Farm and Garden

[85_Ranger4x4]

cool, never thought of that. Could you bale leaves too?

With the right baler... maybe?

I don’t have one. A newer rake would do a better job but leaves are still pretty small compared to hay.

 

[racsan]

true, but gather enough of ‘em you could make a bale.

 

[Roert42]

Can wet them down and make them into bricks for fire starters.

Kinda like a bale

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

true, but gather enough of ‘em you could make a bale.

Yeah, especially if you fed the baler. I wonder how well a baler would pick up loose leaves though.

Can wet them down and make them into bricks for fire starters.

Kinda like a bale

Wet bales are no fun. At best they mold and at worst they spontaneously combust.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Did some Avatar style forest mowing last night.

 

[Curious Hound]

Did some Avatar style forest mowing last night.

Once every two years, whether it needs it or not. Right?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Once every two years, whether it needs it or not. Right?

At least once a year to keep the trees down. I would like to do it more but I missed the brief window between the brome grass pollinating and the ragweed pollinating. Its been a hectic summer.

I pushed thru the brome grass pollen a couple years ago and it screwed me up for like two weeks... so I am kinda gunshy now.

 

[racsan]

Thats what I liked about using the JD-“A” to mow, or sometimes the 1650 oliver, get a little further from the ground & the weeds. With the 1020 deere I leave the bucket down to push the brush over a bit, If im close to the treeline I have the bucket fairly close to the ground in case theres a tree down I cant see. rotary mowers dont chop wood well.

 

[sheep herder]

 

[Curious Hound]

I used to bush hog with a Ford 6610. Even way up on top of that thing, I'd kick my allergies into high gear every time.

 

[MikeG]

Get one of those nasal rinse thingies and learn to use it. Lifesaver, when you're in the allergy capital of the world like I am. The traditional name is 'netti pot' but the squeeze bottle version works better.

There's a bit of a learning curve. Key is to get the water the perfect temp - just barely warmer than your hand. Too warm, it'll hurt a little. Too cold, and it'll be the worst case of freezer-head you ever had.

 

[sgtsandman]

I split a bunch of wood for the firewood rack.

The Harbor Freight manually operated splitter is a bit slow but faster than swinging a splitting maul and a lot less work.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Time to pick corn!

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

2020 in a nutshell. Wagon has about 240bu in it... roughly 13k lbs of grain. After torrential rain, droughts and hurricanes... why not?

 

[racsan]

weve still got our 6600, hadn’t been ran for a few years. funny how it was the biggest thing deere made in 76 (well there was the 7720, same physical size, just a added turbo) you compare it to todays machines and it looks like the 45eb we used to have.
Flat tire on a loaded grain wagon is never any fun, especially if youre in a wet feild at the time.