Crimson clover is beginning to bloom out…………I planted this front section in nothing but pure crimson. In the back is the mix of rye/clover. . Just gonna let it reseed itself now and add some white clover this fall.

Couple more spring clover pics…….

Beautiful. Tell me a little more about that stand in the old oak.

Thanks!...... I thought it would be kinda cool to build an old throwback wooden stand in that tree. It’s big enough to put a chair in it and just kick back. As long as the wind doesn’t get shifty the deer never pay any attention to you. It’s one of several stands I have around the field so that I can play different winds if I need to.

Very cool! You just shimmy out on that limb and climb in?

I’ve got an old step ladder I prop up against the limb during deer season. The stand is solid as a rock. The base boards are 2 X10's attached to the tree with some pretty good sized lag screws and everything else was screwed together.. Here’s a couple more pics.

My rye is almost waist high already.
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CNC, I'm surprised you haven't pole sawed that one branch sticking way out by the tree house. It would drive me nuts...

Turkey_neck……….Your plot is looking good man. You should have a nice crop of rye biomass to feed back to the soil.

Remington……….That limb has never really bothered me. I actually think its kind of cool how they reach so far out without breaking. The end of t he limb is just the right height for a scrape.

I had to mow us out a walking trail………….That's rough on the allergies.



The crimson is pretty well peaking right now.........



Caught the bluebirds eating breakfast……..Looks like they were having grasshopper.

My rye is chest high already also It’s crazy how high it is already.

It can get 6 ft tall in good growing conditions.......It gets to be a chit load of biomass to deal with when its that thick and tall too.

Checked mine Saturday and they were over waist high, but looks like I got the rate about right. not too thick.

I'm chomping at the bit to plant millet in some and sunhemp in others. I wish it would hurry and warm up. This is the week before Easter.

That looks nice toothdoc.......Has it jumped a lot since that pic??? You would ideally like for it to be somewhere around chest high or better to make hay for a summer planting.

I haven't been back up since. I'm moving in a couple of weeks, so it will be mid-late may before I can even think about doing anything up there.

Hey, CNC or others, when you T&M is it fertilizer, seed then bush hog, or seed, bush hog, fertilizer? that is, do you want the fertilizer to go under the thatch?

It doesn't really matter.........either way.

Fisher, I always plant and after it gets up 2-3" throw out the fertilizer.

Same as blumsden.