I saw this in a movie years ago. A highschool baseball coach couldn't grow grass on the outfield. Tried everything. Deer ate anything he planted. His friend told him to use human hair. Use it as a barrier/ moat around the field. The deer wouldn't cross the barrier. He went to the barber and asked for hair. It worked in the movie. I hope this helps.
I grew up on a homestead like yours and every time I watch your videos it reminds me of the best times of my life. I'm now 67 and my 95-year-old dad passed away this past year and life will never be the same. Enjoy your life because this will also be the best years of your life as well.
The stilt grass seeds are all over your property. The second you open up the ground to sunlight, they explode. First year plots are always tough, especially when you till them to smooth them out. The worst thing you can do now, though, is disturb the dirt again. I wish I was a little closer I would knock this out with my drill in about 45 minutes. I'm up to about 20 acres of food plots now. This year has been a banner year so far. Those rains were well timed for me. If you spray that field and kill all that off, you can broadcast right into it before a rain. The thatch will keep the animals off the seeds. The rain will push the rye right down to the dirt. The thatch will also keep the sun off the stilt grass seed for a week or two as well and let your rye grow. Then you can frost seed clover in February and be I business.
The. Ceramic coating is unbelievable in its ability to just rinse clean. When your washing the ceramic coating use a wide fan nozzle with your pressure washer and make sure you take even consistent passes ensuring to cover every inch and I swear it looks as good as a hand wash. Make sure they cover your windows also. Most do. But it’s a game changer. The ceramic coating is 100 times harder than the clear coat it protects. It’s pricey but a couple years in you’ll understand why it’s worth the cost. I’ll never own another vehicle without ceramic coating it. You get best results to take the new vehicle straight to be protected. Even the most careful hand washer will still create fine scratches. No matter how careful you try to be.
First things first Mike. Get a soil test first and find out what you need. Take care of that than use some Glyphosate and a surfactant to it burn it down and have a clean plot. Than prep the soil and plant before a good rain and you will have a totally different result.
Nice thing about ceramic coating is that after a wash you dry it with a leaf blower. I have a black car and this eliminates streaking. I also recommend staying away from automatic car washes.
I would plant that in a clover/alfalfa/chicory mix. You would be able to spray Clethodim over the top of that to kill the grass but wouldn't hurt any of the planted stuff.
The garage must have been backed up to have to leave your truck overnight for an inspection. The longest I've ever had to wait was a mistake. The floor guy drove it out to the shop and parked it in the area for repair work. After an hour I texted the service manager, he walked out there and it was just minutes later I was on my way home. That was at the Cheverolet dealership. Most inspection stations take 15 minutes. Especially jiffy lube. They have you park it. They hook it up to the computer, crank it up, read the emission while another checks the lights, and done. There could be a number of things in need of repair, but if you want a thorough inspection, take it to a dealership. I haul my grandkids, so my Trailblazer stays in tip-top shape. After your video today, I am waiting to use that tracking on my boys, that's a good one! Hope the ceramic is all you expected. Thanks for sharing.👍🚜❤️🙏🇺🇲🇺🇲
Mike, not the same as Melissa’s coating but try washing your truck as you normally would and the use Meguiar’s Hybrid Ceramic Wax when rinsing. I spray a little on the car when still wet and then dry the car. Your car will stay clean and water will need for a very long time. Awesome pruduct and quick and easy to use. Turtle wax makes a similar product slightly more time to apply. .
Hi Mike, I plant rye grass commercially for my landscape maintenance business. I always top dress it with steer manure or chicken manure. That helps it come up fast and prevents a lot of birds eating the seed 24/7. I realize u have a large area, but it's just a thought. Good Sunday morning I should have started off with that. Lol
I love watching you Melissa .You look like you’re 21 again.So much energy you guys are so much fun to watch.Thank you for sharing your story with us Ed from Michigan
I agree with you. It show how hard work pays off.Thats what I like about this channel its a put in the sweat and repep the rewards. Just good work ethics.
Good morning Morgan family, stretching is great. Try fasting as well, people back in the day didn't eat as much as we do and health use to be better back then it seems. Great content thanks.
About the road construction. This summer they had both of our east / west roads that we live between closed completely. They put in another round about. One is still closed until mid October. Who comes up with these great ideas to close the roads at the same time. Keep going. Great videos.
