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There's good news and bad news. The bad news is that you're gonna be in some pain, but the good news is Penn wants to sign you up to make tennis balls.;):laughing: Glad you are back and the pathology of your tumor is favorable. Get some rest and get well soon.

Here are the photos I took this morning. This is 2x20'x12" culverts. Please excuse all the grass and weeds. I'm letting them grow because of the wildflowers. . . That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.:)

What if she says it sounds like whistling and cat-calls?. . . or maybe that's the construction site.;) 300UGUY, good luck with the tumor removal and recovery. We're lookin' forward to hearing of your success. It's kinda muggy this morning at 75 F and still. Tomorrow evening and Friday are our...

It's funny that you mentioned purple hulls, Bird. I was looking at all the blooms and small peas on my blackeyes today and found one pod that seemed well fillled-out. It had these 9 big peas in it. We should get another picking soon and maybe as much as 12 to 15 lb additional for the freezer.

I keep Wild Turkey too. Jimmy Russell signed my bottles for me.

My Maximilian sunflowers are in full bloom. When they bloom out, fall is right around the corner.

Thanks for the fair pictures, Roy. That sure looks like a fun day at a small country fair. Even so, I could not help but feel sorry for the young lady with crutches in one of your photos. I guess that when you are young, you can do all kinds of things. However, if it were me on crutches, I'd...

Robert, the TC34 is mechanized quite differently than our Class III Boomers. I don't believe there are any grease zerks on the mechanism. I think TMB1320 needs to look at the diagram below and consider pulling off the cowling under the steering wheel on the right side. Once under there, he...

I had a great day yesterday with family since it was my birthday. My daughter took me to a late lunch and she brought along my newest great-grandbaby since she baby-sits for my granddaughter who was working at Olive Garden. I got to visit, have a great lunch, and hold my precious little...

We got a little shower of rain yesterday afternoon that wet the deck well and made the grass wet. It was less than a tenth of an inch, but welcome anyhow. It came late enough in the day that it didn't all evaporate immediately. I think we may have had a few drops overnight because my deck is...

If it's a 6-loop, I'd sure try the cheaper one first. Isn't the wheel 10-24 for the 11.2-24 tire? The 12-24 might be a bit wide to get your tire to seat the bead. Of course, that's a good excuse for ether and a match on the end of a long stick. Stand behind a tree and let-r-rip.:eek: Be prepared...

Look at the locator diagram # 28/29 and the switch photo with part number. That switch screws into the side of the transmission and senses the transmission in neutral range. It has two wires with push connectors that are easily disconnected. If it is defective or the wires loose/broken, it will...

Kyle, does that tire have a removable center hub? If so, the outer wheel may be cheap enough that it's not worth saving. Is this for a John Deere? Here's a rim on eBay for $105, but not for a John Deere.

This Saturday, Sept 14th, my county is having a county-wide garage sale. The local Wise County Messenger newspaper placed a full-page ad about the sale with maps of the city of Decatur, TX where there are lots of sales and also a county map showing locations of other sales in smaller towns. They...

Which do you think hurt more? Getting a bee sting or falling off a bridge?:rolleyes: I've had wasps fly down my shirt and sting me repeatedly while on a motorcycle. You just stay calm and get off the road and stop. This guy obviously over-reacted.:eek: A Paradise man was injured Tuesday...

The block you are talking about is the high pressure distribution and diverter valve. Since it is under pressure, it's not likely you will get air into the system there. Air is normally drawn in around the big filter between the rear wheel and hydraulic reservoir and the big line running off...

I have to adjust the front rollers on my Kubota mower's deck before cutting grass today. Some mowers have instructions that the wheels are not gage wheels, but my Kubota's OM says to drop the deck down and allow it run on the wheels. I have the big wheels on the rear adjusted for the maximum...

Drew, here's wishing the best for Nadine.

Yeah, but when it gets down to 40 F and we are running around all bundled up in our Eskimo gear, they laugh at us and run around in t-shirts and shorts.:confused2:

Click on images for a sneak preview of the weekend dancing session, no labels required.:D

No, but maybe we could pick tomatoes off of it.:) Mike: I can see how you could ride a Segway into dangerous territory, but just like walking or riding a bicycle, some people are just accident prone. I do think our hills and gullies might be a challenge for it even with fully-charged batteries...

Drew, the sapphires weren't that large, but my wife can wear these daily if she likes without worrying about loss or theft. They were expensive, but not rediculous.:) BTW: I've really considered buying my wife a Segway. I think she'd like the offroad model. It would be great for running to the...

Yep, I probably should have got her a new vacuum cleaner. . . or maybe a new welder.:laughing::laughing:

Today is my wife's birthday. I surprised her this morning with sapphire and diamond pendent earrings and necklace. That should keep me off her snit-list for awhile.:D I have a doctor's appt with a pulmonary specialist to get my lung capacity checked this morning and then another appt tomorrow...

That seems incredible that people would no-show to a planned event. How do you send out a reverse RSVP? What if they gave a wedding and nobody came? I mean, what if it's a family reunion? Does that mean that everyone got into a big argument and now hate each other?:confused3: Actually, one of...

Darrell, your photo is of the drop-rate knob. The little cover in the middle is supposed to have arrows on it for adjustment. CCW=open (faster), CW=closed (slower). Here is an illustration that shows the adjustment and it's components. The black plastic (item 11) is the knob. As far as your...

