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Plant Elderberry bushes for deer habitat. And then persuade your better half to bake a few Elderberry Pies! (Pics is missing the whipped...

Start posting! Always love the pics! I haven't posted on the other site since you were booted. I go over there once in a while for...

Tapped 9 maple trees at my hunting cabin as my grandaughter wanted some maple syrup. Have made 3 quarts so far and the sap is running...

I dropped some Wisconsin and Iowa acorns in tubes yesterday on the Massey. Silly me, I forgot to snap a pic or two. We have more...

I never thought I’d see the day I was forced to spray cheat in a field in FEBRUARY. :oops: Sprayed the alfalfa today… The big question...

With the alfalfa looking pretty good and cautiously anticipating a hay crop, the work has begun on the old New Holland swather.

Many people have not seen how thick and impenetrable wild blackberries can get in ground that they really like. I'm talking about...

We have very different growing conditions even though we're only 30 miles apart. From what I've seen of blackberries over here is that...

Neighbor north of me fought them for years! Aerial spraying, burning, spot spraying, etc... The thickets appear to be dead now. Not...

my method (it's not pretty) stock and grip process: start with a band saw for a silhouette cut table saw used for receiver inletting...

You've made some beautiful wood! I'd love to see a step by step thread. What tools do you use? How much of it is by hand? I used...

Be different.

Well, it has been a little bit of a slow shed season for us, but today marked our biggest find ever. It has been 8 years since we found...

You could do the same thing with fresh apples, and the pies are good. But, the dried apples have a unique taste that some people really...

Those look great!!! What's the purpose of using dried apples instead of fresh?