its good to have some wild patches and more trees planted. its great for wild animals/butterflies, something we dont have much of now'a'days. id love to see you planting some more trees (well planned and put in thoughful spots) or even a wild nature corner at the edge of your farm parhaps. keep up the good work.
Nathan, as an English gardener, in my experience if you have an area where two slopes of land meet at the lowest point, unless you live in Arizona, it's going to be wet. Especially when your neighbour's drains are pointing his water at you. You can try draining it, then in a couple of years you'll be fixing the drains, then again a year after that, and then you'll have the added hazard of not being able to drive over a drain. It's a bog. Put in some bog plants and let nature look after it. If you need to put a barrier between you and the neighbour's land, you could plait willow cuttings and pretty soon you'll have a growing fence. Plant rushes, teasels, and reeds. Bulbs like Iris will flourish in the slightly drier areas. Lots of wildflowers will tolerate wetter soil. After a while you won't have to do much except watch the dragonflies, frogs, and birds. And it will make a nice entrance to the property.
I have used and owned Harbor Freight tools for more than 35 years. Some things are great, some are not. You are right though about quality tools, they will last a few lifetimes. Thanks for the Video. This makes my day a lot more enjoyable.
That Flail sure is a nice peace of equipment. The French drain will certainly help strongly recommend using a tripod transit to shoot grade in your trenches. With the slope of the ground it will be quite a challenge knowing if your trench is uphill or downhill.
Looking good Nathan and with the help of a couple friends Like Mike and Evan you'll look a little better too. Thanks for sharing with us and good luck getting rid of that bogg. Fred.
I loved watching that pole-picker go to work!---It's great to have ready resources to rely on when encountering new situations, means not having to know everything!---Does Bruno enjoy watching you work, at whatever you happen to have on your daily plan?
Got an idea! Nathan, seeing how wet that area near your property line is. Why not dig it out (or have someone do it) and make a small pond? Stock it with fish, then you and Bruno could have a great time & fun!
I'm thinking you need Mike Morgan to come down so he can learn how to use his new Woodmizer AND teach you the fine art of moving dirt. Sounds like a plan!!😁
i normally love watching your videos but this one touched a nerve for me. I felt compelled to say that that small wet area is not “wasted space”. Places like that provide valuable wildlife habitat, ground water recharge areas and places where future timber can be grown. I understand the human nature to try and control every square inch of our land (the stuff is expensive and we want it to work for us). We just have to realize that wha
Hi Nathan, great video, Mike Morgan will not give you bad advice, completely agree with you on tools, almost all of mine are German or Czech, brilliant quality and won’t let you down.
Getting those weeds and grass chopped down and opening it up is gonna dry it out a good bit. Also, just making that ditch that's there deeper and, just a foot wider would add to the drying up effect too. That might fix it right up.
Hi Nathan! Watching you today reminds me of all the garden chores I've been putting off, that I'll have to get on to after Easter. I have a row of Buddleias that I've let grow to about 12 or 14 feet that I need to drastically tame. Chopping vegetation small enough that my local refuse centre will take it for composting is a harder job than actually cutting it down in the first place, but I've bought a new machine to chew it up - here's hoping it works well. Around my part of the world (Southern England) one of the names for a stream is 'bourne', related to the Scottish 'burn', and ones that only flow when it's wet, mainly in the Winter, are often called 'winterbournes'. A few villages are called 'Winterbourne X' or 'Winterbourne Y' after families (or monasteries, etc.) who owned them from around 750 years ago.
Hmm, do you live near Salisbury - where I grew up? I had several schoolfriends who lived in the Winterbournes, and my father worked at Porton so I know the area quite well. Some of Nathan's aerial views remind me of the area - not the vast expanses of trees but the rolling hills and small fields divided by hedges look quite a lot like Southern England.
@@carolineb3527 Hi Caroline. I live just a little further east, in Eastleigh - close enough that I've previously applied for jobs in Salisbury and one at Porton! I've visited Salisbury and the area many times, as well as passing through it on the way to Devon. I agree the scenery is somewhat similar.
I am sure the metal rod fencing is cheaper to install and move if needed but being that you are a good ole sawmill fellow put some nice wooden post up and pull some barbed wire . You will have some labor and time but I imagine you could find some wood and build a fence that would be the best lookin fence on the hill . Always enjoy your videos and speaking of your cat I must tell you about ours . My brother rescued Bubbi as a kitten . He had been bitten by a copperhead and had infection that almost killed him . Bubbi ended up loosing his site and is totally blind . When my brother walks in his house after work Bubbi crawls up on the back of his neck and can't be pursuaded to move from the person , my brother , who is his protector and loving companion .
