Note, only mulch on bare soil. Any rotting down will not kill grass underneath.
Does your land have bare patches? Well the answer will be mulching! Basically get the hay sweepings from your barn or from under your nets, place them over the patches. Add dung, preferably well rotted if you wish, rest for four weeks and wait for the magic to happen.
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As I went through the effort responding to your question, which took me some time, I thought I would copy and send it to you
Mulching is when you put organic material on bare compacted, often low fertility and over grazed earth. In summer this is done to prevent evaporation of moisture from soil, and soil erosion, so useful in drought. It has the added bonus of stoping weed seeds settling in. In autumn and winter this is done again, when horses come off land, however this time, with the wetter conditions, the aim is different. It is that the soil life will develop and start to break down all the organic material and it will all rot and add to the soil biome and develop a permaculture, rich in nutrients to feed healthy grass with the right nutrients. If you mulch with hay sweepings from your barn, chances are there will be a lot of seeds which may germinate too and fill in the bare bits, if not, throw some seeds on top. Mulching in winter serves to create nutrient rich soil due to the rotting process. We never mulch on grass. However, if you mulch on weeds, then hopefully some daylight will be blocked out, preventing photosynthesis occurring so the weeds don’t thrive . In addition, the mulching in the long term, feeds and creates nutrient rich soil, then soil life and fertility is increased and weeds find it a little more difficult to thrive.
Hope that helps
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