The Official Farming Thread...

[jakethesnake]

I like use of the pallets. One of my free building materials too.

Yes sir. That whole nest box setup dividers and whatnot is mostly all pallets. That little ledge was about 2 pallets. They work good for some stuff for sure

 

[jake-e-boy]

Sweet cherry harvest, 13.3 tons per acre

 

[Cat 525]

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Sweet cherry harvest, 13.3 tons per acre

What do they bring a ton?

 

[Boomer2230]

I have 6 hens here, and one rooster. 2 are silver rudds, rooster and one hen, she lays a blue/green egg.

 

[JimBear]

I have 6 hens here, and one rooster. 2 are silver rudds, rooster and one hen, she lays a blue/green egg. View attachment 345726

Do you have some pigs that produce green ham to go with those green eggs ???

 

[hoskvarna]

Do you have some pigs that produce green ham to go with those green eggs ???

Good one
I raffed [emoji6]


Sent from Hoskey Hills

 

[JimBear]

When I was a youngster one of my Grandmothers had chickens that laid green eggs, I was amazed but totally bummed out when she cracked one open & it had a yellow yolk.

 

[nbbt]

When I was a youngster one of my Grandmothers had chickens that laid green eggs, I was amazed but totally bummed out when she cracked one open & it had a yellow yolk.

Kinda like the purple (stringless very tender) beans that turned dark green when cooked. We as kids were not happy with the color change.. But they were very tasty anyway...

 

[Boomer2230]

Do you have some pigs that produce green ham to go with those green eggs ???

Nope, just regular green eggs and ham here.

 

[jakethesnake]

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Sweet cherry harvest, 13.3 tons per acre

How do y’all harvest them things???

 

[hoskvarna]

Got enuff rain to settle the dust [emoji2959]


Sent from Hoskey Hills

 

[jake-e-boy]

What do they bring a ton?

Cause orchards, we measure in pounds lul ‍ While my mates are making $370/ton for garbage, rained on alfalfa, I am hopeful to hit $1.85/lb on sweet cherry. Simple, but confusing math for me, puts that at $3,700/ton. Acreage ain’t what my buds are doing under pivots and wheel lines, that is a for sure.

 

[jake-e-boy]

How do y’all harvest them things???

Lots and lots of people, no mechanical harvester has worked well enough to start in commercial production, sadly. Labor kills us.

 

[ajschainsaws]

Cause orchards, we measure in pounds lul ‍ While my mates are making $370/ton for garbage, rained on alfalfa, I am hopeful to hit $1.85/lb on sweet cherry. Simple, but confusing math for me, puts that at $3,700/ton. Acreage ain’t what my buds are doing under pivots and wheel lines, that is a for sure.

they look good and good luck with this you can’t beat nice sweet cherries

 

[ajschainsaws]

A bit off land clearance this week the the
Chap has owned it for 30 + years
And now wants too get it back too grazing it again
Major job

 

[ajschainsaws]

Got a good swing shovel driver helping
So freaking hot this past week
Using a dolmar 115 and husky 550 MK1
So much bindweed , vines ,briars , nettles etc
I had two days cutting in front so he'll be clearing
What I've cut and burning again when it cools down later this week

 

[BlackGreyhound]

I'm heading out to clear thick woods for fence line right now. Not nearly as bad as what you are doing @ajschainsaws. Temps are finally below 90, so I need to get cracking...

 

[ajschainsaws]

I'm heading out to clear thick woods for fence line right now. Not nearly as bad as what you are doing @ajschainsaws. Temps are finally below 90, so I need to get cracking...

Yes get going while it's cooler if you can cut and keep the the sun off your back it's better

 

[BlackGreyhound]

Yes get going while it's cooler if you can cut and keep the the sun off your back it's better

Here's a little bit of what I was working on. This section didn't have any trees greater than 5" to clear, but there was massive amounts of vines and brush mixed in. It was particularly tricky with the slope. Slow and careful with the tractor. It took almost 2 hrs to clear from the tractor down to the post in this picture. Sorry I didn't get a "before" pictures.

 

[jakethesnake]

Can’t remember if I posted this or didn’t. Last month. We were playing around. Last field