Recent content by rocksnstumps

Curious about that open patch just above you in the northwest corner and due east of pothole. Is that being maintained by the neighbors to the north or just another swampy grassy spot. With a tree a two in it kinda guess it's more dry land and perhaps worked up by the owner up north. Can tell...

How level is the site? If any dips and potholes or unevenness that will bounce sprayers and planters around might want to consider a one time tillage just to level a new area. Doesn't mean you have to do it every year or ever again in the next 20 years but dealing with rough ground every year...

To answer a PM, here are a few updated pics of Franklin Cider on B118 from mid October. Tree was also mostly holding just last weekend but no pic. Note the leaves are pretty clean. In my location and soil not a problem area for fireblight and no B118 "lean disease". My soil is pretty light and...

Those dbltree posts on iowawhitetails were super interesting to read back in the day. Just tons of observations and pictures but photobucket screwed some of that up later. When he branched out to other forums he sometimes used different handles but still remember dbltree. Still mad that I left...

Maybe you can get a lead on something like the yesterdaystractors.com forum. Or not sure if there is a forum or webpage on thresheree/old sawmill clubs that go beyond local in your area. Gotta cast a big net. Stuff like that has unfortunately been snatched up by the scrappers and turned into...

When I was a kid, seeing a dragonfly in November would have been bizarre. You know, the ice age 70s.

Well for those keeping track of their phenology, surprised that the robins are still hanging around here but did see some signs of winter coming. Sandhill cranes are starting to gather up. They nest in the fields around here in the summer but normally only see small family group of 3 or 4...

Can't believe they let that go as a name in our PC world.

The Sconnie supper club crowd has been been ahead of you on this one for a couple generations. But enjoy!

I have plenty of Siberian seedlings growing last 20 yrs. They are hardy, grow fast and at least they make a full size tree. Fruit is normally pretty small but some exceptions. Can expect it makes a decent rootstock somewhat like Dolgo. Wonder if Anty shortage is really the whole reason or if...

AB has been part of Rockwell since sometime in the 1980s, not like anything new. Multiply generations of management since. Lotta changes over that time. You know, before trillion dollar companies like Google and Tesla even existed. But their stuff was built to last. Just got done building a...

Bill Winke has put out several videos on burning in his timber areas and some of the results. This one is probably too soon after his burn but if you search you can see him give further updates at later times. He also talks about his prep and methods in others. Sure there are other resources on...

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...