Recent content by Longleaf

Glad you got the plots knocked off the list. Now take some time and get healed up so you can get out there and enjoy the fruits of your labor!

I thought I was the only one that had days like those! I'm slowly learning the value of taking smaller bites of the elephant when it comes to farm projects. It is hard though when you spend the work week thinking of everything you "need" to be doing and then when the weekend comes it's a mad...

Welcome! Lot's of good info and people here. I'm just down I-26 from you a little bit. Live in Columbia and manage some ground in Orangeburg and Lee counties.

Is there a point at which it no longer becomes necessary to inoculate legume seed? I've always inoculated legumes, or bought coated seed, however I was thinking about it this past weekend while planting some alyce clover and jointvetch and wondering if eventually we reach a point where it is not...

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...