What is the composition of your pasture? Is it just grass? Or a diverse array of broadleaves (legumes etc)? What percentage of the plot is occupied by weeds (undesirables)?
Track the establishment of ley sowings, eg herbal leys. Are you getting any of those expensive small seeds showing in the sward?
What to record
- % cover to the nearest 10% for each plant type: broadleaf, grasses and undesirables (this is an estimate, so don’t worry about exact numbers).
- Take a photo of anything interesting you find which you might want to ID later on!
Equipment
- Quadrat
How to do the test


