Recent content by Daver

Wow, thanks for sharing all. I am now wondering if the terrible admins that you got rid of ended up over here in IC. :) But for real...many public schools are totally wack right now...even here in Iowa. Egads. I am a product of Iowa public schools and feel like I received a great education...

Just a FWIW on the subject of public schools v. financially supporting private schools, etc, etc. I live in the Iowa City School District (ICCSD) and things could not be MORE out of whack than they are here right now. Literally millions of dollars that they cannot "find", the district has had...

Ha! :) Badger story incoming...Years and years ago I was fishing with my brother in a small creek. We were only 10 or 12 years old at the time. I was actually in the creek at the time while he was up on the bank above me as we moved upstream. Due to the height of the steep bank, I could only...

Otters...GRRRR!! While neat to see and cute to watch, they will seriously degrade the fishing in your pond(s)...and usually in a matter of days. If they just killed fish to eat them, maybe it wouldn't be so bad. But they kill and kill and kill and kill and eat a fraction of them. Short...

I would like to hear more about the stone mulch please. I have planted various apple and pear trees at my farm through the years and if there is ONE thing I have learned it is that don't even plant them if you aren't going to go nuclear on protecting them. Whether it is coons breaking branches...

This. ^^ I don't often get gun tags any longer, but when I did AND I had a specific buck in mind where his tendencies were known to us...the early muzzy was hard to beat. But...no cold front means no Mr. Big...most likely. I once skipped the first 5 days of that 9 day season and waited until...

I'll pop the popcorn...dis gunna be gud. :)

That is key ^^. Milo is easily grown and very drought resistant, but you can get wiped out by too many weeds early on. The ability to apply pre-emergent really helps to address that concern. I have been planting 3 or 4 small areas of milo now for a few years with the primary intention to...

Previously, I bought a lot of seed from Iowa-Missouri Hybrids in Keosauqua, but they folded up a couple of years ago. So, I have been buying most of my food plot seed from Frytown Trailers, about 3 or 4 miles south of Iowa City. Although not well represented on their website, they carry Real...

Condolences on the loss of your friend, truly. But someone needs to get some grief counseling set up for his taxidermist, pronto. That guy has got to be devastated.

I think a downed log over a steep gully would serve that purpose for you.

Me three on the Gallagher recommendation. I have one non-Gallagher that has been fine too, but can't remember the brand. If I were to buy more, I would stick with the Gallagher's.

FWIW, I have lost young trees in years past during droughts and not watering them. My farm is in southern Iowa though, if you are in northern Iowa those few degrees of temps might make a difference. But my advice would be to plan on watering them in the summer.

Don't neglect protecting from mice too. Spoken by someone who is going to replace 2 out of 7 fruit trees planted just last fall. I fenced out the deer, but the mice/rabbits got me and chewed on several trees and girdled two of them to the point that I see no new buds/leaves this spring. Harrumph.

I too would be concerned about fire risk...even if you don't purposely burn on your place. I know of multiple blind burndowns...including one on my own farm. (From a neighbor) Also, that hay will attract mice for sure and maybe some other undesirables. That may lead to "chewage" that you...