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Very good info!. Now i know why i just cant change to 1000 when testing pro. It probably needs the shaft other way around to enable it.

Can you recommend a finish mower for my John deer 4720 tractor. I have about 2 acres of grass to mow and want to get a finish mower to mow it.

Good explanation, Mike. I was not even aware of a 1,000 RPM PTO. I've had a Kubota B2601 for about 6 years and never used the rear PTO. Shame on me.

Love it Mike!

Yes, think about this, You spray the plants then turn the soil over. You have just taken the moisture out of the soil and killed all the microbes in the soil. It is now dead. The better way in my opinion if you slash to 6'' approx this keeps the soil covered and stops it drying out and the soil is still alive. You can then direct disc seed with minimum soil disturbance. Give it a go, you will be building better soil for doing it.

I enjoyed your video. A very common sense approach. As a sustainable Horticulturist. I applaud your work. I would suggest that folks wanting to reestablish native flora, think about making seed bombs. ( a mixture of native seeds. Put into a golf ball size mud ball it needs tobe hard enough when dry that it will not crumble. and when mowing or driving around randomly throw them in late fall early winter. A pound of mixed seeds formulated for your area. Is relatively inexpensive.

wish I could. My problem is I have about 7 acres of woods of my 11 acres. And the woods is dying from the ash borer. And the other main filler are white birch which get root rot from the moist soil. And the main ground plants are thorn bushes. And they grow at an alarming rate.

Thanks for the good advice Mike. Your place looks real nice. I do the “drunk mowing” approach to get the autumn olive and wild parsnip on our land. It looks weird but keeps the mowing to only bad stuff. Another thing people might want to consider is enrolling in CRP if the land is eligible and you don’t mind a little bit of oversight. It is a good program and at least in our area there are enrollment options specifically for plans to help pollinators. I can’t wait to try the app you suggested.

Here in Southern Oregon we have purple vetch which is prolific and the deer love it. It is high in protein and beautiful but the deer don’t eat it until it starts to dry out about the time they start dropping their babies. Luckily it grows on the steeper slopes which is just fine with me. I wish there was a way to send a photo because it is just a 2’ high carpet of purple. I’m sure the bees and hummingbirds love it too.

100 % nailed it. It is so much fun to use the app and see all the cool stuff that is growing. Milkweed is absolutely gorgeous.

BEAUTIFUL DRIVEWAY area which showcases the natural backdrop! Tim in northern TN

Thank you for the time to do this. It Helps !!!!!!!!!!

Great concept, but a little pricey don't you think?

All good advice. I enjoyed watching. Thanks

Thank you for the video.

Great subject matter Mike. In Colorado the AG extension will send out, free of charge, an agronomist and botanist to take soil samples, determine plant health and show you what are invasive species. they will also work up a plan for you to take whats there, and add what is needed, and remove what is bad. e.g. I own several hundred acres spread out across a 220000 acre ranch, not all of which is farmland. some here is just "residences" on 30 to 80 acre parcels. I dedicated a 71acre plot to wildlife and conservation. my cost to implement the plan they gave me, $0.00 it was all provided and I didnt know it until seed and inputs started showing up.

I needed a compact tractor to run a flail mower for my small acreage. I could not invest 20k + for a new one so I impulse bought a NHTC 29 at an auction. It has 400 hrs and all services received and cataloged. I was worried at first because I never heard of Shibaura. I hope my buy is solid because it was well taken care of and you speak well of this . Pats easy hitch is my next purchase and flail. Thx

Great timing on this video. Moved to Southwest Missouri two years ago and I am in the process of using 2 acres of fields that I have been mowing at first to make wildlife habitat instead. I appreciate your video. Very helpful.

Looks nice!

My house is on 35 acres and I have a cabin on 50 acres an hour away. We maintenance about 4 miles trails combined between them. 90%+ of both is left to nature, other than clearing invasives every few years. We have everything from box turtles to bears. The funny thing is that my parents maintain their yard, that contains an acre of old apple orchard, like a golf course, but have more ticks than I do and I use no chemicals vs their monthly spraying.

Great tips Mike! Love your channel and advice.

I have been practicing this on my farm for more than ten years now. As to mowing, I mow once, or twice at the most per YEAR, and this is at the end of July, or first of August. I used to be "one of those guys" that would spend LOTS of TIME and MONEY, that would mow my pastures and food plots, making things look like a golf course. Then I heard about "RMS" a.k.a. Recreational Mowing Syndrome. Google it and it may change your mind as it did mine. Not only does it save time and money to minimize your mowing, but it saves a LOT OF WEAR AND TEAR on your equipment too! My "rough looking pastures" now provide more food for wildlife than did my "groomed food plots".

Excellent video. As a beekeeper. This is music!

Probably one of your best videos

Thanks for this excellent video. My pastures are overrun with multi flora rosa. God-awful stuff. I had it mowed back last fall, and I plan to do the same this year. I'm considering throwing down pelletized lime, but I'd rather take your approach and see what natives I can encourage. I've also got loads of spiny trees that may be locust, but I think they're native to southwest Pennsylvania. Thumbs up.

We have 4 acres of our land set aside for wildlife in one section and just under an acre in another. We have all kinds of wildlife in there. Never mow or spray. Don't even cut trees in there. Full of every kind of hunting wildlife in NE Kansas there is, plus all kinds of birds, insects, reptiles and all. Not only is it good for the habitat, land and air quality, but you also get a tax break, at least in Kansas.

