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Recently a few trees blew down near the creek onto a pasture so I cut everything in 12ft lengths. Then I use a tractor with winch hauling them to a ravine that worked until cable snapped. So then I put the grapple on. This was fantastic until apparently a limb snapped a hydraulic hose. I get...

My horse stable front has stable doors and sliding door, concrete barn floor and hard packed sand lot about 40ft x 60ft. (Picture was taken last fall), about every week or two I clean area with a 7ft back blade turned backwards then push manure into a compost pile at end. Sand lot was compacted...

There is a very large renovated barn, about 60ft x 80ft x 40+ ft ht that's full of birds...barn swallow I think. Bird droppings everywhere, Gambrel roof style no coupolas. Anyone know how you could keep them out? It's full of rafters very high up, has hay loft with end doors, very large drive...

A few years ago I bought adjoining property which had a neighbor's cows on it. My insurance company said they wouldn't insure me since they weren't my cows so agent told him they had to go which he did (along with a gate that was there when I bought it...but he strung barbed wire & I didn't say...

I get horse hay from a farm 7 miles away so I just get them one load at a time with truck. There was a guy before me getting a very large trailer load 7 HOURS away. Their buildings were empty now waiting for the first cutting. The two bundelers they have steel strap 21 bales together so one fits...

For years we eat the same breakfast, usually cereal, maybe donuts, yogurt, banana, pancakes, coffee. Typical American breakfast. There's a restaurant nearby that has Sunday brunch and I got French toast platter weeks ago. It was amazing (for a 500 pounder [emoji849] which I'm not)...5 pieces...

About 15 miles away at my homeplace is this Yazoo mower my Grandfather bought new in 1970. It's been sitting in a shed 30 years. I have 5 mowers and don't need it, but sort of sentimental. From memory it has a Kohler K321 14hp motor. When Dad inherited it, he used it some but I'd have to...

A few weeks ago I posted about buying a pto tiller. Ever since, every day I get this email from "Jack Yuan" about buying some Chinese tiller! How do I get rid of this pest? Screenshot shows it.

My late Dad hid keys like this, I don't know if he thought it up. Yesterday I needed to hide two keys in a shed. It's just a scrap of lumber I used a router to make a pocket. One deck screw at top holds it. Just swing it out for keys. Swung back it just looks like part of the door.

Sounds like a stupid question, but 43 years ago I planted 100 white pine seedlings. You could hold all in one hand...pencil sized and I planted with a dibble bar. Now they average about 18"-24" across and 40ft tall. The problem is almost every day there are branches that look healthy but snapped...

I believe this was discussed before, but for $595 AG makes this performance module that's supposed to add 30% HP & improved fuel use. Anyone with experience, is it worth it, increase power, any other modifications needed, etc.? Thanks I have a 2018 JD 3038e.

I have a 40hp Deere, FEL & backhoe, lots of attachments but I'm considering a PTO tiller. One area I have, about an acre, is on about a 20 to 25 degree slope. I'd like to get it as level as I can, it's near woods and had lots of waist-high scrub pines and cedars which I used my 5ft bucket &...

My 98 yo Mother still lives with caregivers at home, there for 85 years. The gravel driveway is 1/4 mile long, one curve, downhill across creek then uphill. We were there Saturday and bottom had about 8" water over it. Upstream about 1000ft is a 2 acre lake. Nothing at the place was ever fixed...

I'm making new horse barn 4ftx8ft dutch doors using 3/4" plywood, 2"x6"s all pressure treated. One horse cribs so I thought I'd put aluminum channel on top of bottom door so 2.25"×(2"-3") x 48" with stainless screws. I see 2" but not 2 1/4" wide. Prices all over the place. Any idea where to get...

All mowers should have one of these magnetic sweepers attached to front. It would pick up any nail, wire, or lost part before it gets run over or punctures a tire. I'm thinking about ordering this or similar.

I have a Deere 455 I'm installing new tires on new rims. I used a Harbor Freight tire changer, removed old & installed new tire. Getting it to make the bead is problem. I tried ratchet strap tire middle but seems worse. I have Ruglide and dish detergent brushed on, then tried rubber and dead...

I removed a dead tree & stump next to a shed a couple weeks ago and planted 50 from Holland Bulb Co. using my Grandmother's bulb planter...no big deal. Then I pulled the trigger ordering 1,000 from Holland Bulb. I chose an area and thought rows would look better curved. So I dug about 8" down...

30+ years ago I planted this small bush beside a shed. I noticed a few weeks ago it had died. I'm not sure what it was...green then red oval leaves about 3" long. I cut it down yesterday, whatever it was wood is very heavy. I thought it would be easy backhoe it out but hours later it won't...

