Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

That corn will likely stand back up.

I hope so, I’ve seen that before

 

[rswyan]

74F and clear @ 22:15, heading down to a low of around 63F overnight. High hit 88.3F so we did beat the predicted high of 86F.

Water remaining plants out front first thing.

Then refill hopper feeder, also one suet feeder.

Replaced bag on Japanese Beetle trap, old one was full.

Got around 4 or 5 of the Shasta Daisies moved out of the garage but did not get them moved around back.

Finished up 4' x 6' chickenwire cage then headed up to the shop and cut 4 five foot long rebar stakes. Then delivered those around back to the area where the tomato would be planted.

Got the tomato planted and well watered in with 2 gallons of MiracleGro, was kind of unwieldy handling (32" tall) ... would have been worse if it hadn't been staked. Woman assisted which helped a lot. Did not get it caged.

Woman rolled up the wire from the 3 levels of electric fence I took down on some old empty MIG wire spools.

Then She weeded the corner of the flower bed where that last summer squash will go.

Also weeded the area down at the south end of the bed where one of the hydrangeas will go. We removed the 3 hemlock plants from there today and planted the 4 "Blue Barlow" Double Columbines.

Actually, She's been doing a lot more weeding that just that:

Irises seem to be doing fairly decent, but not many blooms so far. They could stand a good watering, have not really been watered this year other than just the rain we've gotten. May do that tomorrow.

Likely will start mulching the flower bed tomorrow too - which should help some with moisture retention ... although I did find out today that even though the top layer of soil is dust if you dig down an inch or so the soil is holding a good amount of moisture.

I took the 3 hemlock plants down to drainage ditch by the "creek crossing" in the woods and replanted them there, each got 2 gallons of water. Soil was actually fairly moist and easy to dig (sandy/silty):

Finished trimming along the electric fence line east side of flower bed.

Took 2 1/2 five gallon buckets of old cat litter and stuffed those down a couple of groundhog holes by the porch off the kitchen. Have not seen any groundhogs or coons lately.

Compostables taken up to the pile.

Got stakes set for west edge of garden area and ran a string line. Leaving 10' between the garden and flower bed, which should be enough to make the turns and get the Kubota in there.

Gathered up most of the pulled weeds and took them up to the compost pile.

Got that last summer squash planted in the corner of the flower bed.

Sprayed along the string line to mark out the west edge of garden. Area looks like it will be 36' x 54' at this point.

Also sprayed along the fence line by the flower bed.

Took a break around 19:00 to come in for dinner, had a bowl of that ham and bean soup. Had another one for a nightcap when I finished up for the day and came inside.

The typical day lilies have started to bloom:

Think I might have a bowl of ice cream with some hot fudge before I turn in and hit the rack.

Hope everyone had a great day ...

