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You're right, choosing the right oaks will be key. The Bur Oak is the only native oaks in the area. Staying with them and certain Bur hybrids should be good. As soon as the ID state nursery starts accepting new orders for next spring, I'll be putting mine in right away. I think between...

I’ll start off. In my area, the most common native trees are Cottonwoods and Hackberrys. It’s tough to find water around here that doesn’t have cottonwoods nearby, and it’s tough to find any upland ground without a Hackberry tree. Neither of them are very beneficial to deer for providing food...

I'm betting that a lot of us who are into planting and managing tree's, already have a particular one on your property stands out above the rest. Possibly it's your most productive mast producer that is a magnet to deer, one that you collect acorns/nut from for your own propagation, or pne that...

I snapped a few pictures last night. One thing I noticed on nearly 80% of my trees, is that I had some die-back on the limbs. Last summer I had a problem with grasshoppers eating 25-75% of the leaves and some of the bark off the trees, which may have had something to do with it. This...

What are your thoughts on the possibility of blight with the American Chestnuts? I'd like to get some pure American strains if I knew there was a good probability of them doing fine. I saw on the ID nursery site that they could be "grown in the west blight-free"... so I would assume it depends...

I read this on another forum I frequently visit, and thought it was pretty incredible, as it was just 2 years after planting. If you look close enough you can see the little acorns. It's a standard white oak that came from the forestry service in Ontario.

Great Pictures Guys. It's nice to see exactly what I plan on ordering for next Spring. I'll try to take some picture updates tonight of some plantings...

Congrats to you & your family. That is really exciting Same here. My little girl is due around Sept 13th. Can't wait.

Thanks for the info. With the tubes I have, you can connect 2 together to make it double-wide. I'll give that a try.

Nice looking planting setup there Paul. Looks like it sure saves some time in comparison to the ole dibble bar! In the past week, the chesnuts are finally starting to show. I kept about a 1/2 pound of chesnuts & sowed them in a 2" seedbed, about 2 months ago. I'll be planting these closer...

Congrats on the bird!

Hawks and owls prey on pheasants more than most people think. Back in Highschool I used to own and run a pheasant farm. I had 8 flight conditioning nets and about 8K birds yearly. Birds of Prey have incredible timing on catching a pheasant. I remember seeing quite a few occasions of a...

Way to go guys... Congrats!

Awesome. Thanks for posting those pics. Looks like they have some great root systems...Hopefully they work out well for you.

My goal is to put them in the miracle grow just long enough to sprout...or until I have the time to plant them. There are a handful that are shooting up 1-2" stems out of the soil, so I'll hopefully be able to plant those real soon.

I purchased these acorns & seeds from a supplier called Sheffields, so I wasn't involved in storing them or know what they did to store them over the winter. http://www.sheffields.com/ Once I received them, I soaked them in water for a day and then placed then on damp paper towels inside...

Dbltree.. Have you received those hybrid oaks from Idaho yet? I was going to order a few, but waited about a week or 2, too long... and they were all sold out. But I was interested to see what you thought of them, as I'd like to order some much earlier next year!

Thanks for posting those pictures Dbltree. I plan on ordering a few hybrid oaks for my yard here shortly... and it's good to know what to expect. Those paper pots look pretty slick. I planted a couple hundred or so, bur oak acorns over the weekend. Almost every one was shooting out a...

Sounds about right for that General area. Just a word of advice though...I hope you have someone to watch it like a hawk, because around Cuba, lots of people roadhunt and there are plenty of local groups who pay absolutely no attention to "No-hunting" signs. Especially if they know it's leased...

It depends a lot on which area of NC Kansas. From what i've seen, the closer to Manhattan & Tuttle Creek areas, the higher it is. If it's river bottom, then usually it's also higher.. like areas around Concordia. I'd be curious as to where and what you're getting it for. A 1/2 - 1/2 mix on...