burning brush piles

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Back home from the farm on the other side of the state as we continue to restore the water ways from brush and junk trees that have taken over in the past 30 years.  We burned six or so piles and reduced the size of some we had already burned.  Quite a job and a dirty one at that.  

 

The pond was almost un-approachable due to sprouts and trees--look at it now, just like I remember as a kid and I caught five bass (should have had eight) in thirty minutes. 

 

A new electric line is going through the farm and they purchased an easement from us.  The other day, my brother who owns the house and a few acres that used to be part of the farm, called and said that trucks were coming in his second driveway and crossing onto the farm.   He called the electric company and they said in the contract that, if needed, they had access to more than just the easement right of way.  We did find that clause buried deep in the contract and unless you are educated in understanding contract language, you may miss it as we did.   When he said that he didn't give them access to cross his property that quickly changed and they build  their own ramp from the highway to the easement some 700 feet from his house.  He didn't really want cement trucks and heavy equipment within 75 feet of his house coming and going from daylight to dark as it is across the road building the sub station.  

 

If you can zoom in on picture you'll see several fires.  It was an excellent week to burn, not much wind and we had the disk on the tractor--just in case.  The grapple we bought is a HUGE asset in this work.

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After some 50 mph winds, one of the brush piles re-ignited.   There was no safety issue because we had disk the field but this fire showed no evidence of smoke before I left for home.  This one was partially  burned five days ago.  It was monitored until rain started.  Got to be careful when burning piles. 

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