What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[The Evil Twin]

That is a REALLY sharp looking 27 year old machine!


What a magnificent creature you have!

Thank you! Quite possibly the best pup I have had to date.

 

[ctfjr]

Last week I used the tractor to rip up about 1/4 acre of lawn that the previous owner was never able to grow grass on. No wonder, it was all sandy pebbles & stone.
After ripping it I spread 10 yds of top soil and 120lbs of limestone all with the box blade.
Of course we had torrential rains the last few days but today it is finally dry and I took a look to see if there was any growth.

Still plenty of pebbles. . . The wind / rain took down a fair amount of leaves that I need to blow off once everything dries.

 

[Old_Paint]

1. Plowed up some Potatoes this morning.

2. Then snuck in a mow/brush hog.

3. Then tilled a small patch and broadcast some winter rye. I’ve not tried that before (cover crop to till in), so will see how it goes. Hope to till under in the spring as a green manure.

Normally, I thought, rape/turnips/oilseed radish were planted for that purpose?

 

[GrumpyFarmer]

Normally, I thought, rape/turnips/oilseed radish were planted for that purpose?

Wheat, Oats, and rye are pretty common here. I think a lot depends on how wanting to the use the cover crops and the season when planting. This is a trial run for me…I’ve been fiddling with wheat but not much success.

Cover Crops in the Garden

This fact sheet instructs home gardeners on how to select, plant, and control cover crops. It reviews the benefits and challenges of introducing cover crops into the garden. Beginners and advanced gardeners alike will find information on how to introduce cover crops into their garden depending...

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[Old_Paint]

Wheat, Oats, and rye are pretty common here. I think a lot depends on how wanting to the use the cover crops and the season when planting. This is a trial run for me…I’ve been fiddling with wheat but not much success.

Cover Crops in the Garden

This fact sheet instructs home gardeners on how to select, plant, and control cover crops. It reviews the benefits and challenges of introducing cover crops into the garden. Beginners and advanced gardeners alike will find information on how to introduce cover crops into their garden depending...

ohioline.osu.edu

Well okay then. I learned that grassy crops depleted nitrogen but legumes and root crops put it back. I didn’t really think before I asked the question. I can see the benefits of mulching in a straw crop for soil improvement too. I shredded all the dead plants and blew the chaff back on our little veggie patch this year. Last year I put some compost from a leaf pile that I’ve been dumping yard clippings on for 20 years. There were night crawlers in that stuff that looked like small snakes. The humus really improved the hard clay and sticky soil that the previous owners had dumped in the bed for irises. It’s a lot looser and more arable than before. I’m tilling deeper and seeing improvement with everything natural that I do to it, and much improved growth of the plants too. I’m relearning everything I knew as a kid and trying to have some decent veggies. The stuff we get at the supermarket will rot within a few days if we don’t use it, meaning we have to go more often wasting time and fuel. Still doing small scale stuff for now until I get my gardening skills honed in.

 

[S-G-R]

Continuing putting posts in.

Got about ten left.

 

[JimDeL]

Continuing putting posts in.

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Got about ten left.

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What wood are those posts? They don't look like the Black Locust we used when I was growing up in West Virginia

 

[Siesta Sundance]

Wheat, Oats, and rye are pretty common here. I think a lot depends on how wanting to the use the cover crops and the season when planting. This is a trial run for me…I’ve been fiddling with wheat but not much success.

Cover Crops in the Garden

This fact sheet instructs home gardeners on how to select, plant, and control cover crops. It reviews the benefits and challenges of introducing cover crops into the garden. Beginners and advanced gardeners alike will find information on how to introduce cover crops into their garden depending...

ohioline.osu.edu

I'm also in this process of selecting a cover crop for a few acres that was cleared this pass summer. I have been in contact with AG extension office, and it looks I'm going with hybrid seed. $27 for 50lb bag, 70lbs per acre.

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Dang near a desert where I'm at, with this ongoing drought. I planted 8 acres of improved grass seed earlier this month, because we had 5+ days of great chances of rain and yet Not a drop!
Ok, well that Bermuda seed mix needs to germinate a few inches before the soil temps drops below 65* probably $600 wasted.

 

[Siesta Sundance]

We need rain down here in the South.
The large scale farmers can't even disc certain soils right now because it's so hard on the equipment.

My dad sent these photos to me yesterday, he is located 2hours East of me.

38" deep crack in the ground

Everything is stressed, then this morning he sends me another text while standing outside the church, the tree just snapped and broke off and hit the church.

Everyone, please continue to pray for rain for everyone that needs it.

 

[johnjk]

Trained the wife on the B3200 to remove a tree that had fallen across our trails. She did great. Afterwards she jumped on the 1700 to mow. I am stuck watching and enjoying the view.

