Recent content by Longleaf

Well, more fish in the sea as they say!

Cutman, what is the current basal area of the stand? One thing to think about and talk to your forester about is the likelihood of wind or ice damage following a cutting back to that low of a basal area. Lots of these loblolly stands around SC that get cut back that heavy on a first / second...

I am a big fan of the Nature Conservancy and conservation easements in general, but I think it is always important to keep in mind that despite our best wishes, some places are going to develop, and probably should be developed to better the community as a whole. In the case of my wife's...

Sorry to read this yoder, but I definitely get it. I'm dealing with the sale of my wife's family farm right now to some developers that want to build houses on it. This is an LLC situation as well where each sibling has equal ownership in the LLC. Each of the sibblings are in their late 70's to...

This was an area many are lacking. There are several really good apps you can put on your phone now that allow you to take a photo and they will give you the common and scientific names as well as some basic info. It's amazing how quickly I pick start remembering different species after looking...

Any reason you aren't considering soybeans or cowpeas? I am in the multi species camp, but I understand what you are saying about the single species seed availability. If I had to go single species and couldn't do corn, it would be beans or peas.

They are all pretty similar and in some cases parts are interchangeable. Another vote for Forestry Suppliers. The thing about a drip torch, as long as you store the spout inside the can, there really isn't anything to break and they will last just about forever.

I've got a couple plots that are are in loblolly stands where I've planted the cut rows after the first thinning and then expanded the planting after the second thinning. Each one is laid out to cover 1 acre, but the actual planted area goes from about .25 acre to .75 acre over the life of the...

Man that is fantastic!

Woot Woot! Anytime the Queen Bee says you need to purchase heavy equipment you need to act with the quickness! Good luck!

I am using Agrible in much the same way as I used FarmLogs. I have polygons sketched around major portions of the farm. In the app I can see the rain totals for the previous 24 hours. I also get an email every morning that has a a summary of info such as rain in the last 24 hours, rain in the...

That is a good looking stand you have there. I plant a fair bit of both aeschynomene and Alyce clover in SC and it does very well provided it can get some moisture early on to get established. While I get a good bit of volunteer growth the following year, it is never thick enough to be a...

Agree. FarmLogs still sends me the emails and I kept the app on my phone, but I liked the historical graphs. I understand their decision to make the changes they did. I was just happy to "freeload" to track rain and temperature on my properties, but freeloading doesn't pay for intellectual...

Found what I was looking for. Agrible.com. Their app is “Pocket Rain Gauge”.

Does anyone have an app they like to use to track rainfall (or for those of us in the southeast, lack of rain)? I have used the FarmLogs app for a number of years but their business model has evolved to where they are charging way more than I am willing to pay. Looking for something that will...