Starting the Harvest

Docsknotinn · Oct 21, 2003

Any grouse lurking in that field ? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif Dave

Egon · Oct 21, 2003

There's a few around. There is a bear too.

Egon

Docsknotinn · Oct 21, 2003

I have several bears on my property, One is getting sooo big he is makeing me nervous. Stands taller than a whitetail on all fours. This old boar must be well over 400#. He thinks he owns the place. I am going to get out and chace Mr Grouse over Halloween week end. Dave

Hoosier_Daddy · Oct 21, 2003

EGON,

I am impressed. Is that really you?

I always found the equipment lasted longer than me.

So, how much rye did you cut?

Tom

Egon · Oct 22, 2003

Tom:

That's me. All 5 foot six inches of worn out old skin bag encasing 155 pounds of fat and a few few weary, feeble muscles connecting some worn out bones.

I cut about two acres. With the sharp scythe its rather enjoyable. Took me around four hours.

Unfortunetly rain and weak stalks made raking it properly almost impossible so it all got tilled under for a new crop next spring.

Egon

PineRidge · Oct 22, 2003

Egon get a good sycle bar hooked up to a compact tractor. Then with the time that you save take a day off and go fisnin' /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Mike

Egon · Oct 22, 2003

PineRidge:

Being poverty stricken that would require a real job to buy the mower which in turn would need a bigger tractor which would lead to more acerage which would then require a combine and then have to get a bin to put the produce in and a truck for transporting the produce and may as well forget fishing and go into full time farming to lose more money.

This way as soon as I get tired it's down to the lake, 100 yards away and a cool one or go fishing.

Egon