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Have hatches in my homemade blinds. They are direct access inside the blinds not to some outside platform. I.e. no regular door either. They work fine for me yet can see issues as one ages and loses flexibility and such. And if you add a bunch of weight. Have a friend that he still manages ok...

I have an area where I have reds, whites, and burr oaks planted. Maybe 50 trees total with totally open canopy when first planted about 20 yrs ago. The soil site index in that spot for red oak is excellent to support growth and the other oaks in general grew fine. The reds tend to grow best in a...

The answer is mostly maybe. The feds allow the rule of 55 and most employers 401k policies follow that. However some employers 401k are not structured to follow that even though it is permissible. Most of the fortune 500 and big companies do. Some of the middling and smaller companies may not...

I can second your thoughts on Anty Bur....maybe lol. Is it the rootstocks or just my glacial till being so variable being only 40 ft away from others growing faster. But have at least 1/2 doz SLN apple trees and they always claimed to use mostly Anty for those. They haven't died but sure take...

Well timing for me was based on visiting my brother and trying to get a bit of fishing in the outer banks. Think was maybe late May but obviously was not trying to line up with anything cider related. Perhaps looking at a few of the event calendars those places post might pique some interesting...

Single varietal Wickson cider is a tasty one. Have had a couple times from Albemarle Cider Works. Was hoping to enjoy their Harrison single varietal too but the I found Wickson better along with a few of their blends. But the folks who enjoy the sweet run of the mill ciders from the big national...

Lotta folks before fancy equipment dragged a heavy logging chain hooked to the back corners of their disc when working a field. You do hafta flip on top when doing a lot of backing up. I myself use a spring tooth drag to help level a rough field after discing. Extra step but works better than...

My bet on yote. Have a crappy pic of a yote taking on a tom a number of yrs ago. The night mode on that camera kinda sucked but you can still tell what they are. Found the turkey carcass nearby when checked the camera a week later. Also when spring turkey hunting have yotes show up multiple...

Cleaning out and tending last year's tube planting is so important the first couple years and why others fail. I see that happen a bunch with tubes on public land plantings. Some contractor is hired to plant em and that's the only money allocated and no followup. A few years later and not many...

HH, wouldn't worry about delays if your weather has been cool and your box of trees has been kept out of the sun. A week in those conditions is not going to matter. Had one of the Pennsylvania nurseries ship my order way early last yr or yr before in early March. Not sure what they were thinking...

CVX has been ok but Exxon has been killing it the last 5 yrs coming out of the Covid slump. But you know the saying. Past performance does not indicate future blah, blah, blah

Cages for hazelnuts. Put 2 or 3 bare roots inside and make the cage diameter big enough so about 18" from sides. Once they get several years of growth they can take some browse but first yr or two are vulnerable. Have done some tubes but are really too bush like for that and think cages are...

Do you know if your varieties of Hawthorne fall fairly quickly or persist for awhile? My native ones fall mostly in Sept. Think ones like Washington Hawthorne can drop later. For me I don't try to eradicate my Hawthorne but since they are not critical for food as other stuff also around I don't...

No experience with those varieties but if from Bozeman they should be very hardy. Went skiing out there decades ago. Darn it was cold that week. Low one night was -38F and the next day high only reached -25F. No skiing that day, wind chill was brutal. But they get Chinook winds and a week later...

Those are all white spruce. Have some Norway spruce on the end of another planting but much younger. The whites tend to have less browse on the central leader when really young compared to Norway spruce. Yes they moderately browse spruce in my area. Why?? Cause they can! Really only a very early...