Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Mowing and spraying both. Rather than the grass getting too thick , my nemesis is blackberry trying to take over. I like it in the fence rows and edges but not taking over fields.
Take a walk with me through the prairie
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I wish blackberry would grow in my fields. One man’s curse is another man’s blessing
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
Swamp, have you tried discing in fall. Should set back grasses and promote forbs. I’ll throw in a pound or two of forbs after I disc in fall to help the process. Partridge pea works great
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
I have an unusual one for you today. I found this at the edge of my woods and then unsuccessfully searched for 45 minutes for another one. After some research, I have identified this as Vaccinium stamineum (Highbush Huckleberry) also known as Deerberry. Apparently, it is quite rare in these parts. According to what I have found, deer seldom browse the plant, but they do like to eat the berries. I cleared out around it some and caged it so I can watch it a little closer in the future.
Wind Gypsy
5 year old buck +
@Native Hunter is there ever anything that grows on your place that just looks lousy? I swear every damn plant you’ve ever posted a picture of is a top specimen.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
My sweetgum trees are prolific, and I have about 10,000,000 of them that need a new home.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
How is your autumn olive? I swear anytime I open up sunlight near a field edge there they come
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
At my home 20 miles away from the farm I'm starting to see several. At the farm I have seen zero so far.
blueKYstream
5 year old buck +
Ditto for me. I cut numerous spots over the last few years. A year after cutting, I can't walk through, because it's so thick with Autumn Olive.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
This is a spot that blackberries love. This picture was taken one year after the patch was mowed to within 4 inches of the ground. In places like this where blackberry flourishes, succession has to take place from trees moving in from the outside, which could take many decades. They grow so thick that even seedlings from the mighty oak will be killed by the briers. Yes, blackberries are great. I love them in fence rows - but be careful what you wish for.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
I forgot to mention something relative to that blackberry spot - seven years ago it was sprayed with Remedy Ultra to kill the blackberries. LOL, good luck with that. 
Troubles Trees
5 year old buck +
Blackberries are everywhere sun hits the ground on my land, many benefits to them but man... try to walk through the picture you took and then look at your jeans lol
I read a study somewhere on here about blackberries being preferred browse for deer so unless they are hindering anything I have planted, I just leave them be even though I personally don't see much browse. I also have wild raspberries that are friggin delicious and not so thorny. I did mow a spot similar to yours and it seemed to promote growth, or pissed them off, either way I had the same experience as you.
I read a study somewhere on here about blackberries being preferred browse for deer so unless they are hindering anything I have planted, I just leave them be even though I personally don't see much browse. I also have wild raspberries that are friggin delicious and not so thorny. I did mow a spot similar to yours and it seemed to promote growth, or pissed them off, either way I had the same experience as you.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
It looks like all my Imgur pictures in this thread have reappeared. Maybe I can start posting in it again now.
Bill
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I made our system save any imgur pic to our permanent cache. Once they show back up imgur can piss off, I got them forever....
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
That's great Bill. For some reason the pics still aren't showing in some of my other threads, but maybe they will in time.I made our system save any imgur pic to our permanent cache. Once they show back up imgur can piss off, I got them forever....
Bill
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I'm not sure what it takes in the DNS world. But chances are they will eventually show up. What's weird is if you edit an old post your pics show up during editing but not when you're done. Old pics ??? I'm hopeful. Any new imgur pics are here to stay. the only hitch is we had some members post imgur pics on another and then copy and paste that link here. I can't save those, especially if that forum disappears.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
I was harvesting a few chestnuts today and couldn’t help but notice the beauty of the loaded up serviceberry bushes. I doubt that deer care much about them but the birds sure do. Actually, serviceberry makes a decent thicket and good cover if you keep it from getting shaded out.
