Recent content by M. R. Byrd

I was just in an home improvement store picking up some lumber and strolled over to their tiny and I mean tiny deer items and lo and behold there was Rice Bran, discounted at $3.50 a bag. Purchased the two they had and will give it a try.

Wheat streak mosaic hit hard in much of SW Kansas. I had one dryland field that was totaled out. Two dryland fields that had it but it was cutable, although very poor, 50# test weight and big dock at the elevator. The irrigated field made 70 bu. with 60# test weight.

Wow, what great success. I was helping my son with a hundred acres of timber in NE Kansas that had a lot of Callery pear. I flagged a few that I wanted to try grafting and killed the rest. Situation changed and he sold the land before I got to try grafting. Back home in SW Kansas( annual...

Don't have an answer to that. I know in the Kansas City area that there are companies that provide a goat herd to greatly reduce invasives, such as bush honeysuckle. Also, they have been used in situations where the terrain is difficult to impossible for humans to access for any kind of...

Goats?

Pears do work. No wild pears out here, but one big tree in a little town that the owner let me pick up some fallen pears. Gathered a few in a black trash bag, got busy and the summer heat fermented them before I put them out in front of a camera. One doe immediately showed up and she ate and...

Great idea. The Ponderosa has a few trees.

I have not tried the cherry kool aid, but will. I have found a source of dical, so will pick up a bag of it. Thanks

Very nice. I am in envy. Wood species? - cypress? cedar?

Thanks for the responses. I have tried the mineral mix without any success, but I will try it again. I suspect part of the issue here is that every pasture has salt blocks, mineral feeders and maybe molasses tubs. I have not found any dical at the feed mills around here, seems all they have is...

Looking for recommendations for good attractant to survey the developing bucks in my area. I have tried numerous blocks that say they will "pull every buck in the county", with poor results. Here in SW Kansas in July it is hard to get deer in front of cameras. There is tens of thousands acres of...

When I was shopping in 2012 I also looked at Case but got turned off with the dealer. He insisted that I needed to wait for the new DEF tractor and he didn't have one on the lot yet. At that time I wasn't too sure about the DEF future and decided that I didn't want to go that route at that time...

In 2012 when I needed to replace my tractor I looked at new Kubota. I was planning on running a rototiller on the back of it(1.5 mph operation) so would need creep gears. I was planning on financing through Kubota and they ended up impossible, so dropped that plan. Ended up with a used 2008 John...

Some great ideas. I have picked up some used double sided steel insulated garage door panels to use for the walls and roof on a blind. Plan to use a cheap vinyl slider window. Now to find the time to do it. For any novices using metal panel for a roof, the most important thing to do is lay some...

Here at the Ponderosa, we are blessed with awesome moisture. Most has come in the past three weeks, after a slow start and no snow during the winter. My annual rainfall here is a mere 17.50", but I am sitting at 12.20" YTD. The pastures are green. In this area the faucet could shut off without...