Chester Co. TN--Spring Plots 2012

This farm belongs to another TNDEER member, whom Ive gotten to do alot of plotting work for.  This is our second year, and we have had some ups and downs, but we are getting a handle on what works!

Just as an update, our fall plots are looking great!!! I could not be more pleased with the results!  What we have here is  Whitetail Inst. Clover-Chicory Mix, that we topdressed with my fall mix of Winter Wheat, Oats, and Austrian Winter Peas.

In the above picture, you can see what a great stand we had!!! A perfect cover crop for our clover!!!

In this area that we worked down, we are planting WI PowerPlant.  It consist of Soybeans, Sorghum, Sunflowers, and Iron Clay Peas.  I am looking foward to seeing how it turns out!!

Eagle Bean Micro Plots!!!

This property belongs to a great guy that I came into contact with from one of my favorite websites, TNDEER.COM

Richards farm is a work in progress, and he is doing some awesome things with it.   Dozens of fruit trees, new food plots,  Timber stand improvements, and areas that are so thick that deer can bed in a few feet from feeding.

In these small micro plots, we turned under some Winter Wheat and Crimson Clover, to plant some Eagle Soybeans.

Enjoy these pictures and I hope to have some updates in a few weeks!

Signs of Spring!!!

This is my second favorite time of year!  Harvest time is my favorite, but Spring Planting time is a close second!

My two little boys love nothing more than seeing tractors and planters, and sprayers taking to the fields!  Enjoy these pictures Ive snapped this spring in our area!

 

Boy, times flies!!!

Where has the time gone???  It seems only yesterday that I was wishing you a Happy New Year, and here it is now Mid April!!!  

What a crazy 2012 it has been!  Little to no winter, and now a early spring that has farmers putting seed in the ground a month ahead of schedule.

While I was ready to get started plotting here at my farm, I fought the urge too, and it was a good decision as we had a couple of hard frost last week.

I do have some spraying done here at home, and hope to get some plots going this weekend.

Also have a Power Plant Plot ready to go in Chester County, TN and I think we are going to get some Eagle Seed Forage Beans in the ground in Perry County, TN this week as well!

Let get out there and get our hands dirty!

Happy New Year!!!!

I just wanted to take a moment and thank each and everyone of you who take the time to check and read this blog and to all of my Food plot customers. 

I am truly blessed to have had the chance to have worked for you and for the opportunity to help you with your food plots.  I have gotten to see so much of this wonder state this year and it has been a pleasure to meet so many nice people with common interest.

I look foward to a great 2012, and again thanks for your business.

Justin

Update on Chester co. Fall Plot

Wow, what a busy fall.  Between my busy family and food plotting and trying to fit in a hunt or two I have not had much spare time to blog! 

I don't get many chances to follow up on the fall plots due to distance and time, but I was able to visit the fall plot that I installed in September located in Chester co. 

We sowed a clover chicory mix and topdressed it with my Winter wheat, oats, and winter pea mix.  I have to admit that I was really happy to see how well it looked considering how the deer devoured the Eagle beans we planted in the spring. 

Music Row Food Plots for Rhett Akins

I had a phone call from a good customer of mine, who had a buddy who need a few small plots done.  That guy is Country Music Singer, Songwriter Rhett Akins.  Rhett is apart of a 2200 acre lease just outside of West Nashville.  We met and decided on the areas we wanted to plant, and we decided that the Fall Mix would be just right, and we also added in some seven top turnips to add some brassicas to the spots.  I was in a big rush, so I didnt get many pictures but this gives you a idea of the job and the area.