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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