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It’s taken a few year, but I finally have a few trees with good chestnut burs on them. The seedlings I planted about 5 years ago are mostly doing really well. Some are over 10 feet tall, others are still struggling along. The ones in full sun are at the obvious advantage. Here’s a pic of the...

Made it to the farm today and was pleasantly surprised to find many of my Chinese chestnuts had catkins! Might get a few chestnuts this year. Apples and pears are loaded. My carmine jewel cherries have already been stripped by the birds. After staring at little growth for a few years, I love...

I set a few footholds for coyote and bobcats at scored on this big male. Only had three days to let the line sit before pulling. It’s a muddy mess and very warm here in ky. Gonna try again later when it gets cold. Basic dirthole set with and mb550. Trapping is new to me, but super fun.

I either read somewhere or heard someone tell me that dunstan chestnuts and Chinese chestnuts don’t cross pollinate and if mixed the nut yield would suffer. Is this true? Or can I mix dunstans with Chinese cn? Thanks for the advice.

I’ve finally got great growth on around 100 Chinese chestnuts I planted around 3 years ago. As is typical, many of them are branching out quite low on the main leader. I’d like to train them to grow higher than wider. Should I prune these lower branches off and if so, Would you wait until...

I have a planted a few hundred Chinese chestnut, alleghany chinquapin, sawtooth oak, paw paw, persimmon, hazelnut, mixture of oaks, as well as about 30 pear, apple and cherry trees in the past few years. My soil is pretty much clay after the first few inches so while the trees are doing really...

Shared a great morning with my sons. Jeremiah and Judah each shot their first rabbit! And I got one that neither had a shot on. Great day to be a dad. Not a great day to be a rabbit.

Had a couple friends invite me to hunt for some waterfowl on Saturday. I'm hooked. Watching birds work in and turn on a dime at the sight of decoys and the sound of a call is an amazing feeling. I'm hooked!

My middle son is on the board! It's taken a couple years but I finally got him on his first deer. I'm so thankful it all worked out for him. We got in the stand this past Friday (late ml for ky) a little later than normal. It was already light out. We settled into the tree. My stand was...

My farm is 50 acres of almost all forest and steep ridge land in ky. I drive through two farms to get to my place and want to someday purchase the second of those farms--currently bordering my property. I've tried in the past to purchase it and come super close only to have the farmer turn...

well I waited until the perfect morning and made my first sit this morning. It was a beautiful cold and calm morning here in the hills near the ky river. Only had a doe swing by around 8:00. The wind picked up and I couldn't hear very well due to the still hanging oak leaves rustling in the...

my favorite local store for great deals on late season trees got a new manager. Boo. She I asking astronomical prices for trees that are half dead after sitting in the lot for 6 months. I'm about to make an offer on some pawpaws that still look ok. What would you pay? One or two gallon, about 3...

im from central Kentucky ridges near the ky river. My soil is not ideal. Mostly clay and rocks. I have nursed a number of Chinese chestnuts and hazelnuts and oaks along for two or three years now. They are starting to really show some good growth as I assume the root systems took a while to...

I built a little watering hole in the middle of the woods. I have had a ton of visitors including bobcat. Well this spring some time a mom coyote must have had pups nearby (6 of them!) and they've set up camp on that little watering hole. Needless to say, the deer visits have gone from...

I've got a small orchard of about 25 fruit trees (mixture of apple, pear, and cherry). I was out at the farm and got to looking at them and one tree (a golden delicious) looked fairly well eaten up with fire blight. No signs on any other tree. I pulled the whole tree and sunk it in the bottom...

ive got a group of about 5 or 6 pretty large honey locust trees right in the middle of a bunch of Elms I'm planning on cutting down to shed some light on a bunch of young trees. What are your thoughts on honey locust? Should they stay or go? They don't seem to propagate like black locust.

Looking to add a little variety to my orchard and thought I might try a few jujube trees. Most I see online (grafted is a must apparently) are very pricey. Anyone know of an affordable seller? Thanks.

been a busy few days of planting here in central ky. I received my orders from wv div of forestry and nativnurseries and they're all in the ground. 100 alleghany chinquapins 100 Chinese chestnuts Toxy's choice wildlife package And a few extras like bald cypress and some more chestnuts and...

similar to another thread going on here but I have some questions about purchasing a property next to my farm. My farm is a rough 50 acres of timber. One of the farms I go through to get to my farm is being offered to me. It's 84 acres with a cabin with water and electric. And a whole lot...

I ordered 100 alleghany chinquapins from the WV forestry service. I'm planning on planting a thinned ridge top with them and am wanting to know how far to space them apart? Anyone have any luck with these? Does the blight affect those you have planted?