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What is the difference in timeframe to get a tree to production when grafting on rootstock vs. buying a bareroot tree? I have a local nursery that has beautiful bareroot trees that I started my orchard with in 2021. These bareroots are 5-8 feet tall at the time of planting. Currently I have...

I have 76 acres of which 55 or so acres is wooded. I am in the planning stages of having a timber harvest completed. The woods is currently mature and my goal is to thicken it up (some areas more than others) to encourage more bedding, browse and utilization of the property by deer. Currently I...

So I did not get tree protection on the apple trees I planted last spring until December last fall. There was some rodent damage at the bases of many of them already at that time. I know I messed up and now I plan to put the screens on at planting time. My question is, most or maybe all of...

I have about an acre of switch for a screen on one side of my plot I’m trying to establish. I frost seeding it into a brassica plot from last fall. The brassicas also were overseeded with rye last fall. I frost seeded the switch in March as the last few inches of the snow was melting off. I...

Just curious what others would do. I am a civil engineer and our field is swamped right now. Every company is looking for people. I am getting recruited to another firm by an old co-worker. His company would offer slightly better salary but due to better healthcare plans, it would increase my...

Bill WInke has a blog series where he talks about how he put together his 1,000 acre farm in Iowa. He started with very little money but was able to go from hunting in a co-op to owning 1,000 acres in just 6-8 years. To make it happen he did a lot of things but mostly he worked his tail off...

I heard of people planting a brassica blend with clover at the same time. The brassicas are the primary food source the first fall, then in spring the clover comes back for spring and summer. You could either maintain the clover plot into the future then or till it under for green manure and...

I bought 50 dwarf chinquapin oak acorns from Schefield seed and many have radicals started. They also seem to have some mold and black at the ends of some radicle. Couple questions. 1-since no stratification required, do you plant right away or store for a bit and plant in containers in the...

I have a new property this year and am seeing a ton of daylight buck activity this summer. This is not normal for me, at other places I've hunt its usually nighttime pics and hope they come back. Here there is a lot of pictures of multiple different bucks and they are mostly during daylight...

I have a 1.5 acre area that is hay field and want to convert to clover. I broadcasted clover seed a week and a half ago before some really good rains. I planned to spray gly that day as well, then follow up with rye later in the fall. After broadcasting, I noticed how much red clover is mixed in...

Do I have insect damage going on on my apple trees planted this spring? The leaves are skeletonized on a few trees, one much worse than the others. See photos below. I did not see any signs of larva and no large numbers of any certain bug. It’s been 3 weeks since I’ve been there so maybe they...

I had a main leader snapped off a tree. It was a bareroot planted 3 weeks ago and something broke it off while investigating my planting. I dropped the leader in water and it is pushing leaves out now. Is there anything a guy can to with this? It's about 3-4 long. The leaves were only buds until...

I'm wondering what other's experience with the EQIP Program through NRCS has been like. I met with the NRCS and DNR forester yesterday and learned some information. Essentially it sounded like the EQIP Programs will pay for 75% of initial plantings, whether it is trees/shrubs, prairie...

This is located by my house as well as at my hunting land. It seems to be browsed quite a bit. At the land it is pretty thick in areas that have been logged on the past. Is this a good one or bad one to have? I’m worried when I log someday this could spread and if it’s not good I may have some...

I’m looking for input on this idea. The open areas in the picture below are a current hay field that I will be converting to a food plot and possibly some cover. My woods is fairly mature so the deer don’t have a ton of bedding options until it can be logged. I’m think about adding a mix of...

What's your guy's thoughts on this piece of land? It's 76 acres with a mix of woods and field that I like. One larger 15 acre field and five 1-2 acre openings for plots, native grasses, or tree planting. I also like the ridges and points for bedding and travel. Access is not great but I can...

What’s your guy’s experience owning land with family or friends? There is a 40 in a good hunting location and I could buy it my self but some family is interested in sharing it. We get along great but I kinda want to be able to make all the decisions myself. We’ve hunted together forever but I...

Does anyone have experience with WI DNR helping track a deer that ran off your property on to a neighbors? I just moved and met two of the neighbors and they are good but they say the guy north of me does not like people on his land. He has trail camera surveillance on our property line and...

I just moved and am going from soil that was heavy clay to now it is pretty much a sandy beach (maybe I should have tried to find some ground in between :emoji_thinking: ha). What type of plantings have people had success with to build OM in sandy soils? I am planting winter rye ASAP mixed with...

Hey everyone, I am moving in about 2 weeks. We have a couple sentimental apple trees in our yard. I’m wondering what’s a good way to bring them with us. I’m not planning to dig the trees up, but have a couple options in mind to start new trees from these. Bad time of year to try but here’s what...