Scott's projects

We've had enough rain here for awhile, 6+ inches here in the last week, major flooding.



Took a quad ride today to check things out, pretty soggy but not too bad. MG planted in a switch screen 3 yrs ago, I just planted them with no prep not doing too bad.





Hinge cut Ash trees are lasting a lot longer than I thought they would and sprouting new. I cut some trees off at about 18" hoping they would bush out, they still might but for now they are food.








 
Took a quad ride today and took some pics.

Not much for cover after the fall rains but I like big blue.

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Southlow switch grass

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Cave in Rock switch.

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Switch grass screen with some MG on the left back.

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Big ole apple tree out in the middle of our hay field that is loaded again this year.

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Some trail cam pics.

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We have this old apple tree in our hay field that I never really paid much attention to until this year. I was talking to a guy at work and he said it looked like a "Transparent" and that his parents have one in their yard and it's dropping now too. This tree is being used right now night and day, just a few pics form the last little bit.

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Probably 1/2 - 3/4 of the apples are off this tree now, still using it pretty regularly.

Good place for inventory.

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Looks like deer aren't the only thing that likes apples, quite a few pics of the yotes and deer close on the times. Should start some preditor patrol soon.

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A few pics from the last little bit.

Built a raised platform for a Maverick blind and set it out over a foodplot behind the house.

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Putting up the new blind didn't seem to bother the deer any, this camera is only a couple feet from the new blind.

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LC cereal grains planted a couple weeks apart

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MG doing it's job screening from the ag field which is soys this year and they should be taken off soon.

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The 10th was my first time out in the stand, I pulled cards before getting in the tree. After pulling this card I walked to the right and pulled another card and was just getting up in the treed when I heard crashing in the woods and a doe and fawn came running out along with these guys, so my first night and I'm not in the tree yet and I've seen the 2 bucks I wanted to check out just not the speed they ran through the plot. Not sure what spooked them but they ran at me within 70yds.

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This spring I continued to make the orchard on our place larger, I planted another 11 apple trees to bring the total to 25.

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A couple years ago I took 3-4 acres of our hay field and started planting trees and shrubs, this spring I planted some oaks, chestnuts and dogwoods.

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There is some bare spots in this switch field so I started planting MG in there to create some bedding.

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My rye and crimson from last fall is going to make good thatch when rolled down for the brassicas next month.

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Got the sorghum mix plot lightly disced and planted.

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Found some dunstan's at Walmart last week and picked 6 up.

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We had a big old maple come down over the winter and some of it fell in the seasonal pond, I stuck a cam up and I am amazed at all the pics I've got deer, ducks, geese and juvenile bald eagles.

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I bought a couple Ibc totes so I could can water my trees, I hooked up a 12v pump and an old hose reel and it seems to work pretty good, all I need is to find a trailer and I'll be all set.

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Made it out and mowed our orchard and the alfalfa/clover plots.

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Going to have a few apples.

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Did a throw and mow sorghum mix plot.

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The other sorghum mix plot is coming along ok.

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Some trail cam pics.

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