Recent content by Ben.MN/WI

That’s cool, I’m sure it was pretty fun traveling with a pro team.

Your wife played in the WNBA?

that's a good deal - what lab is that? I think I paid $21 for a U of MN soil test that I believe was just organic matter %, pH, P and K.

We've always used butter. I checked a few spots in SE MN yesterday, but didn't find anything. They should start popping soon though, but we could use some moisture.

I’ve never tried planting turnips and radishes that early, but they could bolt and go to seed instead of putting energy into bulbs. Hard to say if that would be better or worse than a July planting that might fail because of drought. I’ve had July brassica plots fail too because of drought...

Golden Retrievers are great dogs in general even though they love to eat deer shit and roll in dead stuff.

Is there a different subsoil under the clay that you are dealing with on the surface? I'm just wondering if you somehow found a way to punch through that clay layer there might be a chance of succeeding? If you have solid clay until you hit the water table, then you have your work cut out for you

That's a really big jake, nice work. Wild Turkey nuggets are a favorite at my house as well.

I had the same thing happen with some caged red pine and white spruce. I needed the cages for a different spot and I thought they were too big to rub. I fixed the issue by hauling some buckthorn tree tops around the conifers. Bucks don’t seem to like to stand in downed brush to make a rub, so...

I wish they would dramatically increase the logging on public land. I'm sure there are some locations that should be left as old growth, but many areas could support a lot more huntable wildlife if there was more young growth.

That's crazy. I don't like coyotes, but I'm not sure I have it in me to take out a pup.

Those trees are sending up new growth this year, so they should live. It is possible that the J-shaped root will cause issues somewhere down the line, but I think that there is a better chance that they will be fine. I wouldn't consider pulling up trees that look as good as yours pictured.

That's a great problem to have! Those beans will act as a nurse crop for your clover/chicory, so I would let them grow and mature. When they mature and drop their leaves in the fall, the clover/chicory will take off. I wouldn't mow them.

Since you mentioned MFL, I'm assuming you are in Wisconsin. What part of Wisconsin are you in? I had my place in SE MN logged 4 years ago and it was a tangled mess of tree tops in many areas, but some areas were somewhat open. I had the logger clean up the logging roads for my future...

Is the DNR involved with the timber harvest at all, or do they just write the logging plan that you are required to follow? I'd probably just talk to the DNR forester and tell him what the logger did and ask what the next step should be. As far as the deer hunting goes, the thicker the...