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A heavy thunderstorm just rolled in. It has already cooled it down to 73. Hope it eases up before I have to leave for work. {or I might melt}

Good morning. 1100, mostly cloudy, 86 with 80% humidity. Forecast high is 88 {almost there already} with 70% chance of thunderstorms. The sun is shining now, but they say this afternoon will bring more rain. The showers skipped us yesterday. That is maybe 5 days in the last 45 without rain...

BREAKING NEWS!!!! OBED IS BACK!!!!! So far he hasn't explained the long break, but he's back.

Good morning. 1030, partly cloudy {I do see one spot of blue}, 80 with 89% humidity. Forecast high is 90 with a 70% chance of rain. Randy, thirty years ago when I was aboard the USS Saipan, she was home ported in Norfolk. We drove down to the NC barrier islands often. That is a pretty part of...

We cut a melon after lunch today. The heart was real good. Closer to the rind wasn't as sweet. The coons got the last two cantaloupes last night, so I'm clipping the melons as soon as they are ready. The rain is causing four or five to spit everyday. The last ones I planted are doing worse. Most...

Afternoon all. 1545. Cloudy, 83 with 83% humidity. Forecast if for a high of 90 with a 70% chance of rain. We have had a few showers, but nothing like the last two days. Another late night at work last night, but I did sleep in until 0900. That was nice. I had to go back in for about an hour. I...

I talked to Mamma earlier. She said that when my sister crossed the Willis Bridge at dinnertime, the Chipola River was full of tubers, right in the middle of a bad thunderstorm. Plus the river has come up 5 feet in the last 24 hours, and is just as muddy as can be. But I guess that if you want...

Afternoon all. Still raining here, 73, 91% humidity. Forecast high of 82 with 90% chance of rain. It has been 90 percenting off and on all night and morning. The radar shows there is still plenty more in the Gulf coming this way. We have got an 1 1/4" since midnight. A lot of that came about 1...

I have two loud parties at work tonight. There is a headbanging concert at one end of the building, and a black back to school dance at the other end. Hope they don't mind me wearing my hearing protection in the office. At least the folks with the class reunion tomorrow night are closer to my...

Just got back from looking at the tractor. It is an older {1960's ??} gas engine Case O Matic 540. Turns out it is an old friend of mine who is selling it. He picks up a lot of old stuff in trade and works on it, then resales it. They are listing this one on craigslist for $2K, but he said he...

Morning all. It raining now, 76 with 91% humidity. Forecast is for a high of 86 with 70% chance of rain. Margie just called and the tractor is back by the road this morning. There is a boxblade behind it this morning. Had something else on it yesterday. But now I know what house it is at. The...

I had a close call with a tractor today, and I don't even know what kind it was. When I got in from Marianna about dinnertime, there was a message from Margie on the machine. On her way into work she had seen a tractor parked by the highway for sale. I called her and ask what it looked like. She...

Tonight after supper we rode down to Abe Springs, where Margie was born. An old family friend had called and told us to come pick grapes. He has a real nice setup. The grapes were easy to get too, and it was clean under the vines. The rain has hurt his production this year. He has about half...

Evening all. This is the first chance I have had to boot up all day. 2045, partly cloudy, 79 with 86% humidity. The rain came often this morning, but cleared out around dinner and the sun shone later on in the afternoon. After supper we went down to Abe Springs, where Margie was raised, and...

I was able to beat the rain and finish the mowing today. It has been only a week since I started it, but already the part I cut then is almost as tall as what I'm cutting today. I did go ahead and cut right in front of the house again. If this rain keeps on, it is going to need it once a week...

Morning all. Sunny, 84 with 82% humidity. Forecast is for a high of 88 with 80% chance of thunderstorms. Trying to wait for the dew to dry so I can finish mowing before it is time to start over. Can't wait too long. Looks like more thunder boomers this afternoon. Yesterday I found out our...

This is what I picked today. Now you see why Margie is always making pepper jelly, pepper rings, stuffed peppers and poppers.

