Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Thomas enjoy your week I'm sure the chipmunk will all nice and warm

 

[txdon]

Good morning! Now that we have the oven educational class out of the way and all the pillow talk phone batteries are recharged we can get on to business.

60˚ heading to 77˚ cloudy. No freezing temps forecasted for the next 10 days so the little beans growing have a bit more time to grow, the potatoes are looking good also just hope they bloom in the next few days.

Thomas you are a regular Home Depot for the little chipmunk, I bet she appreciates it with winter approaching.

 

[txdon]

Woke in the middle of the night, looked up at the sky through the roof window and happened to see a shooting star pass over. Is this a sign it's going to be a magical day, or should I be out buying triffid herbicide ?

Had to look up those triffid plants, maybe you should use your new gun on them forget about spraying them.
Triffid - "(in science fiction) one of a race of predatory plants that are capable of growing to a gigantic size and are possessed of locomotor ability and a poisonous sting."

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 33° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 41° with cloudy skies. Never got to speed reducer project yesterday. Wife wanted to go shopping. Stocked up on the things for a long winter stay in the house. Not me, my wife. Sam's club had a La Crosse weather station on sale for $69. I probably got what I paid for. It's suppose to hook up to WU and Smartphone. But reviews do not look good for that option. All though it does work good with it's own monitor. Before I get to play with it I need to get Trak-Vac hooked up to lawnmower. Lawn is still wet from weekend rains. But may dry up later today or tomorrow.
Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

Turned out to be a lot easier just to write in the names since this wasn't some kind of presentation document.
Need to order my seed potatoes soon for the Spring. They go by acre, not linear row length, but I have an approx sq footage.
Everything will be done in little rows, will use tractor as much as possible. Will only attach deer netting on one side of fenced area by a few tie downs, so I can loosen one whole side
and get the tractor in there.

Will probably be 95% non GMO and similarly all heirloom seeds. Thought about an expensive transplanter, think I'm going to wait on that for first year. Let me make sure things grow here
before investing in yet another specialty tool. Just not sure of what to plant by seed and what to transplant from seedlings I grow. Seems the latter, though more work, would be more successful. Have ordered seed planting supplies from a local company, through Amazon interestingly, who makes extra heavy trays. I'm growing all these seedlings in my sun room, which unfortunately does not get a lot of afternoon sun, so will probably add some grow lights. Going to drive to the planting supply company and go over my garden plan with them, get the right planting mix, etc.

will be able to use area between rows of nut trees for two or three years before those trees get big enough to block the sun.

The seeds I plant directly will likely be done with a simple Earthway push planter. For the size I'm dealing with, totally not cost effective to automate, but...if this works and I rent more land from neighbor, it might be worthwhile. Plus it's fun...

Sandy soil, should be good for potatoes and carrots.
Winter dreams of Spring planting. Something to look forward to.

 

[daugen]

Don, I'm going to "harvest" my little collard patch and one half will get cooked with some kind of pork product, as 100 percent of the locals cook it,
but I'd like to do the other half without meat. Any suggestions for a healthy non meat collard recipe that is reasonably simple and good?

think I got all the bugs out by alleged organic sprays but I guess you just cut around the chomped parts. Not sure I want cabbage worm drool in my dinner.

 

[Looking4new]

Don, I'm going to "harvest" my little collard patch and one half will get cooked with some kind of pork product, as 100 percent of the locals cook it,
but I'd like to do the other half without meat. Any suggestions for a healthy non meat collard recipe that is reasonably simple and good?

think I got all the bugs out by alleged organic sprays but I guess you just cut around the chomped parts. Not sure I want cabbage worm drool in my dinner.

If you leave the cabbage worm on the collards, then you don't need to spend money on pork and you get your meat, too.

 

[txdon]

Drew, I really don't use collards just kale, but I suppose you could just cut it up and add it to a spicy vegetable soup. I used to work in a grocery store in South Houston (Pyburns, Kyle) and collard greens or mustard greens with hog jowls were very popular.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good morning!!!! 49ｰ F and clear in Cambria California. Heading north to Palo Alto today to visit an old friend and will likely get wet, but so far the weather has been perfect. A little overcast yesterday morning coming north from the Salton Sea. Desolate, baron ground in that area, all high desert. Good to see the rolling grass Hills and oaks of the coast ranges yesterday afternoon. Have some nice pictures but there doesn't appear to be any way to share them using Safari on the iPhone so maybe tomorrow after I get back. The TractorByNet app doesn't work anymore on this iPhone.

Glad to see you all busy texting with Don's mom and keeping Eric's wife apprised of his industriousness.

Randy, if you run out of things to cook we could probably start sending you our favorite recipes. What do you think about that?

At some point Don it would be a good idea to show your mom how voice recognition helps on the iPad. It might relieve her of typing all together. I'm using it for this post right now and it seems to be working pretty well.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a good start

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good morning! Now that we have the oven educational class out of the way and all the pillow talk phone batteries are recharged we can get on to business.

Well, there goes all the fun.

