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Good Morning. 0825, partly cloudy, 49F with 82% humidity. Forecast high of 56F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 35F tonight. We had a couple of heavy thunderstorms last night, starting about 2300. Now it looks like more cold on the way. I don't have to go into work until noon, so time...

Good Morning. 0850, fog, 69F with 98% humidity. Forecast high of 69F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 47F tonight. I had an early start this morning at work. A neighbor of mine has a Christian Women's Conference here at the Civic Center two or three times a year. She lives about a...

Good afternoon. 1725, partly cloudy, 61F with 80% humidity. Our high today was 70F, and tonight's forecast calls for a low of 49F with 10% chance of rain. Last night's storm was very windy and dumped lots of rain. I spent most of the day in the woods. Saw a couple of deer when I was in the...

Good Morning. 0720, partly cloudy, 35F with 97% humidity. Forecast high of 64F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 49F tonight. Just a patchy frost this morning. I'll be taking Mamma to the Dr later this morning. That will knock out half a day when you throw in the dollar store, grocery...

Good Morning {but just barely}. 1155, sunny, 57F with 38% humidity. Forecast high of 59F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 34F tonight. We did have another heavy frost this morning. I stayed at the camp, and didn't really get cold. I built a 7 layer upside down fire, and it was still...

Good Morning. 0745, clear, 30F with 97% humidity. Forecast high of 58F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 35F tonight. Another pretty white frost this morning. Our sixth of the year. I have a feeling there will soon be too many to count. I'm taking the '13 Camry in to get her 25K...

Hope you heal quickly and have a good report. I've had a cut or two myself. Mine have been on my back and chest. I never used to wear a shirt. Now those chickens are coming home to roost.

She may be making a purse as well as filling it:o

Good Morning. 0435, clear, 32F with 87% humidity. Forecast high of 49F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 29F tonight. I haven't poked my head out but I'm guessing we have a pretty white frost this morning. The cold kept me inside last night. Though I did go down to the camp late...

I watched a little of both games. I expected Duke to win, but not the way they did. And GT beating UVA was somewhat surprising. NC is good this year. I had never seen a Ham coached team score 90 and lose, until last week when the Heels came to Tallahassee. So far whoever we play has a player go...

Good Morning. 0840, overcast, 59F with 94% humidity. Forecast high of 65F with 80% chance of rain today, and a low of 49F tonight. An early start to the weekend. We have a church group having a yard sale in the Ball Room today. Me thinks they will be glad to be indoors when the rain starts. You...

Good Morning. 0710, partly cloudy, 44F with 87% humidity. Forecast high of 64F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 53F tonight. I'm going in to work early today, so whatever I do this morning will have to be done soon. If I get to town in time, I'll join Margie and some of her staff for...

Good Morning. 0735, mostly cloudy, 38F with 70% humidity. Forecast high of 58F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 42F tonight. Another warmer than forecast morning, so no frost. I'm doing pre-cleaning lady cleaning this morning. Now that the holidays are over, I hope she can stick to...

Nice ride, Don.

Good Morning. 0745, sunny, 37F with 59% humidity. Forecast high of 52F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 35F tonight. It didn't frost after all. Not quite as cold as predicted. We are eating green chili at Sister's tonight. She spent most of her adult life in Colorado Springs, and...

Good Morning. 0925, sunny, 48F with 65% humidity. Forecast high of 56F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 33F tonight. We should see our 5th and 6th frost of the year the next two mornings. There was a little rain last night, but not enough to get my shoes wet when I went for my moonless...

Good Morning. 1015, overcast, 47F with 69% humidity. Forecast high of 54F with 30% chance of rain today, and a low of 40F tonight. I heard it rain sometime during the night, but it wasn't real wet when I went out this morning. Margie cooked a new French toast recipe that turned out very good. I...

Good Evening. 1850, clear, 47F with 78% humidity. Our high was 49F and tonight's forecast low is 43F. Although tonight will be the 2nd night in a row I sleep at home, I did spend time at the camp both days. I walked over to start a fire and make coffee. Camp coffee is always good. You guys...

Good Morning & Happy New Year. 1120, rain, 52F with 91% humidity. Forecast high of 55F with 60% chance of rain today, and a low of 44F tonight. I slept at the camp again last night. The rain was so loud I had to get in the sleeping bag and hold the radio next to my ear to hear the game. Getting...

Good Morning. 1115, rain, 74F with 96% humidity. Forecast high of 71F {?} with 100% chance of rain today, and a low of 55F tonight. I stayed at the camp again last night. Rain on a tarp roof can be loud. The plan for the day is to watch some Bowl games, starting with the Peach Bowl. {I'm...

Good Morning. 1010, overcast, 75F with 87% humidity. Forecast high of 77F with 50% chance of rain today, and a low of 68F tonight. I would love a day without rain. My collards need spraying. Speaking of the garden, I've got 3 quart bags of Purple Hull peas on to cook. About 15 of us are getting...

Merry belated Christmas and Good afternoon all. 1300, clear, 81F with 68% humidity. Forecast low of 65F tonight. I've been at my camp for the last few days, and off line. Sister showed me this holiday jewel on her phone. It will be a classic one day. You guys have a good one, Larro

Good Evening. 2110, clear, 62F with 83% humidity. Today's high was 71F, and the forecast low is 64F with 100% chance of rain tonight. But what caught my eye on wundergound was the part "length of day". It said, "tomorrow is going to be 0 minutes and 0 seconds shorter." Winter is finally here...

