The 33 acres of old fields are dominated by fescue. Around the house it's beautiful, in the hunting fields, it's less than desirable. Currently I am considering how to remove the fescue and encourage native weeds to grow. This will probably be accomplished with a combination of herbicide, controlled burn, and disking. The natural seed bank will be given a chance to show it self and will provide better cover and food for wildlife. Over the weeks I have attempted to observe the existing "weeds" to learn what whitetail are eating. Some of these are heavily browsed while others are untouched. Some that are not eaten still provide quality cover for wildlife and some provide food for non-whitetail. the first picture is of the fescue around the house, the remaining are of a varity of native plants including: Hoptree, Smalls Ragwort, Chickasaw Plum, Common Vetch, Prickly Sowthistle, Horse weed or Marstail, Winged Sumac, Poke Weed, Black Berry, Unkown, Indian Hemp, Old Field Aster, Chickasaw (with fruit) Plum, and Lespedeza.
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