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Little cooler today with a high expected of 76 and a mix of sun/cloud. Hope to spend a few hours this morning doing firewood and then a nice lunch with the neighbors.

86F and a mix of sun/cloud today. Yesterday was the warmest day so far this year, got to 30.8C or 87.44F. Lawns look like they have stopped growing, kind of nice as it takes a couple of hours every week plus a few $ in gas.

86 and mostly sunny for today. Managed to pull out 4 firewood logs yesterday, the rest in the bush I will cut up there and haul it out in rounds. Moved more half composted manure to its new location. The oldest manure pile looks well composted, ready to go on the garden. Going to deliver several...

Cloudy today with a high of 82, may get a thunderstorm later today. Going to hopefully get in a couple of hours of seat time.

88 for a high this afternoon and sun, there is a chance of some clouds with thunder and lightning this evening and overnight.

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David, it could be a mink, they will kill everything. Years ago we lost over 30 egg laying chickens in one night. The mink basically go on a killing frenzy. I have had to deal with 6 mink over the past few years. One I had to deal with in hand to hand combat using a pitch fork in the chicken...

86F with an all sunny day. Still managing to get stuff done outside but in the afternoons I do take it easy. Sure glad we have a heat pump, otherwise it would be pretty hard to be on the 2nd floor. The house faces south and is in the sun all day so the upstairs can get a tad warm.

Rswyan, glad you are getting the coons but even happier they are not becoming someone else's problem. Couple of years ago cought a guy just about to release a raccoon on our private road. Asked :grumpy: why he is bring it our way, so he could kill our chickens :chicken:? Well he left with the...

Sunny with some haze, which is smoke, brought by the jet stream from the Colorado fires. Got to an even 30C yesterday and expect the same today, a nice warm 86F. Going to move some manure today as I finished a new manure area. It's in the trees so shady but I still put on my sunscreen. :)...

Lots of sun and high of around 82F, plenty warm enough for us. 14 days long range weather looks like it will be warm and sunny. Guess my lawn will start going brown in a while, don't mind as then I don't have to cut it. Had 10 round bales arrive yesterday; nice thing is the tractor can lift them...

86F or 30C is what we are looking at this afternoon. Feels hot to us after having such a long time with under normal temperatures. Getting 10 round bales of haylage delivered later this morning, we’ll see if the tractor can lift the approximately 1,000 pound bales.

Sun and 83F for today, so warmer than yesterday which was the warmest day of the year so far. Glad it's not hot, with 100 plus degrees, like what some of you have got back East. Cut some of the lawns yesterday and will do the rest today. The Canada Thistle is getting a second round of spray...

Good morning all. Getting warmer with a high of 26C or 79F with lots of sun. :sun: This will be our warmest day this year. :licking: May have to use 50 sunscreen instead of the 30. Grass is still wet and green so will cut it in a couple of days when it dries out a bit. It's been a real busy week...

Nice looking weather pattern for us out on the west coast. Sun :) and more sun :), high will be around 22C or 72F. It will keep warming up for a few days, looks like the air conditioner will get a work out this week end. Lots of things to do, never get every thing done I want to do. It is nice...

Good morning to all you Americans on your July 4th Independence Day. :flagday: I have a brother and sister plus some nieces and nephews living in the USA so always interested in what is going on down your way. Wife was born in Seattle, Washington. On a bright note the weather is getting to...

10C or 50F this morning after a night of rain. It is easing to showers and this afternoon should clear up. Hard to believe I put the wood stove on last night, at 7PM it was only 13C or 55F outside. After tomorrow the 14 day long range forecast is for sun and warmer temperature. Sure feel sorry...

"You don't have a big need for shorts and Tee shirts there do you?" Well you just never know, later in the week it does look like it's is going to get warmer. The 55F predicted for today is about 15F cooler than normal.

55F for a high today. It's raining :yuck: :raindrop: but should go to showers overnight. Got the big chicken coop cleaned out yesterday. This morning we take in the meat birds and pick them up this afternoon. Nice thing is they are all sold. Was going to move and stack firewood today but will...

Cloud/sun mix today with showers overnight. Going to wax the car and truck today then clean out the large chicken coop. A little quieter around here since we sold :sigh: our two 4 month old doelings :goat:, well you just can't keep them all.

Raining this morning with sun :) later today. High's in the uppers 60's.

Congratulations :applause: :jump: and enjoy your retirement. Before you know it you will wonder how anything ever got done while holding down your job. The day gets filled pretty quickly. If that's not the case come to our place, I have a long to-do list.:D

Showers and cloudy today. High looks like 17-19C or upper 60CF. Think this could be one of the poorest June's on record for being cool and wet. Did get a few strawberries yesterday, almost 4 weeks late. Wife had to slice and dice due to the slugs :bawling: getting to some first.

