life on 150 acres

[Rockbadchild]

Done plowing for now.

 

[Rockbadchild]

This year vacation (6 weeks) its been a busy stretch of time...

I got around 160 post in and 600 yard of fence, and moved the horse over to our proprety now they have 9 acres all to themselves

spend a few days brush hogging the future field to keep the brushes down

our dogs protecting the horses

rainy day so I built this 5foot gate

then we got some really nice weather to make some hay

 

[Rockbadchild]

I have to do what I can with what I have ... my hay wagon is not ready yet so the ram has to step up to the task.

a little enjoyment in between of course

I made a horse shelter, now I have some happy campers

 

[Rockbadchild]

here is a few more

 

[Rockbadchild]

It's been a busy end of summer, I finish the winter paddock and installed the two gats, built the hay feeder, disk 5 acres in order to seed next year, set up a tack room and a area for tacking up two horses in the old barn, set up water for the winter and insulate their water tub, mow the pipe line to keep the invasive species at bay, made a new trail in the bush, cleared the rest of the trails for winter and I am probably missing some.

 

[Rockbadchild]

Snow has arrive, I got all my trails open for the winter and also I managed to pass the drag in them, (I got a few solid stop on a few stumps ouch) I had to walk most of my trails we got some wet and heavy snow and everything was cave in towards the trail it was lots of work this year. I also made a new loop.

 

[BackRoad]

Nice Mr. Rockbadchild, there's something comforting when you start to see the results of your effort on your own land...

 

[Rockbadchild]

Nice Mr. Rockbadchild, there's something comforting when you start to see the results of your effort on your own land...

100%… the day before i bought that land was the last i was ever bored.

 

[big bubba]

OP: good progress in the time you 1st posted 3 yrs ago. i certainly don't envy you the Canadian climate, but glad you found your element. keep up the frontier spirit

 

[Rockbadchild]

OP: good progress in the time you 1st posted 3 yrs ago. i certainly don't envy you the Canadian climate, but glad you found your element. keep up the frontier spirit

Thank you, I don't mind the winter it has it's perks other then the obvious like sledding we have no tornado, hurricane, snakes or venomous spiders and no bugs during that time out here in the summers it can be pretty miserable espicially June the bugs (mosquitos & black fly) are out of this world you can't enter the forest during that time unless you want to be eating alive.

 

[Rockbadchild]

Nice pictures and update. How long before all the snow melts there? Hope your hay crop does good!
Looks like a lot of work, but it will be worth it.

Sorry I missed this, usually by end of April snow is all gone, we expect snow fall up to mid May... winter for us is usually from November to April... crops have to be harvest by September and you can't seed until end of May, we will get some frost even in early June at times. If you want tomato's, cucumbers, squash pumpkins and other vegetable of that sort you have to start them inside and have a greenhouse, outside garden is limited to potato's, peas, yellow/green beans, carrots, onions, turnip and lettuce .

 

[Rockbadchild]

2025 season has started with a control burn (a area I did not cut and bale last year)... Then I pass the diamond arrow where I disked last year and need to seed I am happy with the result. I also seeded, fertilized and pass the roller all before a nice rainy day. I also did some spot seeding in last year patch, now we wait and see how it turn out. I did put all my 5k of last year seeds and fertilizer, I hop I wont have to buy hay this year...

 

[Rockbadchild]

The plan this time off is to start on the outdoor horse arena I have to bury this little ''pond'' then start on the contour fence. I have all my cedar already. I am not sure if I will/should moldboard plow and till the whole thing or not, if I do I should do it before I start sinking post in...

 

[Rockbadchild]

I got my started on burying the little pond that took some F around but after a few days I got a 70 x 25 yard area ready to spread some sand and sink some post.

 

[Rockbadchild]

 

[Rockbadchild]

finally took some vacation from work!! … got the horse rink level out, the grass mowed, some pit run delivered, then spread it all … and ho some manure spread in the field ( nothing was really growing) Looked at the weather and there’s 5 days no rain coming up, nothing hot but we (my dad ans myself) will sneak some hay

 

[Rockbadchild]

and the bugs this year I tell ya … well it goes with the rain and we had it oufff ….

 

[Rockbadchild]

I ran out of gravel so I ordered an other 3 load … it was wet so it took more then I expected but I am well underway on the rail\fence now …

 

[1 Old Man]

Haha....I see she enjoys a tasty stick. Mine does too.

 

[Rockbadchild]