That bites about the tractor.good to hear about the snow thoe
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That sucks dude...well I got the south side of the garden ready to plant. Got my irrigation plumbed and ready, so that assures yall that it will rain all summer, (probably since I pissed away a bunch of money on irrigation.) I got another bent built on the house .picked up all my plumbing and electrical supplies. So I am ready to plant and watch it grow.
p.s. I love the smell of fresh tilled dirt
p.s. I love the smell of fresh tilled dirt
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I am so sorry about your tractor Artic, just be thankful you have a way to get it out! Bill's garden is looking nice though! It was such a beautiful day out so played out in my garden. Tilled up some rows for planting and others I am still building up with compost and others adding in mulch to till in. Planted cantaloupe, watermelon, honey dew, beefsteak tomatoes, bell and banana peppers, butternut, spaghetti & st neck squash & 3 rows of G 90 corn. Still have more corn rows but had to stop and do some housework and since I washed our bed sheets, needed to get them off the line and make the bed up. Thank goodness we had leftovers for hunny to eat tonight. . . tomorrow is another story so will have to cook. Wanting to go to the churches garage sell in the morning though. . . looks like they have a lot of stuff and it will be raining in the morning anyway. Should clear off so I can get some more planting done Saturday. Wait and see at this point.
danil..i hope that you didn't plant to soon when it comes to this storm blowing through
Ouch! I'd be interested in seeing Picts of what it takes to get it out.
I have a third garden plot that still needs to be tilled up, but have the greenhouse loaded with stuff, and half of the main garden is planted now. I'm planning to plant a load of peanuts in it when anyone gets some in. I finally got asparagus to grow on my third attempt, and am eating a good bit of it now. I don't even bother cooking it, just eat it fresh or cut up in a salad. Still am patiently waiting for that first tomatoe this year. It will be a while as my plants are about two inches tall right now.... I also planted three more pear trees recently. I'm still plugging along with the gardening but time is scarce now.
Might be a good idea to have mavs wife look at the ground before deciding where to put the house!
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This storm is mainly passing north of me so I should be just fine. When feeding tonight, there was a cool breeze coming off the Gulf but it is a Southern breeze. We have expected rain until tomorrow morning but the temp are fine. Just thankful I am not bring out the milk jugs anymore!
We got a few things done yesterday,that needed doing.now its we're getting a complete alignment done on the car ..pluss.im gonna look for a different truck.and hope that i find one for less money..
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Right now there's quite a stream of water running right through where the house is going. In fact there is water running everywhere from the snow melt. Yestersday we had rain/snow mix here at the house site. On the higher elevations of the ranch was all snow. Once the house is built I'll bring in some good topsoil to backfill up to the foundation. That will divert any water in the future.
A little forethought can save a whole lot of afterthought!
went to town today,in which i got a few things.got a sparkie,a six function whistle,that has a thermometer,magnifier,compass,L.E.D. light,and a signal mirror..also got a universal surgical kit complete.surgery i dunno know.but i figured,who knows if i ever need it or not..and mom bought me a pair of boots..
I got peanuts to plant yesterday! It rained last night so I'm not sure if I want to go play in the mud today or not. Still debating here.
Most sinkholes in Idaho can be a problem if their is a lot of limestone underlain. Idaho isn't immune to sinkholes unfortunately, even in the basaltic southern Idaho though rare
I grew up in central fla. where sinkholes were the norm. As you said, with limestone, acidic water erodes it pretty easily and leaves voids. Here in Ga. we sit on mostly granite. It takes dynamite to make it move. I never realized they were an issue in lots of other places.Most sinkholes in Idaho can be a problem if their is a lot of limestone underlain. Idaho isn't immune to sinkholes unfortunately, even in the basaltic southern Idaho though rare
Peanuts officially planted! So much for taking it easy today. In three to four months hopefully I'll be sipping a beer with a pot full of salty boiled peanuts! I need to see how to preserve them for storage.
