Looking for Logger in Gainesboro area
Hi All- I am looking for a logger in the Gainesboro area for some black walnuts. Please PM me if you have any reccomedations. Thanks in advance!
View ArticlePersimmons what and when
I love these discussions of fruit trees etc but anyone have any experience with planting persimmons? More specific chesnut hill deer magnet and candy persimmons?
View ArticleOak buds are swelling!
We could be seeing another acorn fail in the making! I am seeing oak buds swell already. The forecast shows warmer than average temps for the next 10 days! Historically (in my experience) when Feb is...
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Anybody ever set out pines in open hardwood stands??
Property has been logged over a few times over the past 30 years so not a tremendous amount of high value timber on the place. To make matters worse hardwood paperwood isn't worth a whole lot so having...
View ArticleFruit tree deal heads up
Just thought I'd put it out there that my local food lion has fruit trees for $17-18 in 2 -3 gallon pots. they look like they are pretty good quality and they had an assortment of nut trees too. I...
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Plums blooming
Looks like the odds of me having plums this year will be, just like last year. They bloom too early!!
View ArticleWild Rose?
While not strictly deer habitat related, but wild rose has really exploded on my place the last two years. Always been there in spots, but seems to be everywhere now. I prefer to see native vegetation....
View ArticlePlant them and they will grow
Six years ago we planted 500 sawtooth and 500 persimmons on two different properties . Thru the years I had kind of forgotten about them and couldn't have shown you one of them . We planted some in...
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Screening Adjacent to Neighborhood?
The neighborhood finally caught up to me. The owner clear cut the three 1 acre lots adjacent to me, removing ALL the mature oaks, leaving bare dirt. Deer still hang out on my 24 acre side, but before...
View ArticleMayapples
We have a lot of new mayapple colonies this spring. This is the first year that deer are aggressively feeding on the leaves. I always thought the leaves were toxic to humans and deer. Looks like I was...
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Green firebreaks?
Has anyone established effective green firebreaks with a focus primarily on managing burns (secondary wildlife habitat)? Here's a few pics of breaks we planted for early erosion control (but we haven't...
View ArticleBasal bark treatment
Just before green up I srayed about an acre of smaller saplings, 6" and down. Now that things have greened up, everything I've sprayed is green. Should I give more time, or another treatment.
View ArticleUSDA Funded Habitat Improvement
Anyone participating in this program where a plan is designed to include hack & squirt of trees that aren't white oak, the clearing for food plots, controlled burns, etc.? My biggest concern is the...
View ArticlePine growth
The growth rate of pine seedlings planted at the right time of year in the right conditions - even in terrible soil - never ceases to amaze me. Planted these seedlings 15 months ago in serious rock...
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If you have not burned
It's gettin very late! Greenup is coming fast but we got it done today!
View ArticleDozer or Trackho???
Finally got a logger on my place to harvest my timber but a lot of hardwood stumps are going to be left where I want to put in some plots. Which option will do the better job for my money and if you've...
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Chickasaw Plum Trees
Good friend of mine brought me a bag of wild plums...he was told they were chicksaw plum. He found three or four small trees that are loaded. Semi sweet nice looking fruit. Anyone have any experience...
View ArticleMulberry Trees
Im reading that mulberry trees are common and that the berries are sweet when ripe. Until recently I had never seen one? But last Saturday I came across a good size tree that was loaded. Going to try...
View ArticleDunstan Chestnut Trees
If anyone is interested Chestnut Hill Farms has shipped chestnut trees to area Walmart....years past they are always gone before I can get any.... Walmart in Dickson had about 25 of the 3gal and 2 of...
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