When I was a kid in the 50s and 60s, the weekend school let out in the summer I was taken to my Grandfather's dairy farm near Glenwood Wisconsin and stayed there until the week before school started in September. I had many jobs on that farm through the summer months but there was one I hated, and that was pulling Mustard and Cockle out of the oats. Most farmers in the area did the same, but then things were different then. That farm made me who I am today and I loved every minute of it. Your posts take me back to that 80 acres of so many years ago.
Pretty much the same for me, except I worked on the home farm in the 60's and early 70's. Northeast Iowa. Even while in the military, I would come back to help while on leave. I loved working with my grandparents, Dad and my uncles. I just enjoyed farming. I never got paid, but I ate dang good!
The views from those hills at the farm are just mesmerizing. The barns and green pastures the ponds the oats and corn are looking great from my view. I can't get over how handy the 7405 is. That tractor is the complete package and how you can do anything on that farm with that one tractor. It is definitely the ultimate utility tractor package. Thanks for another excellent video. Gierok farms
Back in the 50's and early 60's my Dad had my brother and I team up and cut off those thistles with a hoe and then we carried a bucket filled with crude oil from one the gas wells and used a ladle to cover the root with the crude oil. Within a year or two we completely eliminated all the thistles in our pastures. After that, a couple of mornings and we could keep up with this task. One of the many jobs Dad kept us busy and out of trouble working on the farm, great memories! Your farm reminds me of the life I lived sixty years ago.
I'm a dairy farm hand in northern Victoria, Australia and I have to say, you live in the most beautiful place. I'm a little jealous that you can grow grass without irrigation.
One year we had a new seeding growing with oats. It started to get very weedy , so we cut it and round baled it a little wet. We took all the bales to the pasture and the cows went wild eating those bales.
You got to have your whits about you when navigating those pasture hills. The all wheel drive helps a lot but still have to be careful. I always heard best to back up steep hills. Those pasture hills keep you guys and the cows in tip top shape. Great informative video!!
Crazy, we have the same noxious weeds here in Idaho! I am forever at battle with Canadian thistle, man I hate that stuff! I assume you don’t spray your pastures with your milk cows?! But even spraying that thistle is a bear to control. They say spraying in the late fall after a frost is the best time to spray as the Canadian thistle is send all the nutrients to the roots to survive the winter! We also have lots of cockle burr and hounds tongue!
Would you consider putting wild flower seed down in the super dangerous spots? It would absolutely stunning and amazing for the pollinators, plus you wouldn't have to risk going in there with the machinery. Just a thought 💜
I think you are right, I think the birds are probably carrying seeds. I remember one year I brought my mom some manure for her garden. We stockpiled it in the summer when there was corn on the fields and then would spread it in the fall. My mom asked me to drop off a bucket load one day so I did and she ended up with so many thistles in her garden haha
Interesting how weeds can propagate. Those willows and cattails could have come from our farm 200 miles to the northeast. My favorite weeds are the wild strawberry that grow on the side of the road. Oftentimes I will stop when I am pulling hay wagons I will stop and pick a handful for me. We have a heifer (Sara) that will strip off the bull thistle leaves green off the plant but leave the thick stem. Only one that does that but as you say, cut them down, the cows seem to clean them up. When we cut off the pastures we use an old Brady stalk chopper. Works good for us.
That's so cool that you have a heifer that dose that. Might want to breed that gentiec into the herd sounds like a great way to save cost on mowing and feeding
Very interesting video on pasture-land. When my dad milked cows, of course we had pasture for them to graze for several years. When it came time to plow up that ground it was slow going with his WD Allis and 2-14s. It would "roll over" in slabs, but made great corn ground in the Spring. Thanks again for your guided tour.
On fence post rotting or rusting at the topsoil we dig a big hole maybe eighteen inches wide and the depth of the topsoil then drive your post in the middle fill in with washed gravel and pour used motor oil close and around the post your friend truckwilkins
You guys really need to get more into your comments and respond to people when they have questions and other things to show you really care about your viewers or it could hurt your growth of your channel
15-20 years ago a neighbor had a 6' Bull Thistle and cut it and decorated it as a Christmas tree. lol I would be so afraid I would roll a tractor on the side hills if I hit a fox hole. Have anyone ever rolled a tractor there?
@@GierokFarms : Besides all of that, those hills add up to more real-estate! Flattening out your beautiful hillsides would greatly reduce your true acreage! Bless’ns to ya, Tedd