Cloudy this morning with rain this afternoon. Turned the heat pump on for a bit of heat this morning, chilly :cold: at only 10C or 50F. When I read the posts from so many of you with over 100F I tell you I do feel for you. I would just melt with that temperature.

Sun/cloud mix today. High in the upper 60. Cutting the lawms is one chore today as it is calling for a mix of rain:umbrella-guy: and showers Thurs, Fri and Sat. Will cut up the last log into firewood rounds and then clean up the area. Sold all 4 of our boy goats yesterday, going to a 20 acre...

Cloud with sunny breaks today. High in the mid 60'sC. Rather be cool than the blazing heat :fiery: some of you are having. Good day to move and store under cover a big pile of split firewood. See the Canada Thistle I sprayed a couple of days ago looks like it is dying. Used an Eco friendly...

46F or 8C this morning but should warm up to a nice 68F later today with a mix of sun/cloud.

Sunny :) with clouds today, should get up to around 70F. Going to spray a big patch of Canada thistle today as it looks like we have 3-4 days before it calls for showers.

Yesterday it started raining about 1:30 PM and is finally turning to showers this morning. Should see some breaks today so hope to get at cutting up some logs into firewood rounds. High will still be fairly cool at around 17C.

Cloudy this morning with rain or showers this afternoon. High will be in the mid to upper 60F range.

I pulled out our two10 year old peach trees earlier this year. They were on a south facing wall of the barn, got peaches but they never :eek::eek: ripened, not one peach to eat in 10 years. :mad: Should get up to the 70F mark today, mostly cloud with showers later today or overnight. Going to...

But do we really want to know. :laughing::confused3::laughing: Ron, nice birthday gift, a Great Grand Daughter. Sunny out and a high in the low 20C or low 70'sF. Yesterday turned out mostly cloudy and a nice couple of hours of sun. Looks like showers in the next few days so will get the lawn...

Happy birthday RON. :) :thumbsup: Mostly sunny today but got some dark clouds out there right now. High 60's or even low 70's F today. Will clean up some old lumber and then cut and split some firewood.

Mix of sun/cloud with maybe the odd shower. High should get to around mid 60'sF. See our potatoes are popping up so hoping for a decent crop. :)

Sunny breaks today with a high close to 70F. Not much rain here yesterday but some areas did get a fair amount. MossflowerWoods, those Cockatiels can live for 30 plus years. Sounds like it will have a good home with the girls looking after it. We have one the we inherited from my late mother...

Rain with a high of a cool 15C or 59F. Well downstairs to get the first cup of coffee and then start feeding the animals and milk the goats. :)

The baby goats I can still get on my lap and hang on tight now the horse might be just a tad to big for that. :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Sunny and warmer today, should see around 20C or 68F. Of course they are calling for rain tonight. MossflowerWoods, don't have horse but giving animals "stuff" can be interesting. Glad you got one horse dewormed. Last night I got to hold 7 baby goats, 2-4 months old, while the wife gave then a...

Price just dropped a couple of days ago here AND it is under the price of gas as well. $1.329 per liter or just over $5.00 per US gallon. Tax makes up a good portion of this. :mad:

High???? of 14C or 57F today with some showers this morning. Despite the cool weather we have been having some of the veggies in the garden are starting to poke out of the ground.

Showers today with a high in the low 60'sF. Got a couple of small projects to do inside the barn today. No white space today, did have it a few days ago. :(

Well I have started to count them backwards. :laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:

Slept in today, well it is my birthday after all. Had a nice BBQ and a few liquid refreshments for the gang yesterday. :cool: Sun and cloud mix for today with a high in the 17-19C or mid to upper 60 range. So will clean out out big chicken coop today, clean out the meat birds coop and move the...

Cloudy today with a chance of showers, should be in the mid 60F for a high. :):)

Sunny and warm, what a treat. Looks like we will get around 20-21C or 68-70F today. Kind of nice after the cool weather we have had the past few days. :)

Getting some sun between the clouds. Will get a couple of degrees warmer today, perhaps the mid-upper 60's F. Cool overnight, had the wood stove on this morning. :)

Rain today, up to 1" expected. Got the 40 yards of shavings yesterday, cleaned out the 3 big goat pens and the girls and boys like clean sheets. :laughing:

Sun/cloud for most of the day with rain coming evening, temp has been the same the past few days, 57F. Getting 40 yards of shavings that we use for bedding today, decent day to clean out 3 goat pens. :(

Showers today, temp is staying consistent with a high of 14C or 57F. Managed to get all the lawns cut yesterday, took 2 hours with a 42" riding mower. :)

Sun/cloud mix with a good chance of showers, high of 14C or 57F. :)

Cool today with a high lower than yesterday, only 13C or 55F, we are going in reverse for summer. Had some unexpected rain yesterday evening, guess that's why the grass is still green. :laughing: :laughing: Boy, $1225 for a brake job is a bit on the expensive side. I just had to replace the...

