Good morning!!!!

[WoodChuckDad]

I had a visitor yesterday. He was born (~1950) and raised in this (farm) house. They farmed this 80 acres here and his Dad did custom corn shelling. The 3,000 bushel corn crib (full cobs) is still here. They heated the house with the cobs (haven't heard about that kind of heat for years...). We spent a couple hours visiting while I gave him a complete tour. He told me all about "the old days" growing up here. He told me that they hand dug the basement, from below the standing house. He seemed satisfied that I was reviving the place, after the prior owner had let it go... He still is the area, collects old Deere tractors and even has the old Rumely Oil Pull tractor that has been in the family since new, and was used on this farm. Very interesting, getting the history of this place first hand.

That sounds like a very nice visit. Now I have to find something to read on corn cob heat. Never heard of it.

 

[daugen]

someone posted some woodpecker holes, well....
I won't have to dig up these stumps if this one very large red headed woodpecker has his way.
He loves these stumps

 

[rswyan]

72F with bright sunshine @ 10:00, heading up to around 79F for the day's high.

Storms came through last night, mostly to the south of us but it did rain here (nothing severe though) and I could hear the thunder rumbling in the distance. LWS reports that we got a total 0.79" which amounts to a good watering that will keep things humming along and growing.

Did not get tube feeders refilled yesterday, that will be high on the agenda for today though ... particularly given that one side of the plexiglass on the hopper feeder, which has had a long vertical crack in it for over a year, finally gave out yesterday ...

Set the deck on the Cub up to 3.25" and got the entire front mowed. From the looks of it, I could have easily gone up to 3.5" and will do so next mowing ... which probably isn't that far off, given last night's rain ...

Woman got back from renewing registration and doing a little grocery shopping, helped Her unload the car.

USPS arrived with the Amazon order for the new square pots, package was too large for the box up at the road so the mailman came all the way down to the house and dropped it off, along withe regular mail ...

After that I started mowing down here around the house, got that probably 90% done. Just a little over on the west side and the northeast corner left.

At that point it was clouding up and I had had enough so I headed around back and started cleaning things up tearing down the shelves to relocate them.

Got two sections torn down, one section put back up, and started loading all the plants that had been potted out of the seedling trays into the dump cart to move around back:

Took three trips but eventually got them all moved around back and put up on the shelves, tomatoes and peppers on the top, cabbage and broccoli on the lower shelf:

Did some further clean up back there after that and then came on in for dinner.

Woman had made stuffed peppers which were very good ... as they usually are ...

Later, after dinner, I started working on potting more tomatoes. Got 10 Bush Beefsteaks and 4 Crimson Cushions done. Finished up around 01:00.

Agenda for the rest of the day:

Refill tube feeders.

Spray east side of house and edge of driveway near house with glyphosate, if not too windy.

Refuel the Cub.

Collect up the straw that was used to mulch the strawberries and move it out of the way so that we have room to put up the hoops over the strawberries for the netting.

(We left enough slack in the netting over the berries that the weeds that are coming up is holding the netting up and giving the plants room to grow ... finally a good use for weeds ... )

Hose off some t-posts so they can be wire brushed and repainted.

Spray the other side of the remesh panels with phosphoric acid to treat them for rust.

Plus whatever else comes up.

Another new iris bloom, this time yellow:

Trees finally leafing out, native dogwoods in full bloom:

Hope everyone is having a decent Tuesday ...

 

[Popgadget]

Popgadget, can you (or should I say "should you") move the left side's piping start/end points closer to the right side's manifold? I know nothing about this. But it looks like a good serpentine path. I wonder how long PEX will last, buried in concrete, and what happens if the slap gets a slight hairline crack? I hope it lasts for a hundred years.

Good observation. I have tweaked the layout some, removing the loop from the long hallway/laundry room and using the feeds to all the other loops to heat that area. It will actually have a higher density of tubing than the areas with loops.

That will leave a “cool area” for Zoe to sleep on as well.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of 47°, heading towards 67°. Winds still blowing, but supposed to be less than yesterday, 20-25 mph w/ gusts to 35.

No damage from yesterday's wind, highest gust was 55.4 mph. Lots of dirt blowing around.

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! To Fritz. Hope it was enjoyable.

Buppies, not good news.... when it's LaNina, we are usually hotter and drier. That will probably put us into the 'exceptional' level of drought. Hope you are feeling better.

