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No morels here and have only found a scattered few in the last 20 yrs but the wild ramps are back up and looking good. Some areas have seemed to expanded a bit. Plan for ramp and tater soup later this week if I get back up there. There is a 40 acre sugar bush just down the road that has been...

Not saying alders are preferred but they will grow in very wet spots that dogwood won't. Willows and alders are what I see make it in the quagmire, mucky, loonshit marshy area I've duck hunted in the past. Otherwise a sea of grass and reeds with open water. Not talking swamp, that has patches of...

Do you have any spots with trees now or all marsh grass and sedges? True marshy stuff is tough but best bet willows and tag alders can grow on clumpy high spots. Forget all the prairie grasses, ain't gonna happen. Woods for us along a big marshy area are silver maple and unfortunately a lot of...

Yep now is a good time Barndog in WI. Did some topwork over the weekend and bark slipped very easily. And no bug clouds yet either. Now ticks....well tis the season

Agree with others that available times vs volume is bigger priority. I find it's easier to find late hanging crabs that last well into mid to late winter then regular apples that can hang so long. During heavy snow years only late hanging fruit, corn, and browse are above the snow for easy...

Bit of a dilemma for Bluehill. Think pears probably more popular option for the warmer planting zones but they are pretty far along in trees already blooming so ideal planting window is likely past. Apples have more disease issues down south that sway folks to pears also. Pears up north just...

Some of my eggs have dropped on the floor in 2025. Before that bidenflation made the large ones shrink in size to mediums. Local co-op that will admit always a bit high on prices, white dutch clover went from $4/lb to $7.50 and ladino went up to $8/lb since covid shakedown. Sure they make it...

Money markets are about 4% right now. The 6 month t bill is at 4.22%. They have dropped a bit from last yr

Once had a hen explode out of the brush right in front of me. Was trying to spray invasive crap in the spring. Found her nest nearby with 18 eggs. After that gave the area a rest for a month

Don't ever be in a duck blind with someone else that has a muzzle brake on their gun. Definitely took some hearing loss in my one ear from that. Blast gets directed sideways right at you in some positions but does not affect the shooter as much and they don't think about it.

Ditto. Timing about right anyway. About only sign on existing trees are starting to wake up was on the chestnut crabs which are early bloomers

Gotta like it when Pa Pa has as big a smile as the grandkids

21F at my house this morning. Glad everything still asleep. Supposed to get into mid 60s by weekend however.

Land and real estate is only on their mind if it delivers cash flow. Vacant land is a cash suck for taxes unless flipped, not like rental money coming in every month. The old farts nearing retirement age have seen this before. 1987 Black Monday, dot com bubble pop right at end of 1990s, the...

How about after the maple syrup guys start out doing their thing. Around here that is when the frost is going outta the ground You wanna hack and squirt a maple that time. Good luck