Texas Spring/Summer Thread

michael.white · Mar 29, 2013

jinman said:
This year I am planting ****** melons because they typically run almost $4 each at the fruit stand.

Are those Ein Dor melons? I grew those a few years back before I sold my house in Ft. Worth. I had to re-plant after the freeze this year; I'm using four year old frozen seeds. I've never seen Ein Dors in a store.

jinman · Mar 29, 2013

michael.white said:
Are those Ein Dor melons? I grew those a few years back before I sold my house in Ft. Worth. I had to re-plant after the freeze this year; I'm using four year old frozen seeds. I've never seen Ein Dors in a store.

Similar, but not exactly like the Ein Dor. It's also called an Ogen Melon and grown in ******. I just buy them at a local fruit stand and save the seeds. The meat is light yellow to white and extremely sweet with a mild taste. The netted look on the skin of the melon is large and much lighter in color than a regular cantaloupe. They don't have the rich taste of a cantaloupe, but are sweeter, almost a dessert melon. I don't know a lot about them except that the fruits I buy have seeds that preserve easily and germinate well the following year. If grown around cantaloupes, they rapidly change to a hybrid after cross-pollination.

Bird · Mar 29, 2013

jinman said:
Similar, but not exactly like the Ein Dor. It's also called an Ogen Melon and grown in ******. I just buy them at a local fruit stand and save the seeds. The meat is light yellow to white and extremely sweet with a mild taste. The netted look on the skin of the melon is large and much lighter in color than a regular cantaloupe. They don't have the rich taste of a cantaloupe, but are sweeter, almost a dessert melon. I don't know a lot about them except that the fruits I buy have seeds that preserve easily and germinate well the following year. If grown around cantaloupes, they rapidly change to a hybrid after cross-pollination.

I had a similar experience with the ****** melons and their seed. I don't know of any place here close to buy ****** melons, but I'll buy them if I find any.

Incidentally, I bought an 8# bag of California Oranges today. They're beautiful and taste great, and are monsters to peel. Maybe because I don't know how???

txdon · Mar 29, 2013

Jim, Whipper is getting very upset, she says she is not the reason there will be no Easter eggs this year.

foreman Etexas · Mar 29, 2013

Well my niece got grand champion with her lamb,I was so proud.
That's her in the yellow shirt

Western · Mar 30, 2013

foreman Etexas said:
Well my niece got grand champion with her lamb,I was so proud.
That's her in the yellow shirt View attachment 310580

That is awesome!! She auction it??

Western · Mar 30, 2013

Rain is just "down the street", looks like Jim may already be getting the "liquid gold":laughing: Hopefully we get a measurable amount. Good intense lightning and thunder right now and the storms look on radar to be wide spread:thumbsup:

Western · Mar 30, 2013

Very good, hard rain so far!! looks like just under 1" so far in the gauge (using a flashlight) We may get some nice totals over the next 4 days!!!!

foreman Etexas · Mar 30, 2013

Western said:
That is awesome!! She auction it??

Brought $4,250 with about another $1,000 on add ons.
Grand Champion Steer sold for $40,000.
Its pooring down rain and thunder here.

Bird · Mar 30, 2013

Being nearly deaf when I take my hearing aids out, I didn't see or hear any rain, but the NWS shows Denton got exactly 1" and I just poured a little more than that (maybe 1.03") out of my gauge. It's certainly most welcome.

jinman · Mar 30, 2013

txdon said:
Jim, Whipper is getting very upset, she says she is not the reason there will be no Easter eggs this year.

No, Whipper is responsible for Lee County having no snakes. She's Lee County's version of St. Patrick.

Dennis and Bird: We got 0.8" here, so we all got very similar amounts. My grandson and I finished planting our garden yesterday, so we are fully planted before the end of March except for replants where necessary. I'm sure glad there wasn't hail in that storm to bruise my young tender tomato and pepper plants. I looked out this morning and there is water standing between rows, so I'm sure the garden will come alive with some warm sunny days.

EDIT: Congrats to your niece, Foreman! That lamb looks almost as tall as she is. I know her parents must really be proud too.

Western · Mar 30, 2013

foreman Etexas said:
Brought $4,250 with about another $1,000 on add ons.
Grand Champion Steer sold for $40,000.
Its pooring down rain and thunder here.

That is a respectable amount for a lamb:thumbsup: Should help finance another adventure.

I got a total of 1.05" in about 45 minutes, good run-off, maybe a foot of new water in the tank. Sure looks greener out this morning.

foreman Etexas · Mar 30, 2013

Western said:
That is a respectable amount for a lamb:thumbsup: Should help finance another adventure.

I got a total of 1.05" in about 45 minutes, good run-off, maybe a foot of new water in the tank. Sure looks greener out this morning.

Thanks Jinman and Western... Her Pappy raises show lambs,so that will be all towards college,thats so great. I(Hall Ranch) will be donating a show steer to a friends son next year,he tried so hard with his market pig and didnt make sale,it was also his first year. My oldest doesnt have the desire to show and the youngest still has 4 more years(and wonts to show one of everything

),in the mean time going to help others. Little Abby(niece) was so happy, I got something my eye cause it started to water

texasjohn · Mar 30, 2013

Congrats on the win.

Rain? Way cloudy this morning...It's just like my uncle said about the 50's drought..."John, it would cloud up and look like it couldn't help but rain, but never would."

txdon · Mar 30, 2013

foreman Etexas, did you get to see the expression on her face when she won? I bet she will be the expert to consult at school.

No rain here either. I notice around here about 25% of the mesquite leaves are turning yellow like they have been poisoned but it's just a hit and miss. Then I remember that 34˚ morning here on the hill - I bet the lower areas got some frost and the mesquite leafs that were out got hit.

Texasjohn, do the mesquite by you show frost damage?

The Pecan trees are still in winter mode.

mikim · Mar 30, 2013

Put the wife's house plants outside today....better not freeze again....April - texas - nah --it ain't gonna freeze.....(hopehopehope)

foreman Etexas · Mar 30, 2013

txdon said:
foreman Etexas, did you get to see the expression on her face when she won? I bet she will be the expert to consult at school.

No rain here either. I notice around here about 25% of the mesquite leaves are turning yellow like they have been poisoned but it's just a hit and miss. Then I remember that 34˚ morning here on the hill - I bet the lower areas got some frost and the mesquite leafs that were out got hit.

Texasjohn, do the mesquite by you show frost damage?

The Pecan trees are still in winter mode.

Yeap,I was there and it was the funniest thing when the judge told abby now when I give you this let go of her.

texasjohn · Mar 30, 2013

Pecans not out...haven't seen any sign of burn on mesquites...hard to tell if they will show anything...I was up just before daylight...my new weather station on the hill where we live showed 32.8 degrees, then I noticed just at sunrise it was 31.8 degrees, if memory serves, not gonna go look it up...but point is that it was just at the freezing point for only a few minutes, then warmed up as the sun came on up...Maybe "down in the valley" a few are showing something...I've fought them for 30+ years...very few remaining...a few come up each year...Reclaim mix does the trick, just gotta stay with it...Used to have thousands of plants, now probably less than 100 to spray this year, including new sprouts.

http://www.drought.gov/drought/cont...itoring-drought-indicators/us-drought-monitor

Sad and dry state of affairs, noted above.