Clearing land for a garden and orchard

[Fender5803]

Thanks for all the photo's
Looking forward to the orchard and pond

 

[BCrouse]

We were away for a week.

I came home to some sprouts

 

[BCrouse]

Another view.

 

[BCrouse]

Slow work with other things going on. No updates on orchard or pond.

The winter cover crop is growing. I think I should have broadcast planted it instead of row planting with the planter. Oh well, next year.

 

[BCrouse]

Tractor is currently in the shop getting a float valve issue sorted out, so Im without machine.

Nothing exciting again. Just another weekly edition of "as the crops grow"

 

[Blondie70]

Here in South MS seeing rocks like that in a field would bring sheer panic !!!! Like a gold mine....would be out picking them up to make something out of.
I have never seen a rock in a field here. I reckon you are sick of them tho...ha ha ha
I would be afraid to try disking with them there.
What you have done looks good. Keep on keeping on.
Pete/Poplarville, MS

 

[BCrouse]

Here in South MS seeing rocks like that in a field would bring sheer panic !!!! Like a gold mine....would be out picking them up to make something out of.

I have never seen a rock in a field here. I reckon you are sick of them tho...ha ha ha

I would be afraid to try disking with them there.

What you have done looks good. Keep on keeping on.

Pete/Poplarville, MS

We've got more rock than soil in some places. Some rocks, the parts you can see are larger than a VW bug....and its pretty much all granite.


Its the reason why I did a bottom plow and then invested in a gear driven tiller with slip clutch pto shaft......for the rocks.


Rockland Township.....its not just a clever name.

 

[Grouse09]

Been following your progress from August. Looking good.


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[BCrouse]

Took a little stroll at lunch with the pup.

Here I thought itd be the deer to worry about munchin my cover crop.


BUSTED!

He was snackin on the winter oats.....

 

[BCrouse]

I got part of the section for the orchard opened up. I got some smaller trees to remove as well as some atlanthis (sp) trees that need cut and treated with some nasty herbicide.

 

[BCrouse]

Got all but a small little bit cleared, that has the Ailanthus trees in it that need treated as they're rhizome based.

Overall made some good progress today in my 3hr work window.

After I get the Ailanthus cut and treated, then I can rip it out. Then I can bottom plow the orchard and prepare for Rye.

 

[Grouse09]

Nice progress!


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[Redlands]

Looking good, pretty location.

 

[skeets]

I bet you got a ton of tree rats there

 

[BCrouse]

Looking good, pretty location.

Thanks. Fall brings a lot of colors here.

 

[BCrouse]

I bet you got a ton of tree rats there

Yup. Tons.

With all the oak, hickory and walnut trees....they go nuts (pun intended) during the fall time.

 

[Southern Yankee]

I used a middlebuster first followed by landscpape rake to gather up all the roots the middlebuster exposed. The landscape rake made nice littl burn piles that I later accumulated into a single large pile dried well enough to burn independently and the rake to knock the tops of the rows down before rototilling. Later, in the interest of time a just rototilled a different area without using the middlebuster first.

Think I will use the middlebuster first when the end result matters. The rototiller is so effective it is tempting to skip the plow.

Let me show my ignorance - what is a middlebuster? I have sumac runners all over the place. I was going to box blade it with the prongs deep and then till it (don't have tiller for the tractor yet - was looking at the 66" Land Pride for my L3301). Also, they just put a pipeline through and left a lot of wood debris in the ground. I am afraid that might tear up the tiller. Again, I was thinking of dragging the box blade thru it to dig out the debris before tilling? Any suggestions?
Richard

 

[Southern Yankee]

Here in South MS seeing rocks like that in a field would bring sheer panic !!!! Like a gold mine....would be out picking them up to make something out of.
I have never seen a rock in a field here. I reckon you are sick of them tho...ha ha ha
I would be afraid to try disking with them there.
What you have done looks good. Keep on keeping on.
Pete/Poplarville, MS

Pete,

It is the same here in Oklahoma, red sandy clay. Not a decent sized rock anywhere unless I want break up the sandstone outcrops Undersurface hard clay is like rock, not sure if it can be tilled. Most Oklahoma topsoil left in the 30s. I was brought up in New England where we built stone walls to slow run-off and separate fields. I look at all those rocks and all I think of is stone walls. Enjoying this thread, keep it up.

Richard

 

[BCrouse]

Let me show my ignorance - what is a middlebuster? I have sumac runners all over the place. I was going to box blade it with the prongs deep and then till it (don't have tiller for the tractor yet - was looking at the 66" Land Pride for my L3301). Also, they just put a pipeline through and left a lot of wood debris in the ground. I am afraid that might tear up the tiller. Again, I was thinking of dragging the box blade thru it to dig out the debris before tilling? Any suggestions?

Richard

I believe sumac is a root based (rhizome) plant. If you don't get all of the root bits it will come back even worse. The only thing to do is cut close to the ground then spray it right away. Might need to consult a local licensed landscaper to get a potent enough herbicide. BoxBlade then tiller might actually make it worse, much worse.


What kind of wood debris?


Not that I mind, but you might get more specific answers if you start your own thread in a different section.

 

[D2Cat]

I had about a 3 or 4 acre patch of sumac when I bought the farm. I used my B8200 with the loader about one ft. off the ground to notify me of anything I could not see. The sumac was 5' and taller, and so thick it was a hide out for deer.

So I mower it down. Then immediately mowed it again with the mower set a little lower and from the opposite direction.

I never had any sumac there again. Never sprayed anything. It's nice clean grass today.