Another Eagle Soybean Plot in Perry County, Tennessee

This tract of land belongs to a TNDeer member who had contacted me through the Deer Talk forum.  It was a awesome tract of land, not far from Mousetail Landing State Park, right off the Tennessee River. 

It was a series of small plots, with lots of browse in between, and he even had a great orchard planted with  pear and apple trees.  We did'nt have time to snap many pictures, as we where trying to beat some rain, but our work paid off! 

Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program-Rutherford Co.

This was a very unique project that we kind of stumbled into.  I say we, as my father and I also have a construction/excavating company, and this customer had been approved to clear 7 acres of forest for wildlife food plots.  So after we started clearing, I made plans with the landowner and our local NRCS agent on what we would be planting.  Since this project was started in the later part of the spring, and our spring was one of the wettest on record, we had several delays on getting it sowed down.  We decided that a annual cover crop of Mancan Buckwheat would be sowed and left to stand till fall when we could work the ground again and sow a clover mixture.  Here are some shots of the clearing process, the prep of the soil and the planting of the Buckwheat.

Busy Spring!!

Well, Spring has given way to Summer here in Middle Tennessee and it has been a busy one to say the least!!   I have gotten to meet a lot of new customers/friends this spring as I worked on their properties and leases.  While I did sow some buckwheat on one farm, Eagle Soybeans seemed to be the most popular choice for spring time plantings. 

While this is my first time planting them, I am excited to say the least to see what they can do.  I even got a chance to plant a couple of bag at my place.  I will try to highlight some of the places that Ive worked in the next few blog post.  Thanks for following me in my journeys!