If a homestead sits empty for about 20 years,
it gets a bit overgrown with scrub brush and multiflora rose (an invasive weed).
This was trimmed last year.
NOTE: how it just grew more shoots.
This has got to go...
You don't have to have a tractor.
I used my Ford 4x4 and a chain...
That's what we call a slip knot around here.
It will tighten up on the stump as tension is applied...
TADA!!!
Look how long those roots are!
Just another angle of the end result...
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Brutus my 8 year old Boxer puppy helped me...
This lil girl is Trixie.
She used to be an inside dog,
but with all the mud and burrs
she has magically turned into an outside farm dog.
2 more stumps I pulled from the front yard this time.
Note how one broke off all the roots.
::shrug::
A chainsaw a day...
...helps you fight back the scrub brush
I've been running 1 tank of gas mix through the chainsaw a day.
- So far
- I got the pretty big tree down that was growing right up beside the grain bin.
- I can get all the way around the garage now.
- Scrub trees cut from around the driveway.
- Almost have the brush pile moved from in front of the garage out to the garden so I can burn it there and get the wood ash in the soil...
- Fence row cleaned out beside the house.
- I got 2 tomato cages loose from where the flowering quince had grown into them in the front yard.
- Always something to do on a homestead...
Coming soon
Yesterday my rose fountain grass came in.
Today I got my 10 AspraBest Asparagus.
- Strawberries with grow bags are on the way.
- Guess what I'll be doing Friday on my Holiday?
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I am getting the outdoor maintenance itch here too. It is raining now and Friday I hope to get in the garden with a rake and get some of the winter weeds up by their roots. Was cold cold here this last winter and the only thing that made it through all the way was the spinach.
I am looking forward to tilling it all up and make it beautiful again very soon
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I'm building a brand new garden since there was bulldozing done taking the old house out. New one will be where the old one was, but the dirt's been all moved around. Plan on building some raised beds this time...
Cold, holy cow, yes. We had several days of -17ish. Everyone was complaining about the high heat bills...
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Apparently, it's been a colder March for a lot of people. We don't typically get to our garden until sometime in May because of all the rain that happens, so not so worried about that yet.
How will you be building your raised beds? My wife wants me to tear out the wooden rectangles I built years and years ago and use some kind of brick instead. If I'm going to go to all that tearing out and building up, I'm inclined to construct it so the beds are taller and put in drip systems so I don't have to go out and water. I think I cause some plant damage when I do it, anyway.
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I found some building tin out behind the garage. It's about 18" tall and 10 feet long.
It would be awesome to have the really raised beds like you mention, cuz I am getting older and sometimes my back gives me fits... I never really figured out, do people fill that whole thing with dirt? Or do they put some sort of platform in it and then dirt. That could take a lot of dirt!
Drip irrigation. I really like that idea. I bought some soaker hoses at an auction last year and hope to rig something up to use them...
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It would be a lot of dirt, which is why I brought it up. It seems like you need to have a decent foot or so of depth depending on what you're planting for root growth, but at that height, as you say, my back keeps telling me it doesn't like the whole bending over for any minutes deal. And then it's not really practical to sit down or get on your knees, because than the knees and the back start yelling.
I wonder what kind of rig I would need to put in a foot or so of dirt depth on something that was raised off the ground. It would have to be sturdy enough to hold the dirt. We've got three rows so this could turn into quite the project. :)
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Some plants are shade plants, others need sun, and yet even more plants are partial shade or sun! Don’t overlook that part of your plant’s description! Hometalk member The Micro Gardener has a universal solution: Place your container garden on wheels or a trolley, so you can move it around in the event your selected spot doesn’t get as much sunlight as you originally thought.
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This is great information, well written, very specific.
Unfortunately, it doesn't have much to do with what @wizardave wrote. If you're interested in getting positive attention on your comments, I would suggest you tailor them to the actual topic at hand, rather than just throwing something out there.
Plenty of people here will downvote comments that aren't on topic and that aren't sincere attempts to engage.
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So, how long would you say it took to clear all of this off? And were you doing some of it after dusk?
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Oh it takes about 5 minutes per stump.
That first one, yes it got dark on me by the time I was done.
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Okay, so the actual stump removal isn't so bad. I was also wondering about the brush you had to remove. And I completely identify with finding the tools necessary to do the job, even though everything I have is in a very confined space. Things never seem to be where I put them.
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Tordon RTU. Clip sprout and then squirt dab on exposed part and TADA kills dead
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yup gonna get some for when I cut brush along the lane...
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Hard at work per usual. Great following your lifestyle out there, looking to do something similar in Texas in 2020.
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It looks like you have two very attentive helpers! Stumps and rocks take a lot of work sometimes, especially if you do not have the right equipment.
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Oh yeah. They are wonderful helpers! haha
I'm lucky in a way. The bulldozer cleared most of the scrub brush. But there is still a LOT to clear away. I will never be bored for a few years...
Will always be something to do...
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