Catscratch House and Habitat build
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Jerry-B-WI
5 year old buck +
What's the fence full of rocks for, besides hanging coyotes?
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
It's a corner post for a barbed wire fence. It's a use for rocks when clearing fields, cheaper than metal, and you don't have to dig a hole in pure rock to place them. I've built a few.
Also quite a lot of stone posts around. At one time there wasn't much wood around here.
Gravel Road
5 year old buck +
Interesting. I've never seen gabion rock setups used for corner posts. Neat idea!
T-Max
5 year old buck +
When you are on shallow soils with a big limestone ledge or otherwise can’t dig a post hole they work great. The added bonus is they obviously won’t burn off when doing spring burns. I’ve seen many a fence ruined when a small fire got in a post.
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Jerry-B-WI
5 year old buck +
It's just a fence post??? Would have been more interesting if it was a altar for satanic sacrifices to the Jayhawks whitetail gods.
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
Lol, it's just a fence post. Although... it's very common to hang yotes and flathead heads from them to let others know how godly you are at hunting and fishing. Maybe the Jayhawks basketball team could have used some sacrifices to up their game this year.
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
Here's some more KS stone work. The big building with the huge stone is dated back to the late 1800's. Some Russian and German builders were in the area at the time. Imagine quarrying, cutting, transporting, and laying those stones without engines or electricity!
Don't know about the smaller "rooms" built into the bluff. They appear older to me but I don't know that.
Don't know about the smaller "rooms" built into the bluff. They appear older to me but I don't know that.
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
Don't think I ever documented the dock build. Pics speak for themselves.
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
Some of the aquatic habitat I've put in. Alternate brushy with loggy to keep forage fish near big fish at all times.
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
Last post tonight, I promise.
Little Cat finished his season with individual All State honors (as well as League and Sub-State tournament champions)! Fun stuff!
Little Cat finished his season with individual All State honors (as well as League and Sub-State tournament champions)! Fun stuff!
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
We went from 70's and beautiful for a month to snow yesterday morning and low 20's last night. Wonder if it'll affect this year's fruit?
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
It is on the property. Cool as hell!
I've strongly considered a rebuild on it including a new roof, but funds and time have kept me from doing it. It would be a cool deer blind. I have hunted from it from time to time.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
Throw and mow….give me seed to soil contact. We are talking a couple acres of food plots, not 100 acre field.
Gravel Road
5 year old buck +
Glad my pears don't look like that! It hit 19 last night here, so anything that flowered is hosed. Luckily, not a lot of flowering, but I'd guess still a freeze left this year as it's still early. We've been cutting asparagus already instead of it getting frozen off. Crazy early for that!
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
I've got a bag of asparagus in the fridge as we speak.
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
181 on March 29th. Left a bunch for next weekend. (Personal notes for next yrs reference)
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
I and the youngest daughter like mushrooms. I have never hunted for them. One of these years I suppose I should give it a try.
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
Ever had morels? They aren't like other mushrooms! I think hunting for them is one of the best family things a guy can do.
