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Well, I ended up just getting out there with a pair of gloves and a ladder and I just pulled every single vine down and ripped as many roots up as I could find. I filled ELEVEN of those green L.A. garbage collection containers with packed vines and roots! I done good! I'm keeping an alert eye...

TreeManDan, you are a fortunate man indeed!

Ditto on the Allison being the best stock auto, but ATS in Denver, Colo rebuilt my 47RH (stock for '95 Dodge) automatic trans in 2001. I've put 163,000 miles on it and it's still going strong with no rebuild. ATS built it to hold 1,000 pounds of torque and 700 HP. Since I'm only making 600...

This is DEFINITELY the Quote of the Day!

Thanks Dingeryote! Here are some pictures I took this morning so you can see what I'm up against. Can't go medieval for several reasons, although I'D LIKE TO! Pygmy goat is probably out too. Just about every vine in this picture is a MG vine. It extends like this for 40-50 feet, about 10...

This was taken a few days ago. As you can see the entire top half of the hedge is covered in Morning Glory vines. That stuff chokes off all sunlight.

We had an orchard when I was a pup, and as I recall we pruned in very late Winter when it was still cold--definitely before buds appeared.

I'll try to post a picture tomorrow, but there is just no way to get a mower into that area--it's a jungle. The MG vines in that area lie on the ground and the roots lie about 1-2" beneath the surface--they are fairly easy to pull up, but the area is a jungle and I just can't get to all of it...

I am out in So. Cal., visiting a friend, and she has a huge Morning Glory problem in her back yard. That stuff has killed one Live Oak tree and is trying to kill some Eucalyptus trees. I've pulled down about 3 dumpster loads of vines, but there is a literal carpet of MG roots, some of them...

Somebody's gotta be burning waste oil around where you are. I'd definitely lock the barn, but I'd sell the waste oil if I could. BTU's are BTU's.

I got the urge to plant some Black Walnut trees on my place, and so a few years ago I picked up a bucket full of the biggest nuts I could find from a buddy's farm, from under one nice, tall, straight tree. I dug some holes, dumped some manure in the hole, sprinkled some dirt on top of the...

I have a '95 Dodge/Cummins 2500, 2-WD that has 270,000 miles on it and runs great. It's only made me walk one time, and that was transmission related. I get 20-21 mpg driving 65-70 mph on the Interstate with 500 pounds of tools in the bed. I've owned three Chevy trucks (1/2 ton, 3/4 ton and...

I like it!

I have a huge old Elm tree growing behind my barn. It's around 3+ feet in Diameter measured at about 3 feet above ground level. It lost a few big limbs in an ice storm 4 years ago, but seems to still be growing well. I try to keep all dead limbs picked up off the ground around it, as I...