Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

67F and partly cloudy @ 22:00, heading down to around 58F for the overnight low.

Rain showers moving in overnight, line currently runs from up in Ontario across the western end of Lake Erie and northwest Ohio into Indiana.

Refilled mealworm feeder with 20 worms first thing. Did not get hopper feeder refilled ...

Woman ran out this afternoon to do some grocery shopping with one of Her girlfriends.

After filling the mealworm feeder I took the Cub around back and gathered more weeds She had pulled this morning and took them up to the compost pile.

While I was doing that I finished filling up the Water Buffalo.

Then took Kubota and chain saw over to the east side woods and cleared a downed ash and maple off the trail along the property line. Hopefully the local Junior Woodchucks will notice that it's been clear and will reroute their traffic up the path and away from the barn.

Following that I worked on screening more compost.

Woman returned while I was doing that and came up on the Cub, gave Her the bow rake (that I forgot yesterday) and the chain saw to take back down to the house.

Got quite a bit of compost screened, might be biggest pile ever.

After a while I knocked off on that as She was going to broil up some Hebrew Nationals. Evidently found a great deal on them while She was out, about 50% off normal prices. She also made Her Mac salad ...

While I was waiting for dinner to be ready I got two cups of Espoma Soil Acidifier worked into the soil around the largest old blueberry bush, one to go.

After dinner I headed back up to screen some more soil.

Got the soil screener moved so it will be in the shade for this coming week since it's supposed to warm up (70's/80's)

Agenda for the rest of the evening:

1. Head up to the shop and see if I have any pipe/tube to retrofit a longer/bigger nozzle on the weed burner to use for punching holes in the woven weed block fabric.

2. Pot up the 20 All-Star Everbearing Strawberry plants.

Some pics of recent blooms:

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Clearly I need to have a word with with the weeding crew ...

First peony bloom of the season:

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Hope everyone had a great Friday ...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Dennis- Thanks for sharing and keeping an eye out for the little ones.

I’m glad it jumped out, scared me at first, I thought I hit it. It moved over a little and layed down, then next time I got close it ran across road.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Kilroy, I could really make use of a mini excavator at my lot.
Nice work.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 70ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. light wind day, sky clouded up, looked like rain, but other than couple of brief showers, no rain. High temp was 86ºF, HI 91ºF. Putter with engine, mostly getting piston sliding in bore correctly. Could not find ring compressor, so took wife to town, got lunch ring compressor, gaskets for engine, rescue inhaler for wife, gas for truck($2.93/gal) few items from grocery store. Went for bike ride, no get up and go. Need to finish mower and trip prep leave June 3.
David nice score on scaffolding. Glad it is in good shape. nice 50Ft. Very nice celebration.
Kyle good post.
Randy(wag) had to laugh at the description of new horse Have fun at race.
RS nice progress sorry about your wife's dinner order.
Randy(wag) wonder how many windings it take to produce much of magnetic field.
Buppies hope you back is doing well and you are off the antibiotics. prayers sent.
Ron glad shopping good. Good to hear neighbor got their area raked. Have with you flexible day. Nice pic
Drew thanks I will need the luck. Hope you can straighten the reservation out. Hope errands went well.
Buppies bear looks like a real bird feeder thief.
Kilroy hope you win argument with Big Orange. Hope gravel delivery better than last time.
Thomas hope you don't get stuck. Hope Date night was good.
Billy I will need all the luck I can get for engine repair. Glad you got the 58V battery working again, sorry it will need replacing soon. Glad you got some gardening done, sorry about you back complaining this morning.
Frits nice pic of Volvo.
Paul looks like you expect Drew a lot . Glad progress on little plane. Hope today's flying and plane pick up had no issues.
Don thanks for pic of where you are working. Sorry you need to move the mailbox, nice she can make coffee again.
Ken good to hear drive will now be easier to take care of. Hope you can get caught up on mowing. prayers for your wife recovery. Hope son's concerts go well.
James good to hear from you. Nice pics. Glad yu found ramp sorry about having two of them now
Drew glad neighbor is having fun with tractor. nice pics
RNG good point on the car tech. Hope the sealant fixes your leak. Congrats on finding a Dodge van. Hope you get a test drive.
Bill hope you get your rain. Glad you had fun with your 305.
Jay glad you had a nice day yesterday. Good to hear Peg was up for making dinner as well. Hope the whacking went well.
Ted nice rain ! Hope the adjustments you will make will help the water flow. Enjoyed the car history.
Ted 3/4 inch even better. enjoy the rain.
Hope PW and H&F went well.
Jay sorry to hear no path for Peg's improvement at this time. Glad weed whacking was good and temps as well.
Frits good to hear progress on service the vehicles project moves forward. Sorry about the kids making fun of your work clothes.
Jay with all that computing power and still don have weather models that work well Garbage in Garbage out.
Davis sounds like me
Kilroy glad you got your gravel. nice grading job.
Dennis glad lot is mowed. Nice cutie. Hope you get to meet neighbors soon.
Kyle like you idea. I would not expect the China PHD to bad mouth CHina, to paranoid about what might get back to the homeland. Getting qualified help has been a pain for years.
RS nice porgress today, and nice pics as well.
Dennis nice mow job.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /back surgery healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /loss of brother, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[ronjhall]

