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45 this morning and headed to 61 today. Half of birds arrive this morning. Then need to run to town and pay bills and mail taxes before March 1st deadline. Also pickup supplies to service mower. Mowing season isn't far away with these temperatures.

24 this morning and headed to 54 today. Off to the big city (Louisville) today. Going up to see my sister and her family. But have to be back this afternoon early to get the PLT (ammonia control) spread for the chicken coops. So a quick trip. For you guys itching for warmer weather. The...

How's the forecast looking for Kentucky this summer? I've got a gut feeling we'll get dry also.

Went over to a buddies place yesterday. He's doing dirt work for 4 new chicken barns. He was showing me where everything is going to go. I mentioned that I didn't remember there already being a pond in the middle of where he's going to put his new pond. He laughed. Said until last week it was...

35 this morning and headed to 41 today. Finish setting up chicken coops and pack feed. Then turn on heaters. Mostly, my wife says that our next bed will be powered base and she is keeping the remote. I snore really bad when I lay flat or sit up. Not real sure how that base will help...

52 this morning and headed to 72 today. Have 2 teragators here this morning spreading chicken litter. Sold it to a neighbor who is fertilizing crop ground. Power company engineer just left. She was looking at the location for the new 200 amp meter for the building. Have one tree right in the...

Will have to agree. So many of the natural treatments have been lost since the inception of synthetic drugs. My wife also uses the essential oils. Helps with clearing sinuses. Haven't had much luck with other things. Picked up my taxes today. Took youngest son to doctor today and she...

55 this morning and headed to 68 today. Rain be here about lunch. Finish dragging down chicken coops and then disinfect them. Then take youngest to the asthma and allergy doctor. He's been on breathing treatments for 4 weeks solid with 2 different meds and still wheezing. So going to try a...

44 headed to 72 today. Dense fog advisory out. Headed back to Louisville today. My grandfather has a doctors appointment and asked if I could take them. Louisville has too much traffic for them to drive in.

50 this morning and headed to 70 today. Spent yesterday at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville. Very nice stuff. Big show. Was looking for information on cattle scales. A lot more expensive than I thought they would be. Really am going to need more cows to justify the expense. Money...

Only made it to 45 today. Some light rain this morning. In the process of decrusting chicken coops. Taxes are done need to go pick them up. That check is never fun. May let wife write it. She about had heart failure when I told her what it had to be.

64 this morning and headed to 31 tonight. Cold front slowly working it's way in. Will finish taxes today. All I like is medical. Then go tomorrow to get the final damage numbers. Roy. How's the Toyota doing? Compared to the Ford?

Currently 68. While cloudy a very nice day for February. But I'm stuck inside doing taxes. They get done Monday and I'm not as close as I need to be. Chicken coops are washed and ready for decaking but that will have to wait. Uncle Sam comes first. :). Drew. Don't have to worry about that...

25 this morning and headed to 34 today. Here's another dam failure for you guys. FLW Fishing: Articles Today is going to be spent on taxes. Start cleaning up chicken coops tomorrow hopefully then the weekend. Tax prep is Monday so I have to get going.

Kyle speedy recovery for your son. RNG. How deep is that lake? So it's not full yet and they were releasing that much water?

43 this morning and headed to 53 today. Half of birds are gone. Rest leave tonight. Have some equipment to move and then start cleaning up and getting ready for the next flock. Wife and kids are home rest of the week. Schools are closed because of the flu. District wide attendance was at 71%...

57 this morning and down from 64 at midnight. 1.22 inches of rain so far. Since 4:30am. More still to come. Well the brush pile I lit last week is now out. A 6 1/2 day fire. Which is fine have one more to repile and that section will be cleaned up. Then reseeding can begin. Half of birds...

40 this morning and headed to 55 today. Windy. Rain moving in tomorrow. Of course it's going to be wet for chickens to move mid week. But think drive will handle it fine. It's pretty solid out and we could use the rain.

30 this morning and headed to 43 today. Don nice blade. I've got a servis blade built identical. Family inheritance so no price point for your blade. But did some looking around on CL. Found a new 8' 6 way just a lot lighter and one cat 1 for $950. So I'd say you're in the ball park. Cat...

26 this morning and headed to 36 today. Rock showed up test and I managed to spread about 1/3 of it. Guess will be finishing that today. Son will be getting better just has to give medicine time to work. Bacterial eye infection.

32 this morning and headed to 40 today. Waiting on doctors office to open. Oldest son has a red eye. Hopefully they can get him in today. Then it'll be more brush pile work and hopefully the gravel shows up and I can start on that. Don. Thought about you yesterday. Mom calls and is stuck on...

55 today and 30 tonight. Nice warm couple of days we've had. Gotten several projects done and some more just started. Headed back to the freezer till the weekend. Have two brush piles burning. Working on 36 hours each. Ones about burned out but the other one had way more dirt in it than I...

Kyle. Metal is the way to go. Standing seam is better than D-rib. But D-rib is better than shingles. We always put double bubble insulation under metal. Stops the sweating and helps deaden the sound. Although I don't remember ever being bothered by rain sounds in an insulated home. The house I...

Yeah that forecast just spells mud. But that's all we've had all winter. Mud. Actually no mud room in this DW. I keep my boots rinsed off outside. Now when we build a house it will have a separate entrance and shower just for me. :).

