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    Chief River Nursery

    Yeah I received my package yesterday. Everything looks good and I'm going to plant today. I received my whitetail hill the day before so now I'm overwhelmed too haha. Neither company sent me an email, just the UPS notifications.
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    Honey Bees

    Fascinating thread. Has anyone here bought https://www.honeyflow.com/? Pretty expensive, but seems to make the process much easier. I live about 10 minutes from my small orchard so I would prefer something with a little less maintenance. Also is it too late to start? My peaches and apples have...
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    What motivates you as a habitat guy/land manager?

    It's not any one thing for me, but deep at it's core I love and have a passion for 2 things that drive habitat improvement for me. The first is the obvious love of the outdoors, don't need to go more into this, but anything that can get me outside, I'm all in. The second is a desire to tinker...
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    Chief River Nursery

    Yeah I was originally drawn to them because their doug firs were the cheapest around, even compared to local. I will still reserve judgment based on what I receive though. There's 2 schools of thought here. Those that don't have the time or property to scavenge for trees and those who don't...
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    Chief River Nursery

    I would hope mine ships soon as well, although we have time in the northeast. I'm waiting on my whitetail hill chestnuts and persimmons that I ordered on black friday too
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    Chief River Nursery

    Placed a smallish sub $200 order yesterday for some doug firs I want to plant as a property privacy wall and threw some 2'-3' white oaks in the cart. They are by far the cheapest for doug firs and reasonable for the oaks. Will update this thread if it's a sh!t show or if it turns out well.
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    Native and Non-Native Oaks

    Interesting and I'd wonder too. Sure you're going to lose some growth as its transplanted, but I guess I'm not sure I could see the seedlings catching up? Any science to support this?
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    Native and Non-Native Oaks

    yeah that's exactly why I drove almost an hour because you just don't find these. They were roughly $40 a piece, and at that height I felt that was a pretty damn good price.
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    Native and Non-Native Oaks

    that was my thought too, thanks for confirming guys. We're pretty close to leaf out in NY anyhow.
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    Native and Non-Native Oaks

    So I made the 50 minute drive both ways to the nursery that was recommended. He was smaller than I had imagined, but I like supporting small bussinesses. It was a piss poor day raining and muddy. Helped him dig out the trees which were potted, but burried in mud and mulch. In the commotion it...
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    Chief River Nursery

    appreciate the feedback all. thanks.
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    Chief River Nursery

    Has anyone ever ordered from these folks? I subscribe to "if it looks to good to be true" and their prices seem just that for some of the oaks and conifers I was looking at. At least compared to some other online retailers. Or maybe their prices are good and I'm just new to this. Recommend some...
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    4' Welded Wire Fence Deal

    eh just a few weeks. There was a chance, but yeah it seems closed now.
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    Native and Non-Native Oaks

    help me understand why a hybrid is better than native? I see so many mixed opinions here. Is it truly ford vs chevy here? I'm in zone 6.
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    Native and Non-Native Oaks

    We know oaks take a while, which is why I think people tend to go with food plots and chestnuts... just lack of patience. But I don't think an oak can be beaten for great habitat. I will probably spend a little more to buy some oaks that are a few years old already and maybe that helps get me a...
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