Hello from Slovakia!

[Andy12]

I think WWII was very brutal for most European countries. I think they got swallowed by the War Machine. Not pretty. Of course any resources they had were taken. The U.S. has never suffered thru something like that.

I have large Oak trees on my farm that I'd estimate at 150 years old. Hard to tell without harvesting one for the purpose of counting and I wouldn't do that.

I don't have any dangerous wildlife here. South of me 50 miles there are Rattlesnakes and Copperhead snakes. Largest wildlife is White Tail Deer which are harmless. Next would be Coyotes which are also harmless. Then Bobcats, harmless.

Funnily enough our hill is well known here for having lots of adders, which can be quite painful. They were apparently introduced specially to predate the water voles which live like your gophers in the ground. They are a plague if you have root crops.

 

[Andy12]

I don't have a Natural Gas Supply Line available. I buy Propane and store it in a 500 gallon tank. Delivery truck resupplies.

We thought of that but could not get a tanker on site. Big bottles would have worked I suppose.

 

[ovrszd]

Funnily enough our hill is well known here for having lots of adders, which can be quite painful. They were apparently introduced specially to predate the water voles which live like your gophers in the ground. They are a plague if you have root crops.

I hate snakes...? I don't seek them out and kill them. But I won't tolerate them in my out buildings either.

Sun is coming out and I've got some afternoon chores to do. Very much enjoyed visiting with you Andrew!!! I look forward to more exchange of information. Welcome to TBN. Glad you are here!!!

Pic of my wife Terry and I with our two Great Grand Daughters at Thanksgiving in our shop.

 

[Andy12]

Great photo! Good to chat - thank you so much for the welcome!
Andrew

 

[stingray1]

Welcome from Tennessee.

 

[Zibi57]

Welcome from Poland.
I tolerate snakes as long as they not enter the kitchen.

Zibi

 

[Andy12]

Welcome from Poland.
I tolerate snakes as long as they not enter the kitchen.

Zibi

:laughing: where are you?

 

[walker450]

Welcome!!

 

[kenmbz]

Here we have foxes and some people say coyote are coming back. We do get copperhead snakes , but rarely. I have seen some milk snakes,they look like coral snakes but have no venom. Lots of whitetail deer eating everything I plant

 

[Andy12]

:laughing:
Our red deer usually leave us alone, but in a cold Autumn they get a bit hungry! In 2018 we had the last strawberries on the plants, which I'd left as it was sunny, thinking I'd pick them the next day. They went overnight... wit most of the plants too.

 

[ultrarunner]

Your tractor is so modern compared to what I had to work with in Austria...

 

[Andy12]

:laughing::laughing: There are plenty of old ones around here! Neighbour next door only sold his horse 3 yrs ago. The favourites are Zetor with a lot of Belarus as well.
I trailered this over from the UK last April. But parts are difficult to get. Nearest dealer about 4 hrs away.

 

[ultrarunner]

The one I am on is a Steyr circa 1952...

It took several years of selling timber to buy it... very dear at the time and faithful more than 30+ years...

Nothing sounds like a single cylinder diesel...

Stateside in California I am Kubota, Deere, Ford and Caterpillar...

 

[Andy12]

Nice!

 

[ultrarunner]

Are you able to farm to make a living?

The reason I ask is it is harder to do that in neighboring Austria.

So much of the small family farms have someone working outside the farm or they have set up Bed and Breakfast for tourism to help out?

I have spent a little time in Slovakia especially to and from the airport just over the boarder.

How did you master English... you have great command of the language!

 

[EddieWalker]

:laughing:
Our red deer usually leave us alone, but in a cold Autumn they get a bit hungry! In 2018 we had the last strawberries on the plants, which I'd left as it was sunny, thinking I'd pick them the next day. They went overnight... wit most of the plants too.

Do you have Fallow and Roe deer? What about mouflon and ibex?

 

[Andy12]

Are you able to farm to make a living?

The reason I ask is it is harder to do that in neighboring Austria.

So much of the small family farms have someone working outside the farm or they have set up Bed and Breakfast for tourism to help out?

I have spent a little time in Slovakia especially to and from the airport just over the boarder.

How did you master English... you have great command of the language!

Very similar here. The communal farms of the communist era didn’t take over in this area as in the flatter lands of Slovakia. They were always subsistence smallholders here, the land originally divided in narrow strips (c. 25m wide) from valley bottom to the top of the ridge (2km or so). This area became an early tourist destination and it is still so today, with many holiday homes, guest houses and small hotels. Most families take in at least a few paying guests in the season.
Our plot is tiny, but the tractor is great for saving my back mowing in the summer, and doing the digging for our building works.
English is ok I suppose - not perfect perhaps, cos I’m Welsh!!

 

[Andy12]

Do you have Fallow and Roe deer? What about mouflon and ibex?

I’ve only seen red deer here, but there are roe and fallow. Mouflon have been introduced, but in the Low Tatras. We have chamois, but no ibex.

 

[Zibi57]

Andy12: I am at home ;-)
It means in Poland, close to the Bydgoszcz town. As you can see with friend

Zibi

 

[Andy12]

:thumbsup: