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10 year plan; To Develop Deer Heaven
Topic Started: Jan 26 2007, 07:56 PM (3,712 Views)
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I'm in 94B in Essex county.I hope all the extra things I'm doing well help the trees develop quicker and insure their survival.The trees should provide a smorgasbord for all types of animals and birds.I can't believe after all these years,It starting to come together.Brent j..
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Boy is it getting frustrating.Most of the farmers are not interested in making a lot of extra cash for a few hours work??I might have some one in a week or two depending on his schedule.On a good note,they want to change the one year old red cedars for 3 year old white cedars.My top soil is arriving on Sunday,so we can start filling in the holes.Brent J..
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Brent,

Couldn't help but notice the family name in your aerial photo. I guess we're cousins.
Looking forward to being invited up for a hunt (once all the hard work is done of course :D , typical of my family anyway).

Seriously though, best of luck with your project. I'd love to be able to do something like that. Your excitement comes through in each of your posts and I always look forward to your progress reports.
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Apr 20 2007, 05:27 PM
Brent,

Your excitement comes through in each of your posts and I always look forward to your progress reports.

:ditto: I'll second that! :cheers:
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All family members and close friends are invited to hunt,lol. woohoo.Man,I need to wear my hearing aides more.I thought i was getting 18 yards of top soil not 8.I'm going to phone for quotes on more soil.I need about 30+yards.
The field is almost ready to disk,if we get the rain tomorrow we'll have a set back. I'm leaving in 12 days for a vacation.Bear hunting lol.Brent J..
P.S.I've been dreaming of doing something like this for over 37 years.Now that's it's comming together.I'm going full out.
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The hand planting is finished woohoo .I can't believe it took 18 hours to fill in the holes with sandy loam.I just finished the last hole when the cubs and scouts arrived at 9A.M.I decided not to plant the sumac today.Their comming back in three weeks to plant the sumac and buttinbrush around the pond.The extension on the pond is holding water.The pond is now 320 feet by 120 feet, woohoo woohoo .Next, I have to grade around the foundation this week and fix all the ruts :lol!!!: I'll post some pictures when i get some time.May4th, I'm going on vacation than back back at it.Brent J..
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Some picture of the people helping me today.Brent J..


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Glad to see it's all coming together for you, Brent! :thumbsup: :cheers:
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The weather has been crazy.The field almost dried out than we would get heavy down pours.Time was running out and farmer #1 didn't return my calls to get the ground worked up.Farmer number two declined to do the work.The biologist gave me the name of another farmer,but he still had two much work to do.He also didn't have the equipment to do the job.Fortunitely he knew another person who had just finished planting.Thursday, I talked to him and he agreed to work the field on Friday.It's hard to believe scorching temperatures for 10 days and only 5 inches was dried out.We were fortunate the rains were to the south and we only got a few sprinkles.It rained all day today and more rain for Sunday.They wanted to start planting the trees on Monday,but I don't know?It's going to take two crews 6 days to plant.I made it more difficult for them,lol.My trees, my land and their getting almost $10,000.00 for the job.I just have to flag the different areas for the trees.Than I can work on the four food plots once the soil dries out again,lol.Brent j..
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The rain on Saturday delayed the planting today,they had to finish another job.A girl did arrive to broad cast the red clover.She had 8 bags or 440 pounds.I did sweet talk Karen :wub: lol))) .She's going to seed the pond with red clover and alfalfa for me.Brent J..
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wow Brent it's amazing what your accomplishing.............looking forward to some more pics of the progress. :cheers: :cheers:



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Thanks Scott, woohoo woohoo .I'm really excited by this time next week all the planting will be done.Than I can work on the CONDO lol))) lol))) .This is the way to work up a food plot :lol!!!:

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Really,I'm renting a roto tiller for the tractor tomorrow.I have to work up the pond area and the two acres I had planted last year.I'll have the clover and alfalfa planted by the evening.Today was rough,I had to dig some holes and flag most of the property.The tendons are shot on my knee and I can hardly move.A few pops should fix me up,lol.Brent J..
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Very impressive Brent, Its gonna be unreal when complete
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Enjoying the updates Brent!

