First Serious Project - Clearing 1.5 Acres

[Jim57]

WOW!! What a storm we had yesterday. It hailed marble size hail or larger and covered the ground. It was strange to see... I don't ever remember seeing this happen. There were some damage to leaves of young plants and maybe a few completely destroyed but maybe it will be ok.

For the most part I have stopped the errosion except one place. I think I know what I can do to fix it as I was out in the lightning and hail storm actually seeing what was going on and trying to figure a way to stop the erosion. I will post pictures of what I did to stop or somewhat control erosion on my place of a garden. Considering I am not an engineer or "Farmer" by trade... it seemed to have worked quite well.

Looks like we are in for some strange storms this year. I have lived here since 1965 and I have never seen it hail and cover the ground in marble size hail or any size for that matter. It did this very quickly ( in about 5 minutes ) and stayed for about an hour or so.

Have a great day.

Jim

 

[Jim57]

Things seem to be growing in leaps in bounds now... even with the storm damage. I will take some pictures tomorrow and show the progress of the garden.

Jim

 

[Jim57]

Things seem to be growing in leaps in bounds now... even with the storm damage. I will take some pictures tomorrow and show the progress of the garden.

Jim

 

[Jim57]

Have any of you had any experience with a Mantis Tiller?

 

[Jim57]

Have any of you had any experience with a Mantis Tiller?

 

[TOMDUALLY]

Yeah, I got one and I don't think you want one with your rocky soil and the size of your garden. They only till good when you are dragging it backwards then when you hit a rock it bounces, usually right into the plant you are trying to till around /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif, I ended up getting a 16" rear tine tiller and am happy with it.

 

[TOMDUALLY]

Yeah, I got one and I don't think you want one with your rocky soil and the size of your garden. They only till good when you are dragging it backwards then when you hit a rock it bounces, usually right into the plant you are trying to till around /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif, I ended up getting a 16" rear tine tiller and am happy with it.

 

[Jim57]

Anyone want to guess how old this is? I think maybe it is an antique... and it works great!!

 

[Jim57]

Anyone want to guess how old this is? I think maybe it is an antique... and it works great!!

 

[Jim57]

It is a Hole King Model: PH-64 Made in Corpus Christi, Texas

by E. L. Caldwell & Sons, Inc.

Anyone know what this equipment is worth?

A close up of name.

 

[Jim57]

It is a Hole King Model: PH-64 Made in Corpus Christi, Texas

by E. L. Caldwell & Sons, Inc.

Anyone know what this equipment is worth?

A close up of name.

 

[Jim57]

A close up of Manufacture Tag

 

[Jim57]

A close up of Manufacture Tag

 

[Jim57]

I used this to dig about 10 holes at 330RPM and it worked great.. It took less than 30 minutes in hard red clay.

 

[Jim57]

I used this to dig about 10 holes at 330RPM and it worked great.. It took less than 30 minutes in hard red clay.

 

[Jim57]

Last Picture... someone please tell me what this antique is worth. Does anyone know if this company is still in business? Any information would be helpful.

Thanks,
Jim

 

[Jim57]

Last Picture... someone please tell me what this antique is worth. Does anyone know if this company is still in business? Any information would be helpful.

Thanks,
Jim

 

[Jim57]

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Thanks for the information on the Mantis Tiller.

 

[Jim57]

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Thanks for the information on the Mantis Tiller.

 

[Jim57]

Hello... so far I haven't gotten to take the pics I wanted. I will try and do it soon.

I am looking for a fertilize spreader for my tractor, a 5 ft aerator and a manure spreader. Anyone within 200 miles have one of the mentioned?

Today I purchased 1,000 lbs of 10-10-10 fertilizer and will be applying it in the next week or so.

Also... the materials for the irrigation system I am going to install has arrived. I need to use a trencher to install it. Would anyone close have one they would allow me to use for a couple of days?

I will take pictures as we install the system and try to explain it as I go. The materials for 8 zones was about $3,000.00 and that was hard to come up with.

So far there has been $13,500 spent putting in the well, pump and purchasing the materials for the irrigation system.

I need to start installing this system ASAP... I have tried to rent a trencher but they are all taken for now. This dry weather has many people putting in sprinkler systems and irrigation systems. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Jim
contact me by email @ bsm357@aol.com