Recent content by jaximus

john at bigrock! great guy. he cares. plus the 'paul trees' get me a little teary as ive lost 2 other close friends to ALS

gonna have to look into Red Fern Farm and get more into on the Benton Harbors. i have 5 in the ground (planted from 1 gallon original rootmakers) and 7 still in one gals waiting to be bumped to 3 gallons. probably going to do that next week. im most likely too far north for any sustained...

curious on this as well, i also live north of 8, but we did our radish/turnip the weekend of the 4th of july. weve had some monster rains, so im curious how things go this year

thanks a bunch! ive been trying to use my phone instead of the computer, but the phone cant open the file. guess im gonna have to find a chance to sit down and look

i just signed up for the NWTF the other day. seemed worth the little bit it costs for the membership. lots of great info here guys, thank you very much! @PackerBacker, is that subsidy through the web site that the NWTF sells their plants/seeds from or do i have to go about it different?

vilas county! up in my neck of the woods. im in rhinelander(oneida co)

just what i needed... ANOTHER hobby... ive been stung and gotten the turkey hunting bug. we have a nice variety of deer apples, but the smallest we have is centennial. we are working on establishing chestnuts and oaks as well, but that is many years out. so im looking for a good turkey apple...

i havent posted in a while cuz its been a crazy busy year for my new little family. in the past year... got married, welcomed a baby boy to the world, moved, got new jobs... its just starting to settle down... perfect time for getting back to the forum!

Yikes! I'm in an area with a large bear population and I'm not a huge fan of them. I've had one startled cub start up my tree when I was 14. Ive nearly walked into a few leaving the stand in the dark. This past bow season I had a trail can pic of me leaving the stand and 7 minutes later a big...

i have 4 express 18 trays with chinese chestnuts from wpndeer. ALL of those have nice taproots so far, and i have 6 with top growth emerging. i have 32 cell trays with bur oaks started and most are putting out taproots, but no top growth yet. i just ordered a few more trays from John @ Big...

they sell a small auger, 2.75" at Menards. its $9 now. im waiting for it to go on clearance. it should work really well for planting from the tootmaker 32 cell trays. i have 800+ wild plum seeds and 300+ bur oaks that im going to try to start in RM32's and plant along the edge of an old hay...

there is a tree, in waupaca, wi, on hwy 54 just west of the intersection on highway 10, north side of the road, that holds tennis ball sized apples into march. its ridiculous. ill try to post a pic of a map, i couldnt believe how long they hung. ive always meant to stop by and talk to them, but...

i find myself driving and looking at apple trees/grape vines/any sort of fruit or loaded oak. i make notes on a notepad of house numbers and streets so that if im ever in the area i can remember and stop out if the people are outside. some of the best ways to find neat stuff is garage sales. i...

sounds good! i would assume the girdling set them back a bit, so maybe it would be 4/5 years from a healthy protected rootstock. i got a few of mine to 6 ft tall from june 1-sept1 from the 2 ft rootstock in pots. thats just one leader and all the other limbs clipped very early on. plus i was...

i would still love a picture of how the trees look and do you have any idea on how many years youve had them? caliper? so they are fruiting at 6 ft tall? thats wonderful! growing them out a bit more from rootstock in 3 gallon rootmakers would be a nice side project in the spring while i work on...