"The Martha Fay".
Sunday, June 24, 2018
The Martha Fay
Look what we went and did. Say hello to our new saw mill. Named for my mother. We found this on Craig's List. The goal is to be able to add value to our timber. We plan on milling up slabs and custom lumber from our trees.
Friday, June 22, 2018
Forested Grassland
Im on an email list for the Texas Longleaf Taskforce. Their website is www.txlongleaf.org. There's also a link under the "Our Partners and Sites" section of the sidebar. Well, a couple of days ago I got and email from Kent, the Coordinator. In the email he talks about what East Texas used to be like when the early settlers arrived. Here's what he had to say.
Much of our east Texas forests were described by the early settlers (some of your ancestors) as "forested grasslands"....You could ride your horse through it with the grass up to the stirrups. Consider that the historic fire regime favored the herbaceous under story and kept down the invasive woody underbrush. That fire sustained a diverse ground cover of grasses and flowering herbs. That "lost" open condition that favored abundant wildlife such as quail, can be seen in many of the historic 1890-1920 photographs. Lots of that historic, diverse under story was visible 100 years ago.......frequent fire is the reason you do not see yaupon thickets in those old photos!
Much of our east Texas forests were described by the early settlers (some of your ancestors) as "forested grasslands"....You could ride your horse through it with the grass up to the stirrups. Consider that the historic fire regime favored the herbaceous under story and kept down the invasive woody underbrush. That fire sustained a diverse ground cover of grasses and flowering herbs. That "lost" open condition that favored abundant wildlife such as quail, can be seen in many of the historic 1890-1920 photographs. Lots of that historic, diverse under story was visible 100 years ago.......frequent fire is the reason you do not see yaupon thickets in those old photos!
Kent Evans
Someday, Turkey Creek Timber will be a "forested grassland", someday.
Sunday, June 3, 2018
We got a Billy Goat
So, I've been thinking I'd like to get a walk behind brush mower. It's kind of like a miniature brush hog. I've been looking on Craig's List. I'd set a budget for a used one, but was having trouble finding something within my budget. We'll, I went into our local Home Depot to purchase some deck boards for our outdoor shower and low and behold, they are selling a walk behind brush mower by Billy Goat. Their price was more than than my budget, so I asked if they could lower it some more. Yep, they did and we were able to get it for $300 less than budget. Sweet! That of course, this lead to us to also purchase a small trailer. You gotta be able to haul the billy goat around!
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