Georgia Fall and Winter Thread...

/ Georgia Fall and Winter Thread... #22  
We're moving south just as soon as we retire. About 12 yrs. Here's why.... We can get 4' overnight, and 12' in a week. Yes, those are feet.....
 

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/ Georgia Fall and Winter Thread... #24  
Let me add my 2 pennies I'm living in Thomasville Ga. My dad has land in Ocilla, GA., don't have my tractor yet but go to get something for the 400 acres, half is leased out to a farmer the other half is pines and hardwoods. lots of rattlemoccasins, turkey, deer and quail. I got lots of work ahead of me to do:(. Barns need to be patched fences and 2 ponds to clean around.
 
/ Georgia Fall and Winter Thread... #25  
Fpaulk22, I started to welcome you to the forum when I seen you only had 2 post, and then I notice you've been a member for 1 year, since 2010 ;)
How is it you have been a member for all this time and refraim yourself from posting? :D.... Oh what the heck! belated ...Welcome
anyway! glade you chimed in and hope you will keep us informed of the weather and happenings in your area, good luck with the farming of your land,;) I'm sure you'll have a tractor soon:thumbsup:
 
/ Georgia Fall and Winter Thread... #26  
I've been really happy with the relatively warm fall so far AND that there's been just enough rain to keep us out of the severe/water rationing type of drought! For the first time in about 5 years I may actually have a chance to get a decent stand of fescue going in the yard!

- Jay
(In GA since 1963)
 
/ Georgia Fall and Winter Thread... #27  
My wife has been looking at houses near Grant Park in southeast Atlanta. Our son just graduated from Ga Tech, got a great job and has decided to become a Georgia citizen. If we were going to move, we should have done it before paying four years of "out of state" tuition...
Mike
 
/ Georgia Fall and Winter Thread... #28  
My wife has been looking at houses near Grant Park in southeast Atlanta. Our son just graduated from Ga Tech, got a great job and has decided to become a Georgia citizen. If we were going to move, we should have done it before paying four years of "out of state" tuition...
Mike

Like i said im no Georgian so i may be wrong, but atlanta is not part of Atlanta you want to move to. If your out side of what you dont want to be in you will be in that part in less than 10 yrs as it grows around you. I have talked to several georgians and they really dont consider those in ATL as Georgian there Atlantins, trust me there is an entirely different culture and way of life there. I understand though some can still live the life most of us like and live on the outskirts because you still have to earn a living, but i personally would try to do it far away from ATL.
 
/ Georgia Fall and Winter Thread... #29  
JUST GOT A YANMAR TRACTOR .NEWBE, I'LL TRY MY HAND AT TURNIPS ,MUSTARD, AND COLLARDS NEXT SEASON.
 
/ Georgia Fall and Winter Thread... #30  
Started raining here In Braselton around 3:00 on 12/06 it was called for a 80% chance all day, but must have been scatter around, the temp high was 62* after the rain comes and goes the temps are suppose to be dropping back to around mid 30's*
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I have talked to several georgians and they really dont consider those in ATL as Georgian there Atlantins, trust me there is an entirely different culture and way of life there.

The ones who currently live in Atlanta have Migrated too Atlanta from other big cities across the country, They all are not necessarily Georgians, heck I can't even understand the language of over half of who I meet that live in Atlanta, So yes there are differences in the culture but not from being a Atlantian, But from more of coming from another part of the country or even another country all together, Having their own culture and bringing it here;) it seems that many people are misinformed about Atlanta "Hot-Lanta" everyone wants to check out Hot-lanta, Like most anywhere Atlanta has it's attractions and places to see, but once outside of the tourist attractions You'll see the same-o same-o as would see in any other Big City, Most of us rural/Country Folks from Georgia try to avoid Atlanta at all cost, the traffic is bad, crime is bad, the food isn't that great, unless of course you like Asian,Indian,Turkish,polish,German,etc,etc, foods,
if you want some true southern cooking you really have to get out of Atlanta and into the country where the Mom & Pop style restaurants are:licking:

At one time i thought all New Yorkers were City Folk, recently I met a person from Buffalo NY and he told me that his town/city was as much of country as our small town of Braselton here in Ga, is,....
The short of it all, most all Capital cities of each state may represent all the smaller towns, But not necessarily mean the towns people are like the big city folk, if anything I would say that the Big City folk all across our country have more in common with all the other Big City folk of other Big Cities,
 
/ Georgia Fall and Winter Thread... #31  
JUST GOT A YANMAR TRACTOR .NEWBE, I'LL TRY MY HAND AT TURNIPS ,MUSTARD, AND COLLARDS NEXT SEASON.

