Travlr
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I had no idea who Jeanne was talking to. I thought she was saying SHE had missing calves.
But thanks, and glad yours are accounted for.
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But thanks, and glad yours are accounted for.
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1982vett
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When I picked up the mail yesterday afternoon, I found someone had hydroplaned through the fence AGAIN.... Third time in 18 months. This is getting ridiculous. Been working on fences a while already and beginning to get tired of it. Now I have more to fix because someone can't keep a vehicle on the road in the rain.
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gman4691
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ugh! May need to build a fence with some those big concrete barriers they use in construction zones...lol
1982vett
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Might have to look into that. Or plant some big trees close together. A tree stopped the last one from plowing through the fence.
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gman4691
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When I got to work this morning, there was a 75 - 80 foot pine that fell over with the crown on half of the highway…and I was the only maintenance-type person there. Spent 6 hours cutting and moving that thing. A little over 3' in diameter at the base…sigh
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farmerjan
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Or get some of the "guard rail" metal that the highway dept uses... they sometimes have "used" stuff that gets taken down in places... the sad things about trees is sometimes someone hits them hard enough to damage/break them.... guard rail and concrete in that section would be a much more permanent solution to your fence and probably more "permanent" solution to their running through the fence and leaving the mess for you with no idea of who did it either....
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gman4691
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Whew…took a little stroll over the place late this afternoon. Mighty soggy down there. Got 3 or 4 holes in fences to fix, a total of 5 huge hackberry trees to cut up and move, one big old oak still down across a dam (that one will be fun), still got 2 big piles of brush to move, need to rework some of the rock where the two culverts were installed…all this rain is making the work pile up…mighty soggy down there. If that weren't enough, saw a new calf down there…can't get close enough to tell what it is yet. Its mother is the last of the somewhat "flighty" cows. With a calf on the ground she's gotten quite a bit worse…she may take the ride with the calves this fall. Rye grass is still useable but the window is closing fast…need some dry weather pretty quick. On a positive note, the spraying I did before we all started building arks has had a good effect. Rehab pasture showing quite a bit of rescue grass…don't know what, if anything, I should do about it. I've heard Pastoria works on it but I've never used it. The chicken litter we spread on that pasture has really helped it green up. Starting to see milkweed in some areas around the place - more than usual…can probably get those with the hand sprayer (I hope)…the dang weeds are like playing whack-a-mole…get some knocked back and something different pops up. Did get both yards mowed today except for a low place in mom's back yard…love the smell of fresh cut grass. Gearing up for drier weather…summer looks like it will be pretty busy…chomping at the bit. @Caustic Burno lots of water been heading your way down the Neches River - remains out of its banks (the Angelina River, too)…y'all staying afloat down there?
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Caustic Burno
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Yes but I'm tired of repairing fence.
If the Corp of Engineers wants to build a damn barb wire would make a good one.
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gman4691
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May be that way for a while…hasn't rained here in two days but the Ameche's is still out of its banks.
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gman4691
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*Neches
greybeard
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Trees, are not your friend.
greybeard
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Unless it opened today, Hiway 90 between Liberty and Dayton is still closed because of Trinity river water either being being over it or they're worried about the bridge giving way.. If the old RR bridge isn't inundated, it had to be close to it.