Try “hack n squirt” to kill the locust trees. They will not come back as it kills the roots. If you mow the locust down the root will resprout and you might get a flat tire from the locust spike. Ask me how I know. Lol. Great video, thanks from Oklahoma

I want to thank you for this video. We started doing this on our acreage about 11 years ago. Now we have wonderful variety of flowers and plants. We have collected some seeds from nearby wild areas to supplement what was here. We have put in trails also. It is a family favorite for walking and the dog loves it too. I understand the concern about fire that one of your posters mentioned. Being in a drier area then you that is always a worry but we keep a defensible border around the buildings. We do our ground management a little bit different also. First we split the ground into 3rds. Then each third goes thru a rotation of burning in the first year, the next year that area is bush hogged and the 3rd year left alone. The burning and bush hogging help to reduce the risk of fire and go a long way to maintaining our prairie. We do leave ours standing in the winter to provide cover for the critters and it helps in adding moisture to the ground from frost and dew. We call our property a Butterfly ranch due too the large number that hang out here. (Open range of course!) Thanks for this video! 😄

Thanks for the PlantNet recommendation. Interesting to know what plants we have out there and sometimes difficult to recognize which ones are noxious. Every app that I had found uses a paid subscription and I didn't think I'd get enough use from it to justify the expense. I downloaded it while you were talking, so will have to watch the video again!

Amen sir! I have been doing this for 5 years and I have hummingbirds, fox, turkey, deer, owls, rabbits and many small bird species. Oh, I clear the honey locust every year!

Excellent video. When I first talked to our local state wildlife biologist and told him that we'd like to manage the land for wildlife, he asked what wildlife we already had. He then said to keep it looking just like it is at the moment and to take out any hard stemmed woody stuff or invasive species that happen to come up. He also suggested the use of prescribed fire to maintain an early successional habitat. (Growing season vs dormant season depending on what you're shooting for.) I asked about putting out wildlife plots and he told me that we already have that so why spend money to destroy it and then more money to replant it. Makes sense and saves money. Also, the random meandering trails you cut are perfect for what the wildlife wants and make excellent hunting hikes for taking upland game with the grandkids.

My city neighbors complain about all the "vermin". I have deer, fox, rabbit, squirrel, armadillo, possum, skunks and more. I'll keep my wildlife sanctuary, over my neighbors field; which they keep clearcut and sprayed. I have started calling it a wildlife corridor or my wildlife sanctuary.

Give us a proven method to wipe out invasive blackberries.

Picture this app works better

Excellent video. I just starting to work on the 54 acres (42 acres in 'tree farm' program) at my wife's family place in VA, where we will retire this fall. Being a newby in farm land management, I was tempted to make 7 acres adjacent to the farm buildings 'park-like'. But after seeing deer being comfortable close around the house in light woods and ground cover, we will take your advice. I'll use the app you suggested to identify plants to control. My first yard slope mowing on the zero turn, showed me the discomfort felt on side slopes. We'll leave those areas natural. Glad I didn't have that lesson on the Ferguson T0-30 with rotary cutter. Thanks Mike!

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Excellent advice Mike. I enjoyed this video and learned a lot. Thanks

I made the mistake once when I bush hogged at the end of June and run into a turkey nest. Now I don’t bush hog until the end of Sept first of October. Gives a place for all the wildlife and then when bush hogging the field mouse abound

Nice! We do similar things to this. However, we like to get an inventory of anything we don’t want to accidentally destroy. We are building an orchard from the various desirable plants we have found sprouting in the fields: pears, peaches, apples, persimmons, elderberry, oak, ash, and so on. Once we either mark or transplant them, THEN we do selective bush hogging.

It's been awhile, so don't know if its still available, but in Missouri you used to get a good quality wildlife plot mix for free through Dept of Conservation. Doesn't cost anything to ask your local folks whats available

Was trying to get $1500 off a 30k tractor and they want move so I walked away because l already have a tractor so I will just keep the one I got

A part of the problem with a decline in sales, for many industries, is the aging baby boomers. Tractors, trailers, boats, atvs, campers, cars,trucks, homes, lawnmowers, and many other used products are being passed down at a rate that has never been seen before. Same goes for inheritance of money.

Thanks for the video! Do you need a land plane in addition to your box blade for driveway gravel maintenance?

my wood chipper takes the 1000 rpm

Don't buy a 2850 tractor !

LOWER THE PRICES AND THEY MAY SELL !!!! I OFFERED CASH MONEY OF 45,000 FOR A M6060 TRACTOR AND THEY SAID NO. SO I SAID BYE BYE.

70hp is more then enough to pull a decent size mower. Also you can easilly run a baler with it

I have an idea for a video that I think would be very beneficial for those of us looking to buy a tractor. It would be nice to know what repair work will be needed as part of the normal use of a tractor and whether you could do the work yourself. Plus, what would the repair entail. I'm not referring to regular maintenance, but what could happen in daily use where you'd need to correct/fix something. Thank you for considering.

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I say keep it why go into debt and spend more money. We managed for years on our farm with just 2wd tractors. My dad always said a 4wd tractor will just get stuck deeper. Just like all the 4wd trucks that never leave the road. Big waste of money