I was gone for four days and my brother had finished setting up fences in the north pasture. This is how the pasture looked where I was to remove this fence and let them into the last part,

As described in the previous posts most of this tall grass is annual rye, not a species in the seed mix we planted.

The challenge was to graze it enough to not only feed the sheep, but to remove the cover from the clover growing beneath.

This is the opposite view from the first photo, but the same location where that net fence had been.

Dan took the tractor into the south field and mowed on top of the checks (the raised borders that control the irrigation water)–not so low as to impact the clover, but to top that grass and make the checks more visible and make it easier to set up the fences.

Close-up view showing the clover.

After mowing that strip.