You made Bubba's life the best it could be, and he gave back all he had right up to the end. That's love's definition. With a dog like him, the good times are so many and the bad times so few, but so near. I think you should get that other pup and make his life as happy as Bubba's. That's the...

72 F this morning and predicted 98 F this afternoon. . . Had a nice quick shower yesterday that dropped 2/10". The storm started east of me and just blossomed toward the west such that we ended up under the heaviest part for its brief life. Storms normally move from northwest to southeast here...

70 F out this morning and going up to the high 90s F here by mid-afternoon. I have to go card shopping today. Next week I have lots of birthdays: 3 grandkids, my wife, my FIL, and mine next Saturday. I won't be buying a card for me though.:D

I envy your mild summers in the NE. But lordy! I do not evny your early frosts. Check out this first frost map.

It's for mounting a danger sign with dire warnings of doom if you defeat any safety feature.:D

72 F here this morning and going to 98 F by afternoon. I cut my lawn yesterday, so I'll be watering it today. We have to pick okra in the garden, and later I have to haul trash to the dump. That's all that is really planned. Drew: Is your golf cart gas or electric?

Farmgirl, we all wish we could live as long as Paul did and be remembered as fondly by so many. Check this out!!! We went to garden and picked veggies after the AC guy left. Guess what I'm gonna be doing for the next couple of days?:D

My AC is back on the line and cooling nicely.:cloud9: Bob (brin): The fellow came to my house on a holiday (30 miles round trip), replaced the two capacitors with two more (didn't have the proper dual size so he used individual caps for the fan and compressor). Checked my refrigerant and it was...

It's kind of a shame that this happened on a long holiday weekend. Have you notified police? When the local animal control office opens tomorrow, be sure and call to notify them and take a picture to them too if possible. If somebody turns in the dog or reports it as a stray, you don't want them...

Don, I got about 25 really nice Israel melons this year. That's 5 per plant. We just picked our last big one and the rest will be small. Of course, I have soaker hoses on them. Melons put down deep roots to find moisture, but you never got the spring rains to put any moisture deep in your soil...

Still waiting on the AC repairman.:( On the bright side, I slept like a baby in my recliner last night. I slept so well I didn't hear it raining. We got 1/4" overnight.

Roy, I think you and I are in the same boat. The LAST thing I worry about is post count. Mine has grown to the point that I'm amazed at how I could ever have that many posts. Then, I just look at Bird's count . . . :D

Don, the money you spent on insulating your house is paying off. I get envious of your bill until I realize that you have to pay a water bill too. My electric bill includes water since I have my own well. It also runs my aerobic septic system, so it is my electric/water/sewage bill, and that...

Bob, most all air conditioners that I've ever seen have a cover easily removed to access the control box. Inside that box will be one or two capacitors. The compressor has a larger capacitor (35 to 40 uF) and the condenser coil fan motor has another smaller value capacitor (normally 5 uF). You...

My guy charged me $75 once and $95 the next time. He has to drive about 30 miles round trip, so those prices are a bargain in my book. Trouble is, he is doing a new install on a deadline and will be working until late tonight. He won't be able to get to me until Monday morning. I called another...

John, I just thought of one more thing (two actually). The two check valves shown in the diagram below (items 17-20) are what hold pressure while the joystick is in neutral. If something got trashed in the spool valve or trash got into the area, one or both of these check valves could have...

It's 73 F out with a nice breeze. I just left a message for my Air Conditioning guy to come fix my central air. It quit at 2 AM. Seems to be a start/run capacitor. For now, doors/windows open and ceiling fans make it very comfortable, but with 101 F predicted this afternoon, I may spend a lot of...

Here is a photo of the paving equip: 2 rollers, a chip spreader, a wheel loader, and a chip brush/blade used to smooth out the chips before the tar truck makes a pass. I told the supervisor that they could use my frontage to park equipment because the ROW is too narrow. Chip and tar is probably...

You are right; this is HUGE. It's not asphalt paving, but rather layered chip and tar. Even so, it is a great surface with lots of traction, smooth, and free of dust. They are doing a good job and our roads are dead ended. We won't have lots of thru traffic. They just raised the property values...

We don't think much about it, but there is also a high instance of breast cancer in men. Several weeks ago, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy on August 20th. I was discharged from the hospital on August 24th and had my stitches removed yesterday afternoon at my...

I believe I'll get my road paved today. They put down tar two days ago. I talked to the supervisor and I think he mentioned that they would start paving today and probably make it past my house. :thumbsup:

John, the first thing you should do is pull the plastic cowling off so you can see in there. You'll be shocked at how many pipes are attached to that dual valve. You can see the bottom, but it is very tight and very cluttered under there. Here are some photos and descriptions of your valve...

They are gonna dump several rip-rap loads on a deep ditch off the road into my property to stop erosion. That, alone, will be worth $$$. Also, no tax increase because of the Barnett Shale gas drilling. Our county has made so much in taxes off of the Barnett Shale natural gas that they are paving...

I found out yesterday that they are paving my road. No matter what the weather is like today, it's a great day.:thumbsup:

Roy, how old is the CEO? It seems the older types may be more traditional in their approach to business and also conservative to a fault. Some of the older guys have just lost the incentive to compete and look at new marketing opportunities. The younger guys seem to have little to lose, and...

Supposed to have a little 8'x10' snap-together resin shed delivered today. I'm going to set it beside the power pole that has my main breaker for my wellhouse. I intend to put my two generators into that shed with attachments so I can use one to run my well pump circuit and the other to supply...

