Bull Pen, Mandy Hollow and Cari's Corner
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If hogs move back in I will have to build a trap like that. I am glad you posted it...
Hogs are terrible to have on your place. I know guys that don't have them, want them...I used to be just like that back in my 20's and 30's but now I just want them gone and when they leave I want a bear to be riding each one with a raccoon under both front legs dragging six coyotes behind
Hogs are terrible to have on your place. I know guys that don't have them, want them...I used to be just like that back in my 20's and 30's but now I just want them gone and when they leave I want a bear to be riding each one with a raccoon under both front legs dragging six coyotes behind
Triple C
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lak...Great update! Congrats on the new bundle of joy in your life. Can't think of anything I enjoy more than hanging with family. I love the history and connection you have with the barn on your mom's place. So few of those left. It reminds me of the barn behind my grandmother's home when I was a child. Funny you mention the grandkids always going in the loft to see if there is a new discovery to be made. I did the same as a kid so many times.
lakngolf
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Feeding the Neighborhood Deer
I had some good help putting out the corn over the last couple of weeks. The boys were excited to throw out handfuls of corn, and then wanted to check the ground and cameras the next morning.
This little one was always ready for a 4Wheeler ride to check the cameras (or take up the garbage, or just go riding, he loved it)
And the deer didn't seem to mind who was putting out the treats.
I had some good help putting out the corn over the last couple of weeks. The boys were excited to throw out handfuls of corn, and then wanted to check the ground and cameras the next morning.
This little one was always ready for a 4Wheeler ride to check the cameras (or take up the garbage, or just go riding, he loved it)
And the deer didn't seem to mind who was putting out the treats.
dogdoc
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Love getting the kids involved. When my girls were younger they would get mad if I went to the 160 without them. Now that they are teenagers it's not as exciting. I would go shed hunting with them and keep a box with old sheds. I'd toss them on the plot when they weren't looking. They never caught on that they were finding the same sheds every time we went out.
Miss those days.
Todd
Miss those days.
Todd
lakngolf
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ACORNS OF 2011
On the forum that is no more I chronicled my experience collecting, stratifying, planting and growing many Sawtooth seedlings. It was a chore but quite satisfying to watch them grow. Experienced forum members helped me with each step. This is how they looked in early 2012:
They grew in pots and planter boxes during 2012, went dormant in the winter and were planted in January 2013. Here they are today, successfully battling the dog fennel at Mandy Hollow:
I have left the trees to fend for themselves and they have done very well, some better than others. I like seeing them tower above the dog fennel, which is not short:
Sawtooth on left, Persimmon on right
By far the best trees are in a fertile area just off from a foot plot, and near a ditch that has water most months. Wish they all could be like these:
And the GOLD MEDAL goes to.......
No doubt some serious pruning of lower limbs is in order for this winter.
On the forum that is no more I chronicled my experience collecting, stratifying, planting and growing many Sawtooth seedlings. It was a chore but quite satisfying to watch them grow. Experienced forum members helped me with each step. This is how they looked in early 2012:
They grew in pots and planter boxes during 2012, went dormant in the winter and were planted in January 2013. Here they are today, successfully battling the dog fennel at Mandy Hollow:
I have left the trees to fend for themselves and they have done very well, some better than others. I like seeing them tower above the dog fennel, which is not short:
Sawtooth on left, Persimmon on right
By far the best trees are in a fertile area just off from a foot plot, and near a ditch that has water most months. Wish they all could be like these:
And the GOLD MEDAL goes to.......
No doubt some serious pruning of lower limbs is in order for this winter.
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outdoorstom
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The pictures of you and the grandkids are priceless. THAT'S what it's all about!
kansas-Andres
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Great pictures of you and the grandkids !!
Triple C
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lak...One thing we're not short of in the south is dog fennel. Got plenty of it on my place. Love the pics of time spent with the grandkids. I've spent less time this year at the farm than any of the previous years due to a busy schedule. Plus, the weather has just been unbearably hot this summer! Looking forward to cooler temps here in a few weeks.
