Baymule’s Farm

[baymule]

Today’s chore; clean up the weed mess that is my piles of wood posts and T-posts and important stuff. I’ve already dug the couple of half rolls of sheep and goat wire out of this mess and straighten up the rolls of wire. Due to 6 months of rain the first half of the year, I didn’t think too much about this. When I finally did, weeds were over my head and covered everything. I figured out pretty quick that I’d rather wait for a hard killing frost to tame the weed monsters.

So here we are. Sunny beautiful day.

First I tried my Daddy’s yo-yo. I have a brand new one, but I like using his tools with the worn handles. But these weeds were too tall, thick and heavy.

I got out 2 machetes and sharpened them.
What’s in here? A concrete block. That would really tear up a bush hog!

Another one. There were more behind these two. The pile of used T-posts I salvaged out of the front fence line last fall are on concrete blocks right behind these blocks peeping out of the weeds.

I stepped on the tall grasses and weeds, bent them down and whacked on them using both hands on the machete.

Also in this tangled mess was some really heavy wire. It got scattered around when the fencing guys were here last December. That could do a number on a bush hog too.

Look close

What is that? It’s Carson! He had to go snuffle in the weeds, probably smelling rabbits. There is a Great Dane sized dog in there!

I made it to the fence.

Look at the rest of this mess!

I stopped for a neighbors little boy to feed Spot his bottle. Got some water and went back to work.

 

[baymule]

Hidden treasures appeared. A pile of T-posts that were pulled out of the front fence, piles of wood posts, both put up on concrete blocks to keep them out of the dirt.
A big pile of still new unused T-posts and some more used ones, plus a few more wood posts.

Now a pickup truck load of this chopped mess. Thinking about tossing it in the sheep lots where it gets so muddy

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

I take the tractor and mow them suckers down before they set seed. I have to keep the pastures clean for the horses and to keep ground critters out. I rotate the pastures for treatment every year for weeds and poisonous weeds , flowers and.wild blackberries. I have a daily pasture check to discourage the mule deer and antelope from sneaking in, no scat left behind. The pastures is next to a forest with lots of Doug fir , pine , maples and old growth sequoias.

in electric

 

[baymule]

@Shades-of-Oregon your fields look great! It takes a lot of work!

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

@baymule thank you so much for you nice comment. Coming from a like minded hard worker who knows just what it takes to keep fields and pastures clean and healthy for livestock, put a big smile on my face.

 

[SPedigrees]

Hidden treasures appeared. A pile of T-posts that were pulled out of the front fence, piles of wood posts, both put up on concrete blocks to keep them out of the dirt.
A big pile of still new unused T-posts and some more used ones, plus a few more wood posts.

Were these left by the previous owner? You made a haul for sure!

 

[Crealcritter]

Glad you found that wire. I've heard that stuff is a hot mess when it gets wrapped around a bush hog.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[ducks4you]

@baymule , you deserve a MEDAL for getting This job done!!
Heck, Yeah it would have busted your bush hogger!!!
This Spring I hope to attack the MUCH SMALLER 4;' x 16' bed adjacent to and just south of my garage. I left tomato cages (for peppers) from 2023, let turnips grow up and go to seed, all 3 1/2 ft of them, so you can't see the metal.
It will be a slow slog this spring, but I need the space for 2025 gardening.

 

[baymule]

Were these left by the previous owner? You made a haul for sure!

Nope. It’s mine. I knew it was there, just had to machete chop my way to it.

 

[baymule]

I’m not done yet, I have more on my chore list.