The people that say your tractors are so clean you must not work them are the ones that don't take care of their stuff and its always dirty or broken. Washing the tractors keeping them clean just shows how well taken care of they are. It also helps to find and fix something that might have broke when the tractor is clean. If you get an oil leak you'll be able to see where it's coming from. When I see clean tractors I think that the owner must be taking very good care of them, not they don't get used cause they're clean.
Flail mower versus Lane shark? Which one would you recommend buying first? I am currently in the market and looking at both. I think I would use the Flail Mower more often but the lane shark would do one of the most annoying jobs ever which is, clearing overhanging trail limbs and briars. Also, are you pleased with the reliability of your Titan flail mower?
You could dig out the wet area to create a pond area that could double as a livestock water source if thats the direction your thinking of going. If not the French drain sounds best.
One suggestion: put a concrete bridge abutment on the upstream side of that culvert. It looks like it is already eroding. Or maybe someone took the corner too tight and crumbled the pavement. Putting a concrete "collar" around the upstream side would stabilize it and give a "boundary" so folks won't fall off into the creek.
The idea of the French Drain in the bottom is a good idea, I think. You might look into renting a smaller excavator, not a miniex, one a little bigger rhater than using your tractor and backhoe attachment. I think you would be better off with this than a skidsteer. That way you can dig whatever amount needed to get the water over to the drainage ditch,. If it ain't got water running in it all of the time from a spring or some other feed it ain't a stream or a creek, it's a ditch. LOL!! And maybe you have some larger sized stone somewhere around the property or maybe the neighbors. That would help build up a base, cover them with the fabric you use for the French drain and then cover that with the dirt too. I've seen a lot of variations to this sort of work through 40+ years and I believe I've given you some good advise. Oh! I don't think renting an excavator would be much more, if any, than a skidsteer. Good Luck Nathan, I look forward to seeing what you do with this.
Cool video, Nathan... BUT< I was selfishly thinking I was gonna watch you snatch that bush out of the ground with a couple of strong straps tied to the forks on the TYM tractor. The front brush hog was just as fun!!!
Track skid steer definitely a must. Hard to tell from the video but shouldn’t be to tough to reshape to push the water to your culvert. Maybe a load or 3 of dirt to make it happen. Definitely beats installing and maintaining a French drain
A hand held brush cutter with a carbide tip blade on it would cut all of that down and you wouldn’t need all of that other equipment plus no ruts made.
One thing I have learned about these wet weather washes is they don't have a bottom. I prefer the cheap method if you have time. Mow it down close and wait to see how ìt looks. If it looks and feels dryer use your backhoe to put a shallow ditch down the middle. You can monitor flow and fix any problems. If this doesn't work then throw some more money at it. Just don't put dirt on top of it as it is, it will never tighten up.
@@OutoftheWoods0623 You are not asking for permission. You are just trying to follow the law. For example, you can not cut down trees within 67 feet of a stream/river to prevent erosion and it helps to cool the water for any fish living there.
Why not dig it out for a water hole for the cattle or goats etc. It’ll save you using your own water. Once boggy, always boggy. Unless you can drain that water away which obviously depends on water table heights. Good luck fella.
Well, as I see it there's no other option. You're just going to have to buy a tracked skid steer to dig that drain. P.s Feel free to use this as evidence to convince the wife
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Loved that tree puller at the end. That looked super handy! Great video!
Thanks 👍
You need one of those Evan!
Nathan as I this video I felt a comfortable, peaceful and calming feeling while watching your video. Peace to you my brother.
its good to have some wild patches and more trees planted. its great for wild animals/butterflies, something we dont have much of now'a'days. id love to see you planting some more trees (well planned and put in thoughful spots) or even a wild nature corner at the edge of your farm parhaps. keep up the good work.
Nathan, as an English gardener, in my experience if you have an area where two slopes of land meet at the lowest point, unless you live in Arizona, it's going to be wet. Especially when your neighbour's drains are pointing his water at you. You can try draining it, then in a couple of years you'll be fixing the drains, then again a year after that, and then you'll have the added hazard of not being able to drive over a drain. It's a bog. Put in some bog plants and let nature look after it. If you need to put a barrier between you and the neighbour's land, you could plait willow cuttings and pretty soon you'll have a growing fence. Plant rushes, teasels, and reeds. Bulbs like Iris will flourish in the slightly drier areas. Lots of wildflowers will tolerate wetter soil. After a while you won't have to do much except watch the dragonflies, frogs, and birds. And it will make a nice entrance to the property.
