Unbelievable Discovery Unearthed While Planting Our Pasture
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- While I was planting seeds on the new pasture I unearthed this Unbelievable Discovery I can't wait to find out what it is
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Don't know about self sufficiency but its definitely a way to remain depression free for life. Animals, Green vegetation, peaceful environ, small chores and beautiful family. What else can one ask for!
daydreamerindian maybe some cordless tools... just saying🤪 it’s a wonderful life regardless
The small ring is from a wahon axle hub. The long metal piece is a front axle from a wagon. we found a rear axle on our farm. It might be good to reach out to a local metal detecting group to come see if they find anything
In your pasture dig parallel trenches , fill with your stone and gravel then cover with earth. The water will soak away in those trenches and you can plant your seed.
That is an axle from a horse drawn wagon. The ring holds the hub together on the wheel. There should be quite a bit more buried there.
It would be neat to find more of it
Ring looks like the outer band on axle hub of a wooden wheel.
What he said.
I like how you do everything old school you really do give your effort to whatever you do on that farm up and watched a lot of your videos and you really do care about what you're doing makes a difference can you want to feel your land rolling around you as you look out across that like you said you want to look at the layout of land
From where the area of the field collects all the water you have a really good indication of where to put your pond. The ducks would love a pond.
I love finding artifacts. I digging up my driveway and, I've found... 2 horse shoes, a splitting wedge, axe head a crow bar, a handle from a shovel and, some broken metal handles from who knows what.
Thank you! Hoping the weather holds for your pasture. Need to find someone who needs a haybarn cleaned out and toss the old hay over some of those areas.
Meanwhile in Minnesota I've spent hours and hours trying to put water back onto my fields to grow forage. Your curse would be my blessing!
Here in the arrowhead part of MN we keep going between too wet and too dry. Aug 8 thru 24 no rain at all, lots since then, enough to saturate ground and leave puddles. Heavy downpours like Al showed.
Ya, we got nothing for rain in North Central Minnesota this year. My Hugel Culture beds did great but all my other garden beds were crap. My grass didn't even hardly grow this year, I only mowed 3 times the whole season.
It's always interesting when you find things like that iron item because it reminds you that other people were there before you working the ground in the same way. No doubt equally cursing the weather for washing away seed. Could the iron that you found be part of an old chain harrow that was pulled by a tractor?
You should metal detect your field, looks like you will finds lots of stuff there. You do lots of good stuff around the homestead, really enjoy watching your videos.
You see standing water I see a pond site, a good way to water the animals on pasture.
Figaro is so cool. He really likes you as he doesn't bite when you stroked his stomach. When I was young I worked on a small farm for 2 years. One of the fields had the same problems your pasture has. We put in drainage and the problem was solved. You have heavy rainfall so it would help by removing standing water. Just a thought.
You are getting good exercise by walking while seeding. Have a suggestion for a t-shirt. Your are always saying, you're crazy or that's crazy. I bet you could come up with some design using the animals or something. Sending prayers that you will be able to have a green pasture.
That looks like the spice jars I ordered a while ago but haven't been able to use yet. When I get the kitchen in the new cabin, I'll be using them. Oh yes, we are finally back on line (after a month of being off) and have videos up about our new cabin.
Hmm, idea, I'm wondering if where the water is standing, what if you dig deeper, wider and made a pond. Slope your pasture area toward the low area and maybe you'd have a "natural" pond?
I've heard you often mention how muddy that area is many times and it made me think, why fight nature, enhance it and use it to your advantage! Maybe put in a large stock tank to hold the water deep enough then slope your pasture toward it? This all might take an engineering study for a season, but if it worked, your animals would always have their own water source! 😊✌🇨🇱
Or at least a marshy area and better drainage for the rest of the field. You could plant cranberries or rice.
Awesome idea
Teresa Plunkett I see even almost a year ago he never replies to his viewers.
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Make an ice POND
It looked as though you were putting clear diesel in the jerrycan. If it is being used for the tractor only, you can use coloured or purple fuel legally for farm and off-road use.
Save big on the road tax you don’t have to 💰
My dad was a farmer and he once disked up a old ball from a ball and chain you can see where the eyelet was broken off. I took it to work with once to weight it and it weight 25 lbs, it’s a little bigger than a softball. I’ve always wondered who was wearing it at the time of escape and if they was ever caught.
Gonna put in a few more trees for an orchard like peaches and nuts to go with the apples. Maybe a blueberry patch?
Give Olivia a quarter for each rock piled up for her college fund. She is an enterprising young lady! Well, seeing all those rocks, maybe a nickel. LOL
We used to get a penny for every 5 rocks on my grandparent's farm.
Get smart- U would have a great pond- Wonderful- If your area allows one
my small house (housing tract) was built in 1953 on what used to be old farm land. we have found very old bricks and old pieces of rail road ties while digging around the yard. its interesting.
Maybe Gina could go to the assessors office or Library to get old land maps of your land. It would tell you where everything was on the old farm. You could frame it. Figerooooo is a crazy cat!!!!!!🌼🌻🌺🌼🌻🌺🌼🌻🌺🌼🌻🌺🌼🌻🌺🌼🌻🌺🌼🌻🌺🌼🌻🌺🌼🌻🌺🌼🌻🌺🌼🌻
PTL, you found that axel (or whatever it was) before you needed to plow the ground and got thrown out of your seat! Ask around to borrow someone's metal detector to check NOW for more stuff, it'll be harder later once you have orchard trees, or cattle, or market garden, or whatever later on... and you may find some really neat stuff under there like I did (a tractor door, a full box of individually boxed spark plugs, a bag of pennies [about $3 worth], old square nails, LOTS of bolts, nuts and washers, and 2 older tractor toys)! and oh, you didn't tell us your idea for the goat house!
Looks like a good place for a pond
Eric B
You found a true piece of history in that metal carriage part. With that find, you should have your pasture metal detected. You might find more of its past
18:08 LOL! I love the sly smile and glint in her eye!
I know you are limited by the size of your tractor..
Having spent 36 working years running heavy equipment.. I don't think twice about playing with dirt...
Big farms take the time to level their fields...
Helps stop erosion and helps the water soak in..
If funds become available...
Leveling the pasture might make life easier..
With your tractors limitations..
Maybe think about cross raking your pasture. (Raking across the slope and not down the hill)
At the end of each pass
turn back up the slope a little to help stop wash outs....
Should help stop some of the rain from running down the slope washing things out....
Maybe. ?
That's where i might start..
The BEST advice of the bunch! Isn't there a method of making several very shallow ditch-like rows across a field to slow the water and retain it longer so it can soak in rather than run off? Wranglerstar did a video about how he did it. They don't have to be very deep nor close together. I can't remember what the method is called, but it seemed like a good idea depending on how you want to use the field.
Called swales. Good idea!
Mrs. Lewis
Making swales would require a larger machine
Basicaly you would be tertacing the pasture..
They used swales in arizona's lower desert to reclaim land..
Swales might require more effort than to level the whole pasture with a holding berm around 3 sides..
Great day! Great video! Have a blessed week end!
Your place is really coming along. I love all the peacefulness. You have a wonderful family
Keep forgetting to ask what type of dog is Pluto? I also agree with the others that a metal detector would be fascinating on the pasture.
I'm pretty sure Pluto is a Labradoodle.
That's what I was guessing too. Or a Goldendoodle? Pretty dog :)
he's a double doodle
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It’s a shaft for an old cart. ! Clean it up and hang on wall it’s lovely 😊
Dinner and a surprise, what a good guy you are Al.
I wonder if that cat has been abandoned because it must be "fixed" since it is not howling at the top of it's lungs looking for love nor if it is a male, it hasn't beat up Figaro. I hope you find it before the weather turns off cold.
Gina, organization is exciting in my book too. If you have a big lots near you they have fabulous plastic baskets I’m obsessed with them.
Have a fabulous day
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I thought that if you'd keep digging you might find the wagon and even the horses.
Mother nature wants it to be a pond . If you have clay soil on your property, that is a plus . W loved having a pond in our field because it provided drinking water for our animals AND we stocked it with fish (It was a small pond, just had to be deep enough to keep the water at the bottom from freezing) . Having our own fish was a food bonus and we knew that there were no pesticides in the water . It's a win, win situation all around!
Gina you must have very strong genes your little girl looks so much like you She is a little beauty Love your interaction. Love your family
With so many trees gone, there is nothing to drink up the water. I can see you with a new metal detector now. How amazing to find such history. Can't wait for our surprise. Have a Blessed Day!
I have no idea of cost but road cruise use straw snakes to slow water down and redirect water. Spread straw on top just to help hold it. Best of luck good video. Hope you let us know what the mettle thing is.
Looks like a wagon axle to me. The ring could have been from the wheel hub. Figaro has it made. What a life. Figaro don't care. hahaha
Your doing a great job growing big rock!! LOL! NEVER SEEN so many rock in one place WOW!! enjoy watching your channel!! God bless! yummy looking supper!
You could cover your dirt road with woodchips, it won't washout anymore and weeds won't grow on it. It worked for mine.
Try shallow drainage ditches (across the slope) that will hold the water in place. I'd also plant in strips from the top of slope down in narrow strips only planting the next strip after the first has 4-5 inches of growth. It will be slow but less stress and effort. Good luck!
In The days before recycling, scrap was often buried in the pasture. I have some suspicous mounds in my own pasture that I will explore this Spring.
Would be cool to run a metal detector over the new field.
yeah theres lots of history out that way.. never know he could unearth something from the revolutionary war
Was just thinking the same thing myself!
Yep i agree.
I understand how u feel. Me and another build fence and we are about 3 jobs behind because of rain. By the way, looks like u need some fence built. We specialize in farm fence. If you're not too far away I can come there and build you whatever u want.
What a mess the rain has caused in the pasture!! God is teaching you patience so you'll be ready for next years blessings! Gina cracks me up, she's so feisty!
Great suggestion re making a pond where you have standing water. You could also consider putting in some fish, coy, maybe, to keep the mosquitoes away. Excellent suggestion.
Fall rye you took the words out of my mouth....I’m an old farmer.....!
Al, I'm a little bit south of you - near Concord. I checked my weather station and we've gotten 20" of rain at my place since June 1.
Hello from Russia! It is very nice to watch, you are great fellows!👍
Find that spring head dig it out and then make a trench so the water flows in the trench rather than all over the pasture turn that spring head into a live stock continuous water source
Or put a couple of cement pipe rings one on top of the other and an outlet. Pop in a pump and you have water on tap.
Good thought, or you could use gravity and pipe it down to a watering trough self sustaining no electricity needed
Being able to develop a spring is a great asset on a home stead, all kind of possibilities .
DON'T THINK IT IZ A NATURAL SPRING
IT IZ JUST THE LOW SPOTS OF THE LAND
& JUST THE RAIN WATER COLLECTED
THERE. I DO AGREE WITH THE IDEA
THAT IT NEEDZ TO BE TRENCH OUT
AN MADE TO TRAVEL AWAY ELSE
WHERE...
GO BACK & WATCH SUM OF THE
OVERHEAD DRONE SHOTS & PAY
ATTENTION TO THE LAY OF THE LAND...
you may be correct looks like the saw grass is always green and comes to a point and then spreads out below a specific point either way either drain tile or trenched in order for it to dry out and reclaim the land
You're all alone to do the hard work and I understand.You have very beautiful terrain and nice plantable earth.What you need is some sort of thing to drain the water.
Winter rye grows fast and stays through most of the winter, good starter grass. The metal he fond looks like my grandpaws harness for his 2 mules to pull the plow etc....
How awesome it must be to find items from the past! Wow!! Love your videos!
Lumnah Acres, The Spreading Seed Bag is the Best Way to go besides a Spreader to PULL .. A Spreader that you would PUSH Would Suck always getting Hemmed up catching a Rock or something then Tipping Spreader Over Dumping Seed all over the place... Right at 10: 50 10:52 The Rocks behind you would look Real Cool if you pile up some More Large Rocks Right there like on a Stagger...By Staggering them up ... Wow Being back here Watching and seeing you today you have came a Long Way Sir Keep it Up !! Thanks Family !!
my grandmas farm was in a rather wet area . There where ditches around the fields , to drain the water . Used to jump ditches all the time but then again we dont have much insect life do to colder climate.
Going to be a great by starting it with Lumnah Acres.
Looks like the wet area would make a good pond.
In that wet spot on the pasture you could dig out a small pond for your ducks. They would really appreciate that and the muddy problem would be gone.😀
Hello I think what you have found is a buggy axle. The ring you found is for the inner part of a wheel. That thing is somewhat old but a very desirable piece of history.
With all the rain you've been getting I got two words for you: rain barrels
Gina and Olivia ...looking forward to seeing what you two are designing on that piece of wood..
Enjoy the day...
Be cool to recreate the history, use it as a decoration on the edge of your land : ) always cool finding stuff!
Easy to know you are feeding three, as one of eight kids, my mom would never have let me leave so much squash end, even of pigs benefit! My kids say the same about me : ) And I am with Gina, spices are jarred and in alphabetical order! Enjoy the vids, thanks fort taking us along : ) Glad Andy adjusting : )
Hmm. The wet spot may have a spring running under it, Pig wallow?
Dig out a small pond and put the pigs in it to "gley" it. Soon you will have a nice pond. Interesting what you can find in your fields!
Put some french drains through it. you can use some of the smaller rocks in it. the swamp grass will have helped keep the soil from washing away.
Good luck you are getting there.
When I was growing up iwe would sow 10-20 acres with those handheld seeders.
that is a wagon axle
Well you do have a wonderful green patch comming in that is more progress than before
Al, you have mentioned several times about having to mess with your tractor fuel and spilling it because you cannot see when the tank is full. Well, have you looked into the portable gas rolling tank that holds either 15 or 20 gallons of fuel and it has rwo wheels like a 2-wheel package truck? The two options also have a gas nossel and hose that allows you to pump your fuel. There also is a battery powered fuel pump the your can put into your supply tank and press the switch and pump the fuel into the tractor. Just offering you some suggestions.
I'd add cheap seed to area that had "swamp grass" growing as a cover and seed bank for later, carbon. Its easy to grow there
Smart. Your using the off road fuel as opposed to paying road taxes. Every little bit helps. Looks like you found old hardware of an old farm trailer abandoned.
You might try something that Cody, WranglerStar explained in one of his videos that he called "swales." It's very wide shallow ditches across the normal water flow across one of his pastures that slows the flow and holds the water longer so it has more time to soak into the ground. Search for his video about it and see what he's done. It seems like solid idea, though I think his pasture wasn't freshly seeded, it makes sense that slowing/stopping the flow would help keep the seeds from moving as far or as easily. I hope you'll have a look, maybe even check with him on the results he got. It's been a year or two, so he should be able to tell you what it accomplished. I hope that helps. I enjoy what you and Gina and Olivia are doing. You and the other 'steaders have helped me realize that all I've ever really wanted to do is just settle in somewhere away from the cities and tend to my own needs without all the distractions of modern civilization! Let me know how the swales thing goes. I hope that helps with your new pasture!
You can use a mole drainer to drain off the surface water and run the waterto were you want or need it
Better to buy cans of crushed tomatoes instead of paying the extra cost for pasta sauce in jars. Just add in a bit of garlic, onion and oregano and ready to go.
I have ground dried jalapenos. Let's just say breathing in the dust is not pleasant.
Years ago when we lived out in the country our large front yard was always wet like your land ,My husband asked around and found out that he needed to lay a drainage pipe down and cover it. It worked wonders. Then , the last place we lived he had to have someone lay a drainage pipe in the back yard. You may have to do that in the wet parts of your land. Also you need some hay around your goat house. t is too muddy there ,even with stones.
Prolly parts off an ancient Kubota ..... definitely something in the doodad category ~8^) Have a great weekend AL, Gina & Olivia.
At least you have a use for all those rocks in your pasture you can use them where your road has washed out to back fill any gullies
It sure looked like an axle to me as well, and a ring for a wooden wheel of some sort. That darn thing was pretty heavy, huh? Your piggies seem like that they are growing like weeds. Enjoyed your video, and time to go to bed as it 4 a.m. here. Thank you for sharing, and God Bless from Phoenix.
You two are funny, fussing with each other.
Maybe you could use those stones along side the road to help stop the erosion, you have plenty and this would be a good use for them.
Good day to you guys !! Excellent update on the homestead !! 🏡📷👍✝
🇬🇧 In your wet conditions I think hand spreading on foot is lighter on the land than by machine. No big wheel ruts.
A buried plastic drain tile to the creek in your low spot would dry it right up and be pretty easy to do. All the farmers by use put them all over their fields.
...counting blessings.....It did not rain while you had feed in the back of your truck and while unloading. Your pasture will all come together in time. It is looking great!
Pasture finds always show up after rain for us too. We once pulled up an entire iron bed frame including the iron headboard from our pasture. We’ve lived here a bit over 23 years and things still surface after rain! Your new pasture area is looking very nice.
Yes! How nice! You hang in there! Hi Moose! Andy is a riot! What type of rooster is he?
You need to put in a few French Drains...you have the rocks...dig the trenches...fill with rocks.....back fill with dirt...especially
good in your areas that have the standing water...can be used to help drain water from drive way
It was good seeing you all. That field will be hard work, but it will be nice pasture. It opened the place up.you are good people. Gina has a beautiful smile. Olivia is a cutie. You Al are becoming more handsome. Love to you all.
I have seen Facebook posts about solar lights burning buildings down due to battery overheating from overcharging. It may just be certain brands (cheap ones?) but you should research the ones you have and I think it would be a good idea to mount those on its own pole or non combustible material to be on safe side. Love what you’re doing with homestead by the way.
Nice one again Al! Thank you.
Good video as always. Keep up the good work.
You should order a rock bucket for your kabota it will be a big help in keeping up with the rocks.
Pluto is such a cute dog! Figaro is a snuggle bunny! Our rain here in NW New York is like yours.. a deluge or dry.
You need to look at the RUclips’s over at edible acres. Use swales to your advantage. Hold your water and soil between the swales. Keep your soil from washing away.
looks like the swampy area may be a good place for a pond build up. Hang in there it will come. This may be a blessing in advance. God is showing you the problem areas first before you establish the field. You got this.
Thanks. That is a good point
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Way too much rain this summer,yup, it just made me come back inside again.
I was hoping for a Dino bone lol, but I'm sure you will find a use for that heavy thing 😊
Nature is certainly variable. Not always just right, eh? Your channel is entertaining. Been catching up on your videos to see the back stories.