Recent content by RestoringtheGround

First picture is a green ash tree, second is a bed area a few feet away where deer are eating ragweed, partridge pea, and sumac. Third picture is an area I brush cut back in January. It now looks like picture 2. Picture 4 is an area I just cut in late May. It’s sprouting native browse and deer...

We still have 4-5 more weeks of bone growth. He’s a young deer still, but look at the growth. I’m thinking he is at most 3 yrs old, but may be may only be 2 yrs old. I think he will be an absolute stud in 2 yrs. I watched him a bunch last year. He stayed with a 3 pt all year. I almost felt like...

Wayne, It’s very very tough to transplant midsummer. Most of my tree farms that grow trees in the fields instead of containers quit digging late spring/early summer. We do most transplanting from November through March/April time frame. Granted, these time frames are for Climate zone 8 (south...

Ben, I live in Denham Springs and I am in Gonzales all the time. I also have a few friends that lease places in Kentucky. They rave about the hunting. My Dad sold his place in Missouri this spring, but he did a pollinator planting on his place a few years ago. It didn't turn out like he hoped...

You are correct that landscaping and owning a nursery are related, but the nursery side doesn't really fit what I do. My senior landscape supervisor loves to propagate cuttings from our jobs. Personally, I don't have the time. Our business focus is on new construction design and install of...

I’m starting a podcast talking about native habitat restoration/management of a 5 yr old cutover. I am a Landscape Hortoculturalist by trade in Louisiana, and an amateur native habitat restorer for wildlife on my property in Smith County Mississippi. The podcast is under this name: Restoring...