Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Forgot to add mowing pics.
Field

Hill to creek

Along creek

Peek at the creek

Lower field angle

Partly Cleaned out garden, still got peppers and beans.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

LS, where you buy geo textile? Looks like you can order thru Lowe’s. Searching shows mostly the garden fabric I bought, guess it’s about the same.

For the true Geo textile, I get it from a local company called "Enviroworks". It is 16' wide, sold by the linear ft. The rolls are 1500' long, on a giant spool. They roll off the length you want and cut it, then fold it up in a giant square.

For the landscaping fabric, the best place that I have found was Costco.....
I picked up 4' wide x 220' long for $30. Not sure if they sell it online. It is definitely heavier then the stuff from Lowes or HD. Much cheaper for the size of the roll.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Kyle, the Jeep is actually my daughter's, up in Colorado. She is selling it to her current boyfriend, on time payments. He had been using it for about 2 years, but got into an accident last winter. It has been sitting in his garage for 9 months.
Unfortunately, he never did any maintenance on it (except oil changes) and abused the drivetrain off roading it.

I gave up the off roading when I sold my Jeep 4 years ago. Mine was set up for serious off roading.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Dennis, congrats on the land purchase!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

May have posted this before, but it has recently come about again...

RNG, should have his pick with all of his improvements... LOL.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 72ºF for the start, partly cloudy sky, light breeze. moderate wind with strong gusts, Partly to mostly cloudy sky, and high temp was 92ºF, HI 99ºF. Bike ride in Decatur started only about 2 minutes late. 1st half ride went great, last half with head wind increasing hills and temps take toll. 52.5 miles, finished shortly after 12 noon, had lunch in Decatur then headed home. Nap interrupted by leg cramps, only took about 10 minutes to get them to calm down. Had a V8 to help with preventing more cramps. Did I mention I do not like headwind and hills together?
Buppies will continue to pray. work looking at jobs get some backlog.
Bill hope truck clean out goes well.
Doug sorry to hear how far behind on mowing, and new washer leaking. Hope grandkids bring nothing home while they are there.
Drew I would have more fun at Antique Power show.
Chris lot growing going on at house if read for mow in 3 days.
Thomas hope you got back to sleep after owl. Enjoy your outside work.
Don hope trail blazing went well. Hope you don't get too hot. nice pics of the date palms. nice turkey pic.
Billy 54ºF nice and cool. Hope you had good day
Dennis usually occasional double tracks indicates passing sidings. Single track less used.
Dennis hope you can get blades sharpened and mowing done.
Roy don't sweat the small stuff, just get well. more prayers sent.
RS glad you can get by nest. Hope the spay is doing number on hornets. Sorry no joy on hog.Hope today agenda
Ken hope today leave more time for the important stuff like pool checking. hope you enjoy stay at brother's house.
Frits sorry generator playing hard to get. Good to hear propane tank taken care of.
Ted good to hear jeep is done. Good luck with truck deal. hope you get the rain next week.
Paul still a big mower.
Paul good to hear good flying yesterday. Hope flight to Pittsburgh goes well.
Dennis is it humid there? Your place has always looked nice, if taxes not an issue then staying is an option
Drew nice pics from show.
Drew vacuum powered milker new one on me. No idea on gizmo, website had pic of similar gizmo, under legacy test equipment
David hope you are recovered by birthday meal time.
Frits hope you can set barn up to be more useful.
Dennis congrats on buying the land.
Kyle being hard headed help them stay with us longer Glad you and son were able to add life to bicycle. Good luck with mowing flap for the beast.
Lou thanks for the explanation.
PJ glad mowing progressing, did not see kayaks mentioned. interesting on snake migration.
Dennis hope you have fun at fair when you go.
Dennis more to mow !! Nice pics
Kyle cute ....
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter and family drama, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, Randy / RIP /condolences to Family, Roy /palpitations, /angina, /alligatoritus, /wife ankle, not get sick, Billy /wife back & hip, mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /3 new skin cancer spots and treatment, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Frits/ daughters hip replacement /veteran son with mental issues, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Doug and wife/health issues, /nerve and pain, / wife headaches, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /wife not feeling well, /marriage, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis /retirement plans and land purchase and development, / brother "alligallyitus" and improving, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend cancer diagnosis and recovery,Mike /spine injury and recovery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[scaredychicken]

Hey all,

Had a busy couple of days

Cousin drove out (5 hrs) for a visit, stayed in a hotel overnight and left this afternoon - great to see him, and get caught up.

