[AT] Red tractor day

Thomas O Mehrkam tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net
Sun Jan 4 07:34:52 PST 2015


The Rose hedge sounds like Macartney Rose.  I have seen this on one of 
our State parks.  Hard to control and deadly on bicycle and probably 
tractor tires. It was used for fence rows before barbed wire.

http://www.texasinvasives.org/plant_database/detail.php?symbol=ROBR

On 1/4/2015 7:07 AM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> Certainly a bit of geography to be considered.  I'm a little west of Spencer
> but still not in the coastal plain. We've still got ample hills and wood
> lines to keep the wind in check. To put it in perspective, I have a friend
> from Ohio, he used to farm there back in the 60's. He was at our farm shop
> one day and commented He didn't have 10 feet of elevation change on his
> entire farm. We must have 20 feet between the shop and dad's house. There's
> got to be 8-10' just in the 1 1/2 acre field in front of my house. He didn't
> mention windbreaks but if it was anything like I saw the one time I traveled
> to Iowa, they would be a good idea. I'd just prefer something without the
> thorns!
>
> Regarding the orange trees, dad has told me several times of a spot just off
> a 2 lane road nearby that had some sort of orange tree in it when he was a
> kid.
>
> The farm I got my Titan from had some sort of tree with HUGE thorns. They
> were around 1-2" long and very stout. It was rather overgrown around the
> tree so I didn't get too close for fear of stumbling into it. I've looked at
> pics of all the trees you guys have mentioned here and none appear to be the
> same. I swear that thing was so menacing a squirrel wouldn't want anything
> to do with it.
>
> Across the highway from me was a farm that has been turned into a
> subdivision. It was tended back in the 50's by a fellow form Europe, England
> I believe. Anyway he planted some kind of thorny bush/brier/rose in every
> fence line. By the time the fence posts rotted, nothing bigger than a rabbit
> could get through that stuff. In places it grew to 8 foot tall and very
> wide. I worked for the subdivision as a grounds keeper for a few years. They
> had built some nature trails that ran with the fence line in places. It was
> fun trying to push this stuff back with a little Deere 670 and 5ft bushog.
> At times I would back as far into it as I could without getting scratched to
> pieces and still couldn't get to the base of the plant. Miraculously I never
> did any damage to the tractor or the bushog, but I did wind up a bunch of
> barbed wire around the blade once.
>
>
> John Hall
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Spencer Yost
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 5:38 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Red tractor day
>
> As any of you who have been around my part of North Carolina know, there's
> no reason to plant wind breaks or hedge rows. Any fallow field will be a
> field that can't be bush hogged because of tree saplings within four years.
>
> However I am lucky enough to be the proud owner of the only Osage Orange
> track I know of in the area. I hate that stuff.  To add insult to injury,
> blackberries love to live around the edges. By the time you were done
> attempting to clear; you are a bloody mess with ruined clothes.
>
> Has anyone noticed that Osage Orange branches hang exactly at tractor
> operator height?  Just sayin....
>
> The only upside is the handmade bow makers in the area love it and I have
> been able to sell a few pieces.
>
> When you were done with yours Dean, please come down and get mine too.
> Thanks!
>
> Spencer
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