Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

a fine haul of blackberries this morning, shooed the bees away
this is the largest US variety, berries get size of thumb if left to fully ripen
lots of pectin, not good for someone with diverticulitis, but the flavor is like
blackberry wine

trying to find some energy but none to be found

 

[rswyan]

76F and sunny @ 11:45, heading up to around 84F for the day's high. Low this morning was 45.9F.

Still no rain ...

But some chances starting this coming Monday and running through Saturday.

US Drought Monitor release this morning indicates that as of this past Tuesday we have moved from "Abnormally Dry" to "Moderate Drought".

Much worse to the south and east, with much of Southeast Ohio in "Severe Drought" and portions of 3 counties in "Extreme Drought":

Midwest | U.S. Drought Monitor

Got all the winter squash that had been picked rinsed off and put in the greenhouse in the dining room to harden off first thing yesterday.

Then two more sections of the two 12' round posts coated with asphalt.

Waited until late to start working on the post holes for the shade.

More progress made, with very good progress made on one hole in particular where the auger bit caught and started screwing itself in.

Have run into a large rock in another hole though ... used the digging bar to try and break that up but no joy. Let the PHD beat on that one quite a bit ... seems like it might be loosening up some ... but it's unclear just how big it actually is.

Watered 6 holes with 2 gallons each before knocking off for the day.

Woman retrieved Her car, I haven't taken a look at it yet but supposedly no leaks.

Agenda for today:

Probably hit the post holes real quick while I still have some shade.

Then going to spend some time watering the garden ... definitely eggplants, kohlrabi, and bell peppers ... maybe cukes and winter squash. Beyond those have a look and see if anything else has a chance of making before first frost.

Might try and get the last of the pressure washing in front of the garage door done in preparation for the cold patch.

Other than that just see what else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a decent Thursday ...

 

[sodamo]

70°F and .09 inches rain, passing showers this morning.

Did get my man gate worked out

Debating installation. Likely wait until I have the hinges

Cards this afternoon. attempting a miso roasted kabucha with chicken.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Hadn't been 24 hrs since we got home, my wife wanted to take a drive.

Went up to lower PA, just down the road from our saturday breakfast place, to a BBQ place. We had coupons burning a hole in our pocket before they expired. I'd been there before, she hasn't. She liked it and wants to go back. Good food, friendly staff.
Main reason for trip was to buy some Ginger Gold apples just down the road back in MD, so picked up a half bushel. Large apples, she likes them for eating and apple sauce.
Went to another orchard and got more goodies, like a yellow watermelon, frozed unbaked pie, mum and other stuff... Then Grocery store.
Yard needs mowed, but will wait until tomorrow..

On our trip, after we left the amish country of Ohio, we high tailed it west, passing by the former Longaberger basket headquarters east of Newark Ohio. It sits empty with the parking lot growing up. Someone was going to turn it into a hotel but never did.

wonder how big a bowl phil could turn on this lathe?

 

[Looking4new]

Whats the "conveyor"?

click the link
Wallenstein Equipment

 

[kenmbz]

After 2 years of phone calls, emails and lots of frustration, I finally got them to reset my Experian account so I can freezeunfreeze my credit without having to go through hours of phone calls every time.
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It's the little things....

 

[Looking4new]

I got the chain adjusted to 4" of slack at the mid point, then the rain chased me in. Still need to grease and get the motor running. May do that after the dump run tomorrow.

 

[Thomas]

79F clear sky another day no rain.

Due to lack of rain for month many trees are showing stress for the leaves are falling,looks to be dull color for the foliage guess I better be thinking about doing long rain dance.

Good day at work afternoon slow motion puttering.
Plans for the evening...after dinner deck feet up wait for the critter and stars.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[daugen]

I figured I had made at least 1300 pots of coffee in my Cuisinart coffee maker, which now has
quite a collection of mineral deposits building up like stalagmites on the inside.
so I ordered the exact same one, and just had my first cup of coffee from it after running a pot of
water through it to clean it out. Tastes fine, looks way better, and now I have the vinegar out and am going to town on the
"old" one and will clean it up as best as I can. It will be a backup pot and I might use it in the rv.

ran a load of wash and walked ever so carefully up and down the stairs, making sure not to overdo my back.
am finding keeping back brace on helps.

back isn't great but I'm feeling much better after that cup of coffee.
trying to wash out residual of all that tracing chemicals I had to drink.

fun researching some of Buckeye's photos, did you know the Longaberger company had a Billion dollars in sales in 2000?
that's a lot of baskets. Owner died and company died years later.

I think visiting all 88 of those barns would be a great quest.

 

[WinterDeere]

I figured I had made at least 1300 pots of coffee in my Cuisinart coffee maker, which now has
quite a collection of mineral deposits building up like stalagmites on the inside.

I run a bottle of this decalcifier thru my espresso machine every month... at least when I remember. Back when I ran a regular Bunn A10 pour-over machine (similar to your Cuisinart drip, but with an always-hot boiler), I'd run a bottle of this thru just once or twice per year: