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Just noticed this at my field edge- appears to be a young shrub. I’ve thrown a variety of different shrub berries into this area, and get a lot of bird activity, so it could be a wide variety of things. I routinely toss highbush cranberry and hawthorn berries into the field edges hoping for...

For most of my adult life I’ve believed that fruit (and nuts, for that matter) are on multi-year cycles. I know that in my family’s case, our apple trees only produce heavily every other year, and seemingly on the odd numbered years at that. Is this simple confirmation bias on my part, or is it...

This dude has been all over my firebreaks and clover areas. I figured that he’s hunting the leopard frogs that I see darting around them on these wet, dewy mornings. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

So I’m in the market for a Bushhog type rotary mower to use on my small acreage (28). I won’t be using it in brush, mainly to mow lanes in my switchgrass and firebreaks, etc.. I’m looking for brand names, pitfalls to avoid, just general info before I pull the trigger. I’m interested in a 6...

I’ve seen this a few time in my hunting life, but today was a prime example... Having missed the weekend’s sits to a raging sinus infection and a damnable cough, I walked outside to let my chickens range about the homestead. I walked behind the barn to look over the farm when my eye spied a...

I'm currently planting oaks and shrubs into a strip of white clover, and come spring will be planting a row of spruce and pines parallel to this row of hardwoods. Is there a preferred herbicide to keep this row weed free for a longer period? I will be doing this via backpack sprayer, so drift...

I have about 2.5 acres on the west side of my switchgrass/weed plot that was mowed in September and I've since broadcast about 200 lbs of winter rye into it. The rye is up about 6", and my plan was to use the rye to nurse a crop of red and white clover . This will eventually be used as a base...

I was gifted about 20 nice size Pawpaw's today. Has anyone here grown them from seed ? I only have one partially shaded place where I can put them, but I think it's ideally suited for their needs. Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/us/10trees.html I came upon this story via podcast- thought some here might enjoy it. [emoji848] Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

I have a 2 acre strip of ladino clover that will be used as a base for a tree planting next year. I recently mowed off the weeds, and after a good rain, the clover has recovered nicely. Is it too late to broadcast some chicory or other brassicas into selected spots near some stand locations? I'm...

I was reasonably sure that this was a clump of poison sumac until the green berries turned red, not white. Now I'm puzzled. Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

Seeing this along the perimeter of the farm, really noticeable since no other yellow blooms are out right now. Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

I'm really more into the "other" mushrooms nowadays, to the point that I don't get super excited about morels anymore. When July rolls around, Chanterelles kick off what I consider the best mushroom hunting, with several species that I chase right through deer season. Sent from my iPhone...

Fruit in clusters, skin brownish green, glossy leaves. I've been assuming that these were crabs, but I found this growing next to a crabapple with smaller fruit, less glossy leaves, etc.. Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

Found a clump of shrubs growing on the ditch bank, did a quick inspection, and discovered the first hazelnuts on the farm since I was a child. Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

The leaf form is new to me, and the fruit? I'm drawing a blank. Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

Well, here's my quandary: I frost seeded about 18 acres of switchgrass this February, but due to wet weather, I was unable to get the LC recommended gly/atrazine combo but down before the switch started to emerge in late April early May, so following advice that I got from several sources...

https://extension.msstate.edu/deer-university/audio/2017/episode-007-mineral-stumps-for-deer-nutrition I've just stumbled upon this today. There is a short Facebook video (which I can't seem to link to) describing how stump sprouts with large root systems connected to sprouting foliage...

It's been a decade or so since this Creek bank has been cleared, and this plant is only about 4-5 feet tall. Any way to tell if it's a small black cherry or a chokecherry? Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

The clock is ticking! Here's my situation- I frost seeded about 18 acres of switchgrass from late January into late February. In mid April I contracted with the local ag supply to spray Atrazine and glyphosate on the plot. Well, rain and mud have kept them from doing the job, and now I'm...