I think you would just call that common sense! no?
Made pretty quick work of that project. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
Like my grandfather always said, " I'm is too poor to buy cheap tools.
I have used and owned Harbor Freight tools for more than 35 years. Some things are great, some are not. You are right though about quality tools, they will last a few lifetimes. Thanks for the Video. This makes my day a lot more enjoyable.
I think Mike gave you the best advice. He did it on his property several times and it turned out great!
thanks for watching
I have watched Mike and Evan for years so you got good advice.
That Flail sure is a nice peace of equipment. The French drain will certainly help strongly recommend using a tripod transit to shoot grade in your trenches. With the slope of the ground it will be quite a challenge knowing if your trench is uphill or downhill.
It sure is beautiful where you live.👍💓
Yes, thank you
Great day on the property, thanks, RB, Nova Scotia.
You bet
Man ,that is beautiful country.
You plucking that cedar out of the ground was more satisfying than those ingrown hair videos.
I think so too!
Nathan I really loved that flail mower and that tree puller. It worked so well. Cool video. Thanks 👍❤️
That was pretty cool
thanks for watching
I sure could use your JD track machine here
You might be pleasantly surprised at how well that starts drying up by just cutting that brush. Fingers crossed.
Looking good Nathan and with the help of a couple friends Like Mike and Evan you'll look a little better too. Thanks for sharing with us and good luck getting rid of that bogg. Fred.
hello nathan its is randy and i like yours video is cool nathan thanks friends randy
I loved watching that pole-picker go to work!---It's great to have ready resources to rely on when encountering new situations, means not having to know everything!---Does Bruno enjoy watching you work, at whatever you happen to have on your daily plan?
Got an idea! Nathan, seeing how wet that area near your property line is. Why not dig it out (or have someone do it) and make a small pond? Stock it with fish, then you and Bruno could have a great time & fun!
I'm thinking you need Mike Morgan to come down so he can learn how to use his new Woodmizer AND teach you the fine art of moving dirt. Sounds like a plan!!😁
French drain is your best choice. I live on a lake and had a super wet area and the French drains did the trick.
thanks for watching
It's always nice to have good tools.
You got that right!
Enjoy your videos and really like the drone footage.
jack
Good Job with the flair mower.
thanks for watching
Sounds like a good place for a Rain Garden
Keep that love for Mother-nature alive.
smart move to pull them ceader trees out , might not grow back . i do in joy watching your vids thank you for taking the time to make them.
i normally love watching your videos but this one touched a nerve for me. I felt compelled to say that that small wet area is not “wasted space”. Places like that provide valuable wildlife habitat, ground water recharge areas and places where future timber can be grown. I understand the human nature to try and control every square inch of our land (the stuff is expensive and we want it to work for us). We just have to realize that wha
Hi Nathan, great video, Mike Morgan will not give you bad advice, completely agree with you on tools, almost all of mine are German or Czech, brilliant quality and won’t let you down.
Very true!
You do a great job keeping you place up and looking nice.
Thank you!
My goodness those suspenders are beautiful!
@@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans haha!
@@OutdoorsWithTheMorgans Lawd have mercy
Getting those weeds and grass chopped down and opening it up is gonna dry it out a good bit. Also, just making that ditch that's there deeper and, just a foot wider would add to the drying up effect too. That might fix it right up.
Love those Mountains Nathan
So nice to have the equipment to get the job done ... from the tractor seat.
It sure is!
Hi Nathan! Watching you today reminds me of all the garden chores I've been putting off, that I'll have to get on to after Easter. I have a row of Buddleias that I've let grow to about 12 or 14 feet that I need to drastically tame. Chopping vegetation small enough that my local refuse centre will take it for composting is a harder job than actually cutting it down in the first place, but I've bought a new machine to chew it up - here's hoping it works well.
Around my part of the world (Southern England) one of the names for a stream is 'bourne', related to the Scottish 'burn', and ones that only flow when it's wet, mainly in the Winter, are often called 'winterbournes'. A few villages are called 'Winterbourne X' or 'Winterbourne Y' after families (or monasteries, etc.) who owned them from around 750 years ago.
