SEEDING Implements for Small Properties

My wife and I have owned rural property for more than 25 years. Our land consists of rolling hardwood hills interspersed with a mix of small fields. We enjoy improving the habitat for wildlife by providing food plots and clearing trails and openings in the woods. We’ve been rewarded for our efforts with a variety of wildlife visiting our property, such as deer, wild turkeys, ducks, geese, coyotes, foxes, and even the occasional black bear. Also, a large variety of songbirds and pollinators frequent our land, which greatly enhances our time spent outdoors.

When we first purchased our land, it hadn’t been worked in many years. The fields were choked with weeds, only one road led to the property, and no trails were between the fields. We didn’t own equipment, such as tractors, tillage equipment, or seeders, and in the first few years, we used our all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and some improvised attachments to clear fields and plant food plots. Over the years, we added a compact utility tractor and some tillage equipment, but we also learned that you can establish and manage food plots