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The Land of Milk and Honey
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T-Max
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I have begun the process of ordering trees to turn the original food plot into an orchard of sorts. The different lines represent different tree species. I am thinking orange is persimmon (as I already have a few planted and they are even producing!), red is apples and blue is chestnut. With good spacing allowance I can still fit 25 persimmon, 15 apple, and 15 chestnuts. The long plan is to transition the area just North of this to better bedding. You can see part of it was farmed in a previous generation and needs to be replanted back to natives. My hope is it becomes better for deer and the orchard and brushy hillside below will become a good transition down to my food plots in the bottoms.
Native Hunter
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Looks good. I first thought that the chestnuts might shade some of the apples on afternoon sun, but I think you probably have them far enough apart. Good luck.
T-Max
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I was reminded that I should probably include pears in my planting, so I may swap the chestnuts for pears and find them a new home.
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Native Hunter
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That's a great idea to add pears. A few days ago, Blue Hill still had some available for delivery next spring. You might check and see if they have any left.
T-Max
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Satellite this time. Easiest way to annotate plans.
T-Max
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I have played cat and mouse with my heartthrob for the last week plus. Only hunted three times when the wind was right for my field. Saw him once in the field and he didn’t close the distance. With the warm weather he has started coming out late at night again. We have seen him twice while checking cows and he is a regular on the cams. I’m hoping my patience pays off. He is something special.
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Turkey Creek
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That is one gnarly looking buck ..... I like it!!
MoreofMitch10
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Ohhhhh my T-Max!
T-Max
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We drove down to the plot today. The wife suggested I take a couple progress pics since the change is noticeable. Here are 2 pics. The first is where I sprayed the future buffer strip on the South edge of my bean field. The second is the North edge where my sprayer ran out. Still green if you zoom in. The plan is to hit this all again with gly and Plateau around May 1st. Again, not sure when I get to rent the drill, but a mix of Big Bluestem, Indiangrass, Switchgrass and Little Bluestem going in. Soybeans will be corn this year. It’s all an education. Lots of fun.
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Turkey Creek
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Documenting the changes is a huge asset.We drove down to the plot today. The wife suggested I take a couple progress pics since the change is noticeable. Here are 2 pics. The first is where I sprayed the future buffer strip on the South edge of my bean field. The second is the North edge where my sprayer ran out. Still green if you zoom in. The plan is to hit this all again with gly and Plateau around May 1st. Again, not sure when I get to rent the drill, but a mix of Big Bluestem, Indiangrass, Switchgrass and Little Bluestem going in. Soybeans will be corn this year. It’s all an education. Lots of fun.
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T-Max
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I’m terrible at it. Usually I just get to work and forget…
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