Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
69° and foggy. Supposed to burn off into a sunny 90° day.

Today starts with the FAA visit, I should be in good shape for that, I made sure that I had everything in order and at my fingertips yesterday.
After that, assuming that the fog burns off it’s over to the RC club to fly the retired guys. That should keep me until lunch, then I have an errand to run with the little plane, picking someone up in Philly and dropping them off in Allentown to pick up their plane from avionics shop. Nothing planned after that, but something always comes up.

Like last night when I went to cover the grill, I noticed that one of the pivot pins for the folding side table was bent. I decided I needed to straighten it, and broke it off in the process. So I wrestled with deciding which was easier, bringing the TIG welder to the grill or vice versa. Ultimately decided neither, I silver brazed it with Harris SafetySilv 56, which is a perfect color match for stainless steel, and only required bringing an acetylene/air torch out to the grill. The repair worked out well in the end.

 

[Buppies]

Precious is overseeing the lower 40 this morning

 

[riptides]

Hmm...different morning thus far. Power went out in the middle of everything, had to get generator out. Seriously need to think about switch for the water supply to run off generator. That is the most critical missing element for the house and farm. Water for the animals. I guess the pool could get us by for a few days, but water is on the top of the list.

73 outside right now, muggy, climbing to 90 today. Already feel the heat in the house building up.

Chiggers are still messing with me, sleep is not a lot of fun.

Will see what else today brings, in bachelor mode right now. Wife and MIL visiting middle daughter.

See my smile? LOL.

Have a good day all. Be safe.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 70 going to 91 and hazy
Got the dogs nails trimmed and did a lot of watering around the gardens.

Thomas, good luck on the new job, hope it fits you well.

We have the Grange fair this week, will try to go and look at the tractors, have to find out when the tractor parade is being held.

Today, more watering, more work on stiltgrass. Harvest a few more tomatoes. Not enough time after work to do more wood cleanup in the back area, maybe this weekend.

Be well,

 

[daugen]

Grange Fair, thanks for reminding me Ken. Starts tomorrow

got some painting done, left helper out painting garage door, plus we plugged some carpenter bee holes.
took big package of veggies to older neighbor.
haven't even started what I thought I would do but when landlord asked do I want free help today,
well you bet.

 

[wngsprd]

Buppies, that's a good looking dog. I like the yard art bird.

Rip, I feel for you.

I was filing yesterday's Kubota parts receipt away...noticed a receipt with similar purchases from July 2023...the SUDT2 was the same exact price...the filters had each gone up about a buck. I try to keep a spare filter for each application. The closest dealer is nearly 20 miles. I ordered from Messicks once, but the shipping charge hurt, and of course, going to the dealer get to see the new shiny tractors.

 

[riptides]

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Rip, I feel for you.

I was filing yesterday's Kubota parts receipt away...noticed a receipt with similar purchases from July 2023...the SUDT2 was the same exact price...the filters had each gone up about a buck. I try to keep a spare filter for each application. The closest dealer is nearly 20 miles. I ordered from Messicks once, but the shipping charge hurt, and of course, going to the dealer get to see the new shiny tractors.

LOL.

Most of my Kubota dealers are 45 minutes away. Messicks does hurt on the shipping. I had a filter show up once with a broken seal on the filter itself. They had a quick turnaround on the issue. Unfortunate all maintenance here must be planned in advance. Parts, fluids and time all need to be available. No "think I'll change the oil" today for me. LOL.

Power back on, pole down the road taken out again with another car accident. Neighbor posted something, they kept stats, saying 90 percent of our power outages are caused by accidents on one road. They have the dates and times going back a while. Just, wow.

 

[sodamo]

70°F and .05 inches rain

Off to Kona this morning

Neighbor rented a dump truck to be returned and I’m his ride home. Of course a stop at Costco and the brewery.
Will make for a full day as not leaving until later.

Nice in town Happy Hour.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Buppies]

Wngsprd was done by man locally made from shovel rake and other parts Hokie Bird got for Father’s Day one year

 

[rswyan]

87F and sunny, calling for a high of 90F @ 12:00.

57% chance of precipitation later tonight.

Ended up being a lot less cloud cover yesterday when I started watering the pumpkins along flower bed.

Decided to get started mowing down here around the house and otherwise work in the shade.

Got the area over the leach bed and the rest of the back mowed.

Then started working on the arbs, spreading mulch.

Got another 2 of those watered and fed, emptying out the Water Buffalo.

Refilled Water Buffalo.

Dump part of a bucket load of wood chips around a maple tree then used the remainder to mulch around base of arbs.

Hooked up 2 head watering rig and ran it for about 10 minutes on a small area of lawn over on the west side that was really dry.

Have multiple dry areas over there that will need that done if we don’t get any rain.

After that I headed over to the garden and started watering the rest of the pumpkins planted along the east edge of the flower bed. Got those all done, 2 gallons each.

Found another pumpkin lurking back in the flower bed … probably a Mammoth Gold ... at least 10” in diameter:

Might be more, hard to say for sure with all the flowers (and weeds) growing there.

Got some more of the wood chips there spread out as well.

Woman came out and we collected 3 or 4 more summer squash and a monster cuke that was hiding from us.

Gathered up stuff that needed to be put away and came around front to the garage.

Worked on replacing hose ends on a garden hose. Got that all done and hose loaded in dump cart.

Then headed to shop and worked on project for friend until dinner was ready.

Hauled trash up to the cans at the road after dinner.

Collected key out of Kubota after dinner and drove Cub over by garden to block deer. Didn’t bother moving Kubota.

Pinned the netting over the brassicas where it had come down. Apparently someone had wandered into it during the night.

Picked the first tomato, a Crimson Cushion:

Agenda for today:

Refill bird feeders.

Hook up soaker hose on indeterminate tomatoes on the straight trellis and give them a drink.

More mowing down here around the house.

Probably do some more glyphosate spraying.

Finish project for friend.

Otherwise just see what else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a decent Tuesday ...