Recent content by tmiler

Has anyone used simazine post-emergence on corn? The label says don't apply post-emerge with a foliar fertilizer, and I'm not going to do that. It would seem to me that since it doesn't have an effect on growing weeds it wouldn't affect the growing corn. We've got a pigweed issue and planned...

This bill makes no sense to me. It complicates the prosecution of a trespasser and in fact gives trespassers rights and lessens land value. There is no existing requirement to notify a trespasser that they are not allowed to trespass if they are on your property without permission, there is no...

Unless they've recently changed the law, you don't need a salvage tag to take the head of a dead buck when you find the head on your own property. I've dealt with this issue before and I know that conservation officer's will say that you need one, but the definition of a salvage tag deals with...

Does anyone have any updates? I'm planting 100 rhizomes this weekend in poor soil along the edge of a clover plot.

We used to have the most trouble figuring out what to do with the front shoulders. Now we do this everytime: keep the entire shoulder whole and place it in a large tin baking pan. Meanwhile chop carrots, leeks, onions and panfry until tender. Add mushrooms and garlic to panfried veggies for a...

Did Mr. Kaster perform his own taxidermy work? If he doesn't I'd want to talk to the guy who did his heads or anyone that he says helped him load the deer etc. I know my taxidermist always wants to hear the full story about the kill and then fixes the tag to the back of the mount. If one guy...

Oh, and congrats on the hunt.

The "right hand rule" only applies in Iowa if it is reduced to writing and recorded at the County Recorder's office. Then it binds all subsequent owners. You can also enter into any written agreement on maintenance that you want. Otherwise landowners sharing a common boundary are jointly...

I haven't even got my brassica seed down and I'm contemplating saving the seed for next year with this drought. I'm considering tricticale as well. I see the seed on Welters for $18 for 50 lbs and recommends 100-120 lbs stand alone. Do you mix your tricticale with anything? WW or GHFR for...

If I need to till, what is the recommended preparation without any heavy equipment? Garden tiller? This field has been in an alfalfa/grass mix for a few years so the ground hasn't been worked. Would I need to till the entire path or just a few rows?

This Appanoose County farm is new to me and a work in progress and also my first time with EW. It will be at least August before I have any equipment there but one of my first projects was to get an 8 x 550 ft strip of EW planted. I've sprayed it and cut the existing growth. I've got the seed...

I picked up some Compare and Save 41% gly. The label doesn't mention whether it contains a surfactant and is completely silent on that issue. It says to mix the chemical with water. Some labels with gly specifically state do not add a surfactant to the mix as it will reduce effectiveness...

With red cedars, is there any need to protect them at all? Any need to stake them? Any need for a weed mat? Any need for a tube or cage? I'd be planting them 12-24" in SE Iowa along our gravel road as a screen. From what I've read, deer don't seem to touch them and they don't need much help...

Prairie dogs will destroy a pasture by having holes everywhere. Ranchers have cattle in a pasture. Cattle break legs in a hole. Cattle with broken legs need to be killed.

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