We missed a couple of days picking peppers, and you see what happens. Always wear protection when you are messing with the hot stuff. If you don't, that is when you will wipe your eyes.

Just started pouring down rain here. I heard a couple of rumbles of thunder, then it just opened up. So much for the grass slowing down.

Morning all. Sunny, 79 with 95% humidity. Forecast for a high of 91 with 60% chance of rain. There was no rain yesterday. Maybe a couple more days and my grass will slow down. I feel for all of you with bad traffic. My work is 13.7 miles from home, and it takes me 20 minutes. Fifteen if I'm...

300, some would say that with age comes wisdom. You know, like knowing to stay off mountain bikes. Wishing you the best. My hips hurt everyday from just getting up. I don't want to think about how bad it would be with broken bones thrown in the mix.

Got my 13 Camry in today. The shipping took 2 days. The wait for them to pick it up, almost 2 weeks. No trespassing found it for me in Indiana for $17.7K. The ad said it had 2414 miles on it. The dealer had been driving it, so it had 3880 today when I got it. Shipping from Indiana to Jackson...

This little guy was on my gourds. Not sure if he is helping control the bugs, or helping himself to a gourd leaf salad.

MG, I have to kill a couple of possums a year that get in the cat food. They don't have the sense to run. First thing I do when I wake up is raise the bedroom blinds. This little fellow was just outside the backyard in the edge of the longleafs. Midas was checking him out, but didn't give any...

Morning all. Sunny, 81 with 88% humidity. Forecast is for high of 93 with 30% chance of rain. We had some thunder just before dark, but the rain stayed to the west of us. Lost two cantaloupes to coons[?]. Put a slice in the live trap but it was empty this morning. I worry about them starting on...

Morning all. At work again this morning. 0900, sunny, 80 with 90% humidity. Forecast high of 91 with 30% chance of rain. Had a nice thundershower yesterday, but only a tenth of an inch of rain.

Thanks Jinman for the question. I took it as several 50 year old trees, thus my suggestion of sticking with the smaller tractor. If it was fifty trees that are one year old, the larger tractor would work. {I still think it would be overkill for lot size} Not a live oak, but about fifteen to...

0830, sunny 81 with 87% humidity. {Blountstown weather. I'm already at work} Forecast for a high of 93 with 50% chance of rain. No rain yesterday. First time in a while. If it doesn't do it today, I will have to remember to turn soaker hoses back on in the morning. I've got two family reunions...

One of my good friends lived in Bryan/College Station for a couple of years. When he came back home he got a ride with one of his Texas friends. At that time I was living in our little house by the pond. It is a quarter mile off the road, but the three trail goes around the pond, so it is closer...

Afternoon all. I have office relief today and had to come in early. I am just now getting around to booting up. Got most of the front mowed yesterday. Last week when I got my new mp3 player from Newegg, I was excited about trying it out on the tractor. I found out the only way you could hear it...

Not sure what made these marks, but I went ahead and clipped it early. An almost ripe cantaloupe is better than no cantaloupe at all.

I forgot her pepper rings. These are jalapeno and sweet banana peppers. And two more kinds of cran-pepper jelly. The one on the left has blended peppers in it, and the one on the right is made from cranberry sauce with whole berries.

This is what Margie has made the last few weekends. The green pepper jelly {jalapeno jam}. Cran-pepper. My sister's cran-pepper. She blended a few peppers and left in it, so it doesn't have the clear color of Margie's.

The cats planted this gourd for us. Right by the front porch.

David, it was the Jobber you dealt with at HD. All the big box store Hardware places are run about the same. It sounds like you got a deal. We always shopped HD when we had to go to Panama City {50 miles}. But now we have a Lowes right up the road {20 miles} in Marianna, so we shop there now.

David, my BIL works for Lowes. He works on the Pro desk, but I call him the Jobber. He will help you figure what large jobs are going to cost, and he can knock off quite a lot off the list price. Even if you just have a small job, check out at the Pro desk and ask for a break. Most of the time...

