roymunson
5 year old buck +
Got my soil sample back for a field that will probably be used as a staging area before they hit the big ag in the evenings.
I was pleasantly surprised to see the sample come back at a 6.7 PH. It was a pasture field until 2 years ago. This means the plan to build soil is starting to work.
That said, this piece is secluded and will be about 2 acres between the sanctuary and the big feeding fields. High deer density, and a couple of pinch points that I think are gonna make it a really good spot to be this fall.
I have 2 acres worth of alfalfa that I'm gonna put in somewhere on the farm, and 2 acres of sugar beets. My question is which should I plant in this transition area that'll withstand the browse? I'm afraid they'll eat my alfalfa into the dirt, but haven't had a lot of experience with beets to know if they'll scalp the greens during the early fall.
Whatever I don't plant here, i'm gonna plant elsewhere, but this is probably the best conditioned soil on the farm.
If I do the alfalfa, i'll probably plant it this fall with a cereal grain mixed in and use it as a perennial going forward.
I'll probably get people telling me to do neither, but for now, this is what I'm down to for a number of reasons.
I was pleasantly surprised to see the sample come back at a 6.7 PH. It was a pasture field until 2 years ago. This means the plan to build soil is starting to work.
That said, this piece is secluded and will be about 2 acres between the sanctuary and the big feeding fields. High deer density, and a couple of pinch points that I think are gonna make it a really good spot to be this fall.
I have 2 acres worth of alfalfa that I'm gonna put in somewhere on the farm, and 2 acres of sugar beets. My question is which should I plant in this transition area that'll withstand the browse? I'm afraid they'll eat my alfalfa into the dirt, but haven't had a lot of experience with beets to know if they'll scalp the greens during the early fall.
Whatever I don't plant here, i'm gonna plant elsewhere, but this is probably the best conditioned soil on the farm.
If I do the alfalfa, i'll probably plant it this fall with a cereal grain mixed in and use it as a perennial going forward.
I'll probably get people telling me to do neither, but for now, this is what I'm down to for a number of reasons.