Showing posts with label Auger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Auger. Show all posts

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Making of Parcel 6

Setting up Parcel 6 for execution. Parcel 6 is a hilly land going down a slope, possibly a stream at the bottom and raise up back the opposite hill. The shape is slightly rectangular. This is a failed farm that had been cleared 2 times before. There are also some rubber trees that we think is an encroachment. One side is a new rubber plantation (suspected encroachment). Second side borders a mutual rubber plantation and palm oil plantation. Third side is another mutual rubber plantation. Fourth side is the access road. This picture was taken at the corner of the first and fourth side.
We find this parcel to be easy access as there are already mostly tared road in placed, even thought it's not maintained fully. Only the last few Kilometers (maybe 3) are clay road. Since it's a failed farm, almost all big trees had been cleared, which translate to some savings for us. Our immediate priority now is to locate the marker stones, we found 1, still need to find the other 5 (comprising of 2 lots, total 6 markers). We shall need to verify the encroachment and if true, sort it out with our neighbor. We had planned to locate all the markers and mark again with a pole, painted with bright colors. This shall ease the clearing and terracing of the land. Had already fixed up with the clearing contractor who has some bulldozer nearby, ETA 1st week August. We plan to built a worker's quarter and a store on the fourth side (access road side). Confirmation of seedlings need to be done on August. We intend to go for high yielding clones. Once clearing has started, we intend to start planting. We plan to finish off latest end of December. Lets hope that all goes well.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Auger

Auger, or earth driller. A machine that drill into the earth. We decided to buy a couple of these to try it out. It's very useful for planting trees and even fencing post! The earth that was brought up had been loosen and makes it ideal for planting.
Am also thinking of changing the drill bit to a smaller size, drill holes next to trees to put fertilizer.