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There is a small trail (sidewalk as Steve calls it) of clover between the cottonwood thicket and the 25 year old spruce planting. The clover was seeded with a bit of rye and oats.
To the south of the cottonwoods is a foodplot that was planted with corn and beans before all of the rain started. Just a small amount has emerged on the lightest soil on one end.
Seeing weeds takeover where something else was planted is such a kick in the teeth. I've been there done that, never planted NWSG and probably never will but that hurts man! Did you not spray everything that was green before seeding this area or were you trying to avoid that?
Seeing weeds takeover where something else was planted is such a kick in the teeth. I've been there done that, never planted NWSG and probably never will but that hurts man! Did you not spray everything that was green before seeding this area or were you trying to avoid that?
My neighbor, the real farmer, says my corn/bean foodplot is an 80% failure. The seed rotted except on two sand hills.
The same area flooded out as it did last spring.
I decided to try a strip of sugar beets along the edge of the failed foodplot. I added some pel lime and chicken manure before planting.
I imagine most of the failed foodplot area will be oats/rye/radish by fall.
Being I am on a roll of failures, here is a surviving Morse hybrid oak that has been in the ground for about 10 plus years. I think the other ten or eleven died.
It died back this winter and is again about knee high.
Good to hear you're seeing some deer. Keep the faith - food & cover. The deer will find the safe havens. Really enjoy the pix from the sandbox. Nice looking country you've got there.
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My neighbor, the real farmer, says my corn/bean foodplot is an 80% failure. The seed rotted except on two sand hills.
The same area flooded out as it did last spring.
I decided to try a strip of sugar beets along the edge of the failed foodplot. I added some pel lime and chicken manure before planting.
I imagine most of the failed foodplot area will be oats/rye/radish by fall.