I've been meaning to do this for quite some time, but I never remembered to take the wife's camera with me when working around the farm. These are pics from the family cattle farm owned by my dad and his mother. My late grandfather ran cattle on it for many, many years. Before that, his parents owned it. I hope to some day buy it from my dad and keep it in the family for another generation. It's a 75+- acre farm on the Cumberland Plateau here in Middle TN.
This is an old hay baler barn that's since been converted to wood storage. The pile of split red oak on the right is actually 5 rows deep.
More of the split red oak:
Some white oak and chestnut oak rounds drying for use a couple of years from now:
After you pass through the gate to the right of the baler/wood shed, you turn a curve to the left, go up a hill, and come to the "lake" (big ass pond). The view from the hill:
Now, the view from the opposite side of the lake when crossing the dam/spillway. We camp on top of that hill in the spring, summer, and fall:
The deep, furrowed bark of a chestnut oak growing behind the lake:
There's also some shagbark hickory back there. A nice specimen here:
Crossing the dam and going up the next hill takes us to the pasture area:
The wet weather creek you have to cross to get to the rear-most pasture:
Now, having crossed a small wet weather creek, we're in the rear-most pasture. Looking back towards the previous pic:
Looking down the length of the rearmost pasture:
A large beech tree in the hollow after leaving the back pasture. You can see the four wheeler parked to its left:
Next year's red oak inside the hay barn I've previously shown:
More oak drying:
OMG, teh oakz!
A beautiful red oak round beginning to check:
Looking out of the barn:
This is an old hay baler barn that's since been converted to wood storage. The pile of split red oak on the right is actually 5 rows deep.
More of the split red oak:
Some white oak and chestnut oak rounds drying for use a couple of years from now:
After you pass through the gate to the right of the baler/wood shed, you turn a curve to the left, go up a hill, and come to the "lake" (big ass pond). The view from the hill:
Now, the view from the opposite side of the lake when crossing the dam/spillway. We camp on top of that hill in the spring, summer, and fall:
The deep, furrowed bark of a chestnut oak growing behind the lake:
There's also some shagbark hickory back there. A nice specimen here:
Crossing the dam and going up the next hill takes us to the pasture area:
The wet weather creek you have to cross to get to the rear-most pasture:
Now, having crossed a small wet weather creek, we're in the rear-most pasture. Looking back towards the previous pic:
Looking down the length of the rearmost pasture:
A large beech tree in the hollow after leaving the back pasture. You can see the four wheeler parked to its left:
Next year's red oak inside the hay barn I've previously shown:
More oak drying:
OMG, teh oakz!
A beautiful red oak round beginning to check:
Looking out of the barn:
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