Good Morning. 0540, clear, 34F with 88% humidity. Forecast high of 58F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 36 tonight. Fall has finally arrived at the Larro Ranchero, just in time for Winter to start next week. We have planned our little office Christmas party for Tuesday in the cookshed...

I lied. I found a picture of the one behind the house. This was leftover metal from the cookshed at work. I have used some of Margie's old political signs, {one of the most costly building materials available} but paint doesn't want to stick to the plastic. If you can drape it with burlap or...

Looking back I see I hadn't posted pictures of my addition to the original Fox stove, or the first cardboard box stove. So here is a picture to rectify that. I don't have the right dimensions on the original stove, so it isn't as rockety as I would like it. The feed tube, burn chamber and...

I've been doing lots of camping, but not too much digging. My tarp shelter has grown until it looks like a family of Gypsies could live in it. I hurt my back about a month ago, and that put a hold on shoveling for a while. I have worked on it a little, but I have a cousin with a backhoe who...

Good Evening. 2135, clear, 57F with 92% humidity. Our high today was 77F and the forecast low for tonight is 58F. I got in early from work tonight. It's timely, since I worked into the wee hours this morning, just to turn around and do it again on very few hours sleep. We are having at least one...

Good Morning. 0805, partly cloudy, 51F with 58% humidity. Forecast high of 71F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 48F tonight. I'm at work early this morning. Margie has a conference and had to be in Bristol to catch her ride at 0715. I didn't have to be here until later, but seemed...

Good Morning. 1135, sunny, 65F with 59% humidity. Forecast high of 67F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 46F tonight. Today is hog killing day for Sister and BIL. {He named them Link and Patty, so you can guess what the final product is going to be} I would have liked to have helped...

All the attributes of a good joke. Livestock, math and a nice pun at the end. Well done.

Jd, if that is really you, You would be proud of the camp cookware I have been finding at the local thrift stores. This week I got a cast iron griddle for $8 as well as a heavy pan with lid for fifty cents. Last week it was a blue enamel set that I hope will do to bake in {over the camp fire}...

Good Morning. 0550, clear, 45F with 92% humidity. Forecast high of 64F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 46F tonight. I spent a cold day in the woods yesterday. My old Dr. Pepper {good hot or cold} thermometer said it never got above 52 at the camp. Then it started to rain. But woods...

Drew, my family came down from the Carolina's in the 1800's The family names are Messer and Burke on Mamma's side, and Lamb and "Larro" on Daddy's. So that might mean I am part German, Irish, English and Italian. Not sure where the Tim came from. But a short list of the names I have been called...

I've been staying at the camp as much as possible. {off the grid} But my few woods adventures pale in comparison to your boating adventures.

Now that was funny.

Good Morning. 1120, sunny, 73F with 68% humidity. Forecast high of 75F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 55F tonight. I'm just back from three days and nights at the camp. Lots of moonlight and howling coyotes. It was pretty cool the first night, but mild since then. We are doing...

Rocket mass stoves are cheap and very fuel efficient. You should give it a thought. You Tube will teach you all you need to know.

Good Morning. 0640, clear, 35F with 96% humidity. Forecast high of 64F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 47F tonight. There is a heavier frost this morning. I'm guessing all the peppers that didn't make the move into the greenhouse will have to be picked and used. Margie made a big...

I got the plastic on the greenhouse yesterday {with lots of help from my cousin and her two kids}, just in time for this morning's frost. I took lots of garden pictures last week when I moved everything from the swimming pools to my new trench, but never got around to posting them.

Congratulation to the Shrub for his 1st Championship. Now I can have a few Sundays with no TV watching to plan around. Only 90 days, 6 hours and 52 minutes until Daytona, but who is counting:o

Good Morning. 0530, clear, 37F with 79% humidity. Forecast high of 59F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 37F tonight. I haven't been out to look, but I'm guessing we had our first frost this morning. The historical average {for Tallahassee} is October 28, so over three weeks late this...

Good Morning. 0940, overcast, 55F with 85% humidity. Forecast high of 59F with 20% chance of rain, and a low of 35F tonight. I drove through a light rain at 0100 this morning when I was coming in from work. Looking at the how wet the back deck is, it must have kept up most of the night. You guys...

And a warm Northwest Florida welcome to RG2.

Drew, I also use a 1% cash back credit card to pay for as much of the monthly bills as possible. With all the hacks going on, it gets changed way too often, so I {I mean Margie} have to contact everyone to get the new card going. Big Time PITA. My heating and air guy came by this morning to put...

Good Morning. 0720, overcast, 55F with 98% humidity. Forecast high of 73F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 50F tonight. It's cold and damp out this morning. I'm starting more green onion and cilantro seeds for inside under the lights, then transplanting peppers and tomatoes into as...

Thanks for the morning chuckle.

What is it with waiting rooms and bad TV? We are taking Margie's Prius C to Marianna Toyota tomorrow for service {she has finally put 5K on it} and they always have some game show on way too loud. I think they do it so you will get up and walk the lots in self defense. If they sell an extra car...

Today's picking. We sliced a tomato for supper tonight. Mighty good.

Turnips, chocolate bell pepper {with a couple of wind blown turnips}, ACP, Cilantro {going to seed}, the deer found my garden, Pruden's Purple, collard plants, Mini Sweet peppers and yesterday's picking.

