Late burn but it worked, sheds not so much

[dennishoddy]

Been out of town for awhile but got to one of my hunting areas today to do a prescribed burn. With all the humidity and green stuff already growing, was surprised it lit off. There was enough understory beneath the green stuff to get a pretty good burn. Ended up being about 5 acres. Started sprinkling right when it finally burnt itself out.
As a side note rode the 4 wheeler 10.8 miles down fence rows, creeks, waterways, etc finding zero sheds.

The sand plums I planted three years ago bloomed this year for the first time. I’m sure all the moisture we had this winter contributed to that. Next season I’ll drag a disk around the edge to start expanding the thicket. They are like a rhizome. Cut the root and you get a new plant.
Quail love the thickets for loafing areas and the deer use it as sustainable food.

 

[kwaynem]

I plan on going to look for sheds tomorrow

 

[dennishoddy]

I plan on going to look for sheds tomorrow

I hope you have better luck than me. Maybe they haven't shed in my area yet?

 

[lasher]

my Mom used to make really good sand plum jelly

 

[Snattlerake]

My wife did too.

 

[dennishoddy]

It will be many years before these put on enough to make jelly. Pretty slow growing/ maturing.

 

[Snattlerake]

Those are a ditch weed in Kansas, Sand plums everywhere west of Wichita.

 

[lasher]

Those are a ditch weed in Kansas, Sand plums everywhere west of Wichita.

used to find them on old fence lines down dirt roads north and west of arcadia and that area, we'd go a couple of sundays later in the summer and bring home sacks of them

 

[kwaynem]

I hope you have better luck than me. Maybe they haven't shed in my area yet?

Someone hit deer down the road from the house it was laying where I could see the top of its head and it had two bald spots where his horns were

 

[dennishoddy]

Those are a ditch weed in Kansas, Sand plums everywhere west of Wichita.

Ditch weed around here too, but there are lines of cars waiting on them to mature. (not really, but it makes a good story) They do get picked by locals though.