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perchie.girl said:
Yep... I love working with my hands even if its something I shouldnt tackle... No strength these days... But I work smart not hard.

With regard to fencing you can use electrical netting for Goats... the posts are easy to move for rotational control... Pigs can be kept in by an electric fence that is only nose and forehead height. They are smart and by keeping them in an area that has some shade in the summer they will clear out the under brush by rooting.

Here is a youtube video... Very interesting


They are in the Ozarks and have lots of practical info on saving money.

deb
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Looks good to me! Thanks! I love getting my hands on stuff to. What ever I can do myself I do it. I would be in that woods with a chan saw all day:lol:. I cleared a path around the woods that I plan on fencing in. It's probably about 3acres of land. As for pigs I don't eat pork the bible says it's unclean. But if I were to use pigs to clear land that might be a good idea. :D unfortunately I can't use electric wire for a fence bc my free range chickens forage in the woods and I want them to have access to the woods.


I love the back round sound in that video. I can tell by the birds it's ether late summer or early spring:drool
 
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Don 27 said:
:eek:amazing view! I can't believe you can grow hay down there. How many bales per acre does he get. Nice truck !! Sounds like a keeper. I have a truck with a carborated engine they are easy to fix and work on , I might buy fuel injection but only if it's a good deal. My wife had a Honda 2012 and it looks like a science lab under the hood.... I still work on it though and it's a lot harder to repair. Looks like you don't have many neighbors I bet that's nice.
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the Imperial valley is one of the highest producers of food and its thirty miles from me. Their Alfalfa and Bermuda hay grows year round. They irrigate With water from the Colorado. They get Five to six cuttings a year of Alfalfa and probably the same for Bermuda. I fed Bermuda to my girl... They bale in three string bales and The bermuda weighs about 125 lbs a bale and the Alfalfa can go as high as 135 lbs a bale. Have no idea how many bales per acre... But I suspect its alot...

There is one hobby farm on the South West side of me about five or six miles as the crow flies. He has an airport horse barns and training arena. About five houses including his own... All on 25,000 acres. Some of the only permanent pasture around here.

The Spinach and Arugula farm was the only agriculture around and it was near town. A developer bought it when the owner retired. Planning on putting in homes. GOood soil when its near an ancient watershed. on that side of town there is lots of water underground from Hot springs.

Now the wind is taking all the top soil away... ...sigh.

deb
 
Toms Hay farm the retail section.

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The palms in the foreground are Date palms... The dates have a mesh bag on them to keep the birds out while they mature. The palms in the background are Mexican Fan palms... They grow along the irrigation ditchse and provide protection against the wind. IN the foreground are bales brought in from the fiels by a squeeze that can handle up to five tons. All his hay at the retail site is put in Hay barns

The hay stacks in the fields get covered with BIIIG tarps. He grows Alfalfa, Bermuda, Timothy, Orchard, and Sudan, And Sale Hay.

The Sale hay is hay that grows on the edges of the fields and can have aabout any mix there is. Maybe Bermuda mixed in with sudan, or alfalfa, Back when I was buying it for my horse it ran nine dollars a bale. You have to be sure your horse doesnt have any allergies. It was a deal at nine dollars a bale. Normally Bermuda is around fourteen and fifteen a bale in the summer. In the winter the price goes up on all of it because Rain is a killer of Bales of hey.

Some of the hay suppliers do 500 lb Bales... Crazy I imagine that its for Dairy cattle. you have to have special handling equipment for it.


deb
 
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perchie.girl said:
the Imperial valley is one of the highest producers of food and its thirty miles from me. Their Alfalfa and Bermuda hay grows year round. They irrigate With water from the Colorado. They get Five to six cuttings a year of Alfalfa and probably the same for Bermuda. I fed Bermuda to my girl... They bale in three string bales and The bermuda weighs about 125 lbs a bale and the Alfalfa can go as high as 135 lbs a bale. Have no idea how many bales per acre... But I suspect its alot...

There is one hobby farm on the South West side of me about five or six miles as the crow flies. He has an airport horse barns and training arena. About five houses including his own... All on 25,000 acres. Some of the only permanent pasture around here.

The Spinach and Arugula farm was the only agriculture around and it was near town. A developer bought it when the owner retired. Planning on putting in homes. GOood soil when its near an ancient watershed. on that side of town there is lots of water underground from Hot springs.

Now the wind is taking all the top soil away... ...sigh.

deb
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Nice! I'm glad you have a good supply of hay. He must have a good irrigation system.
 
perchie.girl said:
Toms Hay farm the retail section.

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The palms in the foreground are Date palms... The dates have a mesh bag on them to keep the birds out while they mature. The palms in the background are Mexican Fan palms... They grow along the irrigation ditchse and provide protection against the wind. IN the foreground are bales brought in from the fiels by a squeeze that can handle up to five tons. All his hay at the retail site is put in Hay barns

The hay stacks in the fields get covered with BIIIG tarps. He grows Alfalfa, Bermuda, Timothy, Orchard, and Sudan, And Sale Hay.

The Sale hay is hay that grows on the edges of the fields and can have aabout any mix there is. Maybe Bermuda mixed in with sudan, or alfalfa, Back when I was buying it for my horse it ran nine dollars a bale. You have to be sure your horse doesnt have any allergies. It was a deal at nine dollars a bale. Normally Bermuda is around fourteen and fifteen a bale in the summer. In the winter the price goes up on all of it because Rain is a killer of Bales of hey.

Some of the hay suppliers do 500 lb Bales... Crazy I imagine that its for Dairy cattle. you have to have special handling equipment for it.


deb
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All the hay around here is stored in large oak barns. It's pretty awesome. Yes the large bales are used for large scale dairy farmes.
 

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