I never mention buying guns to Margie. {I set back a little cash through the year for my birthday gun[s]} And if it just happens that she is at work when I bring them in the house, well that doesn't hurt either. She never goes into my gun closet, but she does get out to the pole barn once in a...

Good Morning. 0930, partly cloudy, 76F with 91% humidity. Forecast high of 82F with 60% chance of rain today, and a low of 66F tonight. I work this afternoon, but might run over to the camp for a couple of hours this morning. Margie is going out with her friends, and she is visiting with Cousin...

The rain never showed up, so I did get to play in the mud after all. Got a much higher chimney on the Fox stove than I figured I would. Some cracking going on, but dark chased me off the job, so I'll worry about that next time.

I'm down to five foot in the Northwest corner. Now I just have to get the rest of it down to that level. I worked on the Fox stove again today. I used some old wire to form a structure to support the cob needed to bring the chimney up. I filled in mud around the base, and brought it on up to...

Good Morning. 0515, clear, 67F with 97% humidity. Forecast high of 84F with 80% chance of a thunderstorm today, and a low of 67F tonight. I had kind of planned on working on my Fox stove at the camp today. Not sure how much I'll get done with rain on the way. Need to remember to put out more...

Drew, when Mamma and Daddy were first starting out, they did sell a little un-taxed whiskey. They stored it underground in 55 gallon drums and would pump five gallons up at a time. Mamma used to love telling the story of drawing off a gallon for the local banker. He offered to get it, but she...

I made a few passes with the dirt slip this afternoon, but the ramp is getting too steep for the 3930. I have a small grader blade that I will try on the B75, and see if I can move some more that way. But for now I'm working around the corners and edges with the shovel. I did go ahead and...

I hooked the dirt slip to the B7500, but it was too close to the tires. I had to use the 3930. And as good as it worked digging dirt in the hole, coming up the ramp with it was a whole 'nother thing. After a couple of close calls, where the tractor didn't want to climb out of the hole, I worked...

I got over to the camp yesterday and had a look at the Fox stove. The tarp was holding water in the hole, so it wasn't drying out too fast. All the cob was still in place. Here is what I came up with to reduce the size and increase the height of the chimney. I did mix up a small batch...

The drain holes on my pool were clogged, so my tomatoes were swimming this morning, I moved them over to the trench I had dug. I'm going to widen the trench {and make it longer} so I can put down peppers in front. I have many more pepper plants than I do space to put them, so only the nicest...

Congrats to the Boy Wonder, winning his last start at Martinsville. Now there is a 1 in 4 chance of a 5th Cup.

I use humor to get my point across about unhealthy {and wasteful} lifestyles. When I see folks standing outside a door smoking, I stop by to "thank" them for helping save Social Security and doing their part to pay down the national deficit. And when I get a call to donate to the American Cancer...

Good Morning. 0845, rain, 80F with 88% humidity. Forecast high of 83F with 40% chance of rain today, and a low of 73F tonight. {lower humidity while it's raining than I get most mornings} Since I transplanted collards and broccoli yesterday, a little rain would be welcome, but it's been coming...

Margie has a problem with caffeine too. I am a big coffee drinker and could always drink the high test right up to bedtime and it not affect my sleep. {other than going to the bathroom} But it was crazy trying to make two pots of coffee, so I gradually got used to using less caffeine. My mix now...

Deer got in the garden last night. They seemed to like the Jalapeno peppers. The small gates were all left open, as they have been all year. I just hope they won't be jumping the fence to get back in. I transplanted the collards into cups this morning. These are the ones I sprouted in soil. I...

There are little peas in my youngest patch now. We are already two days past average first frost, so we will just have to wait and see. So far we have only had one night in the 40's. The outside/inside/outside cherry tomato is cranking out the fruit. I eat several of them in the garden every...

Good Morning. 0650, partly cloudy, 62F with 97% humidity. Forecast high of 80F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 57F tonight. I have to pick the peas when the dew dries, and I'm going to mow the rest of the morning. But since I'm not working tonight, after lunch I'm going to play in the...

I put 8 quarts and a pint of peas in the freezer tonight. Inside peppers. Outside peppers. The first Pruden's Purple to start turning.

Today I turned my fire hole into a Fox stove. {or Badger stove, according to where you're at} I guess I could call it a Gopher stove:o This was my first time working with cob. I used 3 parts {surprisingly good looking} clay, 2 parts sand, 1 1/2 parts water and a certain amount of straw to make...

I spent most of the day here around the house. But I did get down to the camp right before dark and got in a little shoveling, including harvesting some clay for making cob. If all goes well, I might use it to make a chimney for my fox stove tomorrow.

I planted a couple of small food plots today down near my new camp. Also mowed for about an hour and a half back at the house.

Good Morning. 0750, light rain, 71F with 83% humidity. Forecast high of 76F with 70% chance of rain today, and a low of 67F tonight. I wanted to work on my camp today, but I will gladly take the rain. I'm going to run on and do what I can before it gets any harder. The view from my front door a...

I planted 50 collard seeds. 25 in rockwool and 25 in soil. Right now the soil is winning. Also did a bunch of broccoli. My first time with it, so I will be learning as I go. Jalapenos ready on my outside to inside plants. There are little peppers on the California Wonder Bells, but the...

I made my hole in the ground a little deeper this morning.

I used the shovel to work around the edges of the hole this morning. {and last night} Then got a little help from a true blue friend. But the 3930 is too long to maneuver very well in such tight confines, so I'm thinking of trying the boxblade or a grader blade on the B7500. Still haven't got...

