Texas Spring/Summer Thread

Kyle_in_Tex · May 8, 2015

keep your heads down folks in those storms. More to come. I hate tornadoes.

foreman Etexas · May 8, 2015

bindian said:
Charlie,
Oh........I'm already window shopping for them in Tractor House magazine. Looking for older 2 WD with cab and at least 105 hp. Loader or no loader. Case is big in this area.
hugs, Brandi

Well I just thought would stop across the road and get a pic of the neighbors NH with mine,boy does it make it look little:laughing:

RDrancher · May 8, 2015

Kyle_in_Tex said:
keep your heads down folks in those storms. More to come. I hate tornadoes.

You bet we will! If we get any more rain, flooding will be a problem again. We took a drive North of here after lunch today. Clear Creek, which is just a couple miles from us is 20 feet or so higher than normal going under the bridge and has closed 455 West of Boliver. We could see where it crosses from another road and it looks like a lake. North from where our friends dodged the bullet last night we could see where Duck Creek had crested 5 feet or more over the road and literally hundreds of feet wide. If anyone saw the flooded pond on the news this morning at the Porter Sports Complex in Sanger at I35, that's right where Duck Creek intersects with Clear Creek.

NativeSon · May 9, 2015

foreman Etexas said:
Well I just thought would stop across the road and get a pic of the neighbors NH with mine,boy does it make it look little:laughing:
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foreman--Good looking tractors all, and bigger isn't always better(although I do like BIG Tractors). My M7040 is probably bigger that I need, I do love that tractor. It's done anything that I asked it to do without a hiccup.

Charlie

Kyle_in_Tex · May 9, 2015

I tilled the weeds in the garden and got my 5 year old to help me plant some black eyed peas. He was really helpful. His tiny little fingers could more easily reach into the bag of seeds and drop 1 into the hole I made. I know its late to the party for them, but I've just been so busy and the rains have ruined the gardening schedule this year. I even threw about 10 red potatoes (that I had forgotten about in a sack in the barn) in the dirt, just for fun.

Bird · May 9, 2015

Glad you were finally able to till and plant, Kyle. I can't even mow this swamp that I usually call a lawn. We drove down to Greenville today to meet some family members for lunch and I found another more than two-thirds of an inch of rain in the gauge when I got back.

Bird · May 10, 2015

We had a line of frog stranglin' gulley washers pass through about 12 minutes before 7 a.m., thunder, lightning, the city's tornado warning sirens blaring, etc. But it didn't last long before settling down to a light rain. So far not much more than a half inch.

Kyle_in_Tex · May 10, 2015

Bird said:
We had a line of frog stranglin' gulley washers pass through about 12 minutes before 7 a.m., thunder, lightning, the city's tornado warning sirens blaring, etc. But it didn't last long before settling down to a light rain. So far not much more than a half inch.

The national weather folks are really reporting on how bad the storms are in the DFW / OK City region. Blizzard up north, tropical storm off the Carolinas. Crazy weather.

Bird, I had to first shred part of my front yard, then mow it a couple days later. I really need to put out some weed killer, but the rains and my schedule are keeping me from doing it yet.

Bird · May 10, 2015

Kyle_in_Tex said:
The national weather folks are really reporting on how bad the storms are in the DFW / OK City region. Blizzard up north, tropical storm off the Carolinas. Crazy weather.

Bird, I had to first shred part of my front yard, then mow it a couple days later. I really need to put out some weed killer, but the rains and my schedule are keeping me from doing it yet.

The grass in my yard was taller than I've ever allowed in any of our yards to grow when I mowed it on 5/1/2015. It was still too wet to use the bagger; would just clog up the chute. So I went over it again on 5/3/2015 with the bagger and had it looking pretty good. On 5/4/2015, I mowed next door where some of it was knee high in the back yard.

And now my own yard is in dire need of mowing again, but it'll be a few days before it's dry enough to do. And I, too, have some broad leaf weed killer I need to apply to a few spots, whenever we have some sunny weather again.

blueriver · May 11, 2015

Folks its been a rough week ... a little over 14" total rain fall. Driveway has completely washed out ... today I'll take out a section of fence hoping to gain access to the road.....however I'm afraid the ground is so saturated I won't make it.

Stay safe ... looks like 2 days of no rain and then get hammered again.

blueriver · May 11, 2015

This is just one spot ... The north side has a wash at least 2' deep and about 400' the run of the drive.

houstonscott · May 11, 2015

blueriver said:
This is just one spot ... The north side has a wash at least 2' deep and about 400' the run of the drive. <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/rural-living/424379-texas-spring-summer-thread-driveway-2-jpg"/>

Some tractor work there! HS

txdon · May 11, 2015

Blueriver, I see lots of dirt/gravel/resettting work in your future.

We have been in a flash flood warning all morning and 3 miles south of us had 8" this morning, I suspect Kyle had about the same. However being on the dry side of the creek we had only 1/2" this morning.

(Two hours later)
Kyle decided to share, it's still coming down hard and we are at 3" . . . . I can't believe we have not lost the internet connection . . .

lostcreekranch · May 11, 2015

Got lawn mowed around the house at the ranch and spread some fertilizer. Now ready for a bit of rain.

We had over 28" of rain from last week in March to end of April so just finally got to start mowing pastures but, have to keep a lookout for fawns laying up In deep grass. Pasture I worked on last three days was about 18" high since I'm over three weeks late cutting it. Still better than 2011!

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bindian · May 11, 2015

blueriver said:
This is just one spot ... The north side has a wash at least 2' deep and about 400' the run of the drive.

BR,
Once you have it back driveable...........straighten out the down stream 50 feet or so to take out that wicked looking bend or elbow. Use lots of riprap.
hugs, Brandi

bindian · May 11, 2015

We got just under 3 inches today. Intense enough to fill both ponds. Again, I'm watching all that water drain away and thinking......I need another pond.
hugs, Brandi

lostcreekranch · May 11, 2015

A little over 1" of rain today. Fertilizer well watered in.

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NativeSon · May 12, 2015

blueriver said:
Folks its been a rough week ... a little over 14" total rain fall. Driveway has completely washed out ... today I'll take out a section of fence hoping to gain access to the road.....however I'm afraid the ground is so saturated I won't make it.

Stay safe ... looks like 2 days of no rain and then get hammered again.

BR-- Be careful out there having to operate in that mud. Just about the time it dries out a little it turns to "Mud City" again. On Sunday afternoon I was able to get a few things done around the house. But then Sunday nite when the tornadoes hit Van and we got 2 3/8 inches of rain on some still soaked ground that pretty much brings us to a screeching halt. Today is the only day with a chance on no or scattered rain, then more rain for the rest of the week. I stepped out in the garden yesterday and sunk up to my calf.

Charlie

txdon · May 12, 2015

I was driving my golf cart on my black land dam yesterday and all the sudden I lost steering, I looked down and saw the front ties caked with mud layered all the way to the frame and they were not turning and only acting only as sliding skids.
My Accurate weather station rain gauge said 3.8" however my official CoCoRahs rain gauge measured 2.78" for the last 24 hours.