Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

[Sally PB]

Well, dang, everyone got sick. Not fun. Take care.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

As promised. Some of my (improving) driveway. Need about 100 ton of gravel, maybe more, to make real improvements.

Runs 700-800 feet to the bottom there, then turns 90 and is another 350 feet or so to the road. We call that blessed privacy.

Still practicing cutting swales and building water bars.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Starting to underbrush some of the wood inside the fence line, not to truly expand the pasture - which is basically devoid of trees - but to get a better view of intruding predators and create some more diversity.

Some of the underbrush from the photo above - pile is 7' high, maybe 20, 25' long?

Lots of yupon holly. I HATE yupon holly.

(I might *also* be creating some safe sight lines for sending Bambi to freezer camp. Seasonally dependent, of course...

 

[NanaK]

Looks good!
I spy some compost materials.

 

[Sally PB]

Runs 700-800 feet to the bottom there, then turns 90 and is another 350 feet or so to the road. We call that blessed privacy.

We do have neighbors who share our driveway, but yeah... wonderfully, blessedly quiet and private out here. We're the end of a dead end road.

Need about 100 ton of gravel, maybe more, to make real improvements.

Same here. We'll get 10 yards and, it just doesn't stay. Does it sink into the sand? Walk away? Get carried off by the turkey vultures?

As far as ordering some, we've found that "gravel" is mostly sand. "Washed stone" is what we really need, and is quite a lot more expensive.

Lots of yupon holly. I HATE yupon holly.

Invasive? How does it spread?

Sassafras is nigh on impossible to get rid of here. I have to fight them constantly near the blueberry bushes.

I might *also* be creating some safe sight lines for sending Bambi to freezer camp. Seasonally dependent, of course...

I'd love to harvest deer. Hubby says no, so... no. But some vension in the freezer would be wonderful!

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Same here. We'll get 10 yards and, it just doesn't stay. Does it sink into the sand? Walk away? Get carried off by the turkey vultures?

As far as ordering some, we've found that "gravel" is mostly sand. "Washed stone" is what we really need, and is quite a lot more expensive.

Invasive? How does it spread?

Sassafras is nigh on impossible to get rid of here. I have to fight them constantly near the blueberry bushes.

I'd love to harvest deer. Hubby says no, so... no. But some vension in the freezer would be wonderful!

Our 5-7 rock gets washed down the drive. or driven down into the clays and sands - but mostly washed down. At least I can drag it back up now.

Youpon spreads via shallow runners and grows quickly, so it tends to choke things out, and leach nutrients needed by deeper rooting plants.

and my wife TOLD ME to get a rifle to go take bambi. She hates firearms of all sorts. But she loves Bambi on the plate.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I should probably get some #2 or #4 stone to add in - larger size - doesn't move down hill as quickly. and of course, a mix of sizes helps lock things together better.

That, and seeding in - the roots help lock things down, too.

 

[Sally PB]

and my wife TOLD ME to get a rifle to go take bambi. She hates firearms of all sorts. But she loves Bambi on the plate.

What are you going to get?

There are days I could get bambi with a handgun... they come within 10-20 feet of the house and munch on the ivy.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

and my wife TOLD ME to get a rifle to go take bambi. She hates firearms of all sorts. But she loves Bambi on the plate.

I share that sentiment with her

 

[NanaK]

We have a herd. Sometimes they look inside the window.
One of this years triplets, the others had moved around the corner.
I do love to watch them.
Very good in a crock pot too.