Ghost in the basement didnt get me this morning. Probably the ghost of the old washing machine that now sits unconnected, awaiting its outcome. Wife wants me to make a hookup for it in my utility room, to wash the really dirty stuff. Got a lot of work to make that happen, but some of that work needs done anyways.
Still got an old boiler than made heat pre geothermal. Then i want to move water heater to other side of room, next to geo unit, so it can help heat water. That will free up space next to a drain pipe that i can hook washer discharge into. Just gotta play plumber again to make it happen.

 

[CWB Wyo]

The low this morning was 27*, yesterday's high was 55*. Today is going to be a copy of yesterday. With the high in the 50's and sunny.

Thinking about changing the oil in the tractor today and reworking a bench I made a few years ago. The back is to straight, it needs a little curve in it to be comfortable.

Hope everyone has a nice day.
CWB.

 

[toppop52]

39 and rain, going to 52.

Triffids - the big hoopla over this past summer's full eclipse got me thinking about that movie.

Now that I've looked up Proof setting, I need to check our oven for it.

Mowed a bunch of maple leaves in mulch mode late yesterday. Hate to mulch them up because they are so colorful on the ground,...but they do pack together when they get wet, so wanted to beat the rain. I use to spend hours raking, but decided that they break down so well after mulching, that they are better left on the lawn. Not all have fallen, so will repeat one more time.

Randy, any car or air shows coming up soon? We had a low flying vertical take-off and landing plane fly over...I guess on the way to Fort A.P. Hill or Quantico.

No shows that I知 aware of until spring. We get Ospreys and a lot I& other military aircraft here, they use the local airport to practice.
Cool and rainy, in other words November.

 

[Thomas]

Thomas enjoy your week I'm sure the chipmunk will all nice and warm

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Thank you as well Sir.
If you get a chance send little warmth our way.

 

[Buppies]

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Thank you as well Sir.
If you get a chance send little warmth our way.

Maybe first part to middle part of December. The present cold will last until end of November

 

[PJSprog]

39°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 48° today.

Had one of those weekends where I didn't feel like I really got anything done, and yet had checked off all but one item on my honey-do list. Met my best friend and his lady at a local Cracker Barrel restaurant for breakfast yesterday morning. They are joining us for Thanksgiving this year, and we got together to get a handle on the menu and who's making what. Good time with old friends. Need to do that kind of stuff more often.

 

[sodamo]

65°F and only .04 inches rain last 24 hours.

Nice relaxing day yesterday.
No big plans for today, probably a good time for a bit of clean up.

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[PJSprog]

No shows that I知 aware of until spring. We get Ospreys and a lot I& other military aircraft here, they use the local airport to practice.

That reminds me of a story, Randy. A friend of mine I've known since kindergarten is a now-retired Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sergeant. His last two years before retirement he decided he would get out from behind the desk and got himself assigned as crew chief on an Osprey. I thought he was crazy to actually want to fly in one of those things, but ... he is a Marine, after all. They had some mechanical issues on one flight, and had to put down at a small airport outside of a small town along the East Coast. Needing a part, they got stuck there for a week waiting for the part to arrive. The locals found out what was going on, and started bringing them home-cooked meals every day. Gotta love that.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Well, there goes all the fun.

Ghost in the basement didnt get me this morning. Probably the ghost of the old washing machine that now sits unconnected, awaiting its outcome. Wife wants me to make a hookup for it in my utility room, to wash the really dirty stuff. Got a lot of work to make that happen, but some of that work needs done anyways.
Still got an old boiler than made heat pre geothermal. Then i want to move water heater to other side of room, next to geo unit, so it can help heat water. That will free up space next to a drain pipe that i can hook washer discharge into. Just gotta play plumber again to make it happen.

We have quarters, in the big workshop, that we lived in on weekends before we built our house at the Ranch. The quarters include a combination bathroom, shower, laundry room. If I get really dirty I can shower down there and wash all my work clothes there as well. This keeps everything clean up at the house and me out of trouble, for the most part.

 

[hawkeye08]

Had a great weekend, got things put away in shop, including travel trailer.. Almost ready for winter.. serviced snowblower, it has sat with fuel since last winter, started on first pull.. made sure it was near door, full of fuel and ready to go when we get snow. Went to get haircut after church yesterday, then lunch (just wife and I)... shopped a bit after lunch.. had a great time.

 

[daugen]

the only good thing I can say about this morning is that it's over.
2 hours in the chair and $1100 later I escaped with my life.
Considered good to be a well rooted individual, right?
Well I rang the bell today. Not the normal three roots/canals.
Not the abnormal four which I had one of. But five roots to be
drilled out. Geez....but I give the guy credit, and he was a young Chinese doc
apparently just out of school, boy was he good. Gentle, articulate, constantly explained what he was doing, and
gave me another shot when it was clear I needed it.

I promptly went to my local greasy spoon close to my home for lunch, while my mouth was still numb, and had a fried porkchop lunch with boiled potatoes and
black eyed peas, the latter with big chunks of something just yummy, salty and greasy of course. Talk about needing some comfort food...
When that lidocaine wears off, it's going to feel like I had a 6 inch post hole digger in my mouth.
ok, my moanmeter just pegged and I'll be quiet now.

Rain has left but it's pretty wet out, good day to cool it. Tomorrow I'll go to the Massey dealer and get my tractor back.