Yea spraying now would be a very bad idea. Seeds will be tailing by this weekend.

Here’s a great quote……..

“As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.” --- Ralph Waldo Emerson



A good video to watch on a rainy day……Well worth the 20 minutes of your time.

This rain ain't hurting none. Just need another 40 days or so of every day or two

. It's hurting me. I need a soaking rain, not a gully washer. I'm battling erosion in one area.

I couldn't have asked for the rain to have been any better here. I got a good slow soaking rain.....ended up with 2 inches. I never thought I'd be considering planting this early but they've dropped the temps even more now in the long range forecast. I'm looking at a forecast now that looks much more like early Oct rather than early Sept. More rain coming next week with possible highs in the upper 70's.

So different from last year

I'm off Tuesday and probably going to put some clover out in my two 1/4 ac bow plots and put some cereal Rye on my place I'm getting erosion. Even told the Rye dies it will put down a little root structure and I'm only out $30.

To hell with it!! I reckon I’ll stay inside and watch football…..I just killed my fourth poisonous snake of the week a minute ago…..2 moccasins, 1 rattler, 1 copperhead…..Shelby is pointing them out to me. The silver lining in it all is that I’m pretty confident she knows not to mess with them now. She’s smart and I think she realizes from mine and Otis’s reactions that they’re BADDDD……When Shelby sees them, she points and stares at them like a bird dog instead of trying to attack them. I can tell by how she’s acting that something’s up. I like her cautious approach though...I hope that's how she'll handle live deer as well. Otis sees the snakes now and takes off running.


They're really on the move fellas.....Watch your step.

Well we got about 2-2.5 inches out of Harvey, less than forecasted but plenty. Very pleased with the results; grains came up very good and the winter peas came up as well (hard to tell how good since only been a week).

Before, first pass with the little JD 750:


After Hogging:


This Morning:


Thinking about spraying some herbicide on it, to knock out the native vegetation that is coming back. Its wheat, oats, and winter peas. Butyrac, 2-4-DB?

Leave it alone it will be fine

Looking good!!....I agree with turkey neck....it'll be fine.

Slug, deer like weeds just as much as what you planted. First frost will kill them, don't worry.

Went to pick up my seed first thing this morning from the co-op I normally use and they didn't even have the stuff in yet. Maybe that's a sign it's too early. Seed is supposed to be in later this week. I'm still eyeballing this hurricane though. It may be the best moisture we get over the next month or so. By the time it rolls through and fields start sprouting that'll push us into the latter half of the month. That ain't too early for me in order to take advantage of the moisture. All eyes on you Irma.

I'm afraid we will get enough moisture to germinate, but then 3weeks of no moisture and those seedlings are toast.

That’s where the things we do to improve the water cycle come into play. Things like increasing the OM so that the soil in turn has the ability to hold more water…….improving water infiltration so that the soil is able to soak up more of what falls…….and keeping the soil covered so that the soil is able to retain that moisture……

If I have good soil moisture when I plant and I get a good enough rain to germinate everything, then I’ll be good for a few weeks.

Anybody ever done throw and mow by using a drag instead of bush hog, a couple weeks after spraying?

I've got a few small properties that really aren't worth my time to get a tractor to anymore. (Don't hunt them much and they are a couple hours apart). Was thinking a couple of landscape timbers and chainlink behind the 4 wheeler might knock down dead grass pretty well.

It works that's what i do at the house usually.

Atoler, that's exactly what I do at my club, because I don't want to haul that old heavy ass Belarus tractor 30 miles to the club. It works well and I've been doing it for several years now.

I agree with blum and turkey.....I'm gonna drag my seed in this year again as well.


Speaking of planting.....I'm backing out on the idea of planting early. It looks like the chance for getting some moisture from the hurricane is drying up. The long range forecast looks really dry right now. We'll give it 10-14 days and see what happens. Hopefully they'll be some good rain in the forecast by then.

do you bushhog them or just drag the seed into what ever summer growth is there