Recent content by ArcherErl

Brassicas have been a struggle in recent years with the dry conditions. They mow down what comes up, but I haven't had the bulb production as I've gotten in the past. I use Real World beans, and the deer will feed on them in summer. I've been doing a ton of TSI this winter and spring and will...

Lol I have some neighbors with like 700 acres of food plots. I’m a drop in the bucket for the area I’m in…

Even though I'm in southern Iowa, my beans don't really get hit that hard. I usually plant heavily and have plenty of beans still hanging on come springtime. I'm guessing once my TSI takes off, that will be a different story. Because my winter habitat situation isn't ideal, the beans have really...

that was my thought. I was going to broadcast cereal grains into the standing beans early September.

Roughly 2.5 acres.

I have to access it from the SW corner of the field. I generally bow hunt and stand locations are not set in stone.

I want to diversify this 2+ acre area. I’ve had it in beans for 2 years now and it gets used very little in early season. I have a border of clover with switch grass inside of that. I am going to plant half in alfalfa and half in beans this year. Should I just split it down the middle or do...