I picked the rest of the peas on Wednesday. Got another five gallons. We put up several quarts, and saved out a few to cook this weekend. Also on Wednesday, I saw the first blooms on the young peas. I'm pretty sure they are not going to make before frost, but I learned how late is too late. Next...

I spent the first night at my new camp last night. After much walking and looking, I put the camp where my outside kitchen is going to go. I had to move my pole pile, then clean up some of the brush. I did most of that with the machete, saw and loppers. {I seem to have misplaced my nippers} But...

Good Morning. 0435, clear, 59F with 93% humidity. Forecast high of 84F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 60F tonight. My cleaning lady is out of town, so I have it all to do today. After yesterday's dig, my back and knee are giving me a fit so I need to stay out of my pit anyway. I had...

Let's do the time warp again.

I think you can go in and change it.

I thought I had picked the right zone when I set up my account, but it is an hour off. Someone needs to remember and check when the time chances to see if TBN does the time change too. I'm betting they don't. Edit. I posted at 9:45 PM Central time, but it showed up as 8:45.

I needed to dig three front either on the front or the back. The tree roots in the back were much smaller, so that is the way I went. This is what 110 minutes of digging looks like. I dug out 3X3X12 on the north face. I have 12 more feet to go. But since I hadn't planned on going that far north...

Yesterday I got in a little shoveling along the west wall. A oak tree stump located near the edge of the hole was a job of work removing. I have one more small stump on the north wall, but it should be pretty easy.

Eric, I think my sand is a little easier to dig. Here is what I worked on yesterday. {I have office relief today, so no playing in the dirt for me} I pass this field going to work. They will be picking soon, so I stopped to click a picture this morning. {When I was a little bitty baby my mama...

These pictures are from yesterday. {I went to sleep trying to post last night} I got out after supper and picked about half of the first of the peas. Dark made me finish today. The 2nd planting of turnips are doing good. And we had another inside cucumber. Not getting a lot, but they are pretty.

I used the shovel and the saw this morning. After lunch I went back and scoped out a location for some tent camping. Dug a fire hole and boiled coffee. This site is closer to the pond. About 25 yards through the huckleberry bushes, this is the view.

I saw the first clay at 4 or 4 1/2 feet.

Good Morning. 0410, clear, 55F with 95% humidity. Forecast high of 89F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 57F tonight. I woke way too early. When the sun comes up I'm going to head back over to my campsite for more chainsawing. Since my last night customers no-showed on me, and the same...

Tonight's supper was almost all out of the garden. {peas, peppers, acorn squash and cilantro} The next peas still need a day or two. Fog was so heavy this morning it was like it had rained.

I could have saved some time packing and unpacking. The chainsaw was about all I used today. I cut a few slightly larger trees to allow room for the tractor around the edges. Then a few more smaller ones to improve my pond view. I did use one of the shovels to pile more dirt around my fire hole...

Good Morning. 0650, fog, 62F with 98% humidity. Forecast high of 84F with 0% chance of rain today, and a low of 54F tonight. I'm with Kev. My 54F will feel like it's freezing to me. Today is my normal housecleaning day, but I'm going to put in a few hours working on my campsite this morning. I...

Today I worked mostly on tree removal. I undermined this tree, put a little pressure on it with the come-along, then cut the roots with the ax. The smaller ones seemed to take just as long. When I have more time I will see if there is a walking stick in there.

I moved a little dirt yesterday. After doing a block count, I'm thinking of going to 18X12.

I took up the soaker hoses from the cucumbers and Armenian cucumbers today. They are done. The only soakers left out are on the peppers. I moved the last swimming pool I did for better sun, and transplanted some more Pruden's Purple into pots. I must have got the Darro Dirt a little too hot for...

But, but, but. . . . . . .

I had a little time before work this morning, so I used the 3930 and disc to soften up the dirt at the site of my planned underground camp. I'm going to do most of the work by hand, but of the three hours I have spent digging, about half an hour of it was pulling roots. It's much easier digging now.

I had an hour and a half this morning before work to devote to the campsite. When the rain caught me out on Friday, I had cut quite a few Yaupon, so I trimmed them up and stacked the stuff that was big enough for fire wood in a pile. Then I made three brush piles with the small stuff. With...

That is impressive, DFB, as far north as you are. Our peppers are about all that is still doing anything. I ate a little Armenian cucumber yesterday, and it might have been the last one of the season. There may be a couple of melons left that aren't too ripe. The swimming pool tomatoes are...

Good Morning. 0500, fog, 68F with 98% humidity. Forecast high of 85F with 20% chance if rain today, and a low of 62F tonight. We had a good soaking rain yesterday while I was digging at my camp. It was so soaking I put my wet clothes in the back of the truck and drove home in my underwear. No...

Margie took the day off, and we spent it in Panama City shopping. So all I had was three hours of daylight to work on the campsite when we got in. And then it started raining, so I only got in about two hours of work. But the rain did make my smudge fire extra smudgy. A good smudge and a good...

I bet the first guy to try them didn't have them served like this.

Not sure what you would call them, but I had a few shrimp for supper tonight. They are about as buggy as you can get. Very tasty too.

Around noon I took a break to have a cup of coffee. Since I'm going to be new to the neighborhood, I thought I would go around and say hello to everyone. I couldn't tell if these guys were home, but they didn't answer the door when I knocked.

