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I have the 5 gallon buckets in the deep areas and these in the shallow end. Very easy to make. Also, it has been scientifically proven that you have to use red and blue tubing for the most effective fish habitat. I can provide the peer reviewed science if needed.
You really should contact a professional to come out, walk your property, and discuss your goals with you. You could hire someone or check with the NRCS or state agency and they might do it for free. While 15 acres is not huge, it is a lot of land where things can quickly get out of hand...
That is crazy. Glad he got in before it hit.
Reminds me of an accident that happened about 20 miles from me a few years ago. A college student was getting back into her car after stopping at a rest stop. An 18-wheeler heading west bound lost a couple of tires that rolled several hundred yards...
That sounds like less than ideal conditions for an oak. Are there native oaks nearby growing in similar conditions? If so, I would plant those. If not, I would think about another tree species that can provide deer sustenance and can thrive in those conditions.
I have to laugh at this. I probably have 35-40 five gallon buckets and I have never bought a single bucket. I also have kitty litter buckets, 1 gallon, 2 gallon, 3 gallon, and square mayonnaise buckets. You name the bucket and I have one. I always have a need for one. I shake my head when I walk...
Funny you should mention flying squirrels. I cleaned out a box two years ago and there were about 30 acorns in the box along with nesting material. This past year I noticed that the entrance hole had been enlarged. I took the front off to clean out the box and to replace the front piece. I...
My Anna apple in south Mississippi is fully leafed out and blooming. It always blooms in February. It got hit hard in the freeze last March. I have had this tree for over 10 years in my backyard and have been unable to find a pollinator that will bloom in February when it blooms. A good...
A lot of fishermen around my area fish for tripletail in coastal waters by building fish aggregating devices (FADs) because the tripletail love floating structure. I saw this FAD washed up last year on an island. It is simply a 24x30" bread tray with foam. The tray sits upside down in the water...
How big do you want it? Do you want an island for them to rest and nest on or just something for them to rest on out of the water? If just something for them to get out of the water, they make floating animals that would serve this purpose. A park in Phoenix installed some alligators and hippos...
What species of oak were you trying to plant? I would think that you should be trying bur, chinquapin, post, and maybe Mexican white oak. These trees are adapted to the dry climate. I would suggest against air pruning pots. I understand the benefits, but a big, fibrous root system that sits in...
Did you scarify them? The seed coat needs to be broken down so water can enter the seed. You can sand them with sandpaper or I like to put them on rough concrete and scrape them back and forth. You don't want a pretty, shiny seed. Also persimmon seeds will sometimes take two years to germinate...
A boat? A boat is always a great investment. You never know about these things. I diligently put money into my retirement when I first started working in the 1990s. After losing a great deal in the early 2000s, I was mad at myself for not taking the money I had put towards retirement and using...
My advice would be to consider what you want the oak to do and provide for your property rather than whether the oak is native to your surrounding area. Will sawtooths even grow that far north? If they do grow that far north, I doubt they will produce acorns in the 5-6 years that everyone touts...
At this point, I can see that you have nothing more to offer in this discussion.
The great thing about scientific journals is that they allow critiques of all published works. I would highly encourage you to gather together all the points you have made in this post and submit your critique to...
You are really stretching to say that was an ad hominem attack. I fully respect your opinion. I don't agree with it, but I respect it. The statement was conveying that a lot of professional researchers thought long and hard about the study, the study design, the data collection, data analysis...