Good morning Mr. & Mrs. Morgan, Melissa, I personally hate when those working on your vehicles "forget" or just don't call you when they have finished it. A number of times when I need some work done on any of my trucks, I'll purposefully drive by and see it sitting out front and done. When I go in to ask if its finished I get the old we've just been so busy BS line, it actually pisses me off, but then I pay the bill and move on. To me that's like having a nice dinner out and then needing to ask for your check. Tip just went way down😢😢. Mike, "Actinlikeaman" medicine was truly an ego deflation. Melissa hammered you😅😅😅. Also since this is "jump on Mike day", any man 57 or 58 (pick one) that whines about his "Greatest defeat" as being a hunk of ground that didnt grow grass in a drought sure isn't getting much, no any, sympathy from me. I'm saying if that's the actual case that man has led a pretty blessed life, which you have. Maybe time for another dose of medicine 😊😊. Yes, that Vernig is an absolute weed cuttin' beast. Have a blessed day.😊😊
I'm so happy. I've got a new word for work tomorrow. Thanks Melissa. We have a big road construction I drive through daily. I think Mike needs to come help here to. Enough equipment, but all of it isn't running.
I drive I-70 through Indiana every week before jumping up to I-80. Be thankful for good roads as I-70 literally is a jeep testing ground. It beats the daylights out of my semi.
Good morning Morgan's !In the south ,we have Kudzu ! That mess grows mostly in the rural areas where the area is sparsely populated . Road construction!!!, come down to coast. We have road construction ,bridge construction ,house construction, Condo construction!! limestone rocks, orange cones , every piece of heavy equipment know to man !
You’re right about the attachments I have a backhoe for my tractor but it’s just like a secondary attachment. I love it but I’m too old to buy a new mini ex. Thanks for what you do
It really doesn't matter....the seed bed lasts 5 years and thats the biggest issue in combating it. Spraying will kill the stalks that have emerged, but not the seed bed.
Good morning, Mike! Regarding the stilt grass... what I have learned is that the foot traffic from deer actually stimulates the spread and growth of the stilt grass. When they kick the ground up, they're exposing the seeds to moisture and sunlight. My heaviest concentrations of it are along deer footpaths. But I have virtually none where the deer don't travel.
They sell cutters that that fit your Kubota 95 skid steer. If I remember correctly you purchased one that did not have the high flow option. But you can get them for flow around 26gpm . This would give you a much wider cut and drastically reduce your operating time. Get the widest one available
@@johnkemp4370 very true and also be in a air conditioned cab and sitting down. That machine is designed for small jobs in tight spaces. Standing up and being so exposed is not a good thing
@@hhazelhoff1363 i think the reason he likes it so much is he does not climb over the bucket into a conventional skid steer. Someone needs to hand him a JCB with a side door and extendaboom
Great Mike. Really liked the on machine viewpoints for the video. Great to see that. And Melissa's smile ALWAYS makes a great day!! AND, as I have said before, your mastery of your machines is amazing. Neat to watch you handle any of the equipment you have there. And I believe YOU could have finished that highway project for them. LOL Thanks for a great video, I enjoyed it immensely.
You’re going to love the Ceramic coating. After getting coated you can use a Maintenance coating in a quick spray like Chemical Guys Hydro View for the windows/glass and Hydro Speed Quick Detailer for the paint. I use the products on my new Yukon Denali also. Hope you enjoy less Mtc with the new coating. 🙏😇🙏 *Pro Tip you can use the Chemical Guys HydroBlitz and it’s an anti-static/dust repel-ant.
Wow I didn't know someone would plant grab grass intentionally. That stuff is crazy. I'm fighting that stuff all the time in me commercial lawns I take care of. Preemergents down twice a year and I spray it some times. In that application it might be good thing to do.
@@phillipbecker4393 I suggested that to choke out that wild grass that he is fighting all the time. Crabgrass could get rid of that stuff after a few years. Just a suggestion from an old fat man.
So fix one problem by causing another problem? He should plant it in a clover mix and spray Clethodim over the top of it when the stilt grass gets thick.
Hey Melissa, you mentioned speaking at churches and I would love to hear your talks, do any recorded their services. God bless you and your wonderful family.
That Vermeer and it attachments, seems like "the best thing since sliced bread" for someone with your property maintenance needs. I don't know what the coating was that they put on my Prado in 2006 (yes that long ago), but man it has hardly ever needed or had a wash and just keeps looking great. So if it is the same coating then it will be great, as long as your pressure washer doesn't strip it off.
