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A few thoughts.. I like an edge or a pinch where my stands are that would funnel traffic, maybe plant accordingly. I think the beans, greens is a good strategy but that doesn’t leave you with many beans. Less than 1.5 acres? Most areas that wouldn’t last long. Could keep entire plot in...

Would be helpful to know where your stands, access routes are. Also bow vs gun?

Burn it as soon as you can. Then go back and disc it. Will set it back some. Bonus, you'll get a flush of native forbs as well..

He would or would not add lime? Buffer pH is high compared to your tested pH, which tells me you have lower buffering capacity - IE: Adding lime will move the needle. Conversely, if your buffer pH is close to your tested pH (high buffering capacity), it would take a lot more lime to adjust...

If you don't do weed control with your switchgrass, you will naturally have pockets. Pockets of what's in the native seed bank, even better.. My personal preference. What I've found is these new RC varieties can keep up well with a lot of weed pressure, especially when summer planted...

Had a buck with a broken hip, believe he got hit by a car as a 2 year old. Grew a funky rack at age 3 and my neighbor finally shot him. He would come to his alfalfa field daily. I'd fold like a cheap suit if anything like that ever happened to me :)

Very cool! Post up pics! Always looking to learn, new inspiration.

RE: Bedding - Historically they bed on the hillside below. They could start to bed tighter, right up against this edge by next season. The growth of this edge will explode, along with the existing 3 year (20 yard wide) switchgrass buffer above it on the field edge. This makes my access even...

March 14, 2026 After a good workout all marked trees are down. Quite a bit of cover here. Didn't know we had some nice hardwoods in amongst all those giant cedars.. May go back next winter and fell a few more cedars a bit further in, as time allows. Even with morning sun, there are...

Awesome!

Awesome to see, thanks for sharing Skip! I have more and more respect for Lee. Guy is as hard working as it gets. Very cool.

For pell lime - Old rule of thumb used to be 100# / acre to raise pH by .1 point. 500# should get you around 6.2 or so, depending on soil type.

How big is the field? Would be nice to get an Ag lime truck in there. If not, pelletized is next best option.

Agree with the above.. Have a soil sample?

Deer don't mind?

Same in MO. Thank goodness..

Looking to use something besides T post + scrapestick. Big bucks tear out limb every time.. Going to foam in an untreaded post and drill holes for branches. Prefer pine or cedar. My fallback is to make one with the tons of cedars I have..

Been pretty happy with Real World to be honest. I know its supposedly just Alamo, but the winter standability (even with snow) is pretty dang good. The new improved RC varieties are quick out of the ground and unless you want a monoculture, don't require weed control when late spring /...

Not when it's easier to just pull a gov't check :)

Same here in MO.