Good morning!!!!

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Don,

Does anybody know of a good deer repellent?
If not I may have to utilize wire cages.

Don, my wife has been tying up small bags of Irish Spring soap with some other ingredients that I will find out what that is ! The bags are like a mesh material and she has them hung all around the garden !

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Sunday) morning. Overnight Low of 4.9C and it's presently 7.1C (heading to 14C), some high cloud & calm.

Regarding the San Diego Zoo; It was decades ago when I was once there (Navy port visit). The place is huge and, if you're on foot, would take more than a couple of days to see everything. I remember that they had double-decker bus tours through the zoo, so that's an option Drew.

As usual, I'm off to Church in a while and then the rest of the day is His.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[vic4news]

Good Afternoon Don,

Don, my wife has been tying up small bags of Irish Spring soap with some other ingredients that I will find out what that is ! The bags are like a mesh material and she has them hung all around the garden !

My wife also tried hanging Irish Spring soap. It didn’t bother the deer at all. They ate her hostas that were inches away from the soap

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Was talking to dad some about the battle of the bulge book I ordered, and I mentioned Liege Belgium. He said they have 2 cemeteries there. I asked, were you there, and he said I helped take dead people there. Never heard that one before. He has a portrait that was done in Namur Belgium.

 

[Buppies]

My dad was also in the battle of the bulge pretty tough on all concerned tanks ran right thru his group

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Was talking to dad some about the battle of the bulge book I ordered, and I mentioned Liege Belgium. He said they have 2 cemeteries there. I asked, were you there, and he said I helped take dead people there. Never heard that one before. He has a portrait that was done in Namur Belgium.

My dad was also in the battle of the bulge pretty tough on all concerned tanks ran right thru his group

My grandfather was part of the force that Patton forged into Bastogne. He got shrapnel in his leg from a landmine while clinging to a duece and a half. Or something like that.

I got the old Deere riding mower going again. Turns out I need it because the Steiner beast's 72" cut won't fit in some tight places. The Deere has a 42" deck. The vacuum fuel pump from Amazon/China came in and I put it on with fresh 1/4" fuel line. I went ahead and cleaned the carb since it had been surging badly the day before. Now it idles and purrs like a kitten. It took a while to get the K46 bled/purged of internal air. But I'm happy because it goes forward and reverse as it is supposed to, and the tiny little pin that actuates a neutral when you pull a rod that sticks out below the rear gas tank works too. I might need to adjust the for/rev rod's threaded adjustment. It has too much forward and not as much reverse. Maybe I'll like it like that.

BTW, my daughter's birthday is today. We will celebrate tomorrow after church, as she and her steady went to the beach.
The deere rider is sentimental to me, since my FIL paid for half as a gift, for me and the wife giving him his first grandchild. Hopefully I can keep it going another 19 years. It actually only has about 500 hours, but we can mow our acre lawn in about an hour or a bit more, so figure it has mowed our yard maybe 400 times? It could use a new hood, the old one is all cracked up, but still there.

Prayers Buppies and wifey. Not much sleep for me either. Wondering if I need to turbocharge my breathing at night with a cpap?

Tomorrow is busy day at church, new pastor to be installed. Also the kids going to church camp are supposed to be there to show the church what they are paying for. I think 12-14 kids are going.

The motocross races today were very exciting. They raced at Thunder Valley race park in Colorado. It was televised nationwide on NBC. Yamaha won the overall 250 class, while Honda won the overall 450 class.

Don, did Whipper run off the deer for you? Doesn't someone make a motion sensor water sprinkler designed to squirt them when they get close?

Helogabals where have you been?

Prayers for the sick, our team, our nation, Ukraine and ******.

 

[rswyan]

Does anybody know of a good deer repellent?

1. Putrefied egg solids and/or soured milk + water. It’s pretty stinky though.

2. Peppermint extract + water.

We have used both and both seem to work in terms of keeping them from eating things we don’t want them to eat … until it rains.

I added Cayenne powder to No. 1 above to give it an extra kick … so that if they got past the scent and decided to have a nibble anyways they might not care for the taste.

