gman4691
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Just found this forum the other day. Looked interesting. My father died last May and now I am looking after Mom & the "family farm" in Nacogdoches, Texas - grew up there. A total of 110 acres - about 60 or so in hay pasture - most of the rest is grazing pastures with some being woods and a couple of small ponds. Trying to play catch up with everything as I've lived too far away to get over here regularly for the past 20 years or so and Dad had gotten too old to do some of what he used to do. Have spent the last couple of years on my days off restretching/repairing/rebuilding barbed wire fences, cutting brush, spraying for weeds, bush hogging a couple of patches that had gotten out of hand, and tending to about 30 cows (1 bull, 20 cows, and 10 babies at the moment). Managed to get a good kill on weeds and johnson grass last year and had one very good hay cutting around Sept-Oct. If it weren't for the dry times in July & August, probably would have gotten two. Managed to keep the cows fat and happy through the winter and have them on a regular worming program (pour-on in spring, injection in fall, and periodically putting deworming blocks out). Still have a ways to go but have made excellent progress - still got a lot to do - especially brush on fence lines. Easier to keep up than catch up - still playing catch up. Chomping at the bit for spring to come on so I can see what I'll be dealing with in terms of spraying herbicide (using Grazon P+D & MSMA 6+). In the meantime, it's all about working the calves and clearing/repairing the fence lines. Place is looking so much better than a couple of years ago. The missus may think I've lost my mind but there is a method to the madness.