Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Drew, paving stones look excellent

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[rswyan]

RS, nice looking hosta.

Thanks Drew ... give 'em a year or two and they should look a whole lot better, once they fill out.

Princess has a sort of love/hate relationship with them ... kinda like with the ferns.

Doesn't like that they die back in late summer/early fall ... or that they will "burn" if they get too much direct sun.

I like them because: 1. they grow really well here, 2. they are very easy to propagate, and 3. except for my time and labor (or hers), they are free ...

We're probably up to around 50 or so plants of the variegated variety around the property at this point, and if I split all the ones that are fully bushed out, could probably easily quadruple that number.

While the hostas are nice (in my mind at least) we do need to get some more variety in our plantings. Need more yellow, orange/red, and blue/green to add some contrast and variety. Just need to make a little time to do the research.

Your walkway looks outstanding btw :thumbsup:

 

[RoyJackson]

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64 right now...somewhat cooler today at 81 degrees as a high.

 

[Eric Salop]

No rain for the last few days, but not at all warm. General consensus is that the growing season around these parts is running about 2 weeks later than normal.

I must have missed a couple of pages yesterday in my haste to catch up. There I was thinking Don was up to his axles, when he was already unstuck, sat on the porch, having a beer with his feet up. Well done. That rush of adrenalin when it comes free again is a great feeling. Almost makes you want to do it again.

As kids we would dare one another to touch across the terminals of a 9V battery with the tip of our tongue. It was a not-nice-but-not-really-bad-either sensation that had us doing it a few times, just to experience it all again.

 

[vtsnowedin]

Crew got off the road just before the thunder storm hit at 4:45 last evening. Picked up a flat of tomatoes on the way home and we planted them in the freshly watered garden. No sign of the corn coming up yet but the peas are coming along. Got to plant more. Weeds are getting started. need to hoe them down before planting each row . Hope for some more rain today.

 

[daugen]

69 degrees going up to 85 today.
Have a few trees to plant, more to water, and a trip to the Toyota dealer to see what they would give me for my Avalon.
I think my neighbor's wife wants it but never know. I have tested the new truck downtown, parallel parking, etc, and it is comfortable enough for me to not need a car. So I detailed the car a few days ago, and will now see how much less I am offered than what is online. Isn't it amazing that the numbers we use are never the ones the dealer comes back with?...
I'm in no rush to sell and there is always CraigsList.

Since I don't have to sell, it will be easy to roll my eyes at the used car appraiser and leave...
Luckily there is a Toyota dealer in our relatively small town and therefore a large market for these cars.

 

[ronjhall]

Got first cup of coffee poured. 53° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 79° with sun all day. Cut the grass cut yesterday. Just in time for me to get inside when storm hit. Another .63" of rain. Everything looks very green again. Off to dentist this morning. Have not decided what to do rest of day.
Drew, nice pavers.
RS, we like hosta's. Easy to maintain and transplant.
Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

64 this morning high of 85 later today. Actual high yesterday was 91 too hot so early in the season and every day it gets drier and drier.

Beautiful paver job Drew and good luck with the sale of your car

 

[KevT]

65 with it hitting 91 and no rain again. Most of the garden is about done so thinking of doing a 2nd planting of peas and corn. If I get home in time I would like to hook up the bush hog and clean up a planting area my wife started 10 years ago and never kept up. Full of poison ivy and wild Blackberries.

 

[Thomas]

62F high 80F
Got nasty t-storm yesterday afternoon and rain...heavy help a lot,could use day soaking rain tho.
Hope to another cord wood in basement today plus start trimming.

Fingers cross for those dealing w/floods and devil winds.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Thomas]

62F high 80F
Got nasty t-storm yesterday afternoon and rain...heavy help a lot,could use day soaking rain tho.
Hope to another cord wood in basement today plus start trimming.

Fingers cross for those dealing w/floods and devil winds.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[wngsprd]

66 heading to 89, maybe t-storms.

Had to carry buckets of water to keep my recently planted Christmas trees thinking festively, rather than sweating bullets, like me yesterday. Luckily still had some stored runoff in barrels...enough to water the garden, too. So dry.

Drew, pavers turned out well.

In-laws and son and girlfriend coming to visit today.

Then anniversary party at another son's house tomorrow.

Thomas, I admire your spirit when you're still doing firewood with temps in the 80s.

 

[riptides]

63 out this AM, highs in the high 80's today. Humid. t-Storms passed us by, ground rock hard and dry.

a/c still broke, one company says electronic board and coil, another says electronic only. That's close to half of a new unit cost. Debating what to do and how costly it will be. Not a happy camper today. Sigh.

Have a safe and great day all!

 

[deerseeker001]

51 and sunny this Morning with a high of 80 Today.We had another big thunderstorm move thru last night.

 

[Larro Darro]

Good Morning. 0730, sunny, 70F with 96% humidity. Forecast high of 84F with 60% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 67F tonight. Yesterday's storms were much more gentle. Three or four hours of slow rain without the wind or lightning of the past days. My AC man got me going by jumping a board as a temp measure. He'll come back with the new board today or tomorrow. It feels good to be cool again. Might plant a few hills of cukes in the skips this morning. Same with the acorn squash. I cooked the first two of the season last night, and they were full of nice looking seeds. I'll give them a try and see how they turn out.



I'll be going into work later this afternoon to tend the lobby plants and set-up for a weekend wedding. Will join Margie and her friends for an early supper if time allows.

Drew, pavers look good. Good luck with selling the car.

Hope everyone has a good day,

Larro

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 73˚ hazy. NO Rain to report in the last 24 hours. First time in the last 19 days. Other parts of Texas were not so lucky.

I was able to Z mow the yard yesterday!

I might venture out with the tractor later to see if I can find a place to get some dry sand to fill the washouts in the driveway without getting stuck.

This has been one month that I was glad we traded the Prius for the Subaru.

Still no snake sightings since I got the snake boots - I guess they work. What? - you think I would purposely test them? Here, hold my beer. . .

 

[dave1949]

We caught just the edge of the t-storms last night. Had a short downpour followed by some sprinkles. Better than nothing.

The yard needs mowing and I should get the string trimmer out too.

81F today with another chance of t-storm rain this afternoon.

 

[farmer2009]

69 this morning and headed to 86 today. Wait a minute Larro. Kentucky isn't supposed to be warmer than Florida. .
All the parts for the loader are cut out. My welding has to be done outside and I got everything cut out before the rain hit. So will be welding it in place today. It's all 10ga that was left over from a box blade build last year.

Drew good luck selling car. Might try one of those appraise online and we'll buy it in person deals also. Nice reduction in expenses also. One insurance payment instead of two and only one tax bill.

 

[bakerg]

Good morning, was 57F when I woke up heading to 76F this afternoon. Nothing accomplished last night, son & his wife and daughter came over for supper, just visited and then went to bed.

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .54 inches rain last 24 hours.

Hope to finish my insulation phase today

Be safe
Have a great day

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