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Post by nhmountains on Apr 17, 2017 17:31:18 GMT -6
Speaking of corn cribs I believe it was Schrimshaw33 from the old Q website that had several of those on his farm. That guy went gangbusters into habitat work for a year or two then fell off the map.
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Post by nhmountains on Apr 17, 2017 17:45:48 GMT -6
I was walking an abutting property a few years ago and came across this abandoned orchard. Made me sick to see these trees being grown in and killed with no light. There were around 50 apple trees on this flat. This white pine was over 6' across at the base. When I find large trees like this around here there's usually an old homestead site nearby and apple trees. In this case that was true.
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Post by sd51555 on Apr 17, 2017 18:14:19 GMT -6
That's cool, awesome, and sad all at the same time. We've talked about it here before that our lands will all revert to what they were before us at some point. It's sad to see those orchards getting overtaken by the forces of nature. The critter pop has likely adjusted because of it. The orchard find is cool, and that massive pine is awesome. A guy should really make something out of it just so you can sip a stiff drink in front of it and tell the story from where it came.
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Post by ace on Apr 17, 2017 19:13:38 GMT -6
Hell, that's fancy compared to the stuff we've used.
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Post by ace on Apr 17, 2017 19:14:40 GMT -6
I have to say I'm kinda blown away with the fact that NH didn't know what a corn crib was.....the things we take for granted that other people know I guess? I suppose folks who aren't near the corn belt might have never seen one, or they have only seen the old wood sided style? Only wooden ones I've ever seen. Didn't know cribs weren't all wooden. Ha
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 18, 2017 6:07:55 GMT -6
The cement bunkers are what the "real" farmers are using here to when corn is cut to silage. silos are almost as obsolete as the corn crib. In central Minnesota, I see less and less use of cement bunkers. Smaller farmers are using silage bags and larger farms are using piles. A new law has forbidden burning of silage bags and farmers have had to pick up dumpsters. If you know a producer, the used plastic works for ground covers.
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Post by sd51555 on Apr 18, 2017 6:17:45 GMT -6
What kind of pieces could a guy expect to get out of something like that? Size that is...
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Post by westbranch on Apr 18, 2017 6:46:39 GMT -6
The cement bunkers are what the "real" farmers are using here to when corn is cut to silage. silos are almost as obsolete as the corn crib. In central Minnesota, I see less and less use of cement bunkers. Smaller farmers are using silage bags and larger farms are using piles. A new law has forbidden burning of silage bags and farmers have had to pick up dumpsters. If you know a producer, the used plastic works for ground covers. We wrapped individual bales for many years and had piles of plastic. Worked pretty good to put the plastic down and then put gravel over it to make roads over wet areas. Probably not legal though!
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 18, 2017 7:33:03 GMT -6
What kind of pieces could a guy expect to get out of something like that? Size that is... I get some irregular shaped pieces, 4-6 feet wide. Sometimes there are longer pieces in the spring after snow melt. I just overlapped the pieces. The operators with big piles might have big pieces. Interesting about the roads.
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Post by nhmountains on Apr 20, 2017 8:28:25 GMT -6
Nice tree guards
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Post by sd51555 on Apr 20, 2017 18:55:35 GMT -6
Must be dogs close enough to keep an eye on 'em.
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Post by nhmountains on Apr 20, 2017 19:06:23 GMT -6
Must be dogs close enough to keep an eye on 'em. They have a couple dogs but, those tree guards or dogs won't help with vole damage if they find the base of those trees that the plastic guards left exposed. They'll chew the open area and follow the bark right around the tree. The people put those guards on 5-6 years ago and haven't done anything since. A lot of people do this and then have the vole issue. There's around a dozen trees there and they need pruning help but, they're jerks otherwise I'd offer to help them out. She's a medical doctor and he stays home playing his guitar. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 20, 2017 19:17:14 GMT -6
Those spiral plastic tree guards aren't worth shit IMHO. I remember telling a guy that on a landtour over a decade ago. He told me I was full of shit, that they'd always worked for him...I said "ok" and let it go. About a year later he was posting pics of his trees with nice, spiral grooves of rodent damage He hadn't removed the guards and then put them on again when the trees had finished growing for the year. The guards pulled apart, leaving .5"-1" open areas that the rodents liked very much. Since the trees were girdled all the way around (a few times)...they all died. He became a window screen convert
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Post by jselsor on Apr 20, 2017 20:17:49 GMT -6
I read the second sentence and thought we were talking about an ambulance call. Guy ran into a gas barrel and cut off his plumbing. Boy I could keep this thread rolling right along if that was the topic at hand! Could Start with a call on my last shift which involved a girl shoving a glass crack pipe up her ass after getting pulled over which broke an caused a hemorage. Can't make this shit up
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Post by Tooln on Apr 20, 2017 20:26:22 GMT -6
Come on Jordan let loose with some stories. It's not like we'll know anybody from them.
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