Recent content by Hoytvectrix

Would you mind sharing where you got the dolgo crabapple seedlings? I am going to be planting some next year.

They definitely need to communicate better with people when choosing a shipping date. I know last year if you chose the first or second week in April (I forget which one), it would actually arrive a week early depending on how you interpreted when the first or second week of a .month starts. I...

We have several pears that are between 5-10 years old that have never produced fruit. All are in the low-lying areas. About 1/4 mile away in the same valley there are several dozen wild pears from two varieties at least that produce pears every year. The only difference is that they are maybe...

Seeing the success of your persimmons has definitely motivated me to get more serious about trying them on our farms. I think you are likely a higher hardiness zone than our properties, but do you have any persimmons in low-lying areas or are they all predominantly near ridgetops?

I would do nwsg mixed with some thicket forming shrubs. I'm a big fan of hazelnuts, wild plum, and elderberry if they grow well in your area. These would provide different types of browse, potentially other sources of food throughout the year, and would create some variable edge of cover.

Looks like it could be a wild rhubarb? It looks a lot like the rhubarb I have coming up in my garden.

As I was planting trees this past weekend, I kept having run-ins with these guys. I'm going to head back down and hopefully get my Dad on his first turkey in quite a few years. This would be the first turkey hunt on this farm. I think it sets up pretty nicely because you get the benefit of...

Just a few updates for this farm. I have been working with NRCS for enrolling a few sections of the pasture into pollinator habitat through EQIP. This is the tentative plan over the next few years. Although we have been approved, I am still working with the local private lands biologist with...

I think many of the folks with comments on here would like to think they have a healthy form of skepticism. Anyone who is actually serious about questioning the things around them would probably do better to first focus on understanding beliefs and where they come from. After all, if you can't...

It seems like The majority of the time that people have issues getting images from cuddeback it is because they are trying to text them. Email is definitely the way to go.

Doing that anyways... I'm excited about it from a plant diversity standpoint.

Spicy. This whole thing has been a mess. All of us that are on the sidelines can probably do little more than grab a bag of popcorn, and of course plant some American chestnut seedlings just in case.

I buy a bundle every year for use with tree tubes. The last two years they have gone on clearance for $1.20/6ft stake. I think they're perfect for supporting the tubes. I also use them when marking out areas to spray or to plant.

I would just try calling the places you used before. All metal pricing has come down in the last year or so. Here it is for $107/roll of the 5X150' after the rebate...

Thanks for the offer! Based on the others there, I'd say you have a better spot!