Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

3 different spots w/lots plastic in road ditches.

I think I heard the cheering from the auto body shops down here Thomas!

one always has to know the limits of adhesion...
I think part of the problem is reliance on all season tires. We think they do everything but they don't.
Driving snowy roads with 4wd/awd and snow tires is just so much fun.
sure beats bags of sand in the trunk like the old days.
Firestone snow tires that would howl going down the dry road.

My Father had zero understanding of cars but he did understand snow tires, knowing
he had to get to the train station to get to work. Because while I had to plow the long gravel driveway on our farm so he could
get the car out, he was on his own from there. And often the roads weren't plowed yet.
There was always a feeling of self reliance, you didn't let a little snow get in your way.

No Ma'am texting and losing control go hand in hand on a snowy road...
two hands on the wheel in bad weather.
Seems like whole generations aren't learning common sense.

hope everyone drives safely around you Thomas. Including the critters.

 

[ronjhall]

Need to pour first cup of coffee. 12° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 33° with sunny skies. Brrrr! Not planning any outside projects today. Wifes doctor appointment went well. New doctor next visit. Current doctor is moving to a hospital in downtown Detroit.

Wngsprd, last time I was at a SS office. I made an appointment for my visit. Waited about 10 minutes. Call 1-800-772-1213 to make an appointment. No online appointment scheduler.

Looking, glad you got drain repaired. My 3" drain has a cleanout. Had to use it one time in over 40 years. But the problem was joint at cleanout had broken. Had to dig it out to repair.

Drew. nice tractor. What do you use the hay for?

LS, good save for your daughter. Hope she gets that nasty loan paid off soon.

RNG, hope you get back to your home soon. RV friends posted this event yesterday. You may not make it this year but may be something you want on your list. Busses By the Bridge.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

Ron, coastal hay has very little weed seeds in it. Also nicely sweet smelling. Will use for mulch in vegetable garden where plastic is not used.
Wheat straw last year was a disaster. I used coastal hay in PA and it worked well, just till it in at end of year. I need to get more organic material into the sandy soil here so this helps. Am told the best coastal hay is harvested close to the ocean, salt air helping to sterilize the plant in some way.
Coastal hay on top and mushroom soil added on the bottom. The latter not being available here, would do wonders to enrich the sandy soil.

 

[RoyJackson]

one always has to know the limits of adhesion...
I think part of the problem is reliance on all season tires. We think they do everything but they don't.
Driving snowy roads with 4wd/awd and snow tires is just so much fun.
sure beats bags of sand in the trunk like the old days.
Firestone snow tires that would howl going down the dry road.

My Father had zero understanding of cars but he did understand snow tires, knowing
he had to get to the train station to get to work. Because while I had to plow the long gravel driveway on our farm so he could
get the car out, he was on his own from there. And often the roads weren't plowed yet.
There was always a feeling of self reliance, you didn't let a little snow get in your way.

When I was growing up in the 50's and 60's, my father always carried chains in the trunk. Granted, chains are a PITA when going from a snow covered roads to plowed then back to snow covered. 4WD vehicles were few and far between back then...Jeeps, some farm trucks and occasional (but rare) utility vehicle.
And, you're right...people were much more self-reliant in those days (rather then dialing 9-1-1 for every little thing)

 

[Bird]

21 degrees this morning, going for a high of 47. I know that's not all that cold to you folks up north, but it's an exceptionally cold start to the Winter for us. But at least it's supposed to be clear and sunny for a few days and no rain in the forecast until at least next Tuesday.

 

[ronjhall]

Ron, coastal hay has very little weed seeds in it. Also nicely sweet smelling. Will use for mulch in vegetable garden where plastic is not used.
Wheat straw last year was a disaster. I used coastal hay in PA and it worked well, just till it in at end of year. I need to get more organic material into the sandy soil here so this helps. Am told the best coastal hay is harvested close to the ocean, salt air helping to sterilize the plant in some way.
Coastal hay on top and mushroom soil added on the bottom. The latter not being available here, would do wonders to enrich the sandy soil.

