The Massey

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Had a slow evening, so I looked through our property journal, the clover plots we used to be able to grow a short 4 or 5 years ago seem like ages past. We’re desperately hoping this year is different.

 

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My part of Missouri, it likes to run on a drought / flood rotation. Good luck with spring.

 

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My part of Missouri, it likes to run on a drought / flood rotation. Good luck with spring.

Definitely ready for the flood part of the rotation here. It has been a LONG time.

 

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Took a walk at the Massey today, took a few pics. The Northern Whitetail Crabs continue to impress. I’ll be curious as to how the fruit turns out, assuming we get enough rain to keep them from aborting.
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Is this oak okay? It’s SO hard to keep stuff alive in this new climate of ours. We lost several young oaks again over the winter. I’m hoping this one is ok?

Found what I think is another callery pear in the north waterway. Should make a good graft base next year. I’ll ask a couple questions about it in the callery pear thread.


Another fail when it comes to perennial plotting. I don’t know exactly how much $$ I’ve wasted the last 3 falls on chicory and clover seed, but it hasn’t been cheap.

 

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Took a WONDERFUL walk on the Massey today. Needed to get the Callery/kieffer pear graft supported, per Native. I walked across the south end of the field through standing water for the first time in 2 years. It was glorious!
Here’s a couple pics from the work. The Callery is quite the shoot thrower, I had to break/snip a bunch off.


Here’s a look from a couple steps back, it’s nice to have a couple young burr oaks off and running in the background.