Cool today, high of only 14C or 57F. Forecast is for sun/cloud mix. Cold enough in the house I think I will put the wood stove on. :mad:

Rained overnight and should most of the day. High around 15C or 59F. Had the wood stove on last night, last day of May. :rolleyes: :confused: :confused2:

Showers and cloud today with maybe a sunny break. High of 14C or 57F, had the woodstove on last night :confused2: Got our potato's planted yesterday early afternoon when we had a break in the rain. :)

Cold and wet today. High of only 12C or 56F. Good day to work in the shop making another 6ft chicken nesting box.

Good morning all. Decent looking day with a mix of sun/cloud. Plan is to plant our potato's and a few other veggies. Then it looks like mother nature will water them for the next 3 days.

High of 14C or 57F, bit on the cool side. Mix of sun and cloud, at least it is dry so will do a few things outside today. :)

Cooler today, high of 15C or 59F. Cloud/sun mix, will be a good day to do a few things outside. Got to 80F yesterday. :)

79F or 26C today with lots of sun. Really nice after a sub par spring so far. :):)

Sunny and warm, did I mention it was going to be sunny and warm. :)

Good morning all. Should be mostly sunny today although a few showers are forecast for this morning. Be a little warmer than yesterday, around the low 60's F. :)

Good morning all. Mixed sun and cloud today with a high of only 13C or 55F. Didn't get as much rain as forecast the past couple of days. Looking dry for the rest of the week. :thumbsup:

Light rain so far this morning and should last all day. Wife has figured out a new place for some raised beds so once the rain lets up on to the next project.

Rain just started here at 10AM our time. Looks wet for the next 3 days. May get as high as mid to upper 50's F today. Good for the neighbor who has seeded about 10 acres for hay/pasture. :)

Another frosty morning, even the lawn has a bit on it. Should be a decent sunny/cloudy day with temps getting into the high 50'sF. :)

Frosty :( this morning, thought that was behind us. Cool weather with a high of only 16C or 60F today.

Our 3 day heat wave :rolleyes: is over, got into the low 70's F. Highs of mid 60's F for the next few days with some cloud. At least we do not expect any more frost :D

Sunny day with beautiful blue sky. Low 70'sF will be the high this afternoon. :):)

Light frost again this morning but should warm up to 24C or 75F, 1st time this year it has hit 70F. :thumbsup: :)

Frosty again this morning. Nice looking day with lots of sun :) but still on the cool side, with a high of only 17C or 63F.

Light frost at a temp of 1.7C or 35F. Had the wood stove on last night:(:( Mostly sunny day but still on the cool side with only a high of 14C. At least no showers or rain in the forecast for the next week. Still have standing water on our place where it shouldn't be.

Sun just coming up at about 6:30AM, good looking day. 63F is the forecast high for today. Off to the neighbor's with the tractor later this morning to do a bit of work for them. :licking: Now for the 1st cup of coffee, then feed the calves and milk those goats.

Good morning all. Kind of nice the past couple of days, sun and cloud but NO rain or showers. 14 day forecast shows no rain or showers, I kinda like that. Still on the cooler side but nice working temperature. Should get up to 55-60F today. :)

Sunny day :) :cool: coming up, should be our warmest day of the year so far, 60F. :thumbsup:

Good morning all. Looks like a decent day coming up. Still pretty cool though, high is forecast for only 11-13C today. Some cloud with hopefully a bit of sun. Yesterday we had a nice shower of: rain, snow, hail and sleet.

POURING RAIN. :mad:

Good morning all. Cloudy with showers today, high of 11C or 52F for today. We are optimistic that one day it will warm up. Weeded some of our raised beds yesterday in the hope we can plant next week :rolleyes:

Frosty this morning, should get to high of 11C or 52F. Should be a decent day with showers for late afternoon/evening. Should get the lawn cut for the 3rd time today. :)

Good morning all. Looks like an alright day, some sun/cloud. More rain expected this evening and tomorrow. Should get up to about 45F today. To try and encourage some more warmth I am taking in the car this morning to get the air conditioning recharged and, it is almost May after all, :laughing...

Rain this morning, was supposed to be a nice day today but I guess the giveaway was when it started showering last night. Still cool for a day time high, around 45F. At least it is a bit warmer in the mornings now, hope we have seen the last of a frosty morning. :cool:

Frosty this morning, good thing though is it promising to be a nice day today. We are optimistic :rolleyes::rolleyes: that it will warm up soon, wife started some seeds in the greenhouse.

Getting close to 7AM and the sun is out. :) :licking: Looking at a high of around 11C or 52F, kind of nice after some cool days. Coffees made so got to get that first cup and then off to do animal chores.