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 71ºF for the start , clear sky light breeze. Light wind, partly cloudy sky, and high temp was 100ºF, HI 103ºF. Bike ride to start day, the mow front yard. After shower off to town for lunch and grocery shopping. Nap then dinner of leftovers. Still need to recoil anchor line and rescrren new porch door.
Ted glad you got trimming done. Hope Dr has answers for you, and you get some rain.
Don sorry about threat of brown-out. Congrats on .02 rain. I have 0 in forecast in 10 day, only 1 day less than 100ºF.
RS hope you got some rain. Got a lot done. Pics are showing off your efforts
Buppies sorry heat and humidity back. Hope work and wife recovery going well.
Bird my yard is same as yours.
Drew hope dealer can help you with steering wheel issues new wheel will look nice. I have had several spinal taps during my lab rat days, never was knocked out.
Mike hope you can get last wall closed in. hope trimming goes well.
Mike does that mean she won't let Drew drive the tractor.
NHBX sorry about the dust clouds. I have to wear filter mask when it is like that. Hope you got front mowing complete complete. Nice flower pics.
Billy Glad you had good day hiking yesterday. Looks like brownies were a hit.
Billy nice pic of deer, how high did you jump from rattler?
RNG Glad trip did not have same rescue as previous one. Sorry June gloom hanging on, neat space launch pics. Hope you got the wiring done and started on trench before heat got to you.
Ken is that the car you were in the avalanche in? Sounds like fun way to tour.
Drew sorry about the overload. Very nice blueberries.
Chris hope you enjoyed the mowing today. Thanks for MedCram info.
PJ glad you had good time on Big River. Is there much current on that stretch? Great pics. sorry about slow service, did they explain why so long?
Ted hope you got wet today. Have fun with border project. God to hear good apple crop. Hope you planned move goes well.
Dennis hope you can finish wire routing for Starlink.
David glad interior mowing done. Hope exterior arae less trouble with rain.
RS full agenda again
Scaredy glad you able to help friend get to/from hospital. Sound like you handled conversation very well.
Drew hope church meeting went well. Your last comment reminds of a pic one of my stepson took on vacation. Wife was bent over back of boat handling ski rope when pic was snapped. We used 35 mm slide file so healthy magnification on wall ??
Thomas you have to take care of yourself!
Drew went to sugar free syrup to get away from carb crash after eating pancakes or waffles.
Dennis sorry about power loss. hope you have some backup
Drew hope fall did not hurt filters.
Dennis sorry about no rain gauge if no power.
Ken hope no damage from storms.
Drew sorry no rain. Glad official duties as head are over
Ted glad stuff move went well.
Dennis pics did not post.
Dennis thanks for fixing pics.
RS good to hear getting a lot planted. You are getting so much done. nice pics again as always.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /learning new job, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, /fire nearby, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's heart issues, /pneumonia and not posting, Roy /palpitations, /angina , Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /3 new skin cancer spots and treatment, /wife knee healing, Thomas/gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery/retirement, / passing out issues, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Doug and wife/health issues, /nerve and pain, / wife's hospital stay, /torn bicep, Ken /kids shot tragedy, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, /cataract surgery, /Sophie's hand infection, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /wife not feeling well, /marriage, Paul/ wife's disc issues, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis /retirement plans / brother "alligallyitus" and improving, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend cancer diagnosis and recovery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Ukraine war, mass shooting victims and family, and Country.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Just ran a 10ga extension cord to basement freezer. Got 12ga running in from generator. Right now predicting power restored by Tomorrow night. Running on my Honda 2000i . It’s probably running low on fuel.

Probably be off tomorrow. Looks like I might be doing electric work so I don’t have to run extension cords at every outage. If I can find a decent transfer switch. We don’t have many outages, and usually they get fixed in a few hours. Was surprised to see the estimated restoration time.

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-07-13, 0401

64° right now...high, about 80°...
We did have a hard rain yesterday...fast moving and didn't last long. No lightning or high winds. Looks like we escaped the heavy stuff...
Going in to work in a couple hours to do some paperwork...than back home to babysit Margeaux

 

[NHBX]

65° now, dew point 64° High’s in the upper 80’s and sunny today.

Storms came through last evening, lots of wind, thunder and lightening only lasted about 45 minutes but dropped .79” rain don’t think we had any damage.

@BEF, hope you get power back soon. Reminds me haven’t run generator for a while.
@Mostly, I do wear a mask when I mow like that.

No plans for today except to just take it easy.

Enjoy your day everyone
Stay safe and healthy

Prayers for those in need,our country and peace around the world

 

[Buppies]

68 high of 83 more storms today1.27 inches of rain yesterday big storms no damage here but others not so lucky. Three new shrubs I planted doing well and blooming red and yellow

Hope power comes back sooner than they say BEF

Mostly she still has a hard time getting around

prayers for all Kyle Toppop Eric Helogabals our Country

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Slept a little in Lazyboy. Turned generator off an hour ago to give it a break. Whole house generator across road is noisy. Birds just beginning to chirp. Getting lighter outside. Trucks going by real noisy with door open. Doves moaning.
After hooking up basement freezer last night, moved most of stuff from basement fridge freezer section to it. Might start generator again soon.

 

[wngsprd]

66 going to 90.

BEF, hope you get power back. Our weatherman showed your storm and talked about the damaging winds. We got a piece of the same front, lots of wind, but just the usual for a t-storm...finally got some rain, too.

LS, glad you have a bumper crop of apples...didn't take too long, eh?

RNG, sounds like your trip was fun...nice to see a rocket take off.

