A little more than a week ago we had more than 7 inches of rain over a couple of days – One day alone was between 5 and 6 inches! While we did have some driveway damage – nothing a box blade and gravel couldn’t fix – the land...
Land Restoration-2013
Preparing for winter seeding
Second disc harrowing on lower portion of property in preparation for seeding. Planning to seed by the weekend.
Strip mowing, Seeding – Sep 2013
Did a close mow in a random pattern on south end of property by pecan tree and pond preparing for fall seeding. Got out the box blade, lowered the tines and ran over the mowed section several times to try and create seeding rows as well as tackle tougher...
Broomweed Mowing – Sep 2013
Spent several hours mowing down some more broom weed before they seed while leaving denser areas for wildlife to still find cover.
Summer 2013
Well, summer has come to an end although temperature outside shows no hint of it. I am pleased with progress made, the land is starting to look much better which means besides my ignorance the work has been paying off. Weeds were far fewer than last two years and...
Strip Mowing
Managed to get 8 hours of tractor seat time in this week mowing down broomweed before they seed. Land always looks so nice after a ‘haircut’
Seeding – May 2013
Had several pounds of native seed that the mice or rats got into so decided to rather sow them and take our chances – rat food don’t grow, only breeds more rats! Sowed seeds thicker than normal as I didn’t know condition of seed. The mix that I had...
Strip Mowing
Together with spraying for weeds we also started our strip mowing efforts. Areas chosen were areas with dense weed residue from last year. We believe the weed was rag weed and the stems are tough and just don’t seem to break down. Spent couple of hours mowing three sections...
Start of weed control ’13
After last years (2012) heavy round of weeds and having thought I learned a little on what’s a ‘wildflower’ vs a ‘weed’ I went and got myself a sprayer for hookup to an ATV. After many tie-downs I got it mounted to our Teryx for some 4×4 action (as...
The Month of March ’13
Having moved into the new house has opened the opportunity to go for more frequent walks which has benefited both the dogs and myself in help raising the fitness levels. I have been taking the 2 year old Rottweiler (who is really just a big puppy in many respects)...