Drilled it

[Bigfoot]

Planted 20 acres of rye today, after swearing I would never try it again. Ive decided to fight this drought, and half a hay crop head on. I'm intensive grazing some volunteer crabgrass that's had a few sprinkles of rain, and counting on this for later. I was going to sell half my herd. I've decided to be like a slot machine-------Put my back to wall and take all comers.

 

[greybeard]

Good luck with it Bigfoot.

 

[dun]

I drilled milo back in may. Got just enough rain that some of it got almost knee kigh before it burned off. In 5 acres there is one seed head.

 

[Caustic Burno]

Planted 20 acres of rye today, after swearing I would never try it again. Ive decided to fight this drought, and half a hay crop head on. I'm intensive grazing some volunteer crabgrass that's had a few sprinkles of rain, and counting on this for later. I was going to sell half my herd. I've decided to be like a slot machine-------Put my back to wall and take all comers.

That is an all out gamble for sure.
You just don't realize you are going to be seeing the effect's of this drought for year's.
I got 15 inches of rain a month ago and a couple of rain's since. Places that normally hold water all year are bone dry.
The slough's in the bottom's where Wood Duck's love to nest are dry with crack's.
Tree's are still dying right and left, it is a full time job for several crew's to keep the road's and power line's cleared.
I have no clue where all that water is going. I shouldn't be able to even drive a mule in my bottom after a rain much less 15 inches, tractor left cleat mark's.

 

[greybeard]

I thought it was just my place--trees dying--white oaks seem to be the worst. I thought the dead pines were just from bugs, but I dunno know anymore.
Drizzling rain this morning, but not enough to even make a puddle.

 

[Caustic Burno]

I thought it was just my place--trees dying--white oaks seem to be the worst. I thought the dead pines were just from bugs, but I dunno know anymore.
Drizzling rain this morning, but not enough to even make a puddle.

There is a blight hitting the White Oak's that got stressed.
You see a tree that has bare limb's in the top that is a dead tree, might take it a couple of year's but it is dying;
Had tree's leaf out this spring that are Black Flag dead now.
After having the worst drought in a 100 year's a few rain's are not going to make that go away over night.

 

[dun]

Here it's the red family of oaks and elms that are dying the worst, the others are just looking sickly. From that 10th of an inch we got the other day the only thing that has taken off is the ragweed

 

[Bigfoot]

I'm not as dry as you guys are talking about. I've been back to mowing the yard etc.

 

[VanC]

I'm not as dry as you guys are talking about. I've been back to mowing the yard etc.

Exactly. The drought in the midwest and what's been going on in the southwest for over a decade are two different animals. I admire your tenacity. Good luck.

 

[1982vett]

I'm not as dry as you guys are talking about. I've been back to mowing the yard etc.

Exactly. The drought in the midwest and what's been going on in the southwest for over a decade are two different animals. I admire your tenacity. Good luck.

The optimistic view I suppose...

 

[papavillars]

Three inches of rain yesterday and last night. Now I might get a cutting of hay.

 

[kenny thomas]

I thought it was just my place--trees dying--white oaks seem to be the worst. I thought the dead pines were just from bugs, but I dunno know anymore.
Drizzling rain this morning, but not enough to even make a puddle.

There is a blight hitting the White Oak's that got stressed.
You see a tree that has bare limb's in the top that is a dead tree, might take it a couple of year's but it is dying;
Had tree's leaf out this spring that are Black Flag dead now.
After having the worst drought in a 100 year's a few rain's are not going to make that go away over night.

What CB is saying is correct. What happens is the trees are starved from the drought and we see them die for 3 or 4 years after. Seems that they just can't recover. One thing to notice is the acorn crop on the oaks is usually huge the year or the year before they die. One last attempt to reproduce before the tree dies.

 

[Caustic Burno]

KT no one alive can ever remember seeing an acorn crop like we had last year. Acorn's were falling off the live oak's until Jan. When you hit the wood's hunting it was like walking on marble's.

 

[greybeard]

You got that right CB. And the biggest acorns I ever saw too. I could hear 'em poppin under the tractor tires, and got 1/2 jillion little oak trees trying to come up in the yard this year.

 

[dun]

Last year we had a great acorn crop. Good thing cause there aren;t any this year. Same with walnuts, maybe a dozen per tree that usually yeild a half a truck full. Most of them don;t even have that many.

 

[Bigfoot]

Planted 15 more of rye plus 5 of oats. Turkeys are scratching for the oats. Ground was hard as supermans forehead. I'm seeing in excess of 100 at a time attacking it. Supposed to rain Monday maybe I'll have some germinate.

 

[Bigfoot]

I planted the rye about 15 days ago in bone dry soil. I literally got my first rain this morning. Some how I missed every rain associated with this Ike. I'm not worried about the soil compacting, but have the seed laid to long to germinate.

 

[Anonymous]

As long as the birds didn't get it all you and you get other rains it should come up