Good morning!!!!

[bakerg]

Morning all, a chilly 59F heading to only 63F with up to 2 inches of rain in the forcast. Sure glad I got the lawn mowed last night.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! Temp range today 76˚- 86˚ cool for June! Rain is heading this way from the North and will be here by noon. I still having to mow the yard every 5 days as the rains are frequent and generous this year. There is no use mowing the fields just the trails and roads.

I have two bolts that keep backing out and down on either side of the Farmall A's steering yoke. When they do steering is limited to 1/4 turn. They already have lock washers so I just cleaned them and put lock-tight on them if that doesn't work I'll try teflon tape, I guess. It's a pain to jump off the tractor and tighten them every 15 minutes. I'm still trying to get another good mowing year out of the 68 year old tractor.

 

[300UGUY]

Raining since I got up a couple hours ago. We have lots of water in some fields here. I guess I will be working inside today, not a bad idea anyway.

Have a good one!

 

[farmer2009]

70 this morning and headed to 78 today. Nice cool day for the end of June. I think everything will like it. Grass, cows, chickens, and of course me. Maybe I'll get something accomplished today. Spent most of time inside yesterday. Paperwork and then as I was set to go outside for the afternoon the rains started. Another.4 inches yesterday and over night. Heaviest rains have gone north and south of me. But only by a few miles.

Finish weedeating and bushhogging. Wife is going to wash chicken trays for me. So that saves a little more than a day. Birds start leaving tomorrow night then it's a rat race to have everything done and cleanout people in by Friday.

Dave you had some good hardware stores in Ohio. How are they in Maine?

Kev now that's funny. We are headed to Fort Myers Beach about the same time you are headed to Ohio. While I'm not from Ohio. It's the old. North moves South, South moves North.

 

[300UGUY]

70 this morning and headed to 78 today. Nice cool day for the end of June. I think everything will like it. Grass, cows, chickens, and of course me. Maybe I'll get something accomplished today. Spent most of time inside yesterday. Paperwork and then as I was set to go outside for the afternoon the rains started. Another.4 inches yesterday and over night. Heaviest rains have gone north and south of me. But only by a few miles.

Finish weedeating and bushhogging. Wife is going to wash chicken trays for me. So that saves a little more than a day. Birds start leaving tomorrow night then it's a rat race to have everything done and cleanout people in by Friday.

Dave you had some good hardware stores in Ohio. How are they in Maine?

Kev now that's funny. We are headed to Fort Myers Beach about the same time you are headed to Ohio. While I'm not from Ohio. It's the old. North moves South, South moves North.

We have a group in SE Michigan called the Kentuckians. They are a social group of folks from Kentucky, most of their families came here in the 50's and 60's. They have their own campground in SE Michigan, and hundreds of members. Our union local was called the "hillbilly mafia". Most seemed to come from the Pikeville area.

 

[deerseeker001]

62 and sunny looks to be a very nice Day with a high of 76.We will be working in Flower Beds.

 

[dave1949]

Farmer2009, Lehman's is part hardware, part tourist attraction. They have some unusual hand-operated/non-electric things that the Amish would use and lots of homesteading type items. What they sell is usually good stuff but you pay for it. Kidron is just a little place, there is a livestock auction barn across the street from Lehman's. Lehman's does an ice cream thing in the summer using hit and miss, one cylinder engines turning the churns. You can buy that set-up there if you want to go into the ice cream business. Twin 5 gal. churns on a trailer for $8500. https://www.lehmans.com/p-749-large-ice-cream-trailer.aspx

Hardware stores here are fairly typical. We have two nearby. One is The Farmer's Union, it's a co-op but open to the public. They sell seeds, feeds, lime & fertilizer, fencing, tools, fasteners, canning supplies, plumbing & electric, pet care, horse care, etc. The other is a New England regional chain called Aubuchon. Aside from lawn, pet and bird food, they don't carry seed and feed. Paint, tools, fasteners, electric, plumbing, they are a Stihl dealer too now. We had an Agway/John Deere/Stihl store but JD pulled their dealership like many others a couple years back. Without that JD business which was lawn mowers and SCUTS, they closed.

 

[farmer2009]

We have a group in SE Michigan called the Kentuckians. They are a social group of folks from Kentucky, most of their families came here in the 50's and 60's. They have their own campground in SE Michigan, and hundreds of members. Our union local was called the "hillbilly mafia". Most seemed to come from the Pikeville area.

I have family in Michigan. They moved from Kentucky about the time you reference. The ones who moved were aunts, uncles and cousins to my grandfather. Or atleast that's my understanding of which generation it was. Some still come in every couple of years but I couldn't tell you who they are. My grandfather just says it's someone's son or daughter. And dad knows who then but I'm still lost.

