Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

I only have a 6' mower for 24+ acres, open cab, and I've been cutting it since 2002.

You are making me feel guilty, I mowed about 12 acres today with a 16’ finish mower behind a tractor with a climate controlled cab, streaming Spotify to the stereo. And my grandson keeping me company.

 

[sodamo]

Here's a question for all of you guys, and there are many factors.....
I only have a 6' mower for 24+ acres, open cab, and I've been cutting it since 2002. Anyway, I've had my fill of seat time for mowing.
Still have to do other chores that I don't mind so much. Been having to repair hydraulic cylinders plenty lately....have another that is dripping now.

Rereading, looking for the question.
Mowing is indeed a chore, but also can be Zen, think time. I have to be careful asI often get a wild idea in my head that morphs into a project - think $$$.

 

[sodamo]

You are making me feel guilty, I mowed about 12 acres today with a 16’ finish mower behind a tractor with a climate controlled cab, streaming Spotify to the stereo. And my grandson keeping me company.

Boasting much?
LOL

 

[sodamo]

Not sure how to measure success today.
I did get the dog’s area nicely mowed
Even piddled about abit, almost staying out of trouble.
Then, surprise, surprise

This little girl will be coming home tomorrow, with not only Sophie’s approval, but her encouragement.
Already have her crate set up.

 

[Looking4new]

Congrats on new dog, David.

 

[txdon]

Here's a question for all of you guys, and there are many factors.....
I only have a 6' mower for 24+ acres, open cab, and I've been cutting it since 2002. Anyway, I've had my fill of seat time for mowing.
Still have to do other chores that I don't mind so much. Been having to repair hydraulic cylinders plenty lately....have another that is dripping now.

What's the question?

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 66ºF for the start, mostly cloudy, light breeze. Light to moderate wind, variable cloudy sky, and high temp was 81ºF. Made coffee to start day,did not go to chapel to avoid spreading virus, so watched on line. Made Cream of Wheat mix for breakfast, cleaned up kitchen, prepped boat for launch tomorrow, napped and puttered. tomorrow is lake survey, will follow shock boat and try to net the carp, will be long day.
Resuming Saturday 7:50 AM CDT, post 206,201:
Scott(vt) you have a link to one of those trimmers?
Billy sorry you had to go through that. Did you ask any of the tow people how they decide who is parked illegal?
Frits sounds like nice progress on mowing and demo on welding area.
Mike how true.
Buppies sorry to hear about Holly's visit. Hope the jobs pan out and mowing went well. prayers sent.
Buppies hope dog works out.
Buppies funny story.
Dennis lot of mowing for a five footer.
Paul hope you need the rain. Hope mulch not getting too wet to work with. Interesting resident. Glad you got to do some R/C time. Glad music was fun with different guys.
Kyle sorry you are having such problem with autistic daughter, prayers sent. Sounds like life is piling up on you. Hope your mom is healthy enough for the surgery. At least you got some dewberries.
Ken sorry about the power loss. Sorry about the arrival time for son. Sorry about the insurance problems. No fun having fallen tree on road.
Drew hope you can get mulch down. Nice centerpiece, radishes look nice.
Drew interesting pics. I had no idea hemp could generate that much more cash flow.
Frits thanks for sharing the info some of your kids and Cody.
Scott(vt) that will keep him busy for a while.
David couldn't see what the issue was, not sure what mounting points should look like. Hope you can get adapters to hook it up. Hope the boy's vet appointments went well.
Dennis sorry computer not on UPS. Glad you got fed anyway Hope you got something good at Mission BBQ.
Randy(wag) nice cool morning. Sorry about the cramps, IF you are hydrated and using electrolytes then short walk can help after standing like that. Hope Church was good.
Bill thanks for dog story.
David sorry about the basset hound with seizures.
Bill sorry you lost power, glad UPS worked.
Sunday morning 3:41 AM CT:
Ron glad you got some work done on pond. Nice you were able to visit neighbors. Sorry list getting longer. Hope mowing went well. Nice cardinal.
Ron doing much better today.
Bill hope tractor greasing went well.
Billy doing much better. Glad you got caught up on chores. How long truck on probation?
Drew hope RV wash was successful, as well as delivery of tomato pots. Thanks for BB gun update.
Lou sorry about the power loss. Hard to predict the tanker rollovers.
Buppies Hope mowing went well and fence people show up soon. Have fun with pup. I am feeling better.
Thomas got some zip back yesterday, even more today.
Thomas glad grass greener, and trees popping. Hope house wash went well.
Drew it is amazing how much of nature feeds off the pollen, so your right lot more than just the tress gotta have it .
Joe(sigarms) welcome back, nice pic.
Mike sorry about wind, hope it slowed down to burn. Glad you are making progress on wood. Hope splitting goes well. Hope you can work out better way to maintain fence line.
Frits hope you were able to mow today. Glad you are finding article you can use in your welding area. Hope D MRI and GD college plans coming along and she is working on them.
Scott(vt) hope you all made it to church ok. I let GGD get over tire at park and got an earful going home(she wasn't ready to go home).
Scott(vt) thanks for the feedback.
Ken sorry about the wind, your right getting hit by falling tree not on my schedule either Glad son and friend pick up went well. and trip was good. Nice you are getting some accessories for new truck. I am feeling better.
Drew glad RV not desperate for washing and sorry too windy. Good of you to wait till afternoon. Hope weed eating and mowing went well. Thanks for the Ted update, understandable about Donna struggle with brother loss.
Ken we have shad in the lake here. They make good eats for the game fish
David glad the boys are healthy and up to date on shots. The boy will like you more if you mow their area
Drew glad lawn is mowed. Great pics
Dennis thanks for the small world story. Hope prepping went well for class. Hope you new PW cleaner works.
Newbury thanks for joke
Drew Ducati has some interesting engines. Not that familiar with Aprilia.
Randy(wag) hope you don't get cramps from today.
Thomas glad you got part of the house washed in spite of cold.
Engineer glad first camping trip went well, and new camping spot was good as well. Nice pic
Bill glad you got some chores done. I was surprised to learn you still had a snow pile, glad all is melted now. Now thats different, a cat that doesn't like pork.
Kyle not sure what your question is.
Paul sounds like a nice way to mow
David congrats on new fur baby.
Catch up complete.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, 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, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /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, hurricane victims, and Country.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 39° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 74° with a few afternoon clouds. Pond water is crystal clear. I can now see where the dirt is in garden pond. Did vacuuming of pond bottom. More later cleaning later this week. Used tractor to take out some several shrubs that smell. Then cut grass in back 2 1/2 acres of my property. Finished off the day watching NASCAR race. Today I will do front grass cutting of my place.
We have a tail to tell.

