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Environmental Baddies 6d
I have 40 acres of land in Iowa zone 5 to so whatever I want. There are turkeys and dear on the land so I don’t want to harm them but DO want to keep them away from crops I’m growing. Any advice? (This might be a series thing to show progress)
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Anonymous 5d

Idk how realistic it is for you but a properly trained farm dog was what my grandparents did, it would chase away any bird or animal that tried to get into their peas

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Anonymous 6d

Most farmers usually assume the outer rows will get eaten and it’s factored into the loss, you could plant like feeder corn around the outside of a field.

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Anonymous 6d

How do you get 40 acres of land

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6d

Iowa isn’t exactly a heavily populated state

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6d

Family for generations but I’m the only one of my siblings who wants to actually cultivate it

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6d

There are lots of corn fields nearby, I’m less worried about them eating it and more worried about them trampling it! Part of the land is dedicated prairie so they love to nest and live on it! We have an oat field for them too but I might be taking that over to grow herbs and more native edible plants.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 6d

It was actually passed through the women in my family minus my dad so I’m really excited to get it next ❤️

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6d

That’s what I kinda meant also, it serves multiple purposes. If you plant it so the stalks are close together it also acts as kind of a fence, without the hassle of installing a fence over that many acres

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6d

Ohhhh that makes sense!

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6d

Also noise makers, human activity, flood lights in certain spots, will scare most animals off that would do much damage

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6d

Ooo actually that gave me an idea! Elderberry is native in the area and grows really fast and has some thorns so it might be an effective way to make a fense type structure around it!

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6d

Also a nitrogen fixer so should help plants in the garden too

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6d

That’s a good idea! I know there’s also a market for picked and frozen elderberries (at least in my part of rural pa lol) since people use them in baking, but they can be hard to forage cause birds will eat them first thing in the season

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6d

I would probably used them to make elderberry syrup just since it’s a good immune booster and some of the flowers for tea!

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 5d

I would love that however I don’t live on the land so it wouldn’t be realistic to have any domestic animals there

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