 

[farmer2009]

Farmer2009, Lehman's is part hardware, part tourist attraction. They have some unusual hand-operated/non-electric things that the Amish would use and lots of homesteading type items. What they sell is usually good stuff but you pay for it. Kidron is just a little place, there is a livestock auction barn across the street from Lehman's. Lehman's does an ice cream thing in the summer using hit and miss, one cylinder engines turning the churns. You can buy that set-up there if you want to go into the ice cream business. Twin 5 gal. churns on a trailer for $8500. https://www.lehmans.com/p-749-large-ice-cream-trailer.aspx Hardware stores here are fairly typical. We have two nearby. One is The Farmer's Union, it's a co-op but open to the public. They sell seeds, feeds, lime & fertilizer, fencing, tools, fasteners, canning supplies, plumbing & electric, pet care, horse care, etc. The other is a New England regional chain called Aubuchon. Aside from lawn, pet and bird food, they don't carry seed and feed. Paint, tools, fasteners, electric, plumbing, they are a Stihl dealer too now. We had an Agway/John Deere/Stihl store but JD pulled their dealership like many others a couple years back. Without that JD business which was lawn mowers and SCUTS, they closed.

Dave I think I'll pass on the ice cream wagon. But I bet it'd be a hit at the Jerusalem Ridge Festival. It's a week long Blue Grass music festival at the Homeplace of Bill Monroe. About 20 minutes from me and really this counties only claim to fame. Unless you believe Paul Harvey.

We still have a pretty good hardware store here. Big into garden and general stuff. Expensive but convenient. 4 farm supplies. One of which is also big into garden and cattle supplies. TSC is building a new store. But knowing what TSC has I don't see them hurting the local guys. I think it'll be good because currently there is no competition. Some business models overlap but none are very close to the same.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

7:30AM and 76F outside already. Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 97F. Winds S at 10 to 15 mph.

Dave, in the little town where I do most of my shopping, Chico, CA, they've already outlawed plastic shopping bags, even in places like Wal Mart. I have no love for them, as they let the contents roll out as soon as they are put into the back seat, and I have yet to find anything useful around the house for them to do. Merchants get to charge $.10 for a paper grocery bag, which most do. Starting next year, the ban goes state wide. I use the paper bags in the kitchen garbage receptacle (it's sized specifically for them), and when my supply of old bags runs out I'll be purchasing a new stock. Costco carries them for a few cents apiece. Six months into this foolishness, and easily half the time I'll still walk into a store without my reusable bag, and end up with an arm full of stuff going out the door or just putting it all back into the cart and wheeling it out to the truck where I transfer it into a forever bag. Yet department (non-food) stores continue to use those awful plastic bags. I'd have no problem if "they" put an outright ban on the plastic bags, but why prohibit the use of a recyclable, sustainably made wood product like paper bags?

KevT, once in a while as a boy in central Ohio the family would pile into the car and go for a Sunday drive. One of Dad's favorite areas was the Amish country northeast of Columbus. He was particularly fond of the cheese, which I remember as mostly Swiss or cheddar, and all deliciously sharp. One place in particular, an old hardware store with wooden floors and a pot belly stove, had a cave or coal mine shaft open from the back where the cheese was aged. I got to peek into it once, an eight year old boy's dream come true. I was too young to remember the name of either the store or the town, but it sure would be fun to track it down again, if nothing else than to see if it's still there. On another occasion my Mom announced that we must be close to where they made the cheese because she could smell it as we went down the road. At that moment we came around a bend and there was a large pig farm, so from then on we called them cheese factories! :laughing:

It was very warm yesterday morning and I didn't get very far spraying before the RTV overheated. After it cooled down I learned that the radiator has a new leak. It's already been repaired once from a stick puncturing it. I also found that the electric cooling fan no longer comes on. So instead of spraying I'll be taking that apart to see what's what. If it's not one thing it's just something else, huh?

Have a great weekend, folks!

 

[riptides]

In the 70's with light rain now. Flood watch over most of the area. Ground is already pooling water. Pool needs to be drained again, fourth time this season. Koi-less pond on overflow too. Heavy rains predicted this late afternoon.

Guess I'll go work on some doors on the inside of the house. Was hoping to move an old milk vat out of the old milk house today. Scrap or sell? Stainless steel 250 gallon cooler type. Got to be about 60-80 years old. Looks pristine though. The stories it could tell.

Have a great day all!