Hmm, do you live near Salisbury - where I grew up? I had several schoolfriends who lived in the Winterbournes, and my father worked at Porton so I know the area quite well. Some of Nathan's aerial views remind me of the area - not the vast expanses of trees but the rolling hills and small fields divided by hedges look quite a lot like Southern England.
@@carolineb3527 Hi Caroline. I live just a little further east, in Eastleigh - close enough that I've previously applied for jobs in Salisbury and one at Porton! I've visited Salisbury and the area many times, as well as passing through it on the way to Devon. I agree the scenery is somewhat similar.
Good place for a pond
I’m sure any advice from Mike Morgan is sound advice
Good job with the swap be great when it’s drained 👍👍
thanks for watching
Good spot for a small pond
Getting that vegetation off will probably let the sun do it’s job and dry that swag up.
I am sure the metal rod fencing is cheaper to install and move if needed but being that you are a good ole sawmill fellow put some nice wooden post up and pull some barbed wire . You will have some labor and time but I imagine you could find some wood and build a fence that would be the best lookin fence on the hill . Always enjoy your videos and speaking of your cat I must tell you about ours . My brother rescued Bubbi as a kitten . He had been bitten by a copperhead and had infection that almost killed him . Bubbi ended up loosing his site and is totally blind . When my brother walks in his house after work Bubbi crawls up on the back of his neck and can't be pursuaded to move from the person , my brother , who is his protector and loving companion .
The people that say your tractors are so clean you must not work them are the ones that don't take care of their stuff and its always dirty or broken. Washing the tractors keeping them clean just shows how well taken care of they are. It also helps to find and fix something that might have broke when the tractor is clean. If you get an oil leak you'll be able to see where it's coming from. When I see clean tractors I think that the owner must be taking very good care of them, not they don't get used cause they're clean.
Agreed
Looks like a good wet spot for a nice farm pond ? 👍🎯✌🤠
thanks for watching
That is a very satisfying video…
Might want to use your boggy bottom for a small pond(water source for cows). Add a small dam for retention with the creek catching the overflow.
Apart from barbed wire, that piece of property looked perfect.
thanks for watching
nice job Nathan...yep,,,Mike knows how to fix them...i would love to have a small skid steer..they are handy..
You can wait until you get a dry spell to work on that area, it’ll be a lot less fighting soft ground. We call this time of year mud season!
thanks for watching
Fishing pond!! Ok, maybe not a better solution, but more fun.
agreed 😂😂👍
Flail mower versus Lane shark? Which one would you recommend buying first? I am currently in the market and looking at both. I think I would use the Flail Mower more often but the lane shark would do one of the most annoying jobs ever which is, clearing overhanging trail limbs and briars. Also, are you pleased with the reliability of your Titan flail mower?
When I was in the Coast Guard working the Mississippi, we'd use a Stihl brush hog for a job like that 😉
You could dig out the wet area to create a pond area that could double as a livestock water source if thats the direction your thinking of going. If not the French drain sounds best.
Like it
Especially if it is holding water, sounds like it has some kind of clsy base already.
One suggestion: put a concrete bridge abutment on the upstream side of that culvert. It looks like it is already eroding. Or maybe someone took the corner too tight and crumbled the pavement. Putting a concrete "collar" around the upstream side would stabilize it and give a "boundary" so folks won't fall off into the creek.
Man, if your R4's made ruts.... my R1's are going to make ditches! 😂
True 😂
😊👍👍should of just pulled the tree to start with lol 😅😅😅😂😂😂
I think the flail mower dose a better job 🤔 😉 😊
Thanks 👍
Much as I love cool new tools, chainsaws will always be the coolest
Dig it out and make it a small pond.
The idea of the French Drain in the bottom is a good idea, I think. You might look into renting a smaller excavator, not a miniex, one a little bigger rhater than using your tractor and backhoe attachment. I think you would be better off with this than a skidsteer. That way you can dig whatever amount needed to get the water over to the drainage ditch,. If it ain't got water running in it all of the time from a spring or some other feed it ain't a stream or a creek, it's a ditch. LOL!! And maybe you have some larger sized stone somewhere around the property or maybe the neighbors. That would help build up a base, cover them with the fabric you use for the French drain and then cover that with the dirt too. I've seen a lot of variations to this sort of work through 40+ years and I believe I've given you some good advise. Oh! I don't think renting an excavator would be much more, if any, than a skidsteer. Good Luck Nathan, I look forward to seeing what you do with this.
