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[sparkwizard]

I live out in the country. I bought part of what was a family farm. As the owner and his descendants, passed or moved away, they decided to sell one of the houses to a non-family member. That is my property, now. I am retired and I do some large garden/small farm stuff. My wife is a school teacher and we have a 9 year old, so I will always have a fishing buddy. Here are some of the tools I have acquired to make life easier out here.

 

[sparkwizard]

Lawnmower Weedeater Fourwheeler Shovel Wheelbarrow
What have you got to work in your yard?

 

[sparkwizard]

Battery charger and power for metalworking shop Will's pirate boat And his cabin

That is his ferrel cat, too. Loves him, tolerates me, hides from everybody else.

 

[sparkwizard]

I forgot my garden tractor!

 

[RobertC]

Nice...I'm liking your super-sized weed eater, shovel, and wheelbarrow !

 

[RobertC]

Will's pirate ship is great. I love how you set it up. With overhead covering he can even ride out the storm without concern of flooding !

 

[sparkwizard]

Needs a tall mast with a crow's nest and his six foot Jolly Roger flag.

 

[sparkwizard]

Will's pirate ship is great. I love how you set it up. With overhead covering he can even ride out the storm without concern of flooding !

That craft will actually sleep four kids.

 

[sparkwizard]

Carrot and beet harvesters

 

[Triley41395]

I'm pretty much the same. Live out in the country, my closest neighbor is about half mile away. My grandfather built our house in 1950, my mom and dad moved in in 1988 and I moved out here in 2015. We also do a garden and can a few hundred jars a year. Right now if I go outside it's 360 degrees of corn, can't see anything else. I've got a couple mowers, but no other large equipment. Being out here is great though. Hopefully you're as happy as I am.

 

[sparkwizard]

Fresh air and sunshine.

 

[sparkwizard]

The farm across the road harvested his corn over the weekend. Now, there are wild turkeys all over the field. I can see probably 25-30 of them in the morning. That is when I energize the fence around my chicken zoo. Coyotes don't like hot wire.

 

[Triley41395]

The farm across the road harvested his corn over the weekend. Now, there are wild turkeys all over the field. I can see probably 25-30 of them in the morning. That is when I energize the fence around my chicken zoo. Coyotes don't like hot wire.

Or hot lead..

 

[sparkwizard]

If they are hungry enough to let me see them, their hunger problems are permanently solved. They stay inside the tree line and watch me. I don't see them but I know they are there.

 

[nightgrider]

I live out as well. I like having some breathing room. Can't live in a neighborhood. Don't like the idea of a busy body with too much time on their hands telling me what I can and can't do on my property. Especially if they aren't paying the mortgage. Also my hobbies just don't fit in well with a neighborhood. Was raised out of town and it'd kill me to live in one. I don't have any large machinery other than the riding mower. Maybe once I retire, which... is unfortunately a ways off for me.

 

[sparkwizard]

Could you even imagine living on the 7th floor? Not even a driveway.

 

[Triley41395]

Could you even imagine living on the 7th floor? Not even a driveway.

Not a chance.
February of this year..my bedroom window.

 

[sparkwizard]

Beautiful!

 

[sparkwizard]

My back yard today.

 

[nightgrider]

We get all manner of wildlife through the yard. Easily 10 or more deer a night. The other day there was about 12 Sandhill cranes.