Recent content by rswyan

66F and mostly cloudy @ 12:00, calling for a high of 69F for the day. Slight chance of a shower. LWS reports the low this morning was 48.6F ... :oops: Worked on kitchen clean up a bit first thing yesterday. Was going to work on the yellow squash but before I could do that young arborist...

71.6F and partly cloudy @ 12:00, heading up to around … 70F ??? [emoji23] Chance of rain this afternoon with lake effect showers and thunderstorms developing. Yesterday ended up being a big watering day. First up were the 6 pumpkins in back which got 2 gallons each. Then did the 10 arbs...

77F and "Fair" @ 13:00, calling for a high of 78F today. Woman requested 2 cups of shredded zucchini for a chocolate zucchini cake She wanted to make yesterday and that ended up altering the entire agenda for the day. Figured that the tools and kitchen appliances were dirtied up at that point...

77.5F and partly cloudy @ 11:30, calling for a high of around 79F for the day. Finished up welding project for friend first thing yesterday. Then got hopper feeder and both tube feeders refilled, also the 2 suet feeders … plus scattered some seeds for the ground feeders. Checked on live trap...

66.7F and cloudy @ 09:30, heading up to around 80F for the day’s high. Cup of cold coffee tasting very good. Spent the afternoon yesterday hand watering the garden. The tomato plants in the grow bags were looking pretty droopy so that’s where I started. Did the summer squash as well, since...

73.5F and cloudy @ 13:45, calling for a high of around 73F. Sun may make an appearance later today. Headed out yesterday to go work in the garden and as soon as I got out there it started drizzling ... 🤬 Hung around long enough to collect up a 5 gallon bucket of produce that needed to be...

70.3F and overcast @ 11:00, heading up to around 74F for the day’s high. Partly sunny skies later, 20% chance of light rain at some point. Did get some rain yesterday evening, doubt it was all that much … less than 0.25” showing in the rain gauge here. Will be enough to keep the grass green and...

88.1F now with clouds on the increase. Marginal risk of severe thunderstorms. Front lawn mowing all completed. Topped off fuel in Cub. Large peach tree watered and fed, 13+ gallons. That emptied the water buffalo. Swapped out the female QD coupler on the hose on the buffalo for a male . That...

89F and sunny @ 13:00, which is 2F above what WU was calling for, for the day's high. DP 65F, HU 47%, "feels like" temp = 95F. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible today, with thunderstorms likely this evening. Dark clouds to the north, cloud cover here can't arrive too soon. Got meds...

74.4F and clear @ 11:30, heading up to around 82F for the day's high. Looks like the overnight low was around 60F, humidity way down. Put forks on the Kubota yesterday and moved the pallet in the back of the van with the 2 bales of straw on it over to the barn. Then moved a pallet with...

84.9F and sunny @ 12:30, calling for a high of 85F for the day. 60% chance of a shower or thunderstorm. Looking at the radar, it’s hard to see that happening anytime soon. Yesterday ended up being mostly an energy conservation day. Not sure what the actual high ended up being, but at one...

87F @ 12:15, heading up to around 89F for the day's high. DP 66F, HU 47%, "feels like" temp = 98F. Made another gallon of tea to be iced yesterday first thing, now chilling in the 'frig. Got more bills paid. Menards rebate receipts gathered up, rebate form filled out, and stuck in an...

80.7F and sunny @ 11:30, heading up to around 88F for the day's high. Got some bills paid first thing yesterday. Then got front lawn all mowed yesterday afternoon. Was warm but not horrid ... guess dew points dropped somewhat. Cleaned out a spot in one of the cabinets in the laundry room and...

85F and partly cloudy @ 13:30. calling for a high of 86F for the day. Very rough night last night. Woman cooked up one of the Hello Fresh meals, some kind of tacos. It was very good but the meal made 6 tacos. She had 2 and I was doing well @ 3. Then I decided to push it and go for a 4th to...

88F with a mix of sun and clouds @ 15:30, still hoping that some rain materializes. Where did that high temp of 79F go ? :LOL: Got rest of bell peppers watered and fed. Then watered the okra. Based on the yields I'm seeing, I figure we need around double the number of plants ... so probably...