Recent content by Hoytvectrix

I was definitely planning on t-budding in the late summer with the failures.

I have two quick questions. This is my first year grafting fruit trees and I thought I would check with some of the more experienced folks on here. 1. I have my apple and pear bench grafts potted in 2-3 gallon pots and placed out and caged with hardware cloth on my patio in MN right now. Most...

It's convenient to turn this into a distraction away from where the funds were coming from for the ballroom. Turns out, just putting "anonymous" on the source of funding is not a good idea for a federal building, especially one where the president lives. There is a reason why protocols existed...

I found that Pheasants Forever was a little more diverse of a mix than anything that was available through traditional seed sources, and they tended to be near the same price. For a relatively small area I would actually just plant them via seed vs terminating existing cover and then seeing what...

I sound like I am being critical of Trump but I actually think there are legitimate reasons for loaning companies money and for temporary investment in them if they make sense from a defense standpoint or from a long-term investment standpoint. Through DOD we funded much of the world's internet...

It's literally Trump bringing it up though. And he has been doing it at unprecedented rates. I think this would make company number 11 or 12 since Trump took office.

I never thought I would see such blatant and open corruption here in the US. This is the type of stuff that happens in developing countries and autocracies. Normally I would say that if things get bad enough, at least they can be held accountable when there is a change in power, but pre-emptive...

Whether it is foodplots, bucks, or fish, you are seeing the highlight reels of everyone else and likely the best representation of something they have. I have all kinds of 30-06 that are only 5 feet tall that were planted 5 years ago. I also have a few 5 year old 30-06 that are 12 feet tall and...

I hope you fill out the survey and add some comments. I am a little worried about the representation of non-residents in the survey responses.

Maybe I am reading it wrong. To me (and apparently at least three others I personally know), the third question was not clear. I think they are saying this would not go into effect until at least 2027 if at all. I don't know how serious MDC is about this particular policy.

Respectfully, I disagree. Considering the careful wording on the first few questions, this was not "pretty clear". Matter of fact, I personally know three people (two of which are non-resident landowners) that missed this aspect because they were effectively primed on the first two questions...

Public comment period ends April 20, 2026.

I am not sure if the folks on here that hunt and/or own land in MO have seen this survey yet, but you will definitely want to give some feedback if you haven't already. I don't want to bias anyone, but I thought it was very interesting that they deliberately distinguish non-resident landowners...

I think if I had the choice of two dormant trees that were approximately the same size with the same root mass and one was in a pot and the other a bare root, I would take the bare root tree every day. You may not know until you get there whether the 3-year-old trees are the same size or larger...