Foggy47
5 year old buck +
I dont plant trees anymore. In the past I did a few apple trees.....and 1/2 have survived life on the northern tundra....and they produce a few apples about every other year. Too much effort and expense for the rewards at my latitude....IMO.
After logging......I get lots of regenerative trees in red and white pine, some jack pine, and some spruce and fir trees.....and considerable burr oak, and aspen regen too. Pretty good stem count. If anything....I need to thin the regen trees to allow the better varieties to thrive. It's now been 4 years since logging....and my regen is really good. This year I may use the rotary cutter to make a few" bedding pockets" in the 2 to 3" pine trees and in some aspens / willows. If I dont do it now....it will be too late to do it the easy way....with diesel power and a rotary cutter. .
Today I am focused on ten acres of food plots that wend their way through my property. Most are relative narrow, long plots that lend themselves to rifle hunting. Last year I decided to get away from row crop planting (corn and beans) and tillage.....whereever possible. No more bare dirt. So now I am trying to keep green things growing all year around.....and crowd out the weeds....while building my soils and OM. I am planting a summer release crop in June and roller crimping my winter rye after that. Then in late August will plant several varieties of brasisca, clovers, and winter rye again. Rinse and repeat. I bought most all seeds (1700#) for the year in October from Green Cover.....so I have a plan in place.
May take a timeout on fetiliizer this year. due to prices and availabilty....a bit depending on what things look like as the year progresses. Luckily I have applied pretty good quantities of fertilizers in the past few years.....and have some good crops planted currently to provide for future N needs.
Maybe my soil test results will provide a better insight of what is needed.
As an old boss told me...."Plan your work....then....work your plan". Grin.
After logging......I get lots of regenerative trees in red and white pine, some jack pine, and some spruce and fir trees.....and considerable burr oak, and aspen regen too. Pretty good stem count. If anything....I need to thin the regen trees to allow the better varieties to thrive. It's now been 4 years since logging....and my regen is really good. This year I may use the rotary cutter to make a few" bedding pockets" in the 2 to 3" pine trees and in some aspens / willows. If I dont do it now....it will be too late to do it the easy way....with diesel power and a rotary cutter. .
Today I am focused on ten acres of food plots that wend their way through my property. Most are relative narrow, long plots that lend themselves to rifle hunting. Last year I decided to get away from row crop planting (corn and beans) and tillage.....whereever possible. No more bare dirt. So now I am trying to keep green things growing all year around.....and crowd out the weeds....while building my soils and OM. I am planting a summer release crop in June and roller crimping my winter rye after that. Then in late August will plant several varieties of brasisca, clovers, and winter rye again. Rinse and repeat. I bought most all seeds (1700#) for the year in October from Green Cover.....so I have a plan in place.
May take a timeout on fetiliizer this year. due to prices and availabilty....a bit depending on what things look like as the year progresses. Luckily I have applied pretty good quantities of fertilizers in the past few years.....and have some good crops planted currently to provide for future N needs.
Maybe my soil test results will provide a better insight of what is needed.
As an old boss told me...."Plan your work....then....work your plan". Grin.
