Our first official plot

I know a place in Dayton that stores boats. Cost is about $11 or $12 per foot. I don’t have the number with me, but can PM you later.

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his “live-in boss” won’t let him put it in the garage.

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I can’t suggest a storage area, but I can suggest he buys himself a pair of pants. He can get them at most any clothing store. The man wears the pants and the boat goes in the garage.

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I can’t suggest a storage area, but I can suggest he buys himself a pair of pants. He can get them at most any clothing store. The man wears the pants and the boat goes in the garage.

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Hey Impalapower, You must not be married?? or she cant log on to IDA. We’re all tough when they are not around. J/K

There is a mini type storage facility on Zachary lane just north of 81 in MG. I’m not sure of cost but, they have a lot of boats in their lot during winter months. It appears they also have indoor avaliable as well.

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With a boss like that, maybe he needs to look for a new job.

Not to hi-jack the thread, but I am in the same situation. Just not enough room, so I currently keep my boat at my moms, which is about 40 mmiutes away. I would prefer to store it somewhere in the Hudson, WI area. If anyone has any good, affordable leads in Western WI, that would be great… Hudson, River Falls, Somerset, etc…

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his “live-in boss” won’t let him put it in the garage.

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I can’t suggest a storage area, but I can suggest he buys himself a pair of pants. He can get them at most any clothing store. The man wears the pants and the boat goes in the garage.

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Those pants aren’t going to make the difference with that big a void in them ……….. if the stones are stored in her purse, the boat will be stored off site.

Yes, I am married. No, my wife does not log on here .

Tim

My attached garage was also to small to hold my boats and toys. So 10 years ago I did the only thing possible, I built a 1200 square foot heated toy box. Also would give you a hiding place from the boss.

I understand Mendotaeye has some extra space in his garage now.

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I understand Mendotaeye has some extra space in his garage now.

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This is true. Amazing how much space one woman can use up isn’t it? I never knew my garage was so big.

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Hey Impalapower, You must not be married?? or she cant log on to IDA. We’re all tough when they are not around. J/K

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I’m married, I wear the pants, no she isn’t on this site, and I bought two Lunds in one day. I have a marriage test nearly quite often and I pass them all.

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I can’t suggest a storage area, but I can suggest he buys himself a pair of pants. He can get them at most any clothing store. The man wears the pants and the boat goes in the garage.

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Hey Impalapower, You must not be married?? or she cant log on to IDA. We’re all tough when they are not around. J/K

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God knows you don’t wear any pants

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his “live-in boss” won’t let him put it in the garage.

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I can’t suggest a storage area, but I can suggest he buys himself a pair of pants. He can get them at most any clothing store. The man wears the pants and the boat goes in the garage.

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Hey Impalapower, You must not be married?? or she cant log on to IDA. We’re all tough when they are not around. J/K

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God knows you don’t wear any pants

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How can he wear any pants? There is no room to store them in his closet with all the skirts in there.

Thanks for all the info! Hopefully he gets one soon so I can mooch some free rides! Apparently he’s not the only one that lost his pants!

I headed back to SD over the long weekend. It was a great time and I sure do miss being on the farm. My dad raises about 12,000 pheasants each year for game farms so his time in the fall is precious. Over the last few months, I’ve been sending him pics from guys like Pat H and Brad J showing him what QDM can do for the deer herd. His excitement level has steadily increased. When I told him I’d be home for the long weekend, we laid out a few items to tackle. One being a new fall food plot.

Dad mowed this area last week one day, but due to high winds wasn’t able to RoundUp the ground. On Friday afternoon, he started breaking the sod up with the chisel. Lots of grass/weeds to deal with. We did the best we could. Moved off a ton of grass, but next year we will own a dump rake to clear these spots. I ran the disc for a couple hours and we called it good. We planted about 80lbs of brasica mixture and then ran over it with a drag behind the wheeler. We will see how it does. Luckily they got about .25 of rain yesterday.