Just a couple hours ago at my homeplace it's pretty isolated and grandparents home is vacant. Mom's caregiver's husband drives up long driveway and a guy runs across the drive. Apparently he had broken into grandparents home since a window was open. They call police and one suggested I get two...

A few years ago I put front hydraulics on for a grapple that works but I want to make it better, hoses get damaged, etc. I was thinking couplers on the control block, then two new 6ft hoses coupler each end. Then attach hoses when needed. Discount Hydraulics sent me this but how do I crimp...

I had a nice horse stable built 4 years ago. Except for the tack room it's filled with cobwebs, dust and hay/straw scraps. On either end are large drive through doors & right now there's no hay. Concrete floor throughout. One of the best things I ever bought was this Echo backpack blower that...

I want a simple 3 board fence. All pressure treated, 4x6x8ft posts, 1x6x16ft boards. Posts 8ft apart. Three gates, a 16ft, a 6ft & 4ft. Tarter steel farm gate. It will be 186 ft. total, downhill about 10-15 ft. below driveway, fairly straight and level. We have horses and it will enclose about a...

I cut some trees down and have a brush pile using tractor and truck. Monday I'm using the FEL bucket pushing brush when...BEES!!! So it's high gear wide open back to shed [emoji28]. Luckily just 3 stings. Today I'm in same area and found the nest. They were swarming all around this hole, nest...

45 years ago I planted white pine every 10ft. along road for privacy. Just now (it's getting dark) I noticed one is dead. They're maybe 2ft. across (my #13 shoe). At the base is fine sawdust and I hear a chewing sound!!!!![emoji2962] I assume it's pine bark beetles and all I can do is cut it...

On our place is a nice long spring fed creek that flows even during a drought and there are three springs along it here. One is eroding the pasture making a bowl shaped area. Creek is about 8-9 ft. down below ground level, bowl area is about 40 ft. across. I was showing it to a neighbor a few...

Sometimes I need to angle cut strips of wood like this pictured. Two 6"×1.5"×3/4". Center I cut with a table saw, blade lowered to 1/2 thickness so they lock together (that's easy because I move rip fence a little each pass. The problem is the ends, I mark diagonal then scroll saw cut with blade...

I have a Trac Vac 880, a Cyclone rake and an Agri Fab sweeper. Of the three the simple brush sweeper does best job getting up leaves. The Cyclone is on a Deere 455 and chute adapter I worked on some today making a tighter seal, but neither that or Trac Vac do that well. Both have lots of...

I planted expensive red maples in front yard in Spring, watered all summer they were doing great. Yesterday noticed they're all torn up. We have deer, they even eat sassafras growing at front porch. Apparently a buck rubbing antlers and I keep them sprayed with deer off. Black is prune seal...

As a kid our neighbor had miles of split rail fence just like in the photo. He made his own rails, cutting trees (American chestnut or oak) then split into rails. He didn't have electricity in his cabin, or car or tractor, just draft horses. We see that fence here in Appomattox or Gettysburg...

I just found out our favorite restaurant is closing Friday [emoji25]. First place I took my wife to in 1972. Friday night all you can eat spaghetti. Back then $1.95...now $8.95, exact same recipe with buttered garlic bread, large salad. Saltfish for breakfast sometimes. Homemade desserts, Lemon...

They started on roof today. Metal standing seam 1.5". They ran off different patterns but we liked the standard flat the best. I cut this tree down overhanging the roof...not sure what it even is (wild cherry?). Then it started to rain! They quickly covered roof with a large tarp. They'll put...

I'd like to fence 250ft near house across driveway and row of evergreens. First picture shows it, second is it starts at a building (6x6 pt post in concrete), run just below pines & cedars, a 10ft gate, over to step columns, a 4ft gate, over to an 8" pt gate post set in concrete. Sketch shows...

We planted squash in large containers and they're doing well except we'll see some fall off the vine, usually 2"-3" and starting to rot. Some we pull off vine if it's turning brown. First picture is example of healthy plant, second is good squash ready to pick in a few days, third is same...

Today I'm cleaning gutters, and counting everything I'm guessing 600ft. At 70 yo I don't mind but it has to be done frequently, so many trees here. What's the best leaf guard? From what little I read Leafguard may be it but real experience beats salesmen! I want the house new roof this time...

I had soil tested I bought as 16 tons topsoil which I spread in front yard depressions, it rained that night and it turned to like concrete. It came from where an apartment complex is going in, the delivery place refunded my money. I couldn't believe how acidic it was, 5.1ph, and why it would...

About a week ago I had a tandem load of supposed to be screened topsoil from a guy who I've used before, gravel & sand. He has good online reviews. I had a good place to dump it, not far off the road. I cut grass real short for dump site which is part of our yard. He said 18 tons, it looked like...

