Electric Fence

I'm debating whether to install an electric fence around the new trees we planted this year to keep deer at bay. About the time to do it if it is going to get done.

Other Photos

Here is what it looks like in the timber from 4 years ago. We bulldozed out old downed trees for doing some tree planting. Unfortunately the trees have not survived, but we plan on doing more tree planting this fall or next spring on this 3 acre patch.

Here is a Shellbark Hickory Tree that dad and I planted from seed several years ago along the 3 acre field we used to farm.

                                         Many deer tracks along the Bull Pond.

                              Shellbark Hickory Trees Dad & I planted.

End of August

Now the effects of the spraying can be seen. Of course it is dryer now. Not much rain in the last 2 weeks. The grass is finally slowing up.

The Bull Pond in the timber is the lowest it has been in 3 years. Finally the Iowa River is down about 6' inside it's bank.

                                             The Deer Cam and one photo from it.

Spraying

We have done some spraying to combat the weeds and grass since the wet year has been good for growing trees, but it has been great for grass also.

Here you can see an oak tree tucked in the grass. Spraying should be a big help here.

Just did some spraying here today and it should be a big help.

Black Locust Tree Battle

We have been battling Black Locust Trees for many years. We have used prairie burning several years also but that doesn't faze them much either. Todon doesn't seem to faze them at all. We recently cut and mowed them off again and used Tordon again. Today I noticed over 1,000 coming up from the roots. I spoke today with the ISU Agronomy Department. It sounds like Transline is the foliage spray to use. And Garland spray on stumps. Tordon is no good, I figured as much now, but the forestry department and no else had been any help on this matter till now. The Black Locust is a legume and the do sprout voraciously from the roots. Also they are spred by seed. He recommended waiting until there is more leaf growth and use Transline to get the chemical to the roots. It all originally started with 2 larger trees along the lane.

Hunting - Hiking - Bird Watching - Photography

    

     There is 160 Acres of Land in Prairie with food plots for lease. 3 Creeks traverse the Upland Rolling Prairie and trees line the creeks. Pheasant, Deer, Rabbit and Coyote, Ground Hog, and Crow Hunting. Muskrat, Opposum, Raccoon and Skunk Trapping at the creeks, or ponds is available. There are about 5 acres of Food plots of Corn and Beans are on the property. Maximum of 3 hunters and 2 dogs permitted for Pheasants. 2 days per week hunting allowed. Lease by day or by Month. $100./day/Person. Monthly rate - $700./Person. Seasonal Rate $3,500. Opening Day Pheasant rate - $150./Person.

     There is 15 Acres and 4 Acres in the heart of the Amanas on the Iowa River Timber Bottomland. 1 Pond on the land. Deer, Rabbit, Coyote, Crow, and Duck Hunting. We have begun reforestation of the land about 5 years ago. This year we planted aboaut 2 acres of tree seedlings. 


     Maximum of 2 Hunters. Deer ,or Turkey Hunting $100./day.
Hiking, Bird Viewing, Photography, Wildflower viewing, Prairie appreciation and 3 Pond at locations. 15 Wood Duck houses are along the creeks and ponds with some occupied by Owls. 50 Blue bird houses occupied by Blue Birds, Wrens, and Tree Swallows. There are a couple of Kestrel houses also.


     The BarSan Prairie and Red Tail Sand Prairie were started to be reestablished in 1980 and is an ongoing event. Big Bluestem, Small Blue Stem, Indian Grass, Various Wildflower species. In the fall trails are mowed with about 5 miles of hiking trails with 2 Creek crossings. Beautiful scenery. $35./day.

     Enjoy our 160 acres of Native and Restored Prairie and Wild flowers as much as we do. We have planted 5 Acres of new trees this spring. We have Iowater testing at the 3 Creeks. We do Prairie burning in the spring.



     You would need to show Proof of Insurance and sign a waiver with references. Property is to be left in good condition with No garbage left on the property.

Seasons are Listed at the Iowa DNR site listed below:

http://www.iowadnr.gov/law/files/huntingregs.pdf

Tree Planting and Food Plots

     We planted about 5 acres of corn and soybean food plots this year. The heavy rains haven't been kind to one of the corn food plots though. One of the  corn plots looks tough because the fertilizer didn't get to do its job.

