Recent content by Ben.MN/WI

That's not good at all. What happened to your dog?

My wife would be asking a lot of questions if a $2500 charge at Pleasureland shows up on my credit card. I read that some varieties of switchgrass need cold stratification, which may be why the first year tends to suck and the second year looks much better. I'm not sure if that applies to your...

I also have an issue planting enough soybeans to get ahead of deer browsing. That seems to be really challenging on dry years like we had last year as the soybean growth was slow and the deer appetites were not. This year I changed my corn/soybean rotation back to corn/brassica. The future...

Did you drill that multi-species mix into standing brassicas or beans? Or was that ground idle prior to seeding in September? Figuring out the right rotation can be a little tricky and I'm interested to see how your beans do. They should have a great layer of rye thatch to build up the soil...

That looks really good, have you planted that way before? Did you drill that vetch/rye mix into an existing plot last year or did you plant that blend as a stand alone plot?

That's a really cool pond and those perch are awesome. It will be really cool to see what size those perch top out at and when you hit the carrying capacity when the growth slows down.

I wonder if freezing your butt off in a tree stand counts. You know that you have some solid cold exposure on a hunt when you get back to your truck after a hunt and you have trouble pulling your keys out of your pocket because your frozen fingers can't straighten out.

I like the idea of requiring an equal amount of land to be purchased for every acre of public land sold - but purchase the land in states with less public land. Sell off some BLM land next to a western subdivision and use part of that money to purchase land where public hunting opportunities...

It looks like SW damage to me. I lost a number of trees from that before I realized the cause and started painting the trunks to solve the problem. Paint the South and West sides of the apple tree trunks with a mix of 50/50 white interior latex and water mix and the SW injury problems will...

It is easier to manage for grouse and rabbits in wolf country than deer. Grouse, rabbit/hare and woodcock hunting is world class in northern MN, so with a little chain saw time you could have a gem of a hunting property.

Nice work on the smallies, those are some chunks. How will you be cooking them up? Do you fish for anything else up there or are smallies your preferred fish?

I plant soybeans ever year by disking, broadcasting beans and disking again. it works great and soybeans are pretty forgiving about seed depth as long as they are covered. You'll need some type of herbicide to take care of weeds in your soybeans unless you really like to weed by hand. I use...

will you be disking in the soybeans after broadcasting? I don't think you will have much luck unless you get the seed covered.

It took a while for the deer to realize pumpkins are a food source, but now I have deer taking bites off pumpkins while they are still green. It is like they are taking a little bite to see if they are ready, then the next night you come back and half the pumpkin is gone.

spreading ag lime without a drop spreader is not much fun, especially when they just back up the dump truck and leave you a giant pile. It is really hard to distribute evenly using the shovel method, but it doesn't need to be perfect. I also tried using a leaf blower to blow it off a trailer...