David, good looking puppy.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 40 and going up to 64°F. Wind S 2 mph. Sunny!

Going to town today to ship off a box to Calgary. About the size of an alternator for the tractor. Gotta pick up a box of something at the same time and cash in my lottery ticket, renew it for another 6 months. I don't think it is worth much, just a bunch of free tickets, nothing good like the grand prize ($2,000,000.oo) or or even second prize ($100,000.oo).

I've got a bunch of small trees to cut down near the mouth of the driveway. The largest diameter is 8". The bigger ones I will rip two of them for runners under the portable shelter for over the big fuel tank. 25' of the smaller ones will go to hold gravel back from disappearing at the culvert. The ones I have there are rotten.

That is my day planned out.

Ron, nice tail. Would look good on a hat.

Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

good morning all
colder outside than I'd like for my veggies but definitely warming up from here on out
hope nothing is keeled over this morning

up earlier, reading my book, drinking coffee and just going slowly.
have a five dollar off 25 coupon at local supermarket, not a bad discount so I'll go use that this morning
on a few small things.

77 this afternoon, should be nice.
chased off another squirrel yesterday, really surprised how accurate bb gun is using just plain sights.
I don't have a good angle after I open my kitchen window to get all spots, but I wait til they climb up on the feeders.
if they stay on the ground, fine. Not sure they are smart enough to figure that out.

later today will wash my car. I now know I can't just squirt it off or I'll get mineral spotting problems like
I had before. So if I wash, I need to dry, but have big pile of car towels for that.
and then like snow falling I can watch the pollen pile up on the clean car... tis the season.
in two weeks I haul the Gravely up to NY and then JD mower goes to live in shed where it belongs.
And my garage will finally be empty enough to try to fit the car in there. Pretty sure it will be too tight.
Expedition is a foot longer than a suburban. Might have to take the tow hitch ball off, but really don't think it will fit.

hope you all have a fine Monday.

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
41 going to a sunny 72.
Been up goofing on the internet since 4:30.

End of the season for the pellet stove. I let it all burn out overnight. Today's job will be to slide it out and give it and the pipe a good cleaning. That will be it for my activity for the day.

Wife is taking her dad for a doctors appt. later in the morning.
Not sure when or if we will get our walk in.

