The Adventures of CrazyED the beach sand guy

CrazyEd · Mar 14, 2015

A few apple tree pics

5th leaf Liberty mm111.

Liberty 5th leaf MM111

Goldrush 6th leaf MM111

4th leaf honeycrisp

CrazyEd · Mar 14, 2015

Thanks again Jon! I tried to put it someplace only ducks can get to. I don't think the tree rats will swim out there.

I barely got it in. Pounded through 5-6" of solid ice then hit a good 24" of muck. Hopefully it is still standing when the ice is out.

CrazyEd · Mar 14, 2015

I used a 6' or 7' tposts. I predrilled 2 holes for the ubolt on the bottom and put the other one in top with 2" black woods crews. The one on top I flexed around a bit and just tightened it down real good. They seemed to work well.

Bowsnbucks · Mar 15, 2015

Those are some BIG rubs !! You're not alone with the browsed Norways. A few of ours get nipped, but not to a large degree. I guess there's enough other species to browse and plots to dig thru the snow for.

What kind of ducks will use that style of house ?? Never built a duck house - just curious.

wiscwhip · Mar 15, 2015

Buffleheads and Goldeneyes are also cavity nesters, but most of them nest farther north in Canada and like to be closer to water a lot bigger than what you have in your marsh. Badger is correct on the cylinder nests for mallards, very easy to make and maintain. Do you have any trees right at the waters edge that doesn't dry up by August?

CrazyEd · May 2, 2015

Got to spend and absolutely gorgeous day on the farm with my Dad and pup today.

This picture doesnt show it but my Dunstan Chestnuts are doing amazing.

Hinge cuts look awesome. Both old and new. Here are some new.

These are all black cherry. The largest we hinged were probably 14".

CrazyEd · May 2, 2015

These trees hinge very well, easily the best species on our farm. Even the big ones go down easy and dont break off.

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CrazyEd · May 2, 2015

Here's what the potential is on Black Cherry hinge cuts. These were done 2 years ago and have turned into an epic wall of vegetation and wood browse. The vertical shoots on this particular tree huge.

Serviceberry. We released this one about 2 years ago. Just happened to catch it in bloom back then.

We have this other wild type of plum tree that we found a while back as well. This thing puts out some tiny fruit.

Native Hunter · May 2, 2015

Awesome pictures! Those serviceberries look very similar to the ones here.

CrazyEd · May 2, 2015

Up by the orchard, things are blooming too. Winter Wildlife crab on B.118 grafted in 2013 planted in 2014. This tree is 48" tall.

Meanwhile, over near my Dolgo Crab. Looks like the Coyotes have moved in front and center.

CrazyEd · May 2, 2015

Native Hunter said:
Awesome pictures! Those serviceberries look very similar to the ones here.

Thanks Steve. Priscilla grafts are looking good.

CrazyEd · May 2, 2015

Tooley checking out the dunstan crabs.

Switchgrass standing strong and providing some excellent early spring cover. I did managed to see a few turkeys running around today.

Native Hunter · May 2, 2015

CrazyEd said:
Thanks Steve. Priscilla grafts are looking good.

That's good to hear.

You recall me mentioning Daniel who was going to get some of my scions. He came and got a wide variety of different things. We are trying to save some good old unnamed varieties that will be gone when the new road comes through and takes the old trees. One of those is a small red apple that tastes just incredible. Hopefully his grafting will be successful!

CrazyEd · May 2, 2015

I had put this duck house in back in March when there was still a lot of ice. It had almost totally fallen over so I'm glad I had my waders. Walking out to the island the water was about 4' deep which is nice considering how dry it's been. Tooley had a good swim out.

We had some sandhill cranes flying above, they frequently nest out here as well. We found this goose nesting about 30' to the left of the frame above with the duck house.

CrazyEd · May 2, 2015

Here's one shot of my orchard. Today was one of those days that my father and I were both impressed with our results so far. We planted our first trees in 2010. We had 1 tree die that first year, and Enterprise on B.118. We lost one Roxburry B118 (planted in 2013) due to winter. However I did cut it off and we have some new sprouts coming up so it's fate is still TBD. We probably have somewhere around 40-50 trees planted now so our success has been great. I don't claim to be an expert trainer/pruner by anymeans but I think my trees all have pretty excellent form and shape. It's really starting to come together.

Black Oxford B.118 (4th Leaf) - this tree produced 5 beautiful fruit last year.

Honeygold B.118 (4th leaf)

CrazyEd · May 2, 2015

All 4 of my Wolf River (B.118 /4th leaf) seem to be the latest trees of them all to wake up. Definitely a good one if you need something to avoid late frosts. it was a great day of observation.