Tall grass

[RonHays]

Your yard is amazing.. I don't know if the lot in front of your tortoise home is yours or not but beautiful. <3

Everything you see in the pic is except the cotton fields.

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If you want them to have some tall grass for security I would let a good enough sized area to just go crazy tall so they can chill in there and trim the other part of the pen so they can graze.

I'm just going to plant some of that "monkey grass" as call it from home depot and keep the regular grass clipped.

 

[jason g.]

Everything you see in the pic is except the cotton fields.

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I'm just going to plant some of that "monkey grass" as call it from home depot and keep the regular grass clipped.

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I Planted some blue fresc for mine to hide in but it didn't grow for some reason. Luckily I grew some hollyhocks and zinnia around her hide and dumb luck it was perfect for her to hide in and very pretty.

 

[GBtortoises]

Many, many years ago, when I got my first horse, I learned about pasture management. One of the things I learned was that when grass gets tall, it becomes hard for grazers to digest, and it becomes unpalatable. So occasionally knocking it down with the Weed Eater is a good thing.

In addition to the above, tall, thick grasses retain moisture at their bases. This is often too much ground moisture for some species. I cut down the tall grass about monthly in my outdoor enclosures, just leaving large tussocks of grass in strategic places for shade for the tortoises.