i prepare my plots the winter before with the exception of soil, i carry that in about mid march. i do it at night.
my spot is near a small creek that i dammed up. i use empty milk jugs for water containers. and i keep my tools and nutes and stuff in a big black trash bag, and my jugs are spray painted black.
i have 4 plots all spread out over about a half square mile. some plots are better ythan others, the ones that aren't so good i plant lowryder autos, if nothing goes wrong i plant twice a year there. the better spots i plant my good stuff.
always go in a different way, scout the area LONG before growing season so you know where ur spots are so that u don't have to follow a trail to find them everytime.
i buy a big ass roll of fishing line from walmart and wrap it around the surrounding trees several times to keep deer away. i also bring my dog and her scent seems to be keeping the critters away.
i visit twice a week to water and give nutes, if it rains then i don't go.
i plant in the woods, never in a corn field or something like that. if there is a tree blocking the sunlight don't cut it down, chop into it with a hatchett, leave some rock salt on the area you chiopped into then spray pain that area black.
always visit at night or early in the AM.
i have a pair of motocross gloves i use when on site, they would be hard pressed to find a footprint since i don't go if it has rained like i said.
NEVER EVER TELL ANYONE <-----rule number 1
i kind of cheat with the whole stake out thing, my dog can smell/hear a squirrell or anything else do something in the woods 100 yards away so if anyone is lying in wait, she will find them long before i have a chance to walk up on them. and in that case i am just taking my dog for a walk.
which i actually do when its not growing season, she loves it there.
i think thats it.
i can't wait for april to roll around, im trying indoor and it could be going better, could be worse. i feel like its a lot more work since it never rains inside my house and i have to make sure the temps are good and the PH etc etc. im not really enjoying it much.