Spring — green-up and turn-out

Early growth, turn-out timing, and tree protection windows.

Spring resets the year. Growth accelerates; mistakes on the first paddocks echo until fall.

Grass: Do not graze brand-new flush into the crown. Set residual habits now — reading the pasture.
Animals / density: Turn out when forage and ground can support a real graze, not the first tint of green. Easy to blow early paddocks — stocking density.
Trees: Best window to plant and to confirm guards before browse pressure rises — establishment.

Map the season’s rotation while grass is generous so summer has rest in the bank. Year spine: Mid-Atlantic pasture year.