Welcome and congrats on your new Yanmar tractor, You gonna love then greens:thumbsup: are You by chance a fellow Georgian?
 
/ Georgia Fall and Winter Thread... #32  
I lived @ an hour south of the atl airport for about 10 years now, and just moved across the line into al. I acquired some acres and a tractor with the move. I have relatives in the north and definetly perfer the south. I dare to suggest that most folks reading here would find areas outside of atlanta mote suitable. Although it can be a great resource at times the lifestyle can be quite different.
Back to the op, i have busted up some new ground, hoping the moisture and freeze thaw will provide well in the spring and summer. I am also needing to understand the difference in the sun pattern from now and the start of the growing season.
 
/ Georgia Fall and Winter Thread... #33  
I been planning to move south in about 10yrs or so. I was thinking about Ga,Tn, etc. Get away from winters, but trying to find a place thats not hot as all get out. You guys are getting snow and winter weather? I might put up with a little, but I'm really getting "allergic" to snow. You think this Yankee could handle it?

FWIW, I'm so far north i really don't consider myself a yankee. Maybe a snowbelt Redneck? I can drive to Canada in 40 minutes. Boston? 4 1/2 hours at 75mph. Got a 7mm mag rifle, 12 gauge pump, 2006 chevy 3500 crew cab 8ft bed duramax diesel, wife who loves deer meat, and she knows how to cook it right! How am I doing? Might fit in as long as i don't speak and give away my accent? Oh yeah, don't mind a few cold(or warm for that matter) beers.

Been in Ga all my life and love it still, even thought it can be "hot as ****". This past summer was the hottest I can remember and it seems to be holding on. It's Dec. 6th and I have my AC running at the moment. But you never know...I may wake up needing the heat and a heavy coat!

I'm an avid deer hunter and have been steady at it since Oct. 24th. Usually the rut runs around the 1st or 2nd week of Nov. So far, it hasn't hit yet. It will get cold for a couple of days and I'll see the bucks beginning to act up, then the next morning, it'll be 70 degrees and the bucks will go back into hiding.

Never the less, in Ga., you can expect about 2 months out of the year that you won't feel comfortable playing a round of golf. Otherwise, put on your shorts and "t" shirt, jump on your tractor, go hunting, golfing, or paint your house in December. Come on down!
 
/ Georgia Fall and Winter Thread... #34  
Time will tell what we do. But when it gets about mid January to late February i get cranky sometimes. And we've had short cold snaps the last few yrs. Plus the lack of sunlight this time of year. It all adds up. But I think blaming me getting cranky might not have to do with the weather as much as it does with age.:D
 
/ Georgia Fall and Winter Thread... #35  
I typically just come on here to read from time to time, but I'm a native Georgian. Some of the other forums I frequent appear to be slowing down a little bit, so maybe I'll spend a bit more time posting over here instead. I guess only time will tell...
 
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#36  
I typically just come on here to read from time to time, but I'm a native Georgian. Some of the other forums I frequent appear to be slowing down a little bit, so maybe I'll spend a bit more time posting over here instead. I guess only time will tell...

shortbusgeek, I sure hope you do spend some more time here...we have some fun and help each other at the same time...:thumbsup:
 
/ Georgia Fall and Winter Thread... #37  
Currently 30* out at 8:00am this morning of 10/09/11
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On Wed evening when I was out on the roadway the wind was blowing at gust up to 65 mph, When looking into the sky the Dark clouds flying by looked more like Black Freight trains storming by one after the other,
kinda scary looking:cool: with being so amaze I took a couple of Pictures of them from my cell phone,
 
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Currently 30* out at 8:00am this morning of 10/09/11
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On Wed evening when I was out on the roadway the wind was blowing at gust up to 65 mph, When looking into the sky the Dark clouds flying by looked more like Black Freight trains storming by one after the other,
kinda scary looking:cool: with amaze I took a couple of Pictures of them from my cell phone, Hope to get them up soon,

We had those same winds over here...I thought some of our trees were going to come down but none did...I'm sure glad...cleaning up trees gets old after a few times...I hope we get a pass on an Ice storm this year...
 
/ Georgia Fall and Winter Thread... #39  
turn out to be a very nice day today, current temp 57* I bet the fish in local area lakes are swiming themself crazy,:confused2: Go deep for a day or 2 then come back up as the water starts to warm again, heck they might be spawning by next week ;)
It sure would be nice to hear out of you Folks around South Ga, :confused3:
 
/ Georgia Fall and Winter Thread... #40  
12/16/11 -3rd day straight temps into 70's here in Nth-E Georgia, sure would like to get some colder temperatures in here by Christmas, it just wouldn't be the same sitting by the fireplace in the den with No fire burning on Christmas Morning:cool:
 
 
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