Good morning!!!!

wngsprd · Feb 8, 2020

27 going to 47...crisp and clear outside...been so rainy and cloudy, didn't know the moon has gotten near full.

Kyle, hope date night was renewing.

Jay, stay safe in that ice...wish I could share my woodstove ashes with you. My "volcano" of ashes in the ash pit is 3 feet high now.

Buppies, make it snow.

Had the septic tank pumped yesterday afternoon...everything went well and had a good chat with the worker...good hard working man with wife and 2 girls. Eric, he didn't use a mud sucker, thank goodness...instead high power pump run by his truck's pto. Found a real interesting video on how the tank works while I was waiting for him. This guy diagrams the tank and how it works at 1:40, then sell a device on how to tell when your tank needs pumping (no thanks).

When Should I Pump My Septic Tank? - YouTube

Not sure if that link will work. I've been on TBN for over 15 years, and just learned how to change my settings so that I have access to the funny emojis you guys use, and it provided a video insert icon. I inserted it with that icon and the old way. Will be interesting to see if it shows up both ways. You'll think I'm obsessed with septic tanks. :laughing:

txdon · Feb 8, 2020

Good morning! 35˚ heading to the high 50s. Clear skies this morning but clouding up later.
Actually got some seat time in yesterday and heading back to the gardens this morning. Everyone is prepping the gardens. I'll wait till the end of the month because it's still producing carrots and beats and fennel and kale and cabbage and snow peas.

I see where the SIG that takes care of ten beds, with the harvest going to the food bank, has already started cutting seed potatoes and coating them with sulphur airing them to get hard.
They say you should have an eye in each cut piece but I like to see 4 eyes, so most of my potatoes will be cut in halves or thirds. Since we are in a limestone area the acid in the sulphur coating lowers the high PH. I'm just going to plant 10 pounds and expect a harvest of 50 pounds of organic potatoes.

Buppies · Feb 8, 2020

28 high of 42 at least not windy very wet though, haircut look at a couple of jobs that’s about it

Several broken limbs on the ground too wet to get to them

The snow gods are not cooperating wngsprd

Prayers for all

RoyJackson · Feb 8, 2020

2020-02-08, 0729

11 degrees right now...high today predicted to be about 20....very cold night tonight at minus 7.

Cleared the walks and drive...just to expose some really sloppy slush. I'm sure that froze last night. Even with applying non-stick vegetable spray on the blower's chute, the sloppy stuff did clog the chute. I chopped most of it out and applied more non-stick spray. Still some on the chute...so either more chopping today or use my wife's blow dryer...
We did get a strong snow yesterday afternoon, but it was short duration. Looks like it added a couple more inches. So, that's the job today...clear the drive and walks again.
Adding to the misery...apparently when we replaced the battery, we must have damaged the wire powering the cab heater, fan and wiper. I'll fix it, but probably not today...too cold for this old guy. Just have to dress warm for today's work.

Eric Salop · Feb 8, 2020

Good morning. Very little rain for the last 3 days and hopefully same today, plus plenty of wind. A good time to give the Iseki some exercise by spreading out a few mole hills before they start to grass over. Still have a few more to catch, tally is 28 to date.

Thanks very much for all the snow pics. We may eventually get some of our own, in the meantime your pics do a good job of satisfying my longing for a sprinkling of white stuff, without any need to lift a shovel :thumbsup:

daugen · Feb 8, 2020

Don, we get gardening in March, your area a full month earlier.

Ron, thanks. They have two MRIs there, both allegedly "open".
I doubt the difference is much less than two inches inside. Got hot in there, felt like
I was lying on a tray with heaters in it. Maybe I was...hot enough the air blowing inside really helped.
I was a sweaty aching mess when done. Air outside in parking lot sure smelled good.
Drive home seemed endless, only way to feel better was by laying down and getting weight off neck.
And good drugs, which for me excludes opioids.

off to check on the greenhouse. Should need a good watering and I'll take some pics.

Later going to bake some blueberry muffins, full of extra blueberries, and take them across the street tomorrow
to the widowed wife of my dead neighbor. My last seven years that I worked I did family financial planning, for a fee only,
where we spent many nights, always at a dining room table. Lots of room to lay papers out.
My neighbor volunteered she has lots of decisions to make, and her last child left the house today to go back to the Middle East I'm pretty sure as a soldier.
So maybe I can listen to her story, in complete privacy and give her a non family sounding board, and if desired, offer some advice which I as a former CFP
am qualified to give. I'm also retired and rusty, but usually that doesn't matter.

It was a fascinating 7 years. There are a lot of insecure folks who if they were told they
were doing fine by someone they trusted, could really suffer less self induced stress. I was always dealing with a married couple, usually while their kids were in college
and they were really stressed with how they were going to retire in their current situation. My specialty was portfolio analysis which helped me make sure that their current
broker or bank wasn't taking advantage of them. I believe I annoyed a few of their brokers. Never took their business, just got them to make changes that were
better for the client. Including rebalancing to achieve a proper stock/bond mix based on current conditions, usually because client was too conservative actually. Way too much money in money money markets which earned 1 percent if that. I enjoyed it, very mentally challenging work. And you never guess. The basics of that I don't forget, and in that context I hope I can calm her fears. And tell her I'm putting the farm up for sale so she knows it before any signs go up.
Actually I asked for no signs and realtor agreed. The locals aren't going to buy my place. But who knows.

have a good day.

Thomas · Feb 8, 2020

10F clear sky low 20's for high going to be chilly night.

Last night moon light one could see many many miles...nice.
By the looks outside nasty storm left its mark with limbs/branches least 2 spruce trees white birch bent over that I can see from inside.
Plans for today...snow removal from deck walks driveway etc. fill all feeders,but going to wait until sun upon me tho.

Enjoy the day all.

lostcreekranch · Feb 8, 2020

Good morning. It was 49° at 4 a.m. and already up to 54°. Our high should be 67° this afternoon. It's too overcast to see the moon here this morning but ... it was huge yesterday early a.m. when I was driving up to La Grange.

Snow pics? December 8, 2017.

I built another burn pile in one of our pastures last two days. The 20+ cedars were all cut down or pushed out while the last pile, in this location was burning.

Drew ... sorry you're still in pain.

Ron ... great moon picture! Please remind me which telephoto lens you bought.

RNG ... glad all your projects are coming together.

Don ... happy gardening. Hard to believe it's already that time again.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Prayers to all.

buckeyefarmer · Feb 8, 2020

RedNeckGeek said:
One that stands out was on I70 west bound on the east side of Columbus, Ohio, my old stomping grounds, in the wee hours as I was headed home from a laundromat cleanup job deep in winter.:

I’ve driven that stretch many times. Got a nephew up that way now in pataskala area.
When I lived in Columbus during college, I was a basketball official, so drive to the suburbs a lot to make me $25 lol.
My aunt and uncle lived in Whitehall on East side.