Starting off at a nice 70 F this morning after a day that saw a thunderstorm again develop over my house as it also did on Friday. The latest storm was wetter, however, and dropped a full 1" of rain. So, on August 25th, 2013, I'm waking up to a soggy morning and can't even go to the garden...

The sky is falling! THE SKY IS FALLING! . . . and it's wet. Woohoo!!!:cool2:

Yesterday, a storm appeared out of nowhere and dropped 0.15" of rain on me. It was like the Wizard Harry Potter conjured up the storm. It started growing and rumbling right before our eyes and then rained hard for about 15 minutes. Not a great amount of rain, but a nice surprise in Aug. Temps...

Happy birthday, Bill. Turning 62 and 65 are two times to celebrate at a time in our lives when occasions to celebrate are rare. I hope Bubba can pull through this with success. Lots of us ol' dogs on this site can identify with his struggles. Our weather is pretty steady and hot, but not...

It would surely be nice if they paved that road going to that place.:)

Oh boy!:licking: Cobbler is not always a shoe repairman. I see some peach cobbler in your near future.:)

I was wordy once, but the doctor gave me something for it. . . hmm. . .maybe that was wormy. . .yep, that's the ticket.:D

I certainly think you have a problem somewhere in your geartrain. The amount of rotational slop is completely unacceptable in my opinion. Here are two diagrams from my Repair Manual. This is for the early tractors before 2004, but I think the PTO drivetrain for rear and mid PTOs has remained...

Hi Kyle, are you aware that your mower is really a Gilson? Gilson made mowers for MW. Gilson was bought out by Lawnboy and is now owned by Toro. There is a Gilson & Montgomery Ward User Group on Yahoo! I have a Gilson Hydro-16 with mower deck. My dual spindle on the center blade in the deck...

Wayne, I don't grow potatoes anymore, but love seeing them from people who do. Post a picture if you can/want to, please. Drew: Property taxes are probably similar here, but we have no state and no city income taxes. Of course, school taxes are the biggest. Our county taxes are really...

I'm sitting here enjoying my Israel melon for breakfast on a nice cool morning in August. It's 63 F by my thermometer, and the NWS says the same for Bowie, TX airport this morning.:cool2:

I have an idea that Farmgirl could turn Drew's "humma humma" to "hubba! hubba!";)

I'm of the opinion that the cover on a rotary cutter PTO shaft is a waste of money. Nobody should ever have a reason to get anywhere near to a rotating shaft on a rotary cutter. It's not like a post-hole auger or chipper where you work close to an operating shaft. I think the same way about a...

My driveline is different from yours, but if you look at the diagram below, I think Item #34 is a collar that links the pinion shaft from the differential to the driveline shaft. If that collar is broken or out of position, it could cause the driveline to disconnect from the front differential.

In an earlier post, I mentioned that my yard was really green this year. Because I've been lucky with rain showers, the yard really looks better than ever. Anyhow, I promised to take some pictures, so I got a few this morning with my cell phone while moving sprinklers. You can't really tell we...

Have you considered that he got his user name from drivin' one of these AMC Pacers? :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Now, It's my turn to have squatter problems.:confused2: We looked out the window last night, and there she was; all proud like she owned the place. She made a nice bed in my deep Saint Augustine grass not far from her food pantries (the deer feeder and my wife's rose bushes).:D Oh no! Didn't...

You scared me for a second there, Don. I thought, "Oh no! Another Lee County geyser." Then, I remembered you were looking at pipe for your sail shade project.;) It's supposed to be hot and muggy here today as the front approaches. It's only 81 F at 9 AM. Yesterday, I cut my grass and then...

In the illustration below, look at Item #33. It's a nut that can be tightened to increase the friction on your lever. If that does not work, then you may have worn friction discs. They are Item #34 and part number 81717214 from your New Holland dealer. Messicks.com has them for $1.90 each. Some...

Are you growing your own iceberg lettuce? I've grown leaf lettuce, but never had success with iceberg. I saw a horned toad scamper off the gravel road about 2 weeks ago. At first I thought it was a tree lizard and then noticed it's short wide body as it headed into the grass. I'd love to see...

Ron, clear shallow water and sunshine is the key to that 'stuff' you have growing. Have you ever noticed that it rises up from just below the water to the top of the water during the daytime? I notice that on our lake all the time. In the morning, the water surface is clear, but by afternoon...

We made it down to 70 F overnight. It will be a long time until our high is the mid 70s. Have a safe trip home, Wayne.

With the heat we've been having, one day of NOT watering in the garden can lead to severe damage. I'm sure the plants get spoiled to being watered every day, but also there is very little water down deep since we've been so short of rain. Last Monday, I took one day off from watering in the...

You gotta do what you gotta do. . . . I had a track loader clean out a pond and it needed cleanup on the sides. I made many trips up and down the bank. Once over the side on the way down, there was no backing up.:D

I got my rain yesterday afternoon and a 3 hour power outage to boot. 3/4" of rain for a 3-hr outage is not a bad trade. It's 73 F here this morning before 8 AM and is not supposed to get higher than 88 F all day. If that turns out to be true, it's a banner August day for sure.:thumbsup:

Another hot day is expected here with a 30% chance of rain and 20% tonight. Yesterday, I got a brief shower that settled the dust, but provided only moisture to plants that can quickly soak up water through their leaves. At least the outflow from the storm made it a cooler day with the...

