Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[txdon]

If I buy another Z...................it might be diesel.
hugs, Brandi

I agree with you 100% on the sealed transmissions - not on my next Z.

I looked at the Kubota diesels - loved them - but my mow area is not that big for me to justify buying one. Of course I could always extend my mowing area - I do have a few extra open acres. But no, that area is for wildflowers and gophers.

Your dream machine is at Gidding's Ace Hardware. It has a Dixie Chopper Z that has 6 wheels. 4 of them are tractor tires - 4 wheel drive Z. It's like a skid steer and it can be driven on slopes. Then if you want it in to convert to a true Z you automatically lower the front caster wheels, which picks up the two front wheels, and you have your zero turn. It is a huge machine - I ruled it out quickly because of the $23,000 price tag but it's on sale for $10,900. I can see you mowing your dams with it.

 

[txdon]

The Dixie Chopper Dominator!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvP7vsURncM

This would be better than a tractor for a lot of TBNer's who only need to mow with their tractor but the ground is rough and hilly.

 

[bindian]

The Dixie Chopper Dominator!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvP7vsURncM

This would be better than a tractor for a lot of TBNer's who only need to mow with their tractor but the ground is rough and hilly.

That's a lot lof money for only mowing 56 inches wide. I don't think it is for me. I don't mow the water sides of the dam and any z can fly down the backsides of my dams. I hardly mow at all around the island pond, just the top of the dam so far. The ducks seem to be keeping the rest okay. The back low spot on the back side of the dam is often wet and it the duck's swamp area. They grub in it all day long. The grass and weeds are higher there and the ducks can hide easier there. So there are 9 quacker mowers in there right now. Later today or tomorrow, there will be 19 in there. I sold 15 five week old ducklkings Thursday evening!

I just need the chevron ag tires to help me quit getting slip stuck so often while trying to mow too close to any wet area. One tire slips and it's tractor rescue time, with it's entailed walk of shame.
hugs, Brandi

 

[two_bit_score]

The Dixie Chopper Dominator!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvP7vsURncM

This would be better than a tractor for a lot of TBNer's who only need to mow with their tractor but the ground is rough and hilly.

That is proof that if there is a real need then there is a market and if there is a market American ingenuity will find a way to meet that need.

 

[houstonscott]

Got another .5 inches in gauge over night. Drought condition residuals of 2011 are disappearing. HS

 

[Bird]

I figure we got about 1.06" late yesterday evening which brings us to 4.44" for the month of April.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I am worried that my baby tomatoes that I just planted, are going to drown. They don't look well at all with all the rain. I have clay soil, that I recently amended with some mushroom compost and cotton seed meal. It is basically a clay bowl filled with a mud pie.

 

[txdon]

My potatoes are blooming after the 1.5" rain and my zucchini is 4" long!

 

[bindian]

I finally got a pound and a half of field corn in. I disced one final time, walked along sliding seeds out as I walked..........then took the drag harrow and went over it. No hoeing! We'll see how good this works.

Brady was suppose to take photos while I was discing, but he took videos with his rinky dink phone and it won't send a video that I can save, much less share. It won't send any videos to my phone. So this is the only photo I got of the event. I'm moving the drag harrow with the loader bucket and backing up to drag it with the bucket. Long sleeve shirt a must for fresh crop of mosquitoes.
hugs, Brandi

 

[NativeSon]

Brandi-
With all the rain we've had this summer it will be a banner year for mosquitoes. We've already got tons and every time it rains even a little we have water standing and puddles. I'm not looking forward to this part of summer.

Charlie

 

[houstonscott]

Brandi- With all the rain we've had this summer it will be a banner year for mosquitoes. We've already got tons and every time it rains even a little we have water standing and puddles. I'm not looking forward to this part of summer. Charlie

I've been waiting on the grasshoppers, to be truthful, I've seen very little bug activity so far this year, and not one grasshopper. Hoppers have all but overrun gardens in my area over last few years. HS

 

[Bird]

Right now we're having quite a few June Bugs, but not in numbers as large as some years.

 

[bindian]

Brandi-
With all the rain we've had this summer it will be a banner year for mosquitoes. We've already got tons and every time it rains even a little we have water standing and puddles. I'm not looking forward to this part of summer.

Charlie

I got water standing behind the dam and in the gully. I need to get those places to drain out better. I have mosquito fish in the ponds. They help real nice, but the mosquitoes are still hiding back in the brush and heavy trees. Gonna do some more clearing of trees in the dead of the summer.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Bird]

Is the drought over? I mowed the yard 5 days ago, it's currently in dire need of mowing, but it was too wet to mow yesterday and it's raining right now; about .15" so far this morning. I'm at about 4.59" for this month and 14.60" for the calendar year.

 

[C4Ranch]

Can you believe it, my place in Eastland county hasn't got a drop in weeks. I sat there and watched the storms miss my by several hundred yards on Saterday.
My tanks are really low.

 

[foreman Etexas]

Can you believe it, my place in Eastland county hasn't got a drop in weeks. I sat there and watched the storms miss my by several hundred yards on Saterday.
My tanks are really low.

That's not no good!

 

[NativeSon]

Is the drought over? I mowed the yard 5 days ago, it's currently in dire need of mowing, but it was too wet to mow yesterday and it's raining right now; about .15" so far this morning. I'm at about 4.59" for this month and 14.60" for the calendar year.

Bird--
With the (beautiful) Rain we've been getting you might want to plan on the 5-day mowing cycle for a while. I mowed the back yard last Fri and it may get cut today if the puddles are gone from the 1 inch of rain we got yesterday. I got a 40# sack of lime yesterday so I maybe able to give the whole Lawn & Garden a shot of that with more rain coming this weekend. And then there's the Brush pile that needs burning(if I can get it lit). For some reason the work is backing up on me. I can't seem to get caught up. Too much porch sittin' and watching the rain.

Drought over? Last week Lake Fork was only a foot low........and rising.

Charlie

 

[Bird]

Charlie, I'd been mowing every 4 days, but now just too wet. And Lake Lewisville is only down 1.58'. NWS says 40% chance of more rain today.

 

[txdon]

We are still 11' down on Canyon Lake.

 

[bindian]

Charlie, I'd been mowing every 4 days, but now just too wet. And Lake Lewisville is only down 1.58'. NWS says 40% chance of more rain today.

Hehehe. This is why I don't fertilize my lawn. I mow every two weeks. Every week if we get lots of late summer rain.
hugs, Brandi