Texas Fall/Winter thread!

ronjhall · Feb 20, 2014

Staying warm in South TX. First 90° of the year forecast for today.

bindian · Feb 20, 2014

FG,
I keep getting notices of undeliverable mail to you. Yesterday and today. Then I noticed other's being returned undeliverable with the same ISP as you. Fix It!

I made myself a note to call you tonight.

hugs, Brandi

farmgirl19 · Feb 20, 2014

bindian said:
FG,
I keep getting notices of undeliverable mail to you. Yesterday and today. Then I noticed other's being returned undeliverable with the same ISP as you. Fix It! I made myself a note to call you tonight.
hugs, Brandi

Must be on your end, because I am still getting emails. I received over 20 of them today alone! :confused2:

Western · Feb 21, 2014

My fruit trees are budding:thumbsup:Having to water my broccoli about every 3 days:confused3: It is dry and the dry winds havent been helping. Now it looks like we have a week of coo weather, but maybe some rain....We'll see

pacerron · Feb 21, 2014

Western said:
Having to water my broccoli about every 3 days:confused3: It is dry and the dry winds havent been helping.

Now that your going back to Vegan are all those green worms considered meat?:confused2:

Bird · Feb 21, 2014

Western said:
My fruit trees are budding:thumbsup:Having to water my broccoli about every 3 days:confused3: It is dry and the dry winds havent been helping. Now it looks like we have a week of coo weather, but maybe some rain....We'll see

I had our crepe myrtle and Bradford pear trees drastically pruned, including any small shoots, last month, and I was just noticing yesterday that they are all started to put on new buds. And NWS says it was 30 degrees this morning, going for a high of 66.

Western · Feb 21, 2014

Ron, those are called "bait"!

Bird. I like the crape myrtles, we had them in Springtown. Thought about putting in a couple here, but they flower best in full sun and my fruit trees have monopolized all that.

Said 26* here at daybreak! now 30*

pacerron · Feb 21, 2014

Western said:
Ron, those are called "bait"!

Bird. I like the crape myrtles, we had them in Springtown. Thought about putting in a couple here, but they flower best in full sun and my fruit trees have monopolized all that.

Said 26* here at daybreak! now 30*

Some folks steam the worms and convince themselves they are eating broccoli flavored shrimp

NOT ME. I'm still a "where's the beef" guy.
Speaking of, I wish I had a bunch to sell about now. Big$$$$
Gonna be like 22 ammo.:confused3:
We got 36 degrees here heading for 50. Seems like the whole world is upside down.

jinman · Feb 21, 2014

The cold morning here was the death knell for my car's battery. The 2007 Vibe's OEM battery just wouldn't git-r-done. I'm going to be in the market today for a replacement; either O'Reilly's or Walmart. I love Autozone Duralast batteries, but quit doing business with them when they fired an employee for protecting himself against a robber.

Western · Feb 21, 2014

Jim, the Everstart at Walmart is the same as the Duralast, both made by Johnson Controls

Hey BTW, where did you say the cheapest place for soaker hose was? I wont try to out-do your "hose array" being it is probably registered with some "guvment" agency

, but I need a better way to maintain moisture

bindian · Feb 21, 2014

farmgirl19 said:
Must be on your end, because I am still getting emails. I received over 20 of them today alone! :confused2:

Don't know. I called and left a message last night.
hugs, Brandi

jinman · Feb 21, 2014

Dennis, I went ahead and ordered an Optima from O'Reilly in Bowie. My Optima in my tractor has been incredibly good and I want a good battery in my car that my wife drives most of the time. The Optima is $209 at O'Reilly's and I'm willing to pay that premium for the security. They will have it in the store tomorrow morning and we'll go get it there. They'll also have anything else I need for installation. In the past, I probably would have gone with the Walmart premium battery, but I'm getting too old. . . sigh!

Dennis, I just order soaker hoses from Amazon. The Gilmour flat weeper hoses are far superior to any other. Of course, they are more expensive too, but after 3 or 4 years, they'll seem cheaper. You can order them in 25', 50', and 75' lengths. You can easily build a matrix that is visible from space.

BTW: Don't be surprised if you find the Gilmour soakers at HD or Lowes cheaper than Amazon. They also have a clone at Harbor Freight, but I've never used them.

Western · Feb 21, 2014

Thanks Jim. I had seen some at Lowes last fall for $9 for 50', thought that was a good price, but cant remember the brand. Kind of thinking it was the ones in the plain cheap ties, whole pallets of them.

You like those flat ones? how are the ends? They look like the ends on the slinky hoses ( the ones that shrink) you see on the infomercials and those come off after a couple of uses. Bet they store up nice.

blueriver · Feb 21, 2014

pacerron said:
Some folks steam the worms and convince themselves they are eating broccoli flavored shrimp NOT ME. I'm still a "where's the beef" guy. Speaking of, I wish I had a bunch to sell about now. Big$$$$ Gonna be like 22 ammo.:confused3: We got 36 degrees here heading for 50. Seems like the whole world is upside down.

My neighbor hauled 25 head to the sale averaged 612 lbs at $2.09 a lb .. Nice thick black Brangus calfs

bindian · Feb 21, 2014

Western said:
Jim, the Everstart at Walmart is the same as the Duralast, both made by Johnson Controls

Hey BTW, where did you say the cheapest place for soaker hose was? I wont try to out-do your "hose array" being it is probably registered with some "guvment" agency, but I need a better way to maintain moisture

Dennis,
So your not even gonna TRY to compete with Jim in who has the longest hose(es):confused3:

hugs, Brandi

Western · Feb 21, 2014

bindian said:
Dennis,
So your not even gonna TRY to compete with Jim in who has the longest hose(es):confused3:

hugs, Brandi

Brandi, I must yield to age:shocked: And you can see his "hose" from the Hubble space station!!!

lostcreekranch · Feb 21, 2014

Sitting on the patio, after a great steak, with a fire in the chiminea and a nice glass of Jack Daniels.

Got a lot a lot done today working on pastures. Burned a few big brush piles while wind was down.

Ranch is greening up and ready for some fertilizer.

Life is good.

bindian · Feb 22, 2014

Western said:
Brandi, I must yield to age:shocked: And you can see his "hose" from the Hubble space station!!!

Yes, we must respect our elders.

But I won't shave my head for our elder.:thumbdown:
hugs, Brandi

NativeSon · Feb 22, 2014

The wind was down a little yesterday, so I burned one brush pile. Looks like the wind will be up again for more than a week.........and then comes March. Burning more brush will be on hold for a while.

Charlie