Keep them coming.

Mike
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was out at Brents last week and them trees are being planted in quick order with the helper. Going to look great when its all done, and like i said, will bring the kid over to cut the grass *L* should keep him busy for a week or more
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Lol,I sure needed Ian's help.Frank's tractor wouldn't handle the rototiller so I ended up renting one.Ian helped to put the mower back on the tractor and connected the rototiller to the rental.


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I started Wednesday night and by Thursday evening I had the pond and the 2 acres worked up.

It only took the girl a day to seed the property with the red clover.Here's a picture of her refilling the hopper.

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I'm afraid,I'm not a very good worker, more into supervising,lol.The knee didn't help much.I worked a bit and took long breaks to rest.The seeder didn't work out and I ended up seeding by hand.I have about 4 more hours to do the hills.Hopefully,Monday or Tuesday Mike will bring back their seeder and I can spread it with my lawn mower.I could sure use a 4 wheeler,lol.I haven't touched the two acres yet.

Friday,ERCA came over to video the planting process for their year end report.Friday was the best planting ever.They planted over 4,000 trees.

Saturday only three scouts arrived but 4 parents.Mike forgot the sumac but I did have 200 Button Brush for around the pond.The duck,geese and turkey love the seeds.The seeds are contained in a pod that explode sending the seeds everywhere.The kids will receive their Tree Planting Badge.I 'm even getting one. :D :D .

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You can really see much,but this section is 125' by 1,000'.It's full of hard woods and shrubs with a few cedars.

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I've been doing a rain dance for over three days and it finally came today.It might delay the rest of the planting,but their's only about two days left.Thank god,lol.Brent j..





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I almost forgot, :lol!!!: .The two acres of soya beans were planted last week.It took the guy about 30 mintutes to drive here and only about 10 minutes to plant the area. woohoo woohoo .Their's enough beans to last until May for the deer.Brent J..
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Looking good, Brent... Looking good! :cheers:

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:omg: woohoo woohoo :dance2: :dance2: :spinning: :spinning: :spinning: The two teams of planters finished yesterday.We had a few pops to celebrate.This morning I planted a few trees that were left over and finally finished seeding the rest of the property.It took another bag of alfalfa.Anybody know a rain dance,lol.Brent J..
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I finally received the info. on the Woodlot Management Workshop.They wanted me to go to Guelth for Aug.22.I'm tied up with another major project , lol))) so I'm trying to change it to attend the workshop in Bracebridge on the 28.That means I'm close to Haliburton for the bear hunt and I can get their a day and half earlier, woohoo woohoo .
"The informative workshop will show you how to apply for tax relief under MFTIP,set objectives for your property,prepare a forest stewdartship plan and identify local resources to assist you to achieve your management goals."
Brent J..
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If you need help hunting out there let me know, Just kidding good to see somebody putting them back instead of cutting them down :cheers:
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Sounds like everthing is falling into place for you, Brent.

Good for you!... We all know how hard you've been working for it. :cheers:

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Sounds great Brent! I hope it all works out for you. Looks like you've invested A LOT of time!
The BS stops once the Tailgate Drops!

Go Team Bone Collectors!
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looks great greenhorn alot of hard work that will pay off :allright:
when your old all you have are your memories so make them

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It looks like it's starting to pay off.I've been noticing the deer love the trees and shrubs as a treat before they start on the soya beans.I saw my first buck ever in the field during daylight hours before hunting season, woohoo woohoo .I have two of his relatives on the wall and another shoud be back soon :cheers: Brent J..
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The woodlot workshop was really interesting,Now their suggesting I should take the stewardship program.Brent j..
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I hope everything is going good with this project, Id love to see an update in like 15-20 years just to see how everything turns out. How are the trees doing with this summer's heat ?
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The woodlot workshop was really interesting,Now their suggesting I should take the stewardship program.Brent j..