PJ, what a great paddle. Anywhere along that stretch that people can jump off those cliffs into deep water?

I caught up on mowing...took 5 hours on the zero. NH, I should have worn a mask...been sneezing already this morning.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
yesterday's storm went below us, never got a drop of rain.
going to make mowing this week a dusty affair.

Hot! 70 out now going to 90 today. Summer time.

off to see epidural doc this morning, hopefully they will approve me for another shot.
Of course if i go right out and mow that graveyard for 8 hours like I did last time, who knows.

Toppop feel better today.
Popgadget, hope the alligators have left. Boy am I creating a list for you.

very successful day at golf cart place. I couldn't fit male tab A of adapter into female tab B of wheel, so dealer took one look at it,
and promptly starting pulling off the rubber part of the adapter. Lo and behold....rubber was a shipping container of sorts to hold 6 small screws in.
Here I was trying to push the rubber in the holes, wrong. Once he pulled off the rubber part and all the screws fell out, of course it all fit together nicely.

and....about more power. He says he thinks my friends ran the battery down since cart should continue to climb hills, he said he has sold hundreds of golf carts that have gone
to the Poconos and Catskills. Ok. Here's the interesting tech part. YES, one can hop up a cart.
Plan 1 is to replace controller and some other part and simply move more amps through system, that was about 1500 bucks. No.
Plan 2, while "direct drive" motor, it does use a differential and one can replace the differential with different gears. Like going from a 3.30 rear end to a 4.11.
He said that works, almost another grand.
so one can do it but unless I use it more on hills than I expect to, not worth the money.

I took my somewhat handicapped friend with me, he can't walk more than ten feet, and pulled my car up right to the shop, which brought everyone out to tell me I couldn't park there.
When I told them I wasn't stupid enough to park there, blocking everything, they all laughed. And I for sure backed up and reparked.
I'm towing the cart over to his house in the next week and we have some walking trails in Doylestown we are going to explore on the cart together. He is desperate to get out of house and go places. I asked him if golf carts were allowed on those trails. Why not? ........well we'll see if he can make bail for me.

I did spend 300 bucks for a policy from Progressive on the golf cart. Primarilly because I tow it. so I have an insurance card to show Officer Bob when he stops me for using an unlicensed something in his domain.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Better check on golf cart. One campground we go to won’t allow golf carts. Stupid as can be. They don’t rent carts and it’s got some hills.
My son’s roommate almost got a ticket for jogging on a trail in TN. Walking only.

Filled generator and got it running again. Love how quiet it is, I can’t hear it, but hear the neighbors across the road. But the semi trucks that go by all day and night are so loud they drown out everything.

 

[daugen]

Ken, welcome home.
I've done very little international travel, wish I had done more while I still got on airplanes.
takes a couple days just to decompress and shift gears when you get home.
hope your week is going well.

After being away for a while, wonder if any more of your dead ash trees came down.

stop up for Golden Egg squash. I'm now giving it away to any neighbor I can find.
I think I'm going to put a little plastic table up on the driveway/lane next to my house which leads to five homes, all in a line.
They all have to drive past me to get out. Thinking of putting veggies on table and say Free For Neighbors
Anything that says Free is like magic. Free is powerful. Free means take me home.
They all live in deep dark woods. I live in the sun and have a nice garden. Almost all of them have mentioned to me walking by
they wished they had more sun. So pretty sure none of them can have a garden.

buckeye, I'm kinda hoping something does happen. We're a bunch of old farts out for a lark together, looking for adventure in slow motion.
That's our new byword, looking for adventure. Where will it take us? If I get close to anyone on that path I'll fully stop and let them by.
Otherwise I'd have them dialing 911 and diming me out. Best to smile and say hello. We are anything but dangerous looking....
I know, I'll take a dozen Entemann's donuts with us and use them to bribe the officer. That should go over well.

 

[riptides]

68 outside this AM. Heading to upper 80s. Lots of storms late yesterday. Managed to cover the Milk House wall and do some weed whacking before calling it a day.
Just chilling today.

Above is the storm coming in on us.

And last night's sunset.

