Good morning!!!!

   / Good morning!!!! #195,921  
Thomas, tell Boo and friends to be careful, hunting season starts today.
Mrs. has given Boo instructions keep his ears and butt low this morning,also remined me about putting up her new signs... 9/1/24 HUNTING BY PERMISSION ONLY 12/15/24. 🙄
 
   / Good morning!!!! #195,922  
good morning, 70 going to 82 and it rained yesterday evening

Worked some more on the trees and the bees got me. Icing cold packs the rest of the day. Lots of swelling. Never seen the hand twice the size

Anyway somewhat better today

Was setting up to split some of the oversize firewood but concluded that the new stove with the bigger firebox should be able to handle it. Today will scout out rounds to split.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #195,923  
70 cloudy degrees this morning big storms came thru between 7:00 and 8:30PM rain gauge on the fritz.

Prayers for stepson PJ

Great wood work mpham I adore the wood have some in floor here at the homestead.

Tell boo to stay safe Thomas

Hope swelling goes down m7040

Prayers for all our Country
 
   / Good morning!!!! #195,924  
good morning, 70 going to 82 and it rained yesterday evening

Worked some more on the trees and the bees got me. Icing cold packs the rest of the day. Lots of swelling. Never seen the hand twice the size
Sorry about your stings. Hate wasps. I was fortunate on the riding mower Friday when I went under a low branch on our pecan tree and my face ran into a nest with about a dozen wasps on it. I had on a baseball hat, sunglasses, ear muffs and an N95 mask. I mashed on the forward pedal and was slinging off everything on my head. Did not get hit. Got the Raid out and took it out. Raid flying insects in the black can is the best.

Went to a fun wedding yesterday. 2 people from 2 churches that we attend. We knew both congregations attending. So it was good for us. Some good bbq brisket, chicken, green beans, German noodles. Good carrot cake too for the groom's cake.

Drew and PJS, y'all have fun.

Getting ready for church.

Prayers for our team.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #195,925  
Good Morning Paul,
Next project was to make the mantle on my friends sawmill.
Should make a nice mantel ! Are you going to let it dry out in the barn ? When I was building our home back in 1982, I did some machine work for a guy that owned a mill in Vermont. In return he milled a piece of red oak for our mantel. I let it dry in my garage for 6 months but even after that period of time the mantel twisted ! I guess the only fool proof method would be to use a moisture meter !
 
   / Good morning!!!! #195,926  
Morning all, 63 going to 83 and cloudy.
got a smidgen of rain last night, ground still pretty dry.

Did some cleanup and then we went to peddlers village for dog walk, then dropped off dog and into town for some time watching the river go by. Then picked up dinner at Lebanese place in town.

All said and done, got 2 peaches from tree, rest got eaten by critters, and quite a few attacked by ants. Looks like I will have to sticky tape all the fruit trees.

Happy retirement CKF - guess more time on the farm? Any big plans?

Dehumidifier cleaning worked, even has a little filter for the pump, which desperately needed cleaning. Pays to read the manual sometimes...

Got a Eufy Solar camera on sale, will see how it works for us.

Paul/Popgadget - that should make a pretty amazing mantle.

Drew/PaulPJS - have fun today- We used to go feed the giraffes at a local zoo when kid was small. Lots of fun.

Be well,

Still working on the bridge. Hope they finish soon. It needed the work.
We have another narrower bridge that the "commission" is trying to replace, all the local towns are fighting this and they are trying to get it registered to force it's preservation. It is the narrowest bridge on the Delaware, and is good at limiting traffic through that part of town since trucks can't use it.
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For a long time the geese were keeping ducks away on the river. I don't know how (or want to ask), but the goose population is down and the hundred or so ducks we saw yesterday is a huge improvement.
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   / Good morning!!!! #195,927  
72°F and .78 inches rain. Today looking like a wet one.

Yesterday was pretty much in the green house day. Got my gutter garden soaker irrigation put together and functioning. Like the way it works. Now I need to dial in settings. Started with 1 minute run every hour but suspect that may be too much. I’ll have to get a pic.

Also did a major rework of my hydroponics. Just couldn’t get the flow right. After letting the glue set overnight will be giving that a test run this morning.

This has gotten serious, calculated I’ve got about $300 into both systems and that doesn’t count the “free” parts. Looking for some tasty veggies as ROI.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day
 
   / Good morning!!!! #195,928  
76F and sunny @ 12:00, calling for cloudy and a high of 82F for the day. 51% chance of rain which would be welcome.

Doled out another week's worth of meds yesterday first thing.

Was water in the Kubota bucket when I went out yesterday so we did get some rain, but it didn't look like all that much.

Third screening completed and cleaned up so compost screening operations finally finished for the year ... (y) :

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What's left in that pile needs to rot down over the winter, still have a couple of smaller piles to do down by the house as well but won't get to those until next year.

Refilled the 2 tube feeders and scattered some seeds for the ground feeders.

Saw one groundhog out by the feeders. Think it's one from the neighbor's who might be looking to relocate.

Got the front lawn mowed, still need to do down here by the house. Ground was very dry and hard ... :(

Relatives came by for some zucchini, hooked them up with a couple. Picked a larger one that got away from me. Probably shred that one for zucchini bread.

Undid the cage around the peach tree, the wind blew 5 of the 6 peaches down the other day so I gathered those up and picked the last one.

Woman got sick the other day, upper respiratory/chest thing, was feeling pretty bad. Neighbor dropped off a COVID test, Woman says She muffed it when She did it ... so not clear what it is. She sounds like crap but says She's feeling better today ... (y)

Probably going to work on dividing more hosta clumps and getting those planted today.

Need to refill the Water Buffalo.

Best chances for rain between 17:00 - 19:00 so probably hold off on any mowing until tomorrow. Had enough of the bumpiness on hard ground yesterday doing the front.

Habanero peppers getting ripe along with the others, need to get those picked.

Hopper feeder probably due for a refill.

See what else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a decent Sunday ... (y)
 

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