Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

success getting son moved off my phone plan, now it’s just me, and 44GB all by myself to use in a week before I switch. That’s what Verizon wireless gets for screwing me, should have done this a long long time ago. It also got my son paying for his own service.
Way to go Buckeyes.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Same here. Been years since helping Dad load cattle to take them to Lexington. Finally got someone to haul them after we round them up in the pens. I remember during one of his last hospital stays I told him all the cattle have been picked up and sold at the auction in Lexington. The land was leased to relatives in the cattle business after he died.

Wish we could find someone to lease the farm to

 

[txdon]

Wish we could find someone to lease the farm to

The fences, pens and the grass has to be in good shape. He always spent more on feed, new fences and pens than he made selling calves.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The fences, pens and the grass has to be in good shape. He always spent more on feed, new fences and pens than he made selling calves.

It's unbelievable how much things have grown up since dad sold off the cows. And fences haven't been repaired in years now, so it would take a lot to keep cattle there now. However, hay fields are still in decent shape.

 

[Looking4new]

I got the north field cut today and my new "off road diesel' stickers installed on both oil tanks and the hood of the Kioti near the fill hole.

I've been heating with ORD since I got the furnace installed in 1995. It is a mid efficiency forced air oil furnace that is still 85% efficient. It is a Hunter furnace with a Beckett burner.

When I bought this place in 1994, (I've no idea how old the house is), it had a steel roof and the same roof is there to this day. I heard they are guaranteed for 50 years.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. Light wind, 1 inch in rain gauge, rest of day overcast with more drizzle in evening, high temp was 78ºF. Nap then help with fish fry setup, came home watch recorded news, then back to work the fish fry. Bid on and won 4 people crappie fish trip on lake includes fish cleaning. Several items brought over $2K. Brought home some leftover catfish and sides.
resuming 8/27/25 5:17PM CDT post 210,654:
Dennis nice pics, my guess fox, good looking road block.
Randy(wag) bit more rain, nice. Glad town trip so successful. Nice property rate drop! Hope feet work went well.
Kyle glad you got your student workers back. I understand about the spreadsheets, I don't do many as well. Glad to hear son's tennis game coming along, hope he continues to improve.
Bill sorry you had so much trouble with line guys and meter readers.
Buppies glad good dinner and Holly ate well.
Thursday 3:32 AM CDT:
Drew enjoy the cool of the day.
Ron Glad shopping, blade sharpening and mowing all went well and porch time with Sassy. Nice pic, way different background in pic.
Drew hope you get good new neighbor.
Scott(vt)glad Wednesday went well. Hope good trip to VT. Hope you get some time to activate the state park.
Buppies hope paperwork went well.
Mike glad you got more pasture cut. Nice catch on horse and bad shoe. Hope fuel runs and mowing went well.
Dennis 46 downright cool. for August morning temp.
Happy(NC) glad you got flush valves installed, and PEX work went well. Hope dog was entertained. Hope oil change went well if done.
Don glad you got some rain. Sorry about irrigation line damage, glad you could get it fixed. Congrats on new pole pruner, glad it works.
Drew glad new trimmer works well. I can tell very quickly when on string breaks.
Lou sorry you got rained out this year.
Tom(eng) in Missouri legal to hunt coyotes year round, some counties had bounties on them.
Don sorry about meter hassle. Bill size jump with new meter?
Bill hope good day in the rabbit hole.
Frits glad mowing went well. hope you were able to decide what you wanted to work on.
ArlyA hope trail blazing and mowing went well.
Tom(eng) thanks for clarification on coyotes.
Ken glad pool cleaned up, hope busy at day job good thing.
Kyle hope your mom's cardiac appointment went well.
ArlyA more deer in St Louis than in the Ozarks, and no place with good shots
Billy long day between driving and hiking, sorry Della missed out. Never had or made banana pancakes, sorry about not greasing the griddle.
Bill hope good day in rabbit hole again.
Dennis who did you go with that uses Verizon network?
Drew nice you got rid of the mold. Hope watermelon ready to pick
David hope new mower works out for you.
Dftodd not the record you expect to set in August!!
Buppies same in Missouri on coyotes, not sure about Texas.
Peter(tug) if coyotes in pack, they will hunt larger prey, especially dogs, one coyote will decoy dog back to pack.
more catch up later.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Scott(vt) /wife's back pain, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Eye recovery, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Israel, Ukraine war, Middle East War, and Country.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee has been poured. 44° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 75° with sunny skies. Got tractor cleanup and greased yesterday. Got company in afternoon. So back field grass did not get cut. Started to prune shrubs around house. That did not go far. Buried down in second shrub was a large hornets nest. Will get out before sunup and spray it.

Hope to get back field grass cut in afternoon.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good Sunday morning to all
50 out now going all the way up to 80 in sunshine today

RS, great looking veggies
what do you two do with all those cucumbers?
not sure how to put them away, pickled?

need to wake up. Up early with Ron.
good morning Sassy.

 

[Spike56]

Good Morning from Central Texas.

About 5am, 79 degrees / mid 70's dew point. A 90% chance for rain later. Will see, the NWS is wrong more than right.
Hauled 12 head to auction yesterday. (3) mine, (9) F.I.L. Cattle prices are very good between 2.80 to 3.10/lb.
Closest call I ever had to being seriously hurt as big cow with horns came after me. Had me turned around and missed running me down by 2 inches. UGH. Cow smashed into pen fence, now work to repair.
Would like to get rid of the cattle. But, going Wildlife Exemption requires more efforts. Plus, FIL and I run adjacent lands and he wouldn't want to do that.

Waiting on Rains !

Hope all had a great day.

 

[daugen]

hope it's a gentle rain Spike, no arroyo busters...

we could use a little rain here, going into a dry time
last year I was on the road in late august and wasn't here to water, lost
one of my willow shrubs. It's replacement seems happy and if it hasn't rained in several weeks,
will go take a pail of water to it. I only do that the first year of planting.
That area is submerged half a dozen times a year anyway by the drainage ditch overflow

those missing shingles on my roof ripped off in a storm, same one that landed a huge tree on landlord's barn.
likely need a new roof but I'm sure this will drag on. I have called one place for an estimate, calling another today.
hard to get big companies to do little jobs