With the four corners marked, I broke out the power tools. . . . . And a few hours later. I'm going to dig down about 4' and use the dirt to create berms. I'm starting the berm on the west side 12' from where the wall will be. I don't want to shovel any of this dirt twice. Until I start to...

Day before yesterday I decided to start work on a camp on our pond land. A few years back, Sister and I divided that 40 acres, 28 to me and Margie, and 12 to Sister. So the first thing was to step off 132 yards from the north crossroads to get the land line between us. With that done I started...

Turnips are coming up in the new patch. One of the last few melons. It was really red, this is a bad picture. I've been eating two or three a day. There is maybe about a week's worth left. I started a new pool garden, so I moved some of the bell peppers. Note how the sides of the bag is wrapped...

Drew, there is a hill coming up from the pond. The bad thing is the higher up the hill you go, the closer to the road you are. The site I chose will have a pond view after a lot of brush clearing. There is a tiny amount of road view, but I'll be planting a couple rows of cedar trees along there...

Good Morning. 0720, overcast, 64F with 95% humidity. Forecast high of 80F with 0% {we will see} chance of rain today, and a low of 61F tonight. It was misty, cool and windy yesterday, but there was a slender strip of blue sky that shown through for about a minute. I took a picture just to...

Well done, Gary. Looks really neat.

There are small peas on my vines now. Also little tomatoes on the Pruden' Purple. We picked the last of the corn this morning. There were a lot of nubbins. The Armenian cucumbers are about played out too. I have to get to work, so Margie is going back out to pick the rest of the peppers. The...

Good Morning. 0835, overcast, 64F with 93% humidity. Forecast high of 69F with 20% chance of rain today and a low of 59F tonight. It was cool earlier when I was out in the garden picking the last of this year's corn. Not going to get much warmer, but I have a full day and a late night at work...

Turnips are a Fall and Winter staple here in the south. My planned greenhouse is going to take up some of the current green patch, so I planted another one yesterday. Meanwhile we are eating the ones inside the strings as fast as we can. Don't want to see them wasted.

Now that I'm eating healthy, I weigh everything that I cook so I can get an accurate nutritional count. Anytime Margie cooks I know to add a Tbs or two of bacon fat into the calculator:o She has tried hard to adapt to my new way of eating, but old habits die hard. Here's "What's for...

Good Morning. 0500, light rain, 67F with 97% humidity. Forecast high of 70F with 20% chance of rain today, and a low of 60F tonight. There is one little band of showers on the entire radar, and it's right over the Larro Ranchero. It's been raining about 15 minutes and starting to get harder. I...

The Hurricane Party has been around about as long as hurricanes. Getting together with friends to eat and drink lets folks relax when there isn't a darn thing you can do about the storm bearing down on you. While not an actual Texan, James McMurty is the son of one of the best of America's best...

I picked most of the corn today. It was two ears more than I could hold in my hands. I dropped and picked up those two ears {not the same two everytime} about five times before I decided to get a pan and just shuck it in the garden. I also tilled up a spot and planted another turnip patch...

It is a new age twist on a fire method that folks who lived on the plains {all over the world} have been using for thousands of years. Nomads couldn't carry a fireplace with them, and when they were crossing hostile land, having their fire or smoke seen might mean they got killed. So they dug...

We've had two or three days of steady light drizzle, with a few heavier showers. Nothing like what's going on in your neck of the woods. I wouldn't mind a couple more days of it, but it looks like it's about done. They are saying fall like temps {in the 50's} for the weekend. I'm gathering the...

Kyle, I spend good money on this stuff. And don't believe the label, it's very stinky. If you splash any on your clothes, even when mixed with water, you will be changing.

I saw this Pruden's Purple tomato was getting pretty big, and I figured I had better move it if I was going to. So I put it in a shopping bag {the black Office Max bag} and put it in the swimming pool. I just dug out the hole the tomato was in big enough to hold the pepper plant {that had been...

I transplanted the cucumbers and moved the soaker hoses from where the greenhouse is going to go, then smoothed it out with the tiller. {So much for waiting} Over on the other side, where the garden shed is going to be, I moved the soaker hoses, transplanted a tomato, the mystery vine, and a...

I heard you get better fuel mileage if it runs a little "dirty". They passed all the tests in Europe, but ours were a little tougher. And because the size of our market is too much to ignore, they did the software smoke and mirrors trick. It worked for a while. I would still buy one if I was in...

I've been planning a greenhouse/garden shed project for a month or so. The plan was to wait on the cucumbers and acorn squash to do their thing, then get started. I had picked up a bundle of cross-ties for the foundation and dug out the footer down the middle between the greenhouse and shed...

Saw the first blooms on the pool {Pruden's Purple} tomatoes this morning. The corn is almost ready. I'll pick a couple of "test" ears for supper tomorrow. The few green beans to live have beans on them now. Today's harvest was two beans. My current pea patch has just about gave up the ghost, and...

Congratulations on your anniversary. Here is another Grateful Dead song that has helped me with my 25 years of marriage. As long as I can remember this I'll be alright.

Since I work nights and weekends, and most of my neighbors don't, I rarely hear anyone mowing. But I do have to endure a steady stream of fishermen pulling boats going down to the river while I'm working in the garden. As I watch them drive by, I've often thought I might have picked the wrong...

Good Morning. 0620, clear, 63F with 96% humidity. Forecast high of 93F with 0% chance of rain today, and a low of 70F tonight. I'm waiting of the dew to dry so I can pick peas. Mamma and Sister are going down to Panama City to see my uncle. He is the oldest "Larro" {last of Daddy's brothers} and...

