Good morning!!!!

[CWB Wyo]

The low this morning was 42*, yesterday high was 69*. We got some rain in the afternoon. Today's going back to the low 80's and sunny. The weekend looks good for holiday.

PJSprog. Happy anniversary to you and your wife.

Started to change the block heater in the tractor yesterday, will finish it up today. May start working on the cover for the deck. Still not sure how I'm going to make it, so it's easy to put up and take down.

Hope everyone has a nice day.
CWB.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 93 outside August is back. My experiment with 20 percent vinegar is progressing see pics.
I'll keep an eye on the weeds and make sure the plant is dead and not just the foliage. I put a tablespoon of soap and a tablespoon of orange oil to a pint of 20% vinegar.

 

[sodamo]

69°F and no rain.

Still hacking and feeling less than human.

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[sodamo]

Happy Anniversary PJ

 

[rswyan]

62F, overcast and windy @ 13:00. High of 67F predicted today.

Harvey's center of circulation appears to be right between and Nashville and Chattanooga, TN and tracking northeast ... which puts it on the more southerly track. The edge of the rain is just south of us now, with a band of rain stretching from the western part of KY all the way to the East coast, with feeder bands (?) dropping down well into the Gulf of Mexico. The size of these systems is really pretty impressive.

Local weather guessers think it will mostly track south of us but we could see a little shower activity from it tomorrow. Temps will pop back up into the high 70's and low 80's Sunday and Monday as warm air returns.

Thoughts and prayers for those down to the south and west who are still dealing with its aftermath.

 

[ronjhall]

Happy Anniversary Mr & Mrs PJ.

 

[daugen]

rain held off, disc harrow showed up, I was in the field an hour later. Weeds were five feet high, should have been bush hogged but
it cut through pretty well. Will do again tomorrow at 45 degree angle. Great fun.

 

[lostcreekranch]

rain held off, disc harrow showed up, I was in the field an hour later. Weeds were five feet high, should have been bush hogged but
it cut through pretty well. Will do again tomorrow at 45 degree angle. Great fun.

Nice job Drew! You're a good neighbor.

 

[daugen]

Nice job Drew! You're a good neighbor.

thanks, even if I'm trying to get you to drive a peacock blue truck...

frankly, it looked pretty crummy when I was done, but after another pass at it, should be better. Disc harrows were not made
for five feet of grass and old soy bean plants. Thick grass was the hardest, but might has right and those discs are pretty sharp.
i posted this pic on another thread where I asked about tire size and was promptly and thoroughly advised how I had the harrow set up wrong.
Yes, but I was in a rush to take it out and use it...front and rear gangs need some fine tuning for sure.

My destitute farmer neighbor came and asked me for money a few days ago and I said no. He wanted to extend a small land lease we have between us for three more years and he isn't going
to make it that long sadly. I had no need for what he was selling. Then gave him a hundred bucks for seed. Will be interesting to see if he goes to the seed store
or the ABC store. I think his old JD can pull the cultivator and he has something really ancient, little Farmall with cultivators on it, you see them everywhere.
But it won't disc all his acres without overheating and belching smoke. So this is where I can help.

what is sad is he lives surrounded by three more generations of family and they all mooch off him. No one gives him help or money.
His daughter and granddaughter won't pick up the trash in their front yard, which I refuse to pick up or mow into bits.
They don't work and they don't help their father out at all. Multigenerational mooches. All in a horribly unattractive Tobacco Road falling down hovel.
Plus the cars that come in and out looking for the daughter. beat up cars and trucks, driving slowly, probably stoners looking to buy.
So the grandfather really has his hands full.

I keep an appropriate distance, refuse to be his bank, frankly have fun playing farmer on his land, and try to be
a good human being to him. Even when he is standing there picking at the scabs all over his body. Might be the 50 feral cats
he lives with.

 

[wngsprd]

Temps have dropped to 55 and been raining since noon, right before I got back to the truck after taking Coco on a hike down to the river at the battlefield forest park.

Happy Anniversary PJ and Mrs. PJ!

Sharp looking disc, Drew! How'd the Massey do without weights?



Don, how long has the vinegar been at work?