Bowsnbucks
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That pic on post #50 should be a magazine cover, Brian662!!! Bird hunter's high there.
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Brian662
5 year old buck +
Photo dump from the past few weeks around the property. Winter has been slowly releasing its grasp but we still freeze/thaw almost every night/day.
Posted in another thread, but have some American plum doing well after three growing seasons.
Kids out messing around when we looked for some sheds. Funny to watch them try to walk through the switchgrass. The background of this pic you can see a vigorous stand of volunteer box elders that are 10-15' tall and thick as hair on a dog.
The aforementioned volunteer box elder pocket. Pics don't really do it justice, I'm going to take the metal blade on my string trimmer through here and create a maze and pocket effect. It's about 1/3 to 1/2 acre. I'm open to suggestions for other ways to make it more habitat friendly. I've got spruce and shrub plantings in here that need my help keeping sunlight because of the prolific growth from the BE.
Some 3-4 year old shrub plantings have gotten big enough that I can remove some cages and shift them to other things in desperate need of protection. I don't see myself spending much more money in cages, just going to continually recycle as necessary.
Posted in another thread, but have some American plum doing well after three growing seasons.
Kids out messing around when we looked for some sheds. Funny to watch them try to walk through the switchgrass. The background of this pic you can see a vigorous stand of volunteer box elders that are 10-15' tall and thick as hair on a dog.
The aforementioned volunteer box elder pocket. Pics don't really do it justice, I'm going to take the metal blade on my string trimmer through here and create a maze and pocket effect. It's about 1/3 to 1/2 acre. I'm open to suggestions for other ways to make it more habitat friendly. I've got spruce and shrub plantings in here that need my help keeping sunlight because of the prolific growth from the BE.
Some 3-4 year old shrub plantings have gotten big enough that I can remove some cages and shift them to other things in desperate need of protection. I don't see myself spending much more money in cages, just going to continually recycle as necessary.
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
It was 85 here yesterday Brian. Ha
Badgers80
5 year old buck +
Fun update! That stand of switch is gorgeous 
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I like your box elder patch idea with the paths. I like your idea of resetting succession on it to help your deer-favored plantings thrive. Keep it nice and thick! It sounds like a great bedroom for deer, shrubs, spruce, and trees surrounded by 8’ tall switchgrass.
I’ll have to send some coyotes your way. Dang things are nonstop over here!
. I like your box elder patch idea with the paths. I like your idea of resetting succession on it to help your deer-favored plantings thrive. Keep it nice and thick! It sounds like a great bedroom for deer, shrubs, spruce, and trees surrounded by 8’ tall switchgrass.
I’ll have to send some coyotes your way. Dang things are nonstop over here!
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Big fan of cutting paths/trails in thick cover. You cut them - deer will use them. Did it here.
Brian662
5 year old buck +
Tried my hand at burning about a 1 acre pollinator plot today. Have never done a controlled burn but I've watched a lot of YouTube on it. Conditions were good and it went well. Winds were light and variable but mostly out of the north, they switched south for about 3 minutes mid burn and things got roaring pretty good. I went around to light the backing fire just in time for the wind to switch back from the north and then that starting ripping. Fun times.
All in all a good experience and was easy enough I lit my road side 2nd year miscanthus screen up too. Hopefully it thickens up this 3rd year.
All in all a good experience and was easy enough I lit my road side 2nd year miscanthus screen up too. Hopefully it thickens up this 3rd year.
Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
That should hatch some fresh greens, Brian! Nice work.
There were a bunch of guys out burning CRP in SE MN last weekend while we were trout fishing. Those burned areas really pop after a rain and some sunny days.
I don't have enough faith in my ability to keep a fire in the desired location, but the guys who know what they are doing end up with some nice habitat.
I don't have enough faith in my ability to keep a fire in the desired location, but the guys who know what they are doing end up with some nice habitat.
Brian662
5 year old buck +
Reset some early successional areas dominated by box elder and goldenrod by mowing and transplanted some spruce from my garden nursery into them. Will propagate ROD, and plant some bare root American plum in here as well. Area size about 1/2 acre.
Never got the rain after planting last fall until late October but glad my 3p600 buried the seed enough for eventually germination of my plot.
Never got the rain after planting last fall until late October but glad my 3p600 buried the seed enough for eventually germination of my plot.