Another picture from 9-15-15. So when I get to wondering when I side dressed the last patch of peas I will be able to find out. I had a really late night {or early morning} at work, so I haven't got around to picking peas, peppers, cucumbers and squash yet this morning. I did water the...

Yesterday's pictures: I transplanted 12 Anaheim peppers, 6 Jalapeno peppers & 6 California Wonder Bell peppers. There is only enough room inside under the lights for two or three of each kind, so the rest have to go somewhere. We are talking about a greenhouse, so they may end up in there when...

Good Morning. 0640, partly cloudy, 70F with 91% humidity. Forecast high of 83F with 60% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 68F tonight. I guess I need to get my gardening and yard work done this morning. Weatherunderground tells me possible thunderstorms are starting at 1215:confused...

I cut up Mamma's little garden.

Yesterday morning I used Mamma's truck to pick up a scoop of mushroom mulch. There was still a lot of the paper and cardboard showing after I spread it, so I went by the Co-op on my way to work and got another scoop. After getting it out this morning, I had much better coverage. Then I spread...

Kev, it's not exactly the same thing. They compress dirt {mixed with a small amount of Portland cement} to several thousand psi. You can hit is with a pressure washer and it doesn't lose anything. They do plaster over it with a lime plaster, but water will not erode them like adobe. And of...

Drew, compressed earth blocks would be the best building material for that area. It wouldn't be a bad choice for the rest of us either. We all have dirt, right?

Good Morning. 0550, clear, 54F with 96% humidity. Forecast high of 85F with 0% chance of rain today, and a low of 64F tonight. This is {by far} the coolest morning this summer. I may wear long pants when I run to the Co-Op for mushroom mulch here in a little while. You guys have a good one, Larro

The 3rd planting of peas has hit it's stride. I bush hogged the 2nd planting this afternoon in preparation of starting my no till operation. I will lay out cardboard and cover it with mushroom mulch, then search for wood chips. I have lots of oak trees, so I can always use leaves until I locate...

Yesterday's picking. The melons just about all have a bad spot on the ends, so I'm eating them as fast as I can. They are small, but then, it's September. Last patch of corn is showing silks.

Good Morning. 0840, 71F with 97% humidity. Forecast high of 79F with 80% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 60F tonight. Margie woke early and she tells me the rain started at 0307. We are having a break right now, but it looks like it will be off and on rain all day. FSU are playing...

Drew, Saudi Arabia can pump oil for almost no overhead cost. They are flooding the market trying to push the American shale oil producers out of the market, then they would cut back on production. Several of their member states are hurting because of the low prices, but the Saudis can do...

Cubanelle's are one of my favorite peppers. Mine didn't make this year, most likely due to the saved seeds not being good. I have a few acorn squash ready to pick. Here is the best of my late corn crop. Not too big, but very sweet. There were a few worms in it. I had sprayed a while back, but...

The last planting of peas are up. I clipped a few Charleston Grey melons that had end rot. We cut the bad end off and they were pretty good. Also picked about a dozen ears of corn. Sadly that was about half the harvest. But I do have a few more rows of corn just a week or so behind this patch.

I got the rest of the homemade bags filled with soil and put Grand Bell Pepper Mix in them. There are supposed to ripen to red, yellow, orange, white, purple and chocolate. Will have to wait and see if I got one of each.

I got out early and planted 8 rows of peas. {And had a nice rain this afternoon} This was the 5th planting. I picked the first few peas off the 3rd planting. We had a big storm blow through yesterday that knocked many of the peas over. My swimming pool tomatoes are doing good. I got more...

I took all the pool plants out of their cups and put them in the soil this morning. I really like keeping them in cups for a week or so in the spot they are going to go because your hole holds together for easier transplanting. I pulled up a stretch of pepper plants that were not doing too...

I finished up the little side yard this morning. Some serious grass there. I'm thinking about hooking to the hay rake and rolling it up in windrows.

Today's cucumber ratio, regular to Armenian, was 2 to 19. For some reason the regular cucumbers have been really slow getting going this planting. And the peas are fading fast. Only about half a bucket every three days. The next planting should have a few ready in about a week. Yesterday I...

Good Morning. 0605, clear, 69F with 96% humidity. Forecast high of 92F with 0% chance of rain today, and a low of 72F tonight. Nice cool morning so far. Usually by the midpoint of September the heat breaks around here. Looking forward to that. But until it happens, we could be in for some of the...

I side dressed the young peas with triple 13 this morning, then covered it up with the push plow.

The 3rd planting of peas are starting to vine and put on little peas. It's a good thing since the 2nd planting is starting to fade. Now I'm getting less than a bucket every picking. But we have put them all in the freezer until tonight, when we saved out a mess for supper.

I put a few tomato and pepper plants in shopping bags of soil, in a cheap kiddie pool yesterday morning. It was misting rain when I did it, and cloudy the rest of the day. They still looked good this morning, which I can't say about all the tomato plants from the other day. Going from weak...

Good Morning. 0950, overcast, 77F with 89% humidity. Forecast high of 89F with 20% chance of rain today, and a low of 70F tonight. The storm died out before getting to South Florida. All we got up here was a little misting rain yesterday morning while I was picking the peas and setting out a...

They offered life in sacrifice So others could go on I pulled up a bunch of under performing peppers, added some of my new soil mix {Darro Dirt?} and transplanted new plants in. We clipped and cut the first Sugar Baby melon. It was a little bigger than a softball, and about 90% ripe. They are...

