Land projects 2023

Re planted with winter rye, last ditch effort since it was mostly dirt anyway. Hopefully it rains like they say

 

I’m on that prayin for rain train. Small plot opened up on the inside corner of main plot seeded with cereal rye. Main plot is Winter wheat, cereal rye, and “the Crush-perfect ten” blend from Walmart. Couldn’t find oats and the feed mill was closed

 

94* hare today.
Chance of .30 tenths tomorrow.
I don't rely on food plots for hunting. Just something I like to do.
Things looking bleak here.

 

Asking for opinions on a thought. I have a 9 acre spot in western NC, foothills area, so steep terrain, open hardwoods. It is a sea of poplar and I'd like to cut em all to replace with better deer attracting hardwoods. Season opens here Saturday. Should I try to thin some out this year or wait? I'll obviously have to wait for planting replacement. I know for a fact it will affect movement, at least for a while.

 

If it’s steep terrain it might be a challenge because of washing out. If you cut the poplar down they will send out suckers through the roots and you will have a thick stand of small trees in no time. Good for browsing but that’s about it. Two of my clover plots are where I went in and cut all the trees down, blew all the leaves off and spread the seed in the spring. With proper maintenance it has worked well for me, but my areas are pretty flat and also gets a good amount of sun. As far as replacing trees, there are endless options. The downside is that it takes a long time to get results.

 

Not sure on that RR.
I've never dealt with steep terrain.

 

Erosion won't be an issue. It's on flats and points that I need to thin and there are plenty other factors eliminating that concern. I'm more concerned with the timing.

 

If it’s flat then that’s all the better. When I do my clearing it is in the spring when the ground is still frozen and everything is still dormant. Clear it and get as much of the stuff off the ground as I can, then frost seed throw and grow. You probably won’t have the frozen ground there though so just do it when things are dormant. I have never done this in the fall so I don’t know about that.

 

This turned into turned into this

 

OK if you want a quick attractant in downed tops cut a few strategic trees, perhaps the ones you want to use as corridor movers. At that hinge low though they are very hard to hinge with out a snap. Now if you Grouse hunt and want to help that next year, late winter before spring cut them hard. Grouse love suckering poplars. Once you can see what they'll do root wise,you will have a clear view of how to lay out plans in your head.

 

Oh so very thin I have sprouting. The top plot did not get hit as hard so not as thin. Lower plots....aaauuggghhhhh
Birds!!!

 

Well thin grains but dang the RAPE is growing nicely. Doing it's intended job as a filler.
Need to check forecast so I can hit hardest rain time to over seed the rye.

 

Well, put in some plots a bit late but finally have rain in the forecast for the first time in a month. Did a rape/radish/brassica mix and then a winter wheat/grain rye/oat mix.

Normally like to get them in in mid August, but in this drought didn't seem like a point until rain. Good news is the burn down I did with 24D worked, just left grass and took out all the heavy weeds. Sprayed down with gly today and seeded, hopefully we get the rain Friday they are talking about. Best I could do. Also spread chuffa, never planted it before hoping it'll be established in spring.

Tried to get cameras reset, but one of them took a mower from my farmer buddy. RIP camera. Saw some good sign, freshed up a couple scrapes.

My giant myscanthus looks great this year, now that I actually sprayed pre-emergence. Hell of a screened path in, just have a few spots I need to replant. Beans looked ok...

Freaking love this new Pioneer. Great workhorse.

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I'll admit may have made a mistake taking so much out to do the rye and rape. Rape has first true leaves and looking good but the rye has been just hammered and some just not germinating. I actually had to wait to pick up because they weren't done cleaning it, so it's this years, should be germinating well. It's moist enough.

 

Plant 3 fruit trees today peach and apple in lower tree p,o and a damson plum in the upper plot. Need the wild plums as pollinators. After Hunting I. Thmorning I will be planting 10 hazelnuts and a mnt ash.

Now to lower plot the birds got dang neat every stinking seed. I'll seed over the next rain but I have to and will dedicate my spring down in the tree plot getting ready for alfalfa and clovers. I had sprayed but breaking soil kicked up all that weeds seed. I let the area get away from me that's for sure.

 

Finally got some rain yesterday, might get some rye after all…

 

Same, finally got the rain actually in the forecast, we'll see how the plots do.

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Suppose to rain this afternoon and I will reseed down the hill.
Well never sent that. I did reseed in most areas and it is raining .

 

Starting to green up but.....turkey, turkeypoo everywhere and yes they hit the seed again! Some thin spots I've seeded 3x's!

 

No more rye to plant nitrogen done the rape setting first level so growing enough they may get noticed I have one more bag of 6, 24,24 to put down over the 24,0,6 I did today. Hoping that kicks up the clovers that are coming back in plots I had sprayed and disc. They are popping up all over