What I've been doing the past couple months... now 2 years...

[tajoe]

Wow. That was fast. Seems like just yesterday, you were breaking ground.
Now, for those little "finishing" touches. Like when to install the upstairs bed room baseboards? (Oh wait..maybe that was me) 

[kentucky yeti]

Wow. That was fast. Seems like just yesterday, you were breaking ground.
Now, for those little "finishing" touches. Like when to install the upstairs bed room baseboards? (Oh wait..maybe that was me) 

I doubt I ever finish the upstairs rooms. It has a tub/shower unit, and all the plumbing ran up there for shower, commode and lavatory.  It has two electrical runs ( one for the bathroom and one for the room itself) that are capped off.  Subfloor is all I have done, and probably it will stay that way until someone else owns it.

[tajoe]

"Until someone else owns it?" Is it for sale?

[kentucky yeti]

"Until someone else owns it?" Is it for sale?

Just a nod towards the day that we are no longer physically able keep the farm up, and we have to move to a town/subdivision; or to the nursing home 

[tajoe]

Hopefully not for many decades.

[kentucky yeti]

Sloping my yard the way I want it, and installing underground gutter drain piping.

[kentucky yeti]

Tonka toys for big kids

[ryeguy2006a]

Looking great Mike! I'll have to get some tips from you since my wife and I decided that 1/3 acre isn't enough space here in Virginia.  We are closing on beautiful 2.25 acre lot on a quiet cul de sac and plan to build a house over the next year.

[roadking77]

Looks like fun Mike!  I miss my heavy iron Its good to get the grade correct (one think pop always stressed, never build a house too low) and so many do. Also  nice to bury the downspout leaders and get away from the house, even though you dont have a basement. Around here we need to connect them to a drywall, another $30k expense!
Did you move in yet?

[5th T/A]

Mike, nice looking estate you have there. I like the large wrap around porch. I hope you get a chance to sit down and put your feet up in the not too distant future.

[kentucky yeti]

Added two more [pieces today.  A larger excavator to clean out around pond #1.

[kentucky yeti]

And  a Harley rake to begin pulverizing and leveling the yard.  (Clock the  top pic for the video).

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[kentucky yeti]

Looks like fun Mike!  I miss my heavy iron Its good to get the grade correct (one think pop always stressed, never build a house too low) and so many do. Also  nice to bury the downspout leaders and get away from the house, even though you dont have a basement. Around here we need to connect them to a drywall, another $30k expense!
Did you move in yet?

We moved in April 17. 

Mike, nice looking estate you have there. I like the large wrap around porch. I hope you get a chance to sit down and put your feet up in the not too distant future.

Thank you.  I hope so too!

Looking great Mike! I'll have to get some tips from you since my wife and I decided that 1/3 acre isn't enough space here in Virginia.  We are closing on beautiful 2.25 acre lot on a quiet cul de sac and plan to build a house over the next year.

Tip number 1:  Order your load center NOW, especially if you will need a 400 amp service for a house and a shop.  Currently running 6 months from order to delivery, and the price has doubled in the past year alone.

[kentucky yeti]

Thread from the dead 

Still waiting on the day that I get to kick back and relax on the porch.  Actually, I'm not geared that way, I guess.  I have to be doing something.

I decided to clean out the smaller front pond.  First myth I busted- Deere can swim 

The first 4 passes through the pond went smoothly starting at the north side bank.  It seems that there is a big hole near the south pond bank.  Jimmy was running the excavator, across the field and he came out and gave the old Deere a gentle tug and pulled me back to solid ground.

And we started spraying, getting ready to plant corn.  We are going to dress a couple erosion trouble spots today (hopefully, if all goes smooth) before they become an issue, and lay erosion blankets.  Almost corn time!

[roadking77]

YIKES, I have been in some precarious situations with yellow iron, but never in a submarine Glad you had something on hand to get you out. Field is looking great. How many acres are you farming?

[kentucky yeti]

I have less than 100 acres total of tendable ground.  I partner with Thompson Farms; he does over 14,000 acres locally.

[roadking77]

Thats good that you can partner with someone. One of my customers has about 600 tillable acres but they are 'gentleman farmers' The property is owned by brothers whom both live off site. They lease out their land to a large farming conglomerant, much like the one you are talking about I would imagine. I forget the total land they lease and farm but its also many thousands of acres spread throughout multiple counties.

[kentucky yeti]

As of yesterday afternoon. From this pond (aka mudhole) that was full of eroded topsoil from years of neglect on the farm before we bought it.  There was over 3 feet of topsoil that we dug out of it.  PIC 1

To this, after cleaning out over 12 triaxle loads of topsoil:  PIC 2

For comparison, the first pic has the lightly-stuck dozer    Look how close the far pond bank is.  In the second pic, that same dozer is at the top of the pond, and the excavator is to the far left side.

[roadking77]

Wow, big difference.

[ryeguy2006a]

Looks great Mike!

[5th T/A]

Wow, that’s an impressive amount of property you have there.

[Jack]

The never ending punchlist, but at least you are having fun completing it.

[FormTA]

What an awesome retirement property!