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  1. Thread: Foxes

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    Foxes

    I was out walking my field inspecting some of the aboandon Golpher tultle holes so I can fill them.

    In the back of my field I found a den of foexes sitting on top of the old mound and meking...
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    Re: Home Schooling

    We homeshool 3 kids, 13, 10 and 7. There are many options. We use Alpha-Omega and Saxon for our lessons.

    What you need to do is contact a local homeshool group. Homeshoolers are always willing to...
  3. Thread: Stall Mats

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    Re: Stall Mats

    Basically, they are free and I need mats. As long as they are safe I'll do with the pain of cleaning until I can afford real ones!

    They are 48" wide and I'll cut them at work. I'm going to use the...
  4. Thread: Stall Mats

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    Stall Mats

    I've built my stalls, but am in the need of stall mats (I have a concrete floor in my barn).

    I work at a plant and have been offered 150' of conveyor belt material from our mine. It's rubber,...
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    Hurricane - Part IV

    Charley, eye 15 miles to the west of me
    Frances, eye over my house
    Ivan, missed me bur gace us a good scare
    Jenne, tracking over my house

    What else do I have to do on a weekend besides prep for...
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    Re: Gettin\' ready to run...

    I'm in Polk county, I've got my trees cut, house borded and fences clear.

    With all the rain they are forcasting, I sure hope my horses can swim, or do I need to get water wings for them?...
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    Re: dreaming of getting horse

    I was in the your shoes 5 years ago. I bought 10 acres with an option on 10 more. It was an old 30 acre "ranch," ten arces sold to a church. The barn was a mess, you could not see the house from the...
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    Re: Grass over drain field brown

    Well, after two "dry" days the lawn is getting a bit of color back
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    Re: Grass over drain field brown

    MY yard is waterlogged...
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    Grass over drain field brown

    We've had 6" of rain this month and now I'm noticing that the drain field for my septic have all brown grass over them. What would cause this?
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    Machine Shed to Stable

    I have a 1600 sq ft shed and I'd like to convert it to a stable. My main concern is that it has a metal skin. Does anyone have any experieance with this type of conversion?
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    Feeding out a steer

    Well, I've just about sold my first steer. He'll buy at market price if I'll finish hem (he'll pay the feed cost). He wants to finish him out on corn.

    I know he just can eat corn, he'll need some...
  13. Thread: Horse Safety

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    Re: Horse Safety

    I had the same experiacne. I was at a nice lope and my stirrup leather gave out (always inspect under the buckle!). i fell off, remember thinking it was going to hurt as I fell, and next thing I knew...
  14. Thread: T-post

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    T-post

    Okay, I'm a newbie to using t-posts in fencing. Although I'd rather use wood line posts, the high density of roots makes it hard to get wood in at spots on my propery especally when I'm doing...
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    Re: How much work IS a horse?

    I've had my horses for a while now and they have been great. I have a two year old pinto, a 20 year old app and a 15 year old mustang.

    The pinto's age is the same as a human teenager. She's...
  16. Thread: New Erosion

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    Re: New Erosion

    My barn used to be over 50-60 feet away from the stream.
  17. Thread: New Erosion

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    Re: New Erosion

    Here's my water pipe... used to be 3 feet under.
  18. Thread: New Erosion

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    New Erosion

    I thought I would post a couple of new pictures from the latest storm the the goverment cause erosison on my place... Pretty soon I'll have lakefront property.
  19. Thread: More Erosion

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    Re: More Erosion

    Here is the fix they did to get us through until they can truck in all the fill and rock they need.
  20. Thread: More Erosion

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    Re: More Erosion

    Here is a picture of the machine the county uses. VERY COOL!
  21. Thread: More Erosion

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    Re: More Erosion

    Good News. The independent enginerr has a plan. They are going to rock that entire area after rebuilding it about 100 feet down. Then they are going to put in a series of check dams to slow the water...
  22. Thread: More Erosion

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    Re: More Erosion

    The last one was, 5-6 inches over 2 days. But every rain storm caused major damage. This is just added over time.
  23. Thread: More Erosion

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    Re: More Erosion

    Yep. They were. I have made inquires and have found that they made big mistakes in doing this... no permits, no plans, and casued this erosion. Basically, if they do not come through, SwiftMud will...
  24. Thread: More Erosion

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    Re: More Erosion

    The county admitted fault after this last incident. They have brounght out a civil engineering firm to advise them on how to fix the problems they caused.

    Basically, they have one month left, then...
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    Re: Stream Erosion - 1 of 2 trees down

    Yes, I realize that now.
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