Drew, Texas schools teach that the state has five major regions as shown below. That said, some people break down the regions differently, as shown here. The 2nd map more fully describes the regions and is put out by the Parks and Wildlife Dept (TPWD). I tend to agree with their...

Drew, our routine is mow, water, water again, water some more, water yet again, still watering. . . mow the high spots.:confused2:

BTW: When you were draining coolant, did you loosen the radiator cap? I'm talking about the one on the actual radiator and not on the filler reservoir. Look just to the right of your engine oil filter and slightly above. You could have a coolant tap at that point with a hose attached or a...

I'll just pull up my t-shirt sleeve and show them my "white card.":laughing: All my grandkids come up to me and lay their arms next to mine. The difference is dramatic. I have the typical farmer's tan.:D

It's been a whirlwind with my grandkids here since Saturday night about 8 PM. I got a rental SUV on Saturday at noon that had plenty of space for all of us. We've squeezed everything into two days that you can squeeze. Sunday, it was fixing a big breakfast and then paddle-boating on our lake and...

I was going to rent a Ford Explorer for my drive-thru of Fossil Rim Wildlife Park in Glen Rose, TX with my grandkids. When I got to Budget Rentals, they didn't have a Ford Explorer, but rented me a very nice Ford Flex instead. I think I like the Flex better. It's very plush and has excellent...

I know what you mean. My IQ keeps going down too.;) :laughing:

With Bird bringing up Christmas, I thought I'd show a picture of what we picked in my garden this morning from our two little 50' rows of blackeyes. I titled this picture, "Peas on Earth, Good Will to Men.":D Two 5-gal buckets and an 8-qt bucket. While it's hot this afternoon, I'll be gettin'...

It's gonna be darn hot here this weekend. My wife bought me a new hat for working outside on 100+ F days. It's over 18" across the brim. I have to steam and crease it so I don't look like the local Amish farmer, but it will sure keep the sun off my head and neck. It's made of palm straw and...

Unbelievable!!! How many more people will she hurt, and how much more property destroyed before they take her license? Driving through a loophole.

Yes, but if that nest was blocking your access to your children, house, and tractor, you might not be so giving/forgiving. I agree it's a toxic environment, but David is gonna put up with a few "stings" to get to see his children. I think any of us would.

I'm taking my grandkids to Fossil Rim Wildlife Park in Glen Rose, TX on Monday. I can sit in an air conditioned car for most of that trip. We just have to get there early before the animals head to the woods for shade in the heat of the day.

It's starting out at 78 F here and going to 98 F by afternoon. I guess I should feel lucky it won't top 100 F, but that's coming this weekend when my two grandkids are coming to visit from Oklahoma. Roy: Dang! You are the king of contract/temporary work, but I'd hoped you finally found a place...

Dang guys! Haven't you paid attention when watching the cartoon? A roadrunner goes, "MEEP! MEEP!" :rolleyes: :laughing:

I used to work with a wacky guy who helped his daughter do a science project where she use multiple alumel-chromel thermocouples to power a science project. The source of heat was a Bunsen burner and she must have had over 100 junctions to power her project. I don't remember what she was running...

The corn earworms are caused by a moth that lays eggs on the silks at night, especially after pollination and as the ears mature. When the eggs hatch, the mineral oil will smother the young worms. Many people mix BT (bacillus thuringiensis) with the oil for a higher worm kill percentage. Sam...

I woke up to the sound of rain on my metal roof this morning.:cloud9: We have .15" so far and we are in a line of light showers moving over us and mostly along the counties just south of the Red River between Tex and Okla. This was a sweet surprise because it looked like we'd missed our chance...

I had a fun time in the garden this morning. I picked a 5-gallon bucket full of blackeyes and my wife picked squash, okra, and cucumbers, filling an 8-qt bucket. We also picked two more ripe Israel melons over 6 lb each. When we went to pick tomatoes, Kathy noticed the vines were stipped at the...

We have a 40% chance of rain this afternoon (or a pessimistic 60% chance of none). It has been rumbling around this morning while I was in the garden. I watered my yard well yesterday, but I can always use a nice free sprinkle, especially when it's over 90 F out.

It's an unusually cool morning here at 64 F. This brief cool spell won't last long though. It's supposed to be back near 100 daily by the end of the week. Oh well, we expect that for August in Texas. However, if August turns out to be as wet as July, it would be a record for sure. I would never...

When is zucchini. . . bread, not zucchini bread?:D Oops! Missed that one for a few days.:ashamed:

74 F and light showers. Can't complain about that kind of weather as July winds down.:)

Well, it's not morning, but the morning here was really nice as was yesterday. Yesterday, I got .2" of rain and today it was overcast, keeping the temperature down. It was 72 F this morning and only got up to 88 F by 3:30 this afternoon. The cloud cover just burned off and it's jumped to 92 F...

Today is supposed to be hot, but woke up to a gusty breeze. The forecast says light wind from the south, but this is from the east and the local airport says gusts to 25 mph. I think a small front moved down from Oklahoma and it's causing unexpected weather. We have a 20% chance of showers...

Drew: Quick! By a lottery ticket. The odds of a doctor being early are not nearly as good as winning the lottery. I think you're a shoo-in to win.;) Congrats on the good news. For once, the news matches your attitude.:) Larro: That melon was ripe to the rind on one side. Can you compare the...

