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Rustic coffee table made from sawmill slabs

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Previous posts described the sawmill slabbing attachment in detail. http://barrackfarms.com/wordpress/lucas-sawmill-slabbing-attachment/ Here we have a rustic coffee table design made entirely from slabs cut with the sawmill last summer.  After rough cutting with the chain saw, the curves in the base … Continue reading

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Lucas Sawmill Slabbing Attachment

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The Lucas sawmill is first and foremost a circular blade sawmill.  Mine uses a 21″ diameter 3/16″ thick 5 tooth blade to rip trees into 2×8″ and smaller boards.  However, here I’m using an attachment that Lucas offers called the slabbing … Continue reading

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Whistling Ducks

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The summer of 2012 here saw lots of Whistling ducks using the wetlands area.  Many dozens of these crimson beaked ducks hung around for almost 3 months and were a lot of fun to watch.  Unlike most wild ducks, the … Continue reading

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A good day

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The long awaited “first” 2013 tomato was picked a few minutes ago.  Anyone who grows tomatoes knows how excruciating that wait can be.  Green tomatoes seem to fill the vines and hang there for weeks refusing to break pink – … Continue reading

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Blue Winged Teal

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This year we’ve seen reduced numbers of Blue Winged Teal hanging around.  Last year was pretty dry and I kept water levels in the wetland high as long as I could – therefore, I think that I had one of … Continue reading

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The Ultimate Spring Arrival

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The painted bunting.  What can I say?  Certainly, one of the most beautiful birds on the planet and one that we in Mississippi are very lucky to count as one of our spring nesters.  They always arrive a couple of … Continue reading

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More Spring Arrivals

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Unseasonably cool weather has blessed Mississippi for the past week leaving us all a bit out of sorts.  We are still struggling to get our fields planted as wet spring weather has kept us wondering when we’ll see the sun again.  … Continue reading

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Another Spring Arrival

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Prothonotary Warblers arrive every April to the swamps of the southeastern US.  As you can imagine, it has been a bird in decline due to the destruction of it’s preferred wetland habitat.  They have one of the loudest,  most recognizable … Continue reading

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Spring brings in blue birds

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Spring here in the Delta is always marked by the appearance of a couple of birds that show off some beautiful blue feathers.  One is the Blue Winged Teal and the other is the Eastern Blue bird. We always see … Continue reading

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Tree Planting

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This  week was one of the rainiest weeks of the winter with a spring-like tropical weather blast that left 4-6″ of rain around the area and a few tornadoes in it’s wake.  It was a perfect time to get trees … Continue reading

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