Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

Riptides, the milkhouse rocks. I'm sure it feels like a money pit now but you will have something really nice when you are done.
Bet that building sings a song inside when the winds picks up. Sure could put a lot of hay in there.
How high up could you stack it?

I guess all that hay would make good insulation in the winter. Are any cow barns heated?

Lou, I bet you know. Does temperature affect milk production? Just wondering if cold cows produce less milk
No fur to keep warm.

The perfect farm animal to keep warm is Popgadget's wife's alpacas. They wear their own coats all the time. High end outerwear...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Hey BEF - are you adjusted to the “Three Day Calendar” yet?

yesterday - today - tomorrow

Already having trouble remembering the day of the week. only have an alarm set for Sunday.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 43F @ 4:15AM. Rain likely. Potential for heavy rainfall. High 52F. Winds SE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a half an inch.
Rain on and off yesterday eventually accumulated to about 3/4". I didn't even get up to the box to get the mail.
Tomorrow looks dry, but the rest of the 10-day has rain in it.

Good to see the work finally underway, Mike. Hope the weather holds during the repair.

Spent most of the day in the office doing paperwork. Throwing out a few years worth of old receipts, photographing things damaged during the porch roof fiasco and tracking down replacement costs, and talking to the contractor about his $100k+ estimate for the repair. Holy smokes! He wasn't able to find matching roof tile, so that was a big part of the cost. He thinks he has to rebuild the chase for the woodstove pipe all the way to the foundation, too, or it'll just blow off again. Still no word from the insurance adjustor on her estimate.

I had set the HVAC to the usual 72F first thing in the morning, but by noon noticed the temps had dropped back into the high 60s. The thermostat, a "smart" Honeywell, said it was in heat mode, but the furnace wasn't coming on. Went up into the attic and found that the light up there was out, but it was just a burned out filament in the light bulb. While I was replacing it, the furnace finally came on. Didn't leave me with a good feeling, especially with the wood stove out of commission. I did photograph the stickers on the inside of the furnace access door, finding one of them with instructions for reading diagnostic codes. It seems back to normal this morning, but now I'll be paying closer attention.

Any of you ever use white sage to ward off evil spirits? Got some as a Christmas gift, and I think it's time to give it a try.

Happy Hump Day, folks...

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 62˚F heading to the 80s again, sunny with Southerly winds. Cold front hitting tonight bringing temps back in line tomorrow to the 50s.

Yesterday Morning was perfect for FireWise cedar removal among the oak trees.
All Three factors came in alignment:
Weather (Sunny 60-70˚)
People (19)
Self (Knee, Foot, OK - no physical problems)

Mostly, don't worry I m not planting any cedars in the yard.

Wife's house shoes are cured with the Flex Seal on the bottom of the soles and this week is the trial run. I did not get a crisp demarcation line because the shoes at the tape line were textured. Wife reports initial walk about was "Perfect", not slippery, no cracking or peeling, feels good.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

22 outside, upper 40's for today. Rain, maybe this evening, front moving through.

Lots going on now, meter pegged in the red line.

The roofers showed for the barn and promptly got about business.

View attachment 778760 Starting to take metal off.
View attachment 778759 Quarter way done on that side.
View attachment 778758 Inside view. Love the light.

Got some buildings that are coming down today, need to find new parking spaces for some equipment.

Priority today is a Pizza run for the crew.

Hope all have a great day.

Kyle, find a good ophthalmologist. Take precautions with your vision.

Buppies, feel better. Any ailing, along with him, hope you get better too.

Be safe today! As always.

Underside of the roof looks in great shape, and the metal is much better than any on dad’s buildings. I’d have a basketball court inside.

Looks just like one down the road from me.

 

[shetland sheepdog]

16 and mostly cloudy here in srn NH. Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. North wind around 5 mph becoming east in the afternoon, forecast for today.

 

[txdon]

Any of you ever use white sage to ward off evil spirits? Got some as a Christmas gift, and I think it's time to give it a try.

Don't open it. It's a California thing. Once opened you have to move to Texas - and we are full of Californians who did just that.

 

[txdon]

Rip, Is that a lightening rod on top of the milk barn with a glass bulb?

 

[scootr]

40º going to 60º and sunny today. We get a few days to dry out and then about 3 days of rain coming again. All outdoor projects on hold. Neighbor called wanting me to dig her little pond bigger. I went over and looked at it. Gonna have to wait for things to dry out alittle before that can be done. The road looks like it needs more material. We are down to the clay again. When wet this ground just absorbs all the gravel, DG, and crushed concrete, we've placed on the road over the past 20 plus yrs.
Since the material goes into the clay there is no reclamation possible. We have to add more but I doubt my neighbors are going to want to spend any money with the current inflation.

 

[scootr]

Don't open it. It's a California thing. Once opened you have to move to Texas - and we are full of Californians who did just that.

It's an indian belief that the sage smoke will chase the evil spirits away.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp is 7 and high to 23°F. Wind E 15 mph. Snow this afternoon, overnight, all day Thursday and into Friday evening. Told you I would be paying for the lack of snow in November and December. But what can I expect, I'm in Northern Ontario and snow is what we get in winter.
I will probably plow it twice a day, morning 0700 hrs and around 1600 hrs in the afternoon depending on accumulation.

My Culligan water softener is rented, other than I refill (they will come out and do that too if I require it) the salt they supply no charge, they do all the maintenance on it.
The guy that delivers the salt makes sure we are the last ones on his route and he empties his truck on us...Perfect. That is usually 2 or 3 extra bags.

buppies, are you drinking LOTS of water? The more you drink the faster you will flush out whatever it is that has you down. You lose a lot of water when you woof your cookies (puke) or have the runs.

txdon, if you burn sage in Texas will the evil Californians leave? Send them to Saskatchewan, Canada they will find the weather much more to their liking after about 50 years there, maybe.