Morning all. Cloudy, 79 with 89% humidity. Forecast for a high of 90 with 40% chance of rain. Didn't get a chance to do any mowing yesterday. Will do some as soon as the dew dries. I have Ma watch until I go to work. She was in the shop for new sparkplugs, {pacemaker} so she should be moving...

We had a bad thunderstorm about 1600. Not too much rain, but lots and lots of lightning. The pump made it through this one. {Thank the Good Lord} We have already spent $102 on a fried controller once this year.

Morning all. Clear {no sun yet. What am I doing waking up this early?} 73 with 92% humidity. Forecast high of 90 with 50% of rain. It didn't rain yesterday. The first day in a while without it. But I had to run sprinklers on the watermelons. Got some mowing done late. Sliced first melon of the...

Morning all. Sunny, 80 with 88% humidity. Forecast high of 93 with 50% chance of rain. When I went out on back porch to feed the dog and the back yard cat, there were six deer just past the deck in the edge of the longleafs. Three of them were bucks. Since they didn't run, I eased back inside...

Note to self. ROP is taller on 3930 than B7500. Other than one broke limb, I got front and side yards cut without any problems. I lowered the cutting height 1/2", trying to find a height that would work for front yard and pasture. Still not low enough for front yard, and it scalped in two...

Morning all. 0700. Sunny, 73 with 94% humidity. Forecast high of 95 with 30% chance of rain. Had a big thunderstorm yesterday just before dark. Lots of lightning, thunder and hard rain. Bahiagrass has already shot up long stems and seeds again. Thank God for the 6' RFM.

I couldn't train this one to cut firewood. All he can do is make stupid ads on TV. And catch flies.

Morning all. 1030, sunny, 86 with 83% humidity. Forecast is for a high of 91 with 50% chance of thunderstorms. We had talked about going to Panama City or Marianna to do some shopping. But I was after 1am getting in from work, and I still have to go back in for a couple hours sometime today...

There was an overflow crowd for the wedding. Had to set out three more rows of sixteen chairs each, all the while dodging folks in fancy dress. But 200 is the magic number that makes my setup/cleanup fee go up. More work=more money. The above post makes me want to load some Joe Walsh/James Gang...

The James Gang rides again.

You have the biggest part done. Hope you made a few dollars off the chips. You can grow grass around the stumps you know. A few sheep will keep it from getting out of hand, and in a few years, most of the stumps will have rotted. 15 acres of stumps is a lot of stumps to be digging up. I have...

Morning all. {well, afternoon} 1240, 83 with 83% humidity. Forecast high of 95 with 20% chance of rain. Got to work over four hours ago, but this is the first chance I have had to sit down. We have a big outside wedding today. I sat up 160 chairs outside in our amphitheater first thing. Not...

Randy, congrats on one more trip around the sun!! If you are like me, they seem to be coming more often than they used to.

0900, cloudy, 80 with 91% humidity. Forecast high of 95 with 20% chance of rain. But I see a dark cloud to the northwest that looks like it has rain in it. Roy, I never doubted you would find work. Working folks work. In 1960 when my mamma was carrying me, my daddy quite a good job in Tampa...

Didn't have any work scheduled, but I made a few hours by watering the lobby plants and setting up for a big wedding this weekend. Took Margie out for supper at Paramore's Too in Blountstown. The special was a large 2 way. I got the catfish and she had shrimp. We split a meal and still had food...

The deer found the cucumber vines growing along the outside of the fence last night. I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner. I just hope they stay out of the garden itself. We had been watching a few little gourds up high, all the while this one was growing lower down. One of the little ones...

The last time I paid for a haircut was in November of 1983. Didn't have a choice back then. The Navy set you down and lowered your ears, and let you pay for the pleasure of it. For the last 30 years I have cut my own hair. About every 1 1/2 or 2 months it gets in my eyes enough to bother me, so...

Already had several light showers this morning. Right now, 0940, it is cloudy, 80 with 90% humidity. Forecast for a high of 91 with 40% chance of rain. I slept in this morning. My new mp3 player came in yesterday and I was up to 0200 loading music. Only got it just past half full and am back on...

