Good morning!!!!

[RoyJackson]

2016-04-17, 0733

32 right now, high will be a very nice 72 degrees and clear.

As far as yesterday...first thing we (wifey, stepdaughter and I) did was head out to Eaton's Sugar House for a very hearty breakfast. Bacon, eggs, hash browns...enough chow where it was hard to finish it all.

Didn't drop those trees yesterday, but I did pick up a bunch of fallen branches and some other debris (including litter) on the lawn area. I piled the branches and I reckon I'll hook the chipper up today. It'll be a few weeks before I need the RFM or ZTR, so this will be a good time to do chipping.
Also, part of the stacked wood pile fell over last week (it was pretty precarious when we stacked it last summer), so I guess I re-stack that today too.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 70˚ The rains have stayed West and North so far. I only have .04" to report this morning. Tomorrow is the predicted bad day and I would not be surprised if we lost internet service for a while. TexasYankee do you have an official rain gauge.
http://pmm.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/imageGallery/storm gauge SE 8-28-07.jpg

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning friends. 71 degrees this morning. Just got an alert from NWS that says we will have a rough next 48 hours here and forecasting 10+ inches of rain and big storms.

 

[Thomas]

39 clear now low 70's for high.
Plans for to today...back pack blower least 3 hours than change out pole light if enough time watch little NASCAR.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[ronjhall]

Need to pour first cup of coffee. 45° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 59° with clouds and a couple breaks of sun. Trip to Ogden, UT was mostly uneventful. Was great to see my brother after several years. Already have a list of projects my brother needs help with to complete before we start trip back East. Then we will sit down and watch some NASCAR.
Good Morning All.

 

[Thomas]

2016-04-17, 0733

As far as yesterday...first thing we (wifey, stepdaughter and I) did was head out to Eaton's Sugar House for a very hearty breakfast. Bacon, eggs, hash browns...enough chow where it was hard to finish it all.

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Heard that the Crossroads in White River Jct. near Gateways Ford dealer puts on good fee also.
Than theres the Black Rock in Springfield VT.,that little restaurant to me has any beat in the upper valley for dinner. :thumbsup:

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning! 70˚ The rains have stayed West and North so far. I only have .04" to report this morning. Tomorrow is the predicted bad day and I would not be surprised if we lost internet service for a while. TexasYankee do you have an official rain gauge.
http://pmm.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/imageGallery/storm gauge SE 8-28-07.jpg

Don, saw those on Amazon and eBay and was curious if they are worth the price? Best price I saw was about $35 with free shipping.

I have a couple of these mounted in various places



Saw these on Amazon and bought a couple because they "measure" up to 6 1/2".



Unfortunately they are crap as they read twice the amount of our other rain gauges.

 

[Buppies]

rswyan great job on grapple lots of thought and hard work. Have you weighed it yet?

If I was still in steel fab business would definitely try to hire you

Clear skies no chance of rain till Friday and that's iffy in for a long dry spell I'm afraid. If we go from ElNino straight to LaNino dry and warm straight thru winter and Texas is going to drown

 

[lostcreekranch]

rswyan great job on grapple lots of thought and hard work. Have you weighed it yet?

If I was still in steel fab business would definitely try to hire you

Clear skies no chance of rain till Friday and that's iffy in for a long dry spell I'm afraid. If we go from ElNino straight to LaNino dry and warm straight thru winter and Texas is going to drown

 

[daugen]

You all in Texas be careful out there, NO CROSSING FLOODED ROADS
Sadly you just know someone will in this event...
I wonder when they will modify the forward facing radars in our vehicles now to measure how deep the water is ahead
and will stop the vehicle if it's too high...the tech is already out there in boating; I had chartplotters that would flash and beep if the water was
too shallow ahead, not hard to set to a "too deep" mode. That's often the buzzer some fishermen would use to find out when they finally got far enough offshore to fish
in the deeps. I have radar sensors in my front bumpers, just need to get them a little lower...
Coming to your Jeep Rubicons soon...

After four straight days and nights of socializing, I am in dire need of quiet time out in the garden today. All my Burpee plants came in Friday, and per instructions they have been hardened and now ready to plant. Tomatoes, multi color peppers, basil and artichokes today. The latter being just a fun thing, parents liked artichokes, seemed just an excuse to dip into the butter..., so we kids grew up eating this strange vegetable/flower. And to grow it, turns out the thing winds up being almost a three foot bush, yikes. And I've got three of them. Well...not going into the raised garden, truly no room in the inn. So I have to plant them somewhere else. And nothing to eat the first year. Instructions are clear, one has to clip the buds off as soon as they form, to strengthen the plant. Apparently those buds take a lot of plant energy to produce and if eliminated the first year, the root structure gets much stronger. Probably similar to asparagus where you don't expect much the first year.

I might haul the powerwasher out to the end of the fence and start powerwashing. Such a wet winter all my white fencing is covered in mold, pretty gross and it was cleaned only a year ago. That is my project for next week. I had hoped to get help with it but the latest crew of helpers were a DNF and now MIA. 4000psi powerwasher makes quick work of it, GX390 pushing a 4gpm Cat pump, but is pretty hard for me to hold on full power. Like a miniature fire hose, truly. An inch and a half will give you a good shove, any of you who ever tried to hold a 2 1/2 by yourself on full pressure know how to dance too. I was always over 200 pounds but when one cracked the nozzle on a fully charged big line, well, for every action there is an equal reaction. Water goes one way, you go the other...firemen need a lot of upper body strength to deal with it.