Oh Drew! You gotta getcha some fried pie if you've never tried them. YUMMY! Check out these pictures.

Drew, those potatoes look great. I can just taste your potato salad. . . one of my favorite foods (of which there are many).:D Well it's 1/2 before noon and we have bagged peaches going to the freezer. We processed our 1/2 bushel of peaches in record time by using the boiling water and ice...

Back from the garden and it's 83 F out and MUGGY. My wife picked 3/4 gallon of cherry tomatoes and I picked a mess of blackeyes plus squash, cucumbers, and a 8-qt bucket of ripening tomato-sauce tomatoes. I also picked a 6 lb 9.4 oz Israel melon that was fully ripe (golden yellow) and had...

Dang! Is that a full-sized dinner plate? That Marconi is one big pepper. Is it mild like bell peppers? How thick is the skin? I've gotta get to the garden this morning and start my spraying after the rain. I see a few bugs coming back. All I really need to do today is pick cherry tomatoes and...

It's a humid morning here with the temperature hovering around 80 F. The half-dozen hummingbirds out my office door are scuffling over the feeder and chirping like crazy. I got my garden well picked over yesterday morning, so this morning it will be time to start making tomato sauce. I slept in...

Larro, that banana melon looks like it could ripen a bit more. It seems to have a very thick rind or not quite be fully ripened. Is it sweet all the way out to the skin?

Here, Jimsonweed is also called Thornapple and is more poisonous than hallucinogenic. Here is a link to Texas A&M's descriptive page.

HOLY SMOKES! USS Oscar is a submarine. . . a pig-boat.:laughing:

Tom, don't put anything at the entrance to your great room that people can stumble over. I can tell you from experience that when folks enter that room, they will be lookin' up and not where they are walkin'. That's a beautiful loft ceiling.:thumbsup:

It's 71 F here and overcast, but the sun seems like it could pop through. We might catch a shower or two, but we had the remnants of the storm that passed over you as it moved NW last night. We picked up another .3", so that leaves us at 3.1" for the entire event. It looks like my old beat up...

I know exactly what your problem is. It is FUSE #2 is blown. Take the two screws out of the instrument panel and lift out the panel carefully. Down under the panel on the left (and covered in dust) is the fuse assy. The 2nd fuse from the left is Fuse #2. Replace that 8 amp fuse with a 10 amp or...

My guess is mice may have 'visited' your instrument panel. They may have chewed wires and caused a short. Also, your relays and fuses are down there too. Your instrument panel doesn't come out like larger models. On them you just remove a couple of screws and the whole thing lifts out. On your...

What I've done in the past to keep healthy vines is buy disease resistant varieties and then plant them with large spacing between plants. Of course, watering the ground and not spraying the whole plant is a rule too. In Texas, we almost never have a problem with fungus or molds. We are just too...

It started out here yesterday morning at a record low of 63 F and never made it past 70 F all day. I went to my garden while the rain was slowed and I could feel the heat radiating from the ground in my cucumber patch. This morning it is 69 F and a forecast high of 83 F. It's slowly creeping...

I'm up to 2.5" and a steady rain is falling. I'm happier than a sunblock salesman at a nudist colony.:D I went to my garden this morning, just because. I got a bucket full of squash, zucs, and cucumbers right away. I also found two more Israel melons that had turned completely yellow since...

Is this not a pretty pretty picture?

I checked my rain gage this morning and it shows 1.65" for yesterday with more expected today and tomorrow. I still need to get to the garden today with my mud boots on to make sure I don't have huge cucumbers and squash. From the house, it looks pretty happy and wet down there. There must have...

I'm at a bit over 1-1/2" with light showers coming and going. If smilin' can be work, I'd be worn out about now.:D I had time this morning to make breakfast for my grandson and me while my wife slept in (she was up during the night). When my wife got up, she started making zucchini bread loaves...

I think something damaged the pepper when it was very young. The site of the damage never grew much and the rest of the pepper grows around it, deforming the shape. I've seen similar things with tomatoes and my bell peppers. I have one cucumber plant that makes me laugh. It grows only stubby...

Exactly! I like to let a few jalapenos go all the way to red before picking. I think it makes them a bit sweeter. I use your same picking style. It's amazing how the peppers just fall off when you raise them straight up.

Drew, in that picture with the worm parts,:p the peppers look like banana peppers. Are those hot too? I grow sweet banana peppers that are not hot, but I know there is also a hot variety. I also grow green and yellow bell peppers and love them. Your first photo looks to be a yellow chili pepper...

Lookie, lookie, lookie what I found in my garden this morning. No! Not the dollar, the melon.:laughing: The dollar is just to prove how big my 1st Israel melon of 2013 is. Gonna be some good eatin' in a couple of days.:licking: Also, check out this healthy okra. If it makes as good as it...

I swear this is true (no sea story:D). When our feeder gets low, the birds start flying into our windows on the house to remind us to fill the feeder. They don't fly up and bang into the window, just flutter their wings against the glass.:confused2: The deer get fed twice a day from a deer...

My ponds still have good water too, but the does prefer my wife's birdbaths for drinking. After all, the birdbath gets fresh water every day and it's close to the rose bushes for a little snack.:rolleyes:

Mine too! I thought some of those storms came your way, but I guess you were just a spectator instead of a participant, just like me.:(

Hey Dean, do you have any red-headed boys in your family? That's a cute picture of that new grandbaby and grandson. If I were a betting man, I'd bet there are lots more cute pictures like that one in your future photo album.:) The weather is hot and humid here. I'm testing my water well daily...