We have a natural gas pipeline that runs through the Larro Ranchero. Well, across Sister's back field anyway. I can remember them adding pipe three times in my lifetime, each time we got paid for them to use our land. When it was a cow pasture you never even thought about it being there. But...

Good Morning. 0640, clear, 66F with 81% humidity. Forecast high of 91F with 0% chance of rain today, and a low of 64F tonight. It was downright chilly when I went out earlier to put the sprinkler on my turnips. I had to check the calendar to make sure I hadn't missed a month. Today is cleaning...

This was yesterday's picking. Since I eat the squash raw, I pick them really little. And I have found the seeds in the Armenian cucumbers get big when they reach about a foot, so I've been picking them little too. The Sugar Baby melons are starting to split. It has been kind of dry, and I did...

Saw the first blooms on the 3rd planting of peas. I did a little math, and decided the ones I planted a couple of days ago might be the last ones for this year. I'll see how these come off and decide for sure in three weeks. We picked peas this morning, and tonight Margie shelled 99% of them...

The acorn squash are getting close. A few more days and I'll be digging out the brown sugar and butter. I got 8 rows of purple hulls planted this morning, then replanted {for the 3rd time} the green beans after supper. Most of the ones that had sprouted from the last planting have died. I'm...

Good Morning. 0900, sunny, 80F with 89% humidity. Forecast high of 91F with 50% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 74F tonight. We had a nice shower yesterday afternoon. Wouldn't mind another one today, but after I get my peas planted. {today and tomorrow are good planting days} This...

Today when I got a face full of pollen, I realized my corn was tasseling. I picked about five gallons of peas off the six rows. Most of it came off the first four rows, so when the other two rows catch up, I'll get about a bucket and a half per picking. Everything I read on line about growing...

I got out just before dark and picked the first two Armenian cucumbers off the new vines. I've been getting a few all along off the old vines, and it's a good thing because the regular cucumbers that were doing so good a couple of reeks ago have about stopped producing. There are tons of young...

{These were from yesterday} There was one dead squash plant, so I transplanted in a young one to replace it. I picked the first two squash from the new plants. The turnips are coming up nicely. {So maybe leaving them under the sprinkler all day is a good thing?} My haul from yesterday, including...

15 or so years back Margie had TMJ {jaw pain} really bad. The strongest drugs were not touching it. A couple sessions with the needles and it went away, never to return. It sure worked for her.

I'm running to Lowe's this morning. I need more supplies for my inside garden. I decided hydro was more work than it's worth. I'll still use it for clones, but I'm going to try no till soil for my plants. Do any of you guys have experience with this method? I'm trying to learn about it on You...

Good Morning. 0740, partly cloudy, 76F with 95% humidity. Forecast high of 87F with 100% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 75F tonight. We had a nice soaking two hour rain yesterday. I had got out at daylight and turned the sprinkler on the melons. If I had known that was all it took...

Ron, so sorry. Our prayers are with you and yours.

I picked the peas again this morning. We got them shelled, but will wait another day or two for another picking before cooking them. Each picking is netting more than the one before it. The Sugar Baby melons are loaded, but the vines are pretty sparse. The Charleston Grey's and Crimson Sweets...

Good Morning. 0925, sunny, 80F with 76% humidity. Forecast high of 90F with 20% chance of rain today, and a low of 73F tonight. We had a storm blow through yesterday afternoon that was heavy on lighting, but light on rain. It didn't really matter to the half of my freshly planted green patch...

Looking good guys. We picked a few peas, plus the peppers and cucumbers tonight. The first row of peas has the leftover soaker hose from the Armenian cucumbers and it was loaded. The other five rows are a few days behind. I got the spigots finished yesterday and the last section of trench...

Good Morning. 0605, clear, 70F with 95% humidity. Forecast high of 95F with 20% chance of rain today, and a low of 72F tonight. Feels pretty good out right now. Later that will not be the case. I went out and got the soakers a soaking and the sprinklers a sprinkling. I didn't quite get all my...

Good Evening. 2210, clear, 80F with 88% humidity. Today's high was 95F. Tonight's low is forecast as 72F with 20% chance of rain. I've been AWOL the last few days. Most of it spent in the garden and yard, but with two big shopping trips thrown in there. I got the waterline with 5 spigots and a...

I used a trimmed down middle buster on the 3930 to open up a waterline trench. {then used the Georgia Back Hoe to scoop the loose soil out} I put the 6' RFM on the 3930 for the first time this year. I cut the front yard and the graveyard. Most years I try to cut over the whole 6 acres by the...

Both in the garden this morning.

There are little squash on the bushes now. The bees were really working the Armenian cucumbers this morning. BIL has a hive, so I'm guessing they are his.

When I planted the corn and peas this last go rough, it was in the same rows as the corn that I burned up. So there was 13-13-13 already down. All but the last row. You can see how the rest of it is outgrowing the row on the right. I side dress it this morning, and plowed the corn and peas...

The 3rd plantings of peas and corn are coming along well. They were lucky with the rain. The squash are blooming. {and I see I need to hoe} Saw first Crimson Sweet melon this afternoon. Have been seeing Charleston Gray melons for a few days now. I found a bigger one later when I didn't have the...

I re-planted the 3 rows of Blue Lake green beans yesterday {after soaking them overnight}. I only had 5 beans come up. That was the week with no rain and high 90's everyday. I planted them in the rain, so that should help. I got my hydro system set up this morning. More work cleaning out a spot...

