My property tour

[jlane35]

That mix of buckwheat and brassica had clover mixed in too. I didn't have high expectations but I was impressed with the field.



Unfortunately the clover doesn't look like this anymore because of the weather being so hot and dry for almost a month and a half.
I'm waiting for some rain in the forecast so I can mix in some brassica again.

This is a picture not long after it started growing this spring. View attachment 122



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[Satguy]

What variety of clover is that?

 

[jlane35]

Red clover.

 

[Satguy]

That clover looks awesome.

 

[HoleHopper]

Your place looks great!

 

[jlane35]

We have 3 corn plots in this year. The local farmer plants two for us as our payment in return for allowing him to hay two of our fields.

The fields he plants are the two smaller ones directly above the larger one in this picture.

This is the field to the left.

And this is the one to the right.

He planted later than normal this year and the dry weather isn't helping much. We were at our pond swimming this weekend and the water is 8 1/2 inches below the over flow pipe. It is a 1.25 acre pond.


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[jlane35]

In the two field next to our cabin I broadcasted corn and soybeans this year.

You can see the roof of our cabin center of the picture. The fields to the right are the food plots. The top is soybeans and the bottom is corn.

The corn started off slow and I was extremely nervous that I didn't put enough down, 12 pounds on .87 of an acre.
But it started to fill in nice.
And then exploded.



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[jlane35]

I must not have got as much down on this side of the field it isn't as thick. But should allow my uncle to see and shoot into it easier.

I'm waiting on a heavy rain to broadcast some PTT and brassica in.


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[jlane35]

The soybeans have been struggling. My guess is I didn't plant enough acreage. I only planted 1.08 acres.

The whole field is filled with soybeans, I broadcasted 75 pounds. But they never got over 6 inches. Most are browsed off like the second picture shows. I may try forage beans next year and plant a mix of beans and corn. This way I will be closer to two acres. Hopefully that will be enough.


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[OkieKubota]

That red clover looks fantastic. I am really impressed with Red Clover and it is much preferred over white clover here on our place...

Your property is great!

 

[jlane35]

Here are my crab apple trees in their second growing season since I bought them.

In the future I plan on buying only 5 ft tubes. The deer are browsing the majority of the trees in 4 ft tubes.

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[jlane35]

One of the dumbest things we did when we first bought the property was thinking that a brush hog was a habitat management tool. My father enjoyed riding the tractor and he would mow the field in front of our cabin a few times during the spring and summer. After reading information online I realized that fallow fields are important places for all wildlife. I do most of my rabbit hunting, on our property, around our cabin.

We have an issue with autumn olive in these fields and I continue to eradicate it every spring when I can identify its leafs. On the other hand there are some good plants regenerating.

There are quite a few berry bushes throughout the field. Along with two apple trees and 1 crab apple tree.

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[dogdoc]

the throw and mow came out really good.

what a difference weed mats make. I planted a crab a couple of years ago and for some reason totally forgot to put down the weed mat. That tree is struggling compared to the ones that have the mats. I need to remove the cage and put one down---for both competition and water retention.

enjoyed the tour
todd

 

[jlane35]

The best thing we have ever done for our place is log. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures from before we logged but here is a picture of our neighbors land. I wasn't trespassing we have an easement to go through since our property was landlocked when we first bought it.
This is what our place looked like too.

Now this is our place.
All three pictures were only taken about 50 yards apart.


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[jlane35]

After the property was logged our top ridge exploded with chestnut trees. I haven't looked really hard but here are some growing.


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[massey]

Wow. Those chestnuts look great? Are they stump sprouts?

 

[jlane35]

Wow. Those chestnuts look great? Are they stump sprouts?

No they aren't stump sprouts. To the best of my knowledge we didn't have any chestnuts on our place before logging. But there must have been long before my time. I found another tree with chestnuts last year but the bark was cracked from the blight. I'll look for the picture and post it.

The tree from this year doesn't have any sign of blight but I'm sure it will succumb eventually.

 

[massey]

keep the competition down around that thing. You've got a very rare tree there, and if you have others, you might just get some nuts.

 

[massey]

Btw, I've got lots of family up that way. Between Scranton and Binghamton. Love me some endless mountains!

 

[massey]

Also, how tall is that tree?