Wayne, I was stationed in the north bay area (Vallejo) for four years. I don't think it takes more than one hand to count all the mornings that SF is not fogged in. It's as certain as the sun coming up.

Today, I'm a cherry picker. . . cherry tomatoes, that is. Every other day we pick around a gallon of them and then let them ripen more inside for a day or two before putting them in the refrigerator. I'm having a double handful of cherry tomatoes for breakfast. I love the sharp sweet/sour taste...

Well, here's some pictures of my monster tomato. Now bear in mind that Lou's tomato was over twice the size of this one, but I didn't use nuclear waste as fertilizer nor water with Lone Star Beer.;) Still, I'm mighty proud of this tomato because it is easily the biggest tomato I've ever grown. I...

Don, you know it was a bad omen when Big Tex burned up at the State Fair last year.:rolleyes: Considering the Bastrop fires not long ago, it seems that what didn't burn up in CenTex is now drying up. Keep your fingers crossed for the tropical system to come up out of the Gulf as it is driven by...

Sure! How about "Mom" over a heart? Maybe some ear piercings and a few studs too. . . and a do-rag. Gotta have a piggy do-rag.

Yep, Jaime, there are lots of questions to be answered by the flight recorder. It sure looks like that airplane came in too low under glideslope and decided to try an emergency go-around at a time when it didn't have enough speed or altitude to complete the maneuver. Probably couldn't get the...

Jamie, I sure hope there are smoother roads ahead for you. You are certainly an intelligent fellow, and I cannot understand why you can't find good employment unless the economy in Scotland is total rubbish. I do understand that sometimes you need a good permanent address, transportation, and...

RANT - ON! I absolutely HATE those stinkin' vertical hogs and the mess they make of trees along the ROW. Why-oh-why can't they come up with a vertical rotary blade that's more like a big buzz-saw to cut those trees in more of a trimmed/pruned fashion. Wise County, where I live, has the ROW brush...

I think Lou has achieved a new level with his corny-bun recipe.:thumbsup::laughing: While he was figuring out how to make corny-burgers, I was in the pea patch yesterday. I picked a 5-gal bucket heaping full of blackeyes and then shelled them in the afternoon when it was too hot to work...

In the photo below, the injector pump is shown. Where the fuel line comes to the top of the injector pump, there is a banjo bolt where the hose attaches. Above that, there is a hard line coming down from the injectors with a hex-head above that. The hex-head is the bleed point. Set the engine...

Well, I have an accidental garden of sorts. I'm sure some mulch or something I used in a flowerbed contained tomatillo seeds. I had volunteer tomatillos in my garden a couple of years ago and cut them down. That same year, I had three or four in a flowerbed where I used the same mulch and I let...

It's 58 F here this morning and I ain't doin' nuthin' until I get my fill of sitting and enjoying the cool breeze coming in my screen door and windows. Any day in July in Texas that you can sleep with the windows open and the AC off is a reason for celebration. Sure, I'd love some rain, but I'll...

It was a glorious 58 F this morning in Sunset. That's gotta be a record. We slept with the AC off and the windows open last night. Even the frogs in my pond were singing loudly to celebrate the cool temperatures.:D Yesterday, I picked beans and my wife helped me pick blackeyes. We got a 5-gal...

Only one place you need to meet all your requirements; that's Palestine, TX. I swear that when it's dry as a bone everywhere else, it will be raining in Palestine. It's in the middle of the Piney Woods region and you have the Texas State Railroad to take visitors on when they come to see you. Of...

Here's the burning question: Is this a heart-shaped tomato or a tomato with a future in plumbing?:D

Bill, this is the internet. You can be a virtual Fred Astaire if you want to be. Nobody ever knows the difference. Heck! You can even be Ginger Rogers if that floats your boat.:laughing:

I mowed my grass yesterday and it looks terrific, but will have to get back to watering today because today and tomorrow will be the hottest days yet for this year (100+), and I don't want my green yard turning brown. It's supposed to cool off a few degrees on Saturday and we are taking my...

Well, I don't know about Houston traffic, but my blackeyes are cuttin' me off and blocking my lane. I used to have two rows with enough space to drive a ATV according to that parking lot painter down in Springtown.;) I tell you what, it's frustratin' when you're walking down a row and the pea...

Drew, we drove by the MFG plant in Gainesville, TX last week that makes the huge turbine blades for the wind-generators. I'd bet there wasn't a half-dozen cars in the parking lot. There were probably 250 vehicles in their parking lot, all pickup trucks. Of course, they probably all have a nice...

I'm afraid the dog days of summer have arrived in N. Texas. All next week the forecast is for mid-70s at night and high 90s during the daytime. Towards the end of the week, we cold pop up over 100 F. That just means all garden work has to be done early. I'll get up and go to the garden rather...

Ah yes. . . necessity is the mother of invention. You do what you gotta do to live in paradise. I like your ideas of going way over capacity to ensure you can meet your needs. It's like workbench space. When you first build it, it looks like room for everything, but soon you are wondering where...

Nice find! Item #3 below is the kit.

David, are you off-grid? I don't recall you ever mentioning that.

Any Hobbit film without ole Gollum will be incomplete. I think he was my favorite character.

