Recent content by sandbur

He missed this buck in mid October while bowhunting.

There are apples and crabs on one side of my house and a two acre cornplot on the other side. My neighbor was disking the cornplot yesterday and he spotted this from the tractor.

Ten foot should be about right. I have used that on a deer exclosure for groups of crab apple trees. Only one or two deer have gotten in there.

We are just getting old. I once bought 160 acres for $4800 . It was money I didn’t have, but I had to save money each high school summer to make the payment. Sold it when I started college and got enough to cover housing through most of college. On another note, location is key. Hunting land...

Me, too. I mean, me was. Well I am done as of today. Luke had some small Prairie Sensationn on dolgo that I couldn’t pass up. I told him how I struggled with tree tubes 30 plus years ago and how the trees wouldn’t harden off by fall. He also has vented tubes so I followed his suggestion...

Interesting advice for your light sandy soils.

I spent a few days this week taking out old trees and trees dying from what i think was fireblight. My trees that are about 35 years of age are showing that age. Flowering crabs on own root, trees on Anty always seem to be more problems. My oldest nursery tree is a chestnut crab on some...

Correction to last statement. ‘Every transaction will be tracked, AND TAXED!’

Harding, Mn!

I took this picture this morning of Reed canary grass that was flattened by winter snow and wind. The area where there are popple stumps and popple regrowth is still somewhat standing. Structure, even a downed tree pulled into Reed canary makes a big difference. A few planted spruce or willow...

I have one more comment on the buckthorn thickets in the red cedar woods. I really don’t like coyote hunters with dogs in there but by state law, I must give them permission to retrieve their dogs. One guy asked permission and went in to retrieve his dog. He came back after a period and said...

That description fits my place. I have irrigated ag fields on three sides. I do minor amounts of buckthorn control around the house. I can drop some trees in certain areas, like decent popple stands and get popple growth. If I drop red cedar in the sandy areas, I get buckthorn. If I...

It all depends on the soil and location. It might end up as all grassland, or oak savanna, or if there is a local seed source, more buckthorn. Or as you say, nice hardwood regrowth.

I can’t remember killing any honeysuckle. I do battle woodbine and wild cucumber during some years. Woodbine is a constant problem.

It seems like all trees skip a year, sooner or later. Yearly maintenance reduces this , but it still happens.