daugen
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Larro, tall is how I'm approaching this. Two fence companies here today, both independently agreed that either large open weave deer fencing or traditional black chain link fence were my best options, not trying to extend my pvc white horse fencing and rig an electrified line on top. Getting quotes on both from both. This orchard is going to be here a long time
and priorities are durability, transparency and cost. Everything spec'd at 8 feet, 70 feet by 270 feet, two gates plus a third gate in my existing fence to allow trucks and other heavy stuff that might be headed to the barn area, like a cement mixer..., to be able to get into the back of the property without driving over the lawn. I have dozens of ruts to fix as it is now. The field around the orchard will always be mowed and clear so a dump truck or cement truck can go that way.
Not now...still water on surface of the ground in some areas and the millisecond it goes below it will start raining again tomorrow. Maybe in a couple of years I will use my nice new blade and rake and put in a gravel driveway through there. It will be completely hidden on the far side of the orchard except for the right turn and short stretch off my paved driveway.
I got so muddy today I looked like a pig in a pen.
Had to come in and shower at lunch, after three hours of planting I was done in anyway. 8 Leland cypress, 8 rose bushes and about ten fruit trees planted today. My neighbor came over with his JD 2025 and drilled a lot of smaller holes for me.
I just have to special order a new 12 inch auger. No one stocks them nearby with a three inch shaft. Maybe a call to ETA...
but his much smaller tractor was wonderfully more agile than mine in tight spots, and since I was doing mostly sideline trees, I needed them pretty far into the hedge. His tractor doesn't have to worry about all the tree limbs mine requires.
A good day outdoors, so good to feel warm again (it's coming guys...), and especially good because the gas company showed up a day early, in perfect timing with the electricians, and my 22kw Generac may be up and running tomorrow. It helped that the service head of the gas company also owns the spa company his son runs where I bought my hot tub.
Next day service from a gas company on a non emergency was pretty impressive. Of course, they want me to burn more propane...
and priorities are durability, transparency and cost. Everything spec'd at 8 feet, 70 feet by 270 feet, two gates plus a third gate in my existing fence to allow trucks and other heavy stuff that might be headed to the barn area, like a cement mixer..., to be able to get into the back of the property without driving over the lawn. I have dozens of ruts to fix as it is now. The field around the orchard will always be mowed and clear so a dump truck or cement truck can go that way.
Not now...still water on surface of the ground in some areas and the millisecond it goes below it will start raining again tomorrow. Maybe in a couple of years I will use my nice new blade and rake and put in a gravel driveway through there. It will be completely hidden on the far side of the orchard except for the right turn and short stretch off my paved driveway.
I got so muddy today I looked like a pig in a pen.
Had to come in and shower at lunch, after three hours of planting I was done in anyway. 8 Leland cypress, 8 rose bushes and about ten fruit trees planted today. My neighbor came over with his JD 2025 and drilled a lot of smaller holes for me.
I just have to special order a new 12 inch auger. No one stocks them nearby with a three inch shaft. Maybe a call to ETA...
but his much smaller tractor was wonderfully more agile than mine in tight spots, and since I was doing mostly sideline trees, I needed them pretty far into the hedge. His tractor doesn't have to worry about all the tree limbs mine requires.
A good day outdoors, so good to feel warm again (it's coming guys...), and especially good because the gas company showed up a day early, in perfect timing with the electricians, and my 22kw Generac may be up and running tomorrow. It helped that the service head of the gas company also owns the spa company his son runs where I bought my hot tub.
Next day service from a gas company on a non emergency was pretty impressive. Of course, they want me to burn more propane...
