Looks good, I hope mine grows as fast.

Top: South Finger Bottom: North Finger With a little delay, I got the two fingers planted on Saturday. I had intended to take Friday off work to do the planting, but on Thursday afternoon I got an e-mail from my brother telling me he had a flat tire on his tractor and was unsure when he would be able to get it fixed. With the holiday weekend no telling who will be open when. I just assumed the planting was not going to get done this weekend. However on Friday evening my brother called and said the tire was fixed. So instead of fishing on Saturday, I was planting. Anyway, the seed is in the ground with a silver lining that we got a good soaking rain on Saturday night into Sunday morning. I will post some pictures the next time I get up there. As far as the North Field goes, that is just too wet to do anything with yet. So once it dries we will plow and work on weed control and plant after Aug 1.

FINALLY.... seed will be going in the ground on Friday in two of the plots, the North and South Fingers. The North Field is still too wet to plow. Hopefully in another week we can at least get a plow in the ground there.

See the attached. I think this will go a long way to enhance both the health of the deer and also the hunting. https://www.grandparayoutdoors.com/forum/welcome/my-three-plots

My biggest limiting factor is planting equipment. We have access to a plow and a disc. But Mother Nature needs to shut the faucet off. I have all my seed already, need to get lime and fertilizer yet. Probably do that this weekend. Question on fertilizer: John you recommended 0-0-60 fertilizer, our local co-op has 0-0-62. How much of a difference if any will that make?

Mother Nature is just not co-operating. She needs to turn off the faucet so things can dry out.

Bought my seed for these three plots yesterday. With John's help here's what we're doing; North Field: Mass Builder, Frosty Delight, and Fall Draw. No lime required, 0-0-60 fertilizer South Finger: Frosty Delight, 200# Pellet Lime, 75# 0-0-60 fertilizer 50# urea North Finger: Inner Sanctum, 200# Pellet Lime, 50# 0-0-60 fertilizer, 50# urea Now I wait for Mother Nature to co-operate and get this seed in the ground.

I was up at the property on Saturday, took some "before" pictures Top picture is what we call the "North Field" approx. 2.5 acres. Took this picture under the tree we will put a stand. This plot will be planted with a couple different forages. The middle picture is the "South Finger" approx. 1/4 acre. Behind me is a 57 acre alfalfa field, deer come out of the far side and browse on the way to the alfalfa field. This picture is the "North Finger" approx 1/4 acre. Only the brushy ditch on the right separates the north and south fingers. Behind me is the same alfalfa field. I shot my 8 pointer last season in the corner on the left by the cedar tree. He was heading out to the alfalfa field with 3 other bucks going to join the 11 does that my son said were already in the alfalfa field. My son shot one of the does about the same time I shot my buck.

When I collected my samples back in late December my soil was wet from melting snow. I put the soil in plastic bags and let the top open for moisture to evaporate. I wouldn't collect mud for your sample simply because it would be really messy. Just allow it to dry out a little before sending it in.

van what day are you going to the show? We will be there on Sunday

Ready to watch and learn. John has already processed my soil samples and made some recommendations. This should be fun to watch this forum grow.