Recent content by Daver

As it relates to a formerly predominantly oak, walnut and hickory timber that was unfortunately high graded pretty badly... If one wanted to revitalize and improve the timber for future generations, what input can fellow IW's provide? I intend to whack virtually all ironwoods, a lot of the...

Just saw this, thought of this thread.

I have written several times here about this, FWIW. This subject is near and dear to me. :) We have also seen a dramatic reduction in turkey pops over the years. I would say the drop started about 15'ish years ago. I have long suspected bobcats, at least to a degree, since the decline of...

I couldn't copy the link on my phone, but there is a fixer-upper wagon/cart on the Schoeblen sp? site in Riverside, IA, for only $250. It looks like it needs tires, etc, but if you are looking to build a "cart blind"...this would be a good start IMO. It's listed on FB Marketplace.

Been there!! :)

Great day, congrats!! One word of advice...if you haven't already done so, please strongly consider caging those new fruit trees. I speak from experience. :) A non-caged tree is pretty much a lost cause IMO.

Just my opinion, but that piece has some cool elements but also potentially terrible boundary headaches, depending on neighbors. It is listed fairly high, IMO, but it is one that I wouldn't be surprised to see actually sell for much less $$. Time will tell. There have been properties listed...

This is the handiwork of the FB...they want local FARMERS to own the land, ALL of the land. They are even against Iowa residents owning land in counties where they do not reside. OK, alrighty...let's get it on FB. We should raise prices in "the city" for all of the "country bumpkins FB...

If you do use wooden fence posts...try not to whack them with the tractor bucket when you are around them. :)

The canopy is fairly open in this area, as we have done TSI (about 12+ years ago) and then did a relatively light timber harvest last year. I need to go back through though and the few ironwoods that remain. That brought on more MFR than I want in this area. I want it thick there, but not...

No, but my son had already scoured the area previously. We are also going to burn a section of our CRP with the hopes of finding a shed, or two. But the wind was not right for that yesterday. Instead, we burned two other small sections, each about an acre, without incident. Lots of people...

I only took one pic, but we pulled off a nice timber burn yesterday. We used leaf blowers to make fire breaks and otherwise used creekbed dropoffs to contain it. Where the timber met the field on one side, we ran the tiller down the edge of field. Everything went smoothly. This pic is the...

Aaaahhhh yes, good idea. FWIW, I see roughly 2" thick slabs of about that length for sale at times for several hundred dollars on up to a couple thousand dollars apiece. That log would probably yield 8 to 10+ such slabs. You would need an extra wide sawmill though. :) But that is a great...

Agree with JNR...that guy gets it! :) But I will add that in my experience, if you are relying on a local farmer to later plant your corn...they hate working burned ground. That is from a limited sample size, 2 different farmers, but I once burned off some stalks in preparation for spring...

My understanding of veneer trees would cause me to say that I don't think you have one there. Hopefully I am wrong though. "Yard" trees, or really any walnut growing out in the "open" are not likely to be veneer quality because of things that can be seen in this pic, lower limbs being evident...