Good morning!!!!

[NHBX]

Good morning folks

34 now dew point 27 high of 51 and sunny today.

Not much for wind today so will start leaf cleanup.
Washed some of the storm windows yesterday and will put a few on today.
The rest of the day as it comes.

Enjoy your day everyone

 

[Buppies]

54 and falling thru 40s raining presently .40 inches since midnight

Do not like driving in northern Virginia especially near DC it is eat or be eaten. Northern Va gets most of the funding for road construction, SW Va not so much and our roads show it

Leaves are falling at a pretty rapid rate now soon time for removal, back got weed wacked yesterday, work to look at this afternoon

Prayers for all prayers for our country

 

[mpham]

Morning all! 34 here with the pellet stove humming along.

will be a mostly a putter day after a solid 6 hours of leaf clean up yesterday. Looks like quite the lousy week on tap as seen in the weather pic. We need the rain I'm being told by the weather guessers.
Nothing much going on here this week, will have the wife's car serviced and maybe a tire rotation done on the truck.
Need to pressure wash the porches at the apartment house, maybe that will be a good project with all this wet weather.

good wishes for all!

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

Here in east coast Canada the fall weather has been great for this time of year. We had 3 frosty morning at -2 c. (30 f degrees) other than that we have been blessed with highs of 12 to 18 degree c . (65 f temps).

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-10-25, 0600

38 right now...high in the upper 40's today.
Just gonna finish up what I started (or didn't start) yesterday

Have a great day, Troops!!

 

[daugen]

good morning all. Much cooler morning, 42 out now going up to 52, with light rain coming in this afternoon and tonight. Wet weather ahead like Phil says.
I was going to water new grass seed but no need for that now. :thumbsup:
Friday night looks like hard frost here and then weather clears up with sunny days.

slept pretty well last night though woke up with a headache. Tinnitus is really roaring even though I wore headphones the whole time yesterday.
Going to take it slow this morning though am itching to go plant some daffodils. Got my new Makita drill in with bulb auger, now where to plant all these bulbs.
Glad I got the bigger size auger, bulbs are bigger than expected. This box is just the daffodils, iris and tulips due in next week.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 30° with a few clouds this morning. Heading to 49° with cloudy skies in pm. Got shopping done. Stopped at pharmacy to second pneumonia shot. Other than putting grocery's away and takin aunt home I did nothing else rest of the day. Did take a hour nap. Hope today turns out better.
Michigan had 3,338 new Covid cases yesterday. Not sure what to believe anymore.

Today is 9 years since Irv started Good morning!!!!. Thankyou Irv.

Cardinals and other birds sure have bright colors this year.

Drew, glad you made it back home safely.

Ray, send some of them warmer temperatures back this way.

Mostly, are you winning the gopher battle?

David, cutout looks good.

Luther, putting up storm windows. Glad I changed out those type of windows 40 years ago. I still have to clean screens.

Randy, hope arm is healing. Do you still have the hat?

Kyle, hope you get Steiner home safely.

Buckeye, I remember my parents had one large Snowball Shrub in our front yard. Liked the big flowers.

Roy, can you get grease in linkage that was frozen now?

Rick, nice Polaris.

LS, mirrors look good.

Rich, yesterday breakfast looks good.

Prayers and best wishes to all. Special prayers for Jay, Kyles daughter and all those healing.

Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

Yes thanks to Irv for this thread

State of Virginia state bird the red bird great picture

Still raining and temperature falling

 

[Thomas]

mostly_gas.
"Thomas drive by shootings?"
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Dishonest hunters that shoots from vehicle at wildlife :thumbdown: we've caught some doing.

 

[wngsprd]

51 and raining. We're at our high for the day, and so will drop into 40s.

Rick, I like your Polaris...neat that they have a Texas model.

RNG, isn't that a good feeling when something you worked so hard on and invested so much turns out so well that you can think of it as your #1 purchase of the year? Roy, I'd bet you're gonna say that about your new tractor.

LS, nice mirrors...I'd be looking at them to see those mountains anytime I was facing east (southeast?) in your tractor.

Buppies, sorry I missed wishing you a happy birthday a couple of weeks ago. Hope it was special.

Scrubbed some more house and window trim yesterday to clean off the algae. I got so wet, combined with the smell of chlorine...closed my eyes and thought I was in a swimming pool.
Much more ladder time than before, so Eric, my feet are sore as well as my shoulders. Got a number of windows cleaned, using a different cleaning solution.

I upgraded my roasting software so I'll take a spin on the coffee roaster today. Then try to catch some World Series tonight...Kershaw v. Glasnow is a good matchup.

 

[Thomas]

mpham
"after a solid 6 hours of leaf clean up yesterday."
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When finally get leaves all clean up light wind blows and it's raining leaves every where :shocked: happen to me yesterday.

 

[Thomas]

Rick...Congrats on the new Polaris :thumbsup: sure is beauty.

 

[ronjhall]

Forgot to answer bird feeder questions. I fill feeders 2 times a week. Suet 1 time a week. Takes about 5 gallons to fill all 4 feeders. All 4 are never fully empty. When the blackbirds finally head south the amount of bird feed will drop off about a gallon each filling. Last year I fed over 600 lbs. of bird seed. Well worth the cost. With all the entertainment and pictures I get of all the critters at feeders. I added one new feeder this year. Always seems to be the first one to be emptied. It is a little smaller than others and has a suet cake hold on each end. But the birds seem to like it better than the other 3.

 

[Thomas]

36F cloudy low 50's for high sun cloud mix later on.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today...couple putter jobs this morning,clean and leaves etc. out of culvert since wet weather coming tomorrow mostly all week,if wind blowing in my favor leave duty,but thing for sure it's not going to be bust @ss day like yesterday.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 48˚F heading to the mid 70s.

