WET AUGUST

I got mine in before all this rain. It was a tad bit early some plants, but did it all while I was at it. Fall plots sure are a lot easier than the spring ones can be. I'll do better next year as I'll know more what is a weed or a plant.

Well, thank you for asking.

I had a smaller plot last fall for the first time.  It did marginally well, but I wanted to feed the deer year around, so I added a spring plot. 

I mostly plant Whitetail Institute with anything I plant, but have planted other brands.   It seemed that my deer had never tried some of the things that I planted and were a little unsure of them, or hadn't acquired a taste for them ...specifically, turnips.   I didn't plant them this year, but other deer go crazy for them.

They didn't seem to go crazy over my oats either.   They did go crazy over the cheap buckwheat ...go figure.

Anyway, this spring, I planted chufa, Power Plant (sweet peas, soy beans, sunflowers...)  They loved the sunflower plants as they were growing.   They can decimate a sunflower plot before it can mature. 

I also planted sugar beets, perennial clover and some other perennials.   However, I didn't know what some of it was supposed to look like.  Even the weeds in the clover, I thought might be some of the other added plants.   Needless to say, the weeds got too high in my beets, chufa and in much of my clover.     The clover was very resilient and recovered after I cut it and sprayed for weeds.  The beets and others were not so fortunate.

I did plant some more chufa, but really think I got them in too late.

It doesn't bother me in the least to fail in anything as long as I learn something, and I learned a lot this year.

Recently, I planted Winter Greens, and Ambush.   Lots of different plants in these mixes.

All along, I fed the deer corn to keep them from eating everything before it got mature.    I fed a lot of fat coons too.  

I was blessed enough to buy all the equipment needed for my plot, so if you need to use any of it, or help putting one it, you are more than welcome.

And the RAIN continues... We missed a lot of the earlier rain this week in Switzerland County but are making up for it. Right at 5" for the week so far.

Soft mast are looking good, while out squirrel hunting I found a persimmon tree full of persimmons a few had already fallen. Should have took a picture. I have another deer hunting area in a persimmon grove I'm going to try to make it there this weekend.

About the exact same here in Daviess County.

It seems like the more computer models they have to look @ the more it just confuses them.....

I like "Weather Guessers"

I was at the Kokomo Country club at a Insurance Company Outing Wed afternoon. Over 200 Indiana Farmers Mutual agents and home office staff present when course took a direct hit from EF3 TORNADO. Luckily they had a basement, as course is near a total loss... There wasn't a forecast or a hint of severe weather until about 30 minutes prior to hitting us. (Just light rain). Am happy to be talking to you today I tell you. Weathermen don't always get it right.... Am planting a fall plot this evening on a more positive note.