My pollinator plant presence is sure coming on this year. The more grass I kill, the more pollinators I have. Seeing butterflies I have never seen. My bees are happy. Never saw grazing on nwsg - but the deer are eating all kinds of these forbs. . Turning a nwsg biological desert into a smorgasbord visited by all sorts of wildlife
Worked some bees this morn and weed wacked around the hives. One hive looks like they are going to swarm. I need to split and replace some woodenware
Cleaned up some in one of the orchards. Apples looking good. Killed a coon last night eating the nectarines
Did a fair bit of bush hogging the trails today - on the uplands - way too wet for the bottoms. Had to swtich the seeder to the bush hog. That bush hog fights attachment every inch of the way. Took a look at the dove fields. One of the sunflower fields looks great. One is half assed. One didnt make at all. Planted the same way with the same equipment at the same rate. Replanted the one that didnt make with millet - which is doing well. Already sprayed for grass. This week will apply some nitrogen and they will soon be too tall to work. Deer sampling them a little
After bush hogging, went over to the neighbors and picked plums. They claim they are wild and were there when they bought the land. They are nickel size - some larger. Dont think they are chickasaw because of the larger size - maybe american. Picked four gallons and a lot more still on the trees