Recent content by paleopoint

----------------------------------------------- Ideas? Well, I can only pass on my own experience with three varieties: Japanese, Pearl (forage cultivar), and Brown. Brown is good for birds....turkeys on down. Lotsa seeds, fine stems. I wouldn't plant it again on my dirt, though it grew well...

What kind of millet?

I envy the ability to have trees "hanging late". It is a trait I have selected for....by recommended varietal, and from observed heirlooms. My mature ones are on 7's & 118's. They are annual producers. Volume is strong. So far so good. But...... But, my farm lies at the junction of a river...

I love pics like the ones show above by Ruffdude & Dantana. NOW....is the time to be looking for those special trees. They stand out with their fruit loads still hangin' on. I have a half-dozen such trees on my 'get-to' list in March. 4 I have grafted from before. Two will be new this year...

I think Tiffleaf III is a forage variety of Pearl. At least, Google indicates it is.

I didn't read through all of the posts in this thread this morning.....so this may already have been covered, but...... ....but, what I have accidently, and pleasantly, discovered is that forage pearl millet makes a really great annual screen. I bought a bag from Merit several years ago. I...

What is your planting method for the seeds? ------------------------------------------------------------------- After the fruit has been mashed and the seeds extracted I let them dry on paper towels for 2 or 3 days. Then they go into a dampened stratify mix of peat & sand and then is...

Oh this is a great thread. A favorite topic. Someone used the term "ditch crab". Great term. Will use it myself going forward. Finding those trees (actually 'looking' for 'em) is sort of a hobby of mine. And right now ...3rd week of November.....is prime time for me to do it. And I am...

OK, one more story about this stuff. Happened last night (and this morning) I mentioned my 'Kieffer' pears....a variety I am a great fan of. Well, last night as I walked to my hunting stand I noticed that yesterday morning's rain/hail storm and its gusty winds had caused one of my last bearing...

"Where did you order these seedling pear trees from??" Ah, I didn't. Didn't order 'em. Here's the tale: An old farmhouse several miles away has two old pear trees. I admired them for 20+ years. (annually prolific, and hang late) Current owner knew nothing about 'em. I talked to members of...

Teeder: "Ya, it's all tracked up with scrapes, too." True that! I haven't visited all of them....but nearly every EO that I have seen has a scrape underneath it. That is a phenomena that I've noticed for the last several years. That's not to say that other trees ...mulberries, apples, crabs...

My 2-cents, from Michigan south-central farm country, USDA zone 5b. Goldrush are still holding well.....as they have every year that they've been producing. Clearly, one of my better 'late-hangers'. But what does drop is promptly eaten up by morning. Libery has been gone for about 10-days to 2...

My EO's are dropping now. Fox squirrels are consistently in the trees, turkeys , racoons, and deer* under 'em (my trail cams show me all that). Overall I am quite satisfied with this year's crop. Those EO's have added a significant amount of acorn forage (hard mast?) to my farm since I began...

My 2023 contribution to this EO thread: I've got a good crop going this season across more and more EO's....as earlier ones continue to mature. Am seeing crops....good crops.....on first-timers. To be sure, it ain't as abundant as 2022 when some trees had branches seriously bore down by their...

Well, as long as we are morphing into 'racoons'. I know 'em well. Too well. So far, this year...as of 9Sep23.... I have sent to heaven ---43 racoons. Conibears & Tomahawk live trap. I generally do about 35 to 45 every year. I cannot 'kill-my-way-out' of my racoon issues. I can only exercise...