I thought you were going to put one of those cast iron heaters in that Challenger. I saw on TV where they were running a car on wood chips, so you never know.

Sorry to hear about the lay off Roy. Hope you find something soon. The folks in Washington talk like unemployment payments are the gravy train. I would like to see them live on it for a few months. The company my sister works for cut everyone back to 35 hours per week about a year ago. They...

Got in from Panama a couple of hours ago. Had to carry Mamma for her pre-op. She is having a pacemaker put in next Tuesday. The doctor asked her which side she shot her shotgun from. He was joking, but just a couple of weeks ago she killed a dog for her niece. At 85 she had trouble dragging it...

Morning all. 0715, sunny, 73 with 95% humidity. Forecast high of 90 with 40% chance of thundershowers. Another trip to the bank this morning. This time my money will be making a one way trip.

Mowed the yard right in front of the house. The new 6' RFM sure is a time saver. Took about 15 or 20 minutes. Had two banana cantaloupes with splits this afternoon. I saved all of one, and had to toss about a third of the other one. I stood in the garden and ate what was good on it. Had a...

Morning all. Sunny, 74 with 94% humidity. Forecast high of 93 with 30% chance of rain. Going in to Marianna to have my teeth cleaned this morning. Such fun. Then going to Blountstown to my bank. Got to move some money around. Looks like we are going to try to buy a big ticket, non-tractor...

Stay safe out there buddy.

Morning all. Sunny right now, 77 with 93% humidity. Forecast for a high of 93 and 90% chance of rain. [that means the sun will shine all day] Grass already needs cutting again. But I'm driving my BIL to doctor this morning in Panama City. He hurt his knee at work and had it cut on last week...

Morning all. Sunny right now, 77 with 93% humidity. Forecast for a high of 93 and 90% chance of rain. [that means the sun will shine all day] I'm driving my BIL to doctor this morning in Panama City. He hurt his knee at work and had it cut on last week. He's off work for all this week [playing...

Morning all. Already had a good thundershower. [as I was leaving for work. Imagine that] Now it's overcast, 80 with 85% humidity. Forecast high of 90 with 60% chance of rain. I forgot to turn off the soaker hoses in the garden, so it is getting it from above and below today. I'm watching the F1...

Good morning all. It was sunny an hour and a half ago when I got up. Clouds moving in now. 85 with 79% humidity. Forecast high of 91 with 50% chance of thunderstorms. The 7-10pm fish fry last night went to 11, so it was midnight when they got cleaned up and I got out of there. They were the...

It is with great sadness that I announce the fall of the fence melon. Sometime between 8 last night and 8 this morning, five of the twining vines broke, sending the melon falling through space. After a fall of about 16 inches, it came to it's final resting place. Well, really it's final resting...

Looking at those melons make me miss it. The peas not so much. My back hurts when I get up in the morning, so a pea patch would be a pain. I work nights and weekends, so I have my weekdays to myself. When we lived in town my hobby was growing indigenous trees from seed. I grew dogwoods, red...

Sunny 80 with 85% humidity. Forecast high is 93 with 0% chance of rain. It's been a month since I could say that. I guess I'll turn the soaker hoses back on before I go to work this afternoon. Another full weekend at work. I'm glad it is picking back up. Went through a long slow period the last...

What do you mean level? I have at least 20' of hill. Well, maybe 15.

All the grease fittings are easy to get to. I did have to unhook the pto to get those, but it slid right off and on. Here is the before and after pictures. Not sure how long it took. The rain chased me in several times yesterday. When cutting in the rain, the rear wheels got a pretty heavy...

I was out in the garden late this afternoon giving everything a shot of blue juice. You can see the size better from this back shot. It is not as long as I thought. Just under eight inches.

I think I am through with mowing for a few days. Here is the before, just wrapping up, and after pictures.

I did a lifetime's worth of squash growing back when I truck farmed. If feel like a mess now, I just get some from my cousin's, or sister's garden. We went through a bad stretch with tomato worms eating the pepper, but that has stopped now. Today there were only four peppers with damage, and it...