Pour a cup of warm coffee. 48° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 62° with a mix of sun and clouds. Got 1/2" badly needed rain overnight. Did take long to find something to do. Bule Heron showed up at Garden Pond. Have not had one for several years. Very persistent. Put out normal protection. Still came back. Now have wire crossing from one side of pond to other side. Will see if it works. Looks like fish count is now down to 9 from 11. Did get rake off tractor and put away in barn. Got invited to go to ice-cream shop. Never pass up that kind of invite. Strawberry sundae tasted very good.
Today I will be keeping a eye on Garden Pond and for Heron coming back. Will also be helping neighbor take down a over grown pine tree next to their house.
Unwelcomed visitor at Garden Pond.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All,

 

[ronjhall]

Jay and M7040, prayers for your wives.

 

[ronjhall]

Buckeye, great views of your property.

 

[Thomas]

I’m glad it jumped out, scared me at first, I thought I hit it. It moved over a little and layed down, then next time I got close it ran across road.
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Nice looking mowing job BEF,all you need pole with number 18 where you have park.

 

[Thomas]

49F cloudy upper 50's for high showers starting after 2pm.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Yesterday good day got both lawns trim and mow,felt lucky trim front field and mow and didn't once spin tire
Turn on flash light 1am look out kitchen window and Boo was curl sound to sleep,maybe he likes wind chimes sound.
Plans for today...still feeling lucky so this morning trim and mow side field,afternoon stop at couple nurseys Mrs. ready to purchase rose bushes etc.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 68˚F heading to 78˚ North wind partly cloudy. Hail last night but no rain.
The pic is of my Mom's hay field being mowed yesterday with this incredibly fast hay cutter - 20 acres in less than an hour.
Got moms mailbox relocated and her new pink (her favorite color) coffee machine set up. She really like the Tuna/no Tuna sandwiches with chickpeas and seaweed we made her for lunch and she made sure the leftovers stayed there. Delivered her some potatoes of course and had a good visit. The fields, hay and corn, look very good with the Spring rain coming just at the right times.

 

[KilroyJC]

Kilroy- 5 hours seat time would be a good day for me, and time to consider other projects like a nap and/or "HH" or even both. Thanks for sharing

Most I have done yet, but I had to get it looking somewhat decent or else Mrs would have been quite displeased. Plus, it is going to be a rainy day today so I had to maximize the spectacular day we had yesterday!

 

[KilroyJC]

Kilroy, I could really make use of a mini excavator at my lot.
Nice work.

It is quite the handy tool, lemme tell ya!

it does get takin used to - I still have to think all my movements through consciously/deliberately, but I am getting more cognizant of parameters and capabilities. Only 33 hours to go before changing the drive motor oil!

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low temp is 52 and going to a high of 58°F. Wind SSE 5 to 10 mph. 100% chance of 1/4" of rain.
There goes any thoughts of outside work today. I guess I will just putz around on the 'net all day.

Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

go away bird, leave Ron's fish alone!

 

[KilroyJC]

