Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

We have a dry pond that we are filling up slowly but surely. We have a storm drain ditch that was used by previous owners as a dump for everything imaginable that should help filling it up so we can push dirt over it. That will also be the last of the mess left on our place.

 

[Latestarter]

Previous owners did that here as well. There's a swale/drainage along the southern border from basically the street all along the fence line down to the run in shed east of the house. I asked the owner if he knew where I could rent one of those RORO dumpsters to clean it out. He said he'd been throwing everything he could in there for years in an attempt to slow down the water when it's running off. He said during heavy rains, it's like a small stream draining through there. My property is just beyond the top of a hill and everything drains down that hill toward the driveway and house. So now I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it... Will have to wait until a major rain event and see. Glad your place is almost done/coming together.

 

[Baymule]

What is it with people using their land as a dump? I just don't get it. I still pick up broken glass. Getting that last mess cleaned up is a major milestone, I am glad you have your place all cleaned up now.

 

[NH homesteader]

You should have seen our place when we got here... Holy cow we spent a lot of money cleaning the worst of it up. Still find random things in the brush. I don't get it either. The dump is free people... Bring your trash there.

 

[Bruce]

You should have seen our place when we got here... Holy cow we spent a lot of money cleaning the worst of it up. Still find random things in the brush. I don't get it either. The dump is free people... Bring your trash there.

Um, not in Vermont it isn't. In fact there is only ONE remaining landfill in the state and it is in the NEK. Big statewide push for recycling (which I've been doing for decades). I used to go to the transfer station about once a month with my 4 bins. The trash compactor bag was not always full by then. Soon there will be a requirement to compost food other than bones. I already do that, some if it is run through the chickens first . Actually, they get the bones as well. But for people who choose not to compost at their house, there will be compost bins that the trucking companies will pick up.

Previous owners did that here as well. There's a swale/drainage along the southern border from basically the street all along the fence line down to the run in shed east of the house. I asked the owner if he knew where I could rent one of those RORO dumpsters to clean it out. He said he'd been throwing everything he could in there for years in an attempt to slow down the water when it's running off. He said during heavy rains, it's like a small stream draining through there. My property is just beyond the top of a hill and everything drains down that hill toward the driveway and house. So now I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it... Will have to wait until a major rain event and see. Glad your place is almost done/coming together.

@Mike CHS and I have a LOT of rocks you may have to create water diversion/slowing. Right Mike?

 

[NH homesteader]

Still is here! Not all of NH but it is here. I've got plenty of rocks to share too!

 

[Mike CHS]

I'm making use of a lot of the rock to fill ditches and a couple of spots where erosion wanted to be a problem when we had lots of rain. But we haven't had enough rain in the last two months to warrant diversion.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Too bad I am no longer driving a Truck....would swing by and get some for Sure....have to Buy it here....has to be shipped in...usually by barge....a 'Big Truck' would haul quite a bit, but wouldn't be worth trying it in my 275,000 miles mini van...LOL!!!

 

[Mike CHS]

Today was a no work day for us but it was a hard work/training day for our herd dogs but I wanted to post a picture of a way we dealt with our heavy rock area for a man gate. We ran into a situation about halfway down this run when we literally hit slabs of rock but had an occasional space between slabs where I could drive a piece of rebar to see if I could drive a T-post. Right after we started this section we were pretty sure our plans for gates wouldn't work so we rounded up some of the Wedge-Loc gate hardware and we already had some of the hardware for braces. We had to use the T-post to hang the gate and also as the anchor post for stretching the wire. I couldn't find dirt in the perfect location for the cross brace (diagonal) so it had to be installed higher than ideal. I also drove a second 7 foot T-post next to the gate post afterhanging the gate but before stretching the wire.

I don't how it will hold up long range but I was at the point of pulling all of the posts and changing the layout when we finally were able to use the Wedge-Loc hardware.

0We also drove T-posts for another 300' going back up the hill. At least when we put the fence up Friday we can anchor the fence at the top and let it roll down the hill.

 

[Bruce]

I got some Wedge-Loc parts and was sadly unimpressed. Maybe they work better if you can actually get your T-Posts in a straight line.