Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

50F on/off showers steady rain arriving after dark.

Been so so day so far and this evening shaping up to be non interesting.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[daugen]

busier afternoon than I expected.
Landlord showed up with handiman to replace a front slate in the walk way that had cracked in two.
She left, he had extra sand so he is filling in all the cracks of the whole thing. I'll wait until that settles, then will
do a top coat of that special sand.

wasn't careful where I was leaning in garage and knocked over shelf with all my gardening stuff on it. Not totally over but that big cardboard box,
the one where everything little got tossed, everything went flying. So I cleaned it all up knowing the landlady was coming, and lo and beyond, a whole little treasure of unused flower and veggie seeds. So for the next hour I planted four o clock seeds in little clumps all over. A very pretty flower. Seeds are like large peppercorns, easy to handle.
Put the rest of the seeds I just can't use into a baggie and will give to a friend who plants all my leftovers. Sometimes there are way too many seeds for even two or three years worth.
They are cheap and I'd rather see a friend plant them. Plus I know I'll get some pickled beets back, a real favorite of mine. They just didn't grow well here.

I used to save melon seeds from whole melons on farm in NC. Two hundred years ago, if you didn't save your seeds you'd go hungry.

 

[sodamo]

Drew I think that stool is gonna make more than 1 person happy.

 

[sodamo]

Roy, we have the Brinly Hardy poly cart from HD. It replaced the JD version we had that the wheels gave out. I still think some day I’ll get new wheel. Great carts. Wife usually pulls behind her mower but have also used the golf cart and Mule. Never used the tractor though. For us, the all metal body would just be waiting to rust out. Height works well as a portable work station with a piece of plywood on top.
Enjoy.

 

[sodamo]

Ken, take care of that leg. Be more careful.

 

[sodamo]

Great dinner pic, Rip

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

The wind finally calmed down late this afternoon.... good news.
Bad news... now the latest 7 day forecast shows wind for 5 out of the 7 days, some already having 'high wind warnings' !!!
I will seriously start my land /property search again....

The wifey said: "you're doing all this work for what? .... just to move?"
I replied: "well, I put it all up, I know how to take it down! Plus, 50% of the landscape plants are in big planters.... I have a tractor and a trailer.... piece of cake!"

I'll let you guys know when I get out of the hospital!....

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Seriously, I'm ok.... just trying to deal with this wind and arid conditions, I can only joke about it now.

There are a lot worse places with worse weather. On a good note, I KNOW that I built everything pretty strong... haven't lost anything to getting ripped apart.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The wind finally calmed down late this afternoon.... good news.
Bad news... now the latest 7 day forecast shows wind for 5 out of the 7 days, some already having 'high wind warnings' !!!
I will seriously start my land /property search again....

The wifey said: "you're doing all this work for what? .... just to move?"
I replied: "well, I put it all up, I know how to take it down! Plus, 50% of the landscape plants are in big planters.... I have a tractor and a trailer.... piece of cake!"

I'll let you guys know when I get out of the hospital!....

Lol, I said the same thing about some work I did. Told my wife I’ll put some builder grade cabinets in and take my homemade wood ones.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Now here's a sign of the tractor times...
Russians steal $5M worth of heavy JD ag equipment including combines from Ukrainian dealer.
Dealership contacts JD apparently and these units can be turned off remotely. Currently the Russians can't start any of it.
I wonder if all JD owners know this...

we were supposed to get a little rain but it seems to have fizzled out.
45 minutes left on online auction, I have to sit here and make sure no last minute Louise
snatches one of my items.

I need a day off tomorrow. Burpee finally sent me the order of a dozen mixed calladium bulbs. Need to plant them tomorrow in shady spot.
High end deer food.

I kind of wish JD would turn off all the tractors in Russia right now....and planes, tanks, missiles, and everything else they are using to commit war crimes. Actually, we should be praying for Putin's heart/mind to change. Not sure how long the whole world can tolerate the bully. I sent my tomato pic to my Polish friend that is now an American citizen, and asked him, "I wonder how they'll taste cooked by fission?"...I'm getting tired/mad for Russia to be threatening nuclear war every day. I am praying for Putin too.

Good evening all. 49ºFfor the start, mostly clear, light breeze. Light to moderate wind, mostly clear sky, and high temp was 81ºF, DP 47ºF. Chapel to start the day then made breakfast, then work on GPS routing for Katy trip, 217 miles in 5 days, no real hard days. Did get nap in. Tomorrow fish survey and carp removal cancelled due to thunderstorms in forecast., .5 inch rain forecast.
Kyle sorry about the tractor issue four friend has. Nice progress on EGO mower. I thought shredder blades were not sharp as a matter of course. No dog bites yet , nice maters.

prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /mom recovery and breathing, living alone, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's FIL death /new(2) cancer surgeries /cataract surgery, Roy /palpitations, /angina , Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel /divorce, Buppies /3 new skin cancer spots and treatment, /wife head wound healing, Thomas/gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, / passing out issues, /family issues, Doug and wife/health issues, /nerve and pain, / wife's heart /rib and back and torn bicep, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, Paul/ wife's disc issues /dog seizure, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis/ brother "alligallyitus" and improving, James /wife's fall and recovery, Drew /friend cancer diagnosis and recovery, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Ukraine war, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

Mostly, you can take my mom off of the prayer list, thank you. She is breathing well, and back to her regular life....she sure has to take a lot of meds.

My friend that got so badly alligator bit, (40 days in hospital, much of it on ventilator), still has only about 20% of his leg muscles that he can control. Fortunately, he can "lock" his knee, and walk again. Also, his ankle works, and he can drive and brake with the foot.

Thank you for al the prayers!

Went for a walk in the park today. 85˚F cloudy.
The town's Model A ford car club was there.
The yellow car had a built on wheel chair holder. Original owner?
The last pic was the ugly duckling that did not turn out to be a swan.

That "swan" needs some benzoyl peroxide. I was wondering how long a new battery would last. About how old are most of the batteries that showed up on my doorstep? Your grass looks lush. Did you say to pick potatoes, 100 days after blooming?

Nice thoughtful gift Drew.

LS4, mulched gardens look good. Hope the wind dies down. Been a stormy month for many.

Rip, nice pic of mommy fox and babies. Hope you don't have chickens.

Rs, a buddy has a wagon version similar to your garden scooter. He says he needs to put something like Slime in the tires, because they leak down in a month. (Same for my tractor supply 25 gallon sprayer trailer).

RNG, nice pics. That little yamaha has a gas tank big enough to drive nonstop from Juneau to Cabo. You might mount it on the front, so you don't pop any wheelies in the Vanagon. That's some mighty fast internet.

Ken, hope the leg gets better fast. Different angle on getting son to wash truck.

Phil, is that a pallet of wood pellets?

Prayers for our team, our country, the sick, and Ukraine.