Good morning!!!!

[KilroyJC]

GM Update:

Delivery somewhere between noon and 3 PM. BUT. . .

six items still on back order, even though order was placed three weeks ago. . .

 

[Buppies]

Kilroy any update on pup in school?

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 53 outside with a high of 62 forecast. Clear skies and breezy.

Yesterday turned out to be a busy day, started with a welding project, then attacked the lane with Makita string trimmer and hedge trimmers to keep other’s vegetation at bay and to have some visibility at the road.
It will make it easier for Drew’s RV and no branches can reach it now.
Went with wife to Tractor Supply and picked up 660 feet of 4x4 fence wire. We thought about taking Zoe, but decided that she might be overwhelmed with the number of potential new friends.
The rolls weighed about 300lbs each, so I had to put the forks (and the loader, because I take it off to mow) on the tractor to unload them.
FedEx says that the stapler and staples are on a vehicle for delivery today, so there will be some fencing for me to deal with in the near future.

Today will start with breakfast with the professor, and then likely Drew’s RV, and then the little plane.

Mostly, the plane I was in on Monday was a Super Decathlon.
It’s been too windy to fly RC here all week, today will be no exception.

I’ve been here a long time, but the neighbors were all working farmers that had day jobs and worked on their farms every waking moment. They didn’t like that I had “too much fun” with music, parties and RC and full size aircraft coming in and out of here on a regular basis. However they came to accept me when I would see a combine broken down in the field and go out and help to fix it, often making parts or welding things back together. I knew that we were were accepted when the neighbor on one side planted a row of sweet corn on my side of a field of feed corn just for us. My kids got to milk cows by hand, and learn about real farming from them as well.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Speaking of mad horse woman.
Place near me recently bought. They have built 5 or 6 paddocks so far, and must have 30 horses in them. Every one now a mud hole. Don’t know how they can afford to feed that many.

 

[Buppies]

Very nice story PopG people sharing their talents with others

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Common theme. Up too early also. Wife woke me at 6:30 stirring around.
61°
Got toll notice in mail from last October. They shouldn’t complain about not paying tolls when they are the ones that removed the toll booths. 7 months to send me a bill, with all kinds of threats if you don’t pay it in 3 weeks. I hate toll roads and avoid them if I can, but this was a bridge.
Got up Looking for dimensions I took to make new cellar doors for dads house. Finally found them. Things you think about lying awake in bed. Opening is 4 ft, 1” wide by 8 ft. One door is 2’2” wide, other 2’ wide. Can’t use 1 sheet. Doors sit about 1/2” overlap on concrete edges. . Trying to decide best material to use. I remember them originally being plywood. I was thinking Advantech, then saw MDO. What you all think?
Last ones dad made are just rough lumber, covered in sheet of tin of some kind. Very heavy, but falling apart. His fix is to pile old tin on top.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning, 55 going up to 64 and windy, sunny

Yesterday completely destroyed the lawn tractor deck, not a good day.
Hit a root, pushed in the front of the frame.
When I took it apart found a string had wrapped one of the blades and grabbed the grease nipple and ripped it off, now the bearing is shot.
I have a spare deck, hopefully I can use it and will probably need to buy some parts. Can't have downtime, may need to use flail on massey if I can't get this working.

When my Uncle bought his place in MA, we were the crazy New Yooorkers. People shied away from us, many had never been more than 40 miles from home in their lifetime. We helped out and being kids, joined up with their kids.
By the time we left the area, we were invited to many of the town get togethers.
Working to help on the farms, collecting berries and doing some light harvesting was fun for us. Everyone waved hi to each other (and knew everyone elses business ) . Miss that here. Learned just how many kids could ride on a tractor and how to drive one. We used scythes to take out the sticky bushes no power tools except the lawn mower for around the house. Neighbor did the big fields in his tractor since my uncle could give him some bucks.
We even hosted a few families from there for their first trip to NY.


BEF - maybe add door lifters to help him lift the doors when done? Like they use in cars to lift hatch.

Back to the day job,

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Happy birthday to wngsprd’s mom.

 

[ronjhall]

Got up Looking for dimensions I took to make new cellar doors for dads house. Finally found them. Things you think about lying awake in bed. Opening is 4 ft, 1” wide by 8 ft. One door is 2’2” wide, other 2’ wide. Can’t use 1 sheet. Trying to decide best material to use. I remember them originally being plywood. I was thinking Advantech, then saw MDO. What you all think?
Last ones dad made are just rough lumber, covered in sheet of tin of some kind. Very heavy, but falling apart. His fix is to pile old tin on top.
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Thought I would recommend cellar doors. I bought a set from Lowe’s in 2005. Price was around $200. Today they are pushing $1000. Repair/replace with tongue and groove pine.

 

[daugen]

Ken, you can borrow my mower if you wish, either the JD or the Gravely. The latter doesn't care what you hit.

fine haul on the radishes this morning.
Will take most of these up to Buppies.

thanks Don for recipe. I think a little salt is fine; pickles are very low calorie but usually pretty salty.
There is a type of Jewish pickle, maybe Kilroy with his NJ experience can chime in, a "half" something. Like it's half cooked and tastes
very differently. I like the salty garlicy crunchy ones, preferably dill gherkins or midgets.

need to get moving
have a good day all

anyone know what bugs are coming out of these seed pods?