Recent content by ksJoe

They still have them in stock, shipping now. (link) Hazelnuts are $1.17 per plant in units of 10 plants, $0.70 each if getting 25-75, and $0.58 if getting >100. That's typical pricing for them, though some plants are more or less. Plan on getting either 10 of something, or a multiple of 25...

for some reason Misouri cons. dept left a couple things out of last week's order, so they sent them this week. Last night we went down after work & planted the rest of the order: 10 hazelnut (with short tubes & cages), 10 buttonbush (in the creek for erosion control)

It is a long term work in progress. I've had ideas in mind for a couple years or so. I'm progressing inrecementally as I prove various ideas as good or bad. Last year a lighting strike fried some of my cat6 network cable going from the blind to POE cameras I use for trail cameras. While...

Another thing I did yesterday: installed a WiFi connected smart switch in my deer blind. It powers a sump pump in the creek to irrigate the clover by my blind. So now on sunny days when the batteries are fully charged I can use my phone to turn on the water for a few hours

Here's these cheap fiberglass rods cut in half (24") to support short tubes, and full length to support a fence wire cage. If the deer want to remove the cage they can. Each year I have 1-3 lifted off the stakes and tossed around when the bucks are rubbing. Other than that, they leave them...

Today we planted: 10 pitch/loblolly pines (replacing dead ones in existing cages; its a 2' hardware cloth rodent cage + 4' fence wire deer cage) 50 eastern red cedar (no protection, for screening property lines) 25 sandhill plum (1.5' drain pipe tubes + cages) 25 smooth sumac (2' tubes, no...

They're far too week for 5' tree tubes. I've got terrible rodent problems on my land. Pack rats strip bark off trees. I think the rats are a worse problem for me than the rabbits and deer. My protection strategy right now is: - anything that will tolerate a 5' tree tube gets one (with a...

Prepping tubes, cleaning out last year’s tubes, prepping cages, and trimming trees

I'm shocked the internet isn't full of memes about his age, so I made one:

PSA for my fellow cheapskates: I use a lot of rods and stakes. 5' T-posts would be great, but they add up quick during prlanting season. So I use a lot of the 48" fiberglass "driveway marker rods". They have reflective tape on them and the idea is you can see headlights reflecting off the...

Did it have a phone number? You could call it and ask for more details to justify 9 cents.