Interesting that bears are getting after your tree tubes Teeder. I have had bear and/or deer run over tubes from time to time but never really any deliberate vandalism that I can tell.Spent the weekend cutting up some red maples that were dropped to release the northern reds. Not the best firewood but it feels good chucking it in the woodstove over winter. Also spent a little time fixing a tree tube that was inspected by a little stinker. The only issue I've had with tree tubes is bears getting after them once in a while.
Also, was checking out my new oak grove. The buckwheat is coming up nicely between the tubes since we finally got some rain.
You likely won’t profit from it but your kids will.Nice! I have about 1 more acre of open that I'm going to plant trees in. Just trying to decide what. Leaning towards a walnut grove.
i understand completely I’m looking at trying to get my hands on some of the Purdue improved genetic walnuts myself for a little planting in the next couple years but I have to install some cross fences to exclude cattle from that area first so it’s a ways out. My oldest boy asked me this weekend about walnut farming intensively like row crops almost. I said it could be done but it would need to be a multi generational endeavor that the first generation likely doesn’t ever even benefit from. He wanted to plant x number walnuts every year with the intent that someday someone would harvest x number every year from the place. I said on a very good site 40 years minimum to harvest and up to 80 or more years on poor sites he started to see why it wasn’t a commonly done practice.I'm cool with that. Just like growing stuff.
That’s unfortunate I have had similar experiences with storm damage.I just got another habitat project for this coming weekend. We had a decent storm come through last night, I have about 30 trees down that I can see in my yard, I cant even get to my deer stands, orchard, or food plots. So I guess I will be doing some TSI clean up after mother nature. Who knows what I will find after I get some of the trees from across my trails. I am about half way to my apple orchard now, and I am planning on fighting on until I get to that. As far as I can see Ol Mother Nature did a decent job hinging a lot of poplar trees, but the hinge on most is like 20 feet high, and I am pretty sure none will live. Oh well, a bunch more firewood.