Members in their 70s?

[RalphVa]

At 63 I can still do anything I want or need to do, cut trees, split wood, build, load and unload lumber, hook up attachments, etc. just a little slower than I would have 10 years ago. Like the song says, “I’m not as good as I once was but I’m as good once as I ever was.” Obviously that only holds true for so long. So if you're 70+ and if you could go back and give advice to your 10 or 15 year younger self, what would that be (as far as living the rural life and keeping up with a large property) and if you just want to throw in general life advice as well, have at it.

Go on low salt diet.

 

[NHBX]

As they say

 

[jyoutz]

Spend less time drinking and chasing women. It is seldom profitable.

I spent most of my money on booze and women: the rest I just wasted.

 

[bunyip]

At 20 we got blown out of the sky in vietnam, today at 72 it is starting to get a bit sore, my regular visits to town now includes an osteopath but I won't get on a motorbike or horse, still kayak and sail, grow our own veges, have a passion for good single malt and avoid ladders at all costs.

 

[Bill Guenthner]

Go on low salt diet.

That’s a tough one, I love salt. Never have had high blood pressure though.

 

[JethroB]

78. Been on 90 acres in Sierra Nevada Foothills for 36 years.

First thing I would tell myself is "do it all over again" as we love it here, hard work and all.

The second thing - and very important - would be to be very, very careful where you plant new trees because they have a way of becoming really big trees that may create a fire hazard and they can fall over / branches break and thus threaten buildings and can also ruin a view. It is a lot of work - and or expense - to take care of the problem now that they are 40- 50-60 feet high... a little forethought would have been great.

I am sure there is a lot more I would counsel the younger me to do or not do, but this will do for now.

Along this line, don’t let Mother Nature get to far ahead of you. Difficult, timely, and/or expensive to get caught back up. CTL forestry shredders are wonderful BTW. Herbicides too on occasion.

 

[Bill Guenthner]

Along this line, don’t let Mother Nature get to far ahead of you. Difficult, timely, and/or expensive to get caught back up. CTL forestry shredders are wonderful BTW. Herbicides too on occasion.

Excellent point! I recently bought a piece of old pasture that hadn’t been used or mowed in 10 years. It like to killed me getting all the cedar trees, blackberries, wild rose and vines cleared off. The whole time I’m thinking “if someone had just bothered to bush hog this once a year”

 

[bunyip]

That’s a tough one, I love salt. Never have had high blood pressure though.

I have never liked salt, make my own rubs for smoking and generally cut back to 1/3 to 1/4 of what the recipe says, bacon, yes but only in small doses

 

[2LaneCruzer]

At 63 I can still do anything I want or need to do, cut trees, split wood, build, load and unload lumber, hook up attachments, etc. just a little slower than I would have 10 years ago. Like the song says, “I’m not as good as I once was but I’m as good once as I ever was.” Obviously that only holds true for so long. So if you're 70+ and if you could go back and give advice to your 10 or 15 year younger self, what would that be (as far as living the rural life and keeping up with a large property) and if you just want to throw in general life advice as well, have at it.

I'm 84. My advice if you live on a farm or an acreage, is that you design it an maintain it such that when you reach your golden years that it will require minimum maintenance. Get all the trees removed, trimmed, all of the dirt work done, all of the landscaping done, all of the lawn sodding and leveling done, and basically get it set up to where all you will have to do is keep the the mower running.

 

[sea2summit]

Spend less time drinking and chasing women. It is seldom profitable.

One will take everything you have and the other leaves you with a headache…still not sure which is which.

Not there yet myself but Oosik probably has some stuff to let those 70 YO young’ens know.