Frosty this morning, about 35F, high of 48F expected this afternoon. Rain forecast for later today and overnight. :mad:

Good morning all. NO frost for the past 3 mornings, almost giving us some thought to planting in the garden. High of 5C with a forecast high of around 14C. Of course there are showers today and rain expected tomorrow:mad::mad:

Rain today, at least it was nice enough yesterday to mow the grass. :laughing:

Good morning all. Should be a bit nicer today than yesterday which saw lots of hail, lighting/thunder and heavy rain at times. So much for the ground drying up. :mur:

Good morning all. Sun is out and getting rid of the frost. Kind of nice not to have rain for a few days. Should get up to around 10C or 50F today. :) I was bad :p yesterday, cut the lawn in front of the house.

Good morning all. After about 36 hours of heavy rain it is finally starting to lighten up. Did have a wind warning as well, had some some strong wind but not to bad. Might even see a bit of sun :) later today. Think we got over 2", sure some big puddles. I can hear the creek from the house, it's...

Good morning all. Raining and a high of 8C or 46F today. At least the rain will help wash away the surprise 3 inches of snow we woke up to yesterday. :):)

Well a bit surprised this morning. Got 3" of snow on the ground, this was not in the weather forecast. Guess I don't have to cut the grass today :laughing: Tonight and tomorrow another weather system should bring lots of rain and wind to get rid of this white stuff. :thumbsup: Had a pretty mild...

Snowed over night, only about 3/4 of an inch. Suppose to warm up to about 9C this afternoon so expect it will all melt :) then.

Strong winds and heavy rain overnight. Looks like it will be a wet one today. :mad:

Good morning all. Bright sunshine :) :) for today, still on the cool side with a high of 6C or 43F. Frosty out but that should be gone in the next hour or so. Ground is still pretty wet although I did get the road graded yesterday. :)

Just a touch of frost this morning, looks like a mixed bag today. Some sun with perhaps the odd shower. Should warm up to about 10C or 50F today. :)

Heavy rain all night, lots of big puddles this morning. By Friday it may slow down to only showers. :rolleyes:

Good morning all. Well another wind warning for today, up to 80 kilometers or 50 MPH. Will be wet as light rain is called for, so wonder why I had a bit of snow swirling :laughing: around me this morning? :)

Good morning all. A little nicer this morning as we have our power. Snowed a bit over night, maybe 1/2 inch. Said on the news last night the our wind storm knocked out power to over 94,000 customers on Vancouver Island. The weather forecaster called the event a weather bomb. One the the weather...

Well it's not morning any more but it's not because I slept in. We had a pretty strong wind and rain/snow storm overnight and into late morning. Up to around 90-115 kilometer per hour (60 -70 MPH) and even stronger along the water. Had a tree come down over the power line sometime in the wee...

Ran across this news story. I sometimes? wonder about people. Think this story says a lot about some peple. :o A millionaire in Michigan is collecting food stamps after winning the lottery. “Amanda Clayton, a 24-year-old from Lincoln Park, Michigan . . . is getting away with it. Clayton won $1...

Good morning all. Rain today, on the cool side with a high of +5C expected.

Good morning all. Just a touch of frost this morning and will also be bit warmer today, forecast is for +9C. Almost looks like the grass is growing :(

Good morning all. Still morning out here on the west coast. Frosty overnight, sure had a nice day yesterday but still on the cool side, got up to about +5C. Should get to +7C today, some cloud but nice out. Just got in from moving a pile of lumber by size and further back under the shop 40ft...

Good morning all. Clear sky and frosty this morning. -2.6C out, had to take a bucket of warm water out to the calves, their water had a nice crust of ice on it. Should warm up nicely this afternoon with a clear blue Sky. :thumbsup: :) :cool:

Good morning all. Snowed over night, about 1 inch and still getting a few flurries. Should melt by this afternoon as we will get to around +9C or 48F by this afternoon. :)

I,m with you on checking throughout the day on NHL trades. After I let the calves out, milked the goat, collected eggs and let the chicken out into the run off to the TV for a few minutes. So far not much is happening. :confused: Cool today, -3.9C but mostly sunny, should warm up to +4-5C later.

Good morning all, it's raining heavily with some wind. Wood stove is lit so all is good. :laughing:

Good morning all. Nice looking day, mostly blue sky and should hit a high of +10C or 48F today. Getting up a bit earlier to bottle feed the baby goats. Today was my first day using our new used milking machine, worked great. :thumbsup:

Should get up to around +8 or 45F today, cloudy and may get some showers. Bit breezy as we are waiting for the next storm to come in late today, forecast is for lots of rain and wind. Got two of our baby goats in the house for a couple of days, one is an orphan so she will be bottle fed for a...

Good morning all. Looks like a nice morning before the next wind and rain storm comes this afternoon. At least it's fairly mild out for us at this time of year. This morning went out to feed our orphan goat, found her mom dead yesterday morning, she was with us for over 10 years so it was a sad...