Speaking of dryness.... today is drip irrigation day. Hopefully I'll get most of the zones done. At this point, each zone is once a week for 1 1/2 hours. Once the daytime temps get up into the mid 80's, twice a week starts.

The fields are finally growing / greening up. If we don't get any rain, soon to be very brown..... Can't irrigate out there....

Drew, hope you get to feeling better. Seems that it was around this same time last year that you experienced similar. Wonder if allergies are a contributing factor?

Scott, any progress on the rockers?

All quiet on the western front so far today. All subject to change without notice. Yesterday afternoon the troublemakers started bothering the wife again.... for a second, I almost got involved. My better judgment won and I just went and took a nap.... far better that way.....
I feel bad for the wifey being in the middle, but she WANTS to be peacekeeper.....

I'm going to do a small project in the shop today. There is a bright blue 24" plastic cover over our water shut off valves. Sticks out like a sore thumb in the landscaping of the courtyard. Going to make a wood cover out of PT deck board scraps, stained to match the rest of the wood out there.

I have run multiple ideas through my mind.... from fancy circular 'flower' look, to simple rectangle..... I guess it will be determined once I get started....

Everyone have a great day!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

That's a Pilated woodpecker, not a red headed. They can tear up some wood. Neat to watch on an old tree.

 

[m7040]

I had a visitor yesterday. He was born (~1950) and raised in this (farm) house. They farmed this 80 acres here and his Dad did custom corn shelling. The 3,000 bushel corn crib (full cobs) is still here. They heated the house with the cobs (haven't heard about that kind of heat for years...). We spent a couple hours visiting while I gave him a complete tour. He told me all about "the old days" growing up here. He told me that they hand dug the basement, from below the standing house. He seemed satisfied that I was reviving the place, after the prior owner had let it go... He still is the area, collects old Deere tractors and even has the old Rumely Oil Pull tractor that has been in the family since new, and was used on this farm. Very interesting, getting the history of this place first hand.

That is always cool to get some of the history of the place

one of our neighbors Martha was born on our farm 1932 and she has told us many stories about life on the farm. The county took it on as a research project and wrote a nice report about the history of the place complete with research of Deeds and historical maps
The original Deed was taken out in 1802 for a 200 acre homestead by a German immigrant that had worked in the milling industry. Only 3 deeds all this time. The report detailed what was was found about the families and when the various buildings were put up

 

[kenmbz]

Just had a Sikorsky S76c land and take off from a house behind me.
That was loud.

 

[Buppies]

Interesting history m7040

Thanks LS

Feel better Drew no worries from me

Neat stuff gstrom 99 love history and stories of old homes in fact anything old

 

[riptides]

Just had a Sikorsky S76c land and take off from a house behind me.
That was loud.

Was it a black ops helicopter? They might have got the address wrong.

 

[sodamo]

65°F and .25 inches rain.

Got some mowing in yesterday before the rain and heading into Dentist. My new crown installed.

Looks like I can get another couple hours mowing before taking Sophie in for ophthalmologist appointment. Another round of laser to repair the cleft he found. Hopefully his evaluation of first attempt will be positive.

Likely late lunch in town again. Yesterday was a bit disappointing. Appeared to be another round price increase and shrinkage. At least the beer volume was the same. Been going to this place over 20 years, a Happy Hour favorite pre covid. Won’t be rushing our return.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[sodamo]

Sorry you aren’t better, Drew. Glad you chose to be safe, albeit disappointing. Extra prayers to get better.

 

[sodamo]

Finally able to talk with dealer tech about my LS. He was finally able to observe the stalling issue. Hope to have more info by end of week.

 

[kenmbz]

Was it a black ops helicopter? They might have got the address wrong.

Probably medical, but we do have some politicians and big wigs in the area.
takeoff was within 4-500 feet of my house in the next field over.
Maybe 10 min from landing to takeoff.

Former President came in by Helo when he did a speech, that was at the end of my street.

I am just the poor person in a wealthy neighborhood.

 

[daugen]

I am just the poor person in a wealthy neighborhood.
welcome to the club...

my sister sent me some nice tea that settled my stomach
breezy sunny 82 out, wish I could go out and work but maybe tomorrow

 

[Thomas]

I am just the poor person in a wealthy neighborhood.
welcome to the club...

my sister sent me some nice tea that settled my stomach
breezy sunny 82 out, wish I could go out and work but maybe tomorrow

Feet up and rest up.

