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Post by sd51555 on Nov 30, 2018 21:24:10 GMT -6
November 30th, and I’m already done for next year, and I did it in 4” of snow. Now before u think I’ve finally lost it, and I’m sitting here in women’s makeup wearing a dress and talking jibberish to my cat, let me explain. I have grown to like planting trees like Obama created jobs, and that is... Show up and take credit for what is already there. ...only I did do a little work to get them going. I flattened a little over two acres this week. I sought to save/liberate any conifer, birch, oak, hazelnut, beaked hazel, basswood, ironwood, cherries, and dogwoods. I’d guess I opened up the canopy to a good 500+ desired trees and shrubs, and also created a hundred or so good sized stumps for sprouts come spring. Conifers. There had to be hundreds of these from puny all the way up to dozens from 4-10’ tall.
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Post by sd51555 on Nov 30, 2018 21:27:18 GMT -6
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Post by sd51555 on Nov 30, 2018 21:30:20 GMT -6
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Post by sd51555 on Nov 30, 2018 21:35:47 GMT -6
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Post by Tooln on Nov 30, 2018 21:42:41 GMT -6
Way to go SD. But I'd really like to have seen pics of you planting plugs or bare root in the 4" of snow. Then we'd understand the make up and dress, but we'd also have to take Bob from you as an unfit parent.
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Post by sd51555 on Nov 30, 2018 22:07:23 GMT -6
Way to go SD. But I'd really like to have seen pics of you planting plugs or bare root in the 4" of snow. Then we'd understand the make up and dress, but we'd also have to take Bob from you as an unfit parent. That made me think of that scene from Wyatt Earp where the mob tried taking his cat. You better bring guns and lots of guys if you're gonna come for Bob.
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Post by Sandbur on Dec 1, 2018 5:22:23 GMT -6
Most true Jack Pine Savages think it is a little weird to turn to the dress and make up... well before Jan 1, anyway. That’s the way foggy splained it to me, but he only lasted one winter in the north country. He went south where he can wear the short skirt all winter, WITHOUT the long johns. Poor guy, his wife has to follow him around on the golf course or he gets propositioned. I just don’t know about Zony. Next UPS will have new uniforms. Cold weather keeps us sane in the north country....I think.
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Post by Sandbur on Dec 1, 2018 5:26:14 GMT -6
SD. Now something serious that you might want to watch for. The consulting forester told me that if you clear cut an ash swamp or the ash or any trees are die off, there is a tendency for those areas to get wetter. Trees had been pulling moisture up from the ground.
I don’t know what size of area he was talking about. It probably varies with soil type.
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Post by Sandbur on Dec 1, 2018 5:26:50 GMT -6
Did you cut any deer trails through these spots to direct movement?
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Post by chummer16 on Dec 1, 2018 6:25:17 GMT -6
Love what you did, looks great. I plan on doing the same thing over 20 acres but I don’t have near the diversity you have.
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Post by batman on Dec 1, 2018 9:29:23 GMT -6
Staying on topic I worked up 2 new food plots yesterday. They were frozen to the ground but we popped them out. Yield per acre is off the charts.
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Post by sd51555 on Dec 1, 2018 9:40:15 GMT -6
SD. Now something serious that you might want to watch for. The consulting forester told me that if you clear cut an ash swamp or the ash or any trees are die off, there is a tendency for those areas to get wetter. Trees had been pulling moisture up from the ground. I don’t know what size of area he was talking about. It probably varies with soil type. That thought was rolling through my head while I was working. The wet spots where it was heavy ash, I only cut a quarter to half acre, I was worried about the same thing. The big trees were primarily ash in the wet spot, but there were birch, balsam, poplar, and tag alder as well. The swamp seemed really dry for being a swamp this time of year. There was a good 3/4" skim of ice where there was supposed to be water. Well the water kept soaking down after the ice formed, and I bet you that water dropped 8" after freeze up. That dry spell in August really zapped the ground I think. I also didn't cut any trails through the stuff. The areas are not as impenetrable as they look in the photos. They are more islands of brush instead. I was careful not to block any existing trails, and after a year, the grass is gonna start to swallow most of that tag alder brush anyway.
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Post by sd51555 on Dec 1, 2018 9:44:39 GMT -6
Love what you did, looks great. I plan on doing the same thing over 20 acres but I don’t have near the diversity you have. You'd be amazed the diversity you find when you look at every single stem and every square foot of ground you're working on.
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Post by sd51555 on Dec 1, 2018 9:52:03 GMT -6
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Post by Catscratch on Dec 1, 2018 12:59:35 GMT -6
Staying on topic I worked up 2 new food plots yesterday. They were frozen to the ground but we popped them out. Yield per acre is off the charts. Lol! How is that variety for a late season plot? Will it still be attractive late winter when they shed? I love walking bean fields looking for sheds... I bet that plot would be a similar hot spot at that time.
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