Recent content by Hoytvectrix

It almost looks like a kitten in its mouth?

I'm pretty sure it was Charlie Munger that said you can't beat the market. I went and checked to see if the actively managed funds could beat the S&P 500. Keep in mind that these funds have trained trading professionals with incomprehensible resources. Here is how they did since 2001: Taken...

I did look into a few chemical options for controlling the larvae of the midges. Apparently there are 1000s of species that carry EHD and Blue Tongue. For those curious, I came across this review paper from 2015...

It is pretty obvious that EHD is location and weather dependent. Last year was a particularly hard year for EHD in our neck of the woods in northern Missouri. We own a few properties along the same creek and in sections of this creek beavers have begun to dam it up and slow the water movement...

Thanks for the videos @Buckhunter10 . So is everyone just starting from scratch every time they change out a seed source? I sometimes like to make adjustments in the field and it would be great if someone had an improvement on the settings to take advantage of these changes for next time...

Has anyone fabricated their own settings plate for their Tar River? We bought one last summer and I think the only thing I was disappointed with was the need to calibrate for every change in seed due to the inaccuracy of the setting adjustment. It is all but useless to have any settings saved...

If the plateau is not working on the NWSG, why not switch over to clethodim and spray when they are coming out of dormancy?

I am really surprised by the Larry Gibson buck. I knew almost nothing about it prior to this post. I found a North American Whitetails article about it. The guy sold the rack for $200 (!). Apparently if it didn't have that acorn tip injury on the right G2, it might have passed the Jordan buck...

What is the ideal breed as a companion dog when working on habitat around the farm?

We have a patch of lemongrass on my parent's place. Every time you drive through or mow it it smells incredible.

You bring up nothing but great points! I grow a lot of chestnuts in the miracle tubes as well, in addition to about 20 other tree species. Cleaning out the leaves and trimming branches is absolutely more difficult with the solid tubes. It is two weekends of work in the late winter/early spring...

Over the last several years I have used around 600 of the miracle tubes from Tree Pro out of West Lafayette, IN. I only use the 60" tubes and I stake them with reflective driveway markers or PVC conduit. I know many swear by the tree pro tubes (the one that you unroll and assemble). I have...

Early spring is my busy season with work and of course habitat projects on the farms. I set aside some time and will get it shared very soon.

That looks like a good alfalfa for what you are describing. I thought I would share what I am considering trying in a semi-wet spot. I am going to mix Alsike clover with this blend: https://alseed.com/product/flex-pro-alfalfa/.

Haha, my brother joked about doing just that