We are in the midst of fire season and on a bright sunny day this fire started unexpectedly that reminds us how volatile this time of year is. So I’m taking caution in hauling out some brush to an erosion site until we get some rain. It’s a good reminder how cautious we should be right now. Thanks for coming along.
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Thanks Dave, and Diane, yes Diane we know that you are holding it all together, thank you vary much for that, I am going to drop a few more pictures in the mail and see if they get to you or not, you never know these days.
I like the soled way you both live your lives the Mennonite Way, close to God.
Of course I just lost my audience with that statement, but it is true, if you do not have God or a Creator guiding you in your life, life means nothing, life only becomes meaningful when God is in it with you. But I know that at least most of the world dose not want to have anything to do with, as they say, an all powerful God, but I see God as a gentle and loving Human Being, that as well, somehow loves me.
Anyway with that said, I will send you a picture or two of the old town you live in, there are great things in our future, so hold on and be happy.
Lots of Suggestions on how to kill stops. I have another. I live in Utah and I have killed stumps in the year and never had any sprouts offered by drilling into the center of the stop about 2 inches deep and filling it full of rocksalt. Good luck with whatever you use I look forward to seeing the solutions that you choose.
Dave and Diane, you are an inspiration. Health and happiness.
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Plant some ash trees in and around the wash ? Here, I would just cut some willow and stick it in the ground….
I have great success with Tordon to kill the tree stumps .. be sure to apply to a fresh cut so it get absorbed by the roots.
Are these wild fires the reason there are few trees that can be seen? Being from the UK I’m totally unfamiliar with the local geography, of course I’ve heard about certain areas and the conditions in general, but not in any detail. Would this be considered to be part of the Great Plains? The area that once was home to the nomadic indigenous tribes. Do they still have a presence?
My sister lived in Oregon and I’ve visited a couple of times, around the Rouge river region, totally different country to yours, heavily wooded and fairly hilly. I remember well the constant stream of full logging trucks roaring down the road about five minutes between them, and then returning with the trailers tucked away on the back of the tractors. Quite a sight for me to see, coming from the heart of the leafy English countryside.
On one trip we visited Silver City, similar terrain to yours. We stayed at a motel and my brother in law and I drank our morning coffee watching the sun rise over the barren desert landscape. I was fascinated to see the tumble weeds rolling along, up till then I’d only ever seen them in Cowboy films. We ate our dinner in what was once the whorehouse in the town, much to my daughters amusement. Sadly I’m too old to make another trip, but I do have good memories.😎
Just remove the bark from the base of the trees.
Put Tordon on the fresh cut, it WILL kill the tree.
We always drill a large hole on the stump of the tree that we want to kill, fill the hole with rock salt at it will die a natural quick death!
Eco-Plugs would kill those deciduous stumps.
😄👍 Your trailer dance made me laugh.
Thank you
There is a product called Tordon which works good on killing tree stumps if you get it on in aprox 30 minutes after cutting…
I feel your pain with those ash trees, we have China Berry trees at our farm and those things are tough to kill and grow like weeds. Wildland fires are bad news in oh so many places now.
I am wondering if a series of Leaky Weirs would slow the run off water down that wash. You do get the seasonal extremes
Dave, If you can find a product called Tordon Blue it is a thin liquid that you can paint on those stumps and it will kill them. I have used it in the past and it worked well.
Shame you guys don't have rocks, because an effective method to stave off fire (on this type of land) is to build stone fences. Embers can still be picked up, of course, but for the most part, they're an effective fire control method that has been around man's bag of tools since the dawn (one has to remember, prehistoric man had no fire trucks or airplanes to save their lands from fires).
Because of the grass here with potential fires they have "banned" wearing
spandex!😮
Nothhing is waiste on farm or ranch…those environ- blank should work a year on one n learn theirr moneys worth..and yep, no basket weaving degrees!
Shame is, the open boarder has brought in a lot of fire thirsty individuals with an agenda?
Some oaf wants to ban glyphosate.
Use Roundup carefully and you have an excellent and useful product. Some panicky folk would ban everything and then complain there was no food. 😊
@davemalinak6802 Well I hope it works out safely for you. My relative is farming in Thailand and Myanmar and LPG or Diesel are the way there. Storable, energy rich and not weather dependent. Neither do they need new supply chains of rare minerals including the highly toxic and politically inflammatory lithium salts.
Dave, I'm sure you will get tons of suggestions on killing the roots of the suckers. What has worked very well for me is to drill those small stumps and fill the hole with roundup concentrate. It will kill the root base but not sterilize the surrounding soil. Bob
Dave, If I were there with my stump grinder, I would take care of those stumps ! ! ! And they would NOT grow back. I do this work all the time. Nothing more stubborn than a tree that was removed and the stump left to regrow. Once the chlorophyll production of the tree/shrub is removed, the plant will regrow to start the reproduction of the plant/tree. This is due to the established root system that is natures way of plant survival. And those pesky Ashes are prolific at regrowing. If you want to get rid of them once and for all, rent a stump grinder and grind the trunk out (below grade). But beware; a lot of trees will regrow from the root system even if the stump is removed, i.e. Liquid Ambers called "gum trees" (in the Eastern U.S.). The other pesky survivor is the Poplar. If you cut them down and grind the stump out, the will pop up all over the yard through their root system. 😞 When I am contracted to do those jobs, it involves chasing the surface roots for a complete extraction of the tree. Otherwise, the tree will regrow anywhere the roots were left.
Observant people noticed a 65 Mustang in the background of one of your recent videos, I'd be interested in a video where you show us all your vehicles with a little info about each one.
Hopefully the roots of those ash tree's aren't hurting the foundation.
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Thank you for this explanation.
I use brush killer, straight out of the bottle, painted on fresh cut. Works great.
Back in 1958 my oldest brother graduated from High School. He had read Zane Grey books his entire reading life to that point. So for a summer job he took a bus to Montana and became a ranger on top of Hey Stack Mountain! His love for the west eventually led him to Idaho Falls where he lives today. On a trip out to visit him next year I hope to stop by and see you. I love watching your videos each week!
Thanks Dave,
Got to be very careful with them brush fires ..soon get out of hand 😯
you could try drilling holes in the stumps then pour diesel in the holes
Well the best tree killer that I have found…Is just Salt Plain ole table salt. All of the suckers that come up around my foundations it works well.. one the size of my thumb use a table spoon or two, adjust accordingly. Worked in the bible, and if you think about it most herbicides are based upon some sort of salt compound. Ask the county boys if you can have some of the salt they put on the roads. Try and keep it off of the building, probably not good for mortar. My Very Best for You and Yours. Jim
when them forest fires ravaged Canada coupla years back, we could smell it distinctly in Chicago. a bit of a haze as well
🙏 ❤ May God bless you and your neighbors, Mr. Engels. I'm from the southeast where there's plenty of water. I never understood how devastating a prairie fire could be 'til my wife and I drop down I-15 one year and ran into bumper-to-bumper traffic slowed by a fire. The heat was intense and the smoke nearly choked us as I wondered what it would be like to burn to death in our cars. I hope your homes and property are never affected by such.
Try boring a hole down the middle of those larger shrub stumps and pour a glyphosate mix in the holes.
Glad we met you yesterday. Today we went on to be humbled by the size of the Park. You are lucky to live close to it.