Recent content by Hoytvectrix

I disagree. The tribes all benefit from thinking this way. It makes it easier to rationalize things when it is us vs them. It's really easy to look at the worst version of the different tribe and the best version of "my" tribe. It's human nature and something everyone is susceptible to. Think of...

This is more or less what I have been doing for trees that couldn't go in better soil. As far as I can tell, I have not lost any trees because of drought, even with only doing this once in a stretch last fall that saw about an inch of rain in 60 days. I also live 6 hours from my farm. Swamp...

Where are you located?

What most people miss with sedge control is the timing. You really want to treat them early in the season before they start producing the nutlets. Even if you top kill them in the middle or late summer, they will likely return next year. It takes about 2 to 3 years of appropriately timed sprays...

If any of the branches are more than 1/3rd the diameter of the main trunk or leader, I would not remove those. Otherwise, just be sure to use undercuts on the large branches to ensure they don't tear the bark. I have seen several chestnut orchards with atypical-shaped trees. If they are...

Do you change up the areas that you mow? If not, have you noticed more cool season grasses working their way into those lanes?

My brother volunteers at a hunt like this in Missouri each year. He is always a guide for a hunter that drew a special hunt on a state park, for example. Within that program they need to kill two does before they can use the special buck tag. Most years the hunters don't even get to hunt for a...

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5584314/ This paper is from 2017, but is still a pretty good review of what we know about prions and how they spread in the environment. It is my understanding that it is the mis-folded proteins that cause prions to accumulate in the brains and that...

It might have just been what I needed in that moment. I recommend it to people because it is easy to read and mostly up to date. For what it's worth, I like "Demon Haunted World" by Carl Sagan more, but I read it after "Why People Believe Weird Things". One of my favorite excerpts from DHW: “I...

I'm not ashamed to admit that there was a time when I believed something completely counter to robust evidence. My brother in law bought me a book called "Why People Believe Weird Things" by Michael Shermer. It was a super easy read and I cannot recommend it enough. The book spends more time...

Common sense doesn't really mean anything. People can rationalize anything. It's never been easier to find info that confirms your biases. Hell, there are entire media empires that cater to particular viewpoints. This isn't even bringing up social media or tailored search algorithms. Social...

This thread was re-invigorated because of a recorded talk by dear biologists and land managers discussing their observations as well as policy from a few different states. You can't adequately study something as complex as CWD without large-scale research. The policies implemented in some...

I personally don't feel comfortable with any short term trades. I just mostly buy index funds or long term holds of individual equities because I believe in the company or project. I'm convinced that we are almost always behind the people in the know. Firms paying billions of dollars to be a...

The fact that the whole Epstein situation is quietly dying down is shameful. The person that literally was convicted for facilitating sex trafficking for the world's most notorious pedophile was transferred to a minimum security prison and is now getting work released out of prison. Tribalism...

He almost has the face of a fawn or yearling, with the very pronounced occipital bones.