 

[Fordtech86]

We need rain down here in the South.
The large scale farmers can't even disc certain soils right now because it's so hard on the equipment.

My dad sent these photos to me yesterday, he is located 2hours East of me.

38" deep crack in the ground
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Everything is stressed, then this morning he sends me another text while standing outside the church, the tree just snapped and broke off and hit the church.
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Everyone, please continue to pray for rain for everyone that needs it.

It’s bad over here too, haven’t mowed since first of July, ground looks pretty similar

 

[Siesta Sundance]

It’s bad over here too, haven’t mowed since first of July, ground looks pretty similar

I mowed only twice this year, that was back in April and May. I let the cows in yard every few weeks now to eat the taller grass from watering around the trees.

 

[S-G-R]

What wood are those posts? They don't look like the Black Locust we used when I was growing up in West Virginia

They're cedar. I'd say these are seconds at best but I'm not going for a magazine cover. I like how they weather over time to a bleached gray/white.

 

[GrumpyFarmer]

Well okay then. I learned that grassy crops depleted nitrogen but legumes and root crops put it back. I didn’t really think before I asked the question. I can see the benefits of mulching in a straw crop for soil improvement too. I shredded all the dead plants and blew the chaff back on our little veggie patch this year. Last year I put some compost from a leaf pile that I’ve been dumping yard clippings on for 20 years. There were night crawlers in that stuff that looked like small snakes. The humus really improved the hard clay and sticky soil that the previous owners had dumped in the bed for irises. It’s a lot looser and more arable than before. I’m tilling deeper and seeing improvement with everything natural that I do to it, and much improved growth of the plants too. I’m relearning everything I knew as a kid and trying to have some decent veggies. The stuff we get at the supermarket will rot within a few days if we don’t use it, meaning we have to go more often wasting time and fuel. Still doing small scale stuff for now until I get my gardening skills honed in.

I am trying / experimenting with different patches. In a couple patches I am trying some cover crops. But in some others, like the garlic I will cover them in straw for the winter. The straw I use for that mulching I planted directly into. Planting directly into the straw bales exceeded my expectations. I was really happy with that and as a plus I will use as a mulch or compost what remains from this years bales.

 

[Old_Paint]

I'm also in this process of selecting a cover crop for a few acres that was cleared this pass summer. I have been in contact with AG extension office, and it looks I'm going with hybrid seed. $27 for 50lb bag, 70lbs per acre.

Products – TriCal Superior Forage

Discover TriCal's commitment to sustainable agriculture through our high-performance crop solutions, designed for resilience, yield, and environmental stewardship.

tricalforage.com

Dang near a desert where I'm at, with this ongoing drought. I planted 8 acres of improved grass seed earlier this month, because we had 5+ days of great chances of rain and yet Not a drop!
Ok, well that Bermuda seed mix needs to germinate a few inches before the soil temps drops below 65* probably $600 wasted.

Yeah, drier than a popcorn fart here too. I haven’t cut the lawn in at least a month. I try not to stress the.grass this late in the year, because I don’t have separate metering for watering that won’t jack up the sewer bill. We pay more for sewage than water. I see a rain collection system made from IBC totes in my future to ride out the dry spells without enriching the brothers-in-law of our city council.

 

[Old_Paint]

They're cedar. I'd say these are seconds at best but I'm not going for a magazine cover. I like how they weather over time to a bleached gray/white.

Way too much sap wood on those posts. The white wood will rot away leaving you with a very wobbly skinny post from the red heartwood. But they’re still a lot cheaper than treated post that will also rot in even less time than the natural cdar.

 

[NorthwoodsLife]

Trained the wife on the B3200 to remove a tree that had fallen across our trails. She did great. Afterwards she jumped on the 1700 to mow. I am stuck watching and enjoying the view.

Great! I still have to train my wife on the Kubota. Not looking forward to it.

 

[S-G-R]

Way too much sap wood on those posts. The white wood will rot away leaving you with a very wobbly skinny post from the red heartwood. But they’re still a lot cheaper than treated post that will also rot in even less time than the natural cdar.

Treated wood here is pure crap, just a extremely light coating. I'd say they spray a microscopic mist on it as it shoots through at 100mph.

These post will last long enough for my treeline to get established.

 

[Siesta Sundance]

Treated wood here is pure crap, just a extremely light coating. I'd say they spray a microscopic mist on it as it shoots through at 100mph.

These post will last long enough for my treeline to get established.

Grandpa used to save all the old oil filters and oil. He would fill the old filters and let them drain out on top of the cedar posts.

 

[Russell King]

Grandpa used to save all the old oil filters and oil. He would fill the old filters and let them drain out on top of the cedar posts.

He probably also used DDT at excessive rates so now we can’t even buy it!