Hi Mike. Great job. Despite Japenese silk grass field. 😡😠😤🥴🙄😬🤨🤔😐😑 Hi. Great ad Melissa. Factor is a big factor in your house. 😂😂😂😆😆😆😁😁😁 Seriously. My late mom would enjoy them. When she was alive. Look" way better" than our local cooked food place. Thanks Melissa. 🥰😋🙂😉👍❤️💜⚘️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻☀️ Beautiful load of firewood. During my 37yrs of firewood logger. 95% was dead fall & dead trees. The 5% were storm damaged " green" trees. I cut 40 inches & stacked the logs. To naturally air dry it. Our forest & woodland provides us. With dead & dry trees. I use all the trees. Except tree limbs one inch & under. There way too many little branches. We use the 1 inch & bigger for our " fire starters." Those were interesting logging days. About lagging contractors: I've seen a lot in Vermont. Melissa: Tryacting!? 👏👏👏👏🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😆😆😆😁😁😁 That should the word of month Mike! 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😆😆😆😁😁😁 Thanks Mike & Melissa. Say Hi to Melissa's dad, Eva, Hunter, Levi, Tyler, & Hannah. 🤣😂😆😁🥰🙂😉👍❤️💜🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻☀️
Reading up on that invasive, I'm curious: Have you used or might you use herbicides as part of your control efforts? Sounds like it'll be a real pain to get rid of since the seeds are viable for up to 5 years. Glad we don't have that stuff out west.
Factor. That's funny. I started my homestead so I could grow my own food & know exactly what is on/in it, be sure it wasn't watered with fluoride, etc.
Japanese still grass is good habitat for critters probably, but it's tough stuff. The more you mow it the more it spreads... Hard to cut with a trimmer.
Three days ago I logged into our State DMV so I could renew the tabs on my Bronco 2. Used to be a 5 minute ordeal. No more. Now the State has to send me a letter first so I can register with them. What a joke.
The state DMV's seem to like seeing us squirm, always making up new rules and changing procedures trying to catch someone off guard. I sent my renewal application in by Certified Mail and they still lost it, I had to call them to find out what was going on. The person who accepts the Mail sent it to the wrong office. They had me squirming wondering if it could be processed in time.
They modified the ID requirements for a driver's license here in Wyoming. They sent a letter to me stating that I would need to bring two pieces of mail addressed to me with my home address. Something like an electric bill or water bill. One of the documents I took was the letter that they had sent to me. They said that no one had done that before but they accepted it.
YAY for ceramic coating for example I have a white Lincoln MKZ and I was going to take it into my detailer for the first time to have it hand washed and I got stuck in the middle of a torrential downpour I came home pulled it in the garage and I thought for sure it would be full of spots it was spotless clean it dried by itself and the soft water from the rain didn't leave any spots behind it was amazing unbelievable so you'll be able to use your pressure washer and rinse it off once a week or however amount of time it takes to get somewhat dirty I'm still shocked that to this day how easy it is to keep the car cleaning it stays clean by itself
Central USA here. Can't get there from here season. Too many orange barrels and channelizers. Ugh. Son-in-law works highway construction and he's been working midnight to 10 am because of the heat. We also have a dead-man's curve not too many miles away. Very sharp 90 degrees.
Ceramic coating is EXCELLENT but requires maintenance. A lot of maintenance. You should hand wash every 2 weeks (your foam cannon is great for this). Don't go through car washes. Get a lot of fiber drying clothes. Do not use cotton towels or the like. Must be inspected once a year by the company that did the coating and you have to regen the coating. I use Hydrosylex regen about every 10 months. There is a lot more also, but I like how it looks on my 2017 Nissan Titan XD Diesel so it is worth it to me. My coating is now 5 years old. Good luck.
Factor really is awesome. Just wish that portion sizes were a little bit bigger. It’s pricey so we don’t eat all of ours that week. We freeze some of them and then eat them on nights we don’t have time to cook. They’re just as good after freezing. Takes 4-5 mins to heat after freezing.
Occasionally I rent a brush cutter for my skid steer when areas of my acreage get overgrown. Can't imagine doing it without a cab. You're a better man than me Mr. Morgan.
Mike, have you thought about reaching out to an agricultural extension agent and testing the soil. With all those trees in there the PH balance could be off
Smaller contractors mostly have to rely on subcontractors and when theres lots of work in a area its very hard to get dump trucks to haul fill or other stuff stone ect.
