Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

After a beautiful sunny day yesterday with a high near 70F, we're back to chilly, overcast, and rainy with a current temp of 39F ...

The 10 day forecast is mixed bag ... mostly 40's for highs, with an occasional 50 or 60 mixed in ... and enough precipitation to keep the ground fairly wet and the grass growing at a good pace ...

So we're probably looking at another spring where the grass will have to be picked up once it's cut ...

... rswyan still have the fish tanks?

Yes.

I met Irv and his wife for a late breakfast a little over a month ago. They are doing good.

Thanks - glad to hear it ... :thumbsup:

... rswyan, hope you did not sustain much damage. ...

As odd as it may seem, as near as I can tell we did not sustain any damage.

A few days before that storm though there was a large (36" diameter or so, at the base), old oak that sheared off about 6' - 8' above ground and came down. It's actually on the neighbor's property and it fell more or less along the property line ... but it had enough of an angle on it that the some of the top portion made it over onto our property. It will probably be at least a few weeks before it's dry enough to get over there to clean things up.

How many asparagus plants are needed to get a nice bunch. I planted about 8 plants years ago. They have not flourished. I believe only 4 are still alive. I need to get some more root sets. I'm just wondering how many I should plant?

That's probably a matter of personal taste.

Once upon a time we had a row that was over 100' long ...

As I understand it soil pH is pretty important ... we used to occasionally use aluminum sulfate to side dress the plants. For whatever reason, once they got established here they just seemed to keep on going year after year ... ya definitely want to keep the bed weeded, as they don't do well if they have to compete.

There's still a small clump here, up along the property line near the driveway that I've been thinking about transplanting and then cultivating ... who knows ... this might be the year ...

Hope everyone has an enjoyable and productive day.

 

[ronjhall]

I agree on Pond Guy. Lots a good information there.

https://www.thepondguy.com/category/learning-center-wg-seasonal-care-maintenance

They have a large pond in front of their building. Many of the pictures in your link are taken of that pond.

Leaning Center

 

[Bird]

68 degrees this morning, going for 92. Very light breeze right now, but forecast to pick up later. I'm hoping it'll dry the grass because I've got to mow the yard today. More rain forecast for this coming weekend.

Started at daylight; waited until I didn't need to use the headlights on the mower and got it done and got a shower before it gets too hot today.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 55F @ 7:45AM. Cloudy skies. High 63F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.

Got another 13' strip poured on the generator pad yesterday, only one more to go; concrete dust makes me sneeze! I thought I'd purchased enough bags to get it done in the last HD run, but for some reason this pour used two more bags than the other two. The last pour was going to be only 2' wide, but since I have to go to the store anyway, I might as well go for 3' like the rest of them. The propane guy is supposed to be here to finish the tank upgrade this morning, so I'll work on forms and rebar while he does that, then hit HD this afternoon, to be ready to finish the pad tomorrow. Whew, I'll be glad when that's done!

Hang in there gang, Friday's comin'!

 

[lostcreekranch]

They have a large pond in front of their building. Many of the pictures in your link are taken of that pond.

Leaning Center

They must be close to you Ron? 1200 miles .. one way for me. I’ll continue to order online.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good Morning!!!! 55F @ 7:45AM. Cloudy skies. High 63F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph.

Got another 13' strip poured on the generator pad yesterday, only one more to go; concrete dust makes me sneeze! I thought I'd purchased enough bags to get it done in the last HD run, but for some reason this pour used two more bags than the other two. The last pour was going to be only 2' wide, but since I have to go to the store anyway, I might as well go for 3' like the rest of them. The propane guy is supposed to be here to finish the tank upgrade this morning, so I'll work on forms and rebar while he does that, then hit HD this afternoon, to be ready to finish the pad tomorrow. Whew, I'll be glad when that's done!

Hang in there gang, Friday's comin'!

Many years ago, when I mixed concrete in a wheel barrow with a garden hoe, I decided to figure out correct amount of water, per 60# bag. I used an empty gallon plastic milk jug and as I added measured amounts of water to the mix, I added same amount to the milk jug. When I was finally happy with the consistency, I marked the level in the with w wide permanent marker. Still works to this day, even with my HF electric mixer.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Tree limbs all cleaned up around the live oak tree in advance of forecast storms and wind this afternoon.





I’ll need to use the big tractor, with higher lift, to put rest of the limbs on top of the burn pile. Still way too soft for its weight and R1 tires.



All was not without incident. Got too close to the tree and front tires made some nice foot deep ruts to clean up later. The ground within the drip line is so soft you can barely walk on it without sinking in.

 

[daugen]

successful trip to supermarket, still no fresh ground hamburger, but other things coming back, including dairy.

Don, thank you. I could not remember the photonia part

 

[PJSprog]

43°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 59° today. The high for today will be lower than the low yesterday morning. We broke the 130 year old record yesterday by officially hitting 90°. My car said 92° when I left work. Add to that we are forecast to get into the mid-30s overnight tonight, and we have a nearly 60ï½° temp swing in less than two days. That should help with cold and flu season.

Started cleaning up some stuff along the south fence line after work yesterday. Got a bunch of small trees trimmed up to make mowing along that fence easier, and removed some small stumps. I was going to do some fence mending as well, but a quick storm blew in and put a halt to that. Interesting clouds as it rolled in, and some fascinating lightning after.


The temperature dropped 12 degrees in about five minutes with this storm, and the winds were notable. The wind stopped for awhile after it had passed, but then picked up again with a renewed vigor about 15 minutes later, and blew for much of the night. In total, I think we got exactly zero drops of rain from it.

 

[ronjhall]

They must be close to you Ron? 1200 miles .. one way for me. I’ll continue to order online.

Fastest way is 58 miles.