The Farm - Madison County, GA

[THE LLC]

Have you harvested any honey once the bees start working buckwheat. I have heard it is dark honey. I have about 25 hives and have always refrained from planting buckwheat because most folks dont want darker honey. I prefer a little darker - but my customers dont.

The honey we got isn't "clear" but certainly not dark. I'm not real sure how bees work, but I imagine it's because it's made from a variety of nectar sources not entirely buckwheat. I don't think our buckwheat fields are big enough to get the bees to use only them. Whatever they are using to make it, however, it's good.

 

[Triple C]

Place looks fantastic Tommy. Pleased to report that my grafts are all doing very well.

 

[THE LLC]

Thanks buddy. Good to hear.

 

[THE LLC]

Looks like I will get a good crop of chinese chestnuts this year. This is the same bur from post #105 as of this past Friday.

 

[THE LLC]

Here's a shot of the upper parts of another tree. I think this tree is 8 years old.

 

[THE LLC]

Also, took a picture of my durana field after I mowed it. This thing REALLY looks good. And the deer are hammering it.

 

[David]

Also, took a picture of my durana field after I mowed it. This thing REALLY looks good. And the deer are hammering it.

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I would say it looks great.

How many years has that been in the ground now?

 

[THE LLC]

I originally planted it about six years ago. Last fall during our really bad drought I sprayed all the weeds/grasses that had come in and lightly disk-ed it to rejuvenate it from the seed bank. I'd say it worked. There's BILLIONS of seed in that ground now.

 

[SwampCat]

I originally planted it about six years ago. Last fall during our really bad drought I sprayed all the weeds/grasses that had come in and lightly disk-ed it to rejuvenate it from the seed bank. I'd say it worked. There's BILLIONS of seed in that ground now.

When did you spray and when did you lightly disk?

 

[THE LLC]

September. It had been 6 weeks without rain. Actually broke disks the ground was so hard.

 

[THE LLC]

I've been trying to get Florida pussley started in some waste areas near my food plots because deer love it and it grows like crazy. Took this picture of some today. The deer are hitting it so hard it isn't even being able to bloom.

 

[THE LLC]

Fall plots were wrapped up yesterday. Here's a few pictures. The first is the Camp Plot which is directly in front of our cabin. It is planted in winter wheat, crimson clover, and rape. This one was actually planted on Labor Day, and after rain on Tuesday, is already coming up. Such a far cry from last year.

 

[THE LLC]

This plot is planted in winter rye, crimson clover, and rape.

 

[THE LLC]

This is winter wheat, crimson clover, and rape.

 

[THE LLC]

In this plot, I'm doing a little experimenting so it isn't as "clean" as the others and is planted in rye and crimson clover.

 

[gut_pile]

Looking good

 

[Triple C]

Should get plenty of rain on those plots tomorrow!

 

[THE LLC]

If so, we'll be cooking with gas.

 

[THE LLC]

I highly doubt we'll get more than a half inch over there AC. This thing has been hyped WAY too much to be any real threat to it. All about ratings. I HATE cable weather and social media. Totally disrupted our lives for the next three days for a rain storm. Sheesh.

 

[Keith Nehrke]

I see coastal Georgia took a good hit...how'd your place end up making out? Was it all hype or was there some substance to it? Up here in Rochester the remnants passed by yesterday and we had barely a sprinkle. I'm fishing off Boston next weekend for Tuna, so you can bet that Jose will arrive there on Friday . My luck this year.