Good Afternoon. 1405, partly cloudy, 93F {110 HI} with 60% humidity. Forecast high of 91F with 60% chance of rain today, and a low of 76F tonight. I was up at 0530 {early for me}, and spent all morning getting my hydro system set up. Last night I had put together a shelving unit, got the holes...

Sister has owned several Subaru. Really good car for when she was in the Rockies. The oil consumption goes hand in hand with the loud engine noise. It's the higher revs that causes it. My '13 Camry goes 10K between oil changes. And I'm not going to worry about it being babied during break in. I...

Good Morning. 0825, rain, 77F with 95% humidity. Forecast high of 87F with 60% chance of rain today, and a low of 77F tonight. I soaked some Blue Lake green beans over night, and got out and planted them this morning in a light rain. I was a few short of finishing, so I put some more in soak...

Good Morning. 0900, partly cloudy, 82F with 86% humidity. Forecast high of 86F with 20% chance or rain today, and a low 75F tonight. If this forecast holds, this will be the coolest day in a long while. The rain chances have gone down from 50% to 20% since midnight. I'm doing the...

I get rain, and have a really good deep well. But I still spent about $1K this year when you add it all up. Fence, T posts, wooden posts, wire {for the grapes}, plants, seeds, fertilizer, PVC pipe, spigots, fittings, glue, hoses, soaker hoses, sprinklers, etc etc etc. . . . Sometimes it is...

I had just got started mowing the back yard when I got chased by a thunderstorm. It's been raining pretty hard for over 30 minutes with no signs of letting up anytime soon. Drew, if you had seen my tomatoes this year you wouldn't be so quick to say that. But I have decided to try a new tack. I...

I've had trouble with my "What's for Supper?????" and "How does your Garden Grow???" pictures as well. But if you will post the picture to a photo sharing site {I use Face Book}, then copy and paste image url, it will work that way. Blooms on my 2nd planting of Crimson Sweets. I plowed the...

Good Morning. 0940, partly cloudy, 86F {101 HI} with 83% humidity. Forecast high of 91F with 50% chance of rain today, and a low of 76F tonight. I ran all the soaker hoses and sprinklers while I was working in the garden yesterday, then we had a good shower in the evening. Other than picking...

Good Morning. 0910, sunny, 83F with 85% humidity. Forecast high of 95F with 20% chance of rain today, and a low of 76F tonight. Looks like another hot one on the way. Little chance of a rain shower to cool it off. I need to change the Woods RFM with the small bush hog on the B7500 and mow over...

The late night party happened after all. I was dragging butt there for a while, but I've caught my 2nd wind now. Just a couple more hours to go. We had a nice hour long shower here in Blountstown this afternoon, but just a few drops at the Larro Ranchero {according to Mamma}. This morning in...

Good Morning. 0900, mostly cloudy, 77F with 96% humidity. high of 88F with 60% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 73F tonight. The cold front came through here too. Highs in the 80's and lows in the low 70's is about as good as it gets around here this time of year. We had a little...

That is great news. The feeling of being debt free is like no other. We don't have much, but what we have is ours, not the bank's. Or in our case, Mamma's. My parents loaned us half the cost of building the house {we had saved the other half}. Three Christmas's ago, we had it paid down to $20K...

I was just practicing up for my black belt in Lazy. I wouldn't mind having one of those though, as much as I'm chopping veggies.

Good Morning. 0805, mostly cloudy, 77F with 95% humidity. Forecast high of 88F with 80% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 74F tonight. The 10 day forecast shows 10 days of thunderstorms. I drove through one of the worst thunderstorms I have seen in a long time coming back from the...

I saw the first blooms on the peas and Sugar Baby melons today. It was too wet to be plowing, even before the rain started. But with everything starting to vine, it's now or never. The rain did get too heavy for me to finish. I picked the first cucumbers from the 2nd planting today. And the only...

Good Morning. 0920. partly cloudy, 84F with 86% humidity. Forecast high of 90F with 60% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 74F tonight. We had a good thunderstorm after supper last night. 90% of it was a good steady rain. 10% was a downpour. It sanded a few of my young viney plants...

Good Morning. 1015, sunny, 87F {100F HI} with 72% humidity. Forecast high of 94F with 60% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 75F tonight. Yesterday's trip to the clinic in Marianna was a waste. The lady told me right away she couldn't treat it, but we had a nice visit anyway, talking...

Good Morning. 0740, partly cloudy, 77F with 93% humidity. Forecast high of 97F with 20% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 76F tonight. Looks like it is going to be a hot one. Today is my boss's birthday, so I'm going in for office relief midmorning. First I'm running up to Marianna to...

My sweet corn started sprouting since yesterday morning. Too early yet to tell what kind of stand I'll have. But the peas look pretty solid.

Good Morning. 1015, sunny, 86F with 68% humidity. Forecast high of 95F with 20% chance of rain today, and a low of 75F tonight. I took the weekend off from posting. It was crazy busy at work. Not much of a break now. I'm off to Panama City in a few minutes to pick up my niece and her youngest...

These pictures were taken yesterday morning. The heavy rain buried just about all my new transplants. I was able to unearth most of them though. There are little cucumbers on the older of the 2nd planting. The bees were really working all the vines.

I was rushed, but I did get the grass around the edge of the garden cut before going to town. The hoses had kept me from doing some it since the first planting, so it was thick in spots.