What did you do to or on your Kubota today?

[Magicman]

Broke a leg. I reckon that a 30+ year old tire has to give up the ghost sometime, sooo

Jacked her up, removed the wheels, and she will get two new tires next week.

Got two new front "feet" for da Ole John Deere today;

I sent that picture to my Son who replied back that he had never seen two new front tires before. I told him that I had never bought two new front tires either although these were on the tractor when I bought two new rear tires back in 1995. Ouch, I would hate to have to do it now.

The Son will be back to 'tractoring' this weekend planting the food plots. He will seed with the JD, and cover with the Kubota.

 

[Splinters and Sparks]

Man ya'll work hard at food plots! I planted some elderberry and comfrey (was told both are deer deterrent- HA!) for the wife and the deer won't leave them alone! from 60 yards they look up while still chewing. Makes me feel like asking if they want lead with that!

gonna be a quick casual hunting season!

 

[NCL4701]

Man ya'll work hard at food plots! I planted some elderberry and comfrey (was told both are deer deterrent- HA!) for the wife and the deer won't leave them alone! from 60 yards they look up while still chewing. Makes me feel like asking if they want lead with that!

gonna be a quick casual hunting season!

We used to do clover plots in the creek bottom where we hunt until we figured out all we really needed to do was mow a section of the stilt grass and smartweed that naturally grows there a couple weeks before hunting season. Our deer like the tender new grass that results.

This year we haven’t seen much in the creek bottom but this is what we see pretty much every evening out our kitchen window, along with eight to ten does and fawns. I mowed that area about a month ago. That and all the development around us is really messing with their habits. Can’t blame them. It bothers me, too.

 

[Shawn T. W]

Washed my "lawnmower" gonna go out and get it dusty once the dew burns off ... !

 

[Shawn T. W]

Not really, "to or with" my Kubota, but "for". . . Now that I gotta a cab, I have a few trees I'd still like to mow under .... So Massey Ferguson and Stihl to the rescue!

Carried them off to the brush pile, and stacked the possible firewood elsewhere ...

Cleaned up the 2X's the previous owner left, nails and all too ...

Looks like I should be able to get under that tree now!

 

[Bee-Positive]

Sadly I had to dig a grave today, thank goodness for the tooth-bar. The first time I didn’t enjoy operating the tractor since I bought it.

My gentle girl of 12 years had to be euthanized. She went downhill in a week, from being fine for an old girl to not eating and barely drinking water. Took her in to get checked and she had cancer pretty bad. No sign of pain or anything. Lot of tears especially for my daughter who brought her into this world, had to pull her out by hand. She was the runt, last out, of a litter of 12. Had to be hand fed because she couldn’t get past all the other pups but still ended up at 65 lbs. Great with kids, scared the hell out of strangers.

 

[L35]

Sadly I had to dig a grave today, thank goodness for the tooth-bar. The first time I didn’t enjoy operating the tractor since I bought it.

My gentle girl of 12 years had to be euthanized. She went downhill in a week, from being fine for an old girl to not eating and barely drinking water. Took her in to get checked and she had cancer pretty bad. No sign of pain or anything. Lot of tears especially for my daughter who brought her into this world, had to pull her out by hand. She was the runt, last out, of a litter of 12. Had to be hand fed because she couldn’t get past all the other pups but still ended up at 65 lbs. Great with kids, scared the hell out of strangers.

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I had to do the same back in June. It’s not easy. Best friend for 8 years got it in his thyroid’s. Sorry for your families loss.

 

[g_man]

Sadly I had to dig a grave today, thank goodness for the tooth-bar. The first time I didn’t enjoy operating the tractor since I bought it.

My gentle girl of 12 years had to be euthanized. She went downhill in a week, from being fine for an old girl to not eating and barely drinking water. Took her in to get checked and she had cancer pretty bad. No sign of pain or anything. Lot of tears especially for my daughter who brought her into this world, had to pull her out by hand. She was the runt, last out, of a litter of 12. Had to be hand fed because she couldn’t get past all the other pups but still ended up at 65 lbs. Great with kids, scared the hell out of strangers.

