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I have talked to just about everyone now. After weighing out all of my options putting in a cheap chain link fence will be the cheapest solution that will keep the trash out now. I will deal with planting some hard wood trees and shrubs as needed at a latter time. I picked up the posts and...

To me planting seedlings is something for the boy scouts of America. The local group will volunteer to do stuff like that for a predetermined donation. I do not know if they have done seedlings before but I do know that they can plant a bunch of trees in 5 gallon buckets in a day. But yes 250...

When I was thinking about doing the pine trees I was thinking about thinning and chipping them once they started to fill in. I just got off the phone with a local farmer and he thinks I should go with a cheap 4’ chain link fence and then put some type of shrub on the out side and some hard wood...

v-dot... It is a state road and V-dot dose fix the gravel on it once a year or so. There right-a-way is not on my property. I did have a talk with the local office before I did any work over there to make sure I was not going to break a law. They even sent out a grader , front end loader, and...

I don’t care if the state fixes the mess. I put down the large rock to keep others form messing the stuff on my side up worse then it already is. So white pines spaced at about 8’ should work. I know I could get a few cases off the DOF cheap but needed to know what kind to get and if pines...

I have a mile and a half of road line that runs next to my property. It’s a track and a half gravel road. It is very flat with no water drainage. There has been a redneck sub division going in across the street that has made the water run off a huge nuisance. Most of the users for the road...

I can see this year and next year getting real tight with most people on the numbers. The people that have to buy a lot of feed I think will bail out in the next 2 years. The people in the nitch markets I feel will do well.

he is in NE VA if you look at his other post but a town is what we need. i know a few up that way but might be to far away without a town or city being named...

I did have one freeze up this year. I have not set them up to use one the freeze proof water. I forgot to put the overflow pipe on the side and open it up; I did remember at 1 am when I woke up and remembered. I was not getting up to fix it and I had about a half inch of ice in the morning...

We install our hydrants into a 5 gallon bucket that sits on gravel. I know that there is 100 different ways to install them. But you need the water to drain fast so you need an air space. Gravel will fill in with silt and will not have an air space left. The top of the bucket needs to be 6”...

I just ordered the stuff to put up 5 miles of 5 strands hi tensile if any one needs some work. I should get in on 2-16 and plan on starting next week. As far as trees I hate having to fix a fence because of trees. I found that 75’ from the nearest tree to the fence works well for being able...

I want to ask something. How many of you have a few cows that are named pulled out of the rest of the herd and live like princesses but do not show them? I do my best to stop this from happening they get there mom in with them and gang up on me. My kids would pick out a few calves every few...

Ok you have 18 too 24 inches of ice / snow to melt or move. I melt, beat, drill, and chisel a hole in it for a pipe bomb. I use half inch PVC pipe about 3 inches long and refill the hole with wet sand. Putting the fuse in a straw helps a lot also. Yep you bet to get the pipe as deep as...

I did go looking for info because I wanted to know also. I did find a few publications that had less then a paragraph on cattle and soggy salty coastal land and suggested foot rot. I could not find anything worth quoting. I’m not saying that I read that standing on salt will cause foot rot...

Yes I do have my own cooler. No they do not all have to be set to the same temp. Yes there are guidelines the max holding temp as well as how long you have to get it below a certain temp. My cooler is for home use only. I have tried lots of different combinations of times, temps, wet or...

Yes your right there are a lot of articles Jeanne. But I do think that the biggest question that is always left out when this subject comes up would be the temp of witch the meat is hug at. I feel it is left out because it is one of the details they don’t want everyone to know. So yes you can...

Badaxemoo I have noticed the issue with the texture if the meat. How long to hang meat? I think this all comes down to the temp of witch the cow is being kept at. When hanging something that is freshly harvested you are looking for the bacteria growth witch changes the flavor and helps...

I’m thinking she means weaning to death on grass, but I’m not sure. I hope so since that’s how I wrote out my reply.

What do you mean as watery? I found you can’t hang them as long as a grain fed unless you hang them colder. But after you hit day 3 most of the hanging is for bacteria growth that you want with grain fed so they taste good. Grass fed cattle almost taste like buffalo to most people. I wish I...

It’s a 50 mile charger on a 100 acre field with 2 hot strains. I take it off a 200 acre field when I wean calves. I have been “hit” with it before it’s not that bad unless you barely touch it. There used to a 25 mile charger on 100 acres is what it is. The shock sticks are a little worse the...