Good morning all. -1.8C this morning and heavy frost, should warm up a bit to day, forecast it for about +6C. Checked on the new baby goat born yesterday afternoon, she is doing well. Guess it was a good thing we had a clean pen ready.

Good morning all. Frosty this morning but shaping up to be a decent day. Got the Valentines card out for the wife, guess I'll stay out of trouble for the day. ;)

+10C or 48F is the forecast for today, not sure were winter is but glad it's not here. After a couple of days of rain looks like it will be showers today with more rain for tomorrow. As they say around here at least you don't have to shovel it. :laughing:

Good morning all. -3C but a beautifully blue sky, should warm up to +7C later today. Put the backhoe on the tractor so will get in a bit of seat time :D today.

Good morning all. Going up to 50F or so says the weather forecast. After some rain later today and tomorrow they are predicting sun for a few days, that would be nice. :licking: :cool:

Good morning all. Plus 3C with a high of +7C later today. Cloudy out with showers for later today. Big project of the day is to clean out the chicken coop, again. :licking:

Had a pretty good wind storm last night, one of the strongest in the 14 years we have been here. Power went out for a few hours last night, about 8:30, not sure when it cam back on as I went to bed :laughing: Had a look around this morning and no sign of damage or trees down which kind of...

Good morning all. Had a strong wind storm last night, lights flickered and dimmed 7-9 times and we lost power 3 times, interestingly only for 1 or 2 each time. Will have a look this morning to see if we have some firewood trees down :D Looks like showers today before we get hit by another...

Good morning all. Today is our transition day, going to above :thumbsup: freezing. Bad part is they are calling for freezing rain and that can cause a lot of problems if you are driving. Should see rain for a few days, it will take the ground a few days to thaw and usually it becomes a bit of a...

Good morning all. Ended up with 4 1/4 inches of light powdery snow, usually out here the snow is wet and heavy. Not as cold overnight, about -5C, water in the chicken coop wasn't :thumbsup: frozen over. :)

Good morning all. About to get that first cup of coffee. Snowing lightly, forecast is for 5 CM or 2 inches. Looks like that's about what we have and it's -8C. Don't think it's going to get above freezing today :laughing: :cool:

Good morning all. Chilly on the west coast, -7C and hope to get to +1C, hopefully it will be like yesterday, sun/cloud mix. Still no snow although at my brothers place they have about 6 inches. Usually it is the other way around as he still live in Victoria, about a 2 hour drive south of us. Not...

Good morning all. -4.9C this morning and supposed to get to +2C but think everything will stay frozen. Looks like we could get some snow in a couple of days, we'll see if the weather forecaster is correct on that one :laughing:

Good morning all. Just around the freezing mark this morning. Had a few flakes coming down last night. Got up early this morning as the wife is driving to a town about 1 1/2 hour away for an all day seminar on goats and sheep. She mentioned to me the chicken coop light was not on so went out and...

Good morning all. Very Frosty out this morning. Had sun most of the day but stayed cold. In the shade the frost never melted. At least it's not raining. :thumbsup:

Good morning all. Frosty this morning. Almost light out our way so heading down to get my 1st cup of coffee and then it's farm chores. :)

Good morning all. Rain today and then they are calling for 3 days of sun/cloud. Will be nice to have a few days without rain. :thumbsup:

Rain again today, cool so will be snowing on the mountains. Now to go out and fix a leak in a mobile on our place :mad:

Good morning all. Still raining and windy this morning. Did get to showers yesterday afternoon but that didn't last long till it went back to rain. Very mild out for this time of year, should get to about 10C today. Saw a mink yesterday by the chicken coop so we will see if the trap, baited with...

HEAVY RAIN most of yesterday and all night and still coming down by the bucket full. It's gone from puddles to lakes all around our house. This looks like the worst it's been in the 14 years we have been here. Might slow down later today to showers :D Still very mild here, forecast is for about...

Good morning all. Raining lots here today and same forecast for tomorrow. Fairly warm out though for this time of year, looks like it will get up to about 8-9C today. Good day to finish cleaning up from the holidays and getting all the decorations put away. :)

Got 87 hens, the grand niece and I got 74 eggs so far today, went out at 8:30 AM. We do replace our hens every year. We sell them cheap and people will keep them for another few years but their egg production drops every year. :)

Good morning all. Nice out now that the overnight rain has moved on. Looks like more rain later today and over night. Got my niece and grand niece here for a few days. Took the 4 year old to help collect eggs. Pretty amazed :thumbsup: :cloud9: that she can count to 70, that's the number of eggs...

Snow does have it's good points. :laughing:

Almost 9AM out our way and it's warm out, 10C or 50F. Had a wind and rain storm over night and we have another one coming tonight. Prefer the rain over snow, happy it is as warm as it is, hate to think of all this rain as snow. :cool:

Good morning all. After some cool days and frosty nights we are getting rain, looks like for the next week or so :mad: Was hoping for a couple of inches of the white stuff for Christmas. So my last chore before Christmas from the wife is to wash the kitchen cabinets. not really looking forward...