Around here wheat straw is what you want. Nice looking yellow. Prices for small square bales start at $3. Not the big square bales I have seen. They are 14 X 18 X 36.

 

[daugen]

Around here wheat straw is what you want. Nice looking yellow. Prices for small square bales start at $3. Not the big square bales I have seen. They are 14 X 18 X 36.

well you must have neutered wheat straw because this stuff at that price had so many seeds, which
then started to grow a crop of wheat in between the tomatoes and peppers. Left it on side of garden as seats,
and mushrooms would grow out of it. Must be the variety of wheat.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! I'm there down there with the Northern guys this morning at 24˚. The 9PM news last night predicted 22 so we had to dolly our citrus into the garage that we brought from the country - Orange, lemon and a satsuma tree. We had 13 oranges and we have 5 large lemon on the tree.

Even though we have a Horticulture club with wonderful organic gardens I'm still undecided if I want to join or do a backyard garden. The garden is on the other side of the neighborhood - about 6 miles away. I still have a few months to decide. The $30 a year pays for your water tap in the garden 20' raised bed and all the organic mulch and compost you can use. The overage at the gardens is donated to a food pantry also.

Drew, my mom has coastal fields and the baled hay will sprout. It is also filled with weed seed or herbicides. I don't think your "coastal" hay is the same coastal hay we use down here, could you take a closeup pic of your hay? I remember, at one garden club meeting in the country, the cows that ate the hay, their manure was used in one person's garden and their garden died because of the herbicides in the manure. (He had the manure tested) Did you get organic hay? I can see how roundup can easily get into the food supply.

 

[ronjhall]

well you must have neutered wheat straw because this stuff at that price had so many seeds, which
then started to grow a crop of wheat in between the tomatoes and peppers. Left it on side of garden as seats,
and mushrooms would grow out of it. Must be the variety of wheat.

Most wheat straw we have here comes from wheat that is used for the cereal companies. Definitely not organic. When it's time to harvest there is not one spot of green in the field.

 

[toppop52]

My hay bales I get for fall decorations have all got a fresh crop growing out the top now, time to haul them to the woods and get out the Christmas decorations.

39 and cloudy early, 44 now and that’s about it for the day, very heavy rain and wind moving in overnight.
I’m going to move a trailer for a friend, then go visit mom. Got my homemade spaghetti sauce in the crockpot.

 

[CWB Wyo]

Looks like a low of 20° this morning. Today is going to be in the the mid 50's with sunny skies and a light breeze. The next few days are looking the same.

Made a road trip yesterday with one of the neighbors. We went down to SLC to get tracks put on his side by side for the winter. He also wanted to buy a tilt bed trailer to load his skid steer on. We also stopped at Cabela's to pick up a scope for his granddaughters rifle. And a stop for me at Rocky Mountain ATV to pick up a new windshield for my Polairs. And one more stop to get his side by side back. And also a lunch stop and a dinner stop. We made the round trip in just over12 hours and about 400+ miles. It made for along day.

I'll see if I can get that windshield in the Polairs to day. We also have a neighborhood pie party to go to tonight. Looking forward to that.

Hope everyone has a good hump day.
CWB.

 

[toppop52]

I have to get letters from my doctors saying I don’t have rheumatoid arthritis or COPD because I take 5 mg of prednisone daily to avoid stiffness from osteoarthritis because I can’t take NSAIDS, or my Medicare policy will be denied. Always something.
Have a good one folks, God bless.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Wngsprd figure on about two hours of wait time

36 high of 46 winter storm warning in effect

Prayers for all

You can make appointments, at our local SS office. You walk in, stick out your tongue at the suckers who didn't make an appointment, get your name called. In / out in 15 minutes.