I found this soul food place "Soul Sisters" in Bedford, Va. Talking about KFC made me think about it, wife got fried chicken, catfish for me. We both had good cooks (Mom- Grandmothers) and this place asked if we minded the wait since everything is made fresh. It was just like home made...amazing...

I have a 3038e I bought new 2017 with 406 hours. It runs great. D160 FEL, 9.5 ft BH, 10 attachments. The problem is lift capacity. I just got new 350# forks and wanted to remove a 4x4x8ft hay bundle (about 1,100#) off of truck into horse stable. I've been unloading bales no problem, but I'm 70...

A skid steer does things either a tractor won't and/or it's more compact. I looked at this one for sale...what do you think? The owner bought it new 2005, 756 hours on it. Front hydraulics. Everything works perfectly. He said they never washed it and I believe it. Garage kept. It was serviced at...

Someone has a 2005 S175 skid steer they bought new with 760 hours asking $25K, super clean with new tires. That seems like a good price. Bucket & forks. Dealer installed glass & heater. Thoughts?

I just finished mowing the front yard, years ago the original owners had a garden there. It was plowed so it's not even, some depressions, etc. and I've worked on it for 43 years. I don't have a box blade but if I had one with rippers up or removed would that work if I put composted soil in to...

My grandfather planted this oak 43 years ago here, it came from Poplar Forest, a decendant of one of Thomas Jefferson's oaks. It had gotten large, really too close to house. I thought it could be trimmed but tree cutters showed me where bottom had a rotten area and it tried to heal itself. It's...

I have a good spring fed creek I'd like to rig up an irrigation pump for a garden. One area would be close to the creek, so lift would be 10-15 feet and close to creek. We're not planning on a huge garden, about 40 ft X 80 ft would be fine. Another area available would be uphill a ways, so lift...

Years ago a friend had this Kemp wood chipper that wasn't running he gave me. He was 97...I insisted on giving $100. I saved 5hp B&S and put a Predator 6.5hp on it. I removed the side chute, easier feeding limbs in. You can adjust size of chips. I think he said he got it in 1969. It works...

I have a 3038e with lots of attachments. Today I'm working on an area I'm putting in a horse riding ring. It's on a slope so I'll take about 5ft down high end, putting on low end. It will be about 120ft X 60ft, oval, posts, boards, 1 or 2 gates. It's full of scrub trees so I use front end loader...

Thought I'd mention this I just received, a really good price on Amazon but sold by JEGS and made in good old USA! Holds 5.5 gallons, the spout is sold separately (cap is threaded for it. Racing we used a funnel). Lifted up it has a place in bottom for other hand. I know it's probably not epa...

Growing up my grandparents next door had two children, my Mother (96, still lives at home) and her brother who had Downs Syndrome. My uncle lived with his parents and they all passed in the 1980s...he was 56. He was always child-like and collected toys, it was like having another brother growing...

In the county where we live buried is the Beale treasure. Virginiaplaces.org Geography of Virginia › beale Beale's Brewery Beale's Brewery › legen... Legend of the Beale Treasure (Bad links, but easy to look up) Like most treasures it may be fact or fiction, but gold, silver, jewels in...

My wife wants a bread machine. I don't know squat about cooking [emoji849]. Anyway looking at reviews, prices, her preference (brand she knows) I think it's down to Oster or Cuisinart. She wants a small one, and I see 1# to 1.5# ones. Can they bake, say 1/2 pound? Can they make rolls also...

This morning all over the yard I have these funnel-shape places, hundreds of them. Some places may be one every square yard, others maybe a dozen in a square yard. They're anywhere from an inch to 3"-4" deep. It's not a mole or snake since hole stops. Is it a skunk digging up grubs?

I was working on my F150 today thinking of a couple great things I bought years ago. One is this Fisher pneumatic lift, $800 delivered. As a teenager I worked at a service station that had a 4 post lift and a Fisher lift exactly like this one. We rarely ever used the 4 post since this is easier...

I have a Trac Vac 880 I'd like to sell, don't know what I should ask for it. It runs and works well. I have the Trac Vac mower attachment, a universal plastic one, 40 feet of extra 8 inch hose (I'm thinking that alone was about $200-$300). I made a dolly for the front which works great keeping...

I'm not sure what it's called but warehouses have translucent (clear) plastic door strips, I'm guessing 1/4" thick and about 2 to 3 ft. wide. My horse stable has Dutch doors 4ft x 8ft opening that we keep open. This evening before dark a flock of birds went in to roost. They make a mess, crap on...

I our front yard is a 20 foot diameter circle of dead grass, about 6" across. It may be hard to see in picture but you clearly see in foreground dead lawn and it's really almost a perfect circle. I've had my soil tested by agricultural laboratory and it came back excellent except a little high...