Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Purty fishy !! I just went to my doc today, I need to get way more serious with the sugar. Everything else seems ok, but no more ice cream, pie, or candy....all the good stuff!

The good stuff made the bad way. You just need to change recipes. Just look for your favorite junk food in a vegan/no oil cooking site. You do not have to feel deprived. The brownies I make with sweet potatoes or the ones I make with black beans are delicious and contain none of the things you should not have. Ice cream can be made with a base of frozen bananas and pies are even simpler but the crust might have a slightly different texture, . . .etc . . .

Need to grapple a few fallen trees, bye.

 

[lennyzx11]

26 degrees going to 48 today. Helpers came yesterday and we put the phd back on the tractor, and froze our tails off doing it, geez was that wind chill cold in 25mph winds. But at least now I can drill about fifty holes for hybrid willows today, in the nice warm tractor cab. All going along a tree line, and while the 12 inch auger is too big for these small bare root trees, it will make a nice water retention ring from the overflow and for sure will go through tree roots that I have no chance of digging through manually. I expect to hit a lot of roots today, run the phd just above idle so if I hit something big the tractor will stall and not break the pins. I've never stalled the tractor either, shows that diesels definitely put their torque out at low rpm.

Hybrid willows all average about 42 inches with nice root balls, a good thing when they advertised them as only being two to three feet tall. I'm hopeful their addition to my existing tree line will finally give me a sight barrier from Tobacco Road next door. Once the willows have formed a sight barrier, I can then clean out the tree line, get all the briars and other junky trees out, all of which were tolerated because they helped block the view. Trees are supposed to grow 8 feet in the first year. Hmmm, a hybrid willow would define GMO wouldn't it?....

Daugen, I didn't even know these existed.
I've been looking for a solution on the two sides of my place for privacy and these seem perfect.
Can you give the details on where you get them if mail order and a ball park price?
I notice there are different "hybrid" willows also and would like to get your input on the type you have and reasoning why.

Thank you ,
Lenny

 

[sodamo]

I'd just bend the edge up to help keep stuff in the shovel.

Might even be more useful.

 

[txdon]

The right tool

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Get a fire truck out there and hose it out.

 

[toppop52]

Daugen, I didn't even know these existed.
I've been looking for a solution on the two sides of my place for privacy and these seem perfect.
Can you give the details on where you get them if mail order and a ball park price?
I notice there are different "hybrid" willows also and would like to get your input on the type you have and reasoning why.

Thank you ,
Lenny

I used the Aus Trees, not sure that brand is still around. From my experience as I told Drew, they're great if you don't use them where neatness matters. They grow and fill out rapidly, mine got to 25'-30' in 6-7 years, but they shed three times a season and evertime the wind blows they drop hundreds of small limbs. Anywhere a live limb touches the ground it will take root. They love water and need an excessive amount the first year or so. That's what I know. Not speaking for Drew.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

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Where do you get a grapple like that without feeling like you just got stuck?

 

[mostly_gas]

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Showoff ... :thumbsup: Also thanks for all the nutrition info. I did not see any calorie info on the fork over knife website. I try to eat about 200 cal/hr riding during long and/or multi day rides.

RS nice fish and nice to have you back :drink:

Drew good luck with your willows.

I never got a heart ejection rate after my echo stress test. They just called and said no real problems. Doc did mention a murmur at the initial screening, but keep doing "what you are doing". Hit 1000 miles on the bike last week, last year did not hit 1000 until first week of April.

I am on 20mg simvastatin, and 100 mg CoQ10 and no joint side effects so far, about 1.5 years. Started with Qunol, tried cheaper, and went back to Qunol.

David did you get electrical project complete?

 

[txdon]

Where do you get a grapple like that without feeling like you just got stuck?

Harvey glad you showed up! This is not the grapple that was on the back of a red truck that my Uncle had to pull out with his bulldozer. That one my cousin bought. Yep, another cousin story Ron. I needed a grapple that I could plow up brush and small trees with without picking up sand so I traded for this rake grapple.

Funny you should mention getting stuck, while moving the second tree my tractor started sinking quickly in the wet sand and I had to abandon the job for a drier day. The trees are about 20 feet from the back pond.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 50F at the start, cloudy calm wind. Did not need a fire this morning. Clouds partially cleared late in the day, wind picked way up, and temp hit 71F. Minimal chance of rain in the forecast so watering the young trees. Worked on the wood pile, including some resplitting and general cleanup. This afternoon had to go to dentist get permanent crowns installed and finish the deep cleaning on same side. My mouth is not talking to me tonight!

