Brokenbear
Active Member
I have replanted my bottoms corn twice now ...and due to raining like in the tropics the bottoms corn has anything but corn showing ...in fact some plants I am going to have to get a book out to ID !
Now for my sin (sins actually) .... planted all my beans today ( a tad early to bow hunt over at the leaf turn mid September) ....with a few weeds showing ....and even some green ...or at least yellow green grass ... I cannot believe I allowed myself to plant into a field not as clean as a pool table ....
But here is the deal ...rain has been killing us ..ground prep has been a nightmare ...weed/grass burn down next to impossible ...a day or two window and get something done ....finally put 3 days together and sprayed ...disc for the 3rd time the fields ....the ones with spots of yellow green grass (5"-) showing ...harrowed it ....and ...at age 70 ...I still love to work the land and watch it grow and watch the wildlife prosper from it ....
But I just don't enjoy working the land anymore when it's 85 or 95 degrees and 80% humidity ....so
Today was nice and cool ...good breeze ...fair amount of cloud cover and this old man decided to plant when it works for him instead of "by the book" ...me thinks the wildlife will like the slightly less plentiful buffet (yield) versus me having a bad heat event and the wildlife having no buffet at all
Just saying ...stay active ...do the things you have the passion for but just know ....doing mostly what you want in moderation is a whole lot better than fouling one's self up to where you can do nothing
Happy planting boys and girls and use your head out there!
Bear
Now for my sin (sins actually) .... planted all my beans today ( a tad early to bow hunt over at the leaf turn mid September) ....with a few weeds showing ....and even some green ...or at least yellow green grass ... I cannot believe I allowed myself to plant into a field not as clean as a pool table ....
But here is the deal ...rain has been killing us ..ground prep has been a nightmare ...weed/grass burn down next to impossible ...a day or two window and get something done ....finally put 3 days together and sprayed ...disc for the 3rd time the fields ....the ones with spots of yellow green grass (5"-) showing ...harrowed it ....and ...at age 70 ...I still love to work the land and watch it grow and watch the wildlife prosper from it ....
But I just don't enjoy working the land anymore when it's 85 or 95 degrees and 80% humidity ....so
Today was nice and cool ...good breeze ...fair amount of cloud cover and this old man decided to plant when it works for him instead of "by the book" ...me thinks the wildlife will like the slightly less plentiful buffet (yield) versus me having a bad heat event and the wildlife having no buffet at all
Just saying ...stay active ...do the things you have the passion for but just know ....doing mostly what you want in moderation is a whole lot better than fouling one's self up to where you can do nothing
Happy planting boys and girls and use your head out there!
Bear
