Bill
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I’ll take a picture this week. By now I’m sure most of the grass blades have fallen and it’s just the stalks left.
Made it to the farm today
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I’ll take a picture this week. By now I’m sure most of the grass blades have fallen and it’s just the stalks left.
Bill
Administrator
here is a pic as of December 14th. Still holding quite a few blade. The heavy snow bowed some of it but it will pop back when it thaws.
Also a few deer in the new place. But I knew that.
Merle Hawggard
5 year old buck +
Congrats on the addition Bill! Always good to have more elbow room. 
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Bill
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Congrats on the addition Bill! Always good to have more elbow room.
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Thanks!
Bill
Administrator
no but it is in full sun. Do you mow it down? I haven’t and the new growth comes right up between the old canes.
j-bird
Moderator
You put them pics of snow away!
We are supposed to get our first measurable snow this week....I have to be honest....not a fan! As far as I am concerned....it can snow on Christmas...and be done. You one pic shows the only thing I like about snow...it really shows what the deer are doing.
We are supposed to get our first measurable snow this week....I have to be honest....not a fan! As far as I am concerned....it can snow on Christmas...and be done. You one pic shows the only thing I like about snow...it really shows what the deer are doing.
Bill
Administrator
I hear that!
Kinda glad for the snow on this trip. It’s the first time my wife has come in years and she thinks it makes the place pretty...
This picture will drive you nuts because your picky azz deer won’t eat them.
MN Slick
5 year old buck +
I think I've mowed it twice since 2015 but am done with that. Last spring the stalks were so tough my pull behind couldn't get through them so hooked up the brush cutter to my tractor. That resulted in the stalks flying all over like punji sticks. Mowing is one less thing to do and the previous year's stalks should help fill out the screen for the win.
Mortenson
5 year old buck +
Is this the exact way you will continue doing it?
Bill
Administrator
It is, other than I May space the rows out a tad further so I can get my small pull behind brush hog in between them for the first year or two. Should help with weed competition
j-bird
Moderator
Do we have an "unlike" button?!?
It snowed here overnight. Just enough to make things slick this morning...it's already starting to melt away...ground temps are not cold enough for it to stick around too long yet. I have not been out to see what fresh deer tracks I can find yet. That is the one thing I look forward to with fresh snow is looking for tracks and beds in it.
Troubles Trees
5 year old buck +
Congrats on the new land Bill, I am genuinely happy for you bud.
Bill
Administrator
Not at the farm. Not at my home.
But I have a place that is being eaten by squirrels of all things.
No firearm’s allowed. Crap if they saw me with a bow they’d cry.
I’m not sure it will work, and I won’t leave it on when I’m not monitoring it.
for the peta folks only 1 will be hurt....
unless they die. Then. It’s on........
Ha ha. Deleted the vid. My squirrel zapper zapped the snot out of squirrels but it didn’t dispose of them.
But I have a place that is being eaten by squirrels of all things.
No firearm’s allowed. Crap if they saw me with a bow they’d cry.
I’m not sure it will work, and I won’t leave it on when I’m not monitoring it.
for the peta folks only 1 will be hurt....
unless they die. Then. It’s on........
Ha ha. Deleted the vid. My squirrel zapper zapped the snot out of squirrels but it didn’t dispose of them.
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Troubles Trees
5 year old buck +
I had a friend do that with his Trump signs that kept getting stolen off his lawn lol this should work Bill!
Bill
Administrator
Miscanthus I posted back in December with the snow bending it all popped back up
I pre-made cages for this years apples. I never plan ahead like this. But it’s going to be a busy spring.
hadn’t been to this part of the farm in years. What a hard edge transition that developed here. To the right was an overgrown field when I bought saplings were 4 to 6 foot. I left it go and it’s a jungle now. There is a perfect tree for a stand.
To the right
To the left.
We’re killing one in this transition zone sometime.
Where the thick stuff turns to another fallow field I found a nice buck bed.
Looking up the edge of the ticket from the bed. Not sneakin up on him here.
Looking out the front window of the bed. He had you way before you ever saw him slip into the thicket.
I pre-made cages for this years apples. I never plan ahead like this. But it’s going to be a busy spring.
hadn’t been to this part of the farm in years. What a hard edge transition that developed here. To the right was an overgrown field when I bought saplings were 4 to 6 foot. I left it go and it’s a jungle now. There is a perfect tree for a stand.
To the right
To the left.
We’re killing one in this transition zone sometime.
Where the thick stuff turns to another fallow field I found a nice buck bed.
Looking up the edge of the ticket from the bed. Not sneakin up on him here.
Looking out the front window of the bed. He had you way before you ever saw him slip into the thicket.
Merle Hawggard
5 year old buck +
That is a lot of cages Bill!
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