Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

This is the mess on the west side of those hostas ... there are at least 3 (maybe 4) oak saplings in there, growing up through the rhododendron that I'll try and transplant, plus a couple of ashes that will get tossed.

As the 'Cake and I were weeding she became very frustrated with the oaks and said "Go get that shrub bucket ... NOW !"

Sorry honey, no can do ... need to prep before we dig 'em out.

The rhododendron itself has at least 8 or so trunks that appear to have come from low branches that rooted themselves. Gonna try to remove it, split off the ones that have rooted, and transplant all of them ... since it's almost into the electric service feed.

Doing so will be a real treat no doubt ...

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Internet is back up, yea.

WOW! that was a storm this afternoon - 4" of rain high winds and hail. (thats after 3.5' yesterday).

A lot of Austin is flooded this go around.

I'm on an Island again except this time the water is 2' higher and the island is getting smaller.
My spillway is like a river.
The roads are flooded more than yesterday. I just hope after the water goes down the gravel road is still there.

A measly 4"...we got 5" over here by bull frog creek headwaters.

 

[rswyan]

RS, had a 40' digger pine hanging over the garage when I bought the place. The neighbor had his 'dozer and backhoe over clearing brush, and offered to help take it down. A chainsaw and cable made short work of the tree, but the stump proved more resolute. It was rooted into the stone, and he spent a good four hours breaking down the flakes enough to get it out. I think the hole went down close to 8' before the tap root finally broke off.

Yikes ...

Knowing what I know now I'd have taken a page from your book and cut it off a couple feet below ground and called it good.

Pretty sure that's the way I'm headed ... that eastern red cedar was about 3' or 4' (at most) to the north of the entry point of the water line coming from the well into the house.

The line enters the house about 1' or so off the basement floor ... which should put it about 5' or 6' below the outside grade ... but I have no way of knowing how deep it is, all the way back to the well.

Best to just cut it off a foot or so below grade and call it done.

No need to borrow trouble

Good luck on tracking down that oil leak :thumbsup:

 

[txdon]

A measly 4"...we got 5" over here by bull frog creek headwaters.

You must have had an extra bottle of Shiner prickly pear beer - the drought ending beer of Texas.

 

[RoyJackson]

2015-05-26, 0325

62 right now...heading to a very hot 89. Reckon the wife will keep all the doors and windows shut to keep the house as cool as possible.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 59° with some clouds this morning. Heading to 81° with mostly cloudy skies and chance of thunderstorm late in the day. Got some heavy rain and winds yesterday. But for only 10 minutes. Got to get working on weeds in the gardens. That should keep me busy most of the day.
Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

60 heading to 85, slight chance of rain..need some, but not what you Texas guys have...hope you'll be drying out soon.

Roy, you're hotter today than we are down here.

Son in New York coming down on the train today. He'll be riding the same curve near Philly where the bad train wreck occurred...such a sad tragedy.

 

[wngsprd]

Rs, great looking grounds at your place. Seems like your hard work is paying off.

Don, sorry that beautiful view is temporarily blocked.

I took the Mantis tiller out for the first time this season to run between the tomato, eggplant and jalapeno plants yesterday...I had to replace the carb two years ago due to ethanol gumming, I guess...nearly started on first, and did on the second pull. So, I'll swear by that expensive pre-mixed ethanol-free gas and oil in a can. I don't use that much so each year, so I'm not complaining. Can't find ethanol-free gas at any nearby gas stations here.

 

[Buppies]

61 high of 84 later today more humidity and storm chances start to increase as week goes on

 

[daugen]

good morning all. RS, great pics, love the moth.
61 degrees going up to 85 today.

young helper coming today, will get him to weedwack.
I have errands to run until afternoon; need to get my almost new Ariens trimming mower into the nearest Ariens warranty shop, as apparently a stick got up into the drive mechanism, jammed a pulley, the belt wore the plastic pulley into something no longer round and eventually the belt flipped off. Less than one year old, maybe 20 hours on it, three year warranty. Nice Kawasaki engine on it, the single cylinder one with an oil filter, but without self propulsion, it's seriously hard to push since it's so heavily built. In hindsight, I should have stuck with a small Honda trimmer with the plastic deck; super easy to push and maneuver. Instead I went with the heavy duty alternative and wish I hadn't.
Disappointing for a commercial grade mower but at least covered, I hope, under warranty.

 

[daugen]

Just read that BB King was a tractor driver down South before he got in to singing.
So keep humming and singing on those tractors folks, you never know...

 

[Thomas]

65F heading near 90F...good ole New England weather.
Need to skip riding mower to repair shop.. $$'s ouch :confused2: might split stack 1/2 cord wood if not to hot or bugs aren't hungry,other than that play it by ear.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Larro Darro]

Good Morning. 0545, partly cloudy, 71F with 94% humidity. Forecast high of 84F with 100% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 70F tonight. I'll get out in the garden for a little while it's still cool. Hope to mow back yard after dew dries and before the rain. AC repairman coming back with new thermostat this afternoon. Hoping that is the problem. If it is the heat, air reversing valve the freon will have to be replaced for big $$'s.

You Texas guys know you don't have to bust a drought all at once, right? Hope the weather settles down for you all.

 

[dave1949]

59F headed to 88F. We had a pitiful little trace of rain last night. At least the new grass seedlings could soak that up before it disappears.

Have a good one.

 

[riptides]

67 when I left for a short-term job this AM. Highs approaching mid-80's. Humidity moving in this week. Hope to get the upstairs A/C working before the hot muggy weather hits.

Hope all have a great day.

 

[Larro Darro]

I saw where the Stevie Ray Vaughn statue was flooded. Talk about life imitating art.

 

[bakerg]

Good morning, 64F heading to 82F. Didn't get any rain yesterday but they are predicting it for today.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

53F headed for a high of 84F, warming through the week into the 90s. Was awakened at 11:30 last night by a short shower from a stray cloud, the only one for miles around according to the radar. Made even louder by the steel porch roof and the open sliding glass door into the bedroom (it's been warm here in the evenings as well).

Learned this morning that a high school friend living near Austin, TX has 2 feet of water in his house. Hope all the rest of you are high and dry.

RS, you really are making the rest of us look bad! :laughing:

wngsprd, try Ethanol-free gas stations in the U.S. and Canada for help locating E0 fuel.

More trimming on the agenda for this morning, with a trip to the south for steel and tractor parts. Tempted to look for prickly pear beer, but now I'm worried it might work too well! :shocked:

Hope everyone has a productive week!

 

[deerseeker001]

65 and humid this Morning with Rain this afternoon with a high of 70 Today.

 

[KevT]

A woke this morning to the horses running free. so after rounding them up and putting them back, I started mending fences... T-posts don't stand a chance against a 1200 LB horse. 12 4" wood posts later they are secure and I get to have my first cup of coffee. Guess I won't be starting that new job today. Maybe mow the yard and work in the wood shop. Wife wants her pie safe made.