At Home In The Woods

[clemsonfor]

We've been struggling to get the yard mowed due to lawnmower issues and rain. We have been getting afternoon showers everyday. It's like living in Hawaii.

The fescue grass was tall enough to make hay. I had to make two swipes with the mower to cut it. It was so tall, much of the grass got pushed over instead getting cut so I had to make a second pass in the opposite direction.

The steep part in the back yard was a challenge. I can mow it by going straight up the hill and back down. It is too steep to drive the mower sideways to the hill.

I found a nest of wild turkey eggs in the back yard! I just happened to mow over them without breaking any.

After cutting the grass in the yard, I then went over it again to blow the loose grass away from the house and into the woods. I mowed the last 10 minutes in the rain as we got another shower. I still need to trim the tall grass I couldn't get to with the riding mower.

I think you need a bush hog. You sure thats fescue and not winter wheat?

 

[ruralruss]

Obed,

If the turkey eggs are anything like guinea eggs they would support the tractor!

 

[PAGUY]

Obed - Are you going to incubate those turkey eggs? That would be neat.

 

[Obed]

Last week my wife saw a tree company clearing brush underneath the powerlines in our neighborhood. She stopped and asked them what they were doing with the mulch? They said they would dump it somewhere so she asked them to dump it at our house.

When the truck came down our driveway, they turned around where the driveway splits to go to the basement. That spot is tight and I didn't want that big truck trying to turn around there for fear they would run over the end of our culvert - which they did. They also made a 1 foot deep rut in the wet dirt for 30 feet along the side of our driveway that I then had to fix. All they had to do was drive the truck to the house where there is plenty of room to turn around.

Sometimes "free" isn't "free".

 

[Obed]

looks like you need a rear finishing mower or bush hog soon. :laughing:

No kidding!

 

[Obed]

I think you need a bush hog. You sure thats fescue and not winter wheat?

It's fescue. We did have some wheat come up in the front yard from the straw but didn't have much wheat come up in the back yard.

 

[Obed]

After my wife saw a turkey come sit on the eggs in the open yard the day after I mowed the grass, my wife decided to stake up some grass clippings around the nest to give the turkey some privacy.

When the turkey saw the grass clippings, it circled the nest about 10 times before finally sitting on the eggs. The turkey has been coming each day for a couple hours around noon and has been laying an egg a day. If you look closely, you can see the turkey's head sticking up out of the nest.

 

[Obed]

Obed - Are you going to incubate those turkey eggs? That would be neat.

I've actually been thinking about omelettes!

 

[Obed]

Just wanted to say I'm enjoying the 'homesteading' aspect of this thread as much as the actual home building. Keep up the good work and keep the pics coming. :thumbsup:

Verticaltrx,
Glad you are enjoying the thread. For me, this part of the project is much more fun than the house building part. It's definitely less stressful.
Obed

 

[Tororider]

So Obed, how was your Easter omelette?