Looks like you have had a great summer with the grandkids! They will keep you young and active which is really good.
Sawtooth's from seed look great. I have a few around from the acorns you sent that despite my poor planting procedure still happened to make it (just stuck them in the ground and walked off)...
I bet those kids are ready to go to the deer stand again this year with you
Sawtooth's from seed look great. I have a few around from the acorns you sent that despite my poor planting procedure still happened to make it (just stuck them in the ground and walked off)...
I bet those kids are ready to go to the deer stand again this year with you
lakngolf
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Thanks all for the comments about our grands. Wife and I enjoy their visit, really like to see them enjoy the water and appreciate their parents for taking them back home. We enjoy some quiet time around the lake as well.
Mid-August Update
I have a friend who travels two or three times a year to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. He really enjoys the visits, being treated like a king, and being waited on hand and foot. I was talking with him once and he was trying to convince me that this was a "must visit" piece of paradise for me. He said “Milton, there is nothing better than lying in the pool, with a pillow under your head, listening to the waves and enjoying a book on tape” I said “Larry, I had rather be riding a tractor with a bush hog behind” Well….
Yesterday and today I enjoyed my version of paradise…
But, of course, there are issues with any enjoyment. I thought I would expand a food plot into an area where some pines were cut last summer. Ooops. I hope I have a spare shear pin in the tool box.
I know a lot are trying to avoid plowing, but I still give my plots a quick touch with the tiller. The farm received some decent rains over the last week so most areas were easy to turn. These former pastures have bahaia, fescue, Bermuda and an assortment of weeds. There was quite a bit of clippings from the bush hog and the tiller just turns them under. In my opinion this creates a good seed bed.
Several areas of the plots were still a bit compacted from the logging equipment last summer. So this year I decided to run the spring tooth chisel plow over the plots. My Dad used a chisel plow or a sub soiler on fields every few years.
I like the furrows that the chisel plow created. In a month or so I think I will be able to broadcast fertilizer and seed and either drag or disc lightly.
There is a possibility that I let this strip become a Throw & Mow test plot. I will broadcast seed and fertilizer at the same rate on tilled and untilled, mow the strip, lightly disc the rest, and see what happens. Any assistance from Throw Mow folks will be appreciated. I had rather not spray.
And I wonder why the chisel plow folks thought this sign was a good idea. Hmmmmm Maybe I should have read it BEFORE I lost that bolt.
Mid-August Update
I have a friend who travels two or three times a year to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. He really enjoys the visits, being treated like a king, and being waited on hand and foot. I was talking with him once and he was trying to convince me that this was a "must visit" piece of paradise for me. He said “Milton, there is nothing better than lying in the pool, with a pillow under your head, listening to the waves and enjoying a book on tape” I said “Larry, I had rather be riding a tractor with a bush hog behind” Well….
Yesterday and today I enjoyed my version of paradise…
But, of course, there are issues with any enjoyment. I thought I would expand a food plot into an area where some pines were cut last summer. Ooops. I hope I have a spare shear pin in the tool box.
I know a lot are trying to avoid plowing, but I still give my plots a quick touch with the tiller. The farm received some decent rains over the last week so most areas were easy to turn. These former pastures have bahaia, fescue, Bermuda and an assortment of weeds. There was quite a bit of clippings from the bush hog and the tiller just turns them under. In my opinion this creates a good seed bed.
Several areas of the plots were still a bit compacted from the logging equipment last summer. So this year I decided to run the spring tooth chisel plow over the plots. My Dad used a chisel plow or a sub soiler on fields every few years.
I like the furrows that the chisel plow created. In a month or so I think I will be able to broadcast fertilizer and seed and either drag or disc lightly.
There is a possibility that I let this strip become a Throw & Mow test plot. I will broadcast seed and fertilizer at the same rate on tilled and untilled, mow the strip, lightly disc the rest, and see what happens. Any assistance from Throw Mow folks will be appreciated. I had rather not spray.
And I wonder why the chisel plow folks thought this sign was a good idea. Hmmmmm Maybe I should have read it BEFORE I lost that bolt.
