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Took my boy out today to do my last planting of the day. He worked his butt off getting a foodplot in. First, we cleared the ground of the corn stalks and ears. Then, spread the lime and fertilizer. I then took my tractor over and tilled up the section, about 2 acres in size and shaped like an L, right between standing corn and the woods. We then used a scratch harrow to smooth it out, put down a couple acres worth of soybean seeds, oats, landino clover, and brassica's. My 11 year old did most of that with a walk behind spreader. Then I used the harrow to cover it lightly just before the rain started. I was proud of my boy working that hard, but he knows the pay off will come when he is sitting over it for his first season this year. We have a ground blind at one end, a stand in the corner of the L and another stand on the other end of the L.
Ken, if you're reading this, the plot is in the northern field, and goes around the corner from my ground blind to the ladder stand, all along the cedars. Someone drove through the corn and tore it up, so I went and talked to Harvey...was going to pay him for the seed he used because I felt bad, but he said it was no big deal. I think it might have been John going in to get his ladder stand back because that is where it was all knocked down. I told Harvey I was going to plant something in the damaged area, and he was okay with that. We could probably do something in the southern field by your ladder stand if you want. He said he would leave a few rows standing for us too.
If you are going down to the farm, give me a shout and I'll meet you there.
Ken, if you're reading this, the plot is in the northern field, and goes around the corner from my ground blind to the ladder stand, all along the cedars. Someone drove through the corn and tore it up, so I went and talked to Harvey...was going to pay him for the seed he used because I felt bad, but he said it was no big deal. I think it might have been John going in to get his ladder stand back because that is where it was all knocked down. I told Harvey I was going to plant something in the damaged area, and he was okay with that. We could probably do something in the southern field by your ladder stand if you want. He said he would leave a few rows standing for us too.
If you are going down to the farm, give me a shout and I'll meet you there.