Spent the day yesterday puttering and cleaning in the shop. One sister stopped for a couple hour visit. Not much else got accomplished. Supposed to be in the 80's and sunny tomorrow so will hopefully get the deck cleaned and ready.

Nothing else planned till Thursday when we will be going to the monthly coffee visit with family.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[Thomas]

She's a cutie David.

 

[Thomas]

31F clear sky might reach 70F.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...soon meet the gentleman for critter food.
Noon pick up Mrs. at her work for Buick having 4 new tires all fluids filters change and couple sensors replace.
Afternoon continue washing outside of the house.
City highway engineer wants to meet about 4 way intersection,each4 to 6 accidents this year 2 so far this could be interesting.

Enjoy your day all

 

[Thomas]

Here's a question for all of you guys, and there are many factors.....
I only have a 6' mower for 24+ acres, open cab, and I've been cutting it since 2002. Anyway, I've had my fill of seat time for mowing.
Still have to do other chores that I don't mind so much. Been having to repair hydraulic cylinders plenty lately....have another that is dripping nocreas

Don't mowe as often.
Go bigger.
Get quota someone will mow.
Down size acres.

 

[m7040]

good morning, 43 warming up to 72 and looks like a nice day

went to HD to pick up sheet of plywood for the wall in the welding shop to use for mounting the electrical outlets
Also needed more screws but priced by each is too much so went over to TSC where I got them by the pound

Had the phone conference with GD, D and mother on college plans. Set up expectations for financial support including money to make in the job over summer, GP average, as well as several over conditions. Not sure how committed she is but time will tell.

Did not get any mowing done so today looks good for that

 

[Buppies]

44 chilly degrees this morning high in 70s today warmer tomorrow.

Got grass mowed filled in hole in front yard with two tractor buckets of dirt raked out wore me out. Nose is running now trees down by road need cut back from damage or some cut down kinda of depressing they were gifts to Holly thru the years here started in 2006. The ice storm broke several and even got one maple.

Glad you are feeling better mostly

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[Buppies]

Nice puppy sodamo ours is waiting on invisible fence repair

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 42 to start going to 70. Beautiful bright blue skies and those big winds seem to have abated.

We still have 2 of our grands, one night. Opa needs a break

Back from our first camping trip of the year

Tom, beautiful picture , nice place.

Here's a question for all of you guys, and there are many factors....

Kyle, that’s a lot of mowing in the Texas heat without a cab for AC, but not sure of the question. The older I get I find I can’t mow for hours at a time , 2 or 3 hours at a time. But some of the property is kind of rough and my lower back can’t take it anymore. I wish I could have someone with a dozer flatten the field for me.

David, beautiful boxer. Best of luck with the new pup.

Hope all have a great day.

 

[riptides]

39 outside right now. Lower 70's today.

No burn pile activity this weekend other than adding rounds to it. Finally cleaned up around the big trees in the front. Still have over 200 rounds to split, but they are all in the same place now in nice rows waiting for the splitter guy to show up. LOL.



Washed and greased up the equipment yesterday too. Man that makes one feel good to have shiny stuff that works when mowing. LOL. Looks like tomorrow we will start cutting, again. Might be a weekly event now.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
45° under a cloudless sky. High around 70 and continued clear.

Yesterday started with making pancakes for the kids and grandson. Then son, grandson and I went to neighbors to put a fountain in their pond.

The electrical work has been done for weeks, I’m not sure why they didn’t get around to getting the fountain in the water. We have it down pretty well from years of making mistakes and avoiding them the next year. So we approached it just like we do ours, put anchors with buoys to secure the fountain, and got it out into the water with waders until it floated, then positioned it from a boat with ropes positioning it from the shore. It didn’t take more than 15 minutes once we started. Neighbor sent me this picture last night.

He was very appreciative.

Next chore was to locate a buried wire for another neighbor, and then putter some in the shop.
Went out to lunch with son and grandson, fixed the cameras at the restaurant, a software configuration issue, they would not let us pay for lunch, so far a good day for getting stuff done.

Got home, and grandson and I hooked up the progressive mower and mowed the open area around the house and shop.
Part of that routine is that we blow all the grass clippings off the mower and then park and unhook the mower. Grandson insists on blowing it off by himself and then working the rear hydraulics to fold it up before we park it.

After reading other posts on mower to acreage ratio, I think I might be a bit overkill, but that part of the mowing sure isn’t a chore. Takes longer to mow inside all the pastures with a mower half the size mowing less area.

Today will get the mulch spread, l’ll need to get another load mid day if we get it all done.