Unfortunately I think adding the Cayenne powder created an issue with the sprayer clogging.

I still have about a gallon out in the garage that should be good and stinky by now (over a year old) and I need to pour off the top juice leaving the Cayenne powder in the bottom of the jug.

On No. 2 we tried that this year and it seemed to be working … and then we had several days of near constant rain. Before I could get back out there and respray the deer came through and clipped most of the Sunny Boy tomatoes.

Apparently they don’t care whether it’s raining or not if they are hungry.

That was before I had the monofilament fence up though.

After they clipped the plants we caged the Sunny Boys’ and got the monofilament fence up and have had no further predation on them. They seemed to have recovered quite well.

We caged the Bush Beefsteak’s as they were planted and they were never touched … other than squirrels digging at their bases to try and bury food for later.

We used 2” x 3” welded wire 2’ tall for the cages because that was what we had and it was free. (Chicken wire/poultry netting would have worked too … and kept the squirrels from digging at the bases of the plants)

If I was buying materials for protective cages I’d probably go taller.

The largest Sunny Boy had outgrown that … so we pulled the welded wire cage and put a normal 54” tall tomato support cage around it several days ago and have had no issues … so this evening we pulled the welded wire cages on the rest of the Sunny Boys and put regular tomato cages on them.

Probably won’t do that on the Bush Beefsteaks as they are only supposed to get 2’ tall.

You have to really diligent about respraying as soon as you can though after the rain stops.

Woman sprayed with peppermint extract + water a few days ago, resprayed everything again tonight after we finished putting the normal cages on.

If not I may have to utilize wire cages.

They’ve worked well here.

 

[Buppies]

A dog is a great deterrent to deer

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 52° with mostly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 72° with mix of sun and clouds. .13" of rain overnight. Got cement put down for front barn door yesterday. Cleaned up tools and put the away when dry. Rest of the day was spent relaxing on porch. No plans for today except watch some NASCAR in afternoon.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
60 going up to 80 today
have some food shopping to do this morning for my trip, then a friend stops over to claim my old laptop.
then time to pack the rv.

having hard time typing. For second time in one week, reached into silverware drawer and stuck my finger onto
end of carrot peeler. I need to put them in a bag or something. Hard to type with bandaid on...

hope you all have a good day

Ron, I was thinking Sassy might have liked to have a paw print in that fresh cement...

 

[ronjhall]

Ron, I was thinking Sassy might have liked to have a paw print in that fresh cement...

Sassy is in the house when I do this type of work. She would be checking out the wet cement.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 52 and going to a high of 64°F. Wind W 6 mph. 40% chance of showers.

I am going to try and get outside today if it isn't raining and do some bodywork on the Dodge. In front of the drivers' side door on the fender the paint is bubbling and the lower front if the passenger door as well. I've got two angle grinders, one with a wire cup and the other one with a cut-off disk. I also have a rattle can of stone guard in black (the colour of the Dodge).

I think that will be enough work for one day.

A bullet will only stop one deer, a large dog will stop many as long as the dog doesn't leave your property. Some people take exception to dogs chasing deer.

Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

have been working on my St Louis visit on the way to California.
Always wanted to see the Arch.
And after my sister and BIL telling me to avoid the traffic of San Diego, I have rerouted California and now
planning on visiting St Louis zoo. Along with PJS hopefully. Unfortunately timing puts me there on Labor Day.
talk about crowds...maybe we can go early.
one never knows, could be pouring rain that day so always have to be flexible.

Also want to see Cahokia Mounds, not far away to east of rv campground located in parking lot of downtown casino.
Looking right up at the Arch I think.
Casino parking lot over Labor Day.
I'm sure it will be nice and quiet....bucolic tweeting of the birds, and the sound of a babbling brook.
maybe I have that mixed up with someplace else...

now I have to work on California again. Might be able to get closer to Scootr.

Bill take it slow and easy and be the turtle that wins the race.

 

[txdon]

Don, did Whipper run off the deer for you? Doesn't someone make a motion sensor water sprinkler designed to squirt them when they get close?

