I have really not wanted to resort to poison and decided to try and mow. Well this area has now been mowed three times and it doesn’t take long for thistle to get a hold. I think with dry spell and high heat we are having that they will...
Land Restoration-2013
Pond restoration
Water tank was pretty badly beaten up by cattle and deer visiting the local water hole. The edge was very downtrodden and untidy and weeds were having a field day. In addition the spill way was broken and was a large bog pit. I decided, what the heck, and...
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...
Removal of haybarn
Been quite an exercise with many hours spent by youth of local Hill Country Gateway youth in removal of old barns. We plan on using the wood in and around the new house we intend to build.
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...
Clearing Brush Piles
Land has been well cleared of cedar trees but there were lots of brush piles. Way more than we wanted to burn or cart off. I thought of hiring a shredder but the effort would have been enormous – we counted in total 52 brush piles. We brought in...
Fire Ant control
Took Pasha (our Rottweiler puppy) on a walk and accomplished some loose leash training and fire ant control. Also got to test cool new iphone app called EasyTrails which allows one to track journey. I imported this into everytrail along with photos of mounds treated – geeky but cool....
Stock tank, soil testing
We are looking to add another stock pond on top section of property to complement the tank on lower section of property. Section we have chosen has natural runoff and what appears to be high clay content. To figure out our options we had a backhoe come in and...
Fire Ants
One of the sad truths around here is that we have more than our fair share of the imported red fire ant (check out items 3 and 4 on how to identify as they are many more good ants than bad ants!). These ant are invasive and their painful...