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I would do it, but I’m not sure exactly why. I think it’s because I’m a farmer at heart. Standing corn and picked corn are both fun to hunt over.

I don’t have any first hand experience, but I think the technology for this is pretty well established. When I was in Botswana a couple of years ago there were solar powered wells/water holes every where and they worked great.

Cool. Thanks. Might text you for more details if that’s ok.

We’ve been in drought for most of the year. The plot was stone dead.

I got my spring/summer plots in this weekend and thought of this thread. The first plot was a mixture of wheat, oats, crimson clover, vetch, and chicory. Here it is during the early spring. I let it die a natural death and then drilled a mixture of sorghum, sunn hemp, cowpeas, and...

Stop hogging all the rain.

Great information. Thank you very much.

I’m going to need some trail cameras for the new place in Montana. They will need to be cellular and have solar panels. I’ve always used Reconyx for the last 15 years - what else is out there now?

How big are those tubes? I directed seeded some chestnuts, too, but the tubes I put them in are 4 feet tall.

Sorry for your loss, George.

Looks like you are getting some more good rain today. I’m jealous - we are in drought in SC coming into summer. Ugh.

Definitely the boonies, but Billings is about 1 hr 15 minutes away on an easy highway drive. The fishing on this part of the Yellowstone is catfish, pike, walleye, and smallmouth bass. Too warm (and the river is big!) for trout.

Forsyth is the closest town.

Thanks, yall. It’s pretty exciting. I may have lost my mind, but my ultimate goal is to live out west, and I’m worried about what land is going to cost in 20 years. Seemed like a good idea to buy while I could.

Well, I bought a farm in Montana. The long term plan is to live there for at least half the year and farm it myself. The short term plan is to enjoy it as much as I can (from South Carolina) and prepare for the future. Retirement is about 20 years away. It’s about 157 acres. 90 acres is...