Good morning!!!!

[Eric Salop]

Another dull day here, the swallows have had enough and set off back to Africa. We will miss their aerial displays but certainly not their mess.

Hay is down. Was planning to Tedder part of it but after checking it this morning think I'm going to just let it lay flat. Don't want it too dry.

I am so envious farmer. We have always been able to rely on at least one week of dry weather coming along sometime in summer, but not this year and it doesn't look to be happening in September either. Our main hay field has been cut and wrapped for silage instead and the reserve field will most likely now just go for grazing.

Too wet, too dry, or just right, hope everyone still enjoys the day to come.

 

[daugen]

71 going to 82 today, cloudy, windy, maybe some showers from the system offshore.
I read Farmer's comment about too dry and thought of Eric also...looking through the fog and overcast, when will my hay ever dry...

What is the difference between hay and silage? I think I know...isn't all of it eaten?

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all. 65 here this morning going to 84 with morning fog. Mother in law coming for her weekly visit and then hope to finely get to cutting out the pantry door.

Drew, Kinda like cabbage, stored in a cool place it is cabbage, more water and it ferments and you have sauerkraut.

Mostly, Depends on where you are, We don't have cropie, we have crappy.

Have a great day. Ed

 

[Thomas]

65F low 90's for high...3 H's.

Putter just enough last evening to earn my dinner,and this evening looks the same.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Buppies]

64 high of 86 later today cool down coming but no cotton picking rain and October looks as dry as September. Finish driveway today then maybe walking trail. Street milling then parking lot finishes out the week

 

[Buppies]

Buckeye hope you get over the Bug very soon

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 61° with some fog this morning. Heading to 90° with sunny skies this morning. Another 90°+ day yesterday. I am ready to get back to some of those cool temperatures I was complaining about a couple weeks ago. Yesterdays garden pond project did not go well. It was not the drain pipe. Pond has a waterfall filter that sends water to pond. There is a transition pieces that screw to main filter body. It has 15 1/4" screws holding it to filter body. Screws screwed into blinds nuts. Many of the blind nuts and some screws had corroded away. They must have been a low quality stainless steel. Was able to get all the old screws out or broke off. Off to Menards for a selection of screws, nuts, washers and caulk to put it back together. It was after 1:00 when I turned pump back on. Threw all the tools in back of golf cart. Called it a day. Today I have to put all dirt and stones back in place. Hope to get it done long before sun cooks me today. Otherwise it will wait until tomorrow when temperatures will be in the 70's.
Eric, waiting for hay to dry seemed to be the hardest part of doing hay. Always wished I had a hay conditioner. But never found one at my price point.
Roy, I am with you. We need a cooling off.
Kyle, my son ran our B7100 out of fuel one time. After we filled the tank with fuel. Opened each bleeder screws until fuel showed up. Cranked engine over a couple of times with fingers crossed and it started. Service manual had good instructions on how to properly bleed system.
PJS, something else to add too my list of need to know. :anyone:
Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

Emissions testing is the biggest scam going. States spend billions for the facilities, and over 99% of the vehicles will pass.
...
Drew no emissions testing here on Cooke county TX. Has something to do with 16,000 total county population.

Perhaps they need this to keep the bad one percent off the road, but visible smoke is a pretty good indicator for a traffic stop.
I think it catches those clogged up Toyota catalytic converters that smell so horrible, like getting behind a kimche truck.

Mostly, I think you have it. Mostly farmers here, very small city, next county over has much larger city, university and huge hospital complex.
So that county gets emission testing.

got the bills paid, once again got mail for prior owner of my home, misdelivered by local hospital chain. What makes me sad is it's from the home care and hospice dept. That can't be good. Husband already died, nice people, but not in great health, this place became too much for them.
I need to go visit her, maybe give her another trip around the farm in my golf cart. She loves seeing "her" rose garden.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Buckeye hope you get over the Bug very soon

Thanks, been a rough few weeks. Went to a dr yesterday and he wants me to have surgery for something else...
And i still need to do my colonoscopy that got postponed.

Hopefully today i hear if i got on the new project. Will head to the office and see what they say. If not, another boring day, except for TBN.

 

[wngsprd]

67 and sticky cloudy foggy outside. Looking for 81, but no rain here, either, Buppies.

Cut another load of firewood in the heat yesterday. Wasn't that bad once I got going. Then mowed for 2 hours later in the afternoon.

Wife has her yoga group over today (I call them the Yogettes) so I'm off to the gym and running errands.

Mostly, I sometimes fly fish from the kayak, but took the light spinner with me Sunday...every catch seemed like a nice fight.

Billy