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Big Holla’s 2023/24 Season Journal

Big_Holla

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My wife Terry and I were down over the past weekend to mow paths and get several food plots in. We were both wore out Sunday afternoon when we headed back home to Michigan.

Friday was spray plots and mow/open trails back up. Unbelievable how fast the paths can get so choked up with briars and weeds.

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This plot I decided not to spray as it had a lot of clover in it and several bare spots. So I had Terry mow a test strip down the middle where it had more weeds to see if it would bounce back with the brassicas we would plant on Saturday.
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Did the same thing on this plot and one other location as well Saturday. Just an experiment to see if the seed would grow well in the bare spots as well as if the clover I planted last year would rebound.
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Saturday was spread seed on foot, then spread fertilizer and lime using the tow behind spreader on the garden tractor. My theory was with the mower deck all the way down (not mowing) the rollers and the bigger tires it would act as a cultipacker or roller crimper as you see everyone using these days. I would continue to go and roll every weed down on each plot.

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This was the final result on how the plots looked when done.

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That’s our version of No-Till Foodplots. It’s worked well in years past, based on rain of course LOL! Hopefully the 3 plots we didn’t spray will be successful as well. Updates to come as things grow, fingers crossed 🤞🏼
 
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Might as well put these here. Allen will be headed back to college soon. Bought him a gift card for his birthday for a real nice course near home and figured he would take one of his buddy's. Nope, he asked his ole dad to tag along. Man was it a nice course and fun evening yesterday. Definitely going to miss him soon!

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Finally had a cicada (I believe) move off the lens on the sanctuary plot to get a better look at the growth. Lens needs a good cleaning though. Has some grass but it seems to be filling in nicely with the brassicas.

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This plot we had mowed some of it and then over-seeded it with the brassicas as well. Feel optimistic they will continue to grow well along with the existing clover here.

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Only thing we seem to be missing is the deer. Very occasional deer movement past the cameras. Hope it hasn't been too dry.