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- If you are out planting trees or putting in plots, now is the time to be putting out some salt too, some folks wait until fall, when it's least needed (see attached). - Fleet Farm or your local Coop will carry 50 lbs of loose salt (right next to all the salt blocks in the farm/live-stock...

Have you considered Birdsfoot Trefoil? From what I've seen, some folks swear by it, while others swear at it... pros: - does well in wet areas - university studies conclude it holds protein value better than alfalfa (for grazing) - doesn't yield as much as alfalfa, (about 2/3) so over time...

I was thinking about this last week, when I was doing some frost seeding in the plots I started working with, I couldn't help but observe all the left over traces of deer activity (seemed like a pile every couple of feet walked in some areas)...

Di-calcium phosphateWhere can I find this stuff. I have looked around here in sioux falls some and haven't had any luck. Any other names for it. I would like to try mAking my own sites this year, used commercial name brands last year and they get quite expensive. Thanks, Bryan Fleet Farm...

frost seeding clover into cereal grains: white clover; last fall I ended up trying a mix of Kopu II and Alice with rye and forage radishes, heard many good things about both, here is a link on Kopu II. http://www.agriview.com/articles/2004/03/12/crop_news/producer01.txt Welter Seed; I try to...

Thanks for the feedback Hardwood11 & letemgrow, every little bit helps. Last couple years have been pretty hetic, making up for many years of neglect. A while back I had a pretty good apple grove going and had some body come on the property and dig them up, so kinda got discouraged for a...

dbltree: couple questions 1) I don't have much experience spraying grass or weeds, last year was actually the 1st time. Seemed like the advice I was getting was that the optimal time to spray was once in May, then again about 4 weeks later and a 3rd time in mid-September. So if I wanted to...

I have avoided planting White Pines for this reason too, although they are a nice tree to have if you don't mind the extra work. Over the years I went with Red Pine, Jack Pine and various spruce. They leave them alone except the bucks like to spar with them. In the sourthern part of the UP so...

thanks dbltree, Next week I'll be doing some planning for next spring. Probably have my hands full with some of the edges that I want to fill in with hybrid Oak seedlings, but I have 2-3 spots about an acre each that might be good to try thinning with some hinging and then put in Oak...

Hardwood11, Well my hunting property is in MI, but I actually live in Minnesota, so you never know, one of these days we might end up splitting an order from one of the other places, I think Idaho's minimum order was like 5 trees, so no problems their.

dbltree, thanks for the info on the chicken wire and Oikos... When it comes time to plant these little pots and plugs, some of the nursuries say not to use a tree bar, but to dig out a hole. I planted larger bare root stock (18-36 inches) and I've spent more time putting plants in the ground...

On a different note: Couple questions on protecting Oak and Apple trees from deer browsing and buck thrashing... I have a few staggler trees 2 year old seedlings) to protect in the coming weeks. Plan to use some chicken wire, what hieght would be best for oak? and what hieght for apples...

Bur/gambel's from Unv Idaho Nursery, looks like I missed out on those for next year (spring anyways), I would have liked to give those little plugs a shot over bareroot stock. http://seedlings.uidaho.com/ I like the root pruning that Kelly Tree farm does, although their Swamp Bur hybrid is...

Oaks or Apples: - Sawtooth Oak came from Cold Stream Farms, others from County Soil Conservation District - Going through those tubes (I used mats too) in the late spring sure was an adventure; found a dead bird in one, a mouse attacked me (sort of, when it jumped out of one), some loaded down...

oaks or apples? 2 years ago was the first time I tried planting oak and hazelnut seedlings using tree tubes (5 foot vented orange ones from Plantra). 1st year lost a few, but over all had pretty good success, I didn't keep records, but I'd say around 80% sucess compared to in the past 0%...

http://www.coldstreamfarm.net/t-faq.aspx I only planted my sawtooth oaks 2 seasons ago, was hoping to see acorns sooner but looks like it will be later...

...someone said a picture was worth a thousand words (picture below, from today but pretty much the same the last 2 weeks): The last 2-3 weeks the sourthern tip of the UP Michigan has been stuck in the low 60s. Might be in the 70s up in parts of Canada, but I'm thinking, I'm going to be in...

I wrapped up my seeding about 2 weeks ago, lessons learned for smaller plots: - invest in an Earthway Seeder - I picked one up for about $40, I was planning to use one of my smaller seeders (lawn type hand held), but it couldn't be found. So I tried: 1) using a lawn push type, got the job...

Just put in an order with Wind River for some Falcata Alalfa seed. They're great people to work with, very helpful with working around some last minute problems that came up. I picked up a little Sainfoin too, for the smaller quantity I requested, they are very reasonable, plus they carry the...

thanks dbl for the feedback Like I said, pretty much my first time venturing into the plotting, I'm really hoping for the best on it. The last 4-5 years I've taken my daughter and son out, they haven't seen much and only harvested one deer, so I'm trying to pull through for them. I think my...