28 this morning and headed to 44 today. Snow moving in tomorrow. Less than an inch. Yesterday was not productive but I can hope for today. May end up at friends house. He needs a pump starter box wired up. His 5hp pump has been down for a couple of weeks and he's wanting chickens off of county...

33 this morning and headed to 41 today. Had a few flurries over night. Nothing to stick. Will try to finish cow pen and order some gravel. Pen is mostly scraped out but needs some edge work. Now to decide what size of rock to use. 4's make a good base but are clean so no packing and when...

Concrete is nice. But I'd need at least a 55x55 foot pad. Not in the budget yet. That's just for 2 hay rings I like to use 3-4. Not even counting the pathways to water and mineral or the barn. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs141p2_015548.pdf

45 this morning and headed to 60 today. Last warm day for a while. Hopefully the cow pin is dried out enough to get the tractor around in. Before the freeze thaw cycle starts back. Mud is deep everywhere cows in places are going to their knees. Hard for them and me to walk. Ground starting to...

56 this morning and headed to 46 today. Drew. Chickens really don't care if raining. Thunder will sometimes spook them and cause them to pile and smother. But that doesn't happen often. But turn out their lights and they will let you know about it.

Dad gathers black walnuts and hickory nuts every fall from wild trees on his place. Dumps them in the driveway (gravel). Then drives over them for a week or so. It knocks the outer shells off. It takes a lot of the mess out of both. Pickup and they're ready to crack. Black walnuts outer shell...

42 this morning and headed to 51 today. Rain back tomorrow. More tax work. Then some more maintenance in chicken coops. Will probably set out some hay today, and fill the creep feeder for the first time. Think it's still too muddy to finish cleaning cattle pen. Maybe next week. Some dry...

58 this morning and made it to 63 today. Currently 51 headed to 38 overnight. Wife and youngest son had stomach virus last weekend then shared it with me for Thursday and Friday. But currently everyone is well. Now as long as I didn't just jinx us. Would like an update from ED. Been...

45 this morning and headed to 65 today. Rain after lunch. Drew. Nice pictures. Hopefully you enjoy the last night in the camper and get some rest tonight. Buppies happy anniversary and good luck with surgery. Will be inside trying to work on taxes today. But wife and boys are home for MLK day.

38 this morning and headed to 43 today. More rain on its way. It's a take care of chickens day. Spend some time with family. Added Netflix so may start back on CSI: Miami.

Got the canopy installed today. Picture taken before I worked on cow pin. Now if I took a picture of the tractor you guys would be complaining about the odder. :).

50 this morning and headed to 65 today. Off and on rain showers. Mainly on. Have some errands to run. Of course take care of birds and check cows. Picked up my birthday present yesterday from the wife. A canopy for the kubota said she was tired of my sun burns. I tried for another tractor with...

47 this morning and headed to 53 today. Rain after lunch. Wife and youngest still sick. Wife is feeling better. Dragged her to doctor Sunday. They said stomach virus and gave her 2 more days off. Odd part is she got sick Saturday night and she hadn't cleared the door to the house since...

That's funny. Always heard if you ordered one you could watch it be built. Don't know as I've never been to the museum much less the plant. Both of my boys were born in Bowling Green. The closest Lowe's or HD is there. Also the closest mall and Harbor Freight. I'm in town a couple of times a...

22 currently. High around 27. Wife and youngest son seem to have caught a stomach bug again. Taking care of them. Need to find an opportunity to check chickens and feed cows. Sent oldest son to moms for the day.

9 yesterday morning and high of 23. Snow mostly gone off roofs but still on ground. Currently 7. Put out hay and moved hay rings and fed cows. Had a bright idea that I'd let the soup in the barn pin freeze some before I tried to box blade it out. Over a foot deep. Well I let it freeze too...

14 this morning and headed to 21 today. Windchill of 4. An inch of snow on the ground. Colder in Kentucky than in Vermont. Roy you can have your cold back. Wife and kids home on another snow day. A few odd and ends to do today. Might put some more hay out. Need to check. Mostly just staying warm.

A M5-091 or M5-111 is smaller. Laughing. [emoji3][emoji3]. If that's what you meant? I know guys that would consider that M6 to be downsizing. As they don't own anything that small.

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25 this morning and headed to 30 with snow. Wife's off for snow day. Ground clear here but northern part of county roads are white and slick. Auger is running feed out of new bin now. Although on generator power. Barn only has 120 not 240 so set up a system that lets me plug into generator...

I hope you are wrong about January. That means mud here. Animals eat just as much at 50* with mud as they do at 25*. Mud makes it harder to get around. I hate dragging the tractor belly around the hay piles by spring.

25 this morning and headed to 35 today. 1-3 inches of snow forecast for tomorrow into Friday. Finish wiring grain bin auger. Think I now have all my parts and about halfway roughed in. Put hay out for cows and do some grocery shopping before everyone gets off work. Eric. Birds stay in barns...

57 this morning and that's today's high. Holding most of the day. Misty foggy day. Migrate chickens and then find something dry to do. Need to work on taxes some more. Probably not today.

50 this morning and headed to 63 today. Storms tonight. Isolated severe. Get chickens ready to migrate tomorrow. Try to stay out of the mud. Might go get the parts needed to wire up the auger.

Oh they are good. Never mentioned them as a health food. Hahaha. [emoji3]. 47 currently and not going to cool off tonight. Watching a Clint Eastwood marathon. Been a relaxing day.