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Sad duty.......

gg

 

[imarobot]

Sorry for your loss, been thru this too many times, especially hard with the kids.
We dread the day when we will have to do this for our dog, but love the time we have with her, I'm sure your family did the same.

 

[Lil Foot]

Sorry for your loss, it's never easy.

 

[Shawn T. W]

It's hard to say good by to friends, but just try to remember the good times ... And glad that your were able to put her in her final resting place yourself.

My earlier trimming job, seems like it worked!

 

[D2Cat]

Not really, "to or with" my Kubota, but "for". . . Now that I gotta a cab, I have a few trees I'd still like to mow under .... So Massey Ferguson and Stihl to the rescue!

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Carried them off to the brush pile, and stacked the possible firewood elsewhere ...

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Cleaned up the 2X's the previous owner left, nails and all too ...

Looks like I should be able to get under that tree now!

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Yep, you need a grapple!

 

[Shawn T. W]

Yep, you need a grapple!

Not really worth it for my situation ... I've got less than half a dozen more trees to "trim" ... The majority of my 16 acres is open fields ... Not only would I have to add a third function, but buy the actual grapple ... Probably $3-4,000 ... I can haul a lot of branches on the forks I already have for that!

 

[The dutch guy]

After the delivery of about 300m3 of soil and levelling the garden, it was final time to sow grass.
therefor i rented a power harrow seeder combi and got the job done. It was great fun to sow nearly 800m2 grass while driving my tractor.

 

[PoTreeBoy]

After the delivery of about 300m3 of soil and levelling the garden, it was final time to sow grass.
therefor i rented a power harrow seeder combi and got the job done. It was great fun to sow nearly 800m2 grass while driving my tractor. View attachment 163538 View attachment 163539 View attachment 163540

I'm curious, what grass variety do you Dutchmen grow?

 

[Russell King]

I'm curious, what grass variety do you Dutchmen grow?

Tulips for the most part as I learned as an American child!

@The dutch guy - if you can post the make and model of that implement! I don’t think that I have ever seen one in the USA.

 

[GrumpyFarmer]

Sadly I had to dig a grave today, thank goodness for the tooth-bar. The first time I didn’t enjoy operating the tractor since I bought it.

My gentle girl of 12 years had to be euthanized. She went downhill in a week, from being fine for an old girl to not eating and barely drinking water. Took her in to get checked and she had cancer pretty bad. No sign of pain or anything. Lot of tears especially for my daughter who brought her into this world, had to pull her out by hand. She was the runt, last out, of a litter of 12. Had to be hand fed because she couldn’t get past all the other pups but still ended up at 65 lbs. Great with kids, scared the hell out of strangers.

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I am very sorry for your loss. Do your best.

 

[GrumpyFarmer]

Cleaning up future pollinator habit. Had lots of help…

 

[The dutch guy]

Tulips for the most part as I learned as an American child!

@The dutch guy - if you can post the make and model of that implement! I don’t think that I have ever seen one in the USA.

here’s a link to the make and model.

https://www.noordmachines.nl/rotorkopeg-zaakit-ortolan-andrea

 

[The dutch guy]

I'm curious, what grass variety do you Dutchmen grow?

I used a mixture of 10 different grasses.

• 30% Timothee: Phleum pratense
• 10% Veldbeemdgras: Poa pratensis
• 15% Beemdlangbloem: Festuca pratensis
• 10% Engels raaigras: Lolium perenne
• 15% Roodzwenkgras: Festuca rubra
• 10% Kropaar: Dactylis glomerata
• 10% Rietzwenkgras: Festuca arundinacea

Bold is the percentage and dutch name.
This is a special mixture for horses. The grasses produce less fructane.
Usually a meadow used for grazing is sown with a mixture of different rye grasses.