Good morning!!!!

ronjhall · Sep 15, 2015

Poured second cup of coffee. 56° with mostly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 80° with mostly sunny skies. Got most of my little projects done yesterday. But a few new ones have been added. Going to sons place to celebrate youngest grand daughters 11th birthday. They sure grow up fast.
Drew, Hogs. Never park next to a truck hauling them. Don't ask how I know.
Buppies, Welcome back.
Riptides, Welcome Back.
Dave1949, please come back before Eric goes off the deep end.
Good Morning All.

KevT · Sep 15, 2015

Wow, in the time it takes me to type, 8 more posts got added.

Drew, You do realize that yes things are bad for pollution, but it is these same people that will say they don't understand why the cost of pork has increased 5 times what it used to be. I live in what is basically a collage town, smart people??? :laughing: Which is why the larger farmers around here hang signs on the fences that pretty much say if you trespass on the property you are at risk of getting cancer from the chemical fertilizers and insecticides that they use. DUH!!! Don't trespass!! I often wonder why it doesn't mention the lead poison you might get for being where you know you shouldn't be.

riptides · Sep 15, 2015

Good morning, breakfast club. So I need to take a better inventory of things on the farm. Seems there was a lot of equipment down time whilst I was away. I really don't like looking at a semi right outside my pool side view, so that needs to move, along with the 50+ round bales that are out there. Someone needs to FINISH the job. GRRR....

A month can change a lot of things, the dogs, one looks to have developed old age in the hind quarters. Man, that sucks, I'll treat him like the big dog he is. Cuddle him a little more. Last night they made it a point to show off and managed to break out of the chain link run, sheesh. They knocked on the door, so I let them in the house.

Only have two horses now, another one moved out with the kid. Now if some of the cats would make a similar trek!

The pope is coming to town, I have been instructed to make plans elsewhere! Someone gets it!

Have a great day all!

Oh, it was 45 out when I left. What the heck! That is COLD and unexpected. Not ready for this cooler weather. LOL.

wngsprd · Sep 15, 2015

47 going to 82 and sunny. Another nearly perfect weather day for this time of year.

Got some chiles roasted yesterday and made rellenos last night. Not the best I've ever had, but had a nice kick.

I've got jury duty today. So, guess it's time to go get presentable

Eric Salop · Sep 15, 2015

daugen said:
But then there are nitrates and who knows what dumped everywhere around here at the top, coming down from Pennsylvania, bringing farming nutrients and pesticides into the Upper Bay, causing oxygen problems at times. Not sure how serious they are here...yet.

Drew, not sure what the legislation is in the USA, but in the UK we have all sorts of rules aimed at limiting the amount of nitrates going into water courses from agricultural land, be that artificially applied nitrogen, or what comes out of the rear end of a pig or any other farm animal. Some rules are sensible, others are bureaucracy gone mad. Each year I have to predict how many livestock I will have on the land throughout the following year and then demonstrate by calculation how much nitrogen from poop this will produce. After that I have to do similar calcs for any farmyard manure that I intend to spread and then also for any added artificial nitrogen. All then get added up and must not exceed the "Nitrate Vulnerable Zone" NVZ limits.

A couple of years ago I had an inspection. My calculations for the nitrogen in the rear end discharges and that for the manure spread were accepted without problem. They then asked to see my calculations for artificial fertiliser, which showed simply zero. I don't apply any other fertiliser and said so. Inspector agreed I was allowed to not use fertiliser, but insisted I must still calculate how much fertiliser the "crop" (grass) would take, if I were to apply it, even though I would not be doing so ??? :confused3: The fine for this was 150 pounds ($225). :thumbdown:

RedNeckGeek · Sep 15, 2015

Good Morning! 61F @ 5:30AM. More clouds than sun. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 73F. Winds SSE at 10 to 20 mph.

Conspiracy Theory No 4
Some folks have too many beans for breakfast and invent ridiculous conspiracy theories to relieve the pressure build up.:laughing:

Kev, check out RAM Mounts for your screen.

I learned yesterday that a friend of mine had evacuated from his place outside of Railroad Flat, CA three days ago due to the Butte Fire. The northeastern fire boundary is four miles from his land, and most of the activity is on the southwest edge of the burn, so maybe he's still got a chance. A bunch of us were supposed to get together for a camp out there in a couple of weeks, so fingers still crossed it'll happen. At least he's safe, but he's hearing rumors of looters in the neighborhood, and I may be called upon to help move some of his stuff to a safer place when access restrictions are lifted.

Mean time the air here is filled with smoke and the evening news has declared it unhealthy to breathe. The light showers we got at the end of yesterday seemed to have helped, but they were not enough to quench the Lumpkin Fire, burning about 20 miles southeast of here. And the devastating Valley Fire continues to burn unabated, destroying over 500 homes and threatening thousands more. It's the fourth largest fire in Northern California history, and at only 10% containment, it'll likely improve on that record.

farmer2009 · Sep 15, 2015

54 this morning and headed to 85.

Building roof is on and wall framing is started. Today is adding the shed roof. Then off to bale some hay.

Drew. Ask around and you can find the farms. But I bet the farmers will all tell you. "That stench doesn't stink. It smells like money." Laughing.

RNG. Those fires sound a little close.

sixdogs · Sep 15, 2015

Still no dave1949 and he blocked his PM's. Anyone have email to send this? He can relate, I'm sure.

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

~ Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948,
Indian Spiritual Leader

Waskom John · Sep 15, 2015

Farmer 2009,
I also had bad experience with Sears on replacing tools. I stopped using Sears about 25 years ago. Asking for a part number on a wrench is like asking for a part number on a nail from a box of 1000.
Waskom John