Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Purty fishy !! I just went to my doc today, I need to get way more serious with the sugar. Everything else seems ok, but no more ice cream, pie, or candy....all the good stuff!

The good stuff made the bad way. You just need to change recipes. Just look for your favorite junk food in a vegan/no oil cooking site. You do not have to feel deprived. The brownies I make with sweet potatoes or the ones I make with black beans are delicious and contain none of the things you should not have. Ice cream can be made with a base of frozen bananas and pies are even simpler but the crust might have a slightly different texture, . . .etc . . .

Need to grapple a few fallen trees, bye.

 

[lennyzx11]

26 degrees going to 48 today. Helpers came yesterday and we put the phd back on the tractor, and froze our tails off doing it, geez was that wind chill cold in 25mph winds. But at least now I can drill about fifty holes for hybrid willows today, in the nice warm tractor cab. All going along a tree line, and while the 12 inch auger is too big for these small bare root trees, it will make a nice water retention ring from the overflow and for sure will go through tree roots that I have no chance of digging through manually. I expect to hit a lot of roots today, run the phd just above idle so if I hit something big the tractor will stall and not break the pins. I've never stalled the tractor either, shows that diesels definitely put their torque out at low rpm.

Hybrid willows all average about 42 inches with nice root balls, a good thing when they advertised them as only being two to three feet tall. I'm hopeful their addition to my existing tree line will finally give me a sight barrier from Tobacco Road next door. Once the willows have formed a sight barrier, I can then clean out the tree line, get all the briars and other junky trees out, all of which were tolerated because they helped block the view. Trees are supposed to grow 8 feet in the first year. Hmmm, a hybrid willow would define GMO wouldn't it?....

Daugen, I didn't even know these existed.
I've been looking for a solution on the two sides of my place for privacy and these seem perfect.
Can you give the details on where you get them if mail order and a ball park price?
I notice there are different "hybrid" willows also and would like to get your input on the type you have and reasoning why.

Thank you ,
Lenny

 

[sodamo]

I'd just bend the edge up to help keep stuff in the shovel.

Might even be more useful.

 

[txdon]

The right tool

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Get a fire truck out there and hose it out.

 

[toppop52]

Daugen, I didn't even know these existed.
I've been looking for a solution on the two sides of my place for privacy and these seem perfect.
Can you give the details on where you get them if mail order and a ball park price?
I notice there are different "hybrid" willows also and would like to get your input on the type you have and reasoning why.

Thank you ,
Lenny

I used the Aus Trees, not sure that brand is still around. From my experience as I told Drew, they're great if you don't use them where neatness matters. They grow and fill out rapidly, mine got to 25'-30' in 6-7 years, but they shed three times a season and evertime the wind blows they drop hundreds of small limbs. Anywhere a live limb touches the ground it will take root. They love water and need an excessive amount the first year or so. That's what I know. Not speaking for Drew.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

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Where do you get a grapple like that without feeling like you just got stuck?

 

[mostly_gas]

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Showoff ... :thumbsup: Also thanks for all the nutrition info. I did not see any calorie info on the fork over knife website. I try to eat about 200 cal/hr riding during long and/or multi day rides.

RS nice fish and nice to have you back :drink:

Drew good luck with your willows.

I never got a heart ejection rate after my echo stress test. They just called and said no real problems. Doc did mention a murmur at the initial screening, but keep doing "what you are doing". Hit 1000 miles on the bike last week, last year did not hit 1000 until first week of April.

I am on 20mg simvastatin, and 100 mg CoQ10 and no joint side effects so far, about 1.5 years. Started with Qunol, tried cheaper, and went back to Qunol.

David did you get electrical project complete?

 

[txdon]

Where do you get a grapple like that without feeling like you just got stuck?

Harvey glad you showed up! This is not the grapple that was on the back of a red truck that my Uncle had to pull out with his bulldozer. That one my cousin bought. Yep, another cousin story Ron. I needed a grapple that I could plow up brush and small trees with without picking up sand so I traded for this rake grapple.

Funny you should mention getting stuck, while moving the second tree my tractor started sinking quickly in the wet sand and I had to abandon the job for a drier day. The trees are about 20 feet from the back pond.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 50F at the start, cloudy calm wind. Did not need a fire this morning. Clouds partially cleared late in the day, wind picked way up, and temp hit 71F. Minimal chance of rain in the forecast so watering the young trees. Worked on the wood pile, including some resplitting and general cleanup. This afternoon had to go to dentist get permanent crowns installed and finish the deep cleaning on same side. My mouth is not talking to me tonight!