Texas Fall/Winter thread!

[sseelhoff]

I never had any luck with my clay soil on fruit trees.

Our neighbor had some peach trees. He did warn me that they only lasted 30 years. LOL. That ought to do me just fine.

 

[NativeSon]

Got a little carried away at the garden center yesterday. In addition to the onions and potatoes, we bought some peach trees, an avacado tree and a pomegranate tree. So now we have an "orchard" and a garden. :thumbsup::licking:

Today's plan is to limb up some mesquite trees in the paddock. Chainsaws and Tractors. Good day.

Scott- I'm planning a good day like yours today. About 5 rather large (and tall) and dead Pine trees came down on the road that leads up to my pasture. So I'm looking forward to my day of Chainsaws & Tractors, and my neighbor who's coming over to help and also be my Safety Engineer, so that we'll both be able to enjoy a couple of cold ones when we're done.

Looks like the weather is going to co-operate........73* and a light wind, life is good.

Charlie

 

[Lou66]

Dennis been busy for the last week or so haven't had a chance to read the posts.. Read about your mother and the anxious times,, too she is doing a lot better.. Always enjoy a happy ending.. wishing her the best,, Lou

 

[Western]

Thanks Lou, I thought I saw you on the picket line driving by the Jim Beam plant!

 

[Lou66]

They won't let me walk the line,, I stole out to the Japs,, Now they got a suit to see if the directors got the best price.. But I still have two cases of the good stuff.:laughing:. life is good if the whiskey is free,, Lou

 

[robbyr]

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Jinman, saw these, thought of you. :cool2:

 

[Western]

40* this morning, high around 50, then 20* Thursday Take half the wind out that we've had and it would be some decent January weather. AM, far cry from yesterdays 73*!

We need some serious rains this Spring, already watering a few trees, area lakes are BAD, Lake Texoma was 8' low Sunday when I went fish'n. Our local lake is over 50% low!!!

 

[blueriver]

40* this morning, high around 50, then 20* Thursday Take half the wind out that we've had and it would be some decent January weather. AM, far cry from yesterdays 73*! We need some serious rains this Spring, already watering a few trees, area lakes are BAD, Lake Texoma was 8' low Sunday when I went fish'n. Our local lake is over 50% low!!!

Oh yes we need rain bad.

 

[jinman]

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Jinman, saw these, thought of you. :cool2:

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[jinman]

I also can't believe how dry we have been. My new ponds have about 3' or slightly more water in them. Trees are dying where the tops meet the trunks and snap off in the wind. Yesterday, my wife and I took a ride around the place, and there is lot's of dead-fall that needs cleaning up everywhere along the trails in the woods. I told her we should name our lake "Sadness" because it looks so bleak. I still cannot launch a boat from my shoreline because the water is too shallow. There are sandbars full of deer tracks where they walk out on them to drink. There's a swampy area of about 3 acres across the little seasonal creek that is full of dying willows because there is just no water for them. The willows have fallen over and are full of vines, Virginia Creeper, poison Ivy, and trumpet vines. I think most of the trumpet vines died this last year because I didn't see many blooms along the creek as is normal.

So, it's not just the ponds and lake that suffer, but also the woods and swampy areas along with the wildlife that depends on the plants and undergrowth (hogs excepted, of course ).