Pinetag's Plot - 43 acres in Virginia

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I got a little bit done this morning before the rain picked up. It has been raining for a couple days straight so everything is saturated right now. I started with raking the leaves out of my small food plot and then frost seeding some oats and clover.

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Then I planted a couple hazelnut seedlings. I'm going to cage them next weekend.

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My hinge cuts from last spring are seeing some winter usage on the buds this year...

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As well as some vertical growth on the surviving trunks...

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I have a few survivors down along the river where I put this camera on my new atv path that has a deer trail intersecting it. It looks like the one in the back has already lost his right side.

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I got a pic of the little buck I saw on my first ever sit on the property. It would be cool to watch him grow for a couple more years.

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Also got my first bobcat on camera...

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There's definitely a lot of usage down along the river. This is the most deer I've gotten in a single pic.

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And my chestnut trees got delivered today.

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I got my second micro plot put in this morning. It's in an area that's already being used as a travel corridor heading toward last year's bigger hinge cut. I had hinged a few smaller trees in here but it didn't provide much browse or cover so there was little use. So today I cut back quite a few trees to let in some sunlight, raked away a lot of the leaf debris, and then frost seeded oats and ladino clover. We'll see how it turns out.
Before...

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After...

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I also planted a keiffer pear and my chestnuts from Stark Bros along the edge.

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It looks like bucks are starting to drop as you can see the pedicles on this one in the background. I briefly looked around but unfortunately didn't find any sheds.

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Whatever this shrub is, the deer have been nibbling on it heavily.

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This keifer pear tree I planted up by the cottage is doing pretty well. It's probably about 10' tall now and I'll be curious to see if it produces a couple pears this year. It was about 7' or 8' tall when I planted it last Mar.

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[dogghr]

Coming on good. Bucks here dropped several wks ago. Hard to beat pears for low maintenance and survival .

 

[George]

Seeing your pictures is sure making me anxious, I did to find some fresh ladino seeds.

G

 

[lakngolf]

I have several pears blooming but afraid of expected temps in the 20s this week! Couple of trees this is first year for blooms. Plums are going wild

 

[pinetag]

Coming on good. Bucks here dropped several wks ago. Hard to beat pears for low maintenance and survival .

Low maintenance is what I'm after! Crabapples and persimmons are next and should be here in a couple weeks.

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Seeing your pictures is sure making me anxious, I did to find some fresh ladino seeds.

G

Looking forward to your updates on your new place as well!

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