Recent content by williams111

We got 3 + inches of rain last week and the pond came up quite a bit. The problem is, it’s not complete. It will be pumped out to finish. Hopefully it’s a good sign it will collect and hold enough water to fill it once we’re done. I started working on some artificial structure as well. I...

Here are some updated pics from today of a 20-30” bottomland burr oak from the Iowa state nursery planted in April 2020.

It has taken a month or 2 to get to this point. He had to clear some trees first. It is a slow process building and packing the dike. I have never seen it done so it has been interesting to watch the process. My father-in-law is putting in the pond, so we are getting the family discount. I...

The dike of the pond is getting close to being done. In this picture it's right at 17' from the bottom of the pond to the top of the dike. The dike height is projected to be 23' with water depth roughly 20'. The dike is pure clay, hopefully we don't run into any rock the rest of the way. My...

I would label them now, so you know what's what if they lose their leaves. Then dig them up when they're dormant.

6-9-25 Update I have purchased 9 acres from the neighbor. This consists of a 5-6 acre field that he just let grow into a really nice stand of scattered Red Cedars that are 2-5 feet tall. Sparse cedar seems to be the most preferred bedding in this area when the weather begins to turn cold. I...

Thats thin!

I believe this is a nutting stone? It has a pit on both sides and is flat. The 3rd pic is from a Google search. It looks pretty similar. I also found a broken one today.

We finally got some hard rains so the conditions are good. Found a few yesterday, this was the best one.

I have found most of mine up on high ridges in ag fields. Once the crops get too high this year to look, I am going to spend some time in the cricks/rivers and see if I can find any that way. It seems people on youtube find lots in cricks/rivers, but I have never really looked.

This is the most recent one I have. That’s a 5’ tree tube.

Iowa State Nursery has a few of their Bottomland Bur Oaks left and they are 30% off. This is the same tree I have shown in this thread that I have gotten incredible growth out of. https://nursery.iowadnr.gov/Bottomland-Bur-Oak_p_209.html

Found my best one ever today, and first for the year.

Mozark, I ordered some from Cliff England, thank you though!

I’ve got some ordered from Cliff at http://www.nuttrees.net/