CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[Bruce]

We have that stuff you call hen-bit all over the place. I don't even know what it is called so hen-bit is good enough.

OK, I got unlazy and searched for it.
Google "Search Google for image" says "Best guess for this image: plant"

But I found it by searching for "creeping ground plant".

"In our first class, we learned about Ground Ivy, also known as Creeping Charlie, and a host of other names." http://www.southernexposure.com/blog/2015/11/ground-ivy/

Wikipedia says "It is commonly known as ground-ivy, gill-over-the-ground,[1]creeping charlie, alehoof, tunhoof, catsfoot, field balm, and run-away-robin"

Officially it is Glechoma hederacea

 

[CntryBoy777]

Well Bruce, all I can say about it is...the goats don't eat it...the ducks, don't eat it...the chickens will peck at it, but not much....we are just thankful it dies off quickly, but it is usually early food for bees, bumble bees, and carpenter bees. It does help over winter to aid in erosin prevention.

 

[Bruce]

It doesn't die off here, green spring through fall.

 

[CntryBoy777]

this is the line I was working on today....I got lucky and guessed right enough to miss major roots, and the inlet water pipe from the well to the trlr. I was sweating when I got finished. I have 7 more to go and 7 posts to get.
Here are a couple of pics of the back fields... the pine tree in the very back is the property line...and this was my phone on full zoom. There isn't a shortage of broom sedge here. This is on the otherside of the ditch from the field ya see most....and this is across the ditch from the trlr side. From thesse fields to the back property line looks kinda like this.... that is except for the pond. The land is heavily wooded. When I get things done that has me busy now, I'll be able to focus my attention and labor to gaining control of these other areas. It may take a yr or so, but as long as I'm here I have Plenty to keep me busy....and who knows....I may be able to save up for a used tractor....

 

[Bruce]

Good progress. And thanks for the pictures of the section you'll be fencing next

 

[Mike CHS]

I'm not sure how to deal with that sedge. We had about 10% grass and 90% weeds the first two years here but it has turned out pretty good now. We did lime and fertilize the whole place last spring.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Well, I won't swear that I won't, but this Side has to be Full before I go "There". I have thought about if I was healthy and had a tractor...I would grow Hay back there....or use it as rotational grazing for some animals. Those yrs have "Passed By"....but, I have told most of the family that still talks to me, that before I die I was gonna fill up all 20acres with animals. So, they will have Fun sorting it out....and nobody can say I never left them Anything....

 

[CntryBoy777]

@Mike CHS now ya know about my "Experiment" with field #1. Tho, it has johnson grass as bad as the broom sedge in the others. I'm trying to change it with sowing, and by mowing, keeping it from reseeding. If I were to get true grazing animals I would go a different route, but some seed is less than lime and fertilizer...and the goats like the mixture there, so just trying to improve it some. I'll end up burning those fields and ditch, along with some chainsaw work on the ditch.
Oh, just gotta share this tidbit....I happened to be out the other evening when the neighbor got home from work. He waved and started hollaring at me and walking towards me. This is unusual because it is usually me walking up there...he is about 6'6" and 320lbs. When we got close hes said "I just have to know just what it is that ya have planted down there". I told him it was rye grass, crimson clover, and winter peas, why?
He said that in the 4 plots he planted for deer this yr, my field has "Kicked his A**". He has seen more deer in the field grazing than in any of his stands....even at a hunt club. He has changed his way of thinking.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I apologize for not making a post yesterday, but spent most of the day in bed. After I got up for a little bit I got to feeling really tired, was sweating with a feeling of nausea...yep, was concerned about another heart attack....so, I got up for my portion of tending to the animals, but was in bed the rest of the time....tho, I did get 1 more hole dug, but nothing else.
Feeling better today, and have been playing "Catch-Up" here with all that was missed. I got my order yesterday, so @Bruce is just waiting on me to cut the Black Walnut down now....still about 2wks away, but all systems are Go at this point. It has to come down in order to finish fence, so it won't be put-off for very long.

 

[CLSranch]

Glad your feeling better. And you/Bruce get some smoking wood.