Thread: In the garden 2021

They burned all the wild areas this weekend.
Theory is the fire kills the weeds but not the prairie plants.

Originally Posted by rolodave

They burned all the wild areas this weekend.
Theory is the fire kills the weeds but not the prairie plants.

I don't know your particular area and the details but I like that they use the burn at a known interval.

Originally Posted by 32t

I don't know your particular area and the details but I like that they use the burn at a known interval.

Said the burn should be every "several" years.

Originally Posted by rolodave

Said the burn should be every "several" years.

I'm trying to figure out how they saved the tree. Was the grass green and wet so burned low and slow?

Originally Posted by planeden

I'm trying to figure out how they saved the tree. Was the grass green and wet so burned low and slow?

Yes. They prepped the area before the burn. Trees were not damaged

Originally Posted by planeden

I'm trying to figure out how they saved the tree. Was the grass green and wet so burned low and slow?

Many trees are resistant to fire and frequent grass fires don't bother them.

It is when man stopped the "normal" fire cycle that changed the environment.

Of course everything changes and what man does is just part of that......

I grew up on the edge of the Midwestern Oak Savanna. Now a days there is so much underbrush etc. in what may be left.

In my opinion so much of the wild fire problems that are occurring recently are the result of man stopping the natural fires and then building their house in the middle of the kindle factory created.

I look at many pictures of the fires in California for example and the houses are burnt but the tree in the front yard is still green?

Getting ready to do Slash burns as I type.

With wood prices through the roof we had about 10 acres logged, now it is time to pile the small stuff and burn it

Cut up the rest for fire wood next winter, I will be burning slash for the next 2 years hehehe

Originally Posted by 32t

Many trees are resistant to fire and frequent grass fires don't bother them.

It is when man stopped the "normal" fire cycle that changed the environment.

Of course everything changes and what man does is just part of that......

I grew up on the edge of the Midwestern Oak Savanna. Now a days there is so much underbrush etc. in what may be left.

In my opinion so much of the wild fire problems that are occurring recently are the result of man stopping the natural fires and then building their house in the middle of the kindle factory created.

I look at many pictures of the fires in California for example and the houses are burnt but the tree in the front yard is still green?

I always thought that had to do with the speed, but I suppose if the underbrush and leaves burn out before it gets hot enough to catch the trunks on fire, the tree comes out fine.

A chipmunk has been getting in my birdfeeder.
I have a solution

Well going to try the Vole/Mole killer

Found it today at the Ranch store, going to start in the garden and see what happens, my friend says it seems to have worked at his place