The deer never bothered the back yard while whipper guarded it and deer stay away from dog urine which she supplied along the back fence line. The only problem with the motion detector sprinkler is that they have to have a charged hose connected which is subject to a leak or bursting.

Good morning! 72˚F heading to the upper 90s, S wind. Partly cloudy this morning clearing this afternoon.

The plant move went well yesterday with the ramped panel truck supplied by the realtor. They even left a big wheeled dolly so I could move the trees/plant about where they will be planted in the new back yard. It was hot and I had to take too many breaks so I'm running behind in moving the odds and ends. But first today I need to pressure wash where the plants sat on the patio at the old house. Then continue to move garage stuff. I want everything moved by the end of the week. Having the item you need at the other place is getting old.

 

[wngsprd]

65 and partly cloudy, going to 87.

Great WWII stories. My dad was in the Pacific and part of occupied Japan.

Kyle, Happy Birthday to your daughter. Hope your celebration today is a good one. I'm also missing Kilroy...sent him a PM a few days ago, but haven't heard back. Glad you got that special lawnmower going. My FIL gave me his old Sears riding mower when we moved here...I had been push mowing 2 acres with a 20" 3hp B&S. Had never even been on a riding mower...before we moved here, had always used a reel mower...mostly on weeds coming up through the sand dunes covered with pine needles.

Several weeks back a storm blew down a wild cherry tree, about 12" at the stump...it was across a seldom used path, but decided yesterday was the day to begin converting it into firewood. I ended up with 2@6' FEL buckets full. Even though it was in the low 80's, the humidity was low, so not too bad...except I picked up 3 ticks. This year is the worst I've seen them...probably because we seem to have more critters around than ever.

 

[daugen]

Don, take it slow in the heat, looks mighty warm there

 

[Thomas]

53F nice steady rain started 4am should continue noonish rest od day partly cloudy sky mid 60's.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Wife and I had darn good Mexican dinner last evening.
Plans for today...AM putter in basement,PM putter outside check game cams watch some NASCAR.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
65° with a high in the upper 70’s today. Overcast now with gradual clearing. Chance of rain diminishing as the day goes on and becomes sunny.

Yesterday was a perfect day to be outside, sunny, cool and breezy. Took advantage of the weather to do outside chores. Made some progress on the old folks home, cut out where the radiant heat lines will go into the existing garage, where I’m building the boiler room. Between the 1” insulation sheathing and the urethane foam, it’s a well insulated garage.

I moved some soil around to the front of the house with the loader to backfill along the new concrete ramp, and laid some sod to finish it off.

After grilling a nice lunch, I dropped the loader off, and hooked up the Progressive mower, and with my helper got all the open areas mowed.

He makes sure that we get all the clippings off the decks before it gets parked.

After we put everything away, he played with Zoe, she got quite the workout.

Then his mom came up for dinner, she brought corn on the cob and salads to go along with the chicken I grilled. Son was working late and missed the festivities.

The 25 year old Lynx grill just keeps chugging along. In all those years, the only thing that I’ve done other than clean it was to replace the piezo igniters with battery powered ones.
When you consider the longevity, like all good tools it was worth the expense.

 

[Buppies]

Cloudy this morning rain looks to miss us again 2 85 inches down

Happy Birthday to Kyle’s daughter

Had a great dinner with son and girl friend last night Alexander’s still best in Roanoke

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[daugen]

shopping done, thankful fridge in rv was nice and cold as I loaded some food
now waiting on friend to show, once she has left sun should be coming out so hope to get
some yard work done and wash outside of rv. Since I can't leave too early tomorrow morning, might
delay that wash job til 8am tomorrow since I can't leave until 10 anyway. It's only two hours.
The guy who I'm visiting is fastidious about his cars, house, etc.
so aside from two hours of prime Pennsylvania bugs, rv should be acceptable.
reminds me need to take windex out and do the inside of windshield.
weather will be dry which is nice.
everything is growing like mad here.
my cukes are now climbing into the second story rigging I made for them