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Last August through November, 2018, I had a large barn taken down. When they left, in November, all that was left for them to do was the final clean-up & grading. It was too muddy last fall & this spring was so rainy, 30”+, that the area was still too muddy. The rain finally stopped & the area is dry. I spoke with the boss & they will be coming out to finish it up. There are a lot of large stones that they will set aside for me as I have some projects in mind.

My neighbor came over this morning, 08/26/2019, to start the final clean up & grading of the old barn site. The plan was to use a rototiller. After looking over the area, he decided it would be better to start with a chisel plow as the area was very rough. The amount of debris that the plow dug up was amazing & disappointing. I thought the original company would do a lot better then they did with the clean-up.

Some of the rocks that were uncovered were so large they had to get a back hoe to pick them up & move them.

It started to sprinkle when they started to rototill keeping the dust down. The area looks really god but there are still rocks & other stuff to pick up before they come in with a drag to level it off. It’s supposed to rain the rest of today & all day tomorrow so it will be a few days before it is dry enough to get out & pick up the remaining debris & run the drag. Then, it’s on to the seeding.

I spent about 4 ½ hours picking up rocks & other stuff & hauling it to the rip rap pile. I confirmed something I already knew. I’m smart enough to know I’m too damned old to be doing this stuff but not smart enough to stop doing it. I’ve always had a pedal-to-the-metal mentality & I think it’s time to slow down. I’ve been paying the price for my folly today.

After the final dragging work is done, I will have the area seeded as soon as possible. I will build the shooting range & have a new barn built, hopefully before this winter.

What the area looked like before starting the chisel plowing.
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The chisel plow.
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The back hoe.
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The rototiller.
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After rototilling.
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The last 4 are of the rocks & debris that we picked up.
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Good job. G-hogs will make home in them rocks. Lol
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OLE RASPY wrote: August 27th, 2019, 6:07 pm Good job. G-hogs will make home in them rocks. Lol
There's a big pile of concrete, rocks, & other such stuff there. I just added to the pile.
And yes, it has been groundhog central in the past but only 1 this year. Don't know
where they've gotten to.
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MMMMMMMM .. what did you expect .. been there and done that way so many times :banghead:
You have a great neighbor :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
And ya' got no more shootin' at the critters, but let me know, cause my MI buddy has em' thinned downed there also to about extinction, but I still I may be able to git' a few and transplant em' fom there fer' ya' :LMAO: :LMAO: :stir:


Oh, I forget's to say, " LOOKIN GOOD" :thumbup: :cheers: :D

Now ya' don't have to plant "NAVY GRASS" ;)
ever wonder where the white goes when the snow melts??
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IF I NEVER PICK UP ANOTHER ROCK, IT WILL BE TOO SOON!!!!!!

I had planned to finish cleaning up the barn area today but, after mowing the yard yesterday afternoon,
I checked the area & it was dry enough to play “Pick-up-Rocks.” It’s a good thing I did as they came over
with the drag, which is basically a harrow, when I was about ½ ways done.

I was really surprised at how many more rocks were out there after all we had picked up Monday, 6 more
big loads. I sure am glad I got the dump bed when I bought my Polaris. It has more than paid for itself.
There are still some small rocks but, from what I have been told, the earth pulverizer that the landscape
people use should take care of them. The only thing left to have done is sowing the seed & strawing it,
hopefully next week.
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It DOESN'T matter how many rocks you pick .... There is a china-man Pushing them up from the Other Side! :violent1:
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gblrsrst wrote: August 29th, 2019, 9:37 am It DOESN'T matter how many rocks you pick .... There is a china-man Pushing them up from the Other Side! :violent1:
TRUE DAT!!!! The section on the west side of the property had been under tillage. The
squared off the property which included that section. When I 1st moved in, I spent a day
picking up rocks & got them all. The next day, there were that many more out there!!!!
I think I wore that old boy out as there have been no mo rocks in that area since I picked
up the last bunch.
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RON!!!! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!! YOU P.O.ed THAT LITTLE FELLER THAT LIVE BELOW ME!!!!
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How many beers it take to get this done????
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OLE RASPY wrote: August 29th, 2019, 6:08 pm How many beers it take to get this done????
Actually, only a couple & only after we were done for the day.
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HunterGKS wrote: August 29th, 2019, 6:12 pm
OLE RASPY wrote: August 29th, 2019, 6:08 pm How many beers it take to get this done????
Actually, only a couple & only after we were done for the day.
Lol. 10-4
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