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Last year I shared where I had done several acres of dozer work on our farm here in Henderson County, including building a small drinking pond.
This included putting out 800# of fertilizer and 1500# of lime (by hand ) - and then planting Egyptian wheat around the plot for seclusion. It came up pretty well, but wasn't planted thick enough - lesson learned!
For fall forage I planted a 200# mix of:
Cereal Rye
Winter Wheat
Oats (plus a little clover, and a few turnips and radishes)
This was followed up by overseeding another 100# of rye a few weeks later, and a final 50# of Rye in Late October
Layering was key here, as it really created a very thick mass of food, in 3 separate growing stages. Overall, considering I started with bare, poor soil and did all of this by hand (and a 4 Wheeler) I was pretty happy with the results.
Early Muzzleloader season the wifey ended her 3 year antler drought (She's passed deer bigger than this, but this guy fed in front of her for 30 minutes and it was just the wrong place, wrong time for him )
Later on in early December (our best week each year) she finally tagged her 3.5yo buck. he was broken and scarred up from fight. Neat thing, the main beams almost touch in the front. In total, she saw 5 different shooters this year, but this was the only one that offered a clean shot. We had one deer on camera several times this year that would have been 135" - just never connected.
Fast forward to this spring, the clover really exploded (note, this picture was taken after the hunt and not in the plot) and all of the rye, wheat etc. came back strong. We've never had this many turkeys on the property before! This guy came in with 2 other gobblers straight to the decoys. I am not a good turkey caller at all, so chalk this one up to right place, right time. We had turkeys on camera pretty much every day this spring. Just because of declining numbers around here, I chose not to shoot any more turkeys.
The plot stayed green all through winter and then came back strong this spring. After Turkey season, the wheat and rye was 3-4 feet high.
This is where I got excited, and it's all part of our NO-TILL plan for the property. We've gone from bare, acidic clay to a very nice layer of (relatively weed free) biomass that I will be planting into this fall. I put out a new mix of sorghum 2 weeks ago as a barrier.
I threw out another 600# of fertilizer and 1200# of lime this past weekend - by hand, and then had the neighbor bush hog everything.
Man, I need a tractor.
Is it November yet!?
This included putting out 800# of fertilizer and 1500# of lime (by hand ) - and then planting Egyptian wheat around the plot for seclusion. It came up pretty well, but wasn't planted thick enough - lesson learned!
For fall forage I planted a 200# mix of:
Cereal Rye
Winter Wheat
Oats (plus a little clover, and a few turnips and radishes)
This was followed up by overseeding another 100# of rye a few weeks later, and a final 50# of Rye in Late October
Layering was key here, as it really created a very thick mass of food, in 3 separate growing stages. Overall, considering I started with bare, poor soil and did all of this by hand (and a 4 Wheeler) I was pretty happy with the results.
Early Muzzleloader season the wifey ended her 3 year antler drought (She's passed deer bigger than this, but this guy fed in front of her for 30 minutes and it was just the wrong place, wrong time for him )
Later on in early December (our best week each year) she finally tagged her 3.5yo buck. he was broken and scarred up from fight. Neat thing, the main beams almost touch in the front. In total, she saw 5 different shooters this year, but this was the only one that offered a clean shot. We had one deer on camera several times this year that would have been 135" - just never connected.
Fast forward to this spring, the clover really exploded (note, this picture was taken after the hunt and not in the plot) and all of the rye, wheat etc. came back strong. We've never had this many turkeys on the property before! This guy came in with 2 other gobblers straight to the decoys. I am not a good turkey caller at all, so chalk this one up to right place, right time. We had turkeys on camera pretty much every day this spring. Just because of declining numbers around here, I chose not to shoot any more turkeys.
The plot stayed green all through winter and then came back strong this spring. After Turkey season, the wheat and rye was 3-4 feet high.
This is where I got excited, and it's all part of our NO-TILL plan for the property. We've gone from bare, acidic clay to a very nice layer of (relatively weed free) biomass that I will be planting into this fall. I put out a new mix of sorghum 2 weeks ago as a barrier.
I threw out another 600# of fertilizer and 1200# of lime this past weekend - by hand, and then had the neighbor bush hog everything.
Man, I need a tractor.
Is it November yet!?
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