Here is today's picture. Not much change since yesterday. Jim, there are several more growing on the ground outside the fence, so the coons will have an easier time with them. Not to mention the gate was left open so long, it is so covered in Cucumber vines and I couldn't close it now if I...

Partly cloudy, 73 with 95% humidity. Forecast high of 93 with 40% chance of rain. Time to think? I was too busy dodging trees to do any thinking. I counted them, just so I would know how many times I had to back up. From the driveway to the graveyard there are 28 trees, three stumps, a...

Give it a try. This is what the wheel supports look like on my Countyline 6' RFM. Each wheel has spacers that allow you to adjust cutting height. Mine are 1/2", 1" and 2", but you could make them whatever size you wanted. Something like this might work for you.

I saw the baby melon hanging from the fence for the first time on July 17. [sorry for the fuzzy photo. It wanted to focus on the stuff past the fence] Here it is the next day, the 18th. It is growing fast. By the 19th the stripes are starting to be brighter. Didn't get the next picture...

Nothing to it, David. The salesman will make sure you have all the hardware you need. Just pour concrete around your post and let them set a day before you pull wire. A come-along will pull it as tight as you need. If your land is level, you will breeze through it. I mowed in the rain off and...

Jim, I wish could send some of my rain your way. We had a two or three day break, but now it is back to raining everyday. I had turned the soaker hoses back on for the garden. Yesterday I saw water soaked hay around every plant, so I turned them back off.

0655. Partly cloudy, 70 with 95% humidity. Forecast high of 93 with 50% chance of thunder storms. I'm off to cut all the little persimmon bushes between the house and the graveyard so I can mow.

Evening everyone. I just booted up for the first time today. Went to town and bought a mower today. Time was very short when I got it home, but I did mow a little bit. Here is a few pictures. The second shot is of the spacers used to adjust the cutting height. Looks like 1/2", 1" and 2". It was...

I bought a mower today. Let me thank everyone who offered their advice on this thread. It is greatly appreciated. Before I left home I got quotes from Panhandle Tractor, the Marianna Kubota dealer, on Land Pride 5' and 6', Woods 5' and 6' and King Kutter 4'. Their salesman told me not to get a...

Jim, it was a little sweeter than a regular cantaloupe. There was a little fruity or spicy taste to it as well. There isn't as much meat to one as yours. You saw how thin the slice was. I looked at some pictures online, and the ones they were cutting had a lot more green in the rind than mine...

Daugen, glad to hear about the good news. Enjoy the meal with your wife. Because of our different schedules, my wife and I don't get the chance to eat out very often. It is always a treat when we do. If you stop by the house, I'll gladly share the melon with you. But you had better hurry. The...

0900, light rain right now, had two pretty good thundershowers already this morning. 73 with 94% humidity. Forecast high is 90 with 60% chance of rain. I woke at 0600 to the sound of my handyman rubbing down the front porch steps. Just a little bit of dirt at each end, and this job will be over...

David, I didn't eat the cakes, but brought all of them home to my wife. She likes it, but I try to stay away from the sugar. And the first plate was more than enough. I was scheduled to work until 2000, so I had got enough for dinner and supper. As it turned out, I got off early and came...

Another day at work, another family reunion. All this talk of food, I thought I would share my lunch with you guys. Well, a picture of my lunch. I don't know how that plate of cake got on my desk. I did my best to make it disappear.

0845. Already at work. Sun is shining right now, but we had a sharp thunderstorm just before I left the house. 75 with 95% humidity. Forecast high is 90 with 60% chance of rain. When I pulled out of the driveway and up to the stop sign at my crossroads, there was a big round bale of hay partway...

20:00. Short day at work. I'm already home, had a small nap and supper. Rain on and off all day. Not sure if I have posted a picture of one of the mature Marconi's so here is one Margie picked this afternoon. Maybe we will have stuffed peppers for supper tomorrow night.

Bentprop, I keep going back and forth between the 5' and 6'. My 3930 would turn the 6' easily. The cutting time would be less and I would be putting less hours on the B7500. But there is the space the 3930 will take up in the pole bar.[it is across the road in my sister's pole barn now. I only...