Good that you found the workshop interesting!

Excuse my ignorance, but what's the stewardship progam all about?

As mentioned, it would be something to see in about 15 - 20 years from now... ;)
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You become a certified steward of the land,and working directly with foresters.Your able to fill out the tax forms to reduce the property value by 75% regardless if it lake front propertry.They pay a great fee.Your able to identify different trees and plants and determine weather the woods is healthy or dieing.you make more contacks to help the land owner achieve their objects.A 10 year plan lol))) lol))) ,with a report due in five years,than a new 10 year plan thereafter.Brent j..
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It's that time again woohoo .I decided to put 5 more acres into trees.They have two new shrubs.Snowberry( symphoricarpos)4-6 feet tall.and Hoptree a deciduous shrub.I'm putting different types of berry trees all around the pond.Another 3,300 seedlings.Brent j..
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woohoo woohoo scored big time,lol.Their trimming along the hydro poles and I asked for the wood chips.I told them i'd take everything i could get. they delivered 10 yards today.i hope their's more to come. :allright: Brent J..
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I talked to the forestory biologist yesterday.Were going to try something different this year.Were going to plant the clover in late summer and plant around the pond in the fall.The boy scouts called as well.I have more work for them, lol))) .
ERCA is putting a 4'x8' sign on the property,once the mock up is ready their sending it for approval/opinion woohoo woohoo .Brent J..
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Great to hear more things are happening this season, Post lots of pics once things start to green up. Hopefully theres not too much deer damage to the trees that went in last year.
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The field is to wet to check for damages but the deer are feeding on the clover and alfalfa around the pond. woohoo .They like to climb on the hills and look the area over.it's starting to green up.
I took some pictures this morning of the deer.The nine fawns were all together.None were killed last year.Brent J..
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We did a survey of the trees a few weeks ago.The deer destroyed a lot of the cedars.Some of the pines were missing and others were pulled out exposing the roots(Deer browse on white pine,lol).They'll die as well.They hand planted 1300 pines,and 700 hard wood.This time he listened to me.The wet area was planted with trees that will taking flooding.I added a new shrub this year.The snow berry woohoo .They also planted about 8 bags of clover.Lack of rain and timing were off last year.The area of clover and alfalfa,that I did turned out well but the deer are not use to alfafa yet.Were going to experiment with some fall planting this year.
Mike decided that 60 hours to mow the 51+ acres was excessive and told a white lie, woohoo .Their taking over the mowing.It should save me a small fortune.
The 2.5 acres of soya was cleaned up in April.I did noticed them later checking the plot over to make sure.They stopped comming after that but their's lots of browse in the woods.Brent j..
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Sounds like they detroyed alot of your cedars and white pine. That's too bad, but something to be expected when they are not protected being young tress..

Other than that, it sounds like your plan is coming together. :cheers:
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I couldn't believe it.The area I had planted in 2006 one of the white acorns produced a few nuts this year.

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I had to take a picture,so I took a few more.


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This area is near the house and the deer do a lot of pruning for me,lol.Brent J..
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A few of the other trees that are doing well.

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We had a great spring and summer for rain.the future bedding areas of pines and cedars did really well woohoo .
The rain killed almost all the trees in the back "L" section of the property though.Back to the drawing board?? Brent j..
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It's time for planting again.Another 1,000 seedlings this spring.We been procrastinating about filing the forms for the ontario managed forest tax incentive program,(MFTIP).It's crunch time and I'm changing the classification of the farm.I'm hoping the MNR will assit in lower the assessment lower.Their's another tax insentive program for tax credits but know every little right now.i'm meeting with the person in charge in the future.Brent j..
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Great stuff Greenhorn :allright: Essex county needs more land owners like you (especially the north end). Many species will benefit from your efforts :thumbsup:
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