Mike H

you can buy your own test kit to figure out were you are at we don't have any source of fertilizer or lime up here so everything is shipped in started out with Ph of 5.5 and n/p/k of 0/0/0 ya it was a abused farm our biggest issue is wild berries but with the Ph up to 6.5 as of last year they are thinning out here are 2 sources that are helping us out an d they don't care how big or small you are green cover.com agritecint.com hope this helps Mike

I have a gun that did not shoot factory very well shoots reloaded cast lead fine after I found the right combination of components Mike

also rope only has a limited distance of use much shorter than wire power drops off quickly use wire for your main run and rope for your pastures Mike

we had a few fiberglass poles that would short to ground on our 10 joul fence system probably have several spots that are grounding out as for plastic wire we don't use it with the pigs except fencing for the wieners too many ground outs on the fence and that draws the power down metal wire is easy to use ,, load it on to extension cord spools and go run fence Mike

we are down sizing for winter this year had 93 going into winter last year and lost 64 of them to covid infection stroke ,seizures ,blood clots not counting the miscarriage's in the sows locked the farm down ,,, no visitors ,,, bio secure have a nice list of buyers for this years feeders thank the Lord for a good growing season of pasture to cut the feed cost Mike

any more communications across the board is poor no matter what the subject and a lot of times it ends up in a battle lost customers , friendship ends in a fight ect. not saying the shop is ripping you off just should have talked to you before doing the work. Mike

been using tap magic lately asked the kid to get me a small can and ended up with 4 pint size bottles works better than kroyal on bolts and stuck shafts Mike

Man the pigs would have a blast in the back yard Mike

S&W Shield in 45 ACP + laser red dot is my go to [Freedom] also Ruger LCP in 380 [Piglet] [[ we name our conceal carry firearms] the Ruger is a very small back up carry the S&W has a draw back with the grip,, its very abrasive against the skin for deep concealment +1 mags gets the pinky finger on the grip for Big Hands as for ammo I haven't found any that wont cycle the reason for the names is so my wife and I can communicate on the carry in use. Mike

acetone works great for any tagging. Mike

got .25 this am most of the rain went south or over the Big lake the last 3 weeks My barley supplier has the same thing in Rhinelander Wi. lots of rain all around his farm but none on the farm this rain will help get the 2nd cutting going glad I applied fertilizer this spring. Mike

dry here the storms are splitting and going over the big lake and Wi. all the first cutting is down and drying nice going to chop tonight and tomorrow after church and Monday should get it all in before the rain Tuesday. if there is moisture in the future should get a second cutting Mike

ya know ive been told to give a beer to a sow wen she is ready to farrow shes got her work cut out for her ,,,dont need to be buzzed on top of it Mike

ours don't like them now dandelions they will dig them out and eat them Mike

this is who I use for seed mix https://greencover.com/ we have a short growing season and I used their early start release this spring on a pasture that was bare from the pigs worked great, had standing water from the thaw and the seed did awesome got the little piglets on now. https://greencover.com/shop/early-start-release-broadcast/ I am working a fella named Colton ,, he is in sales check them out Mike