Wish the area here was suitable for peanuts, we grow filbert nuts but peanuts don't do very good
I just read about them before planting this morning. If you don't have a long warm season you can start them indoors and transplant outside after the frost to help. My attitude though is stick to the plants that grow well in your climate. Yes, you might be able to produce some, but is it worth the effort. And I'd rather focus my energy on something that's going to have a better yield. I wish I had done more research here before planting all the things I have. Some were just too fragile for this area, and some were really good. I guess trial and error are the best teachers.Wish the area here was suitable for peanuts, we grow filbert nuts but peanuts don't do very good
Damn... A guy posted an add on Craigslist for a Kubota tractor loader backhoe late last night. It was a great price on a machine with 200 hours on it. I saw the add this morning and called him at 07:30. There was another guy in route to look at it at 8am. That schmuck bought it. I'm never going to sleep again....
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I'll make you a good deal on my tractor Brent. All you have to do is come get it out of the mud.
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ROFL
I was there a few weeks ago. I was bushhogging a food plot deep in the woods and went to turn around at the low end of the field, but didn't turn soon enough. Before I made it across the field, the tires had sunk so deep the bush hog was digging into the ground. I tried disconnecting the bush hog but couldn't get one side off because it was jammed tight. I tried going forward and back as much as I could, but it just made everything dig in deeper. I tried using logs to lever the bush hog up out of the mud so I could slide it over to get it unjammed, but got nowhere.
I finally got my nephew there to help and we got the rear of the bush hog up high enough to back out.
I was there a few weeks ago. I was bushhogging a food plot deep in the woods and went to turn around at the low end of the field, but didn't turn soon enough. Before I made it across the field, the tires had sunk so deep the bush hog was digging into the ground. I tried disconnecting the bush hog but couldn't get one side off because it was jammed tight. I tried going forward and back as much as I could, but it just made everything dig in deeper. I tried using logs to lever the bush hog up out of the mud so I could slide it over to get it unjammed, but got nowhere.
I finally got my nephew there to help and we got the rear of the bush hog up high enough to back out.
Mud is evil stuff. Once your deep enough for the suction to hold it in your screwed.
I'm sorry your having to deal with that. So what is the plan to get it out? I'm thinking large backhoe after it dries out some.
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A friend of mine has a large backhoe. He's going to bring it out sometime this week and we'll see if we can get the tractor out. The tractor has sunk up to the top of the rear tires now, which is about 5 feet, and is partly under water too. If the backhoe doesn't work, he'll bring out his Cat 320 excavator. I don't know if it will ever dry out.
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My buddy brought his backhoe out today. It's now buried up to the floor boards in mud. We broke two logging chains trying to pull it out to a tree. Not sure what to do next. It's supposed to start raining and snowing on Thursday. Another friend has a big winch truck that might pull them out but I don't think he could get close enough without getting stuck too.
Great, now it's not just a stuck tractor and mud, but cold and more wet too. I don't envy your situation right now. I'd gladly help if I was a neighbor though.
Can you run a 3 or 4" fire hose midway down and flood it with water to loosen the suction? We done that pulling cows out of mud pits here, We used a trailer pulled 500gal water tank with gas powered pump.
i went into town to get 2 prescriptions my mom.and got these as well..figure we keep one in the kitchen.and one in with my camping gear..i figure why not at $1.91 each..
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The problem we had is the ground is so saturated with water we couldn't get the 'hoe up on top. We got a winch truck out today. He got stuck 1/4 mile away in the driveway. Winched him out and he was able to get within 300 feet from the hoe. We set up a snatch block to a tree and with a double line pull with a 30,000 lb winch, we finally managed to get it out. I now have a trench 8 feet wide x 6 feet deep and 200 hundred yards long from the barn to the house site. My truck and the wife's Jeep and stuck and won't be moving for a few more weeks. And my tractors still buried. Looks like it will be about a month before things dry out enough.
