John-W-WI
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As part of my habitat plan (developed with a consultant, don't hold it against me) I needed to give the deer a comfortable spot to cross a wide open field. In hopes of keeping the big boys on their feet during daylight hours. I tried egyptian wheat, but we had almost no rain all summer, so it didn't do much. So I decided to plant a fairly serious screen of sorts. It's double rows, approximately 400 feet long. In the coming weeks I'll also hope to plant a double row 1500' screen. Wish me luck!
This screen consists of 2 rows of hybrids. One hybrid willow, the other hybrid poplar. Planted on 6' centers, rows staggered.
We also planted a row of Arrow Wood on the outside of each run of fabric, and a row of Ninebark on the inside of each run of fabric. Ninebark is relatively shade tolerante, hopefully the hybrids don't come on too strong and the Ninebark can get established.
(please forgive the shameless product placement in a couple of the pictures, I took the pictures for my website but wanted to share them here as well).
Here is last years EW getting tilled down:
![Project 'The Gap' 1.JPG Project 'The Gap' 1.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/392-ab71dc84de93229754c75b044ad77b2f.jpg)
![Project 'The Gap' 2.JPG Project 'The Gap' 2.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/393-b54d1c46c345997c983be0153ea35fb7.jpg)
![Project 'The Gap' 3.JPG Project 'The Gap' 3.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/394-adfd032515a1c7d1fa17f008543ee546.jpg)
The 1st row of 6' wide fabric going down:
![Project 'The Gap' 4.JPG Project 'The Gap' 4.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/395-e75434d6b7aaccee94cb2ab70cd7a4e1.jpg)
Now there are 2 rows down:
![Project 'The Gap' 5.JPG Project 'The Gap' 5.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/396-f64dcd3e6eca1967945dca031383d7f2.jpg)
Rooting hormone on the shrubs:
![Project 'The Gap' 5a.JPG Project 'The Gap' 5a.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/397-b8a8da0ec3965f9645a0bec240a77e2f.jpg)
![Project 'The Gap' 5b.JPG Project 'The Gap' 5b.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/398-6d44e036e17e6e31fb092a8de107cacd.jpg)
The young guys with strong backs planting:
![Project 'The Gap' 6.JPG Project 'The Gap' 6.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/399-89146279e0fefadb87d29074b44b478c.jpg)
First a hole is made to insert the cutting:
![Project 'The Gap' 7.JPG Project 'The Gap' 7.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/400-a1fb79c12651dd4b5800a8501a11f8a5.jpg)
Then the cutting is placed:
![Project 'The Gap' 8.JPG Project 'The Gap' 8.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/401-fb1e1fa2d085b08ba52f3466fbfea881.jpg)
This screen consists of 2 rows of hybrids. One hybrid willow, the other hybrid poplar. Planted on 6' centers, rows staggered.
We also planted a row of Arrow Wood on the outside of each run of fabric, and a row of Ninebark on the inside of each run of fabric. Ninebark is relatively shade tolerante, hopefully the hybrids don't come on too strong and the Ninebark can get established.
(please forgive the shameless product placement in a couple of the pictures, I took the pictures for my website but wanted to share them here as well).
Here is last years EW getting tilled down:
![Project 'The Gap' 1.JPG Project 'The Gap' 1.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/392-ab71dc84de93229754c75b044ad77b2f.jpg)
![Project 'The Gap' 2.JPG Project 'The Gap' 2.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/393-b54d1c46c345997c983be0153ea35fb7.jpg)
![Project 'The Gap' 3.JPG Project 'The Gap' 3.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/394-adfd032515a1c7d1fa17f008543ee546.jpg)
The 1st row of 6' wide fabric going down:
![Project 'The Gap' 4.JPG Project 'The Gap' 4.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/395-e75434d6b7aaccee94cb2ab70cd7a4e1.jpg)
Now there are 2 rows down:
![Project 'The Gap' 5.JPG Project 'The Gap' 5.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/396-f64dcd3e6eca1967945dca031383d7f2.jpg)
Rooting hormone on the shrubs:
![Project 'The Gap' 5a.JPG Project 'The Gap' 5a.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/397-b8a8da0ec3965f9645a0bec240a77e2f.jpg)
![Project 'The Gap' 5b.JPG Project 'The Gap' 5b.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/398-6d44e036e17e6e31fb092a8de107cacd.jpg)
The young guys with strong backs planting:
![Project 'The Gap' 6.JPG Project 'The Gap' 6.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/399-89146279e0fefadb87d29074b44b478c.jpg)
First a hole is made to insert the cutting:
![Project 'The Gap' 7.JPG Project 'The Gap' 7.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/400-a1fb79c12651dd4b5800a8501a11f8a5.jpg)
Then the cutting is placed:
![Project 'The Gap' 8.JPG Project 'The Gap' 8.JPG](https://habitat-talk.com/data/attachments/0/401-fb1e1fa2d085b08ba52f3466fbfea881.jpg)
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