Recent content by tjandrews

At 76, I sometimes think that I should have one of my doctors install a zerk on each knee. Then I could give them a couple of shots each morning so they'd move easier. (Some days they need it more than others.) Trouble is, I don't know which grease would be best for that application...

I use Dawn dishwashing liquid and some water to clean my greasy hands. Works great, better than some mechanic's hand cleaner I've tried. I figure if they can use it to clean birds after an oil spill, it ought to be good enough for me.

No experience here with chewing up a sod with a tiller, or with working in clay, so I can't say if a tiller would be the best tool for your purpose or not. That said, less than a month ago we had to replace our 10-year-old 60-inch Tractor Supply tiller because after hitting one too many of our...

Have you tried getting some estimates for taking it down? You might be surprised. We've had the same guy take down four trees for us over the last five years. Three threatened the house, one the garage. Emerald ash borer got to two of them, wild grape strangled the roots of another, and the...

You'd love the PTO shaft on our pull-type hay tedder. Built by Kuhn many years ago, it's painted in New Holland colors. The PTO shaft is very long as these shafts go, and very heavy, and has TWO push buttons that need to be pressed simultaneously to connect it. Loads of fun.

Depends on the tractor. We have three, a John Deere, an IH, and an old 1952 Case. On the JD, the tractor PTO can be moved if the engine is off. On the IH, the tractor PTO can be moved if disengaged, regardless of engine status. The old Case is the most dangerous. That PTO "coasts" with no...

That pile of grass clippings would make great mulch/compost for a vegetable garden. And as for the dandelions, if the price of coffee keeps rising, we'll need them for this: https://groundabout.coffee/brew-guides/dandelion-coffee-recipe/

Best laugh I've had since the snow melted away. I live on a small farm, with over 50 acres of hay. Sometime around mid-May, those hay fields are covered with dandelions, and a few days later the seeds are disbursed as nature intended. A waste of time and money to try to stop it, as by the time...

A "weed" is defined as any plant growing where you don't want it. So by definition, if I'm OK with the stuff that's growing in my lawn, it's weed-free!

I'm of the lawn care school that says "If it's green and the mower can cut it off, it's grass." Consequently, I have several different species of "grass" in my lawn, some even planted on purpose. When I mow, especially this time of year, it looks great when I'm done, but by the next day some...

Wait a minute... How do we know this is REAL? How do we know it isn't some A.I. generated scam? You can't trust anything you see on social media these days, you know. ;):cautious:

Around here, there's no such thing as an "old" elm. Dutch elm disease got all the old ones decades ago. My grandfather liked having elms around, calling them "Nature's lightning rods." He claimed he'd seen several times when lightning had hit an elm rather than a nearby building. We still have...

Nothing new here. For many years, when the price of crude oil went up, the price at the pump would immediately follow, even though the cost of fuel already in the tanks had not changed. The justification? The sellers claimed they would have to pay more to replace the inventory they were selling.

Not just manufacturing jobs. Amazon, who sells, among other things, tractor parts (Must keep this on-topic), built a regional warehouse in my area a few years ago. Micron, an American company that builds memory chips (No doubt some of which are destined for new tractors), is attempting to build...

I saw a note about an article in a farming magazine with the title "Outwitting Slugs This Spring." I was kinda disappointed to see they weren't talking about politicians... I think that once the dust settles we'll see that things won't be as rosy as the Empowered predict, nor as dire as the...