ORIGINAL: Remnard
ORIGINAL: bigwhitetailbuck
Well, here is the situation: My family bought 70 acres on top of a small mountain in Ny. There is 1 good field in the middle of the property I am thinking about putting a food source in for the deer. I will be cutting down a bunch of trees in the field. It is a 2 acre field, I probably will only be filling in about 1 acre. The field is not very flat, it has small ditches and water type bars in it. I would be tilling up the ground as much as possible with what everI could use (I have a quad and am hoping to get a tow behind tiller thing).
I dont want to plant clover because I know it takes a good amount of maintaining and mowing and stuff.
Im thinking soy beans (but not sure if it needs a lot of maintaining).
Or maybe even corn..... So please give me any advice about what to plant and when and how to plant it. IM A NEWB
. Thanks A lot guys!
Mike
Clover is much easier then either of those. Clover, while needing mowing does not need to be planted annually. (3 to 5 years before replant) Soy, if not planted in a large enough tract will be mowed down before it has a chance to produce a bean crop. Corn is also an annual and 1 corn plant needs 50 gallons of water in a season to reach a good crop at maturity. Unless you have ample rain fall, it may fail.
It sounds like getting equipment may be an issue. Just doing some of the logging will open up the ground and increase food production 10 fold over a mature forest. I would take stock of the timber and choose carefully what you cut. PAy attention to your compass also and your drainage situation on the top and the hillsides.
Can you give us more info on what is there? Have you done a soil test?