Recent content by Turkey Creek

Depends on the seed. I did a little test last year, planted soybeans that had been stored in a deep freezer for a year, a bag that was laying on the back seat of the farm pickup for over 6 months and they were all at least 2 years old. Both germinated well and I saw no difference between the 2...

Same reason I plant them. The green is a far bigger attraction than the pods for me.

I just planted some beans today. I need to find more time in my life ...LOL Luckily one local small dealer still had some in stock. All the small guys have to send their unsold seed back to the main supplier (Asgro, DeKalb, etc) by a certain date I guess. My usual place had already sent their's...

bummer

We still have the matching clothes dryer in our old house that is still alive and kickin'.

Well I can appreciate anyone that cares enough to try and keep themselves active in the outdoors and realizes there are limitations as life progresses.

I am going to be field trialing a commercial deer repellent here in the next few weeks on some soybeans. The deer tend to wipe them out fast once they germinate if I don't e-fence them. Which I can do, but its a hassle to put up and take down the fence. I will report back if the product works...

Man I really like the stair treads you have pictured. I could see those being used a lot. Over priced IMO, I wonder if they are patented? Seems like someone could produce them more cheaply and still sell for a good price. Honestly probably wouldn't be too hard for a metal fabrication shop to...

I found one a few days ago. It would hold tight until I got about 5 feet from it then it would bolt and run maybe 30 yards and lay down again. I would guess it was about 2 weeks old. We used to take "goofy selfies" before the days of cell phones when we would stumble onto one while doing field...

https://ag.purdue.edu/department/hla/extension/sfg-sprayguide.html Jordan and all others. This is a great publication and for the money it is a steal. Carbaryl (formerly knows as "Seven") is typically the go to when I feel the need. It is not organic. You do need to be careful though as it can...

"They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple but man I ain't going for that/ I know it was her pink Cadillac".

That was a right of passage for most farm kids where I grew up back in the day. Nothing like coming home sopping wet (lower half from dew on the plants and upper half from sweat). You would hope that your shoes would dry enough so that at least you had moderately dry feet on the ride to the...

Bark looks healthy. I would suggest looking at the root zone area as well. Sudden die back of leaves like that or weak growth of leaves overall is going to be a root issue most likely. As long as the tissue is still green under the bark there is hope for the tree.

Only because they haven't found a way to tax the living pi$$ out of it.

Not a great picture, but the buck that is more distant seems to have a nice spread on his beams already.