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The Massey
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KSQ2
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A little bit different pursuit in life here. This is the first time in 21 years the old Camaro has left my folks driveway; I think I posted something about it last fall. My dad has been a bracket racer for years and I raced at the local drag strip with him back when I was in college. I bought this ‘70 in 1994 and Dawna said we could rebuild it when we paid off our house. That was several years ago and now we’re finally getting to it. The engine, a somewhat built 350, and transmission are done and waiting. Now it will set in our pole barn until the paint/body guy is ready for it. Hopefully he’ll begin the spring of next year. I’m a little nervous about it, it costs a lot to build an old car (not looking for a show car restoration, but the fella who will do the work isn’t cheap, but he’s excellent); so I’m happy to go somewhat slow and spread the cost out a little.
catscratch
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Nice! You're probably going to hate this... but I figure-8 one of those yrs ago. Wish I could get back all old cars I tore up one way or another.
KSQ2
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Had a fun evening at the Massey yesterday. I got word from our farmer that our farm ground was put to prevent plant beans for the year, which means they missed their planting window and get paid a smaller amount from insurance to not plant. He said he had no problem with us scratching up a few acres along the creek and throwing some beans in, as long as we don't combine them.
There was a mixup at the coop, I was wanting some bin run beans to put in, and was told none are available right now. The sales guy told me he could get some in that would be a mixture of field beans that have been cleaned and they would cost about $15 a bag. I ordered some and was planning to lightly disk about 4 acres and throw 10 bags. Well, I got to the coop and found out the "mixture of field beans" was actually Laredo hay beans, and they cost $66/bag!!! There's a chance these will not even germinate if we don't get rain; there's NO way I'm spending $600 on this experiment. I was tempted to say forget it, but I went ahead and bought 3 of the bags. The sales guy was pretty sheepish, so he didn't give me any grief for not buying all of them.
I ended up lightly disking about 18x400 yards, so I'm guessing around 1.5 acres. If the beans do nothing, I'll throw winter wheat and some radishes in later; actually, I'll prolly do that anyway. Here's a few pics of the experiment.
The cleth I applied about a week ago is doing its job in the clover below the barn.
Also, I can't hardly believe how big this apple is getting on this chestnut crabapple! I decided to leave one on this newly planted tree, just to see what happened. So far, I'm pretty impressed with these blue hill trees!
There was a mixup at the coop, I was wanting some bin run beans to put in, and was told none are available right now. The sales guy told me he could get some in that would be a mixture of field beans that have been cleaned and they would cost about $15 a bag. I ordered some and was planning to lightly disk about 4 acres and throw 10 bags. Well, I got to the coop and found out the "mixture of field beans" was actually Laredo hay beans, and they cost $66/bag!!! There's a chance these will not even germinate if we don't get rain; there's NO way I'm spending $600 on this experiment. I was tempted to say forget it, but I went ahead and bought 3 of the bags. The sales guy was pretty sheepish, so he didn't give me any grief for not buying all of them.
I ended up lightly disking about 18x400 yards, so I'm guessing around 1.5 acres. If the beans do nothing, I'll throw winter wheat and some radishes in later; actually, I'll prolly do that anyway. Here's a few pics of the experiment.
The cleth I applied about a week ago is doing its job in the clover below the barn.
Also, I can't hardly believe how big this apple is getting on this chestnut crabapple! I decided to leave one on this newly planted tree, just to see what happened. So far, I'm pretty impressed with these blue hill trees!
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KSQ2
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Got 2” in the neighborhood last night — incredible rain for the end of July! Those beans should take off now, subsoil moisture is still really good too, since the farmer sprayed the crop ground, to keep it from going too crazy. Rain came with a price though.
My little car “stitches” got yet another war wound. Hopefully it still drives ok, Dawna backed it out from the under the bigger branch.
My little car “stitches” got yet another war wound. Hopefully it still drives ok, Dawna backed it out from the under the bigger branch.
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T-Max
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KSQ2
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Stand prep began today. Just a taste so far though; I hung a set at family ground that I’ve been eyeing for several years. This year there will only be 3 of us besides my father-in-law, hunting. Two nice bucks shot last season took two families out of the running this year.
Also, tomorrow I’ll be checking out a new permission property. The landowner is going to show me around tomorrow afternoon. It’s been a while since I’ve checked out a brand new property; I’m pretty excited about it.
Here’s a couple pics from today.
Also, tomorrow I’ll be checking out a new permission property. The landowner is going to show me around tomorrow afternoon. It’s been a while since I’ve checked out a brand new property; I’m pretty excited about it.
Here’s a couple pics from today.
KSQ2
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Well, I had the chance to to check out the new spot today and lo and behold, the landowner also has control of 60 acres to the north, he has the hunting rights too! I got a stand set just right about where it looked good on the map, eyes on the ground agreed. It looks really good. I’m going to try and get one more set hung on the north property before fall. He said a fella rifle hunts it, but he won’t be in at all during archery season. I waded through the poison ivy to get the tree ready. I even pulled a vine off the tree, so I’m hoping that doesn’t bite me in the butt. I named the tree stand “poison ivy”. lol
