Today in Pictures

[furrowtickler]

May be last time till April to see grass

[Blaithin]

Seen a double rainbow and a brilliant sunrise this morning. Then ran some Herfs through.

[shtferbrains]

Looks like a big day.
Herefords are different to handle.
Most popular breed one time but the seedstock producers screwed them up with a few show bulls that got overused and concentrated the poor udders and prolapse.
Seem to be moving past that.

[Blaithin]

It was a fun day. Working other peoples cows is like watching someone else’s kids; it’s fun and when you’re done you go home away from them all!

These are fairly wild on the Hereford scale but they’re still barely past the calmest level of other breeds. It is like herding sloths though. Need to give them time to move, otherwise you just work them up and get frustrated trying to make them go in a higher gear.

[Guest]

This is the xmas spider. Shows up only late November to January. This one made its web overnight in my pickup reel.

[seldomseen]

Cool December rain but warm and dry with the smell of dirt under the canopy of the old 7

[Guest]

Well over an inch , still raining, ditches running

[blackpowder]

Definitely jealous.

[blueversi]

May be last time till April to see grass

Ground has been white since October 23rd here.

[foragefarmer]

Cool December rain but warm and dry with the smell of dirt under the canopy of the old 7

Just wondering, isn't it tough going brush cutting with the warm weather? We've always done it in the dead of winter when the ground is frozen solid as the poplars and willows shear off at ground level so easily.

It's also easier piling windrows with the ground frozen as the blade travels on top and you don't get roots pulling out full of dirt.

I'm just curious is all.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I've never understood the idea behind brush cutting. Although as I understand it, that was the accepted method.
What do you do with the stumps after that? I've always considered it much easier to use the leverage of the tree to pull the stump and Roots out as one piece, instead of trying to hack the stumps out in bits and pieces. If the ground isn't frozen, and isn't too wet, it can be done with very little dirt ending up in the pile. And far less clean up.
In the era of breaking plows, do I understand correctly that they would just try to slice through the stumps? I remember hearing about towing the breaking plow with a long chain and when it would hit a stump they would back up the length of the chain and keep pulling the chain tight until it sliced through. The thought of doing that on an open tractor with a hand Forged chain haunts me.

[blackpowder]

Too dry is perfect. No frost.
Rake blade takes roots and all. Not too much dirt. Even the duff burns.
One re-pile shortly after burning. Bury the rest. Disc and seed.
Reminds me of drought years. Scary.