 

[txdon]

Get a fire truck out there and hose it out.

Hmmm.:thumbsup:

 

[txdon]

I did not see any calorie info on the fork over knife website.

I usually use this web site for additional information.
SELF Nutrition Data | Food Facts, Information & Calorie Calculator

I use the liquid (vegetarian) Qunol, the statin sore muscles are practically gone. Costco runs a sale ever so often.
I was on Simvastatin but changed to Crestor, because of pains. It was expensive but now Rosuvastatin the generic is finally out.
My LDL has been constant, about 70, the threshold to stop additional plaque build-up.

 

[sodamo]

David did you get electrical project complete?

Yes, wiring portion done, probably a day needed to pick up the trash, go to transfer station, and put stuff away. May sort thru the old wiring and conduit and determine if any value putting on CL. Lot of #8 of various lengths in great condition as it was in conduit.

 

[RoyJackson]

2017-03-17, 0315

16 right now...high about 30. Should be pretty pleasant over the next few days...then another cold front coming in about mid-week.

 

[Eric Salop]

Through the window it looks like spring. Step outside and it feels like winter, with Stella crossing the Atlantic and today set to drag down colder air for us.

Interesting auction yesterday. Most of the cat 1 sized machinery had been retired long ago and all but rusted away, the bigger stuff was out of my league. There was the usual assortment of well used tools, but nothing that caught my eye. Even so, it was worth going to see the wide variety of farm buildings of all ages. Many had been constructed well originally but little money had been spent on repair since. None quite as bad as this one.

The owners are not allowed to demolish it because it is a listed historic building, so it looks like they are waiting for nature to slowly do it for them.

It is not often you see a sale of farm machinery lined up against a moat.

The house in the picture has obviously been converted from a thatched roof in the past, but we guess it as also been built onto/over an even older property.

RS, you like having lots of fish around the house - you should consider a moat too

 

[daugen]

Daugen, I didn't even know these existed.
I've been looking for a solution on the two sides of my place for privacy and these seem perfect.
Can you give the details on where you get them if mail order and a ball park price?
I notice there are different "hybrid" willows also and would like to get your input on the type you have and reasoning why.

Thank you ,
Lenny

Lenny, I really don't know that much. Willows can be messy and suck up a lot of water. That's fine where I'm planting mine, along an existing treeline where I am trying to get a sight barrier in quickly. Lots of good reviews on these trees, considered the fastest growing barrier tree, which they say is also good for wind blockage. Cost is between three and four dollars a tree in bulk, say 25 or more. I looked for larger ones, and would up with almost four footers coming in, with nice root balls. After trying a mail order nursery, and having terrible problems, I went to Amazon, bought them there, and they showed up in four days. Four days, amazing.

If you google hybrid willow tree pictures, you will get a big page of hundreds of pictures of these trees fully grown.
They are not, in my mind, the most attractive barrier tree, not like a normal evergreen, but seem well suited to the task.

otherwise I know very little, other than I would not plant these next to any buildings or near other nice trees where water usage might be a problem.

 

[wngsprd]

24 going to 54, and maybe some rain tonight. Found some ice still on the ground in a shady mossy area yesterday from Tuesday morning's storm.

Cut brush and small trees for 5 hours yesterday, including time I dragged and built brushpiles. Getting serious about installing a 3rd function and buying a grapple...have lots more clearing to do. Don, good timing on seeing your grapple pix. If you get a chance, I'd be interested in a photo of how your 3rd function valve is attached to your tractor (same request for buckeye, since you both have L30 series tractors). RS, how's your grapple doing...such an impressive project you accomplished.

Eric, sorry the auction didn't bear fruit, but looks like an interesting place to visit.

Don, those cookers look intriguing. I'm gonna show my wife when she gets up.

RNG, is that torque wrench really gonna cost $2,700 after 18 payments? I need two!

 

[wngsprd]

since I admit to drinking leftovers this morning

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[Thomas]

15F now low 30's for high.
Last 2 weekends lion has roar,this weekend looks like he's purring.
No real plans for outside this weekend because of the snow.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[riptides]

20 out this AM. Nice melt yesterday, even the dog like to walk around now. Unfortunate anything with a flower on it looks like it is toast. Been saying that a lot this past week or so. The peach trees are definite goners as of yesterday. Apple did not look like it started budding yet. So maybe they can get lucky this year.

Think I'll go out for lunch with the misses today and not much else.

Have a great day all, be safe! I think it's Friday!