So is this a new way of saying "tossing your cookies"? :D :licking:

Good morning all. Cloudy this morning with some showers/rain expected later today and overnight. For us out on the west coast it has been a drier than usual month so far, even though we did have several wind and rain storms a few weeks ago. Should get to about 6C or 42F today. :)

Good morning all. Just checked the weather on the computer and see we have a snow fall warning for our area. Don't mind a few inches but anything past that becomes a pain. It's really been fairly dry out this way for the past couple of weeks so have had the goats and 2 calves outside during the...

Good morning all. Got a light dusting of snow overnight, as it's been so cold here the past few days that the frost does not melt in the shade, I do expect the snow to be around for a couple of days. Sounds like we may get a bit more on Wednesday and Thursday. Wife is down in Victoria visiting...

Good morning all. Little cool :cool: and frosty this morning. -3.2C or 26 F but the sun :thumbsup: :) is shinning. Big chore today will be cleaning out the calf pen, yesterday was a much bigger job cleaning out the chicken coop. Should get some seat :tractor: :cool2: time in as I am...

Good morning all. Well it's a dull and gloomy looking day, they say we may get a glimpse of sun this afternoon. Just above freezing and should warm up a bit later. With the dryer weather I have been able to get in some seat time which is kind of nice. :licking: :licking:

Good morning all. Weather man has it wrong, no sun yet although that is what he promised. :mad: Going to take the box blade off the tractor and then start moving some of my 12 yards of drain rock into the chicken run. Will load 2 wheel burrows with the front loader, little easier than shoveling...

Good morning all. Fairly nice here although just above freezing, will warm up a bit later. Got a friend coming over soon to move and resort my lumber pile. Sold a lot of it so now have room to repile by size. Heavy stuff though, full 2 inch thick by 6 -8-10-12 inch's wide and some as long as 20...

Good morning all. Cloudy with periods of rain today. Then, while cold, will be mostly sunny :) :thumbsup: for a few days. Expect it to go below freezing overnight for about the next week. :cool:

Got the power back on :) for the 3rd :mad: time since yesterday morning. Raining very heavy here and lots of wind. Longest outage was about 7 hours. Supposed to get nicer this afternoon and may even see a bit of the sun. Walked out to the shop to light the wood stove at 4:30AM and big puddles...

It is a good morning, sun is shinning and after about 24 hours of strong wind and rain no trees down on the fences. Of course it is the calm before the storm as another wind and rain storm is coming in tonight and forecast to last till Sunday morning. Good day to do a few things outside...

The trees are swaying pretty good right now and the height of the wind storm is not here yet. It may not be a good morning or good day out here. At least I have a generator and house generator panel if the power goes out. Will get a good soaking from the rain as well but the wind could be a real...

Well the sun came out today after a dark, windy and rainy night. Taking the neighbor to look at a Jersey cow she is interested in, about an hours drive so happy the weather and roads will be nice. :)

Good morning all. Got about 1 inch of snow over night. Good thing is it will probably all be gone by this afternoon as we are under a rainfall warning for this afternoon and evening. Think the snow should stay up in the mountains so the the skiers and snowboarders can enjoy it. :)

Just around the freezing mark this morning with a bit of light snow falling. Yesterday afternoon we had some huge flakes come down, looked like they were almost 2 inches across, it was a sight to see. :cool:

Good morning all. Had a wind storm in our area yesterday, gusts up to 80 K or 50 MPH. Snowed in the morning for a couple of hours but did not stay on the ground. Cool and icy this morning, sun is shinning but rain will start later today. Wood stoves on in the house and shop. Yesterday afternoon...

Good morning all. On the chilly side today, -2.8C or 27F. The sky is blue and looks like a nice sunny :) day, tomorrow the forecast is rain or more likely in our area snow. Snow tires going on the car today and I'll also get the pump up from the creek.

This was an "off" year for weather here. Didn't get decent until mid summer and then we got into fall. Had one brief heat wave that lasted a few days. Normally we get several, some start as early as May or even April. Hail was not too big but still had some on the ground the next day. Frosty...

Interesting day yesterday, wind, rain and hail. Frosty overnight and lots of rain expected later today. At least its not white rain at our place although the mountains will be getting whiter. They are already skiing in the mountains outside Vancouver BC. :confused2: :D

Good morning. Lots of rain overnight but drying up a bit later today. Looks like one of those days you spend more time inside than out. :D

Good morning everyone. Looks to be not a bad day today, starting off overcast with a bit of a shower, sun is supposed to come out later. Just a tad over the freezing mark so no white rain yet. :laughing:

Good morning. Had a bit of frost over night and today looks like it will be mostly a sunny :) day. Plan on planting some garlic today, will end up with over 1,000 but not all will get done today :o.

