Restoring the Ground

On this episode, I talk with John Grouchy and Colby Henderson of Mississippi Wildlife and Fisheries. They are land Biologist and we discuss things from our site visit of my property today.

I know that audio isn't the best. I had to move my podcast equipment from my home to my front porch of my camp. The wind was worse than expected and we are all 3 sitting around a table trying to use 2 microphones.

In this episode, I update what I am seeing in my food plots after the drought and heat of the 2023 summer and fall. We had no measurable ran for almost 100 days, with highs consistently over 100 degrees during that time. There is very little native browse to eat currently because of the drought conditions, so the food plots are as important as ever.

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In this episode, I talk about what I did with food plots last year, and the failures of those plots. I then discuss what I have done differently, with location, seed mix and how I prepared the areas. I hope you find this informative. This is absolutely a learning process for me. I am trying to use the little bit of food plot experience that I have, join it with my landscape horticulture experience, and throw in a heavy mix of ideas that I have learned from listening to other podcast (Drop Tine Seed, Land and Legacy, MSU deer lab, etc.).

Levee from Tigerdroppings sent me his food plot prescription for this year a few months back. I would like to hear from others, see pictures, and then maybe do some podcast this winter or next spring about the results and what they would do differently.

In this podcast, I talk about a plan that I put together with he Colby Henderson, the wildlife biologist, and the results that I have seen this year from the work.

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I recap a little of what I learned from hunting season and how it motivated the work that I started doing in January of 2023. I am beyond

pleased with the results that I am seeing since this work was done 7 months ago.

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This is a spiritual podcast. I talk about what has led me on this journey, and what I believe leads many of us, even when we don't completely understand it. In this podcast, I testify about the Grace of God on my life and the things he has taught me about dirt. I reference Dirt to Soil by Gabe Brown a few times.

Here is my question for you: Are you allowing the Lord to transition you from Dirt to Soil? the Bible says we are made of dust. Dust is dirt without water. Soil is dirt that is filled with water and LIFE!

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In this podcast, I take some time to describe what the class is about, why to take it, and how it benefits you and your property.

I go over some of the mistakes that I made last year. Nothing that was detrimental, but definitely some things that I didn't do correctly. We had a tragedy in the family that changed my thought process, but in the midst, a weekend of work changed the way I do things on the property. It also changed a lot of the way that I look at things, and how important they actually are.

Kiss your wife, kids, and family. Tell them that you love them and let them know how much they mean to you because one day, you may not be able to. Live life without regrets, and surely don't live it with pride or fear!

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In this episode I talk about how and what are some things that I have done to help create old field habitat in my 5 year old cutover. I discuss when the work should be done to get the results that you are striving for and what methods to use. I also talk about the native and invasive plants that are showing up on my place in the areas that I have completed work.

In this episode I reference an article by Dr Craig Harper and John Grouchy about Old Field Habitat. I break down their article talking about the 3 components of an Old Field: Forms, Grasses, and Shrubs/Brambles. I talk about the varieties of these and their benefits from nutrition.

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I talk about the work that I did in 2022 to create Old Field in 2022 on my property. I made some mistakes by choosing a few of the locations that I chose, but I also learned a few things about the soils and the vegetation that grew back after the work was done.