42 this morning and headed to 49 today. Happy New year. Happy birthday Roy. Left oldest with my mother last night. Asleep before midnight. Had good times and meals yesterday. Got up this morning and fixed breakfast. Breakfast crescents. Cover your eyes don. 1 lb sausage we use Williams...

42 this morning and headed to 43 today. Rain off and on and on and off all day. Got the auger in the feed bin yesterday. Motor hung. All that's left is wiring. Will be setting it up for generator or grid power. The grid power will require an upgrade so for the time being it's going to be a...

33 this morning and headed to 43 today. Yeah Drew not even sure if there's a nugget on them yet. [emoji3] Need to run to town and get some flour to make some bread with. Then try to get auger in bin. Or at least get it closer to going in. Would like to have time to go get canopy but may not...

35 this morning and went to 47 today. Cow feed showed up today. First fill up of new bin. Auger still not in but can fill buckets out of it. 4 tons and all I did was write the check. No more bags. Then went and got filters for the kubota's 350 hour service. Can live with filter prices but...

26 this morning and headed to 54 today. Birds are all nestled in to a balmy 94. Have to be careful in there. Need to wash some equipment today. Then winterize washer. Hopefully I'll get to work on grain bin.

38 this morning and headed to 47 today. 73 for high yesterday. Birds arrive today. All of them. So will spend the day with that chore. Then funeral home visit tonight. Wife's aunt passed on Christmas. Reading newspaper and fell over.

I keep offering to move her north. Dakotas, Montana, Colorado area. She keeps declining. Buckeye happy birthday to your wife.

49 this morning and headed to 68. Wife doesn't get her dream of a white Christmas this year. Merry Christmas all.

48 this morning and headed to 53 today. Just under an inch of rain yesterday. Swap out some heaters today and run feed in the lines. Then wrap wife's Christmas presents. Good news Ron. Happy belated anniversary Roy.

31 this morning and headed to 41 today. Take youngest back to doctor for checkup. Doctor wants to see how the breathing treatments are working. Then hopefully finish Christmas shopping. Was not able to sneak off from wife yesterday. Although she did inform me I was getting an IOU. Will try...

25 this morning and headed to 45 today. Currently 43. Some freezing fog this morning along with a very heavy frost. Trying to finish Christmas shopping with my wife today. Will need to ditch her at some point so I can shop for her. [emoji6] Hopefully back in time to work on chicken coops...

8 this morning and headed to 41 today. It sure is easy to get way behind here. Only 130+ post to catchup on. I'm a slow reader. Well since I've been gone. I've had a birthday. Now 33. I know I'm the young one here, but sure don't feel it. Youngest son is still sick. Now on breathing...

27 this morning and headed to 39 today. Today is full of meetings. Meet with a rep from wife's work about additional retirement plans. She also got notice yesterday that teachers will have to start paying social security taxes. They've always been exempt because they paid into a retirement...

46 this morning and 43 now headed to 26 tonight. Got a call to come get oldest from preschool. Took him and myself to doctor. He's got strep and I've got ear infections. I haven't been this sick since my early teens till I had kids. Youngest son seems to be on the mend. Was able to go to...

43 this morning and headed to 42 today. I guess temps will be falling today. Home with a sick boy. Trying to get him into doctor.

31 this morning and headed to 47 today. Rain moving in mid afternoon. Going to try to mow one last time. Should have done it during November but just didn't have time when weather would cooperate. The waterlines are decrusted by my best guess I pulled around 100 tons of litter out since...

18 this morning and headed to 37 today. Rain starts tomorrow afternoon. Rng and Kyle. Yeah for this site I'm a heavy user. Always surprises me when people talk of less than 100 hours a year. We'll do over 100 hours per tractor during each hay season. Guess that's why I don't post much in the...

23 this morning and headed to 32 today. Windchill 14. Been trying to decrust chicken coops. Have 1 1/2 done. Too cold to get many hours in. But will finish today and tomorrow. Kubota is a year old today. 342 hours when I shut her down last night. Found out how calves did. About what I...

44 this morning and headed to 49 today. Rain has showed up. Should be done before lunch. Somewhere around an inch. Birds leave tonight. So I'll spend the day getting that ready. Stopped yesterday and looked at a new stock trailer. Wish I had a diesel truck. They had a nice deal on a 24'er...

39 this morning only got to 43 today. Hauled off the last of the 2015 calf crop. Heifers I wanted to keep but after getting them to breeding age (15 months) I didn't like the way they were turning out. So no replacements for this year. Really want to replace about 4 and add 2. So may take...

23 this morning and headed to 48 today. They put the s word in the forecast later this week. Worked on some bush hogging. Trying to get it done before winter sets in. Then had to watch oldest boy so wife could go to her sisters. So we've been out driving around the countryside just having a...

51 this morning and headed to 59 today. Rain is here and forecast to hit 1.5 inches. Need to do some paperwork today and make some phone calls. Wngsrd. Hopefully your wife gets a good report.

24 this morning and headed to 57 today. Rain by daylight tomorrow. Had an enjoyable thanksgiving meal yesterday. Watched UK upset #11 Louisville. Intrastate rivalry. Should get them into a bowl game and locked in a $250,000 bonus for Stoops. I had to go look. Is college sports really that well...

42 this morning and headed to 51 today. Went yesterday and helped dad work calves, band, shots, and dehorn. Brought the bull home so he had some new girlfriends. Time to start on next years calf crop. Then showed dad some dead trees and helped him get some fire wood. Today it's another...

