Recent content by Thunder

I've had a few food plot guys telling me I need gypsum and biochar. I'd love to add that but it's alot of money for hypothetical results. I might add gypsum to a few holes but it's not a priority.

I'm not sure. My area is not exactly farm country. I had a farmer willing, so I took what he had.

Is there anything special about the mulch or any type to avoid?

I watched tractor supply and picked up 6 rolls of wire for $80/ea. Normally they are $125ish. I'm using 5' metal Tposts. I figure I'll have these for the rest of my life and they'll always be used on 80 acres.

This is my first time using blue hill. I had good experience ordering trees last year from cold stream farm and morse. I ordered some red osier dogwood, norways and chestnut bare roots. I left really comfortable ordering the fruit trees because I told blue hill my location, objectives and soil...

I got 3- 1/2 triaxles. I also mixed 4 ton pelletized lime in with my manure spreader. This was done in late August. The only thing I did was drag a spiked chain harrow. The ground was rock solid from lack of rain. The majority was put on the 5 acres where I'm getting the stone crusher in...

Yeah, I tend to go into projects guns blazing. I need to slow down.

Thanks everyone. I owned the property for 1 year. This is a big investment. The guy at blue hill wildlife nursery picked trees out for me. He mentioned about needing a good root stock. This area was mined 17 years ago. I think PA law requires back filling with limestone. I could be wrong but...

When you say fertilizer, are you talking phosphorus and potassium? I was going to add a 1/2cup of each into the hole but my friend who works at a nursery said not to. I have 2 horses and a manure spreader. That'll be to hot to add.

The PH is 5.2-6.2 Organic matter is 3.2-5.6 It's very low in phosphorus and potassium. This was from the soil sample. 3-6" deep. I assume 1-2' will be worse. I was going to add a shovel full compost to each hole. Last year I planted 3 kefier pears that seemed to do ok. They are coming out of the...

I put in an order at Blue Hill nursery for 48 trees. I want to have them start dropping in Sept through winter. I have someone lined up to drill 2x2 holes with a hydraulic auger. depending on how that goes, I'd like to drill 50 more holes for Chestnut trees for next year. I'd like to break...

I have a section of 5 acres on a reclaimed surface mine. The area was reclaimed 17 years ago. I'm on a slight SW slope in Cambria County PA. Spruce and warm season grasses are growing but it's a little rough. I think they started running out of topsoil. I'd like to plant 50 crabapple trees. What...

I purchased 80 acres a year ago in central PA. 35 acres is part of a surface mine that was reclaimed 15 years ago. 45 acres was recently high graded by the previous owner. I'm looking forward to learning alot from everyone and hopefully I can contribute.