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[bueller]

Most of my black hills spruce and white pine plugs look decent considering they've only received about a half inch of rain since they were planted 3 weeks ago. A majority of them have signs of new growth.

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[bueller]

Savignac pear from SLN looks real good. I have some other varieties that don't even have buds opening yet.

Sunscald on a Patten pear. Tree is either still hibernating or dead. I really need to get some white paint on this fall.

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[bueller]

Spring is a great time to locate and identify different species. I believe these are pin cherries.

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[bueller]

This shrub also has white flowers right now. I don't think it's pin cherry though.

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[bueller]

Tent caterpillars are out and they sure like the choke cherries.

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[bueller]

Everything seems to be taking its sweet time this spring. With the cooler temps lately they just aren't moving fast at all. 80 by next weekend. Should get things going.

Yes it is. We have a lot of hazelnut and scrub oak with buds ready to pop. I'm looking forward to that as they really thicken up our property and screen our movements on the trails.

 

[scott44]

Good looking pics! Thanks for sharing, here in Mi things are taking their sweet time going to life also.

 

[Bill]

I hate those tent caterpillars.

I saw a treehugger lady on TV who didn't like pesticide. She sprayed them with olive oil. Said if you soak the tent really good they will suffocate.

Wait maybe she wasn't a tree hugger. :D

 

[bueller]

I hate those tent caterpillars.

I saw a treehugger lady on TV who didn't like pesticide. She sprayed them with olive oil. Said if you soak the tent really good they will suffocate.

Wait maybe she wasn't a tree hugger. :D

They seem to like openings and edges like along my trails. I really should mix some stuff up and go for a walk and at least hit all the ones along the trails. I bet that would take care of 80% of the tents I have.

 

[bueller]

Got my spring plot work done this weekend. I apologize for the lack for the lack of photos, just wasn't in the mood. A week ago my rye was 18"-24" tall with no seed heads. I was surprised to see the rye now pushing 4 feet tall and full of seed heads. I sprayed two of the rye plots with gly and broadcast buckwheat and 17-17-17 before running a drag over it. On one of the fields I threw in some turnips (purple top and barkant) for the heck of it. I let the rye stand in our best field which had a nice amount of red clover growing underneath.

The size 6 white pine plugs I planted this spring look very good. Many have close to 5" of new growth meaning that they have nearly doubled in size since planting. The size 4a black hills spruce seem to have stalled out a bit since pushing a bit of growth out early on. Wild lupine is blooming throughout the area and is easy to identify right now. One of the berry bushes is also blooming right now, white flowers. I think it's either blackberry or black raspberry. Oaks are still off colored from that freeze a couple weeks ago.

With fawns on the ground and bucks pushing bone out of their heads I got all my cameras back up.

 

[shawnv]

Got my spring plot work done this weekend. I apologize for the lack for the lack of photos, just wasn't in the mood. A week ago my rye was 18"-24" tall with no seed heads. I was surprised to see the rye now pushing 4 feet tall and full of seed heads. I sprayed two of the rye plots with gly and broadcast buckwheat and 17-17-17 before running a drag over it. On one of the fields I threw in some turnips (purple top and barkant) for the heck of it. I let the rye stand in our best field which had a nice amount of red clover growing underneath.

The size 6 white pine plugs I planted this spring look very good. Many have close to 5" of new growth meaning that they have nearly doubled in size since planting. The size 4a black hills spruce seem to have stalled out a bit since pushing a bit of growth out early on. Wild lupine is blooming throughout the area and is easy to identify right now. One of the berry bushes is also blooming right now, white flowers. I think it's either blackberry or black raspberry. Oaks are still off colored from that freeze a couple weeks ago.

With fawns on the ground and bucks pushing bone out of their heads I got all my cameras back up.

Buckwheat does not need fertilizer to do well. Just thought I'd let you know so you can save a few $$$

http://www.hort.cornell.edu/bjorkman/lab/buck/guide/soil&fertilizer.php

 

[bueller]

Buckwheat does not need fertilizer to do well. Just thought I'd let you know so you can save a few $$$

http://www.hort.cornell.edu/bjorkman/lab/buck/guide/soil&fertilizer.php

On my poor soil/sand buckwheat definitely responds well to fertilizer. In comparison plots my buckwheat will mature out at around 18" with no fertilizer and over 36" tall with fertilizer. On better soils fertilizer may be a waste of money with buckwheat but for me it's money well spent.

 

[bueller]

As much as I don't enjoy having to cut grass after driving 3 1/2 hours, it sure looks good and feels nice when it's done. I'd rather cut the trails vs cutting around all the trees in the yard any day.

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[bueller]

Buckwheat plots planted 3 weeks ago are about 4" tall. Deer on the cams are starting to feed on the plots again vs just walking through. I've been planting at 50 lbs/acre but I think I need to up that to around 75 in the future.

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[bueller]

I like to throw some turnips in with my buckwheat because it's cheap and adds variety.

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[bueller]

Caged chokeberries are doing well while the uncaged ones have been set back from browse pressure. Winter rye in the background is chest high.

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[bueller]

Of the 8 pears I've planted, most have struggled. I've even lost a couple. But this Savignac and Summercrisp are doing pretty well.

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[bueller]

Red clover underneath the winter rye is thriving.

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[bueller]

This guy was tasting the buckwheat early this morning.

 

[bueller]

It seems that my photos posted with tapatalk lose quite a bit of quality, frankly some of the ones I just posted look pretty poor. I like tapatalk for the ease of posting images but I may have to reconsider after reviewing my recent posts.