RS, that grapple is flat out marvelous and kinda mean looking, all good! How did you choose which cylinders to use and what spec to use for their strength?
Do you have a Squeak Seat yet on your tractor?

 

[daugen]

I have a couple of these mounted in various places

I have the one on top and it works quite well. Amazon

 

[RoyJackson]

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Heard that the Crossroads in White River Jct. near Gateways Ford dealer puts on good fee also.
Than there's the Black Rock in Springfield VT.,that little restaurant to me has any beat in the upper valley for dinner. :thumbsup:

Never heard of the Crossroads...stepdaughter raves about the Black Rock, but I've never been there.
Eaton's is about 3 miles south of Bethel, so an easy (and short) ride down. It's pretty popular and is pretty crowded every morning. Just expect country home cookin'...not some "fine cuisine".

 

[farmer2009]

68 this morning and headed to 82 today.

Auction yesterday was a strike out. It was a big D sale for a large tobacco farmer. He must have also had a decent amount of row crops by the looks of the equipment. His son was there buying everything back. A little hard to out bid the owners.

Finished mowing with the RFM but now must run the ZTR. Need to pick up empty feed trays in chicken coops today. Then maybe work on building. Wife's over halfway and starting to get worried about baby's room. I'm not the first one never used his. Don't expect much change for this one.

You guys in Texas don't hog all the rain. We could use some next week. Let us get some corn in the ground first though.

RS. Nice grapple. Action pictures?

 

[aTexasYankee]

Good morning! 70˚ The rains have stayed West and North so far. I only have .04" to report this morning. Tomorrow is the predicted bad day and I would not be surprised if we lost internet service for a while. TexasYankee do you have an official rain gauge.
http://pmm.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/imageGallery/storm gauge SE 8-28-07.jpg

I don't have a gauge, officially anyway, as I just use the pool and it gives me the amounts I need to know ("barely" to "yay I don't have to fill the pool" to "dang that's a lot" to "crap now I gotta drain the pool" to "overflowing, isn't this Texas? [current stage]" to "My arc is floating away").

I have a weather station just up the road I wait for official reports from.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Prayers sent to Texas. Ed

 

[mkr7734]

Good afternoon, Was a busy morning, SIL came by with the Daughter's car and we did rear brakes. They were metal on metal.
Wife's car said low tire two days ago and I looked and could not see anything in it so I aired it up figuring it had leaked around the bead Well yesterday it said it again so today I took it off and here is what I found. Firestone , these only have 53K on them and have been rotated and both fronts look like this on the inside. Wife has a Pontiac Torrent and our daughter has the Chevy Equinox They are the same cars and have the same tires and driveline so I looked at her tires today and they have the same inside wear pattern. Don't know if it is a tire problem or a geometry issue. Either way looks like I will be getting a new set tomorrow. Tire wear on the rear is fine??
TexasYankee. I have a close friend who just last March bought a place in the Springtown area. Somewhat southeast of town. Wonder how his place is????

Here is the tire. Only 53K on them.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good afternoon, Was a busy morning, SIL came by with the Daughter's car and we did rear brakes. They were metal on metal.
Wife's car said low tire two days ago and I looked and could not see anything in it so I aired it up figuring it had leaked around the bead Well yesterday it said it again so today I took it off and here is what I found. Firestone , these only have 53K on them and have been rotated and both fronts look like this on the inside. Wife has a Pontiac Torrent and our daughter has the Chevy Equinox They are the same cars and have the same tires and driveline so I looked at her tires today and they have the same inside wear pattern. Don't know if it is a tire problem or a geometry issue. Either way looks like I will be getting a new set tomorrow. Tire wear on the rear is fine??
TexasYankee. I have a close friend who just last March bought a place in the Springtown area. Somewhat southeast of town. Wonder how his place is????

Here is the tire. Only 53K on them.

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Wow, glad you caught that. I prefer michelins but, I've seen good feedback from some cheap tires made in Thailand.

 

[RoyJackson]

2016-04-17, 1845

Very pleasant day...weather couldn't have been better!
Spent a few hours picking up limbs and such that dropped over the winter....had the chipper/shredder humming right along. Also pulled out an old steel pole that had been used for a satellite dish years ago (when those dishes were considerably larger then they are today). The pole wasn't that deep (30"), but had been erected with a concrete base about 18" in diameter by about 18" tall. Pretty sturdy! It was always something I had to mow around...but not any longer!
Got about half a bucket load of dirt to fill the hole and smoothed it all out with the loader.
Stepdaughter cooked a few steaks for a late lunch...very tasty!

Altogether, this has been a very nice weekend!

 

[daugen]

that sounds wonderful Roy. Hope the good weather continues, going to be in the eighties here the next two days.

I have a question for our organic food experts.
If I plant seeds or plants marked organic, and then fertilize with a dilute solution of Miraclegro,
does that fertilizer do any damage to the organic status? Or does it have to be organic fertilizer?
The top layer of premix garden soil is fertilized also with long release fertilizer. Wondering what the rules are here.
My guess is I've long since gone over the line.

 

[txdon]

On tiny phone internet down
Went to store six hours ago just got home
Five inches in an hour
Had to turn around and wait for water to receed
The car coming toward me did not make the crossing
Saw the person abandon the car as watercovered his emergency flashers