land tour

So I randomly post pictures of my happenings in the outdoor world. I'm finally going to start a thread and update it from time to time. A quick blurb on my farm: I purchase the 1st 179 acres in 2006, then 1 acre with a cabin a couple of years later (bringing the 180 acre farm back together so...

OK - I have never done a "land tour" sort of thread, but I thought since we are all starting from scratch again I may give it a try. I'm going to start with some big picture stuff and then get into my journey thus far and then move into more recent updates and the like. I hope it's fairly...

Some of you know me from the old forum and Double A Farm from my posts as Stickbowcrafter over there. Trimmed the username down to my actual nickname since childhood. For those of you that aren't familiar, the Double A is a 40 acre farm in NE Ohio's corn & soybean belt. The property is about...

I figured I would start my land tour. I will add to it as I have time. I have a little under 25 acres in NW Wisconsin now. I started off with just 5.5, but I bought the land next to it a year and a half a go. With just the 5.5, there just wasnt enough land to do anything as in food plots, or...

I don't know why this took me so long. I bought 50 acres back in 1985. It is mostly low and wet. Either tag alder or some form of swamp grass or sedge surrounded by mature hardwood of maple and oak, on the south border of Chippewa county, Wi. I have seen of got pics of at least one decent buck...

The show and tell thread for what goes on around my farm. Just finished creating a mini-plot with a water hole right where the ridge pinches in. This year I'm trying a mix of high-sugar ryegrass and WTI clover in this location. This spot lies just South of ridge top bedding that runs...

I've wanted to do one of these for a while so here goes. I've got a few before pics, wish I'd taken more now, but mostly I'll post as we try to improve our neck of the woods. Our place is two farms, an 80 and a 71, about a mile apart and a mix of pasture, a pond, couple of watering holes, and...

All, Been in discussion with the landowner & we're looking to do some revamping of the property this year. Its 90 acres, about 3/4 was cut 4yrs ago.I would say a dozen or so mature trees left, mostly oaks. There was talk of replanting with longleaf pine, but that hasnt happened yet. Our stand...

I bought my property last March so only going on my 1st year owning land. I did a couple small habitat improvements last year but have been doing a lot of research. So far I met with a private forester and the DNR forester. Got the land enrolled into MFL. Met with USDA and have grant...

Snapped a few I-phone pics recently I thought some of you might enjoy. I love working on my place and right now is a great time of the year for pictures. Partridge Pea is tall and blooming nicely now. In the first pic below I see the first clump of Indian Grass this year that has put out a...

I should have posted this before now but here it is, this is what I'm trying to to improve from a habitat side. I own 40 acres and my parents have 80 right next to me. My 40 was a 40 acre hay field when I bought the place so I took the back 8-10 acres and started to improve it while keep some...

I have already mentioned that I started buying little small blocks of land that joined my grandpa's land when I was 19. My first piece was only 5 acres. Then a couple years later I bought 15 more from my uncle after my grandpa died. Fast forward 2 more purchases and three kids I have got all...

20 years ago my Pops invited me up to north to go deer hunting with him and his buddies. About 5 years later Pops purchased a 40 acre parcel, the same 40 which I had harvested my first deer on prior to the purchase. I wish I had taken more photos of the property before we began making habitat...

I haven't been to the farm in a month but we made it up there today. In our area this is a great sign. In reality, April 2014 saw at least double this amount of rain. We are starting to build a screen across a field of NWSG in this area. We basically dropped a ton of Jack Pine, Arborvitae...