Happy birthday and anniversary to all the celebrators. 43 this morning and headed to 51 today. Had a change of plans yesterday for a dish we were taking to supper. So I ended up having to run in Walmart for a couple of things. At 2pm the Black Friday crowd already had full carts. Couldn't...

Kyle you made me laugh. My grandfather was a machinist. Growing up if I was given a board length it was always checked after cutting. Only to learn that I normally missed the required length by 1/32. His tape measure was in 1/16. He'd estimate the 1/32. Now I hear, how many thousands that...

45 this morning and headed to 55 today. About 1/3 inch of rain yesterday. Check chickens and cows, then off to wife's family thanksgiving at lunch. Then my parents for supper. Wnsprd. Congratulations to your son.

44 this morning and headed to 58 today. Catching a break in the rain for a few hours then it starts back up later today. Think I'll spend some time working on the building. Put some door knobs and lock on yesterday. Drew. Interesting article. I just finished sowing ryegrass and have asthma...

18 this morning and headed to 50 today. Wife just called to say she left her debit card at Hardee's this morning in the drive thru. Guy behind her recognized who she was and called my sisters husband who lives out of town. He in return called my wife. Who called me to go get it. Guess I'll...

23 this morning and headed to 48 today. Have a good one.

42 this morning and headed to 48 today. NW winds at 13 feels like 35. Can we backup about 2 days and press pause. Although the quarter of an inch of rain last night was welcome as most of the state is in a severe drought and we have an outdoor burn ban in effect. Family pictures this afternoon...

55 this morning and headed to 78 today. Hit 80 yesterday, then front with some rain comes in tonight. Going to try to finish the seed sowing that started yesterday. Spent Monday in Louisville with oldest at evaluation center. Then the youngest came home sick from his first day of daycare...

There egg production drops off after 12-16 months. So he buys more and when they start laying takes the older hens to the flea market. He said you'd be surprised how many people are happy with a bird laying 3-4 eggs a week. :).

Have a neighbor with some ISA Browns. At one point he had 7 layers and was getting 6 eggs 7 days a week. They're said to lay over 300 eggs a year per hen.

I've noticed since the last update to TBN IPhone app that the permission forums. Friendly Politics and Front Porch are not visible with the App. I can get into them using the laptop though. Anyone else notice this?

41 this morning and headed to 60 today. Wife's first day back to school. She's not happy. I'll be trying to finish up youngest boys bedroom today. See I was the opposite of what the tv is saying. If the other side would have won I'd been looking for a different country to live in. First...

52 this morning and headed to 66 today with light rain. Try to get back to the chicken coops today for more maintenance work. Then run oldest to ENT doctor. Have some questions about reoccurring illnesses. As he has tubes and no tonsils. [emoji50] Then go vote. Our polling place changed this...

Good luck at games. Small stand of trees=Patch of woods.

38 this morning and headed to 75 today. Schools out till Wednesday here. Which will be wife's first day back to work, which she is not looking forward to, but she gets a test run today as she has a training scheduled. Been off for over 5 months. Oldest to daycare and youngest with me today...

41 this morning and headed to 71. Well the oldest still has strep and double ear infection. Seems the last 2 antibiotics haven't worked. Switched back to one that usually works. Will be talking to his regular doctors Monday. Pretty sure we know the problem, as he places everything he picks up...

38 this morning and headed to 66 today. Currently 64. Left early this morning to run to TSC for some lag bolts for some winch replacements today. On way home get a phone call oldest is vomiting. So no winch replacement as I'm sitting at doctors office with him. All of our doctors should be...

49 this morning and headed to 70 today. Spent all of yesterday at doctor with youngest. First was the allergist. She confirmed FPIES. Which is a food protein allergy. And gave us some ideas for handling it. But says to get milk, soy and corn out of his diet. Now sending us to a dietitian as...

55 this morning and headed to 76 today. Rain chances have disappeared from forecast today. Take youngest son to doctor this morning and then back to try and find out why I have no trailer brakes on gooseneck. Was going to move the dozer yesterday but no brakes. A 12,500lb dozer is too much to...

61 this morning and headed to 82 today. Take care of birds then hopefully finish some bush hogging. May go get feed at some point. Bin still not together. Drew. I'll second toppop on the equinox. Mom has one and other than normal maintenance has only replaced timing belt at like 140,000. It...

63 this morning and headed to 86 today. It's bird migration day. Then maybe back to the bush hog.

The beard is already full and needs a trim. I start with the first cool snap. Although if it doesn't cool off then I may trim it back pretty hard. Turnips help lockup nutrients for the winter. Especially nitrogen. But they do stink.

58 this morning and headed to 80 today. Spent yesterday afternoon fixing the fence next to me and the neighbors loggers. They are done but had dropped a couple of trees across the fence. Not that big of a deal except for two things. They said they'd fix the fence, and the level they attempted...

Buckeye. Nice picture. And nice Hereford. Don't see many around here anymore and if you do then they are polled. Nice old barn you have there.

58 this morning and headed to 82 today. Ended up the wife didn't want to go out last night. Instead we carved the boys pumpkin. I also grilled steaks for the wife. New York Strips that were too tender to be cut with a knife. Just pick it up and bite it. Have lunch at the in laws today. Then...

Don. Condolences to you and your family. Too. Ad he didn't get his second chance.

