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rusty6 · Oct 16, 2017

I burned the "big flats" this evening to clean off the past decade of bulrushes that had taken over the cultivated land. it used to be like a small lake but now has barely enough to water a cow in the centre. Wind dropped by 5:30 and I had a good fireguard worked with cultivator spikes and then disker so it was pretty safe. Although interesting to see the ash landing on the cattle's backs as they stood by the fence watching the fire.

Texasmark1 · Oct 16, 2017

Farmers used to burn off surplus milo and corn stubble and do the firebreak like you. Had a few fires, non related, in the county and they instigated a burn ban. Pain for the farmer but great for whomever owns the land.

rusty6 · Oct 16, 2017

I think we had a burn ban during harvest but that is done now. Still need to be careful as the grass is very dry and there is lots of wheat stubble around. Canola stubble is generally too thin to carry a fire. Used to be every other quarter was black summerfallow so there were plenty of fireguards but we don't see much of that now. The new "vertical tillage tools seem to do a real good job working fireguards and turning the stubble black. My old technology tillage does ok and it doesn't' cost a hundred thousand dollars and need 500 horsepower to pull.

Jim in Sask · Oct 16, 2017

That first picture is real nice. I was out with my 18 ft discer today working up an old yardsite where I had some trees brushed out a couple years back. It's enjoyable getting out there doing a few odds and ends now that the harvest rush is over.

RBoots · Oct 16, 2017

I'm not sure if I could do that. I had a bad experience with a fire that got away from me once when I was younger. I've been terrified of it getting away from me ever since. I have no problem with burning a brush pile in the middle of a tilled up field covered in snow though. With my luck, even that could get away from me though

rusty6 · Oct 16, 2017

(quoted from post at 19:13:38 10/16/17)
That first picture is real nice. I was out with my 18 ft discer today working up an old yardsite where I had some trees brushed out a couple years back. It's enjoyable getting out there doing a few odds and ends now that the harvest rush is over.

Sure is Jim. And for me its the first year in about 20 that I haven't had to fight with flax til freeze up or leave it out til next spring.

showcrop · Oct 17, 2017

In my early fire dept. years we used to burn a lot of unmoved fields every spring. We started off by starting a back fire all around the down wind sides. We would let the backfire get only a couple feet wide then snuff the outside out.

rusty6 · Oct 17, 2017

(quoted from post at 03:51:39 10/17/17)
In my early fire dept. years we used to burn a lot of unmoved fields every spring. We started off by starting a back fire all around the down wind sides. We would let the backfire get only a couple feet wide then snuff the outside out.

I used the same method here starting the fire on the down wind side next to the fireguard. Once I saw it was safe and not likely to jump the fire guard I moved over to the other side so that what little wind there was would carry the fire better into the bulrushes. I think I got a pretty good burn but will have to go back in daylight to check. No burning today as there is a wind warning of gusts to 90 km.

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