Recent content by rocksnstumps

Gee I'm no Einstein but maybe Jethro and I can cypher a few points. They maybe aren't our best friends but their official government doesn't entirely hate our guts and want to see us wiped off the face of the earth either. They allow us to run our largest military base in the entire Middle East...

^^^Really? Perhaps this will clarify it for you The primary U.S. military installation in Qatar is Al Udeid Air Base, the largest American base in the Middle East and the forward headquarters for U.S. Central Command. Established in 1996, the base serves as a critical hub for U.S. military...

The forestry mulcher is not an option even with a big pile of money. Well maybe with a huge stash of Bitcoin to replace mulcher parts every 20 ft. Rocks, boulders, slope from being on glacial moraine/drumlin. It would all be hand work. It's not super rough terrain but bad enough that a 4 wheeler...

In the Great Lakes area, a grand slam in the fishing world is catching 5 kinds of big fish in a single day. Kings, cohos, rainbow trout, brown trout, and lake trout. Difficult to do because they like different temps and areas/depths to hang out most times. When I bought my land over 20 yrs ago...

Finally got some decent rain so the rain catcher put in a month ago can do its thing. Just a 16' chunk of tin siding picked up cheap at an auction as part of a shed rebuild at another property. Have had a small waterhole in this location for awhile but wanted to try to fill up this version more...

No, strictly for the wildlife at this point. I don't do any spraying either. It has been a long time since I made any jelly. My chokecherries kinda died back. Sure it would be fine mixed in with some other apples but really only started planting some people varieties 6-7 yrs ago. Most of...

Here is a better look at the Ranetka B fruit. This one is not bad off the tree. Closer to a Chestnut crab over a grafted Dolgo if that makes any sense. But Chestnut obviously wins. Starts dropping in early September and goes well into October which is beyond the hang time of Chestnut & Dolgo in...

Well time for another update on Ranetka seedlings that have posted some prior years in this long thread (last time post #1184 and more info on each). Looking back, hard to believe for me but these were all planted 10 years ago. They were very small and believe the local conservation club just...

Not even every other year sometimes. Could be several yrs between crops or sometimes several decent yrs in a row. Just not as regular as things like apple trees which can usually count on every yr or every other yr

I did a few times years ago. Not a spitter but still enough bitterness that not great. Dolgo which is ripe same time is more "mild" than this one if that helps with comparison. The dolgo hasn't dropped much yet though so the hoovers are getting what they can

Here is a more typical red splendor seedling. Fruit about size of a nickel and holds well into winter. Birds get most of these. It's all good.

Here is a pic from a week ago of a red splendor seedling. A bit larger fruit than normal for those at 1 to 1-1/8" and some red flesh. This tree drops quickly and checking yesterday about half is gone. Like really gone. Deer poop everywhere under this thing. Nothing really special, just another...

Always liked that scene

Guessing whomever wrote that article visits the fruit section on this forum once in awhile. Maybe the author should have gotten your permission before listing all the ones you've named lol. Seems to be a fan of Midwest deer trees and blue hill wildlife nursery among others

I see OP wants to find bigger trees if possible and some of those you have to pick up instead of ship. Noticed that Wallace Woodstock Nursery has posted basically going out of business and clearing out their fields but no updates yet on what they might have going into this fall and possibly next...