MediaHound

Soil where I live now is more natural, sandy (I live on the bank of a river). Where I lived previously it was white fill just a few inches down, it was horrible. We do have clay patches here, mine are probably different than yours, but this machine would probably eat right through them. A followup with a pic axe if you are digging planting holes would probably help in that case but the trunk of the tree is your friend if you are digging existing trees.
Glad to hear about the Rhino horn, it will pull through. Initial growth is in the roots, then leaves. That corm will definitely do you good. It's such a beautiful banana plant, looking forward to pics of it in your gallery next season.

Harvey, the hurricanes here are just as bad, if not worse. Rain is elevated as well since we're now east of Lake Okeechobee and we get a lot of precip from it.
The two areas of major hurricane crossroads in the SE corner of this map are basically where I moved from and to!


I did fill the holes with dirt as there were mine holes everywhere, it was a sight! And yes, Port St. Lucie is going through a major boom lately. It's going from "uncrowded" to "less uncrowded" The Treasure Coast area is wonderful, the move was long overdue!

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Patty in Wisc

You guys, please be very careful with your machinery. And, know when to turn it off.
Less than 2 weeks ago, a news helicopter was live at the scene of a farm accident few miles north. That's all they said about it. My fiance' knows one of the Medics that responded & got the details. It was worse he's seen in 25 yrs.
It was a guy (in his twenties) that got out of his machine to grease a part. He didn't shut it off, & his clothing got sucked in the blades & it took him. It's like a horizontal egg beater - to chop up corn stalks. I'm sure he didn't know what hit him, but I will always cringe at the thought.

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Patty in Wisc has sadly passed away 9/05/11. We will miss you Patty.

harveyc

I've done similar things, Patty, though I usually try to remember to use my brains.

Dad almost had his leg ripped off and could have easily died from a farm accident (fortunately the grain auger driven by a 10HP electric motor was belt driven instead of chain driven) and I've had my share of accidents but have always been lucky. I can chuckle about them though I know it's not funny and I try to teach my son to be smarter than me. He is very cautious and I know he didn't inherit those genes from me, thank God!

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