Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

Jr. ropped off his dozer this afternoon so he can start first thing in the morning filling in that big hole in the middle of one of the paddocks. Neither of us thing there is enough of a berm to fill it in but there is three trees about 8" in diameter on the berm that he is going to knock down and put them in the pond. His dozer needs almost 11 feet of opening to get in so I had to have him come in the main paddock that has two 8' gates and then through two of the paddocks that are enclosed with electric poly rope and netting gates. Maisy wasn't quite sure that gigantic yellow thing was so she didn't even bother to bark.

 

[Mike CHS]

He got started filling in the dry pond this morning right at 6:30 and from the looks of it he is about finished. Unfortunately we had to take out 3 good sized trees but he was able to leave the Maple Tree.

There was some slab stones in there that he asked me how I moved them since I have a fairly small tractor. I told him it is all down hill from where they originally were and I just pushed them with my front end loader.

I didn't take any "before" pictures since that is the one part of our place that I made it a point of not showing.

 

[RollingAcres]

Looking good!

 

[Bruce]

Maisy wasn't quite sure that gigantic yellow thing was so she didn't even bother to bark.

Probably figured it wouldn't take her seriously and run away. Smart dog!

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

Nice! Did you sometimes have standing water there, or at least boggy?

 

[Mike CHS]

Nice! Did you sometimes have standing water there, or at least boggy?

It would hold water for a day or two after a heavy rain. A light rain wouldn't build up at all.

 

[Baymule]

I know getting that done puts a smile on your face.

 

[Mike CHS]

I know getting that done puts a smile on your face.

It did and does. I went up and picked up some seed and I already have some lime to put out. I'll do that in the morning and then drag it. It isn't the right time but I'll never have that spot as soft as it is today so right time or not, it goes out.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Looks good from here ....glad you are happy it's done

 

[Mike CHS]

We are toying with the idea of getting a small fishing boat now that we have time to do something besides work. Before we bought this place we did a lot of fishing and tourist type day trips. But that was in Charleston, SC where you can see a different tourist spot every week for years and never see the same one twice. For fishing there were hundreds of places to fish and you didn't need a boat.

We have been visiting some historical sites recently and are planning to go down to the Space Museum at Huntsville next week but we both miss fishing more than anything else.