Son In Law came by today to help me on a couple of vehicles - we got closer to a resolution, but no success today - we're also trying to rebuilt the Mazda B4000 that my son introduced to a tree a few years ago. "Bambi" will be worth more when running again.

Had some tractor time today. Used the grapple to pick, lift, load, some old garden carpet into the truck so that I could do a dump run. Took me 45 min to unload at the dump, about 600 lbs of carpet / garbage, and cost me $21.25 (yikes)

Then went boating / fishing with a buddy for the afternoon... caught nothing but wind chills

kinda tired now.

 

[scaredychicken]

Thanks daugen ... that's awesome

 

[scaredychicken]

BEF - congrats on the accepted offer on the VA property

Roy J - still praying that improvement / recovery occurs quickly

Buppies - also praying

Still catching up on this thread

 

[mpham]

Morning all.
Final doctor visit on my operation was good. Doc says healing ahead of schedule and no more restrictions needed. Having bad round of sore hands and feet right now. Joints ache like needles being stuck in them. Not sure if gout related or allergic to new meds I was taking for the arthritis.
Garden is pretty much done as the cold nights have killed everything but the tomato plants. Will be taking out all the dead plants and bringing to the mulch pile this week.(body permitting)
Pellet stove is having issues so ordered a few parts to hopefully get that ready for the coming season.
Nice weather for the week but 40's at night coming for next weekend.
Wife and I will be going to an 80's-90's concert sponsored by the town this afternoon. Will be taking father in law and one of my sisters.
Not much happening tractor wise. Did get the lawn and field mowed once since I last posted. No rain has kept the growing down to nothing much.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[daugen]

good morning all
lovely day, again, 62 out now going up to 85, little warmer than yesterday.
Ten day forecast shows much colder weather coming in later this week.

Since not having eaten it in probably 50 years, I made some spam and eggs this morning.
yes, heart attack on a plate. Think I'll wait another 50 years to try again, plain original spam really doesn't
taste very good to me, but did bring back memories. Fat and salt, no wonder so many folks eat it. I feel like I have a grease slick
in my mouth now... sort of like bacon but at least that tastes infinitely better.

going to the Quaker Meeting down the street for a change this morning. I've only been there for weddings and memorial services.
I know a few folks there, this is closest Meeting to where I grew up 5 miles away.

ex-wife stopped in to pick up some tomatoes I had for her. Had to give her a big hug, going through tough times.
Her husband is 12 years into multiple myeloma where you usually get 10 years, and now her nearby older brother was diagnosed with
brain cancer last week. I have a nearby older brother too so I know how she feels.
If there is any good news, modern medicine involving cancer is much more effective (look at me...) but brain cancer in multiple locations
sure doesn't sound good.

we've had enough rain I could mow the lawn a setting lower yesterday and I think it looks better. Time to put the leaf bagger on, a task for next week.

Phil, have fun this afternoon.

 

[Thomas]

Glad your doing well Phil.
Aches and pains are part of retirement.

 

[Thomas]

51 cloudy mid 70's for high on/off starting afternoon overnight.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...check game cams,putter,watch little football.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[m7040]

Good Morning chilly 60 going to 82 today. Watching Clarkson's farm on Amazon he had the right idea on his choice for a tractor. A gigantic Lamborghini tractor with controls and handles to operate that rival a NASA rocket. At least my choice for equipment now seems reasonable

 

[scootr]

Good Morning ! 5am 61 going to 81 today. Lovely weather forecasted all week. Gonna mow the front lawn and play with the tractor later.

