BilletHead Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 39 minutes ago, Deadstream said: That notwithstanding, Do you drill holes in the mineral buckets for drainage? The big black cattle ones? They are a two tub system. One site inside the other. Bottom is a reservoir to hold water. There is a piece of four inch pipe in the lower that connects to the top one. Top one full of dirt and the pipe into bottom too. Fill pipe from top into the bottom. I fill t that way. One small hole in bottom tub at level where to top one goes in. That is overflow. I think I may of done a set of pictures when I built some back a year or two. I got the idea on a video where you use two five gallon buckets. I did some tweaking and mega sized it. I also cut sections of the four inch pipe to put in the bottom to act as a stop so tube will not go so deep to stick together. Fantastic system for saving water, plants will not drown from too much water and since I have rocky ground raised garden is a must. I will do a better step by step if I make a few more next season. ness 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
BilletHead Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, jdmidwest said: You know, when skeered, they spray diarehea on their attackers. Good thing she ducked that one. I love conibears, but they have too many pet side kills. Have to be selective to use them around some of my property. Of all the dillow encounters never had that happen once. The 120s and 160s are small. A cat maybe I know a few guys do set the 160s for coon in trails. These are legal on land sets where the 220s have to be elevated in barns or that size or the 330s underwater. A neighbor has a beaver problem In their ponds. Asked me if I could help. got the local GW a friend come out and get me going. Left me some 330s. Those literally scare the crap out of me. I have heard too many horror stories about those. Got some set. Spooky I tell you. Was a pair of young males. I got one and the other left. Thought I did good but this spring one came back. Will deal with him in cooler weather. "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Fish24/7 Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 Those four legged humpback roooters love a freshly transplanted and watered tomato hole. So easy to dig up, all the way down to the bottom of the hole. It was getting dark last night and I didn't put thick mulch or big gravel over the planting site, and he wrecked it. Woke up to 2 big ol fresh dug holes and tomato roots exposed.
BilletHead Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 18 minutes ago, Fish24/7 said: Those four legged humpback roooters love a freshly transplanted and watered tomato hole. So easy to dig up, all the way down to the bottom of the hole. It was getting dark last night and I didn't put thick mulch or big gravel over the planting site, and he wrecked it. Woke up to 2 big ol fresh dug holes and tomato roots exposed. Another place raised beds shine. Even in the short sided ones never had an armadillo get in them. Squirrel does minimal damage digging. I welcome those to our yard. I invite them to dinner. Johnsfolly and Fish24/7 2 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Fish24/7 Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 Just now, BilletHead said: Another place raised beds shine. Even in the short sided ones never had an armadillo get in them. Squirrel does minimal damage digging. I welcome those to our yard. I invite them to dinner. We have 5 outside cats, there are no squirrels to have for dinner here unfortunately. 😄 I like squirrel meat, "squeat"as I call it, but won't eat them this time of year, no way. Lice ,fleas,ticks,worms,mites,yuk. Rather not take the chance and wait till Fall and Winter and hunt public land that's nearby. I just couldn't shoot a squirrel if she had babies this time of year either. But man do I love fried squirrel with pan drippings gravy,mmmm mmmm! Was gifted a Belgium Browning 22 from my late Grandfather, it's harvested hundreds and hundreds of tree rats over the years. Deadstream and Johnsfolly 2
BilletHead Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 53 minutes ago, Fish24/7 said: We have 5 outside cats, there are no squirrels to have for dinner here unfortunately. 😄 I like squirrel meat, "squeat"as I call it, but won't eat them this time of year, no way. Lice ,fleas,ticks,worms,mites,yuk. Rather not take the chance and wait till Fall and Winter and hunt public land that's nearby. I just couldn't shoot a squirrel if she had babies this time of year either. But man do I love fried squirrel with pan drippings gravy,mmmm mmmm! Was gifted a Belgium Browning 22 from my late Grandfather, it's harvested hundreds and hundreds of tree rats over the years. No issues with anything but a tick or two on them this time of the year. They eat just as good as other times of the year. Took out six in three days. I have a shop that is cool. When one is dead go straight to shop to clean. Sit in a chair doing it. PCP Air rifle. Silent and quick humane kill. All in the noggin. Meet Popeye. He went down yesterday. "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Flysmallie Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 3 hours ago, BilletHead said: Another place raised beds shine. Even in the short sided ones never had an armadillo get in them. So a couple of weeks ago my wife came home and was so proud of herself. She had bought some tomato and pepper plants from some patient of hers. Did you guys know that I have a garden? You know why you didn't know? It's because I don't/didn't have a garden. So even though I have little hope for her new thing I set her up a raised bed. Bought enough dirt to fill that f'er up and planted her plants. Of course the black panther that lives in the back yard thinks it's an awesome place to lay. I wish my only pests were armadillos and squirrels. Charli Suzi keeps them at bay but does plenty damage on her own. BilletHead, Terrierman, MOPanfisher and 1 other 2 2
jdmidwest Posted June 19, 2020 Author Posted June 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Flysmallie said: So a couple of weeks ago my wife came home and was so proud of herself. She had bought some tomato and pepper plants from some patient of hers. Did you guys know that I have a garden? You know why you didn't know? It's because I don't/didn't have a garden. So even though I have little hope for her new thing I set her up a raised bed. Bought enough dirt to fill that f'er up and planted her plants. Of course the black panther that lives in the back yard thinks it's an awesome place to lay. I wish my only pests were armadillos and squirrels. Charli Suzi keeps them at bay but does plenty damage on her own. Gardening has become more popular during these challenging times. Its a Novel approach to feeding one self. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Fish24/7 Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 Our Panthers though the raised bed was a giant litter box, I stopped that 💩 real quick by placing large flat rocks around the plants and in between them. Nowhere to dig and squat now.😊
Deadstream Posted June 19, 2020 Posted June 19, 2020 6 hours ago, BilletHead said: Popeye. Dang. Thats just mean.
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