JSCATTLE":1l356pxb said:
MO_cows":1pu34aha said:
:shock: :help:HOSS":1xg23ij8 said:
went into getting it in shape. When I bought it it was an old, overgrown row crop farm that had not been worked in years. There was no fencing around most of it and the old fencing that was on it was torn down, rusted or grown into the trees it was nailed to. The fields were all covered in briars, small saplings and weeds. There was an old, dilapidated house on it that had been a favorite hang-out for vandals and drug users. The first order of business was to clean the fields up, disc them over and re-sow fescue. Then I cut a 40' wide path through a couple thousand feet of very dense woods to run a good fence down (this was pre-bulldozer days for me) I had all kinds of excitement with this chore between the copperheads, yellowjackets and hornets. Once I had put up about 5,000 feet of perimeter fence I was able to move some cows on the place and put up a small hay barn. I tore down the old house and spent 10 months building my house on the same lot. I dug two ponds the first year and cleared some more wooded land. The next year I cross-fenced with hot high tensile. Two years ago I cleared out 4 acres of woods that had grown up in an old lake that was built in the 1960's but had sprung a leak in the late 70's and drained out. I reworked part of the levy and put in an overflow. Right now it is almost full of water (you can see it in the second pic) but the levy still has a small leak underneath. I built a bigger 40'x60' barn this past fall and built several nice matching gates out of some heavy, thick walled 2" galvanized pipe. My grounds crew consists of myself, my retired father and plenty of round-up with a sprayer. I figure I have another 5 years of getting after it before I have it mostly where I want it........but the maintenance will never end. I may have to hire some of Jogeephus's helpers when he gets slow :lol:
