Good Moring New BX2360 Owner with Questions

[Panik]

Well the disc harrow and chain drag will probably have to wait -although they are excellent suggestions. So two nights ago we got 3.5" of rain and the neighboring creek jumped the bank by about 2.5 vertical feet. And the field now looks like this:

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On the plus side looking at USGS data for the last 5 years it only seems to happen in spring and usually about 1 a year. Downside is that well it floods and that sucks, and limits what we can use the field for. Our original idea was to possibly fence it and the remainder of the five acres for a horse of two for the kids. Obviously that's not really a viable option now because we don't have enough upland to keep equines while the field dries out.

So we're thinking fence a portion of it for the kids and the dogs. Maybe build a smaller dry paddock on nearby higher land and manage the field for a couple to 6 spoiled sheep/goats that occasionally wind up on the dinner table.

On the plus side USGS has a really cool service where some of their river data loggers will text you when certain parameters like gauge height are exceeded. I get text warning now when the river gets near flood stage. Also I met one of our neighbors as a result of the flooding:

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* And yes apparently I had the iPhone orientated the wrong way again :-(

 

[Danner]

Well, that flooding is going to be an issue every year. Although, it doesn't look too deep. The only option would be take some soil from the lower areas (or many dig a healthy pond), and then build up and acre or so of high ground from the earth you move. But that's a pretty big job for a little Kubota. My what to hire a grading company to do that.

Good luck.