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Hey Folks, I'd love some feedback on this as I am new to establishing clover and would love some advice. Here are the details: This is a one acre clover plot I did throw n' mow to last fall with some Ladino and Cereal Rye mixed in. It was a cattle pasture previously so there are...

Obviously the answer will vary based on available land and bedding nearby. However, as I continue to hunt and learn about deer movement, especially in pressured areas, I'm noticing that unless the feeding area is fairly small and surrounded by heavy cover, there just isn't much chance of a big...

i Hope everyone is having a tremendous beginning to their holiday season. The urge struck me to grab a few nuts out of the fridge and stick under some Lights for fun a little while back. I put out 5 trays, some chestnut oak, DCO, and ACs. The CO and DCOs are doing really good, leafing out or on...

I was told once that no question is stupid to ask (including, is this a stupid question?) Anyway, I’m curious about two Red Oak trees I found growing along a trail about 100 feet apart. Same bark pattern, and same leaf patterns. Dead give away of a Quercus rubra. But as you can see pictured...

I’d love to hear some thoughts on what others would do in my situation. I currently have two separate soybean plots (see diagram) that are one acre each and the leaves are just starting to turn yellow here and there. They have both been double layer hot-fenced since day one and have a decent...

Giving this a try for the first time and received my order of acorns today. I read the thread on this topic, but wasn’t able to find out whether or not they could be held in ziplock with no medium until I was ready to stratify. I’m having a bit of paralysis by analysis, so seeking some tips...

I’m a bit of a novice in knowing a great deal about nut trees, sometimes Google knows my question and sometimes it doesn’t. That said, my little girl and I walked down a road of red oaks next door and collected several green red oak acorns that are dropping at high rates. After soaking for 12...

These apples are all I was able to steal from the squirrels and deer this year. I had bagged several but the squirrels just pulled the bags off or ate through them. Anyway, these two trees were planted in the early 60s. When looking at pictures online, it reminds me a great deal of a Jonathan...

Over the weekend I did some walking down a creek to grab a couple of cameras that had been out since March. As I approached the first camera I saw a dead deer, a young would-be fork horn. I tried to explain it away in my mind, but the fact that he died next to the creek and there were no marks...

I have planted small Apple/pear/persimmon/chestnut orchards in four different areas. These plots are roughly 1/3 of an acre each. I would like to sow clover via T and M to assist in both pollination and to kill the atrocious weed bed of pasture grasses present. All areas were sprayed...

Hey Folks. Planted a few Apple trees from the big box store this spring and it looks like the rabbits have had their way with about 4 of them. I have been slowly but surely placing window screen around them, but life has a way of getting in the way. According to what I’m reading online, the...

So I’m a total newbie here. Frost-seeded switch in February, sprayed Simizine in mid March and then Gly and 2,4-d about three weeks ago. The plant pictured has started coming up in large quantities this week and it seems to have a really deep root. I just want to make sure of what this is and am...

The ground is finally dry enough to brush hog around here and I'm trying to get a plan together. My goal is to plant on NEW ground this spring. Problem is, it hasn't been prepped yet, so I realize that puts me at a disadvantage. Ideally this would have been done in the previous fall, I...

I’m hoping to see some switch that was frost seeded in February as the season begins to warm. Question - current soil temps in my zone (6a) are low 50s according to agweb.com. I have read that switch germinates at 55ish. So far since the Simazine treatment, we have cool season growth of about...

I ordered and have just received 200 Norway Spruce trees (bareroot, see picture), to be spaced 12x12 as an eventual windbreak|access screen. I would really like to avoid post hole diggers and augers for this if at all possible. Using the photo below for reference, is the Dibble Bar method a...

The purpose of this thread will primarily be for me to utilize as an ongoing journal of the habitat events and experiments surrounding our family's little parcel of land. This place has been a part of my life from childhood, and I can still hardly believe that my wife and I were given the...

Hi Folks! Last month I frost seeded an acre of CIR. This is my first attempt at this so I'm a little green at the process. I'm about to spray the acre with 4 quarts of Simazine. It's a thick liquid and my sprayer is only 20 gallon, so I'm going to do 2 quarts per 20 twice. Question - We are...

Hey Folks, I wanted to see what various thoughts might be concerning the nature of this decision. This is a newly acquired property and I am slowly making changes and that process begins this year. This particular question concerns whether or not I should leave the thick, gnarly...

So as the topic thread title implies, I plan to put down about 100 Thuja Green Giants on the West end of our property line this spring. I do not know my neighbor on that side, and as I understand it he lives a couple of hours away and the only time the land is visited is weekend hunting or crp...

Howdy Folks! Attached you will see a picture of the "rough draft" plan I have concocted for our little piece of dirt. The property is 80 acres, but the picture shows about 45 acres that I will be devoting my attention to this year. Some things I won't get to this year, but do...