It is about 7 or 8 acres. About a third is thick bahiagrass, the rest is mostly centipede and prickly pears. It is all real sandy. Here is a picture. You can see the marks the skids from the bush hog made in the sand. I only mow it three or four times a year now, but with a RFM, I'm sure I will...

Txdon, you know the old saying, if it ain't broke, you are not hitting it with the hammer.... I mean backhoe, hard enough. Looks like you solved the nothing to do problem yesterday. So what are you going to break... I mean fix today? I'm already at work, so for the Blountstown weather. It is...

Today is the last day of the Sheriff's day camp at my work. They brought in the firetruck and landed the Sheriff Department's helicopter in the back parking lot. The kids all seemed to enjoy it. The big inflatable slide with the pool at the bottom was calling my name. If I had had a pair of...

I'm late to the party, but I will tell you about my garden. Last year the bottom bloom rot was so bad in our tomatoes, we decided not to plant any this year. [Margie changed my mind later] We started off with 30 pepper plants. 4 sweet banana, 2 Habanero, 2 Marconi, 3 jumbo/mammoth jalapeno, the...

0605. Clear 73 with 93% humidity. Forecast for a high of 86, 70% chance of thundershowers, some heavy. I noticed the light behind the blinds had a red hue this morning. Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky at morning, sailor take warning. Drew, this is my first go round with the banana...

Mowed the back yard after supper. Let Mocha, our chocolate lab, run free while I did the mowing. She had a large time running in the front yard, but soon she was back in her fence walking beside me as I mowed. We cut the banana cantaloupe. It was good, but could have gone a couple more days...

I have never grown banana cantaloupes before, so not sure if this one is ripe or not. The color has changed and it thumps different, so I went ahead and clipped it. It weighs 8.4 lbs. We will cut it tonight. Everyone has seen cukes growing on a fence, but have any of you ever seen melons grown...

I jotted down clear, 75 with 91% humidity as I booted up. Got a cup of coffee and read the last few posts on the thread, and it has already changed to 77 with 89% humidity. Forecast is for 93 and a 20% chance of rain. We got out right at sunset yesterday to pick the peppers. So hot and muggy we...

My wife had shown me the pictures from a local yard sale site that is somehow hooked in with Facebook, and ask me if it was worth the money. I told her to send the girl an e-mail right then, telling her we wanted it. But the pictures she had posted on the site didn't do it justice. When we...

The freight would cut into your savings. We bought it two weeks ago, and couldn't get it home because of the rain. It was touch and go yesterday, if I would get home with it before the thunderstorm hit. But I got it in with only a few sprinkles.

The cleaning lady came today, so I stayed around the house. I worked on cleaning and polishing the chairs and table we bought yesterday. There are a few small scratches, and a couple of wax spots, but it was still a deal. I might do a light sanding and then refinish. Or I might just leave it...

Clear, 82 with 81% humidity. Forecast is for a high of 93 with 20% chance of rain. The lowest humidity we have had in over two weeks, so maybe today will be the day the rain stays away.

I priced the Land Pride FDR 1660 finish mower at Sowell Tractor in Panama City last week. They will give me a discount equal to the tax, so the out the door price is $1990. When I mentioned it on one of the threads, someone said to look at the ones that Tractor Supply Co had. So today I went by...

Full day. One trip to Marianna, then straight to Blountstown. Got the router hooked up and tested. Called the lady about the dining room table and chairs, no answer. I thought cell phones were supposed to take care of this. Margie got through to her at her children's swimming lessons. The table...

This is my view of the world from work. Just testing my new router. Walmart was out of the one I planned on buying, so I upgraded to the Belkin N600. Upload time for picture 18 seconds. With the old one it was taking five minutes or more per picture.

AT 0635 it's partly cloudy, 74 with 94% humidity. Forecast is for a high of 88 with only 30% chance of rain. Today might be the second day in two weeks without rain. Running up to Marianna this morning. Stops at TSC, Walmart and thrift stores. Then down to Blountstown. I'm buying a new router...

