Recent content by Foggy47

Thanks bill. I suppose I got an hours time in getting these seeds into this plan. I bought a bag of garden soil for $3. and the rest on Amazon for a few bucks more. At least I can get some reasonable expectations on new crops. The old stuff is pretty apparent....but I still like to see...

So I Made a trip to Menards today. I bought some pell lime and gypsum (which contains a high amount of sulfur <---huge to me!). I planning to plant two 1/2 acre plots with alfalfa pretty soon.....and put down the equivalent of 2400 lbs / acre of both gypsum and pell lime on these two plots...

So last year I learned allot about switch. And one thing I learned was that it is hard for a first year grower to determine what is switch and what is not. When I plant, I've always relied on putting a small amount of seed in a paper towel, placing in a plastic bag and checking for...

Bump. I'm hoping someone (SD?) can explain the relationship of calcium to magnesium, and also tell me a decent rate to apply to an acre? (Art covered me up with his post.....grrrrr. grin)

'This is the last soil test I had done. How much gypsum per acre to grow alfalfa?? I do not understand the Calcium / Magnesium relationship.

These are the last pics I took where I used my loader to even out the black dirt to about 3" deep across the road width.....then dragged it a few times to even it more.....before broadcasting 3/4 bag of oats.....and doing a couple more drags and cultipacking as close to the edge as I dared. Got...

I measured the level width of my road across the swamp yesterday. It is quite uniform in width and is 15' wide. I'm thinking I will leave about 4 feet down the middle for some lawn seed.....and plant the switch on both sides. I'm not too sure I want to operate my tractor and drill that...

Been said: The market climbs a wall of worry. Relax....it will be what it will be. Buckle up and ride.

Good to know. I think I am nearly 20 wide....will measure. Thinking two 5' switchgrass screens and a 5 foot trial down the middle for walking driving a wheeler or an e-bike. Maybe clover in the middle......or just some more ordinary grass. I do want to have a potential sneak trail to the...

Today I placed about 20 yards of semi-black dirt over the sand which covers those tamarack logs. I rented a small dump trailer and made ten trips with about two yards per load. Loaded the dump trailer with my "orange crush" and used my Honda Ridgeline to haul and place the dirt.....in order...

I would guess that they moved about 16 loads of sand. Today I have placed 4 small dump-trailer loads of black dirt so far.....and will do about 4 to 6 more this afternoon....then drag it smooth and seed some oats in.....as it may rain on Thursday. Not sure how well that sand would hold up...

Thanks SD. Now I just need some root mass to hold it all in place. The worst event for me would be a 5" downpour of rain to wash all that sand away. I think it is somewhat stable.....and they did pack it well.....but it is just sand. Gotta get something to bind it all together...

Big day for me tomorrow. Rented a hydraulic dump trailer to get some organic material on my new "road" across the swamp. Seems very stable now. Drove my UTV and my tractor on it....and nothing moves. Tomorrow I get some organic matter distributed across the road which is about 12 feet...