After shots

Here are the after shots of the field from the previous post. It looks a lot better and has become much easier to water.

Now you can actually see what I was talking about when i mentioned the external pipe with valves that you have to open by hand. Obviously is was a really good thing to get the weeds cleared and making life a little easier with this particular field. Now the goal will be for the roundup spray to do its job and keep the weeds away for as long as possible. 

Spraying 

Some of the fields got sprayed with a chemical called roundup the other day. The particular field that is shown in the pictures is really important to have clear because it's watered by an external pipe that you have to open little tiny slider valves that are about 10 inches apart. When the weeds grow all around the pipe it makes it really hard to find the valves. So we got them all sprayed and then actually took a weedeater to it all to get it cleared out. The spray will hopefully help to stop the weeds coming back too fast. 

Also progress on the 30 acre field is still being made. Its so close to being done I cant even wait to see it when it's finished! Then it will be on to the next field which will thankfully not be so long or heavily covered so yay for that. 

WASPS

So as I was doing my pre-write up logistics for this whole project, part of it was to list the hazards I might encounter while completing it. I listed weather hazards such as the heat then I listed the animal hazards because well, its not called the game farm for nothing. The one animal or should I say insect I forgot to list though were wasps. The whole time this project has been going on those little buggers are the only animal hazards we've been running into!! The count is up to 3 nests so far, and instead of pestering them or knocking it down we just avoided that area until a tractor can come through. I did get brave today though and pulled the camera out real close to get some pictures just to show i'm not lying. 

Heather and I both have managed to not get stung so far (knock on wood) and we've made it past the really heavy weed areas so hopefully will be safe the rest of the project.

Also today we stumbled upon a nice large snake, thankfully while driving. As long as he doesn't come around in the mornings while were working I have no problems with him but will have to stay cautious just in case. Other then that everything is going peachy and the field is looking better and better every day. It should be done sooner rather than later YAY!

I'm just gonna call him Mr. Snake