Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[Bird]

That 60% chance of rain in the forecast for last night didn't happen, but that 30% chance for today has put a half inch of water in my gauge in the last 20 minutes with some the loudest thunder you'll ever hear, but at least no wind or hail.

 

[Western]

You did good Bird! I have been waiting like you since yesterday, not even a sprinkle so far. I did manage to get most of my mowing done, but had to run to town. Had to go all the way to Azle, as every store in Springtown is closed.

 

[Bird]

Dennis, after that initial downpour, it did slow down a bit, but when it quit about 4 p.m., I went out and poured about 1.68" of rain out of my gauge. Lots of puddles standing in the yards and drainage ditches around here.

And I wanted to get an oil filter wrench today. NAPA, Northern Tool, and Sears were all closed. O'Reilly's and Auto Zone had similar wrenches for $5.99 each, but they weren't exactly what I wanted. So I just got back from Harbor Freight where they had the design I wanted (made in China, of course) and a set of 4 different sizes for $5.99. So now I have 3 that I'll probably never use.:laughing:

 

[jinman]

I watched the rain go south of us on the radar yesterday. Does that count?:confused2:

Well, at least I was able to take my grandson fishing in our catfish pond and get some revenge for the last time we went fishing when he caught 5 fish and I caught none. Yesterday, he caught a 1 pound catfish and I caugt a 2-1/2 pounder. I kept kidding him that all he caught was a minnow and I caught the only fish.:laughing:

 

[Bird]

Officially, Denton only got .18" of rain at the airport about 10 miles from us; big difference in that and what we got.

And are you and your grandson eating those fish you caught?

 

[foreman Etexas]

I got about an inch yesterday and wife said yard was getting alittle tall,so I mowed today

 

[Western]

I got about an inch yesterday and wife said yard was getting alittle tall,so I mowed todayView attachment 260047

:laughing::laughing::thumbsup: Thats what I used to do when we had a "farm", I'd open the gate and let a few in (fenced yard). Worked great until they got in the wifes flower bed, the one and only time I let calves in with the cows. I should have known better than put in the rambunctious "kids"

May get some rain tonight, but will it hold together?

 

[foreman Etexas]

:laughing::laughing::thumbsup: Thats what I used to do when we had a "farm", I'd open the gate and let a few in (fenced yard). Worked great until they got in the wifes flower bed, the one and only time I let calves in with the cows. I should have known better than put in the rambunctious "kids"

May get some rain tonight, but will it hold together?

No planted flowers,just some wild ones She dont like the cow pies left behind,I just tell her its fertilizer and watch your step:laughing: I do mow after cple days with gate open,the lamn mower tires usually spread the cow pies out....

 

[jinman]

And are you and your grandson eating those fish you caught?

Naw Bird, these are our pet catfish. We just catch them, scratch their bellies 'til they purr, and put them back.

 

[Western]

No planted flowers,just some wild ones She dont like the cow pies left behind,I just tell her its fertilizer and watch your step:laughing: I do mow after cple days with gate open,the lamn mower tires usually spread the cow pies out....

You're smarter than me, I told my wife when she complained about the "pies", " Your jealous because they are more efficient at pie making than you are", that didn't come across as a joke to her, not one bit. Odd thing is, she blamed the cows because the calves are to "cute"! what the?? In the end she is right, even when she may be wrong,,right:laughing:

 

[blueriver]

You're smarter than me, I told my wife when she complained about the "pies", " Your jealous because they are more efficient at pie making than you are", that didn't come across as a joke to her, not one bit. Odd thing is, she blamed the cows because the calves are to "cute"! what the?? In the end she is right, even when she may be wrong,,right:laughing:

You want to see a 5'9" 125 lb storm? Just let any animal besides my wifes dog or cat into the yard ... the "manicured" yard ... last fall my 1/4 horse got out and left "divits" ... my grandson and I spent hours filling in hoof prints with the bull whip snapping overhead ... darn horse.

