Pine Hill Farm

[Mortenson]

Here's a good frost seeding forecast for Northern IL - late Feb early March.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Here's a good frost seeding forecast for Northern IL - late Feb early March.

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Man I’ve been wanting too by seeing that as well! I’m just a little confused now. I’d really like the ability to see the seed in the snow and know I’m not leaving gaps. It just seems so simple. The ground is already weed free from last years crops. A little on the thatchy side though. But It sounds like it’s better to wait and do it after green up, so I can get another dose of herbicide on? And then trust a drill that I’ve never seen or used to get that seed buried just right… or spread it and pray for rain before the wind blows it away.


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[Cool Hand Luke]

My poor pup had surgery yesterday. 4 major tumors removed. She’s got a T shirt on because of drains. Only one was cancerous. She’s 9 and I’m not going to put her on chemo. We’re going to kill some birds in the switch grass I’m planting this spring guaranteed. I’ll release some pen raised at the end of the summer.


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[Cool Hand Luke]

That said, did a little habitat therapy today. Real happy with how my first year Norways are looking. These were bare root trees I got from the county for a dollar each. Planted some early summer and some fall.

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[Cool Hand Luke]

We "usually" kill a limit. :)

 

[Brian662]

Those are nice looking trees for $1

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Those are nice looking trees for $1

Man, I’m tellin ya! And that’s just because I forgot to order before the deadline. I’m tempted to do the same thing this year. It’s gonna be $460 for 250 trees or I just roll the dice until after the sale is over!!


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[Howboutthemdawgs]

Where from?

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Where from?

The county sale.


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[Bowsnbucks]

Those are nice looking trees for $1

X-2. Heck ya!

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

X-2. Heck ya!

Thanks, maybe Illinois is good for somethin' after all.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

The Good Lord just drops little blessings every now and again. I haven’t seen a deer on the property since November 17th. I was out “strategizing” today and these girls came plowing through.

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[Cool Hand Luke]

I've been flagging a bunch of small volunteer cedars in random spots around the property this winter. We've gotten some good rain last couple days, seems like a good time to pop them out and maybe throw them in buckets for a couple days. If all the frost is out of the ground, do you guys think I'm safe to start transplanting?

 

[Mortenson]

I'd say so, but is all the frost out? Guess I figured it wasn't.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

I'd say so, but is all the frost out? Guess I figured it wasn't.

I'm gonna check again but I know the south facing slopes are pretty good.

 

[Brian662]

We were thawing out a little, but got smacked with 12" of snow and blizzard conditions for 24 hours. Spring will be set back a week by this one.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

@Brian662 That's rough! I absolutely despise snow.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Got the first food plot lined out yesterday, just ahead of the snow. Right at 1/4 acre. I think it's gonna be a sweet little summer spot for does tucked back out of site. Not sure what I should plant yet. For all the tillage haters, it has to be done on this old rutted up cattle ground. It's full of divots and humps. I'll come back and disk it when things dry out.

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

 

[Cool Hand Luke]

Bobcat?