Less of each if mixed, more if planted alone.
4) Broadcast some fertilizer if possible, #300 of triple 19 would be a plus if you can swing it.
5) If possible cultipack or use a lawnroller to cover the seed (rolling is always better then dragging but you can drag a plank or run back n forth with an ATV to cover)
6) Make sure you have an empty freezer ready...