Double A Farm (NE Ohio) Updates
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Weasel
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The bean/sunflower/sorghum plot I tried last year turned out to be a great draw plus it helped provide some thick cover between my commercial ag fields and my woods. I got a good deal on the WI Power Plant ($2 per pound shipped to my door) so I thought I'd give it a try in that spot this year.
I need to teach Cody how to drive the buggy but it was a beautiful day to walk back to the barn to get it.
I need to teach Cody how to drive the buggy but it was a beautiful day to walk back to the barn to get it.
Weasel
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Lots of improvements planned for the homestead this summer but they will have to wait until probably late June or July. I gathered up the components for my solar electrical system and the pump and plumbing for the bathroom addition. Just need to get a few free weekends to get them installed.
Protein/corn mix is about 2/3 of the way gone in the new feeder. Did not have time to check cameras this trip.
Protein/corn mix is about 2/3 of the way gone in the new feeder. Did not have time to check cameras this trip.
Weasel
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As luck would have it, my buddy Chris, who helps me out a lot, was off on Tuesday and the conditions were perfect for getting more seed in the ground. I am very thankful for his friendship and the time & work he puts in at my place.
After flushing this woodcock in the same spot twice, I figured she was sitting on a nest. We found the nest and I snuck back up on her for a picture. Probably the most amazing thing that happened that day, besides nothing breaking beyond a brush hog shear bolt!
After flushing this woodcock in the same spot twice, I figured she was sitting on a nest. We found the nest and I snuck back up on her for a picture. Probably the most amazing thing that happened that day, besides nothing breaking beyond a brush hog shear bolt!
Weasel
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The clover was looking so good I almost hated to cut it. But the grasses and broadleafs were starting to show their ugly heads so it was time.
Fruit trees were fertilized and cleaned up by Chris while I mowed and tilled.
Chris had never operated the tractor before so I gave him a quick intro and he was tilling like a pro!
Fruit trees were fertilized and cleaned up by Chris while I mowed and tilled.
Chris had never operated the tractor before so I gave him a quick intro and he was tilling like a pro!
Weasel
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I planted Cave-In-Rock switchgrass and WI Power Plant along and around my plots and orchards to break up the open space and provide more food and cover.
I planted a little over 2 acres of soybeans, Real World beans in the middle and Eagle beans around the edges.
It was a long day but I was extremely pleased with the finished plantings. All I have left is a couple acres of corn to get in during the next decent weather window.
I planted a little over 2 acres of soybeans, Real World beans in the middle and Eagle beans around the edges.
It was a long day but I was extremely pleased with the finished plantings. All I have left is a couple acres of corn to get in during the next decent weather window.
Weasel
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Thanks. My setup runs pretty smooth and I absolutely love seat time on my tractor, AKA therapy!
Native Hunter
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I'm with you on the seat time and therapy. Great feeling and escape! I love how neat you keep things looking.
dogdoc
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Tractor time is great therapy but sitting on a tractor in low gear with the tiller can get a little monotonous when doing several acres. Lots of hard work going on at Double A. Place looks great. It is hard to mow those clover plots sometimes but it pays off. I have made many walks from the tractor back to the truck or barn to get the ATV. Always enjoyable to spend quality time with a good friend.
Todd
Todd
Something is wrong with your ground...you can use a tiller!
Rock would destroy a tiller in short order up here on the hollow but I really like the way they make a seedbed look.
Your place is looking great and all of your hard work shows from the cabin to the tree plantings and cuttings to the plots. I just wished you had some photos from that banks feeder. I have been trying to get a photo of a deer and my banks feeder together for 1.5 months now and it's not happening...
Rock would destroy a tiller in short order up here on the hollow but I really like the way they make a seedbed look.
Your place is looking great and all of your hard work shows from the cabin to the tree plantings and cuttings to the plots. I just wished you had some photos from that banks feeder. I have been trying to get a photo of a deer and my banks feeder together for 1.5 months now and it's not happening...
Start by putting corn on the ground around the feeder. It takes a while sometimes but even my most stubborn deer warmed up the the Banks eventually. 1.5 months is not unheard of...my most recent feeder took about 2-3 months for the deer to be comfortable, and now they drain it in a week.
I have been using rice bran, corn and a mineral block on the ground around it the entire time...lots of coon photos but no deer. I just last week put 50 lbs of corn in it because the more I think about the location the more I want to move it and I don't want to have to empty a ton out to do it...
We have a super low summertime deer population as well with very few deer seen on any cameras at all even though we have food out the wazoo everywhere. Plots get no summertime use either and have only had pics of 5 different deer since the March timeframe...over and over...
Been there, done that. I had to empty out 250 lb a few weeks ago because the corn was treated with an anti-weevil dust and the deer wouldn't touch it. If you do have to empty it out, just shake the feeder vigorously. Whatever is inside will come pouring out the feed tubes.
Chainsaw
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Good for you Weasel that you can use a tiller on your land. I use it here only in my gardens where rocks have been picked over and over and over. And the soil is mixed with yards of dried out horse manure. It sure does a neat job though. Most of our fields are just too rocky for that tool.
My son is coming over from Lake George to help me with projects next week. It sure makes work projects fun when he visits and makes hunting more enjoyable for him when he gets to see some of the results of projects we have done together.
It's neat that you are teaching your friend tractor use; It is quite a responsibility which I'm sure you shoulder well. I always start out with retelling Bancs' story about why one MUST be ON the tractor before starting it. His story helps me remember not to reach over and turn that key from the ground also. It sure is cool though to see the huge accomplishment smile when a new tractor person has tilled, disked or planted his or her first field.
My son is coming over from Lake George to help me with projects next week. It sure makes work projects fun when he visits and makes hunting more enjoyable for him when he gets to see some of the results of projects we have done together.
It's neat that you are teaching your friend tractor use; It is quite a responsibility which I'm sure you shoulder well. I always start out with retelling Bancs' story about why one MUST be ON the tractor before starting it. His story helps me remember not to reach over and turn that key from the ground also. It sure is cool though to see the huge accomplishment smile when a new tractor person has tilled, disked or planted his or her first field.
Weasel
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Thanks lak. I figure while I'm keeping the ground cut around trees, I might as well have something growing there that deer want to eat. Simple but effective tactic for smaller properties.
