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| We rented a two-man auger and decided that we'd be best off using a one-man auger. Using a two-man auger requires two people and a lot of coordination. If you don't coordinate well with the other person you will be exhausted. We were able to dig a few holes, but decided not to pursue it further with the two-man auger. The important thing is that I was able to try it out and make a decision about what I need to do the job. I've ordered a Stihl BT 130 Earth Auger through a local dealer and expect it to arrive this coming Monday. |
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| I spent the remaining part of the weekend driving the 10 foot t-posts and pulling stumps. I was able to drive about 25 or 30 before I strained my left arm and decided to give it a rest. I also noticed that some of the welds holding the extended handles to the t-post driver had cracked and needed to be rewelded. While driving the posts I noticed that driving posts in the field area was about three times more difficult than driving posts in wooded areas. It's still not too difficult though. |
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| A Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) hanging out while I was fencing. You can often hear these birds warbling in temperate forest canopies, but I've never seen one this close-up. |
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| More of the Vireo |
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| Tadpoles. In an earlier post I had a picture of frog and toad eggs in a puddle. These tadpoles would be from those same eggs. |
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| The tadpoles close up. |
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| Wild strawberry flowering in our pasture. |
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| Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) in bloom. |