Well it turned out one of the 3 plastic balls had broken off. Took the seat off and loosened the Grey control cover nest to the seat as well as the steel plate this cover is bolted to. Raised the rubber boot at the bottom of the joystick enough so I could unscrew the joystick. Then unbolted the...

So just finished fencing in the field behind our barn. Over the past 11 years since we built the barn, we have seen every year, black bears using the field to eat and also go from our creek on the East side of our property to a creek that is to the West on the neighbors 200 acres. So to try and...

About 11 years ago when we were building our house the local streamkeepers needed to come through our property so they could bring equipment in take down a concrete dam on the next acreage. They ran out of room to dump the dam dirt and so we ended up getting over 120 truck loads of silt. Most...

Started a fence project to fence in a field behind our barn. As we had the posts, wire and staples all I needed was to drill the holes and install the wire, NOT. Of course I have 7 other projects to do before I get to that point. Have to clear an area to move about 30 yards of composted dirt and...

Was doing some seat time on the tractor this afternoon and had to come in because it started raining again. After having the coldest, wettest and dullest April and May in 51 years June was not much better and July has followed right along this pattern. This morning it was 11.4C or 52.5F at...

Over a year ago I bought this old home made post hole auger from a lady who had gotten it with the house that used to owned by a landscaper. I knew him slightly and talked to him about the auger. Said he had used it to drill several thousand holes. I have used it a couple of times. Yesterday was...

After 17 years the pump died on my hot tub, not that I had been using it that much the past couple of years. The wood skirting and base was getting pretty rotten and the fiberglass had developed a crack near the top lid area. Most of the controls didn't work any more, rust and corrosion had...

First year we have tried to raise calves at our place. Started them in the barn but needed the space for goats so built this 8 X 10 foot calf shed. I also put a gate in to access the largest of three pastures we have. Started the shed by bringing in a few tractor loads of gravel and then forming...

My dash park brake light was staying on all the time. I had tightened the lever, which was a bit loose, but it still stayed on all the time. The steel spring on top was going up and down so figured the switch was stuck, played around with it a bit but stayed stuck. Got a replacement from my...

Just over 3 weeks ago we had our first snow fall of the winter, 6, 3 & 2 inches. Out on the west coast it is often very wet and heavy. This willow tree that we planted about 11 years ago was almost flat over the driveway. When clearing the snow I used the FEL to straighten it somewhat. Today I...

What a difference a year makes. Last year was one of the mildest on record and this year they are forecasting a long hard winter. Got six inches of snow and lost power for about 10 hours overnight. Last winter we only had one snow fall of 2-3 inches that was gone within days. It's not even...

Over the years we have had some of our chickens killed by hawks, raccoons and mink. Mink are the worst as they will kill dozens in one night. Just caught the fourth one since we moved here over 12 years ago. This one seems real nasty, lots of hissing and spitting. They are pretty mean and nasty...

Had a tenant put some window clings on 3 windows and I can't get them off. Have used a razor scraper and have only managed to get a couple of small chips off. I am actually scared I will break the window as you have to whack hard to even get a couple of chips off. They are very hard and really...

We have over 350 forest fires burning in British Columbia. Sadly a water bomber crashed a few days ago fighting the fires and the two pilots were killed. They have a campfire ban in most of our province. It has been hot for many weeks in most of the province and now we are getting lighting...

$3500 - 2006 Kubota BX24 - Ldr/Backhoe 34 HOURS! Showroom Condition Just saw this on Craigslist. Has four pics of a nice looking tractor. Of course the phone number are all the same digits so not real. :confused2:

OTTAWA (CBC) - Ottawa police have charged the driver of a lawn tractor with drunk driving after a fatal weekend collision with an ATV. The crash happened early Sunday morning, when the lawn tractor was rear-ended by an all-terrain vehicle in West Carleton Township near Mohrs Road and Kinburn...

A few months ago I purchased a used home made post hole auger. Lady had bought a house and part of the deal was the tractor and implements stayed. She never used it in over two years. I knew the previous owner of the house, he was a landscaper. Phoned him and he told me he had put in 4-5,000...

By Neil Horner - Parksville Qualicum Beach News Published: July 05, 2010 4:00 PM Updated: July 05, 2010 4:18 PM British Columbia's impaired driving laws don't just apply to cars, trucks and motorcycles, say police. They also apply to tractors. One Coombs-area farmer found that out to his...

Just over 4 weeks ago, our purebred Nubian had her first babies, set of triplets. The first of 3, a girl, was very small at only 3lb 6oz. After a couple of days she got pneumonia and so my wife took her to the $vet$, had $x-rays$ and $medicine$. Then this little girl that I named Urkee, because...

