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Pics of the farm

RobinFarmandRanch

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This is what happens when soybean are stunted by drought, then flooded by torrential downpours.

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New dog in my roping arena grass. Told ya it was high. A month ago i was roping in it.

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Corriente Bull

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Corriente Heifer

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Yearling Philly

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Ol Lucky. 17 year old heeling horse. hes retired now. Ive won close to 40000 dollars on him. 3 saddles. Young girl used him the last 4 years in little britches and made it to finals all 4 years and won the all around cowgirl for LA on him in trails.

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burnt

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Wow, it looks like that rain made stuff grow!! And let me guess - from the look of your landscape, somebody would have to explain to you what a hill is?? :wink:
 

per

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Burnt that reminds me of some people that came to visit here from the DR a couple of July's ago. They were disappointed that there was no snow because they wanted to go tobogganing. I said no problem and took them to a real hill and used an old car hood that I pull salt etc on. 4 of them got on this thing and we sent them flying down the grass. Probably not a good idea but they loved it and drug it back up for another run. Would have been too cold for them in the winter anyway.

Sorry for the hijack. Do the levees take much maintenance?
 

RobinFarmandRanch

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burnt said:
Wow. Kinda tough to ski then!! Oh, do I have to tell you what snow looks like too? :lol: :lol:

Nahh we water skit all the way up until around this time of year and start in march. We actually had a snow storm last winter. Since we dont have hills we had to improvise or as we like to call it " coonass ingenuity"

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Per, the levees dont take much maintence. in order to grow rice the land must be completely level. We use the levees to adjust the height of the water in the ponds. some ponds need more water while some dont. They arent that hard to build either.
 

mrj

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Lucky is a very pretty horse......and I hope his name lives up to its meaning for a young stud horse I know with the same name, and his owner, who is starting to use him as a roping horse. Not sure if it's calf roping, or heeling.

Good looking filly, too, and both horses in a pretty, green setting. I envy your long growing season, living in one where both snow and last freeze in spring can happen up to mid-June and first frost in 'fall' can come in late Aug., tho this year it didn't happen at my house until the second week of Oct. when we also got our first snow. Never accumulated more than an inch or so, fortunately.

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RobinFarmandRanch

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mrj said:
Lucky is a very pretty horse......and I hope his name lives up to its meaning for a young stud horse I know with the same name, and his owner, who is starting to use him as a roping horse. Not sure if it's calf roping, or heeling.

Good looking filly, too, and both horses in a pretty, green setting. I envy your long growing season, living in one where both snow and last freeze in spring can happen up to mid-June and first frost in 'fall' can come in late Aug., tho this year it didn't happen at my house until the second week of Oct. when we also got our first snow. Never accumulated more than an inch or so, fortunately.

mrj

Thanks, hes a big baby. Thats him in all his glory right there. Actually all the summer grass should start dying off with the first frost sometime next month. After that the winter grass will starting growing and ill have some green grass for the winter. We still have to feed alot of hay because the winter grass isnt that nutritious.

Jersey, I thought about that but ive got 300 square bales and 150 round bales in the barn. Im tired of baling hay.
 

RobinFarmandRanch

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gcreekrch said:
That's a days baling and you're tired? :p

Yall dont have to bale and stack in 102 degree weather with 95% humidity. You ever drank an entire case of water, powerade, and sunkist in one day???? Takes about 10 minutes to soak a shirt with sweat, about an hour to be completely soaked then around 2 hours for you to go put on a new set of clothes so you dont get (what we like to call) "swamp a$$" :shock: Thats why i am tired of baling hay.
 

RobinFarmandRanch

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the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
Wish we had that problem..... :cry:

If your in the piney woods then id understand. If you are anywhere around beaumont, whinnie , or that area, that bermuda was looking good on my way to san antonio last week. I shouldnt need any hay till two years from now.
 

gcreekrch

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RobinFarmandRanch said:
gcreekrch said:
That's a days baling and you're tired? :p

Yall dont have to bale and stack in 102 degree weather with 95% humidity. You ever drank an entire case of water, powerade, and sunkist in one day???? Takes about 10 minutes to soak a shirt with sweat, about an hour to be completely soaked then around 2 hours for you to go put on a new set of clothes so you dont get (what we like to call) "swamp a$$" :shock: Thats why i am tired of baling hay.

When we first started out we leased a ranch in a lot warmer climate than here. Didn't have the humidity but July and August averaged 100 F or better. Lots of nights we slept on the grass in the yard as it was too hot in the house. No air conditioning. No cab on the tractor. My wife was pregnant with our first so that summer I put up 8000 idiot cubes by myself. Pitch bales from 5 am until it got too hot, cut until 3 or 4 pm if the junk swather we had stayed together that long, had a nap and baled in the evening.
Yeah I know what it's like to work in the heat and don't miss it at all. :wink:
 

burnt

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Did the same as you,at one time, gcreek. But not nearly as many. Maybe only 1500 - 2000 hay and then some 1500 of straw.

But it didn't turn out so good because one summer about 15 or so years ago, I heat-stroked while building loads on the wagon. Our oldest son, about 10 at the time, drove the tractor. Haven't been able to take any amount of heat since then.

Now, as soon as I get hot I stop sweating and get one heck of a headache for the next couple of days. I guess you could call me a hot head!!

So I'd be no good at all in the heat of the deep south.
 

the_jersey_lilly_2000

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RobinFarmandRanch said:
the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
Wish we had that problem..... :cry:

If your in the piney woods then id understand. If you are anywhere around beaumont, whinnie , or that area, that bermuda was looking good on my way to san antonio last week. I shouldnt need any hay till two years from now.

Yeap I be in the piney woods. Our back fence joins the west side of Sam Houston.
 

Faster horses

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Thanks for the pictures, Robin. They were interesting...all that grass in your arena, wow!!!

I'm glad the old horse can enjoy retirement. Too many good ones
don't get that opportunity.

Oh, I LOVE Corriente cattle. We kept the roping clubs Corriente
roping steers at our place and I really came to respect those cattle.
In fact, I'd like to have a few head...makes for some conversation...
Maybe someday.
 

RobinFarmandRanch

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the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
RobinFarmandRanch said:
the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
Wish we had that problem..... :cry:

If your in the piney woods then id understand. If you are anywhere around beaumont, whinnie , or that area, that bermuda was looking good on my way to san antonio last week. I shouldnt need any hay till two years from now.

Yeap I be in the piney woods. Our back fence joins the west side of Sam Houston.

yeah too much acidity in yalls soil with the pines there. We have an alluvial soil here that we call gumbo mud. It has no bottom and turns tires blue, its sticky and balls up everything. But its also some of the most fertile ground in LA.
 

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