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  1. cowgirl8

    Fence

    The metal we got for our fence was piping out of an old Walmart, was the sprinkler system. They stacked the pipes out back. The building changed hands a few times and on down the line our son in law was hired to redo the roof. He asked the owner about the pipes and they just wanted it gone. He...
  2. cowgirl8

    Fence

    Ours cost under 1000. I’m guessing a wire fence would have cost more.
  3. cowgirl8

    Fence

    It’s done. Not the gate, we may change it, but for now it’s done. I use the sponges, less than 3 bucks.. I had been cutting them into thirds, but found they work as good in fourths. And, when done you can either hold it with the glove and pull glove off inside out containing the sponge where you...
  4. cowgirl8

    Fence

    I have but instead bought tiling sponges, I then cut them into 3ds. They are very strong and I don’t have to protect them from drying. I can just chunk the sponge or drop it into the paint can.
  5. cowgirl8

    Fence

    So if you zoom in on the cable, my husband made the, what I named turn knuckle. Turn buckles we’re going to cost 50 bucks each and we needed 4. . So he invented these . The cable ties were like 3 bucks each. He used some big galvanized bolts he scavenged from an old race track back in the 70s...
  6. cowgirl8

    Fence

    I’m using a sponge.
  7. cowgirl8

    Fence

    It’s its an electric fence. Just while the fence was down
  8. cowgirl8

    Fence

    Note the new cable box. Never in my dreams did I ever think cable would ever make it out here. Hate the crap box…
  9. cowgirl8

    Fence

    Husband built this fence with salvaged pipe and cable. He smoothed the ground out so I could easily mow it. I’ve been painting it. Sometimes it seems I the fence keeps getting longer. I now have half finished and the other has mostly two coats of black, I’ll get it finished tomorrow. Not...
  10. cowgirl8

    Heard through the grapevine

    No.... We found these dogs, puppies at the time, dumped on the road. They were so cute. We had the DNA thing done on them and they are 1/3rd of the bad dogs, 2/3s good, pyre, border collie, lab, and such. 17 breeds total in the mix.. big one in picture is 3% yorkie, the pit looking one has 3%...
  11. cowgirl8

    Heard through the grapevine

    We live off the road and have signs warning of bad dogs. This guy is now massive with a mastiff/pit/rott bite.. Over 100 pounds and a snapping turtle mouth. A little lazy, but, will run to the front of the house when he hears something driving up. Fedx came all the way to the house, luckily i...
  12. cowgirl8

    Heard through the grapevine

    Its nice out here now. People who dont belong out here, drive by to just look at the scenery. Husband settled this area, lots of people out here attest to it. Now, cant wait for the lithium leasers to come out and give us a lease bid.. lol
  13. cowgirl8

    Heard through the grapevine

    We have our own resident meth heads here. They are totally different than this guy. He actually burned down people's houses and barns, along with hay stacks and gut shot cows.. He was not a guy you go off on willy nilly. He just asked for a reason to burn your place down. And where i live, rumor...
  14. cowgirl8

    Heard through the grapevine

    So, i told him to quit and leave. Now, you say you'd take care of it right then. This guy was bad,his gang was bad. Looked like the grim reaper. Was dark and dangerous. I was in my 20s, had 3 babies and my husband was out in the field from dawn to dusk. SO, i was there alone far away from anyone...
  15. cowgirl8

    Heard through the grapevine

    When we moved out here in the 80s, it was still the wild wild west. Bad guys ruling everything. If you didnt jump when they said jump, you'd find your cows gut shot or your barn burned. I had one guy bring his rotts over in the back of his truck. When i went over to see what he wanted, he was...
  16. cowgirl8

    Heard through the grapevine

    Yes, i'm good at it.
  17. cowgirl8

    Heard through the grapevine

    For years i would look at the sky in one of our pastures and say it was different. I said it for over 30 years. It was different, how? i cant explain. Then, we get a solar farm come to us out of the blue wanting that land... Years ago, someone told me there was a salt mine on our place. I dont...
  18. cowgirl8

    Heard through the grapevine

    But, i had no idea it would be under me!
  19. cowgirl8

    Heard through the grapevine

    From a reliable source too. That if you live in NE Texas, you're sitting on a lithium gold mine. We've had oil wells dug on our place in several areas but was told they only got salty sludge... but apparently, thats where the lithium is.....lol First solar farm invasion, now, maybe lithium mines....
  20. cowgirl8

    Logging on grandmas 40

    You'd be amazed at how young a mazzive red oak is, they grow fast. A very large one can be as young as 70. We logged up one that fell and was down for 5 years. There were no limbs under 35 ft, it was massive. We were shocked to find out it was only 70 yr old..
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