2021 who's started their land projects?

Nuts? How do you score them? Will you get them mounted? Lol!

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At the very least it’ll be great photo op!


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Last couple of days I've been working on neglected projects. Cutting back home WAY over grown quince bushes. They have a surprising number of fruit. Next will be my way over grown kiwi. Those aren't fruiting as well as normal. They have lots just not loaded. I also need to pick my Aronia for juice.

 

Went out to check on things today, mix of failure and success.

First, my annual grass screens coming up around the mobile blind and access are doing well. My myscanthus screen is doing ok, definitely struggling with the lack of rain, but I think it'll be good next year.

Second, the ag planted beans as part of my food plot are doing great. The no till beans I put in are struggling, mainly because I miserably lost the battle with weeds. I sprayed hard about a month ago, sure didn't seem to do a think. W
However, lots of open dirt to seed brassica and radish this week.

3rd, my clover plots all failed miserably, never really got started to even mow.

First year, learning some good lessons. There are still deer in there, and should have some good plots/hunting regardless.

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Remember nothing is ever a fail. You learned some lessons, brought deer in out of curiosity and they will return. Weeds can be a good draw. And you've started down the road to pulling up old seed to lower that seed bank. Everything has added to soil tilth.
Today I sprayed part of my cowpeas / turnip. The weeds were just too thick. This is another test for I know it will kill the turnips,few made it. Though not sure if it will kill the cowpeas. I used 2-4DB DMA 200. This is,suppose to be safe for alfalfa, soybeans,Trifoil, clover(?). Cowpeas aren't listed but they fix nitrogen so we'll see. I have white cloud crimson clover for the area regardless. It is a sweeter clover than regular crimson clover.

P.S. That herbicide has a residual effect...you CAN NOT grow Braddock for up to 48 months. It also will damage or kill fruit trees a and bushes. So you need to be very careful. Know your actual root zones. I have certain weeds that I just refuse to deal with anymore.

 

Today was a late start we both woke up at 2:30 a.m.. I did dishes let the dog out, folded a load of laundry,emptied the dehumidifier, started a new load of laundry. By that time it was 3 a.m. and I was wide awake. So I played solitary on the Kindle until I fell asleep. It's pretty hot out but got some garden stuff done, fertilized and checked fluids in equipment,then started Rototilling the new or behind the house. Holy cow the rocks are still very bad. I'm in due to Sunday's rains showing up today. Sun's coming out so I'll resume the tilling here in a moment. I want second round of rock picking to start tomorrow. I also don't want lime to wash away so need to till it in.

 

Well that didn't take too long and I rock picked as I went. Just needs fertilizer, seed and the harrow drag. WR and a clover. I should be able to get one more section done before planting time. I left two red oak saplings and an elderberry bush.

 

Started my fall plots. Easiest way to keep up with them will be to subscribe my channel as I’m really bad at taking pictures but I always have the GoPro with me to film it.





I think we’re doing 3 fall plots on 2 different farms. 2 of them that are on the same farm are new, and one is going into and old cattail swamp. I did some extensive mowing the other day on it. I’m very curious how it’s going to turn out, the location is prime if it takes.


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Simon, I've tried a few times in dried up cattails with horrible results.
May be lack of fetalizer though?

 

This is historic field runoff, the soil should be great. Killing the cattails off good is going to be the key.



This is on the same farm and used to be cattails. Took us 3 years to get it here, nurse crop brassicas the first 2. It’s doing very well now.


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I have to ask you about this cattails kill down. Cattail are an important food source for a slew of critters including deer. In fact they are lightly nutritious for humans as well. They are a favorite for cover as well. So are you keeping pockets of them? Have you considered just mowing Down shooting lanes through them? If I recall magnesium is important to rack development and they are high in magnesium.

 

1) cattails are like grass here. Every ditch, every low spot and every pond. We have more man made ponds in my township than anywhere else in the state of Ohio from the old ag and oil well days.

2) this farm probably has 10 acres or more of simply cattail swamps, the middle of the farm is a low soil runoff and is extremely wet and fertile.

3) I’ve never seen deer or any other animal eat cattails. They don’t bed in them either because of how low and wet the areas are. They jus rude them for traveling between the fields.


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Well every areas different I suppose. Living around swampy areas and lakes. Having a swampy area on our place with cattails I have a different experience.

 

In the summertime when cattails are “ripe” the deer have more than enough better browse here. Thousands of acres of soybeans and alfalfa around here.

That’s also why I don’t plant sprint plots, I just maintain my clover for fall.


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Geez, I re-read my response...it came out sounding hmmmm....sarcastic. That was NOT intended. Simply stating something I mention a lot. Not all deer act the same in all areas. Many years in the woods has taught me that.
That said... cat tails are dang good eating for humans as well a nd PACKED with nutrients. The entire plant is edible and in spring a good asparagus fill in. Much like fiddle heads.Oh and hidden New "tails" can act as a corn replacement.

 

So we are under a heat advisory today. I got up before day light and put together a spray to fight the blights and pests in garden. I got it sprayed when flowers were closed. Cabbage moths and Japanese beetles were prevalent. Yesterday. I was going to take tractor out and disc a few fall plots before the next 3 days of rain. Nope just too warm. Decided to check newly tilled plot area behind the house. Rains brought out many bigger rocks that were hidden. I also , to my delight, found many deer tracks and some were pretty close to the house. It gave me a chance to see how they entered and exited the area. It's made me decide to go out after lunch and hand rake a 2nd section to plant this fall..

 

My spraying the other day, I did not get the cattails yet, waiting till they regrow a little first.


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Hhmmm. .Do you think he'll buy this..." Honey in my defense, I don't just break motorized equipment. ...."
Probably not I'll just hide it....lol The last pile of rocks I was clearing this,year,figures. About to spread lime then till it in before rains. Ready for planting.

 

Thank God!
Tiller ran out of gas and I ran out of steam. It's so hot...
I'm in for a,bite since I haven't eaten since 6pm yesterday. A tad hun gry and need a propel. Should get it done before rain. Takes way longer when I'm picking rocks as I go and,cutting roots off the axle.

 

Had fun with the family helping today. Spread my brassica, winter wheat, turnips, and radish today. Hope we get the rain they are calling for.

My son had fun working on his mock scrape, too!

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