October 1st

More food....(early September-October 2016)

Hogs....(early September-October 2016)

Hogs, everywhere....big ones...

9-9-16

Set out exclusion cages today to monitor what the deer are doing to the food plots over the fall.

Also bush hogged some roads and around the apple trees.

August 31st, September 2cd and 5th...

TR worked Wednesday tranfering half of our deer stands from the hunt club to the new farm.   I worked friday by myself clearing out around the barn.  Chris, Dad, TR and I all worked Monday on finishing up the new stand sites and planting the plots.  All we need now is rain.

New Stand

View

8/24/2016

The house is coming along great.  Roof is going on as we speak.  The two rooms upstairs are framed and have some sheet rock up.   Kat did a great job with the colors.   I am really impressed with the way it changes the look.

I spent alot of time clearing the cedars out and cleaning around the pear trees.   2 pears were dead, 2 were dying.  Hopefully they can recover.   Also limbed up the trees around the barn.  Looks much better now.  I will clean up after myself on the next trip.  Every fruit tree had a very well secured wire fence around it.  They are great for keeping deer out, and keeping weeds, vines and other trees in!  Very hard work getting the posts out.

Before

After

8-21-2016

The new rope swing

2.25 

8-19-2016

Progress being made, both inside and outside.

 Plot kill was mostly successful, i touched them up on friday.

 My little helper

Almost 2.5 inches, while great for the farm, its been tough on the roads.

Hooked up the old disk.....cotter pin on stabilizer bar was rusted out (and stuck inside the opening)

most cotter pins were nearly rusted through, hooked it up, and it did not work very well at all.

Looks to be in much better shape! 

found this gem in the brush when spraying....

Worked great!

Also, refilled feeder, placed some corn on far side, and check all camera chips.

Back in the barn, ready for labor day.