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Very well done, we appreciate you sharing the pictures :)

Hard to say but to much or to little water can cause browning, I never had a problem with to much.

May 13, 2014 Jess & crew planted hundreds of trees this spring including fruit trees from Adams County Nursery, Wildlife Growers and oak and chestnut trees from Forrest Keeling We try to plant tree orchards that include fruit, chestnut and hybrid oak trees We also try to keep trees in...

May 9, 2014 The rye strips are lush and growing quickly now Note the brassica strips are completely weed free thanks to the allelopathic effects of brassicas that inhibit germination of small seeds. Rye has the same effect leaving the fall seeded clover also weed free Not a weed in...

The way it's warming up, I wouldn't risk it, just clip weeds 8-12" high this summer ;)

Use atrazine and crop oil now and 2-4D mid June ;)

3qts = 3lbs keep well agitated

Burning NWSG Jess & crew did a lot of burning in April, it does wonders for native prairie grass but it can also be very dangerous! I learned my lesson nearly 20 years ago, so Jess takes every precaution to avoid a runaway wildfire. Because we burn commercially we use more equipment then the...

I agree ;)

Discing is all that's required, we spray in late May and mow 1st of July. Rye makes outstanding fawning cover, if you mow earlier you'll kill fawns

I have zero experience with those species

Mowing will work

Perfect! Keep us posted John :)

Ed is dead on what works up north up north won't fly here

Beautiful! Thanks for posting :)

We buy 40" rabbit proof wire and small 5' U posts at Menards. Check with area farmers they often have rolls of old woven wire from cleaning out fence rows and are happy to get rid of it ;)

Looks good keep us posted :)

Clarification of rotation mixes Some questions and confusion about the rotation often come up so I'll to clarify a bit, here's a picture of a plot we plant Here's the suggested guidelines for the rotation One question is "do the items in the rye mix get mixed together or each item in mix...

I'm saying seed I get from John Osenbaugh germs in 80% range not 8%!! If the seed was dormant seeded in the winter it would have time to stratify and some dormant seed might germinate, but drilling this spring you won't get anymore germination then what's on the bag. Some seed may germinate...

Yep sounds good to me