Cool video, Nathan... BUT< I was selfishly thinking I was gonna watch you snatch that bush out of the ground with a couple of strong straps tied to the forks on the TYM tractor. The front brush hog was just as fun!!!
Like the French Drain idea BUT it will have to be engineered correctly.
Nathan, you have all the toys a man could want. I envy you your acerage and the things you have on it to play with!!!
thanks for watching
Nathan, I miss TN w/ every video!
Just so ya know...
My memories say running, or removing, wire fencing is a miserable day's work.
Funny how the mess has to look worse before it looks better? I can see how much better it will look when done!
Corona razor hand saw, loppers, and hand clippers,make fast work of branches.
Forget a French Drain....turn it into a smart small farm pond. Get State credit.
Track skid steer definitely a must. Hard to tell from the video but shouldn’t be to tough to reshape to push the water to your culvert. Maybe a load or 3 of dirt to make it happen. Definitely beats installing and maintaining a French drain
A hand held brush cutter with a carbide tip blade on it would cut all of that down and you wouldn’t need all of that other equipment plus no ruts made.
Plant a weeping willow in the middle of that wet spot and it will be 20' tall in a few years.
MM77 Approved 👍🏼👍🏼
Once you get it cleared it will dry up in a week keeping it short helps big time
A French drain is your best option, it's hard to tell with out seeing more but a t off the French drain to re direct the water should do it.
One thing I have learned about these wet weather washes is they don't have a bottom. I prefer the cheap method if you have time. Mow it down close and wait to see how ìt looks. If it looks and feels dryer use your backhoe to put a shallow ditch down the middle. You can monitor flow and fix any problems. If this doesn't work then throw some more money at it. Just don't put dirt on top of it as it is, it will never tighten up.
The tree huggers are flipping out…lol
How about build yourself a pond full of Bass. Then you and you son can go fishing !
HF has good floor jacks. Same as Snap-on for a third of the price. Sometimes you're paying for a name.
Drainage tile is a good idea, if the wet area is wider than 20’ put in two runs of tile
Wonder if you dug a pond there if it would keep water year round. Guess you want it to be useful land though. French drains would be the better option
Hi Nathan, Instead of fixing up a small wet patch why don't you dig out a tornado shelter? Assuming you don't already have one.
Have you ever tried a brush saw with a mulching blade .
You could flatten that little spot in 1/2 hour . Just a little more work than the tractors .
french drain and make it your burn pile site? the charcoal and pot ash might make it drain better/cleaner in the end.
You need a Ventrac with the trencher and Toughcut.
thanks for watching
A tile drain system might work as well for you. I am not sure which would be better in your application.
You might consider putting rip rap around the ends of that culvert to support the edge of the road
In Kansas it is called a drainage ditch.
When cutting down brush near a stream /creek, check with your state officials. There may be regulations on how close you can cut brush near a stream.
I appreciate the comment but I don’t ask government officials for permission to do anything. Already too many regulations in this world.
@@OutoftheWoods0623 Amen!
@@OutoftheWoods0623 You are not asking for permission. You are just trying to follow the law. For example, you can not cut down trees within 67 feet of a stream/river to prevent erosion and it helps to cool the water for any fish living there.
Nathan, what music was that in the outtro?
dig it out make a pond!
How is that plumed to your tym ? I have a 474 and have been interested but around here they know how to plumb a green and orange tractor.
Why aren’t you make a smal triangle shaped pond off that wet area? Dig it out 4-6 feet
Hey Nathan, do you find that 574 leaves Rutts when mowing? I'm thinking about buying one and I'm wondering if it's too big for regular mowing.
it does not,
There's a channel called IDigit4 that uses those mulchers I mentioned. Pretty cool machines.
French Drain Man on YT might be educational for you
thanks for watching
Why not dig it out for a water hole for the cattle or goats etc. It’ll save you using your own water. Once boggy, always boggy. Unless you can drain that water away which obviously depends on water table heights. Good luck fella.
Well, as I see it there's no other option. You're just going to have to buy a tracked skid steer to dig that drain.
P.s Feel free to use this as evidence to convince the wife
I hope you name the LaneShark "Lois".
Channel Lock is Primo. Don’t use their brand interchangeably.
A dry creek means its a wet weather creek 😂