Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

Don, you say you made a vole cobbler? not vegan

One thing I quickly learned about the PHD was to throttle down the RPMs so it wasn't spinning so quickly. That kept it from flopping wildly on the end of the rig when lifted clear of the ground and gave me time to jerk it back up if it started screwing itself into the ground.
:thumbsup:

Slow is good...I run mine at about 1200 rpm and would much prefer to stall the tractor than break the bolts. And never have, either in rocks in PA or here, where roots are the issue. Catch a big root and you can sink a PHD "to China" in a hurry. And no reversing out like a drill...
I always cleaned the hole out several times, the up and down deal, as I wanted the big ring anyway for water retention afterwards.
Now someone putting in a long fence would be going a lot faster than me digging holes for shrubs and trees.
Surely the old saying you really have to pay attention holds true when drilling into Mother Earth.
You can sure get to that WHOA feeling as the back end of your tractor is sucked down.
Blue sky and 60 degrees, headed out. Storms later but not now.

 

[txdon]

They eat termites and ants. That should be a good thing.

It should be, but they have a hard time moving out of the way. They can't seem to get traction on the tile floor.

 

[wngsprd]

Drizzle and 55, going to 65 and more rain. Got 1.2 inches yesterday. Only outside endeavors were hikes and bird feeding.

Randy - get well!

Kyle, nice coupe' ...put on those wheels and a small V8 and you really will have a coupe'

Never heard of eating ox cheek...but why not?

Roy, sorry to hear about your friend's wife.

More inside desk work and reorg/clean up of my "hunting" room.

 

[Thomas]

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Finally t-shirt weather.

 

[Thomas]

45F light rain now heavy rains later today mid 50's for high.

Little raking done last evening still snow and mud.
Drop pickup off service garage after work finally get snow tires remove and general inspection...$$$'s.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Thomas]

Strong thought/prayers for your neighbor Roy.

 

[ronjhall]

Don, you say you made a vole cobbler? not vegan

One thing I quickly learned about the PHD was to throttle down the RPMs so it wasn't spinning so quickly. That kept it from flopping wildly on the end of the rig when lifted clear of the ground and gave me time to jerk it back up if it started screwing itself into the ground.
:thumbsup:

Slow is good...I run mine at about 1200 rpm and would much prefer to stall the tractor than break the bolts. And never have, either in rocks in PA or here, where roots are the issue. Catch a big root and you can sink a PHD "to China" in a hurry. And no reversing out like a drill...
I always cleaned the hole out several times, the up and down deal, as I wanted the big ring anyway for water retention afterwards.
Now someone putting in a long fence would be going a lot faster than me digging holes for shrubs and trees.
Surely the old saying you really have to pay attention holds true when drilling into Mother Earth.
You can sure get to that WHOA feeling as the back end of your tractor is sucked down.
Blue sky and 60 degrees, headed out. Storms later but not now.

My PTO is controlled by the clutch pedal. So you can clutch the auger up to speed. The B3030 that replaced it does not have a clutch. Engage disengage is a knob.

 

[txdon]

Don, you say you made a vole cobbler? not vegan

Gray2 would like one.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

David, I have Sophie on my prayer list and Rip's wife too.

Don, how are you going to catch the varmint?

Drew, our Walmart has Bonnie's marked down from $3.58 to closer to $2.50 something ish. That could save you a wad on a large scale. Bonnie's will drive you broke. Green house sounds good. With plento O'shelves. Probably pay for itself vs buying Bonnie. I know it seems like it takes forever, but planting the seeds is the cheapest by far. It just puts the plants timing about a month behind. Right now I have about 12 Bonnies with green tomatoes while my start from seed plants are about 8"-10" tall. I'm hoping this will help spread out the production. If I can just keep the pests out...trying to stay totally organic.

Take care guys and have a wonderfully blessed day.

 

[PJSprog]

46°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 68° today.

Coop looks good, Kyle. Nice work.

Ted, my Wife and I built a small Buddha area behind the well house a few years ago (I'm Buddhist, she's not). She took it down last week to make way for the new deck. Buddha and his entourage are all resting comfortably on the driveway next to the sunroom, awaiting their new home. Once the new retaining walls and stairs are finished, the new zen garden will be the entire area between the stairs and the back of the house. She has some basic idea of what she wants to do there, so I'm just letting her go with it. She loves doing that kind of stuff.