Tilling lowground

Do to a misunderstanding between a landowner I rent from and a guy that hunts on his land. I have to work up and reseed about 30 acres of low ground/ peat ground.

Heres the deal, the landowner has an 80 acre piece next to me. I hay 50 the other 30 is wooded with food plots planted here and there. The hunter calls the landowner and gets permission to put in food plots.

I had leveled off a nice pad on a knoll to stack the hay I bale off the lowground. Well, that bacame a food plot. Then the hunter and a buddy decide to try and disc strips for pheasants in the hay field. It didn't work so they got the moldboard plow and tried plowing strips, also didn t work well.

Now between the ruts, the crooked nature of the strips, and the mess they made trying to plow, I have about 30 acres to work up and reseed.

I'm not looking for a fight and costs will be handled between us.

The ground is dry enough to get in and work, they were out there trying to plow with a 4 bottom and no duals.

I'm thinking of using an offset disc, discing the heck out of it and dragging it. Then broadcasting fert and canary grass.

Any other ideas, how do you work peat ground??

Hey Bud,

I'd ask that landowner if he wants you to farm it or the hunters.

Life is too short to put up with that kind of interference.

Allan

I here ya. We already had that conversation.
Problem for him is that the hunter in question is also his relation. The landowner doesn"t spend much time out there and he discovered it after the fact. It was just some plain old fashioned stupidity and lack of common sense...

we had some peat bottom land at the old place. we never worked it wet, it would clump up then you'd have a mess. when it was dry it was real powdery. let it dry down, then maybe hit it with a field cultivator, spike drag and roller (pulverizer).

Plowing peat ground that is covered in cornstalks or tall grass is miserable. Heavy offset disc works well because it shouldn"t plug up. After that I use a field cultivator, or run the offset very shallow.