The title is a little joke between Lois and I, it seems like everything I do I end up dirty and bleeding. Especially at the farm where there are a lot of briar's and things that can scratch you. So on the trip I took to the farm today when I got home I was dirty and bleeding. The bleeding was from briar's thank goodness.
Yes I did go to the farm today and did some work, the heat index was 105 degrees there so I tried to get there early. First thing, once I got there was to spray the new weeds coming up around the barn, a lot of cockle burs had started coming up. Mixed up some roundup and sprayed clear around the barn. When I got ready to leave later today they were already shriveling up.
I told you in the last post how tall the grass was here is a picture of it
Next was to go and count the number of bales that they had baled this week, there was a total of 30 round bales. Which is two more than what they did last year and didn't cut as much grass as they did last year.
As I was riding around the property counting I saw one of the Indigo bunting's and tried to get pictures of it. If he would have stayed where I originally saw him I could have gotten a great picture of him. But you will have to try to see him in this picture, he is middle then a little to the right side. If you click on the picture it should enlarge to view it better.
As I was going up the hill to count the bales there were turkeys running down the trail by the loblolly pines, yes I actually got to see them this time.
Next I went over to the oak tree that had fallen down during the early spring. I have been wanting to get this tree cut up so today I started on it. It is easy cutting, the worse part is having to stop and clean/clear away what you have cut. I worked on this for about an hour, still have a lot more to do, as you can see from the photos. We will take all the small limbs and make a brush pile somewhere for the small animals to hide in and the larger logs we will cut to use for fire wood.
I next took the tractor and tried to level the area where they fed the cattle the round bales of grasses and hay. This area had gotten rutted and it is really rough to drive the golf carts over. It is going to take more than one try to get this leveled. Pictures show this area.
I had noticed that some of the trees/bushes that we had planted earlier this spring looked stressed from all the heat we have had the last few days. I decided that I would load the plastic tank into the front bucket of the tractor and see if I could water the ones that looked stressed. I have got to get a pump set up to fill this tank from the ponds. My plan to syphon water from the ponds into this tank did not work, I had to use a bucket to fill the tank. So now on to plan B to get water for the trees and plants.
Here are some pictures of trees I need to cut up and a picture of the one tree we have cut up and removed.
I also took a picture of the Monarda, it is blooming and doing so well.
We also lost the dogwood that we planted, don't know what happened to it, here are some pictures of it. It appears that something dug it up or grabbed it and pulled it out of the ground as there was a hole that you can see in the pictures.
Hopefully I will be going to the farm next Tuesday and will have the plan B ready and working to water the trees and plants. It is suppose to cool down a little so I will be able to cut on the oak tree some more.
See ya then.
