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No Till Food Plots - So Easy

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Spring mix is ready to rock!!

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A great memory of this post popped up today from 2021!!

Dead and decaying pepper plant in garden

Rye grain and clover germinating around it - feeding microbes!!

Finding an earthworm doing my “tilling” for me - Big Win!!

As you increase soil health, worm densities increase- doing the hard work for you. Worms create castings (a soil aggregate) and soil pores that hold water and allow the soil microbes to move through the soil and benefit both crops and soil - symbiosis!!

Why aggregates are good for our soil - Top Crop Manager

Aggregates (or peds) are those crumbly bits of soil that we find in woodlands and native prairies. Well-aggregated soil is highly productive even under adverse weather conditions. It has strength that resists water and wind erosion and compaction. It allows water infiltration and internal...
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Don’t forget to slowdown and enjoy these small victories in this marathon journey
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Great weekend. Sharing some of my thoughts on Lime and a few resources you can checkout if interested!
 
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Vitalize Seed Carbon Load is still feeding deer well into Spring.

This is the benefit of balanced diversity and cold hardy plant species.

Although we are still seeing light snow and cold temps here in Ohio every week, we are also seeing sunny days and some 50+ degree temps. This is allowing our rye, triticale, winter wheat, vetch’s, clovers, etc. to photosynthesize.

Photosynthesis means we are feeding the soil, and when you feed the soil, you produce healthy plants that provide quality food for healthy deer!!

Planting time for Nitro Boost is around the corner!!!
 
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Quick update on the Spring mix! My mix or someone else’s - be cognizant of soil temps!! Thanks for watching.
 
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Another quick video! Sorry for the overload but want to take them when I have time!

this is why a good cover crop can be so beneficial!!

 
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I believe this is the most overlooked aspect of soil health - specifically in the deer world….browse pressure.

 
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I am obsessed with always providing the best information possible. This means - we cannot guess! We must continue to learn and test. Jared and I set out to continue to test our products, and practices so we can then quantify and share the information in an easily digestible format.

Today I am comparing two tissue tests sampled only feet apart from one another - two different managment methods. This will allow us to observe what is working and what isn’t. This goes far behind just anecdotal observation.

Our friends @wardlabs continue to support our ability to learn and understand various tissue and soil testing methods.

As I heard on @wildroot_flowerco podcast “don’t guess - test!”

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