I have a strip of real estate that I carved out of a old, overgrown field. It is about 75 yards long and anywhere from 10-15 yards wide. It sort of has a curvy shape to it. Over the years I have put on clover, corn or sorghum. Some years I do nothing. This year I did not have the time but on my last hitch, a friend that lives in Michigan was just back and dident have time to put in his last winter crop so he gave me a bag a little bigger than a football of Rape Seed. I knew nothing about it but he swears by it for a late season crop. He says the deer will leave it alone until after the first heavy frost so I took it home, disked up the plot only going 2-3 inches down and walked it with a little hand spreader broadcasting just as the rain started. I made 1 more pass w/ the disks and headed home soaked. It has been 2 weeks now and walking it, there seem to be no grazing from the deer. We do have corn and soybeans one country block away and apples are ripe on the fruit trees through out the area. Throw in a decient acorn crop and I'm hoping it will get tall enough to do em some good later on in the season.
Anyone else ever try Rape seed ?
Anyone else ever try Rape seed ?