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-09-18, 0826

52° right now...high in the mid-70's... probably some rain...looks like rain over the next couple days.
Feeling better, but not 100%. Probably get my stepdaughter to give me another Covid test this afternoon or evening.
No chores today...I have plenty of chores to do, but just don't have the energy to do them...

 

[Buppies]

Glad you are feeling better Roy

Nice day yesterday sunny warm not hot just nice, supposed to be great fall color this year October will be on warm side hot for Don. Thanks Mostly they help really rough place

Glad you are improving mpham too funny Kyle but true. Thanks scaredy

You have a beautiful place BEF, take care Thomas

Prayers for all our Country

 

[pennwalk]

I did mow the lawn at the house yesterday. It wasn't past due but it looks better now. I noticed places in the backyard that were still wet from the dew at 3.
We are eating lettuce from the garden. The green beans and edamame (soy beans) are pretty much done. We are getting a few red raspberries.

Have you guys seen any of the videos from Burning man? It looked like one heck of a party. If I was 20 I'd probably want to head out there and dance around in my underwear too. Only down side is the heat ,dust and the fact that a lot of people came back with covid.

Loving the Fall weather.

Chris

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Cat question for you feline owners....
Our cat almost 2 years old. Orange and white female. We got her as a stray and had her spayed. Outside barn cat. (she has a warming element for winter). She doesn't get loads of affection, but will let us pet her daily, scratching her jowls and such. But when it's late in the evening, if you spend time with her and pet her as mentioned, when you're done and starting to walk away, she will often try to bite you on the ankle/leg. And not a light bite, but enough to hurt and I told my wife and kids to only pet her if you have pants on.

What is going on?

I mowed with the Beast yesterday evening. Got the ditches done on the county road, and did the perimeter of one field, and mowed along 1 of our tributaries up near the front gate. Maybe about 3 acres total. I did make a mower deck flap, by cutting about 45 degrees out of an old tire. There are 2 pieces of steel on the stock mounting system that sandwich it. While it's not as pretty as OEM, it actually works decent. It is hinged and you can lay it back to open it wide open without the need for a bungee. It was not fun cutting through a tire. I first tried my sheet metal snips, then my saws all with a fine toothed blade, then finally put a thin blade in the 4.5" grinder. It actually wore out 2 of the thin blades. So, it cost me about $10 to make this ugly flap. LOL.

Son supposed to acolyte this AM, but he's suffering a deep cough, so we might keep him home. I'm teaching Sunday school in between services.

Prayers for our team.

 

[rswyan]

62F and sunny @ 09:00, heading up to a high of around 83F for the day. Rain due in tonight, 88% chance, around 0.25" expected. Calling for rain tomorrow as well: 92% chance, 0.43" expected. Then a dry day followed by rain on Wednesday.

Fortunately temps will remain pretty warm (80's) until Thursday ... which might help to dry things up a little.

Nothing in live trap in the pole barn when I checked it yesterday morning, will see today if we had any better luck last night.

Got some raking done on the screened compost/manure over at the depression in the front lawn I was trying to fill in. More to do on that today and get it seeded before the rain moves in.

Greased FEL on Kubota then started working on digging out that 2nd pile of clay:

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Had five observers (just to the right of the pile and further back) who seemed to be fascinated with what I was doing:

They hung around for awhile before finally sauntering off to the adjoining property:

Got better than half of that pile dug out and moved up to the screener:

And got better than half of that screened as well ...

Looked at the man door up at the shop several times yesterday as I passed by. Typically you'd see some Yellowjackets buzzing around the trim to enter the nest. Did not see a one, which is certainly an encouraging sign.

On the agenda for today:

Run down and grab another 4 gallons of diesel then refuel the Cub.

Finish screening the rest of the clay that's up at the screener.

Jigger things around inside barn and make some room to pile up the screened clay.

Unload foam board insulation out of van.

Run over to friends place to pick up some steel he has been saving for me.

Finish raking out that dirt and get it seeded.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday ...