Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

Correct about the lime, in fact adding lime here would really mess up the PH, we tend to have alkaline soil. For heating up the compost pile I have used cotton seed meal with good results.

Good to know ...

Looking at the prices now it is not very economical and just keeping the pile at the right moister and turning it would probably be best. And time, at least a year.

Yup.

RS how long did your good looking dark compost take to decompose?

It probably varies somewhat, depending on what's in pile. I'd say a year or two maybe, although at one point I had a couple of large piles of wood chips only - from when they cleared the pad for the gas well - I left that set for 5 or more years, before I got around to digging into it. When I did it was beautiful ... almost like peat moss in a way.

So it's kind of hard to judge.

The stuff I harvest out of it still has a good bit of smaller wood chips in it - whatever can pass through 1" square welded-wire fencing.

But it's probably at least 75% decomposed.

The larger stuff that gets screened out gets returned back to current or new part of the pile - which at the moment is on the south end of the pile - for further digestion.

 

[Bird]

txdon said, "The Discount tire was extremely crowded took an hour wait just to find out they did not have the tires in stock. Too many people are moving to this fastest growing town in America."

Yep, nearly all of my tire purchases for many, many years have been from Discount Tire (since the first one I ever heard of in Dallas). And yes, the ones in Denton and Corinth seem to get busier (and slower) all the time.

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-06-30, 0416

53° right now...high in the mid-70's today

 

[daugen]

62 headed up to 90 today in bright sun.
I'm headed over to church to mow.
Have a project starting there where I want to photograph each of our approx 3500 graves.
But first have to get lawn looking ok, just weedeated, now I mow, then I take pics. That's the plan
It's a big project, start of database project where we link the records to the pics. Thank goodness for my golf cart, will just drive the whole
graveyard very slowly.

only going to do four hours to try to take it easier on neck. Then back again tomorrow to finish.

I have a mandatory family appearance tonight at local library, the one I was president of 20+ years ago. My uncle, the retired Naval captain, left
some endowment money for this little home town library, and turns out the money has really helped them. They only get to spend the earnings, but it grew over a number of years
and they just redid the library with my late Uncle's help. After the Navy he substitute taught AP kids in Arlington VA public schools up until he was 83. Then pancreas cancer took him down quickly. So my brother and his son both squirmed out of this patron's event, sticking me with this one. I'm going to need a shower, nap and rest before going to that tonight after all this mowing.

The funny part about my uncle's gift to this library was he specified it was for classical British and American literature.
Hmmm, less and less of that every year; today the library wants streaming services, the NY Times and WSJ so they don't have to buy it at home.
So we have had to talk each year about what literature would be acceptable under my uncle's original wishes. It gets more difficult each year.
Library sends us a two page list of books they bought from this donated money, and it makes fascinating reading. Just fun to see what is "current".

speaking of classical Brits, Eric hope you are ok. We all miss your reports from that side of the pond. You too Helogabals.

 

[Buppies]

65 high of 88 today drier still maybe next week

Nice gift Drew

Prayers for all Toppop Eric Helogabals

 

[daugen]

terrible news from Vancouver Island Canada:
your home town becomes a war zone.
hope the one LEO gets out of ICU ok.
just makes you shake your head.
Bonnie and Clyde still exist I guess.

police deserve the very best protective gear money can buy
not sure they had enough

 

[Thomas]

54F clear sky upper 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...Critter food run and mow the main lawn.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[wngsprd]

70 to 90 hot. Had a little ground fog this morning...as it slowly crept up the hill, one patch carried some eau de skunk...then it went away, but later when I walked further out from the house to the farthest feeders, I picked it up again.

Nice trip, BEF...sorry equipment misbehaving.

If anybody is corresponding with Ron or Eric since they quit TBN, are they okay?

Changed the oil in my wife's vehicle yesterday...went pretty well, but always something proves a challenge...yesterday it was carrying the old oil over to the storage container...slopped some on my clothes...the new spots will just match the old grease spots from the tractor.

Hope all have a great last day of June.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Drew, nice to take grave pictures. I would suggest mapping all the graves, so you know which picture goes where.
See how many are in findagrave and enter there also.

 

[txdon]

Don we have a pond like that here. the aerator fountain is required to keep fish alive here. Not sure what water source is but no poo poo water here

Are you sure? Our town started using "Purple Pipe Reclaimed Water" in 1979 at the University's golf course. Then in 1999 the city was issued one of the first reuse authorization by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to use reclaimed water for our neighborhood's golf courses. It has expanded to other golf courses and the city park. California also uses "Purple Pipe Reclaimed Water". It is a way to get low cost irrigation water that does not have to be up to drinking water treatment standards. Does anyone else out there know if the "Purple Pipe Reclaimed Water" is used in their areas?

Got new tires yesterday but the alignment was good and did not need adjustment so I still don't know what caused the premature wearing on the inside tread on the driver's side front tire. Any ideas? Tires had 26,000 miles were rotated 2 or 3 times.

72˚ heading to the mid 90s. Sun is on full throttle.