BEF, I usually look at the time stamp on either my phone or the PC to tell what day of the week it is. Even in the summertime when I am working.

I would roll into a truckstop when I ran stateside and holler on the CB what day of the week it was and get a reply that IF I maintained my log book I would know. My reply would always be that I know the number but not the day.

P-trap woes are still happening, but we are getting closer to a solution. We know what wont work.

Have a safe day all

 

[m7040]

Rip, that roof replacement job looks good and well underway. I like that the roof structure looks straight and not sagging. On mine they replaced the purlins with 1x6 oak boards to make sure the roof panels would screw into solid wood so it turned into a much bigger job but those panels are not going anywhere. On the old original roof on the corn crib building I have to add screws to hold the panels from time to time and still had a few panels blown off. It is overdue for a roof replacement. On the log cabin we replaced the roof with a raised seam roof that will last a century. It will outlive the next owner I think.

 

[IXLR8]

Good morning all, hope your day is getting off to a good start,
It is 36F under sunny skies after an overnight low of 30. Forecast high of 48, light winds and clouding up this afternoon.

Still can't find the paperwork we need, especially frustrating as we were reviewing it 2 months ago.

Equipment successfully moved.

Liz spotted another tree to take down before it falls down where new shop is going. Think I will tackle that tomorrow.

Hope to pull down and put away the last of the Christmas lights.

Have a good day everyone and be safe out there.

 

[Buppies]

Not sure of temperature no more oops but nice head and chest cold aches all over but some better just tired. Drinking 8 bottle of water a day

Thanks for thoughts and prayers they mean alot

Prayers for all our Country

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 30 going up to 42 still cloudy.
Started some cleanup work on garage, bagging leftover foam bits and cutting out sealant overage.
Still more tape and seal to do, but getting there.

The NJ side of Washington's crossing is massive compared to the PA side. They did however just do a restore of many of the PA side buildings.
The WC bridge is extremely narrow and is always fun to watch people panic as they go across. I swing in my side mirrors on the truck, easy to damage them on that bridge.

Phil -hope the wife gets better, must be frustrated as can be
Buppies - please take care and rest

Be well,

 

[m7040]

Seems like my question to Drew on the Washington Crossing turned into a lot of discussion. Ken I think you will have lots of takers come next event

 

[riptides]

Still moving along this AM.

Good to see the work finally underway, Mike. Hope the weather holds during the repair.

Spent most of the day in the office doing paperwork. Throwing out a few years worth of old receipts, photographing things damaged during the porch roof fiasco and tracking down replacement costs, and talking to the contractor about his $100k+ estimate for the repair. Holy smokes! He wasn't able to find matching roof tile, so that was a big part of the cost. He thinks he has to rebuild the chase for the woodstove pipe all the way to the foundation, too, or it'll just blow off again. Still no word from the insurance adjustor on her estimate.
...

Racing against the weather.
All estimates on these projects are outrageous. Trying to find materials, doubly so.

Underside of the roof looks in great shape, and the metal is much better than any on dad’s buildings. I’d have a basketball court inside.

Looks just like one down the road from me.

103 years young. Only a few boards needed replacement, mostly around where the silage use to be.
The space is amazing to me. Especially so in the light. LOL.

Rip, Is that a lightening rod on top of the milk barn with a glass bulb?

Yes, only a few left. Sadly.....

Rip, that roof replacement job looks good and well underway. I like that the roof structure looks straight and not sagging. On mine they replaced the purlins with 1x6 oak boards to make sure the roof panels would screw into solid wood so it turned into a much bigger job but those panels are not going anywhere. On the old original roof on the corn crib building I have to add screws to hold the panels from time to time and still had a few panels blown off. It is overdue for a roof replacement. On the log cabin we replaced the roof with a raised seam roof that will last a century. It will outlive the next owner I think.

They appear to have replaced "added" just a few around the silage area. But the overall wood structure appears to be very sound.

Today the abutted structure to the barn is coming down. Probably "attached" in the early 1970's. It was never dry underneath, flat roof and all. And it really detracted from the overall barn itself.

And for Drew, there are three projects going on on the Dairy Barn/ Milk House and abutted "garage".

The Dairy Barn is getting the new roof, the Milk House is a total renovation for livable space (all on me), and the "garage" is leaving the tax records. LOL.

The SO has mentioned siding the Dairy Barn now.... but we shall see how my back holds out after the Milk House is done. I need to finish that up, hookup Mr. Cool, trim the inside, and bust the bathrooms out for pipes and what not. That will require a jack hammer probably. The angle grinder is just not the right tool for the job. LOL.

 

[daugen]

I think we could have quite a party.

Ken, I no longer go over that bridge if at all possible.
Yes, lost a mirror on a company car there, driven over by some lady creeping over the center line.

a trip to Bowman's Tower is a must for visitors, hope it is open when you come. It's quite a hike to the top, and a bit claustrophobic at the top where it gets
narrower and narrower. The stone stairs go round and round and round. But quite the view.
I've walked those stairs dozens of times. No more.
This tower is about a mile from Ken's home.
It's what I grew up looking at.

the second pic is one of my favorite memories, with the JD with two tires on one side and one on the other.
These were local farmers trying to grow hay. Deer wrecked so much they didn't come back.
So we mowed and mowed.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I plan to visit the tower. We have been discussing a trip up there for over a year now, so now I have the time.
Was supposed to leave for Ohio an hour ago. I’m still waiting. She just came down and said “don’t say anything”. Lol.
I got a load of pellets in while waiting.

 

[m7040]

Towers are always interesting to visit. This tower was built in 1642 and was constructed with a spiral ramp winding up inside so you could ride a horse going up or pull a carriage