Recent content by William Allis

We can watch 3 plots and a 1/2 acre of mono-culture rag weed from our deck. We normally have 2-7 deer grazing in the ragweed and just walking through the clover. Proves the importance of weed in your plots. We are dry, <1 1/2" of rain in July. I sprayed 4 acres of plots yesterday, but we...

I understand the Ragweed seed being used by birds, we actually planted ragweed in LA (lower Alabama) for quail feed. I didn't realize deer grazed on it as a 2 to 4 inch forb. As I recall, the seeds are high in protein, are the forbs too? Guess I won't Gly. that acre log landing , just throw...

Have been planting for 20 years. Have gone from full tillage to Spray, Throw and Mow and everything in between. We have 200 acres and plant 5+ acres yearly, rye, oats, brassica, radish and clover. Last night we watched a doe and her fawn walk through a beautiful clover plot and spend 30...

The pre mixed seed is expensive. You can buy brassica, clover, radish on Amazon and mix your own. Winter rye/wheat, buckwheat, oats you have to find locally because of shipping costs. Ask the local farmers where they are getting their seed. Having the correct Ph (lime) is important, if your...

I spray, throw and mow, it was a typo. My rye didn't germinate well, I am waiting to see what comes up this spring. Brassicas didn't do well last fall, they were stunted. I put on as much pelleted lime as I could afford. About 400 # per acre. 100 # of triple 15 per acre. We got little...

I am switching to spray, mow and throw and l was not impressed with my results last year. I am afraid our poor soil, sour, heavy, stoney and clay, may need to be tilled to get good germination. I will try again this year but am going to take Mennoniteman 's advice and do a spring planting...

78 acres isn't big enough for real deer management. But, you can have a lot of fun growing deer for your neighbors until you find out what they are doing. As already mentioned, hunt it and enjoy it and dream about what you want to do with it. And, get to know your neighbors. They may already...

Our WNY deer are in the oaks and not in the food plots. 8 in our front lawn last night. We have had deer in our clover all summer and now they have moved to the acorns. Wife is sick of stumbling over my spotting scope. IMHO the deer are creatures of getting along the easiest way. Probably...

I have several small damp areas <1/2 A that has been taken over by yellow nut sedge. What herbicide will eradicate it? Thunder and Gly only set it back.

Why not broadcast the buckwheat into the oats. If they are not too high the buckwheat should sprout.

I am talking about spreading clover and brassica with a 3 point cyclone seeder. Many have said you just mix the seed in with rye, oats, etc. The deer don't care if it is a pure uniform stand. OK, I get that. After watching the cyclone seeder work it looks to me as if the seed feed from the...

Have you looked at The Nature Conservancy? They have saved a lot of land from being developed.

You guys are saying not to even scratch the soil, but doesn't a no-till drill scratch the soil. I have quit bottom plowing and/or rototilling, but will use my offset disk after herbicide burn down and before seeding. Our soil is so hard that it will only cut in about an inch or two but will...

Our property is the old family farm that we have/are added to it. Now we spend money and raise wildlife. Hopefully it will never be for sale. Saw this happen locally. There was 300 acres of forest land that a group of local young friends bought 30-40 years ago for a hunting property...

Here in WNY we are overrun by solar and wind projects. Keep in mind that without subsidies they cannot sustain themselves. Usually, a 25-year life span and then you have a mess to clean up. Many cannot pass the environmental impact study and the land is tied up in litigation for years. Our...