Recent content by RGrizzzz

Go play with Green Cover Seed's SmartMix tool. The best mixes have all of grasses, legumes, brassicas and broadleaf plants. There are species that do better in dry/drought conditions of the south. Cowpeas were mentioned. Check out things like forage collards and mustards. Mung beans, sunn hemp...

Matt sent me some Concordia acorns a few years ago. I grew them out and planted them at camp. You should be in good hands with his assistance.

I'm not endorsing these nurseries, good or bad. They show seedlings available for purchase...

Try to order some from MDC on the hopes people cancel or they have left overs. https://mdc12.mdc.mo.gov/Applications/TreeSeedling/Home/ProductDetails/25?

I've seen some of the trees in Downingtown personally. I have 6 persimmons started from their seed in my yard. I'm hoping some are big enough to flower this year to determine male vs female. Then I can decide if I want to graft them.

What are you hoping the radishes will do to improve the soil?

Yeah but you didn't taste them. Deer eat them, not look at them. Try harder next time. :p

Why didn't you try spraying a grass selective herbicide?

Frost seed when the days are above freezing and the nights are below. The freeze thaw cycle will work the seed into the soil. When th grass starts growing you want to spray it with a grass selective herbicide. Clehtodim is the most commonly used. Read the label ahead of time to make sure you...

Unlabeled "Houdini" trees are $17 right now. Get them before they're gone. https://bluehillwildlifenursery.com/product/houdini/

I know you said no chest spreaders. I loathed them until I found this one. I'm a fan of the Hooyman chest spreader because it has a great design. You put on a vest that spreader easily straps into. It has easy adjustments. Since you're only spreading small seed, it will stay light. You didn't...

I don't top the 2 year old trees. (pretty much all that he sells in apples/pears) Most look like they have a bit cut off the central leader. They all have exhibited great growth planting them as is. I will remove some of the lower laterals, mostly below 4'-5'. He has a planting instructions...

Similar situation as @Flatiron75. BlueHill is on my way to camp, so we buy from Ryan. No shipping charges is nice. When you pick up, he doesn't have to top the 2 year old trees. Everything has done great. Only one tree didn't bud out this year, and Ryan replaced it in my order for Spring. I've...

Dad and I will occasionally find groundhogs who climb up in our peach trees.

I don't know that I completely understand or believe this idea. If farmers allow hunting, what is the difference that Sunday makes? I could see unposted ground getting more traffic. I haven't seen any stats on how much farm land was posted vs not. I would guess from a liability standpoint, there...