Recent content by KY wild

Training any pear is tough to very limited success for me. Cut out a little wood and tree replaces with 10 shoots, force 60 degrees and shoots up 5 water sprouts. Soon the pear is spending more time replacing wood than growing fruit maybe not worth it at least need to pick wood reduction...

I have treed them with squirrel dogs many times, but usually close to the ground in a tree like under 10 feet.

I plan to try it. Went to Amazon and typed in fermented jars and they popped up. I like the idea of having a different taste for fresh vegetables from the garden, we throw away more than we eat in the summer. How much salt per quart do you use to protect food and still taste the way it should?

He owns 200 acres, 100 acres of woods and 100 acres of mixed cow pasture and woods. I am going to offer to buy 100 acres of woods and offer to pay for the survey to separate from the pasture. We will see

Finished pruning apple and pear trees today. Walked neighboring farm with permission after he hinted putting it up for sale, I may make an offer.

There are so many variables like European or Asian or Triploid so maybe tough to find the perfect pollinator for both varieties. I think it would be money well spent to research what pear pollinates each variety that you own and then buy a new tree for each of your trees. Sounds like to me it...

Since I am retired what concerns me is how AI is going to affect my retirement account. You could argue that all the unemployment could crash the market but you could also assume that since every business will improve then the market will roar. Anyone read or researched how the market will be...

Sowed clover on snow last week. This week I have been pruning apple and pear trees and collecting scions.

I sowed clover on top of snow in several fields yesterday. I have great luck doing this in the past even getting a good stand of clover in cow pastures with thick fescue. I am considerably farther south than most of you so I understand the too early up North but Feb. has proven great for me...

I agree and hate baiting, but I wonder if you could elaborate a bit on some of the ways baiting hurts wildlife. I would like to have the knowledge in my head for future discussions with the master baiters.

I agree but it is ignored for a reason in Ky and that reason is money. Most of the budget comes from selling tags and hunting license and if you outlaw baiting then fewer people will hunt and fewer with by a license.

I drive a T post in the ground like 4 to 5 feet above ground, slide a pvc pipe over T post leaving top 15 inches or so of T post uncovered with PVC. I then wire the bird box to the T post, also setting it on top of the pvc (very cheap and quick way to mount. Like H2O bottom pic but with PVC...

Yes I think it would help the birds but it would also add to the enjoyment of the farm. A bluebird box or a tree swallow box that you can open to view the babies and watch the parents bringing in food is like listening to a bullfrog. I have put up dozens of boxes and most are used the first...

If they have had 1000's of ICE agents there for weeks and weeks you would think most of the illegals have been caught or pushed out of the city. If I was an illegal with a criminal record I would have left that city the first night of ICE. Why would you fish the same lake 24 hours a day for...

I say crash not in the sense of the move but the movement of almost the entire market. Call it small drop if you wish the results are the same. I am saying Trump drops the stock market with all his chaos and then fixes the problem in 24 hours to 48 hours and it bounces back immediately. He...