55 this morning and headed to 84 today. It's wife's birthday [emoji322] today. So I'll be spending some time this afternoon with her. Probably go eat. But till then I think I'll go sit on tractor and bush hog. Since my tractor time keeps getting interrupted by sick kids. Oldest back to doctor...

42 this morning and headed to 76 today. Got started bush hogging yesterday. Will work on that some more. Also got mirror hung in new bathroom. Wife is happy for time being.

Buckeye. The same thing happened to me back in the spring. I bought from a different dealer out of protest. Paid about the same. If your a Farm Bureau member then ask about the discount. Back in the spring it was $500 I think.

Ran across this picture. Taken from our trip to the smokies. Thought some of you might enjoy.

62 this morning and headed to 44 today. Yep we've already seen our high. Cold front moving through. Kyle glad Finnly is doing better. Need to finish the grain bin install, well as far as I can. No power out there yet for the motor. Then get paperwork turned in for cost share on it. Tomorrow...

The price of beef shot up a couple of years ago when we were having some weather issues all across the country. Texas liquidated more cows than Kentucky had at that point. A lot of ground here switched to row crops because even with $2.50 5 weights $8 corn was better profits. It cost...

Well. Drew. Actually it was cow feed. Hopefully this is the start of growing the cow herd. But need more grass. Cows are cheap currently. Good time to grow or get in. I was thinking that Massey had a belly exhaust and you were adding a vertical one. :confused.

Just regular galvanize. The galvanization on feed and grain bins is normally high quality. Very few rust for many years. My other grain bins are almost 20 years old and very little rust. Mostly the bolts. This bin was built by Brock.

Well the bin is up. Crew gone to lunch will finish the tubing install after lunch.

44 this morning and headed to 81 today. Grain bin company called yesterday and bin is together. Supposed to be here today to set it. It's a little bit bigger than I had pictured. Oh well just means it'll hold more feed. Now time to get my power route figured out and get it installed. 7 feet...

Pay by. What you pay. October 31. 2% discount December 31. Face value January 31. 5% penalty After January 31. 21% penalty After April 15. Delinquent and...

40 this morning and headed to 71 today. Last half of birds showed up early today. So all birds are here. Just have to finish the placement task after breakfast. Service rep for the company I use for parts was out yesterday looking at my fans. 7 years old and rusted through from the inside...

44 this morning and headed to 72 today. Placing first half of birds today. Then need to run some errands. Maybe back in time to wash some stuff up for winter.

40 this morning and headed to 76 today. Barns are ready for birds. Have to turn heaters up today. Not much else planned.

36 this morning and headed to 63 today. Very light frost. First frost of the season for us. Today is feed packing day at the chicken coops. I'm taking volunteers. [emoji6][emoji3] Hopefully done by lunch. Then looks like I've got some bush hogging to do. And move the cows. They are on a...

Back from the eye doctor. Everything went as well as can be expected. He got the exam done. Said his eyes are straight and healthy, the biggest concerns. He is far sighted but so is 90% of 3 year olds. Something to do with the shape and size of the eyes. As they grow the eye will change shape...

49 this morning and headed to 60 today. Misted rain all day yesterday but didn't really add any to the total. Taking oldest son to the eye doctor this morning. Should be interesting as he's never been. Then back to setup chicken coops. They are ready to start dropping lines. Don sorry for...

Ed. Good luck. Kyle. Tell Finnly she did a nice job painting that.

64 this morning and headed to 72 today. Already 72 and .4 inches of rain. More rain coming. Well I have the demo implement and it's working really nice. Just wish it took out both tire tracks as it's an offset unit. It's the 6' unit and they make an 8' but I'm short of recommended horsepower...

71 this morning and headed to 86 today. Pop up showers and thunderstorms today then rain all day tomorrow. Need to wash the windrower and get the seed sower on the tractor. Will see how much I get done. Before rain hits.

69 this morning and headed to 89 today. Moved some equipment this morning after dropping boy off at preschool. Now time for eye doctor appointment and then go look at some equipment after that. Will be seeing about a demo later this week.

67 this morning and headed to 87 today. Will be putting up the trim pieces I painted last weekend. Hopefully I'll finish the baby room today. Then move in furniture. He's only 11 weeks old. Laughing. :). Need to call about grain bin also. They shipped the wrong parts last time. Frustrating...

63 this morning and headed to 83 today. Well we're back home, made it in about 1am this morning. Long ride with the boys having a screaming match. Took oldest son for a go cart ride yesterday while we were waiting for our appointment at the blacksmith shop. Then helped him hammer out a knife...

57 this morning and headed to 82. Had to get above 3,000 feet yesterday but it did cool off about 20*. Mid 60's from 3-5,000. Seen some nice colors. Mostly yellows a few oranges and reds. Vines were mostly reds. Lots of dead pines in park. Guessing pine beetles. Oldest son enjoyed the aquarium...

58 this morning and headed to 82 today. Maybe it'll be cooler up in the mountains. Think we are headed to the aquarium for a little bit today.

52 this morning and headed to 77 today here in the smokies.

56 this morning and headed to 81 today. Need to go get me and the oldest son a hair cut today. Hopefully while the place next door rotates the tires on the Tahoe. Then it's travel day. Off to the mountains. I was hoping for a nice leaf show but listening to you guys it may all be green. Have...

53 this morning and headed to 81 today. Litter is cooling off so time to spread it back out. Finish washing outside shutters and move some lumber. Have to get the cows moved today also. In preparation for a few days of R&R in the Smokey's. Drew. Glad your power came back on early. Always...