 

[jinman]

You want to see a 5'9" 125 lb storm? Just let any animal besides my wifes dog or cat into the yard ... the "manicured" yard ... last fall my 1/4 horse got out and left "divits" ... my grandson and I spent hours filling in hoof prints with the bull whip snapping overhead ... darn horse.

Okay, here's my anecdote. If you have a bunch of goats and they get out of their pasture, they will sample every nice flower or shrub you have. They are particularly fond of red tip photinias. They can reduce them to just branches in one afternoon.

 

[blueriver]

Okay, here's my anecdote. If you have a bunch of goats and they get out of their pasture, they will sample every nice flower or shrub you have. They are particularly fond of red tip photinias. They can reduce them to just branches in one afternoon.

They leave sticks ... I don't much care for goats. I know a good goat joke !! (not fit for a family site)

I had goats ... years ago a real estate agent stopped by the old farm to talk about some land for sale next to me ... looked up and 4-5 goats on top of his caddy !!!!

 

[pacerron]

Okay, here's my anecdote. If you have a bunch of goats and they get out of their pasture, they will sample every nice flower or shrub you have. They are particularly fond of red tip photinias. They can reduce them to just branches in one afternoon.

Up here the Deer pull up the wife's flowers around the house, eat the fruit off the trees, and have a fiest in the garden. A little early in the season for that yet but they are marching through the new onions comming up in the onion patch now. 17 deer in a group here these days and hunting season isn't till fall. The wife is already spraying her garlic, hot pepper, milk, rotten egg mix in the beds that have bulbs in bloom, but they get used to that in a while.
It might be easier to control goats

 

[jinman]

Up here the Deer pull up the wife's flowers around the house, eat the fruit off the trees, and have a fiest in the garden. A little early in the season for that yet but they are marching through the new onions comming up in the onion patch now. 17 deer in a group here these days and hunting season isn't till fall. The wife is already spraying her garlic, hot pepper, milk, rotten egg mix in the beds that have bulbs in bloom, but they get used to that in a while.
It might be easier to control goats

We have BEEE-autiful onions inside our 7' deer netting. I thought you were gonna getcha some of that.

 

[Western]

Did anyone watch Pete Delcus last night, channel 8? He was saying that a hail storm north of Amarillo, dropped 2-4' of hail!! They had to use plows on HWY 287. Guess I missed it other than his comments about it, wish he would have showed some photos. Thats allot of hail!!

We are supposed to be getting a heck of a storm this weekend (N Texas) Mr Delcus says this one could be a "critically serious threat" for severe weather.

 

[EddieWalker]

The news is predicting another round of tornadoes to hit the DFW area Saturday. Not sure how reliable they are in these things, but it's that time of the year and there does seem to be quite a few of them lately.

Eddie

 

[pacerron]

We have BEEE-autiful onions inside our 7' deer netting. I thought you were gonna getcha some of that.

You thought right.:thumbsup: The onion box is not part of or near the regular garden. It is made from old railroad ties and is filled with the flower pot dirt my wife mixes up fresh every year and then throws in there at the end of the flower season, peat, topsoil, vermiculite, perlite and fertilizer. A great place to plant fresh green onions, radishes and other early stuff before I plow the garden. It looks like the "TV garden show dirt"
We have had a cold spell here this week after abnormally high temps before that made some things bloom before they should. We have had to cover the blueberry bushes with old sheets every night this week as it frosts out here in the country when the city boys are just getting within range.

Garden plowing is in the near future if it doesn't rain too much.
As soon as I finish disking it we will drive in the T-posts and put up the netting you reccommended. We have had it since last fall.
We could still get light snow here and have learned from many years experience that planting tomato plants, pepper plants, etc has too much risk of frost before May 20.
Even trying to plant sweet corn with 2 weeks staggering to extend the harvest/eating time is usually folly. Until the ground gets good and warm, the early planted stuff doesn't mature any sooner than the stuff planted later.

 

[foreman Etexas]

Well they came and put out fertilizer today on hay meadow,I sure hope we get some of that rain:thumbsup:

 

[Western]

Here is the story on the "deep" hail, hard to believe if you haven't seen it.


Gigantic, softball-sized hail to rain down on Midwest, South | Fox News