Charles H.
Active member
Decoys took a back seat for a while, my neighbor was putting in a pool and asked it I wanted any fill. Having some pretty out of level sections of yard I said I'd take all of it. Got about 30 tons of very nice topsoil, very little stone and clay. Paid the excavator $100 cash to spread it out. Raked out the sod and small stones and leveled it out for a few days. Figured I might as well do some planting I'd been putting off, added some Arborvitaes, blackberries, a Carmine Jewel bush cherry, and a Redhaven peach tree. Still have to put down fabric and mulch, but the grass is coming in nicely. Also got the garden turned over, planted and straw down.



Finally I got back to decoys and started on a couple tip up feeders for my in progress blackduck spread. I was repurposing some earlier mistakes so the Tail isn't quite right, I figure if the ducks get close enough to notice it should be too late. I can reverse it on the second one. Spread stands at 3 low heads, two high heads, two sleepers, two skimmers and two tip ups.




Finally I got back to decoys and started on a couple tip up feeders for my in progress blackduck spread. I was repurposing some earlier mistakes so the Tail isn't quite right, I figure if the ducks get close enough to notice it should be too late. I can reverse it on the second one. Spread stands at 3 low heads, two high heads, two sleepers, two skimmers and two tip ups.