I've done it twice and they were right on time so ..... no time wasted.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Wngsprd figure on about two hours of wait time

36 high of 46 winter storm warning in effect

Prayers for all

Drew, FWIW.

Fertilizer numbers N-P-K.

Nitrogen - Phosphorus - Potash

For a Fall fertilizer you typically want a low nitrogen number as your not trying to promote above ground growth. You do want higher phosphorus and potash content to promote root hardening and growth.

This is what we've used here in Texas. The 8-12-16 in brown bag.



The red bag 15-5-10 is a fast release that we use for first spring treatment to get a quick green-up.

The rest of the year, right up until fall, we use a slow release 19-4-10.



The pre-emergent Barricade, is used in the spring and again in the fall.

At our Richmond house we have a service that does a machine core aeration and compost top dressing once a year.

I'm with you on "Weed n' Feed". Don't use it!

 

[PJSprog]

16°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 37° today. Forecast here is for big snow tonight. We seem to be in the 4-8" band, but the voice on the radio this morning said some areas in Illinois could get as much as 10". Either way, that's a lot of snow for November. We'll see if this one pans out.

Had a nice long conversation (albeit via text messaging) last night with my best friend. We haven't really chatted much lately, so it was kind of nice catching up on things. He is playing in a new Queensryche tribute band and their first show is this Saturday at a local concert venue. Meeting up with him this evening after work to get some comp tickets from him. He and the other guitar player in this band were the two guitar players in the acoustic trio I played with for about four years. In fact, there are three bands playing Saturday night, and I know or have played with pretty much all of the musicians. It's an interesting change. Back in the '80s, everyone was secret and protective about their bands and contacts. These days, everyone helps everyone else get gigs and everybody fills in with everyone else all the time. It's a giant musician community, like it always should have been. When I was playing with the Hagar tribute band, probably 25% of the crowd at our shows were other area musicians. Everyone goes out and supports everyone else.

L4N, we had to replace 25' of the drain from the kitchen sink a few years ago. Same thing, almost completely clogged with grease. My Wife could never convince her Grandmother to stop pouring grease in the sink. There was one section that was so packed it felt like it was as heavy as steel pipe instead of pvc.

 

[wngsprd]

Wngsprd, last time I was at a SS office. I made an appointment for my visit. Waited about 10 minutes. Call 1-800-772-1213 to make an appointment. No online appointment scheduler.

Thanks for idea. I called the number...I had to listen to a 75 second recording of info before being allowed to take action...requires you to "tell it" what you want, so I said "make appointment" then "it" said...sorry no one available, goodbye" and hung up. Tried again later, after the same 75 second waste, tried to fake it out with another request but same result. I'll try again later. At least I had entertainment provided by a red fox out the window hunting the field.

 

[wngsprd]

Thanks for idea. I called the number...I had to listen to a 75 second recording of info before being allowed to take action...requires you to "tell it" what you want, so I said "make appointment" then "it" said...sorry no one available, goodbye" and hung up. Tried again later, after the same 75 second waste, tried to fake it out with another request but same result. I'll try again later. At least I had entertainment provided by a red fox out the window hunting the field.

wow. I got through to the next level of the automated attendant phone system...said they would have someone to help soon...then recording said estimated wait time 50 minutes.

 

[sodamo]

69° and another .01 inches rain

The AARP presentation was worthwhile. I didn’t know we had a change to the Advanced Directive. The contractor doing the home modification portion was was quite interesting. Wife was pleased we attended
Got all my blocks loaded on pallets and moved closer to their new, permanent home.


Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[ronjhall]

wow. I got through to the next level of the automated attendant phone system...said they would have someone to help soon...then recording said estimated wait time 50 minutes.

Well it is the Govment.

 

[PJSprog]

Got all my blocks loaded on pallets and moved closer to their new, permanent home.

Thanks for the reminder. We have a bunch of cinder blocks in a small ditch behind the barn that I need relocate. Probably going to have to wait until Spring, though.