I am looking for some input on what to plant and where. Any suggestions are appreciated, I attached a picture, I'll give a description and history of the place as well.
The thick blue line is a small river, not crossable with out a watercraft, runs about 6' deep in most spots. It has quite a bit of "swamp" on either side of the river that is not easily accessible, especially when hunting.
The thing blue line is a small stream that feeds the river, you can walk across it, but the stream corridor is overgrown in most spots with green briar.
The black lines are access trails. Easily walkable and used to approach stands, but not wide enough for equipment.
Red line is the property line.
Yellow line is an 8' fence surrounding that neighboring farm.
Green line is the edge of food plots.
Plots 1 and 3 are around 1 acre each, with plot 3 having black walnut trees through out the plot. Plot 2 is about 6 acres.
Plots 1 and 3 have been planted in clover and over seeded with annuals the past few years while plot 2 has been summer annuals and then winter rye in the fall. One year I did plant oats and turnips in plot 2, the oats were hammered and the turnips were not touched. Soy beans get hammered here, 6 acres is usually not enough to get past the deer. The 6 acre field was historically planted in corn and rye every year until about 5-6 years ago. The soil is poor, sandy and acidic.
I am thinking of dumping some money in to lime and fertilizer and trying to get a good perennial hay crop in field 2 and use 1 and 3 as annuals. Open to any suggestions, we do have access to a lot of equipment. Thanks in advance.
The thick blue line is a small river, not crossable with out a watercraft, runs about 6' deep in most spots. It has quite a bit of "swamp" on either side of the river that is not easily accessible, especially when hunting.
The thing blue line is a small stream that feeds the river, you can walk across it, but the stream corridor is overgrown in most spots with green briar.
The black lines are access trails. Easily walkable and used to approach stands, but not wide enough for equipment.
Red line is the property line.
Yellow line is an 8' fence surrounding that neighboring farm.
Green line is the edge of food plots.
Plots 1 and 3 are around 1 acre each, with plot 3 having black walnut trees through out the plot. Plot 2 is about 6 acres.
Plots 1 and 3 have been planted in clover and over seeded with annuals the past few years while plot 2 has been summer annuals and then winter rye in the fall. One year I did plant oats and turnips in plot 2, the oats were hammered and the turnips were not touched. Soy beans get hammered here, 6 acres is usually not enough to get past the deer. The 6 acre field was historically planted in corn and rye every year until about 5-6 years ago. The soil is poor, sandy and acidic.
I am thinking of dumping some money in to lime and fertilizer and trying to get a good perennial hay crop in field 2 and use 1 and 3 as annuals. Open to any suggestions, we do have access to a lot of equipment. Thanks in advance.
