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I've been planting foodplots for about 50 years. I thought I had seen it all. Today I walked out to my plot behind the home for the first time in quite a while. I can see it from my back door but the heat and COPD have been keeping me housebound. The plot is very overgrown with tall grasses and...

I received this add this evening. https://www.deltaleaflabs.com/store/p20/order-kits.html This was sent to me by a gentleman I was talking to yesterday. He has just retired form a lab where he ran DNA tests on just about anything. It turns out that male cannabis bushes are nowhere near as...

I had the opportunity to visit an old friend that I haven't seen in years. He bought a piece of property near the North Carolina border and invited me to walk it with him. The one question he had that kinda stumped me was about his plots. All of his property flows from south to north. It is...

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I just heard a news report that claimed that the newly elected governor of Virginia has signed or passed a law that prohibits anyone under the age of 18 from owning, firing or even holding a firearm of any kind. It specifically eliminates the any and all youth hunts. I didn't catch quite all of...

I have a Seckel pear and an Ayers planted. Both have mulitple stems about 3 feet off the ground. Any advice on pruning at this time? I have no idea of the growth habits of these two trees. How should they be trained?

I have been looking for a local source for materials to grow trees of all sorts. Today I happened upon an add for "Lotus Urban Farm and Garden Supply". They have a store in Johnson City, TN, one in Asheville, NC and one in Greenville, SC. The one in Greenville is only about 25 miles from my...

I got a question for the experts. I just received my order from Cummins Nursery. Ahmeads Kernel Kingston Black Hewe's Crab Wolf River Wickson Crab Yarlington Mill Seckel Pear They are all very nice caliper. Should I simply plant them out or is there a benefit to putting them in 5 gal. "Dirt...

Is anyone going to have abut 6 or 8 late dropping American Persimmon scions this year? I don't have anything this year to trade, but I sure could use a few.

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Turned 70 today. Over the last few years I've been talking to m eye doctor about my failing eyesight. He kept telling me that I was developing cataracts but they were not to the point that they could be removed. Well, yesterday I had the procedure done on my right eye. I am doing fine and the...

Has anyone ever heard of deer becoming infected with bovine TB? A friend just forwarded me an article he was sent on FB that claimed that this disease is spreading amongst deer herds. The article also claims it is highly contagious to individuals dressing out an infected deer. This is a new one...

A friend gave me two DCO's that he started last fall. They are about 24 inches tall and look great. Each has a small ball of roots. What do you suggest I do with then at this time of year?. Should I plant them now or pot them and keep them through till spring?

I like to think that most of the people on this site are a little more careful while pursuing our chosen pastime. I try to follow sensible rules in any action or activity I take part in especially when out in the wild by myself. BUT!!!!! Yesterday I was cleaning up an area around a huge old...

I finally got around to dropping a couple large sweetgums beside one of my plots yesterday. They kept one small area in shade most of the day. I plan on putting a couple crap apples in the area. I had my spray bottle of 50% GLY to treat the stumps. It leaked like a sieve. I cannot find a spray...

This seems to be a strange question, but. I have an old railroad bed behind my house. It's about 80 yards away and was abandoned about 40 years ago. The rails and most of the ties were removed long before we bought the place. It's about 30 feet wide and 300 yards long. When we first moved in...

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I have been addicted to deer and deer hunting since I was 8 years old. That was the first time I remember my father and his brothers bringing home a couple deer they had harvested. I remember sitting on my grandmother’s huge front porch as they hung them from the rafters and began skinning them...