Recent content by farmlegend

A+. It only took me decades of playing whack-a-mole with food plot “weeds” to figure this out. And it was right there staring me in the face all along. Ask - what seemingly wants to grow in that spot? Why is it growing there, and not some place else? What are the plants trying to...

You can get differing opjnions on this, everyone has different dirt and conditions. I’ve been growing clover plots for 25 seasons now, and the most effective, foolproof method for me at my southern Michigan farm is to plant winter wheat, on the heavy side, around Labor Day. Follow up with...

The deer may never eat the millet, but it’s a great companion to clovers and whatever else. Builds OM, provides root exudates and encourages mychorrhizal fungi. And it can grow tall enough to provide some cover. It’s an excellent addition to my multi-species plots.

In addition, alsike clover is a good performer in wet conditions. I've frostseeded it directly onto ponded ice and had it come up nicely.

Given my failure to score some ag gypsum.....do you imagine calcitic lime to be of benefit for me? Much lower in magnesium than dolomitic lime, plenty of calcium, and I've got "room" to afford a bit of a pH boost. I believe this would be much easier to accomplish than gypsum procurement. My...

I'd call that pretty good numbers. You've done a nice job. I recently got my Haney results back from my what I call my "jumbo" food plots, which I broke into three zones based on my observations of plant performance after three years of cover cropping, comprising nine acres of ground. Not...

If it’s the same machine, I’m sticking with the OG Great Plains. Or the Land Pride, whichever dealer makes me the best deal.

Giving serious consideration to buying a pull behind no till drill(will likely go with GP or LP brands). Before I roll up my sleeves to do some exciting line-by-line research, I thought I'd throw this out there to see if anyone has trod this ground before. I'm sure I could ask my local...

Reed canary grass? Tough stuff. IME, on most sites that are dominated by RCG, nothing you can plant can compete with it. Its rhizomes and seeds go clear down to bedrock. Here's what I've seen guys I know personally have success with - spray your RCG with clethodim/crop oil. Hit it when it...

A critical vector to take into consideration with tree/shrub/foodplot plantings is soil type. Any summary planning recommendations are incomplete without addressing it. Having played around with this stuff for nearly 30 years, I have spent a long time playing whack-a-mole before figuring out...

Collecting reddit downvotes is sort of hobby for me. Got banned from r/energy on my very first comment there, where I suggested there was such a thing as a marketplace.

Three cylinder Kubota diesel. Top speed 25mph, pulls like a tractor. A/C for summertime chores. Wonderful vehicle.

Damn thing has a radio but it's useless when that diesel is banging. It is pretty awesome when I dump a doe in late December and have to retrieve it from the far end of the farm on a single-digit temperature morning, wearing only a sweatshirt. 🤣

Though we had a somewhat cold winter, we had relatively little snow. Never got an opportunity to fire up the RTV1100C with the plow package. Performed magnificently in previous winters.

Plum loves my dirt. Never planted it, but it spreads prolifically. Among the first thing to bloom in the spring. This pic taken 4/26.