      Also the deer have gotten ahead of them selves. They are supposed to wait till winter time. Must not have gotten the memo. They have eaten the tops off of 1 acre of corn. There are ears present, but the tassles are gone. The Pheasants aren't going to be happy campers.

Here is our commercial tree planter starting to plant 3,800 trees. Swamp White Oak, Burr Oak, Black Walnut, Pecan, Shellbark Hickory, Wild Plum, Hazelnut, Eastern Red Cedar, and Redosier Dogwood. About 3,000 trees planted here at the prairie site and 800 trees planted at the timber reforestation site.

Here are a couple of trees showing fire damage from the fire of 2003.

A wren has taken over one of the blue bird boxes at the timber. There is a wren in the other box also.

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How about a couple of Stories From 1933

     Mom says she remembers she sat in the Park in town under some nice shade trees by the old Gazebo when she was 8 years old with her Grandmother Howard. That was the last time Grandma Mary Marianna Ceis Howard was back to Iowa from Pico, California. Grandma Howard died the following Jan 8, 1935. She visited also with her friend Mrs. Payne when she was here. Grandma Howard is on the right and this photo is from California.

     Dad told the story of a time when he went to school and Teacher Denson asked him to read a book, which he did. His school was a one room schoool 1 mile from their home in rural Iowa County on the way to the timber. He was asked to do a book report on the book he read. He did so from memory with all the characters from the book with great detail and recieved an F from Teacher Denson. He asked the teacher why with much discussion that he recieved a failing grade. The teacher did not believe he read the book, because he gave so much detail that no one could remember that much with out cheating some how. So he had to read a smaller book to see if he could do it again and he did. The teacher took the book first though before he gave his report and dad gave an accurate detailed account of that book. Convincing the teacher he had a photographic memory. Dads favorite book was The Call of the Wild by Jack London.

     One more story of my father. In 1935 he, his brother Mick, and the rest of the family went to the World's Fair in Chicago. They weren't that thrilled with it as kids, he being 10 at the time. The next day after getting to Blue Island where his grandfather Mielke lived, they went to the fair. The following day they had the choice to go again or stay home and eat what they wanted. They chose to stay and eat what they wanted. The meal was bread and 3 cans of Pork and Beans. They didn't feel very good that night after their big meal. Food from the store especially in cans was a luxury, a real treat.
    

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       These Beautiful Flowers Remind me of What God Says to us about His Word.

1Pe 1:24 for "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,


1Pe 1:25 but the word of the Lord remains forever." And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

Foggy Sunrise Over BarSan Prairie

Looking at these photos reminds of when God Created the World from the Genesis Account.

Gen 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.



Gen 1:2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.


Gen 1:3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.


Gen 1:4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.


Gen 1:5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.


Gen 1:6 And God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."


Gen 1:7 And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so.


Gen 1:8 And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.


Gen 1:9 And God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.


Gen 1:10 God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.


Gen 1:11 And God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth." And it was so.


Gen 1:12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.


Gen 1:13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day.


Gen 1:14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years,


Gen 1:15 and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so.


Gen 1:16 And God made the two great lights--the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night--and the stars.


Gen 1:17 And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,


Gen 1:18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.


Gen 1:19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.


Gen 1:20 And God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the heavens."


Gen 1:21 So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.


Gen 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."


Gen 1:23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.


Gen 1:24 And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds--livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so.


Gen 1:25 And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.


Gen 1:26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."


Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.


Gen 1:28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth."


Gen 1:29 And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.


Gen 1:30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so.


Gen 1:31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
 
Gen 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.


Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.

Gen 2:3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.

Gen 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.

Gen 2:5 When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up--for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground,

Gen 2:6 and a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground--

Gen 2:7 then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Gen 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.

Gen 2:9 And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Gen 2:10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.

Gen 2:11 The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Gen 2:12 And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.

Gen 2:13 The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush.

Gen 2:14 And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Gen 2:15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,

Gen 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."

Gen 2:18 Then the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him."

Gen 2:19 Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

Gen 2:20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him.

Gen 2:21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.

Gen 2:22 And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.

Gen 2:23 Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."

Gen 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Gen 2:25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

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