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Bruce
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Yup. Put it out by the wood pile after I got all the birds in the back about 6:30 and snacked them. Went to close up at 8:15, noticed the trap had tripped.
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But was it a successful trapping?
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Bruce
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yes. Trap went back into the little barn with more sweet feed, nothing so far. Still not sure if there are two or just one that gets around. It isn't really very far between where the "two" have been seen, only about 140'. Probably an entire city of tunnels between the 2 locations.
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Baymule
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Shhhhhhh……..…… we won't tell...….
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Bruce
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Thanks 
Spent 3 hours pulling cattails from the pond behind the barn this morning. And yes they ARE cattails. They have seed pods this year. Don't know if that is based on the age of the plants or they somehow know when there is no water so the seeds will land on dirt/mud/muck and can germinate. Like they need another way to propagate!
Wore me out and I maybe got 1/3 of them. Possible only because the pond is going dry from lack of rain. Blister on my big toe, not comfy. Penny wise and pound foolish on those rain boots.
Need to go to the woods to cut some trees. Will have my tools and a nearly empty (and used to be empty) feed bag with me.
Spent 3 hours pulling cattails from the pond behind the barn this morning. And yes they ARE cattails. They have seed pods this year. Don't know if that is based on the age of the plants or they somehow know when there is no water so the seeds will land on dirt/mud/muck and can germinate. Like they need another way to propagate!
Wore me out and I maybe got 1/3 of them. Possible only because the pond is going dry from lack of rain. Blister on my big toe, not comfy. Penny wise and pound foolish on those rain boots.
Need to go to the woods to cut some trees. Will have my tools and a nearly empty (and used to be empty) feed bag with me.
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Bruce
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Well cr@p. It was raining but stopped. Radar looks like it will be coming back stronger soon. Wait for WEEKS to get a bit of rain and now that I have a NEED to head out to the woods, it rains. Guess I'll have to walk out, skip the cutting.
I am NOT complaining about rain, I'm not!!! Just bad timing.
I am NOT complaining about rain, I'm not!!! Just bad timing.
RollingAcres
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I hear ya Bruce! Bad timing for sure! I posted in a different thread earlier about wet hay. Talk about bad timing! DH bartered some ammo for round bales of hay a couple of months ago. They decided to bring the hay to us late last night and we couldn't find any tarp at the house so couldn't cover them. Woke up this morning and it was down pouring and it's been raining off and on today. So hay is now wet. Looks like it's going to rain this whole week off and on.
greybeard
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I have a few cattails at the pond edge but the cows keep them eat down to a nub.Thanks
Spent 3 hours pulling cattails from the pond behind the barn this morning. And yes they ARE cattails. They have seed pods this year. Don't know if that is based on the age of the plants or they somehow know when there is no water so the seeds will land on dirt/mud/muck and can germinate. Like they need another way to propagate!
Wore me out and I maybe got 1/3 of them. Possible only because the pond is going dry from lack of rain. Blister on my big toe, not comfy. Penny wise and pound foolish on those rain boots.
Need to go to the woods to cut some trees. Will have my tools and a nearly empty (and used to be empty) feed bag with me.
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Bruce
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Anyone know how deep water needs to be to keep cattails from growing? I'd love to dredge the muck, er I mean pond, but getting it deep enough that there wouldn't be any cattails except maybe at the edge or a small island in the middle would be a good thing, possibly mandatory for the work involved.