47 this morning and headed to 77 today. Ended up painting some trim yesterday. Primer is on, so paint color will go on today. Then maybe I can have some time to bush hog. Not much else happening. Drew. Sounds like you got that generator installed just in time.

43 this morning and headed to 74 today. Everyone stay safe after the storm. Still don't know what I'll get into today.

50 this morning and headed to 71 today. Nice cool off. Turn the windrows in the chicken coops and then work on sowing seed. Tried to do some straightening up where the loggers were on one rental property. But the tractor won't cut it. May have to haul the dozer over. Loggers supposedly is...

60 this morning and headed to 87 today. Big cool off for a few days starting tomorrow. No rain. Doctors appointment went well yesterday for the youngest. Got the mirrors changed out on wife's Tahoe. She had hit a bird back in the spring. Busted the back cover off $300 for one mirror painted to...

62 this morning and headed to 87 today. Youngest son has his 2 month checkup this morning then back and see what all I can get into. Need to spread some gravel, move cows and do some bushhoging. We'll see how far I make it. Eric. Glad my description helped you find your inner child. :). But...

65 this morning and headed to 85 today. Off to get the windrower this morning, then back to get that process started. Need to clean out the calf pin today. Get all the old hay out and put some new in. New hurricane track looks promising. No land fall. Just skirt the coast. Still cause damage...

52 this morning and headed to 84 today. Birds are all gone now to start cleaning and getting ready for another flock. All on the east coast stay safe.

65 this morning and headed to 78 today. Last 2 barns of birds leave tonight. Then have to get at it. Doing a different process between flocks this time. Windrowing. Spend about the same hours as decrusting but it takes like 5 or 6 days as you wait for it to heat up, turn it, and heat back up...

61 this morning and headed to 73 today and that is what we are currently. Half the birds leave tonight. So I'll spend the rest of the day working with them. Helper gets here at 2:30. Should be able to get everything done before catch crews arrive. I'm still looking for time to cut some fire...

I have an accurite weather station. It does ok. Super hot days I subtract about 10 degrees. Think I need to clean the fans according to Don. Installed about 18 months ago. I like it enough the next one will be a Davis. I had the same trouble with rain gauges as you. Happy birthday Finnly.

61 this morning and headed to 69 today. A chance of afternoon showers. As far as plans for today. They're few. Check chickens and cows. We've got 8 calves on the ground. Still waiting on 4. Then we have plans for a grocery shopping trip. Have had some people recommend a diet change for oldest...

56 this morning and headed to 65 today. Already rained once and more forecast for this afternoon. Will be working on baby's room today. Unless something else comes up. Kyle. I hear ya on the medical bills. Originally the baby's bills were over 20k and oldest tonsils surgery was over 6k. The...

RNG. That's not the best way to use rebar but it is the approach I've used on concrete wire. Rebar is just too heavy to get it located right. I used precut 24" pieces. Drove them down to the height I wanted. Then just tied three pieces to them. Making 3 runners. Then crossed all three with all...

Just install the rebar yourself and use as much as you want. Then let them pour it. 9.25" pad with fiber, rebar is on a rough 12x12. I didn't fuss with exact measurements just got close. Besides I ended up short 10' so I just devided the remaining section into what I had left. ~15x12 grid. Just...

48 this morning and headed to 65 today. Spotty showers today. Take the oldest boy to school. Then back for chickens. Also need to uncover the concrete and see how it looks. Maybe go ahead and pull the forms. May wait another day or two also. Maybe I'll have time to work on trim in house...

Yes they brought me enough for 10.8" as it was cheaper than just buying the 9.25" I needed. Specs on bin called for 9". So I just used a 2x10 and poured whole thickness. Rain was moving in so I covered it after brooming it. It was just getting hard. Not set. This was noon. Have had a couple...

Drew. Tile grout will crack if there is ANY movement in the sub floor. Sealer won't hold it.

58 this morning and headed to 78 today. Chance of rain after lunch. Today is concrete pouring day. Wouldn't you know it. No rain in forecast all week. I order concrete for Thursday and rain chances show up Thursday and Friday. So I bust my butt yesterday and get ready to pour today and move my...

42 this morning and headed to 75 today. Just a tenth of a inch of rain yesterday. But WOW did fall arrive in a hurry. My blood is still too thin had to find long sleeves yesterday. Hopefully will be able to get the rebar for the grain bin pad put in and tied today. Need to check level on...

66 this morning and headed to 71 today. Currently raining. Have a couple of repairs in the chicken coops. Then pay some bills.

Probiotics. I've gotten to where I take them on a fairly regular basis. Not every day but atleast weekly and they work. I can thank a bout with campylobacter about 2 years ago for the need to still take them.

69 this morning and headed to 92 today. Rain chances increase for tonight and tomorrow morning then cool down. Wife's dragging me along to a surprise 25th anniversary party for her sister and BIL. Told them it was family pictures so they'd show up. But they've been complaining about having to...

A heads up to you guys. Just talked to a neighbor. Two nights ago they had the oil drained out of 2 tractors and the antifreeze out of one. Just looks like vandalism. Tractors parked in sight of road outside beside a house.

65 this morning and headed to 91 today. Still don't know what I'll get into today. Have some mowing to finish and birds to walk but that's about all I know is set.

64 this morning and headed to 90 today. Hay's all in and I'm out of room. Might have been able to hold another dozen bales but that's it. Have lots of gravel to get spread today and some mowing to do. Will try to finish concrete forms and order concrete today. Need to make some phone calls...

