Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Fruit and Nut Trees: Economical Long-Term Food Plots

Preparing for a deer hunt usually entails short-term solutions to last minute problems. Scouting, putting up stands, cutting shooting lanes, and packing gear before hunts are actions extremely important to a good hunt and must be frequently maintained.

Other necessary actions important to the hunt are habitat improvements such as annual food plots. Annual food plots are useful, but only for a few months. Each planting does not improve habitat in the long run, and the work and expense of planting has to be repeated every few months or the improvement declines, or vanishes.

What if you could do something that would steadily improve habitat, decrease the amount of work and eliminate unnecessary expenses over time?

Indeed, planting Chestnut Hill Outdoors fruit and nut trees as long-term orchard "food plots" will enhance the habitat of your hunting land. Once established, the right mix of Chestnut Hill trees on your land will produce heavy yields of highly palatable food for wildlife for decades.

In the long run, fruit and chestnut trees require less care than annual food plot plantings and are less expensive to maintain. Fruit and chestnut trees not only improve wildlife habitat, but are a great way to do so without increasing annual costs.

Chestnut Hill produces hardy fruit trees in a number of varieties. Apple, pear and persimmons, for example, can be the foundation of wildlife orchards that last for decades. Chestnut Hill has varieties that are designed to thrive in just about every growing zone in the contiguous United States, so you can be sure you are getting a tree that will grow best on your land. Dunstan Chestnut trees are also available; known for a blight resistant chestnut that annually produces chestnuts deer prefer by a wide margin, even over white oak acorns. Additionally, chestnut trees are capable of producing more carbohydrates per acre than corn.

Chestnut Hill knows that not everyone is an expert on tree planting. But you don't have to be an expert to establish a wildlife tree planting, because Chestnut Hill can provide the necessary information to choose the right trees for your land. Chestnut Hill provides guidance with management goals for proper planting schedules and care.

This year, consider cutting your long-term management costs with a better long-lasting management plan: Chestnut Hill trees.

To find out more about chestnuts, check out the Chestnut Hill Nursery & Orchards web site at www.chestnuthilltreefarm.com or www.chestnuthilloutdoors.com.