Triple C
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Expansion of bean field plot finished!
I arrived at the farm Friday afternoon about 1:45 to the sounds of heavy equipment working. The excavator operator was stumping the cabin field and the dozer was doing the final clean-up in the bean field following the stumping work done by the excavator. Brooks trades work with the owner of the heavy equipment. He use Brooks for smaller stuff more appropriate for skid loader and compact excavator and Brooks uses him on jobs that require heavy equipment. I really enjoy watching guys on heavy equipment work. They are like surgeons in their own way. The bean field looks simply amazing. Last week, stumps were laying all over the south end of the bean field and by Friday, you could hardly find a piece of wood in the entire field. All the stumps were piled for burning but not before they had been thoroughly shaken to remove the dirt. The dozer feathered the left over slash into the edge of the woods and the rest was piled for burning. Here's the same pic I posted last week of the stumps that the excavator had removed from the south end of the field.
Here's what it looked like Friday from the same location! All it needs now is rain and lime.
Here's a pic of the stumps piled for burning. Hardly any dirt left on these stumps.
An aerial pic of the bean field plot after all the work was done.
Aerial of same field looking south.
Saturday, with a steady wind from Matthew blowing all day I decided not to hunt. The forecast last Wednesday called for 70% chance of rain on Friday and 50% chance of Saturday. We got NOTHING!!! Zilch. Just a few sprinkles Friday afternoon. I went for a walk on Saturday through a few of the hardwood draws checking on the mast crop. We have remnants of 1/2 dozen old wooden ladder stands scattered throughout the hardwoods from days gone by. I ran across one and decided to take a pic. I remember making these back in the late 80s and early 90s and the boys helping tote them into the woods. Lots of work went into making them and lots of memories hunting from them. As I came upon this stand, my mind wondered to the story behind it. My guess is that many a good hunt took place from it and hopefully many memories made.
We desperately need rain. We planted 2 weeks ago tomorrow with 1/4 inch rain the following day after planting. Decent gemination in the lower elevation food plots. Nothing in the forecast for the next two weeks but praying for a miracle.
Close up of rye and brassica coming up. Notice thatch surrounding plants. Kind of a hybrid of throw n mow. We spray with gly, wait at least 6 weeks until it's dead and matted and then plant into it without discing prior.
Ashli and her crew and Brooks came down for dinner. I thawed venison stew meat from last November and prepared a crock pot of venison stew with cornbread and slaw. One of our favorite meals.
I arrived at the farm Friday afternoon about 1:45 to the sounds of heavy equipment working. The excavator operator was stumping the cabin field and the dozer was doing the final clean-up in the bean field following the stumping work done by the excavator. Brooks trades work with the owner of the heavy equipment. He use Brooks for smaller stuff more appropriate for skid loader and compact excavator and Brooks uses him on jobs that require heavy equipment. I really enjoy watching guys on heavy equipment work. They are like surgeons in their own way. The bean field looks simply amazing. Last week, stumps were laying all over the south end of the bean field and by Friday, you could hardly find a piece of wood in the entire field. All the stumps were piled for burning but not before they had been thoroughly shaken to remove the dirt. The dozer feathered the left over slash into the edge of the woods and the rest was piled for burning. Here's the same pic I posted last week of the stumps that the excavator had removed from the south end of the field.
Here's what it looked like Friday from the same location! All it needs now is rain and lime.
Here's a pic of the stumps piled for burning. Hardly any dirt left on these stumps.
An aerial pic of the bean field plot after all the work was done.
Aerial of same field looking south.
Saturday, with a steady wind from Matthew blowing all day I decided not to hunt. The forecast last Wednesday called for 70% chance of rain on Friday and 50% chance of Saturday. We got NOTHING!!! Zilch. Just a few sprinkles Friday afternoon. I went for a walk on Saturday through a few of the hardwood draws checking on the mast crop. We have remnants of 1/2 dozen old wooden ladder stands scattered throughout the hardwoods from days gone by. I ran across one and decided to take a pic. I remember making these back in the late 80s and early 90s and the boys helping tote them into the woods. Lots of work went into making them and lots of memories hunting from them. As I came upon this stand, my mind wondered to the story behind it. My guess is that many a good hunt took place from it and hopefully many memories made.
We desperately need rain. We planted 2 weeks ago tomorrow with 1/4 inch rain the following day after planting. Decent gemination in the lower elevation food plots. Nothing in the forecast for the next two weeks but praying for a miracle.
Close up of rye and brassica coming up. Notice thatch surrounding plants. Kind of a hybrid of throw n mow. We spray with gly, wait at least 6 weeks until it's dead and matted and then plant into it without discing prior.
Ashli and her crew and Brooks came down for dinner. I thawed venison stew meat from last November and prepared a crock pot of venison stew with cornbread and slaw. One of our favorite meals.
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Hope you guys as well as everyone else (us included) get the rains needed!
