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The cuttings are very susceptible to drying out as soon as they start leafing out. I have had several dozen cuttings begin to leave out and then die off because they didn't have enough moisture. If you are determined to get an area established with ROD I would cage the cuttings from both rabbits...

Rabbits have a characteristic 45 degree angle. I think you are correct that they are rabbits. I think the grafts that still have at least one bud will be worth waiting to see about.

We looked for a few hours this weekend. I can't tell if the second image is a scraper or a broken base to a much larger point.

That is a tiny point! Chris has some amazing eyesight!

Not much to add on. Just collect about 2-3X the amount you need. Weevils and bad acorns are very common. I collect a few hundred acorns every year and tend to have much better luck with whites than reds. Some are direct seeded in the early spring and some I put into pots in March/April to be...

Around 9 months and the current price is around $700 for a shoulder mount. It helps that they are an avid hunter and want to enjoy their season as much as anyone.

The only way I could see something like that working is if you have a thermal sink to very slightly raise the temp. I would struggle to imagine it helping much for such a small volume if it is not heated from another source like an aquarium heater.

Mine was shipped yesterday or the day before. Should be delivered tomorrow.

Tariffs have nothing to do with border security. Also, why go after Canada as well? How about the 48 other countries we DON'T share borders with? I'm not buying this argument.

The US has had the best economy for decades. It is also why we are the world's reserve currency (for now). It's being a bit disingenuous to act like our economy has been anything but the envy of pretty much every developed nation. This is a new narrative that "drastic measures" are needed...

I think breaking up sight lines is a great strategy. We try to do this for all of our larger plots, and even do it in sections that face woods that are thinner. The original idea was to try and pull bucks into visible range during the rut - force them to come into the open to check for does in...

Do you cage or tube your plums? I have several thickets I have been establishing and typically have really great growth with 5' tubes but have not tried cages yet. Even on my oldest plum seedlings that are 7-8 feet tall (2-3 out over the top of the tubes), I have not had any suckers produced...

I think some species or biotypes of plum spread by suckers a lot better than others. I have a few plum trees that have not suckered at all and are about 15 ft tall with trunks that are about 6 inches wide, so clearly mature. Other plums around our properties spread really aggressively and have a...

https://qualitymatters.usp.org/index.php/india-and-united-states-manufacture-most-finished-medicines-us-market Might be worth it to look into US drug makers. Around 60% of our pill form drugs are made in India, which now is getting hit by a 26% tariff. Ehhh, I was wrong about this above...

That used to be the case. But because of institutional investments into BTC, it is now correlated with the S&P.