New Crops

May 16th
Planted more crops as follows
75% of corn - in rows
10# Coopers Wet summer mix with 10# sunflower in second bsin feild near corn plantings
Birdfoot T. in wet area next to that - Should have planted 2 weeks eairly due to 125 maturity but...
Planted rest of Wet Area Summer mix in wide strip in New field - Wet but not bad -

Planted blueberry plants
Planted pumpkin, (2 types) and water melon in tire along with some flowers.

Results

Corn planted 2 weeks before did not germinate - Suspect Ground too cold Hit low of 20 seek before

Lots of clover were did not spray round up and suprising amount were did - Possible last years seeds

and or grouwth was under grass that was killed

Alfalpha growing good - grass died with use of arrest but may need bradleaf herbicide

Definatly need broadleaf in woods food plot -

Wildlife

Bear on deer cam -

Does on deer cam - no sign of Bucks

Alfafa higher in control (fenced area) - but not in wet fields

Lots of brosing of clover in deeer cam

May 5th
Fabricated a spring tooth Harrow to attach to King Kutter Disk - 2 tines - Hopefully this will break grass clumps
Need to get Birds foot planted - 125 day maturity - And plant 1/2 crop - Rest last weekend May -June 1st
Middle section of big wet field to be clover path - Not sure if will spray arrect or not. Maybe and plant sweet grass
But can do this in June -
Put up 2 controls - Fence circles to monitor growth where deer can't eat - Whitetail INstiture Clover present but still not growing hardy yet due to cold

May 2010
Return 2 weeks later - Disappointed grass growing in all fields but were sprayed this year - Lots
Staked out sections of BIg wet field to plant in setions
Sprayed with round up -
PLanted 120 feet of Tuckers OP Corn
DIsc fields again - ON field with Grass - Did not effect enough - Draged Fence to level a little

April 2010
Dry year - Still wet in wet lands
Killed Grass in Basin area - prep for sweet grass
Sprayed Arrest on Last years Alfalfa
Disc most fields - Only 4 year old fields look good
Used old section of dog kennel fece to drag old fields - Worked good - Look sweet