Kyle as temping as the road trip sounds I'll have to decline. I'm already committed for Tue and Wed and for me that would be 8 hours on the road. But be sure to take lots of pics and let us know the size of the Kubota motor and the condition of the mower.

I had to order a rain gauge like I left on the farm, the one that measures 100th inch of rain, to verify what I and thinking about the tempest weather station, that it only records about 1/2 of the rainfall. Then when I get the exact difference I'll have to figure out how to adjust it or get it adjusted, I'm still a little foggy on that procedure since it records rainfall by vibration.

Rick, my mom has a lot of sand burs in her yard. What is the best way to get rid of them and when is it done. When I had the sand burs I just pulled them out where I walked and never tried to treat a large area.

Drew, looks like you are prepared to make you new yard look like Holland, I'm sure you will have a nice crop of flowers in the spring.

I'm not quite sure why the college football coaches on the sideline want to protect their necks with facemarks.

Is anyone not going to celebrate Thanksgiving with family because of covid? Costco now sells the covid home test.

 

[Thomas]

Ron.
"Well worth the cost. With all the entertainment and pictures I get of all the critters at feeders."
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Same here...critters can put smile on your face at any given time,chick dee landing on knee cap chipmunk setting setting on boot to bear taking nap or fox pups playing barking with ball with catnip inside. :thumbsup:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 55F @ 4:15AM. Sunny. High 73F. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph.
Weatherman last night said we have the same wind conditions coming in today that fanned the Camp Fire flames just shy of two years ago. Wonderful.:thumbdown: Still no rain in the ten-day.

Did everything fit in the trailer OK, Drew? We're on the edge of our chair out here!:laughing:

That photo makes me wonder which got its name first, Ron, the bird or the priest?

"Dishonest hunters" = Poachers in my book, Thomas.

Even a blind pig gets an acorn once in a while, Bill.

I spend far more time grinding than welding, too. And paint is good. The thicker the better!:laughing:

Looking forward to the big reveal on the 230, Kyle. Wish I could go along on the rescue mission!

That 72 x 80 piece is big enough for a small porch cover, David. Practice, and some YouTube videos, made me a better weldor. But I'm far from good.

Is that Polaris bigger than the standard one, Rick? I hear everything else in Texas is...

Rustoleum bought Wipe New, RS? I hope they improve the packaging. The two bottles I bought let it evaporate after a couple months, so no more of that for me.

Good idea with the basketball, Ted, and it even matches the rest of the tractor. Long as it doesn't interfere with the safety interlock in the seat...

Belt sander ate the throttle cam lobe, again, yesterday. There's too much gap between the table and the belt, but there doesn't seem to be a way to adjust it. So it's easy for tiny pieces to fall into the crack, and BANG! They get launched into some other dimension, and sometimes the belt explodes.

Finished the bracket for the coils, and another one for the new ignition control box. Used some nice thick aluminum sheet, and got some TIG practice. Number One thing for welding aluminum is to get it clean and shiny before welding. Otherwise a layer of oxide obscures the surface and you can't see when it melts. I like a stainless steel wire brush in the die grinder for cleaning, and keep it set aside for just cleaning aluminum.

Looks like the wind'll keep me inside for the next couple of days, so I'll keep plugging away in the garage with projects and cleanup. Might get the firewood dolly loaded up, too, as the temps are supposed to be dropping into the 40s tonight and a fire in the wood stove might feel good tomorrow morning.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend.:cloud9:

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning! 48˚F heading to the mid 70s.

Kyle as temping as the road trip sounds I'll have to decline. I'm already committed for Tue and Wed and for me that would be 8 hours on the road. But be sure to take lots of pics and let us know the size of the Kubota motor and the condition of the mower.

I had to order a rain gauge like I left on the farm, the one that measures 100th inch of rain, to verify what I and thinking about the tempest weather station, that it only records about 1/2 of the rainfall. Then when I get the exact difference I'll have to figure out how to adjust it or get it adjusted, I'm still a little foggy on that procedure since it records rainfall by vibration.

Rick, my mom has a lot of sand burs in her yard. What is the best way to get rid of them and when is it done. When I had the sand burs I just pulled them out where I walked and never tried to treat a large area.

Drew, looks like you are prepared to make you new yard look like Holland, I'm sure you will have a nice crop of flowers in the spring.

I'm not quite sure why the college football coaches on the sideline want to protect their necks with facemarks.

Is anyone not going to celebrate Thanksgiving with family because of covid? Costco now sells the covid home test.

"Rick, my mom has a lot of sand burs in her yard. What is the best way to get rid of them and when is it done."

Grass burrs thrive in poor soil conditions Don. A good stand of healthy grass will usually crowd it out. Additionally .. using a pre-emergent in early spring helps a lot. As far as herbicicides .. Bayer Pastora works well but .. you need to be careful around trees and it kills Bahia grass.

Pastora Range & Pasture Product | Bayer Environmental Science US

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/pastora-herbicide-5-oz

http://counties.agrilife.org/robertson/files/2018/08/Grassbur-Control-in-lawns.pdf

Weed of the Week: Grassbur (field sandbur, sandbur, etc.) | Forage Fax

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy, can you get grease in linkage that was frozen now?

I'll try to grease it again today, but my guess the zerk fitting isn't going to take grease

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning,
the temp here is 25°F and going to a high of 37. Wind E 6 mph. Sunny.

A town run is in the cards for today and a trip into the local building center for 3 more 2x8s for the floor of the new greenhouse. with the floor down, I can pile the 1/2 ton of mulch on top of it for the winter.
I still haven't figured out where I am going to put the hoe, yet.


Have a safe and healthy day all