Recent content by Barndog56

That soil doesn't look like it will grow trees. Bring in as much compost as you can afford and spread it around every tree, 3, 4, even 6" deep and from the trunk out past the drip line.

I'm sure this goes without saying, but for any future tree planting make sure you choose the most drought resistant rootstock you can find. If you're watering a tree for an hour, I'm betting most of that water has soaked in to a depth that is below the reach of your tree roots. Perhaps water a...

I'd want something I can't luck into at home, a big buck still in velvet. I believe Kentucky has a season early enough to get a velvet buck, not sure what other states do?

Trump federalized DC police because the DOJ is about to indict Obama, Hillary, Schiff, and a bunch of other Dems. National Guard already there to stop the protests. 😉

And I'm against the government and media labeling things as a conspiracy theory when they are actually true.

Things learned from watching TV.

I spray with liquid fertilizer I've made from Comfrey and other vigorously growing plants available at the time like red clover, lambsquarter, wild lettuce, and ragweed. My intention is to provide my trees with nutrients to make them healthier, like calcium, magnesium, sulphur, boron, copper...

That reminds me, I have to cancel my SiriusXM subscription this month before it goes up to regular price. Hopefully I don't have to listen to radio too long before they offer me the $5 a month deal again!

Yep, just a vent tube. Has an identical one on the rear, which has a clip holding it out of the way of anything. I've got the front one clipped out of the way now. Just melted the end of it off, so no need to replace. Other than this there's been no problems with it to this point.

My wife was driving the ATV tonight and it started smoking. She shut it off right away. When I looked underneath there was a plastic tube that was touching an exhaust pipe and was melting. The first pic shows the tube after the rest of it has melted off. The other end attached to the top of...

Bottom line for me is that in a perfect world I wouldn't use any sprays or tillage, and everything I planted would grow perfect. My world is far from perfect. In my real world, I use as little sprays or tillage as I can get away with so that everything I plant grows at an acceptable level.

Potato fields around here get sprayed heavily, mostly by plane, for Colorado potato beetles. I pick them off my potato plants by hand and give them to the chickens. If I didn't they would defoliate them in a week. No way the big farms could do that. Some potato farms also spray herbicide to...