I have an older Poulan 12 HP lawn tractor. The drive belt broke and got a new one based on the size of the broken old one. Installed it and the tractor will now move forwards and backwards. Problem is there is no clutch or brake now. The pedal seems to have very little travel before it hits the...

Mt. Washington is about 1 1/2 hour drive from our home. This is the lastest it has opened for sking or snow bording. I guess they had to do it this weekend as summer starts on Monday. :cool: The snow here is often deeper than anywhere else in British Columbia, and occasionally deeper than...

Tax freedom day - 5 long months Today we have Tax freedom day in British Columbia, Canada. :drink: It is 3 days later than last year. :mad: Amazing how much we pay in taxes up here. :confused2: No wonder most people don't seem to have much spending money after working for more than 5 months...

Looking at getting more egg laying chickens as we have more customers than eggs. Started off by leveling the area we wanted to put the new chicken coop, 12ft X 28 ft. Started bad as I drove the tractor over the area to level it and next thing you know I was struck. Went down about 19 inches but...

Hi, I have a 2008 Woods BH70-X backhoe with about 50-60 hours at the most, it is on my Kioti CK35 with 224 hours. What I did notice a few days ago while cutting some firewood that the backhoe dropped a lot. I had a Douglas Fir log, about 58 inches long and 16 inches in diameter about 3 ft from...

My wife gave me a copy of an old magazine article regarding mini hooped greenhouses. So put it together over a couple of our existing raised beds. One bed is 4 X 10 ft and the other 5 X 12 ft. Up our way we get tomato blight, caused by wet and cold climates. Often the tomatos are almost full...

Well had the tractor out a couple of weeks ago to level an area we wanted to build a new chicken coop. I had driven over this area a few times before with no problems. Was going back and forth trying to just scrape a few inches off the top as we are going to put in a cement foundation. Then it...

Having lived out in the country for 12 years we have had power outages every year. Only 3 properties on the hydro line down to our place so we are last on the list :( if there are a number of outages in our area. Several years ago we had some real wicked wind storms, lost power twice for 5 days...

Sadly a life was lost, probably needlessly, if only he would have worn a life jacket. As spring and warmer wether comes, more people will be out on the water. Hopefully this story will jog people into wearing a life jacket. Note: Chad wan not wearing a life jacket. The body of a canoeist...

Well I decided to use my angle grinder. Had only used it once before and wasn't sure if it was the best thing to use. I read a Thread in Safety forum about some of the dangers in using one a while ago. So I got a vice that came with my drill press and c clamped it with wood blocks to my utility...

I have some 1/2" X 10 ft rebar I would like to cut into 20" pieces. Have a hacksaw and angle grinder. What is the best (easiest) way and or tool to cut it?

Had the electrician out and he said he was at my neighbors to price an electrical service to a couple of out buildings for him. Mentioned the neighbor was going to hand dig over 100 ft of ditching 3 feet deep. Well I just had to go over there and offer to dig it with my backhoe. Went well and...

After 10 years the garden in front of our house was getting a bit shabby. :( Some of the plants getting old and lots of crab grass had invaded it. So the wife asked my to help her garden with my tractor and dig it all out. Then we had help from a bunch of our brown girls as well. May put the old...

Last year about this time I bought a used home made backblade. It worked ok but you could tell it was home made, not the right holes for the angles etc. It was heavy 7 ft made out of ½ inch steel plate. Well a few days ago I scooped up a used one from Craigslist. I was the first one to call, got...

Well did a dumb thing yesterday. Was in the barn building a new goat pen and was using my belt sander. All of a sudden it stopped so went over the electrical panel and reset the breaker. Sander still did not work so had a look at it, then noticed the cord had got caught in the sander and had...

Had one of my e-mail buddies ask about a greenhouse so thought I would post some pics of one I built about 5 years ago. The size was mostly determined by the 3 large (9 ft) used patio doors I got at a reasonable price, $30.00 each. Then wanted to make sure my wife, the gardener, had enough room...

After a good winter with no serious storms we had a real strong :( wind storm yesterday afternoon. Our power went out about 4:30 PM and is still out now, which is 11:45 AM. A few years ago we had a wind storm take out dozens and dozens of power poles in our area and we had no power for 5 days...

In a previous thread one of the posts had asked what good was a horn on my CK35. Found out yesterday a new use for it. It has been a very mild winter here so yesterday was working on a new raised Raspberry bed for the wife. Had dug down about 6 inches and removed the grass. Put the box together...

Power washed the CK35 on Sunday, warm sunny day. A couple of the decals came off the loader. Didn't think I was that close, using a 1600 PSI washer. Lost one Kioti and one 0 off the 130 loader. I would think these can be purchased off a dealer. Anyone else do this?

Dug out an 18 inch stump today. Ended up with a good size hole as I had to break the roots before I could get it out of the ground. Found a couple of times the front was lifting so think next time I will fill the loader with gravel for some counter weight. This should give the backhoe more force...