PPF is a paint protector, ceramics just keeps it pretty and easier to clean. The two of them together is the way to go. PPF the front of the vehicle to prevent. Rock chips. Beautiful truck, congratulations
Talk about memories, I was with the survey crew for the highway connecting Leominster and Worcester. And I believe you were there also. I Hope You Have a Better Day, Boscawen NH
Mike, a few years ago, I had never heard of Japanese stilt grass. Now, it has taken over my beautiful 50 acres in South Carolina. It's in my yard, pasture, and woods. It's worse than kudzu.
Hey Mike you might want to check to see if this recall applies to your Subaru. My 2015 had an obnoxious rattle in it and this was the issue. Recall - WUJ-95 FED-Spec EPF Cracking (Non-PZEV)
If want a garden you'll need to put a fence around it, the deer will eat everything you plant. Purchase some steel fence post and use orange fence. You'll have to put and outward railing to keep them from jumping over. Electric fence at the top. Use some rebar about two feet long and attach it to the post. Thats what we country people do in Virginia.
Maybe when you re-seed it you should use a hydro-seeder that mixes the seed and a much together...maybe the deer won't be able to eat all the seed before it establishes that way.
You can certainly use the equipment you have and do as planned. You could also use a cultivator disc. Once you disc up the field, spread the seed then lightly disc the soil again. This makes sure you get good soil contact.
Hey Mike you may try/rent an Overseeder. I’ve used both PTO and non PTO driven with good success. Helps get the seed under the ground and away from the critters
You may want to seriously consider doing a burn down on that stiltgrass before discing and seeding. If not it’s going to continue. Hit it with a mixture of glyphosate and 24-d.
Mike , you continually impress me with the mini skid . I have seen so many that did not impress me . and for a standup it is not too bad . Glad Pilates is going good , Melissa .
Same thing in Wisconsin relating to construction, these contractors get many irons in the fire during construction season and bounce around between jobs to try to keep everyone happy.It's been one brutal summer heat wise.
We had a Devils Elbow in Scotland, notorious for fatal accidents, it was part of a steep incline leading to a Ski Resort they straightened it out and renamed it Satans Slide.
I am going to have to use that TRYACTIN on some of my buddies. Thats good stuff. I just finished up painting the inside of the house. Now i have to start replacing all of the receptacles and light switches and i will be done until after deer season. Then i will redoing the bathrooms. Tryactin. I love it. Stay safe everybody
Mike, weld a trailer hitch receptacle on the top of your blade on the excavator. With a ball hitch you can tow your dump trailer around in the woods and pick up brush and trees. You can also spread gravel with it
Mike, only use a 40 degree (white) nozzle with pressure washer on vehicles. Anything below 40 degree is too harsh on the paint. Definitely dont use a turbo nozzle.
Morning Mike & Melissa. What an enjoyable video. You guys really had us laughing 😂. That one about (tri-actin). What’s that Melissa? Tri actin like a man!😅. Mike that cutter on the front of your Vermeer works great! Cool video. 👍❤️
Hi thanks for all the help and information that you provided. I just thought I could help you with the Subaru and the rattle it's more than likely the heat shield like you mentioned. Or the internals of the muffler if it's the catalytic converter heat shield then I first tied my neighbors up with wire and it held for a while and then I Bent it up and secured it better it had bolts that broke off and couldn't get at them I put some fire resistant insulation around it to help with dampening noise and push it in very tight and it worked until they needed to replace it because of a failure and that is more than likely going to happen to your's and at the same time they replace the muffler. It helped them for more than a year. .try it to help with the noise.l like not waking up to the start of there Subaru. Thanks God Bless Dale
It's nice cutting with the implement in front of the machine. Leaves a much cleaner look than running over it first, then cutting, like a tractor/rotary cutter....
Mike have you considered putting an electric fence and also put a radio at the food plot. It worked for me in the foothills of North Carolina the deer wouldn't give the Seed time to sprout.🤷♂️ Mike how are the new tires running out on your truck?
I noticed the squeak too….not sure if camera angle but the bogey wheel on drinkers side rear didn’t look to be turning when you backed onto trailer. Couldn’t tell if it was the angle or if it was hanging up. May be worth having Melissa drive it while you check em out. Amazing machine but squeaks drive me also.
