Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
Find any sheds ?
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Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
Cool .. that’s always fun just to see them. .
Found 16 the following day burning. That video will be SWEET. It's coming.
All day burn from Sunday in a 6-minute video. Drone footage starts at about 2 min. I'm just learning how to make videos, so the editing is not the greatest! Video is of a 15 acre section of the burn.
This is a field that we are converting from brome to native grasses. The brome was fall sprayed which is the best time to terminate cool season grasses. The fire got rid of a decade worth of thatch so we can have the best success possible on the new planting of natives.
This is a field that we are converting from brome to native grasses. The brome was fall sprayed which is the best time to terminate cool season grasses. The fire got rid of a decade worth of thatch so we can have the best success possible on the new planting of natives.
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203ntyp
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Great job! Love the video, you'll be a pro!
scottonbuck
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Rob I cant believe you got all that burnt with out burning up a truck or the neighbors cabin! LOL
Converting about a mile of ditches to switchgrass. The goal is a little bit of screening and pheasant hunting. This was summer mowed and fall sprayed before frost seeding this weekend.
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
Is that in a road right away ? Borders your land ?
yes it's a road right away. It is a clients.
Here is a video of the end goal from my place.
hillrunner
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Did you need permission from the county to do that? I wouldn't have guessed that to be legal.
Another thought, with ditches being public hunting, is there any concern you might attract bird hunters?
Daver
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Ditto, my thoughts too, FWIW.
Never had an issue. Done multiple times. It is undoubtedly better when complete.
Burn every few years and the county doesn't have to maintain trees, etc.
(For the record, you own to the middle of the road)
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Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
I’d love to do that in Minnesota, but one of my farms borders a highway. ..The highway department would not allow it. They cut almost every ditch for hay
Gravel township roads might be a different story ?Not sure on that ?
Gravel township roads might be a different story ?Not sure on that ?
Yeah this is in middle of nowhere. 10 cars a day... maybe.
scottonbuck
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Imagine the pheasant populations if every ditch had switch grass planted in them! Probably helps with drifting snow a bit in the winter as well, or make it worse depending on the wind direction.
Busy few days... spring craziness has started
Did a driveway job
Frost seeded a ton of switchgrass
Planted a dozen clover plots.
Knocked out 3 prescribed fires.
Completed a farm consult
Grabbed soil samples all over.
Did a driveway job
Frost seeded a ton of switchgrass
Planted a dozen clover plots.
Knocked out 3 prescribed fires.
Completed a farm consult
Grabbed soil samples all over.
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Got RWWP Gen 2 beans and miscanthus today. Have alot more miscanthus coming in 2 weeks.
That wouldn’t work up in my area- any tall grass gets mowed off and all utilities have the use of the entire ROW. Heck, even cattails they now have long boom mowers they mow those off too.
We knocked out EQIP timber burn. It was a bit of a struggle as it just did not want to carry well. Walked a TON dropping fire lines to get it done which resulted in finding a dozen sheds.