Do you have a background in structural engineering? That outfit looks like it could hold up a suspension bridge.

We had left a dried gourd on the front porch for the kittens to play with. They played a hole right into it and we had a couple of gourds come up beside the porch. I didn't want to put them in the garden, so as not to mess up the other viney things. So I just cleared the grass from around them...

Farmgirl, I noticed it wasn't raining in the picture you posted. If you expect us to imagine you running naked in the rain, we need better visuals.

Dog and backyard cat fed and coffee on. Overcast, 72 with 96% humidity. Forecast high is 88 with 60% chance of rain. I finally had a full Friday, Saturday and Sunday at work. The first time in about two months. Now if the week nights would just pick up a little.

This the small bush hog that came with my B7500. It has chains built into it, between the top link hookup and the frame. It might not work in a bigger mower, but it keeps the back from digging in going over rough ground.

Didn't look when I first got up, but judging by how much I sweated just picking a few peppers and giving the melons, cantaloupes and cukes a shot of blue juice, it was hot and humid. It is overcast, 78 with 90% humidity now. Forecast high is 78 with 60% chance of rain. There was a dark cloud to...

This is what Margie was doing while I was at work. This is about half a week's worth. Now she is turning them into poppers while I watch the truck race. I saw a few of my Jalapenos were deformed. Do you all think this is a pollination problem, or what? The bees in my bee tree left last summer...

I go by color when I can. The Jalapeno will turn dark green when they are ripe. But also by how easy they come off the plant. Just lift up on the pepper, and if it comes off it most likely ripe. But if I was you, I would leave a couple of the lite green ones to see if they do change color. Did...

We bought a Skag 61" ZRM at work, so the old B1750 can be sold. It looks pretty rough, but it still runs good. It's 24 years old and I've been using it the last 22 years. The first few years I was here, I spent more hours keeping up the grounds here and at the ball fields at Sam Atkins Park than...

Here is my little B7500. As you can see by the hours, I don't use it near enough. As soon as I get a break, I'll walk out to the tractor shed and take a picture of it's soon to be companion. [I hope]

Partly cloudy, 80 with 89% humidity. Forecast calls for 60% chance of rain and a high of 84. When I got to work at 8:30 it was 77 with 95% humidity. As the one falls the other rises, so it is still as muggy as it started off. Cool thing happened to me at work last night. One of my customers ask...

Greg, that stump looks good. It would do alright right side up. I had to turn mine upside down to have a big enough hollow to plant in. My next project is to cut the holes in the slabs of wood a little bigger and put a plant in each of them. I think two on each side of the logs will round the...

We got through the service this morning with only a few sprinkles. The local VFW provided the Honor Guard. The lady blowing taps on the trumpet did a really good job. That is a really sad tune. It brings back memories of all the service men you have seen laid to rest. I found out Steve was only...

I was going to post more pictures of getting the stump cut and in the ground, but I'm at work and the uploads are taking forever. [but it is my router, so I can't fuss at nobody but myself] We cut the stump and sank it a couple of inches, upside down. Then poured all the hollows, cracks and...

Clear 72 with 99% humidity, 70% chance of rain. Hoping the rain will hold off, but looking at the radar, there is a line of green from PCB right up into Ga. It's to the south of us. For now. Been up and going a little over an hour, just slowed down enough for the first cup of coffee. Trying to...

75 with 95% humidity this evening. Got in from work early tonight, still a little daylight left. I could see a truck at the graveyard so I walked down to see what was what. They had got the vault in the ground today and had left the equipment. There was a service in Rome at 10am this morning...

Margie saw a hollow log planter on Facebook, and has wanted one ever since. Cliff, my handyman said he would be looking for one in the creek swamp. About three weeks ago he called and ask me to meet him on the other side of Ten Mile Creek with my truck and trailer. His camp and my camp are very...

I hate it when tomato worms don't know the difference between peppers and tomatoes. And it rains for 14 days straight so all the dust washes off your plants. Look at the amount of poop around the little Habanero plant. We never did find a worm on it.

