Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

We are still shut down but the golf courses are available for Whipperwalks.View attachment 649107

Seems like they could let 1 play at a time, or a husband and wife together. Anyway, more room for you.

Good morning to all! Low of 30 last night, a few sprinkles, then a few snow flakes... really? Forecast has us going up to 63 today with some breezes. They say sunny, but right now total cloud cover..... I guess we will see....

Quote- - - Kyle - - - “ My wifey is not much of a green thumb, but I have instilled a little bit of it in my daughter. Pines looks good, I'm guessing you'll keep them in the pots? They will grow to big to be planted there??? Maybe they'll grow tall and straight like pine trees do? “

First off, the wifey corrected me... the pines will be in their 5th season, not 4th. They will stay in those containers for at least another year, probably 2. Then they will get planted in the ground. We have found growing them in containers drastically improves their survival “ in the wild “. If I can remember, I will take pics of the ones that were planted in the ground 3 years ago, and the ones 2 years ago.

We tried planting a seedling bed of 50 - 12 inch tall ones about 5 years ago... the critters broke in to the area and ate / chewed every single one down to ground level, something dug up about half of the roots. That was when we started to do the containers. I have watched rabbits chew the bark off of 2-3 ft tall trees when the snow has been bad, naturally killing the tree.

They do grow relatively upright / straight, but they are not the Lodge Pole pines that are really straight up. These are Afghan Pines, primarily used for windbreaks.

Sorry to get so long winded..... the high desert has many challenges, especially when it comes to growing things....

Thanks for the info. I noticed not too many trees in your area from the videos.

49-52 today, showers right now.

My cardiologist called late yesterday. I’m going in and out of A-fib, had a bad spell this morning, feel better now. My pulse went from 144 down to 63, the up and down is rough. Got some meds to level it out, hope it works.

You guys have been busy! Hope all your projects come together.

Happy anniversary BEF and wife.
Stay safe folks. Prayers.

prayers Randy, hope y'all get it figured out.

I've been eyeing a PTO powered mixer that rides on the TPH, with a 12 cubic foot barrel. It uses a hydraulic cylinder to raise the barrel, and you can drive around with the tractor to get in position to pour directly into the forms. Right now I have to dump into a wheelbarrow because the wheels on the mixer won't let the barrel get close enough to dump directly. And my mixer will only hold about a cubic foot of concrete.

Not too coincidentally, the strips I'm pouring are 13' long, about the same width as a driveway. I have about 1000' of gravel driveway, and if I do one 4' wide pour a day, it would only take me 250 days to finish...:shocked::laughing:

First, you're making me feel lazy. Rains have us sopped in. That mixer is cool. Got me thinking about a home made 55 gal drum mounted to the FEL, if your tractor can handle the weight....You could have good reach, and dump control with a joy stick. Make it where the 55 gal drum could be exchanged with a new one easily. Also, you could lower it close to the ground if you're shoveling materials into it.

Concrete drive eh? Whew....

 

[hawkeye08]

Lazy morning... slept in. Daughter made scones... nice to have fresh scones with peach jam with my coffee...

I have been a Norton antivirus user for many years.. usually buy when it is on sale and activate when old subscription runs out.. (made the mistake of doing it early one time and found it only gave me a year from install, it did not add to the end of my existing subscription).. now they make you put payment method in when you activate and force auto renewal on.. no way I am paying renewal prices.. it says you can cancel auto renewal so maybe I can get the sale price, put payment in, cancel the auto renewal a week or two later... I have until July to figure it out.. but just saw 10 device download for good price... not sure what the price will be in July..

Stay safe, prayers for all.

Wear a mask when in public, wash your hands, don't touch your face, maintain distance.. spare a square (don't hog the TP)..

 

[ronjhall]

In from finishing dead limb pruning of pine trees. Was beat after couple hours of work. That’s OK, tomorrow is another day. My ankle is not up to all the walking under the trees.
Did get a grocery delivery setup for next Thursday. No luck with Walmart. Ended up with Kroger.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I have been a Norton antivirus user for many years.. usually buy when it is on sale and activate when old subscription runs out.. (made the mistake of doing it early one time and found it only gave me a year from install, it did not add to the end of my existing subscription).. now they make you put payment method in when you activate and force auto renewal on.. no way I am paying renewal prices.. it says you can cancel auto renewal so maybe I can get the sale price, put payment in, cancel the auto renewal a week or two later... I have until July to figure it out.. but just saw 10 device download for good price... not sure what the price will be in July..

Former NAV customer here, but I never had so much trouble with a piece of software before. It really got in the way of using the computer, to the point I ended up uninstalling it. Ran many years without any kind of anti-virus software, until the ransomware craze and I got hit with a fake threat via email. That got me inspired to find something, something other than NAV. BitDefender got pretty good reviews, they had a version for MacOS, and it was reasonably priced. They play the same auto-renewal game, though, and I haven't looked if I can opt out of that or not. Most years it doesn't matter because the charge card number gets changed because of a compromise, but since I switched banks, that hasn't happened this year. They have been sending me discounted renewal offers, and I'll probably take the next one as I think my version expires next month. It'll continue to run if I don't renew, but it won't get updated virus definitions. Anyway, I'm happy with the software, and the only time I know it's working is when it springs a dialog to ask me if it's OK to run a new app just downloaded from the internet, or if an email comes in with a virus attachment that it's already moved to a quarantine area of my HD. :2cents:

 

[Thomas]

49F cloudy.

After good 6 hours raking Mrs. and I finally got caught back up to snow mud line only 4 more areas to clean and rake.
I was raking down by the road side people were out for stroll they mostly ask "you starting early raking" I reply when you hear the peepers your arms will be swing boy did I get strange looks,but couple did ask I answer darn blackflies and there cousins will be hungry.
Really no plans this evening maybe watch old movie. :confused3:

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Thomas]

"My cardiologist called late yesterday. I知 going in and out of A-fib, had a bad spell this morning, feel better now. My pulse went from 144 down to 63, the up and down is rough. Got some meds to level it out, hope it works. "
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Do take it easy Randy...okay.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Went back out for some wicked fun. Pulled the log the tree trimmers left across my trail to the creek, then picked up some pieces they left laying around.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Yes it is.

The two screws, bolting the motor to the plastic frame, were a bit loose. Tightened them and added some grease to the ring gear. Thanks .. for the heads up Ron.

 

[Buppies]

Toppop prayers they get your heart under control

Prayers for BEFs sister and BIL

Helped wife trim shrubs weed eat and rake some

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

My autistic daughter's side walk art.

That's a portion of my foot at the bottom for size reference.