RollingAcres
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Gabbie is beautiful as always! 
Get your a** out there and get the fencing done! No more BYH for you until that's done.
CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures
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Easy for these young pups to say...
greybeard
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My phone said it was 96 deg here today. I finally cleaned all this mess up this afternoon, by pulling it off the fence a few feet with a pitchfork, then raking it into small piles with my tractors landscape rake.
As soon as we get a little moisture, I'll burn all the small piles. Only saw 3 snakes, but one was a coral snake that made a run at me. Didn't take any pics of it when done, but will tomorrow when I add a few more wooden posts in to help prevent the fence from leaning next time it floods. (the wire strands btw, are all still firmly attached to the big wooden post you see down the line. Shows how much tons of flowing water pushing against that debris can stretch the wire)
I have to do this several times per year but none of the wire strands have ever broken.
Opposite direction view
As soon as we get a little moisture, I'll burn all the small piles. Only saw 3 snakes, but one was a coral snake that made a run at me. Didn't take any pics of it when done, but will tomorrow when I add a few more wooden posts in to help prevent the fence from leaning next time it floods. (the wire strands btw, are all still firmly attached to the big wooden post you see down the line. Shows how much tons of flowing water pushing against that debris can stretch the wire)
I have to do this several times per year but none of the wire strands have ever broken.
Opposite direction view
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Baymule
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That looks like a hot job. We typically last until around 1:00 PM before the heat gets us.
RollingAcres
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CntryBoy777
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That is quite the mess GB and I just couldn't imagine having to deal with that as often as ya do. Coral snakes are not known to be aggressive, but they certainly have some potent venom, so be extra careful around the, they are members of the krait family of snakes.
@RollingAcres I would get started on the fencing, but until I have legal papers in hand, settling the ownership issue....I'm not digging the 1st hole....when it is settled I will get it done even if it requires doing it by the light of the moon....
@RollingAcres I would get started on the fencing, but until I have legal papers in hand, settling the ownership issue....I'm not digging the 1st hole....when it is settled I will get it done even if it requires doing it by the light of the moon....
RollingAcres
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That's right, forgot about that part. Don't want to be doing "free" work for someone else if you end up having to move from there.
greybeard
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I frequently find myself doing things simply because they are there to do.
This was one of them. It drives my wife nuts because we are going to be putting this place up for sale and going back to West Texas this year and she doesn't want me to do anything else to it, but I simply don't believe in making my problems some one else's problem, and I need to stay busy to keep in shape so I can do things. Stamina and acclimatization is a necessary part of it and will whip energy's butt every day of the week. Develop stamina and it doesn't matter how much energy one has. "One must learn to sail in all winds" And, it has been my experience, that people don't stop doing things because they can't..people can't do things simply because they stopped doing them and this is especially true for older people. I've seen it time after time, even within my own extended family. Stop doing things just because you don't have to, then one day you find it absolutely necessary to do them and ya find you no longer can.......simply because you stopped.
frustratedearthmother
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Agree! People ask me when I'm going to stop keeping animals and my answer usually is - "when I can't lift a feed bag anymore." I unloaded 18 bags of them yesterday all by myself in 96 degree heat. I keep my feed in an unused enclosed trailer that takes a couple steps to get up into. I ain't giving up yet, lol!
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CntryBoy777
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Well, I certainly don't have plans of laying it down anytime soon....tho, not looking to push the boundaries either....this whole rig-a-ma-roll here has given me pause, and time to think and assess the plans for staying here....but, if we do have to leave, then will figure that out as we go. My biggest issue is that there isn't any available bucks to accomplish very much....since there are lawyer fees, court costs, and the possibility of having to move anyway.....I'm feeling better health wise, but my mind is a bit on the frazzled side dealing with all the extras and possibilities. I'm planning on adding more animals and doing more once the legal papers are in my hands....I'm certainly planning on going out with my boots ON......