Hope all are healing. Be safe and have a great day.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I gotta think about electric wiring.
Quick solution:
I have 2 former AC disconnects outside already wired back to panel. ( from condenser units before geothermal). But they are 3/c 12ga. Small generator only rated for 13A 120v. But right now it’s feeding fridge, freezer, internet and a led lamp to know it’s on. Could use one disconnect to feed standalone generator outlet in basement for freezer, so I don’t have to drag out extension cord thru garage window, & doors and down basement steps. Really would like to feed a small transfer panel, that would have fridge, freezer and pellet stove circuits.
More costly solution is 240v generator circuit and larger transfer switch capable of running well pump. I have a larger 6kw generator in the barn, but it’s super loud.
Or go whole house. But we have few outages like this. If there weren’t so many outages, we would have been fixed already.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Was nice sunset after the storm.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, started raining last night, and stopped just as quick.
So dry that the ground is cracking open in places.

I was in a VW Touran Mostly when the rock fall hit us.

Good luck on getting the power back BEF - running wires everywhere does get old quick.

Rome: always good to see how well they preserve their history.

 

[Buppies]

Nice pictures kenmbz glad no one was hurt in rock slide

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 76˚F heading to the 100s+. Yesterday was 106˚, got the state inspection and oil change done on the Ranger. Austin news reports 109˚ for the last two days and this is the hottest summer on record, many 100 degree days still in the forecast.

Heading to Costco tomorrow to get new hearing aids, and get to figure out all the new technological advances made in the last 7 years. My current hearing aids keep talking and interrupting when I'm trying to listen. Now I know how mental people feel when they hear voices.

Our first neighborhood WFPB potluck ever and since covid will be held outside in the neighborhood pavilion next week and 101˚ is predicted. The organizer got bit by the alligator last week and is feeling poorly and now thinks it's too hot, we will see.

Kenmbz, are the yellow caps the people in a tour? That is a good way to keep track of the people in the group.

 

[Rich B1]

Good morning! 72 now, high of 83 or so today.

Didn’t get as warm here as it did at @rswyan place, high was 86. Still was warm working outside.

Yesterday was busy. Went to Menards for some lumber and other odds and ends for the trailer project. Tried to do that Monday at Lowes, but I asked an employee for assistance and he walked away from me with out even acknowledging my existence. Looks like I will do most of my business at Menards going forward….

Went to HF for one small thing, came out with 2 things. The close out shelf is dangerous.

Took the wife to the feed mill for bird food. We are gonna have to get the birds a job at the current prices of food!

Got 2 windows installed in the trailer. Progress!

Got contacted this morning by a company I worked with who made companion products for the steel industry. They are seeing if I would be interested in doing some consulting work for them.

Not sure what I will get into. There will be something!

Everyone stay safe out there!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 71 @ 5:30AM. Abundant sunshine. High 98F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

Got an early start yesterday and enjoyed some nice 80F temps. Ran 40' of PVC conduit, and had just enough glue to hold it all together. I wish the stuff would last more than a few months in the can. Seems like I end up buying a new can for every project, then having lots left over that I think will be OK and it's not.

Got everything wired and this time watched as the Starlink dish did its dance on top of the pole. Took maybe ten minutes all together, rotating, tipping, then resting for a few minutes before moving around again, ending up pointing north. This morning there are no obstructions showing, and only three short "no signal" errors, probably due to gaps in the satellite coverage. By the time I got everything connected and the wires tucked in out of harm's way, it was too hot to be outside. Got some paperwork taken care of, got a nap, enjoyed a nice piece of salmon on the BBQ.

Almost forgot to mention I heard back from the FAA yesterday about the drone complaint. The agent told me they didn't get any response from the phone messages they left, and couldn't prove who owned the drone. So they sent the neighbors a letter that cited the regulations on drones. I asked about shooting one down, and the FAA treats drones as manned aircraft, and the penalties for doing so are steep. He also said it's legal to fly over private property without permission, but you can't use video or photos publicly without permission. That's pretty much what I expected, but now there's a complaint on file that may help to establish behavior for further action in the future. Still no word back from the sheriff, but I'm guessing they got the same non-response and don't have the time to follow up further.

Gonna get some seat time filling the trench this morning, then pack for this weekend's trip.

Happy Hump Day, folks!