Morning all. Partly cloudy, 73 with 94% humidity this morning. The forecast is for 88 and 70% chance of thunderstorms. Had a couple of real sharp ones come through yesterday afternoon. I see the digging equipment down at the graveyard. That reminds me I was going to tell a funny story about...

Thanks for the info. Today when I looked at the mowers, they seemed to be well made. I think I will like the rear discharge. And quiet is good. My little B7500 is quieter than either of my gas riders. I listen to a MP3 player while I mow, and it is nice to be able to hear it. I have seven acres...

300UGUY, the Marconi's have good flavor. Another mild pepper I like a lot is the Cubanelle. We always go to the fields and pick tomatoes and peppers once they open them up to the public. I eat four or five of the Cubanelle's right in the field. I can't find the plants though. And I always forget...

He turned a tiny company into one of the top three. All with the help of this little guy's cousin.

Thanks, I have been looking at Land Pride online. I'll check out BEFCO as well. I liked the prices of the LP. $2K for 5' and $2.3K for 6'. That is out the door. The Woods I had looked at in Marianna were a couple hundred $ more. Before tax.

Congrats Dmd. I like the name. I just got back online after sixteen and a half hours of no internet service. Went out at 11 last night. I called and the recording said they were doing maintenance and it would be back up by 6 am. At 8 I called again, same recording. We went on to Panama and it...

Thanks for the kind words. My cousin, Steve Sharp was a pretty good fellow. They lived down here very briefly. I'll tell a funny story about them moving back to Rome Ga in the middle of the night later on. His wife [my 1st cousin] and I are the same age, 52. He can't be but four of five years...

Mama just called with the news that my cousin's husband has died. They live in Rome Ga but will be coming home for the burying. Already planned on going to Panama City tomorrow, so I have to cut the grass at our graveyard this afternoon.

Morning all. Partly cloudy, 70 degrees with 100% humidity. Forecast is 90 degrees with a 40% chance of rain. The lowest chance in two weeks. Only had one light rain yesterday afternoon. We might dry out by the time tropical storm Chantal gets up our way. Got the flowers planted yesterday, plus...

Jinman, it sounds like your garden is doing good. We started off with just peppers. The last few years have been rough on my tomatoes. They would turn black on the bottom just as they started to get ripe. So we were not going to do any. Then one of Margie's friends gave her 13 banana cantaloupe...

Overcast, 74 degrees, 95% humidity with only a 50% chance of rain today. High is forecast as 88. Yesterday there was a strange yellow disc in the sky giving off light. I even saw my shadow. It rained all around us, but it was the first day in a long time it didn't rain here. County tractors...

Got the front yard mowed this morning. Or at least the part right in front of the house between the sheds and the garden. That is close to two acres. I only mow the other five or six acres about three times a year. Right now it is covered in those little white wildflowers anyway. It would be a...

I'm finally back at work. Maybe I can get some rest now. The rain has slacked up. It has only rained about half the day so far. Chipola River is coming up, from 9 to 12.7' in a couple of days. I don't think it will really flood, but I will need to move the floating dock in the morning. The wife...

We have had lots of the famed Florida liquid sunshine all day. But the total for the day is a hair less than an inch. It's 71 degrees, 93% humidity with steady rain. The wife and I went up to the Wharf Express in Marianna for an early supper. Real good sea food for a chain store. After a stop...

Not weird at all. Years ago my wife was suffering from TMJ. The most powerful drugs would not touch the pain. Someone told her about an old doctor in our small town that did acupuncture. {I was living in Blountstown at the time.} A few sessions with the needles and she was pain free.

Good evening all. Its 77 tonight with 89% humidity down here. I burned a brush pile this morning. Between the fire and the sun, it was plenty hot. Until about 10 o'clock, when the rain put my fire out and cooled me down. I'm clearing out under a cluster of Turkey Oaks in a little five acre wood...

Hey guys. Love the site so far. I came looking for info and decided to join. Look forward to getting to know all of you. I have a old Ford 3930 and a pretty new Kubota B7500, both of which spend far more time under the shed than in the field. I used to farm here in Calhoun County Florida. Now I...