 

[KevT]

KevT, once in a while as a boy in central Ohio the family would pile into the car and go for a Sunday drive. One of Dad's favorite areas was the Amish country northeast of Columbus. He was particularly fond of the cheese, which I remember as mostly Swiss or cheddar, and all deliciously sharp. One place in particular, an old hardware store with wooden floors and a pot belly stove, had a cave or coal mine shaft open from the back where the cheese was aged. I got to peek into it once, an eight year old boy's dream come true. I was too young to remember the name of either the store or the town, but it sure would be fun to track it down again, if nothing else than to see if it's still there. On another occasion my Mom announced that we must be close to where they made the cheese because she could smell it as we went down the road. At that moment we came around a bend and there was a large pig farm, so from then on we called them cheese factories! :laughing:

Now That is funny!!! Had some friends from the city visiting and has we drove by a pivot well irrigation system watering the field, it had cows underneath it cooling off, the wife said "Wow they even have cow washes out here"... and she was serious. :mur: So I convinced her that the hay rings were actually exercise wheel for the cows like a hamster wheel. Her husband called me a couple of weeks later begging me to tell her the truth. Guess she was telling everyone how cool it was in the country. :laughing: Lori and I still call them cow washes with a little giggle

Farmer Are you going to visit or have family there? Going to Captiva? Know the area well from my kayaking days. I warn you it is HOT!!! But at least on the beach you will get afternoon rains with the sea breeze.

:laughing: Can you tell from the wording seeing my family isn't a visit? I guess I meant playing tourist or family Just a little slip of the sub-conscience

 

[daugen]

I would like to thank the 638 million other people driving on Route 95 today for not hitting me. Four lanes of densely choked traffic, going anywhere from 3 mph to 15 before hitting the brakes again. I just got in front of a big rig who was leaving plenty of distance and left plenty in front of me. such an invitation though for lane dodgers, who often squirt back in the same lane a quarter mile ahead, and all four lanes are going nowhere. ?? I don't think I ever got to the speed limit in VA, wasn't until in NC that traffic lightened and then bless those lovely NC four lanes with not many folks on them.
What a pleasant relief from the mess further North. I think another bus caught on fire. Maybe they ought to recall those things...I've seen two burned out busses in the last year.

Back home, everything was fine, cranked down the a/c and have another gladiola blooming I need to go cut. Have a vase of four of them now. Really neat to cut and enjoy your own flowers. If my veggie garden is a disaster at least the flowers are coming up nicely.

My brother's new home has a view of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and this house is up pretty high on a knoll with views out several directions of different mountain ranges. He was deeply grateful for the boat, which trailered up there just fine, and we went to the oldest Ford dealership either in VA or the US in Marshall VA and they tightened up a valve stem that had come loose and the trailer tire had needed air too soon after the last fill. Twelve year old radial trailer tires now headed another 900 miles to upper Michigan where it will be used on Lake Huron. I just hope it makes it there, and I was merciless in reminding him to not pull the thing over 65mph or all bets are off on the tires. Pulling it with an Acura MDX which had no problem with it, other than alerting the vehicle stability sensors and making something unhappy there.

as it almost always is, good to be home.
hope you all have a nice weekend.

 

[300UGUY]

Didn't get anything done today, but I am tired.... I'll keep working on it.

 

[Larro Darro]

Good Evening. 2025, mostly cloudy, 74F with 93% humidity. Our high today was 90F, and the low is forecast to be 73F, with 100% chance of thunderstorms tonight.

I got out early before work and disc up 1/4 of the newest part of the garden. I was wanting to plant Crimson Sweets and we have had enough rain the soil was compacted. I got it cut and the seeds in the ground before the rain started, and got to work on time.

You guys might recall my Cousin Steve who died a couple of years ago and was buried in the family graveyard. His Mom came down from Rome Georgia today, and I hadn't mowed down there for about a month. She was already pretty upset, and seeing the grave in tall grass didn't do her any good. When I got off work I got most of it mowed before a big thunderstorm chased me. They tried to pay me, but I told them it was something that had passed down to me when Daddy died 13 years ago. I'm just not as punctual about keeping it cut as he was.

Drew, glad you made it home. I like to get out in the craziness about once a year to remind myself how good I have it here.

 

[Buppies]

Drew glad you made it home safe and sound. I95 is generally a zoo and I try to avoid if possible

 

[farmer2009]

72 at 20:30. Can't complain about that in late June. Low tonight of 57. Now that might require a jacket if I get up early in the morning. Very nice day today. Managed to finish the weedeating my hired help bailed on earlier in the week and never showed back up to finish. Then got a couple hours of clipping pastures in before getting to dark. Don't have lights and that's something I really need to fix but I know it's a wiring issue. They used to work. Wife helped by washing trays today. Got 3 barns done. Probably could have gotten them all done but the wind this morning was so cold she chilled out. Had to go in and warm up by lunch. But after lunch she took my advice and used the apron that was hanging out there. Off to take care of birds. They leave this week and then work begins.

Drew. Glad you made it back safe and sound.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 75F this morning, only made it to 86F with a significant drop in humidity . Warm up start tomorrow . Painting continues in garage, will start on next set of shelves Monday and empty more boxes.

 

[mostly_gas]

Drew glad you made it back ok!

Dave, one of the ice cream vendors on the BAK ride had a trailer withe the hit and miss engines on it. He had a good recipe for ice cream as well

 

[300UGUY]

I've been to the MMOGTA show in Oakley, Michigan, and seen a Amish family there with a hit and miss ice cream setup. Maybe the brought it from Ohio?