Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 71F @ 5:45AM. Partly cloudy. High 97F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.

Glad to see the auger working out so well, Paul. The down force attachment I made for my rear mount did help with the rocks here, but it also cracked a couple of the welds. And it's a royal PITA to get the auger on and off the tractor. If I ever get a large fencing job, I'll make the switch to a setup like yours...

No word from my contractor buddy on the trenching for today, so I guess I'll just be standing by waiting to see what happens.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-07-31...0940

73° right now....high in the mid-80's

not sure what I'll get into today. Wife and stepdaughter are going to one of their kin's bridal shower, so that'll leave me and Margeaux

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, going up to 89 today.
Got some more weeds down, the stiltgrass is up to about 2 feet at the edge of the woods.
I will need to go get the sprayer filled to get these to stop growing before they seed.

put in about 6 hours doing cleanup, leaf grinding, weed wacking, tree moving...

Today it's dog wash and maybe start putting the apartment back together for my dad's arrival Tuesday.

Humidity is back, calling for more rain tonight, so that will save me some watering time.

I have been using a spool of .095 Oregon square. A 20' section lasts me many hours. The old orange and green .095 would shred, this stuff doesn't.

Stay safe and be well,

I have had this power washer for 5 years, it was around $80. cleaned the whole pool deck and lower deck this year and still going strong. I don't use any chemicals or cleaners.

 

[rswyan]

72F and supposedly "partly cloudy" @ 10:45, but I'm surely not seeing much sun here. Heading up to a high of around 82F - 84F depending on who you're listening to.

Got rest of watering done on planting bed in second circle last evening, still some water in the Buffalo.

After that I got the lumber for the new frame for the soil screener taken up to the shop and got one side of it laid out and marked up to drill the holes.

While I was doing that, neighbor dropped by with his tri-axle roll off truck with another load of manure. Think he said it was a 20 yard container, took 17 bucketloads with his TL 870 to fill it which has a 84 inch bucket:

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Said he figures there's probably another two loads (at least ?)

Just texted with him and he said he'll be down in a bit with another one.

While all that was happening, The Woman arrived with chow so I headed down to the house to eat after he left.

Then after dinner I went out and harvested squash before closing things down for the day and locking up. Yesterday's haul (including what got mauled by critters which will go up in the compost pile):

Not sure what all will be on the agenda for today.

Will probably slide over to HD though at some point and pick up another PT GC 2 x 4 x 10 for the soil screener frame (it's closer than Menards)

They are calling for rain tomorrow (70% chance) so probably get the mowing done down here around the house.

Refuel Kubota.

Possibly do a little clean up and stacking of the manure that was dropped off yesterday.

Beyond that, see what comes up.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday ...

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 61°, headed for a high of 82°. Chances of T-storms still good. Probably less chances today, no cloud cover this morning.

I will keep an eye out for the Oregon trimmer line. Might have to go to a specialty lawn a garden shop or on-line....I haven't seen it locally. Maybe HD?
I have good success with 'Gator titanium twisted', not really sharp, but doesn't break easily. I like the square because it has 4 cutting edges.

PopG, nice auger! I was looking at those a few years ago. Like the idea of full down pressure and being reversible. I couldn't justify the cost for the few posts that were initially planned.... I should have gotten it instead of the normal PHD.

Roy, you got abandoned.... again.... ENJOY!

RNG, hope your buddy shows up. I was wondering how your 'down pressure' set up worked... or not. I don't want to break welds....

Bird, nice that you got a good amount of rain. This drought has to break soon. The entire SW is really dry.

I might try to get those big planters filled today.... I need some seat time.
Need to clean the weed wacker and get it ready for next time. The garden tractor blades need sharpened, so that's on the list too.

I have been contemplating cutting the fields, they are slowly growing, but I am liking the green. I'm afraid if I cut them, then the rain showers go away, they will turn super brown....

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

 

[daugen]

interesting info on trimmer line

 

[sodamo]

70°F and .20 inches rain.

Got a few hours mowing. This interior sectors looking good.

Late night for us. Picked up son and family at airport. Didn’t get home until 10.

Need to make a dump run.

BIL joining us this afternoon for a family dinner. Sophie’s lasagna looking very good.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[PJSprog]

66°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 82° today. We got a little rain in the early morning hours, but it was done well before we got up at 06:00. Going to be in the 90s again this week until we get some rain on Thursday to cool us back into the 80s.

Yesterday's plans for studio time were cut short when The Wife came home with a new movie, so I shut everything down and watched a couple with her. Can't complain about some couch time with her.

Mostly, the puppy will stay with us until someone adopts her. Sometimes that's fairly quick, sometimes not. Puppies usually go pretty fast. A few years ago, we had an older dog for almost six months. This one's a little cutie, so I don't expect she'll be here long.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

The son that was helping is a mechanical engineer that recently moved out, and has no tools of his own, which is a frustration to him, having grown up with almost any tool he could need at his disposal. I gave him a HF suitcase sized tool set for Christmas, and yesterday I saw that Amazon had a Makita set of 18v LXT drill, impact driver, circular saw, charger and 2 batteries for $279. I couldn’t resist it, he’s getting an early birthday present.

I'd call that a fortunate son. I started building my tool kit from paperboy earnings, and haven' stopped. I even buy some at Harbor Freight, but this round of testing shows that there are much better choices, including Snap-On...

 

[Popgadget]

He’s not that fortunate!
He has used lots of SnapOn tools here, but HF is gonna have to do until he buys his own.