Good evening all. 70ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. light wind day, sky clouded up, looked like rain, but other than couple of brief showers, no rain. High temp was 86ºF, HI 91ºF. Putter with engine, mostly getting piston sliding in bore correctly. Could not find ring compressor, so took wife to town, got lunch ring compressor, gaskets for engine, rescue inhaler for wife, gas for truck($2.93/gal) few items from grocery store. Went for bike ride, no get up and go. Need to finish mower and trip prep leave June 3.
David nice score on scaffolding. Glad it is in good shape. nice 50Ft. Very nice celebration.
Kyle good post.
Randy(wag) had to laugh at the description of new horse Have fun at race.
RS nice progress sorry about your wife's dinner order.
Randy(wag) wonder how many windings it take to produce much of magnetic field.
Buppies hope you back is doing well and you are off the antibiotics. prayers sent.
Ron glad shopping good. Good to hear neighbor got their area raked. Have with you flexible day. Nice pic
Drew thanks I will need the luck. Hope you can straighten the reservation out. Hope errands went well.
Buppies bear looks like a real bird feeder thief.
Kilroy hope you win argument with Big Orange. Hope gravel delivery better than last time.
Thomas hope you don't get stuck. Hope Date night was good.
Billy I will need all the luck I can get for engine repair. Glad you got the 58V battery working again, sorry it will need replacing soon. Glad you got some gardening done, sorry about you back complaining this morning.
Frits nice pic of Volvo.
Paul looks like you expect Drew a lot . Glad progress on little plane. Hope today's flying and plane pick up had no issues.
Don thanks for pic of where you are working. Sorry you need to move the mailbox, nice she can make coffee again.
Ken good to hear drive will now be easier to take care of. Hope you can get caught up on mowing. prayers for your wife recovery. Hope son's concerts go well.
James good to hear from you. Nice pics. Glad yu found ramp sorry about having two of them now
Drew glad neighbor is having fun with tractor. nice pics
RNG good point on the car tech. Hope the sealant fixes your leak. Congrats on finding a Dodge van. Hope you get a test drive.
Bill hope you get your rain. Glad you had fun with your 305.
Jay glad you had a nice day yesterday. Good to hear Peg was up for making dinner as well. Hope the whacking went well.
Ted nice rain ! Hope the adjustments you will make will help the water flow. Enjoyed the car history.
Ted 3/4 inch even better. enjoy the rain.
Hope PW and H&F went well.
Jay sorry to hear no path for Peg's improvement at this time. Glad weed whacking was good and temps as well.
Frits good to hear progress on service the vehicles project moves forward. Sorry about the kids making fun of your work clothes.
Jay with all that computing power and still don have weather models that work well Garbage in Garbage out.
Davis sounds like me
Kilroy glad you got your gravel. nice grading job.
Dennis glad lot is mowed. Nice cutie. Hope you get to meet neighbors soon.
Kyle like you idea. I would not expect the China PHD to bad mouth CHina, to paranoid about what might get back to the homeland. Getting qualified help has been a pain for years.
RS nice porgress today, and nice pics as well.
Dennis nice mow job.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /back surgery healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /loss of brother, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

It was an interesting project, but I will be upping future project deliveries by 20% on top of the rounding up I already do

 

[m7040]

Good morning, 53 going to 77 today.

Kilroy good job on the gravel. I am sure you are learning how to operate the mini and getting proficient at it. I like the 36 inch no teeth bucket for gravel to level and scrape.Good you are keeping an eye on service requirements.

Back to mowing more tree areas today. Did get a good size area mowed yesterday and fortunately did not hit any "new" rocks so blades are good and sharp.

Also continue the oil changes on the RTV for trans and hydraulic oil tank and filters

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).

60.2F, going to upper 70s, supposed to rain this afternoon.

Martina McBride concert was great!

I really needed another yard or so of gravel... I need to see if I can find one of those heavy cube sacks that they transport bulk material in, so I can get a load of gravel that way…

Relatives are coming to visit for a few days, so work activities will be curtailed, other than minor jobs. Today I need to remove a couple mountain laurel and plant a fig tree - I forgot to bring the broad fork from the woodlot. Maybe we will go up early today and I can try to pull a stump or to, maybe try pushing over a tree or two. And maybe remember to bring home the broad fork?

i hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning, 53 going to 77 today.

Kilroy good job on the gravel. I am sure you are learning how to operate the mini and getting proficient at it. I like the 36 inch no teeth bucket for gravel to level and scrape.Good you are keeping an eye on service requirements.

Back to mowing more tree areas today. Did get a good size area mowed yesterday and fortunately did not hit any "new" rocks so blades are good and sharp.

Also continue the oil changes on the RTV for trans and hydraulic oil tank and filters

I will likely be getting more buckets over the coming months, but I figured let me just start with the one and keep it simple and consistent. I am FAAAAAAR from anything even resembling proficiency! But I have avoided and major impacts or tipping events

 

[Buppies]

Kilroy if you have a lot 20 feet by 25 feet equals 500 square feet divided by nine equals 55.5 round up 56 sq yds. For 4 inches compacted stone multiply 400 times 56 equals 22400 pounds divided by 2000 you get 11.2 tons round up 12 tons should do the job. Variations can occur for sandstone base vs granite. If granite add 10 percent to 12 ton number

59.9 this morning high in 70s rain and showers later. Nice work BEF lot looks good.

Cyst gone mostly sugar level running way too high 350 antibiotics really screwed me up working hard to get back down wears me out this roller coaster ride of up and down

m7040 and Jay prayers for wives and you all dedicated people you are

Kyle the ideals and what we were left with in this world our generation were not good stewarts at all. In my opinion instead of saving the world we really screwed it up.

Don nice things you are doing for your mom

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[pennwalk]

"I think he was keeping an eye on me."

He probably knows suspicious activity when he sees it.

Either that or you were the best entertainment of the week.

Keep up the good work.

Chris