A farmer works in acres not hours.
10/1/2023 – The barb-wire fence installed by the County’s contractor when the road was paved has been falling apart for years. Now that we own the east 20 acres we hired Ted Strange and Daniel to replace it. They installed this month a 5-wire fence with posts on 8-foot centers with 6×6 “H” braces and […]
Continue Reading9/15/2023 – Closed on the purchase of the east 20 acres of land across from the house. Last week we closed on the sale of the northmost 15 acres.
Continue Reading7/18-20/2023, Ted mowed the north pastures with his new MF and a 10 ft. bush hog. 8/14/2023 – I used Fergie and the 4 ft bush hog to mow the edges in the creek field Wayne cleared 2 years ago and under the two old big oaks where Ted did not mow due to no […]
Continue Reading10/28/2022 – Sowed Elbon Rye in the garden as a cover crop. Disked it in with the disk only 1-2 inches deep. Spread 25 lbs. of Winter Ryegrass on Ranger’s field other than a maybe 50-ft wide swath from the north garden fence along the east fence to the north fence. That was more seed […]
Continue Reading8/7/2021 – Sprayed 12 gallons of 2,4-D Amine plus Remedy Ultra at 1 ounce per gallon each plus 1/2 ounce per gallon of Non-ionic Surfactant at the following locations on the north and south side of Mary’s Springs: briars in the center of the Creek Field that I missed; briars and tallow on the east […]
Continue Reading7/25/2021 – Sprayed Crossbow on the brush in the fence rows along the lane to the north fields and the west fence of those two fields. Mixed it in the pull-behind 13-gallon sprayer per the following from the label. From the Label:Easy to Control Species1.5 gallons per acre broadcast application or 1 to 1.5% mixturesfor […]
Continue Reading7/21/2021 – Ted’s spraying the fields did a great job but given the style of sprayer there were places that were not sprayed and tallow trees and sweet gums that did not get enough. The following is the plan and what was done.
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7/2/2021, 7:30 AM – Before breakfast, Piper & I went to the Springs. At the Old Oaks, we added 2 bales and repositioned bales to stop washing…hopefully.
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