Here's a better picture of the second view. This setup will allow you to use the loader at any time and have both remotes free.

62 this morning and headed to 91 today. First day of fall? Hopefully I can finish moving hay today. Will take most of the day. Roy nice snow blower. Drew. Have you seen these?Blower | Lewis Brothers Mfg. 6000 CFM. Only 20hp.

Before you go adjusting things. Go to your dealer and have him order you a new remote end cap. Where the hose is attached in the first picture. Hose goes to loader spool. Then you need a hydraulic 90 and a tee. Make the left side of the remotes look like the second picture. Top line goes...

61 this morning and headed to 90. Currently 87. Worked on the water system for the chicken coops this morning. Galvanized pipe stand for the pressure switch rotted off. Then will be moving hay and working on gravel for the concrete. Need to call and see when I can get a truck. Need stands for...

62 this morning and headed to 89 today. Have a funeral visitation to attend this morning. A great uncle. Then maybe back to haul some more hay. Then a doctors appointment for me. Allergy doctor. Then off to the preschool open house if the boy feels better. If not more hay moving. Moved 3 loads...

64 this morning and headed to 86 today. Dense fog advisory again. Oldest is home from school today sick. Wife has doctors appointment and dog has to go to the vet. Will see if there's any time left for work today. Will check chickens and cows though.

66 this morning and headed to 84 today. Dense fog advisory out. .31" of rain yesterday. Another new calf yesterday. Have had 4 in 3 days. Always nice to see. So check cows again today and then plan on taking oldest to the quick care. Acts like his throat hurts. I woke up in the recliner last...

I have a 2016 Polaris Ranger Crew 570XP-6. Bought in April. Only grease and oil change so far. It's not that clean now and looks more used. Used daily. I keep a 30 gallon sprayer in it and I haven't needed more power yet. I've had to shift to low because of belt slip. Only thing dealer warned...

71 this morning and headed to 80 today with rain. Have a couple of repairs to do in the chicken coops. Then don't know what else will get done. Probably too wet to move hay. May just nap. Youngest son isn't sleeping at night. Ed. Happy birthday belated.

I know what you mean. One yesterday was a first calf heifer. She didn't like me there but just balled and lunged. She was close enough I could touch her nose, and did a couple of times. All I wanted was an ID tag in the ear. I do have 3 cows I can forget about tagging calves as a new born. They...

I tag at birth. Then match calf and cow numbers in the notes app on my phone.

Checking cows this morning. I found a 3rd calf. This one a heifer.

68 this morning and headed to 89 today. Rain chances pickup tonight. Hays all baled. Rain played out before getting here. 137 bales here at the house. Over 250 this fall cutting. 4x5's approximately 1,000 lbs. each. Dirt work for bin pad is done. Need to get some pictures. As for today it's...

Never tried heating with it. But when mixed with hickory it makes great smoker wood. Actually any fruit wood works. Pear, Apple, persimmon, ect.

77 this morning and headed to 92 today. Rain on its way. A 20% day. Hay is still on the ground. Dad moved tractor back yesterday and forgot the monitor for the baler. Baler won't tie without it. Had to wait for him to get off school bus to bring it back. Hay was damp by then. Will work on...

63 this morning and headed to 90 today. Well yesterday didn't go as planned. Ended up with the youngest son at the ER. High fever but they did figure out he had the Flu. At his age all they can do is give Tylenol to control fever. He did sleep better last night than he did Monday night. Oldest...

62 this morning and headed to 90 today. Well hay is cut and dirt work for the bin is started. Gravel was just dumped. Will need to get the forms up this week. I have 2 weeks to delivery and would like the concrete to cure for a few days first. Need to work on the bin pad some more. Then move...

53 this morning and headed to 85 today. Made it to 83 yesterday. Yesterday was a stressful and unproductive day. Electrical issues in chicken coops. Did get it straightened out though. Now for today. I think I'll spend it on the tractor cutting the last dozen acres of hay. Then it's time to...

Now that's a good one. Mine wouldn't let it go that long. The only reason I've gotten away with it this long is I've used the "well one kid is always asleep" excuse. It's not really that bad. But after I messed up the third piece out of the seven I tried. I decided to stop while ahead.

67 right now, high was 88. .77 inches if rain today. Low tonight 56. Took care of birds and calves. Cleaned up the hay in the yard from last weeks bailing. I clogged the baler and had to come home to unclog it. Then worked on the bathroom trim some more. I hate trim.

74 this morning and headed to 90 today. Afternoon thunderstorms. Well the rains held off till after dark. All the hay that was cut is now baled and equipment is back home. Except for 1 tractor which got left to move hay off the fields. Should be done today or tomorrow. Need to do a final count...

73 this morning and headed to 92 today. Currently 80. Yesterday's hay bailing went better. Different farm, fewer weeds, better grass. Then Dad called about 8:30pm last night to say baler tractor was making a knocking noise in the front of the motor, and he needed lights. So I get there to...

70 this morning and headed to 94 today. Back to the hay field when the grass dries. Hays yielding more than it did in the spring. Just not as high of quality, but still good. Really giving problems raking and bailing. Most of it is over 3 tons per acre so it's a 2 mph ride on the baler...

Kyle. No it isn't. But my wife got sick first and I called mom. She took both the boys for the day. I ended up getting sick as they were leaving. She ended up keeping them over night. No big deal for grandma. We didn't want them around it.

