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Most Popular Nut and Fruit Trees at Mossy Oak’s Nativ Nurseries

The best fruit tree is the Wild “Deer” Pear. We also offer soft mass like wild blueberries and different types of plum trees. A real favorite has been the paw paw - the largest fruit that’s native to America. Native Americans ate the paw paw fruit. Until the white man arrived in this country, there weren’t any apples, oranges and other types of fruit.

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak, Nativ Nurseries

Thistle Eradication

Whatever you do, DON’T just “let the thistles be.” They will go to seed and keep spreading. Besides maintaining their foothold where they are, the wind will carry the seeds and they’ll take up residence wherever there is an open patch of dirt. KILL THEM DEAD!

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Importance of Native Grasses, Wildflowers and the Planting and Fertilizing of Trees

Nativ Nurseries also has studied the planting of native grasses and believes they can be very beneficial to provide food for wildlife. Many of the native grasses that once grew throughout this country that the wildlife used for food have been lost because of the growth of invasive species. Deer like to come from thick cover to feed in a green field. Planting native grasses around your green field to provide cover for deer to

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Nativ Nurseries’ Jesse Raley Tells about Fruit Trees for Wildlife

We select fruit trees for specific sections of the country that drop their fruit at different times of the year, just like the oak trees drop their acorns at different times of the year. We try to select some fruit trees that drop their fruit in mid-to-late summer, others in the early fall and yet other varieties that continue to drop fruit in December and January.

Conservation, How-To, Nativ Nurseries

Tips for Helping Whitetails Feel “Safe” In Your Food Plots

Have you ever had a really nice food plot that the deer just didn’t seem to use that much, especially during the daylight? One really easy way to encourage whitetails to use a food source is making them feel safe. The older age class of both bucks and does can be really shy of big, open fields or food plots that are void of close cover. Here are a few suggestions you can try to

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Plant a Variety of Trees to Improve Your Property for Wildlife

“To start improving your property for wildlife, Nativ Nurseries recommends you plant a variety of trees rather than one specific type of tree,” Raley explains. “Many people will say, ‘We ought to plant all fruit trees, because they’ll start producing fruit quicker than oak trees.’ Or, they’ll take the opposite stance, and say, ‘We ought to only plant oak trees. Even though we’ll have to wait longer for them to produce acorns than fruit trees,

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