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Maintaining Cleared Land

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The hosts conclude by reflecting on the effort involved in transforming overgrown, brushy areas into green, usable land. They show an area that was previously 'pine trees, brush, and debris' which they have cleared and planted with grass, demonstrating the significant improvement achieved through persistent maintenance. They stress that buying land is the 'easy part,' and the 'hard part' is the continuous work of cleaning it up and making it beautiful and productive. This ongoing effort of clearing debris and managing the landscape is crucial for both practical farming needs and for creating attractive ornamental areas or gardens.

Goal: This final step emphasizes the ongoing commitment required to maintain clear, functional, and aesthetically pleasing land, highlighting that initial land acquisition is only the beginning of continuous effort.

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  • BigToolRack with Utility Trailer
  • Chainsaw
  • TYM 254 Tractor with Front-End Loader

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guys what a lot of people don't understand they're like oh we bought our lamb we got our land we're we're set we're homesteading we're farming we're we're doing what we're doing man that's the easy part okay the hard part is cleaning up the rocks and sticks and making it beautiful yeah what we're doing is the hard part so if you'll step up here mrs stoney ridge we'll show them we'll kind of squat down so look right behind mrs stoney ridge there all of that was overgrown in brushy pine trees which you can see back there they were all toppling over it was an absolute disaster and we cleared this land this green grass you see we planted this green grass around behind me i'm gonna turn around real quick this was a row of rocks it was just a row of rocks trees brush and debris we've cleaned all that up man it just takes a ton of work wouldn't you say yes absolutely it sure does so the easy part is buying the land the hard part is doing what we're doing guys and we thought we'd take you along and share with you what we're doing today here on the farm this is our day-to-day routine she's off work i'm off work and we're working when we're off of work it's a it's a good time i enjoy it it's value right absolutely good deal well thanks a lot for joining us today guys you'll get some footage of us dumping off the rocks here into a gully on the backside of one of our ponds these rocks are instrumental in stopping erosion especially on steep grades like our pond dams cool we'll see y'all next time on the stoney ridge thanks a lot for joining us [Music] all right guys nothing says farm fellowship like a big fire and a little wife i'm excited about the bonfire yep thanks a lot guys we'll see you next time

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