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Hiding a field from the road???

bi-color lezpedeza is some very neat stuff, it grows tall and thick and the birds love it.
supposably deer like it but i have seen no evidence of browse. i also wouldnt rule out pines, at least every 10 feet or so, this would provide a wind block at a low cost. i have a friend who planted hybrid willows and he loves them, but im not sure about cost.
 
ChadWheeler said:
I'd use Leyland Cypress trees or White Pines.
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Chad I am surprised that you are the first person to mention Leyland Cypress. They are faster growing than pines and will grow 3 to 4 feet a year even in poor soil. They are used as a hedge or screen and get up to about 40 feet. I planted 100 of them the beginning of this year because they grow so tall and will work for elevated roads. Due to the poor growing conditions this summer I lost about 5% and they only grew about two feet.
 
If possible, I would just let the field grow up so it's hard to see into it from the road. From our experience, if you attract the deer to a plot close to the road, you are just asking for problems. The road hunters will still be able to see and shoot deer going to or leaving the field. Spend you time and money on plots in the center of your lease. Just my 2 cents.
 
eightpoint said:
Only problem with leyland cypress is that the road riders will cut them as Christmas trees if they can see them.
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Maybe, but we haven't had that happen yet with our older ones but we have had white pines cut down. You never know with the prices of trees this year but I have never seen a leyland cypress christmas tree. :D
 
Tractor John said:
If possible, I would just let the field grow up so it's hard to see into it from the road. From our experience, if you attract the deer to a plot close to the road, you are just asking for problems. The road hunters will still be able to see and shoot deer going to or leaving the field. Spend you time and money on plots in the center of your lease. Just my 2 cents.
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My problem is I have a little over a mile of county dirt road that goes through my farm and is elevated as much as 20 feet over my pastures. The deer are feeding on weeds and stuff as much in the pasture this year as the food plots in the center of the property.

The GW this year told me they don't take trucks and guns from the lazy road hunters anymore. Thats the problem. Shooting from roads is extremely dangerous to rural families who live on them. It should be a much more serious crime.
 
This property is only 19 acres, and has very limited places you can plant! The road frontage of the field is about 150'
Probably gonna build a fence and let it grow up with weeds and plant Honey suckle on it too.
 
TAS, I have some neighbors that set out over 100 leyland cypress trees along their paved road frontage about 4 years ago. They have lost 10-15 per year to folks cutting them for Christmas trees. I noticed 2 new ones cut yesterday that got whacked overnight. Down here in GA folks will definitely cut em!
 
eightpoint said:
TAS, I have some neighbors that set out over 100 leyland cypress trees along their paved road frontage about 4 years ago. They have lost 10-15 per year to folks cutting them for Christmas trees. I noticed 2 new ones cut yesterday that got whacked overnight. Down here in GA folks will definitely cut em!
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Dang, I guess that gives me something else to watch for. Thanks!
 
my dad has some propety that borders a highway thats in the process of being four-laned. what he just found out is they are going to raise the road 20 ft. which will look down on top of a beautiful, two acre clover field. we have looked into moso bamboo and will probably put some out in the spring.
according to the comp. it can grow up to 50' high and the diameter at the bottom is 10"! i dont know if it will ever get anywhere close to this size in tennessee, but ive seen a place where it reached twenty.
 
I'm not sure where you can buy it, but there are some types of cane/ bamboo that grow 40-50 feet tall. It gets as big around as a coke can. Not sure if it will grow just any where. I'm going to do a google search and see what turns up. I saw the stuff everywhere in Jamacia about 5 years ago when I was there on my honeymoon with the wife.
 
http://www.lewisbamboo.com/favmoso.html


As long as you keep the fresh tender shutes cut down in the spring when they come up it will stay where you want it. Bamboo cannot cross creek or roads. A barrier of 18 inches deep is required if you want to stop the spread of the roots to new areas, but as I said above you can keep the shutes from invading a field by mowing them although you may still have the root system underground. Bamboo works great for erosion control in certain instances. BTW the tender shutes are eaten by the chinese etc.. My dad and I started a project to stop erosion of the creek in his backyard and it has worked well and created a great songbird nesting habitiat. I will try and find some pics of it.
 
this bamboo is not MOSO but it gets around 35 ft tall. It was transplanted from some property in fentress county.



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a QDM tv program suggested fountain grass. I have it in my front yard to hide one of those ugly green utility boxes and it grows fast and big, if you don't cut it.
 
greenblazer said:
a QDM tv program suggested fountain grass. I have it in my front yard to hide one of those ugly green utility boxes and it grows fast and big, if you don't cut it.
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YEp and you can divide it up after it gets big and transplant it. A guy on here i was eating with the othere day was telling me about it a good idea
 

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