Brush/Weed control

After the early rains the weeds are now officially out of control. We are trying to minimize use of poisons for both the wildlife and the trees. In some areas though I think we are going to have to resort to spraying for the weeds in order to get...

Bunny Hut

Duane and I being the farmers that we are decided to cut down some Cedar trees and build some critter (or bunny) shelter. Attached are pictures of our first attempt. Now mind you, this was all very scientific with the best Engineering minds on the design… Wind was one...

Fire Ant Control

After the recent rain decided to do another fire ant hunt as they tend to go deep when it’s dry. While I did come across and treat five mounds there were far less visible ones that I thought there would be. The ones I did come across were still...

Broomweed

While it may look pretty when it flower, Broomweed is terrible on the allergies (at least ours). End of last year the broom weed was so plentiful that when the wind blew there was this swath of yellow dust. With the drought this year the broom weed is definitely...

Filling water feed

A tad late on this posting  (28 September 2011) – time to fill up the water tanks again, both of them have seen lots of visitors and it was time for a clean out and fill ’em up. As there were no implements attached to the tractor I decided...