A Look at the Numbers

A Look at the Numbers

Monday, November 18, 2019 We’ve been in the home for 2 months now and are wrapping up the build.  Still have a few odds and ends that hopefully will be complete in 2017.  But at this time I think it’s safe to publish the numbers – what...

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Something Smells Fishy

After several months of waiting, Dunn’s Fish Farm showed up at a local feed store.  I bought 200 Channel Catfish, 200 Black Crappie, 100 Copper nose Bluegill, and 10 lbs of Fathead Minnows ($475).  Unfortunately, half of the crappie were dead...

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Surviving the Storm

Surviving the Storm

Hurricane Harvey passed through this month and dumped about 12″ on the ranch over a 5 day period.  It was rather insignificant as the water fell at a steady slow rate, and had plenty of time to move through the terrain and make its way off...

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Curb Appeal

When I built the pond in front of the house (the one that catches the rainwater overflow) I was left with several yards of spoils.  They had been stacked up for several months and were quite unsightly – with weeds growing in great...

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Isn’t it Swale

Isn’t it Swale

Added more earthworks to the ranch. This time I put a swale in as the first phase of my orchard. A swale is basically a ditch on contour.  The idea being that runoff acclimates in the ditch and slowly infiltrates the soil instead of running off...

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Living la Vino Loco

Living la Vino Loco

I’m not a big wine drinker, but when Molly and I visited Fredericksburg this spring I couldn’t help but pick up a few grape vines.  I picked up 2 of each of the three varieties available – Black Spanish, Blanc du Bois, and Champanel. ...

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