Ron, happy birthday to you and your cute great-granddaughter. She must look like the other side of the family because she's a whole lot better lookin' than you.:laughing: That's the way it is in my family too.:ashamed: It was a cool morning until the sun got up here. I'm sure glad we got out to...

I can understand Oklahoma gettin' a bit cranky about us coming over the state line and taking their water. I also can see Texas getting cranky because the 'floods' of people taking their dollars and spending them at WinStar, Choctaw, and various other casinos in Oklahoma and Louisiana. I'd love...

How would any fair lady with so few years on this earth as yourself ever know what fuel prices "used" to be? Surely, it was some older person that told you about those days long ago.;)

Well, I finally got my 40% shadecloth up today. I'm hoping it allows just enough sun through. Here are the photos. EDIT: 75' of 6' wide was $0.15 per square ft or 450 x .15 = $67.50

Well, I'm not talking about Scott or Texas John, but some of you (you know who you are) were talking about multi-inch rainfall amounts when we folks in N. Texas couldn't get much more than a picture of too much rain in San Antonio on the 10 PM news.:rolleyes: All that considered, I feel darn...

Another night of rainshowers here. I slept in a bit this morning since the storm came in overnight and had enough thunder and lightning for two storms. At least it's keeping it cool with our maximum temperature today predicted to be 89 F. That's great for the middle of June. I had hand-me-down...

After a nice 0.82" rain shower this morning, I picked cucumbers and squash plus one 10.4 ounce BHN 602 tomato. It was surely not the biggest tomato in my patch either. Tomato overload season is on the horizon.:thumbsup:

Drew, your body may be suffering from age, but your sense of humor is fresh and sharp. Isn't is amazing how much worse the roads get when we are sore? I hope your recovery is short and all your roads are smooth.

Well, it's 70 F here this morning and the coolest morning in a long time. We got a whopping 6/100" of rain yesterday afternoon, but it was enough to clamp down the dust on the road for a few hours and also cool things down. We went to the in-laws house yesterday to go out to an early Father's...

Well, I DID say she wakes up around 9 AM. The truth is my wife often suffers from pain at night and gets up for sometimes 2 or 3 hours in the middle of the night. When she does get up in the morning around 9 AM, she goes non-stop until she almost drops. Then, she may have to take a 1 or 2 hour...

It's 80 F at 8 AM here this morning. It was 75 F at 6:30 when I got up, but has already jumped up 5 degrees under heavily clouded skies. I'm gonna try to get my yard mowed this morning, but can't start until my wife wakes up (probably around 9 AM). I'll go to the garden for awhile to see if...

I spent most of the morning watering my garden. If it had been in the mid-80s, it would have been fine. However, when it got to 95, things started wilting down in a hurry, especially the tomato vines. I normally don't worry about a bit of wilt, but it looked excessive and I turned on the soaker...

I think your problem is external to the HST due to the way they work. When you move the input to the HST, it stays there if the linkage does not move it back. Item #26 in the diagram below is a bolt that attaches your linkage to the HST's swashplate input. If that is loose or broken, you would...

When I had my little heart attack and subsequent stent put in my heart, I wanted to get out of the hospital so badly I was walking the halls to show them I was ready to go home. The nurses threatened to give me a dust mop so I could do some useful work.:laughing: I'm thrilled to hear that your...

Scott, it looks like some much needed rain for you.:thumbsup: It's just hot and humid here. My zucchini plants are wilting even though I watered them this morning. The yellow squash look fine but the hot temperatures are just too much for the zucs. Maybe I disturbed their roots when I stirred...

Drew, what a role model you are for positive thinking.:thumbsup: To be singing an upbeat song after the week you've just had is the best example of staying positive in the face of disaster. I just bet you and your wife are wonderful people to be around. God bless you and keep you safe as you...

Bret, I DO NOT recommend that you pressurize the whole tank. If you pull the hose off the fuel pump on the carburetor side and turn the engine over, you should see gasoline gush out (catch it if possible). That will tell you that you are getting fuel that far. Then you can buy one of these kits...

Just a warm sunny morning here and going to hot and humid by noon. In the last hour, the temperature has risen by 11 degrees. Drew, it sure seems your medical "plate" is full and overflowing. Be very careful with your neck. Even being careful, my wife was coming down stairs with slick house...

I'm late to this thread and have posted this in other threads, but I have a little Bolens BL410 cultivator that does a great job. I had the same tiller in the Ryobi model and used it until it was falling apart. I call this my "gas-a-hoe." It works great for everything but close tilling where I...

Below 90, they put up the "Watch for Ice on Bridge" signs.:rolleyes:

We finally have made it to the warmer part of the season. I say 'warm' because we don't call it 'hot' here until we go over 100 F. This week the nighttime temperatures are in the mid-70s F and the daytime temperatures in the mid to high 90s F. However, this morning it was 66 F and a big dew is...

The part has a pivot that is just a bolt as shown in this diagram. Remove the deck and you should have easy access to the pivot bolt. Put a jack under the frame and raise the mower for even easier access. The axle is part item #3 in the diagram below. Its part number from your JD dealer is...

Is the glass half-full or half-empty? Am I hoggin' all the rain or are you hoggin' all the dry?;)

64 F and cool this morning after an overnight shower that lasted two hours and dropped 9/10". This total for June after last week's rain makes June our wettest month so far. Who would have ever thought that June in N. Texas would turn out to be this wet. After months of drought, it's a welcome...

