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<blockquote data-quote="gman4691" data-source="post: 1833162" data-attributes="member: 43107"><p>Back pasture is finally done...looks so much better - chicken litter on it and the two hay pastures around February-March...then, spray everything again like this past spring and see how it responds.</p><p></p><p>Big portion of beaver dam tore out (by hand)...afraid to do it all at once - don't want to washout the culverts we had put in a couple of years ago - but lowered the water pretty good, culverts holding up.</p><p></p><p>Daughter and her future hubby almost done putting primer on cattle pen...then paint. Fear not, I will pay them well.</p><p></p><p>The mowing and the painting were the two big things on my mind. Can't express how much relief I feel from one of those things being complete and the other well on its way) - Incidentally, she heard me talking about the painting one day and said she would be interested in doing it (that girl loves to paint) - although, I think she's learning that it's a lot different from painting a room in a house...lol. The #$%^&*&^ beavers on the other hand were a bit of an unpleasant surprise. Loading up the little Ruger 10-22 to try and remedy that situation.</p><p></p><p>Now back to the fence rehab I started a couple of months ago - one three-way corner is rebuilt with wooden posts - now to work on the other corner with left over drill stem/sucker rod from cattle pen job - I think there is enough there to do it (one three-way corner and one "H" brace at the other corner - I'll weld that up, prime, & paint ASAP. Then, wooden posts, t-posts, restring the wire that's re-usable and replace the wire that isn't - may go with 6 strands instead of 5 due to the planned use and the topography (fence crosses three wet-weather drainage channels). Should be able to knock that out relatively quick (maybe 3 days total). </p><p></p><p>Then, clear out a bunch of scrap metal near the hay barn and create a bit of a "lay-down" yard for the steel that is worth keeping. Will use cross-ties from old cattle pen to lay down steel pipe and other odds and ends worth saving to keep it off of the ground. A little brush to deal with in that area, as well. Right now, it is just a mess and frankly I'm tired of looking at it. The rest will go to the scrapyard. I see some more welding in the not too distant future.</p><p></p><p>At some point during all of this, complete demolition of old caved-in barn and clear the footprint of brush and whatever else might be there - you never know what you might find on a project like that. That old barn was there when my grandfather bought the place in 1958...collapsed maybe 10(?) years ago.</p><p></p><p>Next year, I hope to re-do the water lines and reset the two big concrete water troughs...this one is a big a big job and will require outside help. Already talked to someone about putting in a new CTS new water line from the meter at the house to the barn with risers at strategic locations (a little less than 1/4 mile - I think). Need to talk to my dirt man about prepping a place to move troughs and helping me get them moved - quite a bit involved in coordinating that. But, I am nothing if not determined (or perhaps just hard-headed).</p><p></p><p>Progress continues to made - slowly but surely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gman4691, post: 1833162, member: 43107"] Back pasture is finally done...looks so much better - chicken litter on it and the two hay pastures around February-March...then, spray everything again like this past spring and see how it responds. Big portion of beaver dam tore out (by hand)...afraid to do it all at once - don't want to washout the culverts we had put in a couple of years ago - but lowered the water pretty good, culverts holding up. Daughter and her future hubby almost done putting primer on cattle pen...then paint. Fear not, I will pay them well. The mowing and the painting were the two big things on my mind. Can't express how much relief I feel from one of those things being complete and the other well on its way) - Incidentally, she heard me talking about the painting one day and said she would be interested in doing it (that girl loves to paint) - although, I think she's learning that it's a lot different from painting a room in a house...lol. The #$%^&*&^ beavers on the other hand were a bit of an unpleasant surprise. Loading up the little Ruger 10-22 to try and remedy that situation. Now back to the fence rehab I started a couple of months ago - one three-way corner is rebuilt with wooden posts - now to work on the other corner with left over drill stem/sucker rod from cattle pen job - I think there is enough there to do it (one three-way corner and one "H" brace at the other corner - I'll weld that up, prime, & paint ASAP. Then, wooden posts, t-posts, restring the wire that's re-usable and replace the wire that isn't - may go with 6 strands instead of 5 due to the planned use and the topography (fence crosses three wet-weather drainage channels). Should be able to knock that out relatively quick (maybe 3 days total). Then, clear out a bunch of scrap metal near the hay barn and create a bit of a "lay-down" yard for the steel that is worth keeping. Will use cross-ties from old cattle pen to lay down steel pipe and other odds and ends worth saving to keep it off of the ground. A little brush to deal with in that area, as well. Right now, it is just a mess and frankly I'm tired of looking at it. The rest will go to the scrapyard. I see some more welding in the not too distant future. At some point during all of this, complete demolition of old caved-in barn and clear the footprint of brush and whatever else might be there - you never know what you might find on a project like that. That old barn was there when my grandfather bought the place in 1958...collapsed maybe 10(?) years ago. Next year, I hope to re-do the water lines and reset the two big concrete water troughs...this one is a big a big job and will require outside help. Already talked to someone about putting in a new CTS new water line from the meter at the house to the barn with risers at strategic locations (a little less than 1/4 mile - I think). Need to talk to my dirt man about prepping a place to move troughs and helping me get them moved - quite a bit involved in coordinating that. But, I am nothing if not determined (or perhaps just hard-headed). Progress continues to made - slowly but surely. [/QUOTE]
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