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Post by Foggy on May 29, 2022 9:58:24 GMT -6
Up by land trying to get my bean plots in. Pretty wet, for tiller so taking the disc to open it up so it dries up a little. My son and wife are making me sit on side lines as I go this Tuesday for tests and a consult with electro physiologist to see how they are going to fix my afib. Took a chunk of skin off the back of my hand already and had a hard time stopping the bleeding due to the blood thinners they have me on. My wife scolded me and told me to sit my ass down and watch. Lol. Take it easy Tom. I went thru the A-Fib experience last summer. Got a holter monitor to wear for a while and then some meds to keep my heart ticking right. I also have those blood thinners and always seem to be black and blue from even minor bumps. Always wear work gloves now.....and get more careful around 'chinery. The farming needs to take a back seat for you for a while. Good luck....you can get past this....mind the wife! Best.
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Post by Tooln on May 29, 2022 13:58:36 GMT -6
Up by land trying to get my bean plots in. Pretty wet, for tiller so taking the disc to open it up so it dries up a little. My son and wife are making me sit on side lines as I go this Tuesday for tests and a consult with electro physiologist to see how they are going to fix my afib. Took a chunk of skin off the back of my hand already and had a hard time stopping the bleeding due to the blood thinners they have me on. My wife scolded me and told me to sit my ass down and watch. Lol. Tom sit back and watch them work. The older we get the longer it takes to heal. We also don't bounce like we use to.
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Post by Sandbur on May 31, 2022 11:59:14 GMT -6
. Cheap skate that I am, I just finished remodeling one side of the granary with used windows and used galvanized metal where I tore the old lean off. My Dad was a carpenter and I used his square, hammer, crowbar, and other tools. I put tin on the upper and lower parts of the wall. The middle section of small pieces of steel was on their previously. You might ask what the heck this has to do with foodplots? That top window comes out with 4 screws and is directly adjacent to the alfalfa field!
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Post by benmnwi on May 31, 2022 12:27:39 GMT -6
That upper window sure looks like a nice spot to sit and wait for a deer to walk by.
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Post by Foggy on May 31, 2022 17:23:08 GMT -6
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Post by Sandbur on May 31, 2022 19:03:18 GMT -6
. Cheap skate that I am, I just finished remodeling one side of the granary with used windows and used galvanized metal where I tore the old lean off. My Dad was a carpenter and I used his square, hammer, crowbar, and other tools. I put tin on the upper and lower parts of the wall. The middle section of small pieces of steel was on their previously. You might ask what the heck this has to do with foodplots? That top window comes out with 4 screws and is directly adjacent to the alfalfa field! Likely a great stand site. But I would add this....I think it's a damn good thing that you became a vet....and not a carpenter or a sheet metal worker. HUGE GRIN! . lol
(Just funn'in with you Art....looks pretty cool actually. ....kinda like a saddle on a sow. lol. ).
My wife is laughing when I read her your response. I ain’t had experience with a saddle on a sow, but you sound experienced. (We couldn’t afford saddles!) I have hammer, bent square, and a dull skill saw. Will travel if you need upgrades on your buildings.
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Post by Foggy on Jun 1, 2022 2:24:36 GMT -6
Rye and clover drilled last fall is growing quickly now. Ground temp is 60 f at my land. Anxious to get summer release and buckwheat planted now. Will drill into that rye green.....and roller crimp later in June. Got lots of standing water from over full marsh's and some trees down in food plots from storm. Will clean up tommorow and hope to plant in the next days....weather permitting. (oh....and I am up before Art. (couldn't sleep). ).
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Post by Reagan on Jun 1, 2022 3:33:17 GMT -6
How long do you plan to wait between drilling buckwheat and crimping rye?
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Post by Freeborn on Jun 1, 2022 4:59:49 GMT -6
What is your summer release mix? Is it mostly for soil building and do you terminate summer release and plant a fall plot?
Rye looks good.
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 1, 2022 5:22:58 GMT -6
Rye and clover drilled last fall is growing quickly now. Ground temp is 60 f at my land. Anxious to get summer release and buckwheat planted now. Will drill into that rye green.....and roller crimp later in June. Got lots of standing water from over full marsh's and some trees down in food plots from storm. Will clean up tommorow and hope to plant in the next days....weather permitting. (oh....and I am up before Art. (couldn't sleep). ). I don’t think your prediction of being up before me is accurate. You gotta do better than that to beat a JPS.
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 1, 2022 5:25:52 GMT -6
That upper window sure looks like a nice spot to sit and wait for a deer to walk by. The window comes out from the inside. There was an old window there with the glass broken out. Interesting that there were two small shelves between the studs by the window. I got the feeling that the previous owner used this spot for subsistence poaching.
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Post by Foggy on Jun 1, 2022 6:39:22 GMT -6
What is your summer release mix? Is it mostly for soil building and do you terminate summer release and plant a fall plot? Rye looks good. Green cover crop's summer release has a diverse mix which was created by Grant Woods on growing deer. It's got a few kinds of beans, sunflowers, buckwheat, and others. The have several of the "release" mixes that are touted by woods. Check them out. They now have a decent shipping process....but the real savings would be to get a "buying group" to cut the freight cost down bigly. I bought 1700 lbs of seed from them last fall.....so I didn't have to chase seed around in spring. Glad I did this....as my time has been limited this spring. I got my fall seed on this same shipment.
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Post by Foggy on Jun 1, 2022 6:42:56 GMT -6
How long do you plan to wait between drilling buckwheat and crimping rye? I want all the biomass I can get right now in order to create mulch for weed control and for some "armor" on the soil. I'm going to hold off on crimping to a point just before the rye seed would become viable. When it still has some milky-moisture in the seed.....the "dough stage". Likely two to four weeks.
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Post by Reagan on Jun 1, 2022 7:23:12 GMT -6
How long do you plan to wait between drilling buckwheat and crimping rye? I want all the biomass I can get right now in order to create mulch for weed control and for some "armor" on the soil. I'm going to hold off on crimping to a point just before the rye seed would become viable. When it still has some milky-moisture in the seed.....the "dough stage". Likely two to four weeks. Buckwheat grows like a rocket and has a fragile stem. I think your crimping will kill it along with the rye. Maybe that’s the goal??
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Post by Freeborn on Jun 1, 2022 7:49:46 GMT -6
What is your summer release mix? Is it mostly for soil building and do you terminate summer release and plant a fall plot? Rye looks good. Green cover crop's summer release has a diverse mix which was created by Grant Woods on growing deer. It's got a few kinds of beans, sunflowers, buckwheat, and others. The have several of the "release" mixes that are touted by woods. Check them out. They now have a decent shipping process....but the real savings would be to get a "buying group" to cut the freight cost down bigly. I bought 1700 lbs of seed from them last fall.....so I didn't have to chase seed around in spring. Glad I did this....as my time has been limited this spring. I got my fall seed on this same shipment. What is your cost per acre just for seed? Do you also add soil amendments every so often or are these eliminated with the mix? Do you need to spray any herbicides? Seed costs look high if you are planting summer and then fall release ($230) an acre not including soil amendments and herbicides. If you can offset the amendments and herbicides it would be more cost effective. Looks like a very diverse mix, do you see any challenges with using the drill? Does your drill have an auger system to keep the large and small seeds mixed? I could see this being a good mix in a rotation of beans/corn as it would allow a portion of your soils to have a diverse mix plus maybe the rotation will kill off the weeds long enough that it would help when that same portion of land was in soybeans or corn.
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