I dug them up the roots, so I doubt they’ll be coming back. I had to dig down under the crowns and sever the feeder roots with my lopper pruners, and gave them a good shove and out they came. The area looks a lot better than a couple days ago.
I forget the scientific name of this invasive weed, maybe rosa mutilflora?
There’s a big sycamore tree in front of the coop and there’s obviously lots of roots, but those will stay.
Got some pics this morning, I’ll post some later. Maybe I’ll start a new thread about chicken coop renovation.
This one made me respond. I’ve traveled quite a bit in SE Asia and Japan. Their egg yokes are seriously dark orange.
In south Louisiana in stores I’ve never seen a yoke any darker than medium yellow… Most are light yellow.
The dark yoke eggs taste so much better and richer.
I’m sure folks with their own chickens who control their feed and perhaps other parts of the US it’s different, but coming back from trips makes me lay off eggs for a while. It’s not the same.
My project is small compared to most stated here. Finish a 46 foot grape trellis for 7 vines coming in spring. Biggest issue is building up the soil for better drainage. All store bought and roadside stuff has too much organic matter which will collapse over time as it breaks down. I may need to just use sand with some compost ands mix it with the native soils (silty loam).
Deeds are signed , survey is done and all the things that go with closing a property like this. It was a huge accomplishment just to finish the paperwork. The hard part begins now which is to return this property back to its former beauty. The dam will need immediate repairs. There is a circular shaped peace of bottom ground that is a couple of acres that will make even the best farmer with the very best bottom ground drool. Just high enough to usually not be flooded but low enough the creek floods it every few years with that beautiful silt that the watermelon growers love so much that they cry when they see it. Will get more pictures as time permits.
Is there enough flow to install a small dam and provide off grid hydro? It’s my understanding that 3’ or less doesn’t require a permit, and staying off grid you won’t need to apply for a 5 megawatt exemption (permits on hydro are horrendous).
Might need you to come help me out with these properties i have! It is pretty wild land. I caught my foot on some beavers sharpened stumps in the grass the other day. Could not see it from the top and i was watching where i walked. Went for a ride down the hill where i aquired a bunch of minor scrapes and cuts. Those beavers don’t know it but i declared open trapping season on them this winter. It has been a couple of days but here are a few of the cuts and punctures. Dont get me wrong there is no new scars on my body that are not on top of old scars. Felt pretty foolish rolling down that hill like i never saw it before. Those beavers sharpened every little patch of sticks they chewed off and i rolled over about 100 of them. Good thing i was wearing a leather coat and thick pants. Some of those sticks were sharpened to a knife like point and got through the material i was wearing. Called a bulldozer operator next door while i was at it.
That is what everyone says. In comparison to other things i survived it was very minor. If you do enough things in life you are going to have a few things like that happen.
The removal of the brush and extra trees has begun at the pond. Planning to hire a guy to use a bobcat with a brush cutter attachment and a tree sheer. The dozer and fixing the dam will come afterwards. First i needed to insure the property and take possesion of the official deed.
As many of you know warmer weather and i get along better than the sub zero stuff we have now. Im looking forward to spending lots of time at the new place this year. I will hire plenty of the work done.
