Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[txdon]

Oh I would also. Can't find good window washers. My brother cleaned windows and he wouldn't do mine!
hugs, Brandi

Brandi, we found the perfect window cleaning pad. It comes with a pivoting head on a pole and the pad really does clean 20 windows in less than an hour with no streaking - simply an incredible product.

Clean outdoor windows in half the time - Windex

 

[two_bit_score]

Since FG19's rain dances aren't making much rain have you guys ever tried grillin meat? That usually brings a rain around here from nowhere. Beautiful day here today but about the time the grill was hot I heard thunder out front and could see it getting dark. Went to the front porch and could see rain falling from the sky just north of here. We were lucky for the next 12 minutes and got the meat cooked. Everything else from the garden. We love eating stuff from our garden. We haven't been to the store for 3 weeks now. Have to go soon, getting low on TP.
Ron

Great looking steak and 'maters.

 

[two_bit_score]

That's what I've read and been told. And it does seem that the horned toads and big red ants all disappeared about the same time.



I don't think I'd heard that before, but it sounds likely. I know I've not seen a tick in years; and never saw any when we lived in Navarro County, but we sure had lots of fire ants. I've also read that fire ants are actually good for cotton crops because they eat boll weevils.

I heard fire ants eat termites.

 

[bindian]

There's another one I missed :confused3:
Please explain.
Ron

Ron,
Here is the link for cornmeal algae control. I only use it in the summer months. Homemade Algaecide | eHow
The pond dye I use I get at TSC.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

When was the last time anyone saw a horned toad? I could've asked when was the last time you saw a jackrabbit but I saw one last week. First one since early 90's.

Back in 1997, the Panhandle was covered in them. My kids and I didn't know they were illegal to keep and travel with. We bought home about 15 and fed them fire ants. We kept them in an aquarium with about 3 inches of sandy dirt. Each night they huckered down with just their eyes above the sand. I think we feed them small crickets also. A few died off and the kids took the rest to my ex MIL's lakehouse to turn loose. I gather Texas Horny Toads are illegal to have or transfer, but Arizona Horny Toads can be sold.

The hundred of acres of grass at Hobby Airport have hundreds and hundreds of jackrabbits. My supervisor hit one on the service road from the hangar to the terminal. I made a sign with a crude rabbit on it with a RED line through the rabbit and posted the sign near where he hit the jack. That sign didn't last long.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Brandi, we found the perfect window cleaning pad. It comes with a pivoting head on a pole and the pad really does clean 20 windows in less than an hour with no streaking - simply an incredible product.

Clean outdoor windows in half the time - Windex

Thanks Don. I usually just wait to I pressure wash everything and wash them then.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Lou66]

I have many fire ants.. send Horny Toads ,, they can have their way on my land.:confused3::shocked::laughing:. Lou

 

[blueriver]

A guy asked me if my hay was "certified fire ant free" I says .. What? He told me last yr he bought some hay in Louisiana and just over the line in Arkansas he got stopped and asked for his papers to verify fire ant free they made him return the hay.

So, I investigated and sure enough there are fire ant quarantined areas .. You can transport in the area but if you haul outside the area you must provide documentation of "certified fire ant free"

Ok dept of Ag inspected my hay storage set fire any traps and provided me with a stamp of my farm number to put on the paperwork "certified fire ant free"

 

[farmgirl19]

You got a rain guage like the blue one on my back porch in earlier post? Here's wishing ya a good soaking.

I don't have one of those blue, sophisticated gauges like yours, robby, but my old fashioned one out in the front looks like I got 0.6" of rain, last night. Had to take the flashlight out to look at it. Just glancing over things using the flashlight, I don't see any roofs from barns or sheds, so maybe I avoided the damage. When the rain first began falling, I think what I was seeing was actually hitting the ground in Eastland, as it was coming "down" completely horizontal. I was glad when those winds died a bit. I'll get a chance to look things over a little better, at sunup, right before I leave for work.

Getting better than a half inch of rain, the second week of August sure is great! Maybe I'll grow some more pastures. It might be too late for anyone to get another baling of hay.

 

[farmgirl19]

A guy asked me if my hay was "certified fire ant free" I says .. What? He told me last yr he bought some hay in Louisiana and just over the line in Arkansas he got stopped and asked for his papers to verify fire ant free they made him return the hay.

So, I investigated and sure enough there are fire ant quarantined areas .. You can transport in the area but if you haul outside the area you must provide documentation of "certified fire ant free"

Ok dept of Ag inspected my hay storage set fire any traps and provided me with a stamp of my farm number to put on the paperwork "certified fire ant free"

That is the first that I have heard about that, but it makes sense, I guess. The fire ants are going to continue to migrate, but maybe some vigilence will slow them down. It should make your hay a better commodity for those in the fire ant free zones, with you having the certification.