64 this morning and headed to 94 today. Started bailing hay yesterday. Have around 55-60 acres down. 10-12 left to cut but with rain in forecast it's not going down until this is up. Spent Saturday sick with a stomach bug. Both wife and I. Sunday recovery. Then yesterday waiting on dad to get...

60 this morning and headed to 84 today. Currently 73. Hopefully I'll finish cutting hay today. But not holding breathe. Wife up all night with a stomach bug. Boys are going to moms for the day. Drew. Be a good use for that game camera. Catch 'em in the act.

A couple of pictures from when I picked up the Polaris this spring.

60 this morning and headed to 82 today. Dove hunting yesterday was a bust. Seen some but not close enough to shoot. Maybe another day. Hopefully I'll finish cutting hay today. It's thick and this old cutter is hating it. I got used to the new cutter and didn't realize how much better it did...

70 this morning and headed to 81 today. Looks like cold front is sitting right on top of us. Need to walk birds and then get back to hay cutting. Maybe it'll go better today. Didn't get near what I wanted to cut yesterday. Gun cleaning didn't go well either. Although everything works better...

Ron sorry to hear about your wife. Both of you hang in there. Our thoughts are with you.

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Drew. Nice find. Those are tough tractors. And that makes decisions harder. Good luck. Wngsprd. The garden hose usually works for us. One person on roof with hose. One in attic watching for water drips. Sometimes can take a while though.

70 this morning and headed to 88 today. Go take care of chickens then make some repairs to the disc mower. Hopefully I'll start cutting hay today. Need to go through the shotgun sometime today. Dove season opens tomorrow and my semi-automatic is currently a single shot. Bolt locks back after...

69 this morning and headed to 93 today. Take the boy to preschool and then stop by the Walmart to hopefully find some cool dress clothes. Then back to see what I can do before the funeral. Maybe a hair cut also. Roy. Are y'all ISO 9001 or something else. I remember that from business class...

70 this morning and headed to 92 today. Currently 86. Had to take the youngest boy to the doctor this morning. Allergy congestion caused him to get sick yesterday and wife was worried. Back now to take care of birds and start getting things ready for the fall hay cutting. We have a 10 day...

I believe you are correct. That's the reason the school denied the service in the first place. They don't have that person on staff and would have to bring in an outsider. Which they admitted to doing in the past. But with a diagnosis if they'll fill out the correct paperwork the state will...

74 this morning and headed to 91 today. Rain passed by last night just close enough for us to get the wind. Destroying the canopy I had over the saws. 20% chance of thunderstorms so I left it up. Off this morning with a buddy to a local gun shop. Largest gun dealer in area. Maybe state. Then...

Ed and Kyle. Thanks. I know you all are going through the same thing, and that helps. He has his own personality that's for sure. Doesn't have very many triggers. Large crowds or people getting in his face. People on tv fighting or arguing and frustration from a lack of communication. I was...

74 this morning and headed to 93 today. The chicken coops need migrating today. Then spend some time with the bush hog. Mowing pastures. Looks like a weather window next week large enough for the second cutting of hay. Trip yesterday went well. Traffic down there is horrible. Even off the...

75 this morning and headed to 93 today. Chickens have a sitter. So we're off to Nashville, Tennessee. Wish I was going for other reasons, very interesting city. We've walked music row before, and gone through some museums, taken a bicycle taxi(ok I'm from a very small town, not even a car taxi...

68 this morning and headed to 91 today. I need to take oldest to preschool and then go look at a hay field for a friend. It's newly seeded (last fall) and now dieing. Then back for some errands today. Kyle. I have to totally agree. The right people are great. We went through the states first...

Kyle. He's adjusting very well. He's working on it. Everyone that works with him says they'll take a whole class of him. He follows directions (even if it takes some hand over hand they count that), he does his own thing. He doesn't bother others or fight over toys. He's just content with...

58 this morning and headed to 85 today. Back into the 90's for the rest of the week. I'll finish mowing today. Would like to grade the drive and do some bushhoging. But we'll see what plans the wife has. Stopped by TSC this morning for dog food and cattle mineral after I dropped off the oldest...

56 this morning and headed to 81 today. Low humidity and it should be a very nice day. Today's plans are just like Drew's. To mow. Hopefully not too wet. Along with taking care of birds and cows. Need to get in the habit of checking cows two or three times a day now. Calving season starts in...

72 this morning and headed to 80 today. Rain chances are gone. Well the plaining didn't go well yesterday. Lumber got rained on before I got there. Wet lumber and planers don't get along. So then I come home and need to put hay into the pin with the heifer calves. But the house washer was on...

70 this morning and headed to 81 today. Rain on its way. Going to try and get the trailer loaded before the rain gets here. I'm taking some lumber down to my grandfathers to plane down to a consistent thickness for the siding on the building. It's all rough sawn poplar. Need to talk the wife...

70 this morning and headed to 83 today. A 40% chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Radar currently looks more promising. Birds arrive this morning. So I'll spend most of today messing with them. The wife says she needs to go pickup some paperwork from Doctor, so I'll probably take her. Did get...

71 this morning and headed to 83 today. Chance of rain later. Have to take oldest to Preschool this morning. Then on way back stop and get heater parts. Need to double check the gas levels at chicken coops. Fixing 3 heaters is today's main job. Phone company made it out yesterday and fixed...