I have been scratchin' my head over this zucchini mystery in my garden. I swear I planted seeds out of the same envelope, but I obviously have different zuc plants. What do you think? Have you ever seen two plants that look so different from the same seed pack. They both make similar zucchinis...

I posted these photos in another thread, but this year I'm trying a trellis netting from Memphis Net & Twine. I bought 328' of 40" tall horticultural netting for around $55. Since I put the netting on 6' t-posts and left over a foot at the bottom, my net is almost 5' tall. For my sweet 100s, I...

Busted!!! That's a Dickey's Barbecue cup in this photo. Are you sure you didn't 'smoke' those ribs with a couple of $20 bills at Dickey's?:laughing: Just kiddin!;) Allen, that's a great lookin' smoker, and everyone knows that most Dickey's don't have anything that good lookin'.:D

Bret, the air pressure is just increasing the pressure inside the inlet hose to the carb. I removed the hose from the outlet side of the fuel pump and pressurized that line with low pressure air. Normal fuel pressure probably is 1 psi to 2 psi at most. The added pressure will push the needle off...

It's 59 F and clear with wet dew-sprinkled grass this morning. This seems like May 7th instead of June 7th. Nothing like sleeping with the windows open on a cool night and listening to all the night critters and frogs calling and singing all night long. Waking to doves cooing, woodpeckers...

If you don't use cruise enough to know that it doesn't work, I would not think it was that critical. However, if you noticed it was bad and told them to check it, you priority might be higher. You can fix that magnet yourself, but it is in a very tight spot. My parts diagram says the two bolts...

Ouch!:shocked: Aren't hot needles under/through fingernails against the Geneva Convention?:confused3:

It's a wonderful June morning here at 64 F and a nice breeze blowing under cloudy skies. We had a nice storm move through at about 3 AM with heavy rain and a lightning show, but no hail. I got 1.9" of rain, making this a rare start to June. Of course, this is just a tease because we are supposed...

Ron, that's an amazing birthday for your mom. I hope she has a great birthday. Does this mean you may have that longevity gene? Just think how many more years of your coffee drinking habits we'll get on this TBN thread before you turn 94.:D BTW: 72 and a bit muggy here this morning. Maybe some...

Here is a small dry pond. Here is my tractor searching for the bottom of this "dry" pond. Here is the track loader I hired and the true depth of the muck. Don't ever think that mucking a pond is a trivial matter. If you can't afford the right equipment, can you afford to have your...

Dennis, here are some photos of my pepper plants in late 2009 (November). This was right at the end of the season before frost. The plants were so tall they were falling over on themselves. That year I had so many banana peppers that I could not give them away. All the plants weren't 4' tall...

Dennis, your garden looks great, especially for somebody who has to work for a living. We retired folks have a big advantage. Your squash and zucs look very healthy. We got a nice mess of beans this morning and my grandson picked about 10 ripe cherry tomatoes. We also got a couple more yellow...

59 F at 6 AM here this morning. June is lookin' mighty good with these temperatures.

It started out at 77 F this morning and went up to 85 F by 10 AM. A cool front just came through with nice cooling rain and it's back down to 68 F. NICE!!! If it stops raining and I go back to working in my garden, maybe I won't sweat my clothes down in 10 minutes.

I'm 250 miles north of TxDon, but I'm only 2 degrees cooler at 75 F this morning with gusty breezes. These warm, high humidity days with unstable air above us are the makings of severe thunderstorms. Gonna have to keep my eyes peeled this weekend. I'm sure thankful for wildflowers. They give me...

Scott and Don, you guys are killin' me on the tomatoes as well as FG19.:licking: I had one red cherry tomato yesterday in my garden and many others that are baseball sized and still green and growing. With perfect growing conditions, I'd bet my tomato plants are growing almost 4" per day. My...

Nobody can be sure what is going on inside your transmission case. Some of us might be able to 'feel' something, but you just never know. Have you lubricated all pivot points in the engagement lever? I know from experience that my shift levers can become gummed up and very stiff. Anywhere there...

Where is the rootball? Is it on solid ground? Are you cutting it off and leaving it in place? I think a come-along is like digging a swimming pool with a teaspoon. It's way, way undersized for the job. You may be able to pull out cut pieces with it, but it's gonna wear you out long before there...

I believe this has been the mildest May in years as far as temperature. We've enjoyed a whole month of spring weather and had nice rain showers. Of course, if I go 100 miles in any direction, they've had severe storms. I've just been lucky. I don't think my yard has ever looked as good as it is...

Bird, I got stopped one day several years ago in Sulphur Springs, TX by a state trooper for not having a front tag. I had a Datsun 240Z and tried to keep a tag on the front, but people kept backing into me (bumping in parking lots and such) so that my front tag was ripped at one of the mounting...

Overcast and a cool 70.5 F here this morning. I should get the willpower award because I resisted and didn't go to the garden one time yesterday. However, today I'll have to check things out and do a little work there. Gonna grill hamburgers for Memorial Day this afternoon. Yesterday, I had a...

While the weather is beautiful (70s - 80s) and my garden work is caught up, I think I'll just enjoy the next couple of days and see what I can get into. I bought a couple of cheap Airsoft pistols off the internet along with a gel sticky target. You shoot the target and your pellets stick to it...

It seems that these storms we are having all produce extremes: rain, hail, tornadoes, flooding, even freezes early-on. We've gone so long without precipitation and suddenly we get a bunch at once (in isolated places). Perhaps it's always been that way, but in less populated areas. This year it...