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in the market for a good weed eater, any suggestions?

(sorry didnt know what thread to ask this in)

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in the market for a good weed eater, any suggestions?

(sorry didnt know what thread to ask this in)
https://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=32005.msg1856845#msg1856845

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in the market for a good weed eater, any suggestions?

(sorry didnt know what thread to ask this in)
https://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=32005.msg1856845#msg1856845
thanks, didnt even know about that thread

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HI Kids,

ben ji and ben ji's sister both visited the farm in July.  A first !

I continue to 'enhance security', occasionally getting a good wildlife photo.

 Attached is one from July 12th at 5:15 am.

Bindweed is going to be a major work task next year.
Also we have a couple places with "musk thistle" - an invasive species.  I have collected and burned about a dozen tubbs of thistle from the pasture.  It burns real good after just a day of drying.

I have a "corner post" project and a chicken house project and there is always lots of burning to do.  (ben ji thanks for cleaning out the incinerator, it is working much better now).

I have gotten lil lil's(the farm cat he took home last year) momma cat to come up to the house for some food and milk.  She is wild but I am hoping she has some more babies.

In July I have sprayed a lot of Roundup and vinegar plant killer (for use in pasture areas).  My focus initially was bindweed but the sandbur stickers were bad so I've been hitting them hard as well.  (Plus the pasture thistle - mostly prairie thistle).

I do not think we are getting wind turbines as I never received a call about access to do core samples (done before construction starts on turbines).  Same with Aunt Rita.

Feel free to come and visit the farm - activity here is good for security.

I do have some security actions (disable / enable) when you visit.  If I am here, I can cook.  Fridge is stocked.  I have the guest bedroom  upstairs and clean sheets after every guest departure.  (Don't tell mom, it is practice for a B&B.  My B&B will be expensive and booked all the time - lots of included beer and wine!  I even pick up at the Colby airport "Shultz Field".)

Later,
Dad

Don't forget the attached pic.

So who wants to be the first person to stay at ben ji's dad farm B&B? Also LOL at him still worrying about musk thistle when my uncle clearly told him it was prairie thistle.
Still worried about "Musk" Thistle that is actually prairie thistle.

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Gathered these today in our pasture.  Main effort was to locate and spray musk thistle patch on West end of pasture.  Much new musk thistle was starting up where older sprayed thistle had died.  Used Grazon HL, a herbicide for pasture.

Had to turn ac on a couple hours yesterday and again today - not all the time though....


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I love how he weathers the heat for some of the day


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The included airport shuttle is pretty bomb
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True thistle maven.

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We were so close to being wind farm barons. Half a mile north of the farm and half a mile south of it there are 5 mile rows of windmills.

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Are you in the power pool?


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What does that mean? They have the lease to build on our land but didnt.

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Participation in the "power pool" means if one leases but doesn't merit a turbine, they will still receive a percentage of the income from power sold.

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Pooling makes a ton of sense in the o&g context, but why with wind?

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Im guessing to compensate people who dont get turbines (and the phat checks that go with them) on their land but have to deal with the background noise/sights.

I did find out that we have an underground power cable running through part of our pasture and get 4x our normal lease amount this year to compensate for the contstruction.

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Man, just cracked my first beer and I am exhausted from being a pretend farmer for a day.

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Woke up around 7am and took lady for a walk through the windbreaks looking for pheasants, didnt find any but we both got ticks. Had to drive into town to buy tweezers since my dad didnt have any.

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My dad sent an email out today with the title "Improvements" and only this picture attached.

(I blurred out the 3 last names listed before "homestead")




While I was at the local wallys buying tweezers i bought some stencils/ paint and then tried to make the sign look halfway decent.

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As i was doing this my uncle (the real farmer) drove by to check his cattle and complimented me for spelling "Trespassing" correctly, apparently my dad spelled it "Tresspassing" originaly and had to correct it.
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I just bought a shotgun (dont tell Obama) to go pheasant hunting this year so we went out in the pasture to pew pew some clays.

My shoulder is still sore.

Coming back i was driving along the "Creek" (a series of small lagoons with maybe a foot of water) and saw some birds running in the grass along the bank. Thought they were pheasant but it turns out they were some weird western KS duck family.

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Then we went back to the house to eat lunch (leftover oven roasted chicken) and I cleaned out the incenerator again because I wanted to do something halfway useful.

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Then back to the pasture again because my dad saw some actual musk thistle that needed to be sprayed. Im really happy he has learned the difference between prairie/musk thistle in the last year.

Ended up chilling with the cows for a bit and admiring the testicles on the young bulls.

As soon as they saw a truck they made a bee line right for us thinking they were going to get some special feed or sonething.

NOPE! Just practicing good pasture management and spraying musk thistle.

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What song did you play on your saxophone to get the cows to come over?
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A list of random non farm animals i have see. Today that i typically dont see in KC. (Ranked by coolness)

1. Badger. Was just waddling down the road as we were coming back from the Pasture.

2. Burrowing Owl. These guys are teeny but look cool.

3. Jackrabbit. First time I have seen one in person, much larger than i expected.

4. Pheasant. Was crossing the road while I was driving into town.

5. Those weird western KS ducks that run in the grass to get away and are alot smaller than normal ducks.

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What song did you play on your saxophone to get the cows to come over?
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