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This project has officially gotten out of control. Just got home from a week vacation and my potted sawtooth, english, gambel, and chestnut oaks that I refrigerated for a month or 2 then potted indoors are now sprouting everywhere. Everything that has not sprouted above ground level is getting...

Thanks for the tip. My english oaks and my first gamble oak started to sprout overnight too. I'm about to have oak seedlings coming out my ears, wish I would have left them in the fridge longer before trying to get a head start on planting.

Are you saying to pull them now and trim root, or let the rootball continue to grow over the next 3+months and then trim and plant. If I trim the young root now, won't they die? I might be able to gather enough topsoil to plant a few of them in 4-5 gallon buckets, but not sure how much indoor...

Exciting news, my first acorns are starting to sprout. I collected almost every available member of the white oak family this past fall. I refrigerated most for 1-2 months then planted a few of each in containers (tallest styrofoam coffee cups I could find). I've been watering them 1x week...

Just answered my own question. Looks like #1 is a sawtooth- never seen one in person before... I'm becoming more convinced #2 is a pin oak with giant acorns unless anyone else has an idea

I'm looking for some help with oak tree identification: 1) Subject #1 has long, relatively oval shaped leaves with jagged edges similar to chinkapin, but each jagged point on the leaf has a barb like a thorn. The acorn caps are hairy like a bur oak, but the cap is much smaller and only covers...

Is 12 months the minimum you would wait after tilling it under to re-plant in alfalfa?

I have (had) a pretty decent alfalfa stand the past 2 years. This year through a combination of wet spring, bad timing on my part, and now hot, dry summer, I was not able to spray this year and the broadleaves were really taking over. There was still alot of alfalfa, but it was getting a bit...

yes, but go heavy on the seed

My favorite is to cut the breast into strips, soak in milk, pat dry then heat up a pan of peanut oil. Sprinkle the strips with salt and pepper and then roll in flour. Next roll in beaten egg and then roll in shredded coconut. Fry in the peanut oil until golden brown. They are great with a...

Anybody have any luck with the 'Turkey Skins' cover that you can put on your decoys or a homemade variety? I bought one last year for my go-to bobble head hen deke and I think it looks pretty good (a bit fuzzy on the bottom though) and I think the birds hate it. Except for a pair of hens last...

My white clover fields are extremely dense with tall clover plants that are probably getting unpalatable. With all the other food available, I'm not worried about the deer not utilizing it and its getting so dense that it is probably helping to control weeds and grasses. Is there a downside to...

Maybe her daddy was a buzzard?

3 from Ohio = 32

Visited my alfalfa plot yesterday and it looks like the Butyrac did almost nothing. The Shadow does a great job on grasses though. Still have quite a few broadleaves. I found that my mystery weed is Yellow Wood Sorrel and I have tons of it. I need to do some research and see if there is an...

Alfalfa mowing After several applications of Shadow (clethodim) I have the grasses under control and a recent applicatino of Butyrac 200 hopefully will have everything else under control. I have 2 questions: 1) There is a lot of alfalfa in my field, but its a bit spindly and each plant is...

Thanks for the reply. I've heard about the toxicity issue, but I had 2 good years of alfalfa and then the past 2 years were mostly grass and weeds, so I hoped that would be long enough. I'll say the alfalfa sprouts are doing quite well. I wanted to roundup first, but it was pretty pricey and...

Update and question At the beginning of April, I plowed and disced under my grass covered former alfalfa plot. I did not spray first and estimate that post-discing I had about 65% bare ground and 35% live grass. I packed the field and broadcast alfalfa seeds and it rained that night and...

I've been researching the Fenix lights too and finally settled on the 30D version. Can't wait for it to get here. thanks

I'm looking for a good, bright flashlight to keep in my pack for bloodtrailing. I have a small mini-mag lite with LED bulbs that is very bright and good white color beam, but only lights up the area around my feet. I'm looking for a larger (3 or 4 C or D cell type) light that has LED for good...