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TC - Are you saying grafting with branch tips is harder/less likely to succeed than grafting with water sprouts??

Gonna have to look them up. Never hurts to learn something new.

You'll get more than we do down here in SE Pa. Poconos are gonna get whacked it looks like. Cabin fever .... yep! I'm going through catalogs to make up an order of seedlings for spring. Probably a mix of Norway & white spruce, balsam fir, quaking aspen, white & chestnut oaks, choke cherry...

I don't know what "balsam poplar" is, SD. If it's an actual poplar, they do grow really fast & spread like wildfire. Some of the hybrids that have been released are invasive/noxious. Our neighbor had some in his yard, and they spread to most neighboring yards by underground runners. We all had a...

I'm sure the deer will appreciate anything you put out for them. Temps are going down over much of the northern half of the U.S.

Correcting myself here, Natty. SLN sells "Sweet Sap " silver maples ...... not red maples. My mistake!

Scattering widely might also help ward off disease spread - CWD, and EHD possibly. Piles = deer crowding and wardens.

No idea about a pile of pumpkins, Natty. Being orange doesn't help. Deer around here eat pumpkins like candy if they're broken up so they can get their teeth into them. The neighbors and I break up our Halloween jacks & the deer clobber them. No garbage bill. Tree tops don't stand out like a...

You're just nicely-seasoned, Bur! Your advice on collecting seeds is spot-on.

I use red maple too for firewood. Plenty of it available, and it makes a good fire starter. Bonus .... it's free & splits easy!!! I use oak, hickory, cherry, and black birch for longer-lasting coals. Red maple also regenerates quickly too, another plus.

I don't think you'd be in hot water, Natty. Woods work is woods work. Felling trees is no crime. Many states encourage cutting browse for deer anyway - Pa. has for years. When you drop some trees so they can start to dry out for firewood, no one can stop deer from snacking on the tops. 😉 Just...

Our NS crab was purchased & planted in the Spring of 2013. Charlie Morse was still running the show then. I bought 4 varieties of trees from him that spring. NS crab and his Morse hybrid pear have done really well for us. The other 2 varieties - not so much. I hope your NS pans out & gives you...

Man - that tree is pasted with fruit! I see why you draw grouse in to your place. I'm also a huge fan of Washington hawthorn for grouse. We have a few patches of WH at camp, and they lure grouse like kids to candy. Sugar Tyme is a very highly rated DR crab. We've had ours in the back yard for...

There are many good "bird crabs". A very good DR one is "Sugar Tyme", which I have in our back yard. Covered in white blossoms in the spring, it produces about 1/2" bright red crabapples. Our tree is still loaded with them, and the birds are having a feast in it. We also have a "Profusion" crab...

Natty - Maybe next hunting season .... ditch the camo & deer scent - and fire up your chainsaw! 😉😁 Isn't it amazing how the older big boys show up after the seasons are over? I swear they go underground sometimes, and no matter how hard we hunt them - can't find 'em. Stubborn1VT - You &...