We also got a few mineral sites and cameras set this weekend. Can’t wait to get back there to hunt!!! The deer found them within hours of us putting them out. AWESOME!!

I can’t say thanks enough for all the members who have input into this forum. It’s been great motivation and information is invaluable!!! I really want to thank Pat, Bob and Ben, you guys are awesome!!!

I forgot, this is how you plant trees in SD. We added this pole to the end of a tree grove where we can place a ladder stand.

Looks great! How big is it? 80 #s of seed seems pretty high unless you have a reel big plot
Seems to me that with the arid conditions you guys have down thier that some type of alf alfa/ clover mix would be great for your summer months to get the deer hanging around on that quality food source (17 to 29 % crude protein) that will still produce tons of forage even if you slip back into a drought. and maybe by then you will have the old man convinced to start another plot for the fall Last question is did you do a soil test yet? Dont get all burned out on driving now, I got a stand up in Ottertail County just waitin for ya

It feels good doesn’t it? Congrats on your first SD food plot! No matter how it turns out, it will be better than what you had before. The best thing I love about planting food plots and practicing QDM is the camaradarie it brings along with it. It’s a chance to spend more time in the outdoors with friends and family!

Thanks Ben!!

We didn’t do soil tests this year. Our plan was to wing it this fall since we got a late start and the seed was free. I’m guessing this plot to be about 2 acres. Currently there are 20 acres of corn/millete just to the west of this plot + another 8 acres of corn to the north west. 80 acres of CRP to the east and a pothole dam right smack in the middle. I’ll get an arial photo off google maps and mark it up a bit. We probalby over seeded, but given the growing conditions….I guess we’ll see. We have a ton of plans next year already. We are going to put in several more small plots. There is a new agri-biz/fertilizer company in town looking to build their reputation. I have a phone call into them.

Seeing my dad energized was so worth it. He’s a diabetic who probalby should change his diet and beer intake. Anything I can do to motivate him to stick around a few more years will pay dividends to our family for years to come.

The 6 hour drive is a bit brutal, but the kids are getting better and better about traveling. Nothing a few bribes with candy and juice won’t help anyway.

Nice work Kooty. This being my 2nd year playing with plots, learning a ton on this site, sure is fun isn’t it.

You look like a tired dog in that pict…..

Great job Kooty Like the rest of us your blood sweat and tears will be rewarded this fall

How long will it take to start seeing growth in the plot if we are lucky? We planted Sunday morning, they got a little rain on Monday. It’s been pretty cool since. Any chance germination is happening?

This waiting stuff is for the birds.

5-7 days on the brassicas after the rain. depending on how the plot looks in 7-10 days It may be a good idea to spread some winter rye in that plot. Winter rye will germinate in temps as low as 38-40 degrees and is one of the top 5 as far as being palatable and crude protien Good luck! All your hard work will pay off

One thing I forgot to mention is that i have spread 4 lbs per acre of rape and purple top turnips right into standing clover in august and have had a “fair” stand of brassicas. so your minimum tillage plot should work out good if you get the moisture when you need it.

That’s always the kicker in SD Bob. Moisture tends to be a premium. Dad is going to plant some winter wheat in this plot also as soon as the neighbors start planting their fields. Hopefully by the time I get back there to hunt he’ll have it ready.

See you tomorrow!

I had spilled a handful of winter rye in the bed of my truck on the 28th of last month when I planted my fall plots. On labor Day when I opened the topper to load up from camping, some of the rye had sprouted….

Very cool!!

Talked to dad today. While our trail cam pics were disappointing, he informed me we got another .73 inches of rain on Friday. This is awesome news for the plot. It should be sprouting by Tuesday.

I’m super pumped. Dad is reporting another 1.73 inches of rain yesterday. He is starting to see some sprouts.

I’m told the plot is coming in very nicely. With the warm weather predicted out there, it should grow great. Hopefully it’s a few inches tall by the time I get to hunt over it on Oct 2nd.

It’s been a great growing season for food plots!