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I live in a farm house that is about 8 years old and it was built very close to where an old home stood. In my front side yard, there is an approximately 20' outside diameter circle with a 17', approximately inner circle diameter. Nothing will grow in this area. Grass grows in the center. Other then a "UFO", what could have caused this? It has been there 8+++ years and is adout 75' from the home.
 
silo. The foundation is under there, very minimal soil covering the area, grass doesn't have enough water to live.
 
It's definitely a UFO landing site. If I were you, I'd for SURE be getting the heck out of there. They will take your wife and kids first.
 
Could be ground injury from repeated chemical dumping, especially used motor oil. Wood ash will also prevent growth for years. what color is the soil?
 
If you were to dig down a foot or so there could be an old foundation there. Or maybe you could sell ticket and say its the site of a UFO landing. (Do you live in Roswell NM?)
 
If it's a ufo doing it, don't hurt'm. Some one may say you are hurting the ecosystem,,,,

Space men are in the same family as beavers I think.
 
Yep, silo. I figured one of my own out awhile ago. Oh, and the places in your yard where the grass grows really green and tall in a partial circle is from a fungus...still not extraterrestrials.
 
Believe it or not there is something called a fairy ring that is caused by a fungus, but usually the grass is taller and greener in a fairy ring.

I think it is probably a dog tie out where the dog has worn a path at the end of his chain. I've seen it a lot and those spots are there years after the dog is gone. About the only way to fix it is tillage and some good soil amendments.
 
The usual hilarity aside, it's an interesting question: even assuming it's an old foundation, if there's soil on the surface something should grow after eight+ years...
Assuming you're saying the area from 17 feet to 20 feet is barren, that nothing grows, have you:
1; tried transplanting anything?
2: taken a sample of the soil, say in a small pot, cut a plug of good grass to stick into it, kept the pot in a different place, to see if the grass thrives or dies? (this tells you if the anti-growth factor is in the soil or the location);
3: any insects in the barren area? (ants, etc);
If you take a soil sample or dig for a foundation, wear gloves and wash your clothes separately; the chances are a silo was there, that it was painted with some preservative that leached out and down into the soil; and if it was powerful enough, or long lasting enough, to stop growth for 8+ Lord knows how many years, you probably don't want it on your skin.
In a worst-case highly-unlikely situation, if you have children playing in the yard you might wish to have a soil analysis done...
 
Take the wife and kids first you say...hmmmm??? This may be worth considering. If I could negotiate with them to take my sister-in-law with them too I might just invite them to stay!
 
They're coming to get you. Actually when you put down an above ground pool they give you some kind of defoliant that keeps grass/weeds from growing through the bottom of your pool, because the sun light gets all the way there. We just layed down black plastic first.
 
You're the one that's insulting everyone. "Go poison something". Like that's all anyone here wants to do, go poison and kill everything. That's not the case, and you're a kook. My grandfather thinks he's losing 20%-30% of his corn crop to deer every year, has never done anything about it, and I'd bet that's the case with 99% of the guys here. Shut up already.
 
Let me ask you a serious question. I'm quite certain you won't answer it, but I'll ask anyway.

How much should a farmer be willing to give? If a guy is farming a 1/4 section, about 160 acres, and beaver move in and flood 1/4 of it, and deer come in heavy and eat most of the rest, and all sorts of other critters that hamper his operation, do you believe he should let them all be? To the point where he can no longer farm the land? If he cannot pay the mortgage, can't feed his family, and ends up losing everything, that would be ok with you?

Just an honest question.
 
Who was on that land first? The deer, beaver and other critters are just doing what their instincts tell them to do. Their natural diet was probably plowed under years ago so white people could grow the crops they wanted on the land instead. You take away their natural habitat and then complain because they eat what you planted in it's place. Why do you want to starve them to death?
 
That's what I thought. You would put animals before people. You think humans are a plague on the planet.

But apparently only "White" people?

I won't be responding to you again. You are obviously quite insane.

Best of luck.
 
There you go with the name calling again. Is that your way of saying you can't find a suitable argument so you wish to discredit me with names?

I'm beyond junior high so I will ignore your petty taunts. What I am saying is that you have ruined the natural habitats of these animals because you want to get every ounce of corn out of your land possibe. You have decided that profit is more important than co-existing with nature and then you are surprised that they eat your crops. It sounds quite selfish to me.
 
Is there a neighbor nearby who would know for sure, that you could ask what made that circle? Or a previous owner? You've really made me curious now, about what caused it.
 
U put up onme of theose bag type self supporting pools a few years ago for one year in the yard. There is now about a 12 inch wide circle around the outer perimeter that might grow a few weeds. The middle part does pretty good. Guess I will have to till it up to get stuff to grow again.
 
Hey what about a silo footer it sounds about the right size. try and drive a rod or pipe in the dirt you might find cement.
 
If it is that close to an old house, I woulds expect it to be a cistern or possibly a well foundation. More likely a cistern.

If it is close to where the old barn was, then it could be a silo foundation.

Old house was torn down in the 1920's here, the foundation shows up every year as it dries down this time of year. Outline is still there.

--->Paul
 
Roberto your argument does not hold water.
I would be willing to bet the very spot you are sitting right now reading this message was once a natural habitat for any or all of these same critters.
So if you feel we should not move these critters off the land to grow the very food you eat; then maybe you should do your part and tear down your house and let it revert back to natural habitat.

Remember....... Whats good for the goose is good for the gander.
 
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