Bruce
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Looks like the ground at my north fence most of last summer. Clay doesn't take much to saturate.
mysunwolf - four acres and some sheep
frustratedearthmother
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ONLY an inch, lol!
I would do cartwheels in an inch. My mud is always over my ankles and in some places I have to walk very slow or I'll splash it over the top of my boots. Mud running down inside your boots is not fun, it's colder than ... well, it's cold, AND it makes it really hard to get that boot outta the mud!
I'm so over this mess!
Bruce
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Yep, best not to have loose fitting boots when you have that sort of mud.
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mysunwolf
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So this is what we're dealing with in the pig pens. This is what 2/3 of them look like. I have to go pick up another camper shell for a pig shelter so we can open up the 3rd pen. They sink so low in the front section that the mud is above their hocks. See why I call it pig soup? Mmm delicious.
I have lost my boots multiple times in this mud
I honestly try not to go in there when it's like this. The cow pen looks similar. And yes, we have a large amount of clay in the soil.
I have lost my boots multiple times in this mud
I honestly try not to go in there when it's like this. The cow pen looks similar. And yes, we have a large amount of clay in the soil.
Bruce
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Milk Chocolate Mousse!!
I think I just lost my appetite for dessert.
That is incredible. Seems like one needs a french drain to be their pig pen "floor".
I think I just lost my appetite for dessert.
That is incredible. Seems like one needs a french drain to be their pig pen "floor".
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mysunwolf
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Yep, and these are 32'x32' pens that were in 6" barley a few months ago. The whole pig experience these last few years has really made me appreciate industrial ag. At least they get concrete floors that can be hosed down. I think I'm actually going to make a ditch on the downhill side and encourage water to run off. Possibly we will pour small concrete pads in each pen in the future where we can put the feeder and waterer.
I thought your pens were on a hillside under a large tree? That looks like upwellings in the center... I bet the hogs would LOVE those in the summer... Not so much now.
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mysunwolf
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I thought your pens were on a hillside under a large tree? That looks like upwellings in the center... I bet the hogs would LOVE those in the summer... Not so much now.
They are, this is the view from uphill. Those aren't upwellings... they are "pits" the pigs dug rooting for roots, that filled with water when we got 3 inches of rain in 2 days lol. That they then churned to perfection. Seriously, if anyone wants to see the mud that nightmares are made of, just come hang out near my pig pens.
wow... 
Baymule
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That is some serious mud. It sure makes me glad that our place is sand. We used to own land that was black gumbo clay. My DH grove his truck off in it once and it took a bulldozer to drag him out.
