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Expecting rain this weekend, I went ahead and bought my fertilizer and prepared to plant on Friday morning. I chopped up the thatch with my ATV disc then pulled my harrow around smooth it out a little. I ended up with this: I broadcast my fertilizer and seed and drove the ATV around on it...

Thanks Daver. I've heard that as well and I'll keep that in mind. Do you usually add fertilizer when you plant or is it better to let it get started, then fertilize?

I planted on 7/1. I did get a couple decent rains right after I planted, but then nothing for the next few weeks. That spot was a mostly failed brassicas plot in 2012. It got over-run with grass and weeds in the spring so I killed it, burned it off and then tilled. I'll probably give it the...

Maybe I got my brassicas in earlier than you guys, but mine did great. 9/2/13 Radish. 9/20/13 Purple Top 10/12/13 Could have been my help that made mine grow so well! :D I hope we can get some timely rains so everyone has similar results this year.

I'm not going to be able to get a drill in there. I was planning on the broadcast and pray method that's worked for me before. I burned it off last year and it did fine but I'd rather leave the straw there for the reasons you stated. Those seeds are tiny but I don't know if even a really hard...

I have a 1 acre plot that I started dbltree's mixes in last year. I terminated the half with oats/rye in late May with Roundup. I'm planning on putting the turnips/radishes mix in that spot in the next couple weeks. I would like to keep tillage to a minimum as it was weeds for a few years and...

I started a plot very similar in size and location last year and used dbltree's winter rye/oats mix. A 50 lb bag of each will be more than enough. It's very cheap and effective. It provided good attraction in the fall and suppressed the weeds very well so far this year. I've bumped deer out...

IowaWhitetail, bringing neighbors together! That's awesome. Glad you got your pups back.

No, Des Moines is not in his district. DM, Iowa City and the other cities are the reason for the Dem majority in the statehouse. A pretty punk move for a formerly respected public official. I'm from that area originally and I know a lot of his family. Good, hard working people, but this is...