 

[daugen]

Feet up and rest up.

thanks
she sent me two more boxes of tea today

I did rest, then heard mowers running, sick of being in bed, so very slowly rode around yard and mowed
and I feel ok now, so that's a plus

now feet up for sure

 

[sodamo]

Got to mow a few hours before coming to town. Talked with soon to be new neighbor mowing just above my area. Mowing with one of those tracked Altoz zero turns. Cost almost same as Sophie’s BX. Said he really liked it. I had cut that same field several times with my ft rotary. Seems like the Altoz a bit overkill, but hey, lots of people with more money than me.

Have to get diesel while here

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Thursday) morning. Overnight Low of 11C and it's presently 17.2C, overcast with drizzle & calm. There was 2.5mm in the gauge @ 0900.

I've already been & back from the consulting offices at the Base Hospital for my 3 monthly podiatrist appointment... mainly toenail cutting (type II diabetes) & heel callus maintenance.

Wandered over to see the "Mad Hose Woman" to confirm that she's 'in' for the paddock liming... first time in ages that I've actually been over (even though it's just next door) to that 6 acre paddock and it REALLY needs a lot of attention. Fortunately, she's still keen to have the lime.

Now I'm just waiting for the liming contractor to 'get back to me'... it is liming 'season' so he's probably very busy.

What with the very welcome rain/drizzle, an indoor day is planned.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 75ºF for the start, partly cloudy, breezy. Windy guts to 25 mph, Thunderstorms developed late afternoon and early evening, some severe, no rain here, high temp was 90ºF, HI 96ºF. Made coffee to start day, Men's meeting, bike ride, wind strong enough average air speed 1 mph faster than ground speed. Trip to town for lunch estate work, SUV inspection, and groceries. Grilled brats for dinner, no nap. Got kitchen cleaned up, more laundry and mowing to do.
Dennis why aren't you sleeping?
Buppies why aren't you sleeping?
Ron glad no dilation required. Nice rain amount. Glad you got some seat time. Good to hear foot better, Pretty bird,
Bill sorry no compost work hope good rabbit hole.
Phil glad mulch pile turned. Hope good seat time leveling the dirt. Hope fun time in shop
Buppies hope sleep improves, prayers sent.
Mike sorry no just right coffee mug Sorry no gas for mowing. Glad barn wood has official approval. Sorry some people feel no need to do a good job
Ron hope water fall behaves.
Frits glad microwave and leaking tire dealt with.
Buppies sorry to hear about new nerve stuff. more prayers sent.
Drew sorry vertigo not letting up. prayers sent. Glad daisy planter done and delivered. Hope they don't load the lettuce with grass clippings
Billy glad you got blades sharpened and some mowing done. Quail had gotten scares in Missouri hope that not happening in your neck of the woods.
Thomas hope day went well.
Ken sorry about low energy. Did the bird get his shower? Neat finding the fawn. No idea on flower color. Neat pics.
Paul glad you are keeping up with grass, middle mower looks like it is wearing a ghillie suit. Hope you can find more room for alpaca wares.
Plowhog hope you get good visit with friends.
Scott(vt) sorry about having to come back to reality, good luck mowing!
Gstrom wow what a visitor. glad you got a good talk with him.
Mike amazing you are only the 4th owner of your place.
Dennis hate mornings like that.
Dennis great meme.
Drew that woodpecker is really working the stump over.
RS glad you got rain but no severe weather. No severe weather and no rain here. Sorry about feeder failure. Glad order shower and you have eats in the house. Glad some mowing done. Shelve and plants look good. Nice pics dogwoods impressive.
Paul plan looks better.
Ted sorry La Nina has same effect on you as here. Glad you avoid the craziness, hope the wife can help and handle it. Have making new cover in shop.
Frits neat story.
Ken bet it was neat also
Mike s76 primarily civilian bird.
David glad some mowing done. Hope today's mowing went well. Sorry HH not so good. Hope good news on Sophie's eye.
David good news if they worked out how to stall should be able to track down culprit.
Ken the care flights hear are well marked, if not obvious then likely bigwig.
Thomas you tell him
David hope you will like new neighbor.
Randy(wag) hope feet in good shape. Hope liming goes well. Glad you are getting rain.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, and Country.