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72 today and 50 currently. Spent day moving hay. 48 bales. Some chicken coop maintenance tomorrow then finish moving hay hopefully. Youngest goes to pulmonologist Thursday for more testing. Know they’ve scheduled another sweat test. Don’t know what else they will do. He’s do some better with...

80 today. Currently 68. Heat comes back this weekend. Rain went south of us. We are dry and have had burn bans for a week now. Drought monitor shows us in a moderate drought. Half of chickens come tomorrow and then finish Monday. Ready for tomorrow’s birds. Then worked on fences that land...

69 this morning and headed to 87 today. Second cut hay is in for me. Have one more farm to do for dad then we’ll be done for the year. I’m borderline on having enough for the winter. A cold and snowy winter I’ll be fine, but another year like last year and I won’t. 35-40* and rain is harder on...

66 currently headed to 63. Was 82 today. Very nice weekend. Spent yesterday at the annual fundraising horse show for the riding program. It’s their biggest fundraiser of the year, and are run completely on donations and volunteers. Most programs like theirs charge either parents or insurance...

65 this morning and headed to 89 today. I think I’ve got all the logs cut up. Put a call into timber buyer. No return yet. I’ll try again today. Now to finish sorting and stacking. Birds started leaving last night. 3 more barns to go. Will get 2 tonight. Have to move a tractor in today. Time...

70 headed to 88 today. Have some family events today so not much more than daily chores. Already watered cows now to walk birds. Ron. Sorry to hear about Betty. Drew. You going to tie everything down? Looks like this hurricane is going to turn and might skirt the coast. Big storm.

54 this morning and headed to 83 today. Take youngest to riding this morning. We normally do the evening program but they also have one during the day for the schools to bring in the special education classes. They’ve got something planned and asked our youngest to participate today. Also have...

58 this morning and 80 currently. Nice low humidity. But foggy this morning. Started dragging logs out. Think excavator is done. Now for the cleanup. Started looking around and figuring out a sorting plan. Initial count is 70-80 poplar logs. That is around 2 loads headed to the mill when I get...

My new truck last year had cloth seats. I said deal breaker. Salesman says for $1300 I can have leather heated seats installed. (Crew Cab double bench) Still have carpet floors so I have weather tech floor mats. Might consider getting some seat covers anyways. Car seats and me are hard on any...

68 currently. 82 today. A couple of showers but nothing like yesterday. Rain most of the day. Haven’t checked gauge yet. Finished stumping and topping today. Now just need to get everything hauled to landing and sawed to log length. Plans were to pack it, but there’s too much for that. So I’ll...

64 this morning and headed to 79 today. I’ll stop by the funeral home on my way to TSC. I need some clamps to repair pond pump. Was going to pick them up yesterday while son was at therapy but those plans got changed. So I’ll do it today and hopefully get the expensive (county) water turned...

Rng. I haven’t heard a peep from anyone. I also didn’t ask. I want to see them stand those trees back up. It has turned into 7 brush piles. One of which was already here and was just added to. The one I posted pictures of last week is already gone. It was lit on Wednesday and the 2 stumps that...

69 this morning and headed to 82 today. Rain has been off and on all night and morning. More to come. Don’t think it amounted to much. Oldest is home with a stomach bug. So I won’t be doing much till wife gets home. Then I have to go get clamps to fix the lake pump. Maybe work on some other...

About an acre cleared. Now excavator can finish that spot. Still have an acre or so of trees to do the same to. About same number.

85 today. Rain off and on most of day. 73 currently. About the same tomorrow. Spent the day holding onto a chainsaw. I’m feelin’ it. Stumped and topped about 35 trees. Most ended up being cut into logs. Still have 10 or so to process. Dad helped for a couple hours. Then dragged the pump back...

The excavator showed up. This is about an acre of clearing. About 35 trees mostly hardwood with a couple poplar mixed in. He’s got about 3 acres clear already. Now he’s giving me time to get them stumped and topped. These are done and ready for him to pile the tops and stumps. Have about this...

64 this morning and headed to 91 with 105 HI. Had a thunderstorm yesterday afternoon. Rain forecast everyday for next week. Will be headed to the big city in a few. At least a 2 hour drive. Youngest sees the specialist today. See what they say. The medicine he was started on Monday is working...

97 today heat index above 105. Currently 83 with a 93 heat index at 9pm. Not much going to get done this week. Got started today only to get a phone call about youngest son. 102 fever. Get him to doctor strep was negative, so then onto chest X-ray. He’s got pneumonia. Think this is his third...

68 this morning and headed to 91 today. Will be getting my exercise in with a chain saw. Besides the daily task of feeding calves, walking birds and watering cows that’s all I have planned to do today. New helper coming to mow today. See how that goes. Last week our grass mowed like a fall...

75 currently. 88 today for the high. Excavator is almost done. He’s got about 5 trees left. Then pile some stumps next week after I get logs cut out. Burned that big brush pile I had pictures of a few days ago. It’s now down to half a dozen stumps. They’re encircled so maybe they’ll stay...

79 this morning and headed to 88 today. .75 inches of rain yesterday. Have more trees to cut up later. Currently waiting my 15 minutes after allergy shots at the doctor office. Will try to light brush pile today. Hopefully we get an update from Toppop soon. Are you all limiting power bills...

Picture of the big brush pile. About 3/4 acre cleared into it.

74 this morning and headed to 88 today. HI 82 headed to 97. Drew thanks for sending the arrangement to Randy. Stop by lunch is on me. Will be working on trees today. Now I’m about 30 behind. Woods are yielding more trees than we had originally thought. Wouldn’t surprise me if I don’t have a...

86 at lunch. Headed to 89. HI 91. Rain forecast for later. Excavator is moving right along. Took him 11 hours to clear and pile about 3/4-1 acre. He’s laying the saw log size trees out for me. First patch produced 17 logs. I’m about 20 trees behind on cutting root balls and tops off. Then will...

DABSGT nice pictures. Looks like a nice trip. I want to do the Alaska cruise. Wife doesn’t. Mostly. They sale every Monday. Minus holidays. But will probably be a few weeks maybe after birds leave. If I remember it, I’ll sleep a few times before then. Just got the USDA price report. 1750 head...

Buckeye. Good to hear of your improvements. Hopefully you get out of there and back home so you can heal. 7 calves this morning weighted just over 4600 pounds. They were all born in September of ‘18. Sale was 2 hours late starting because of internet issues. Noon sale. I hung around because I...

63 this morning and headed to 88 for the high. Some rain yesterday. Didn’t amount to much here just kept the grass wet. It did rain all the way around us. We’re getting dry here. The hay that should have baled yesterday has now been washed twice. Maybe get it today. After I get back from...

77 this morning and headed to 88 today. A shower yesterday evening but it just settled the dust here. The heavy part set over our down hay for almost 2 hours before it rained itself out. Per radar. Doubt we bale today. Will check it after lunch. Walk birds. Take care of garden today. Probably...

72 this morning and headed to 88 today. Youngest son turned 3 yesterday. Today is his birthday party. Bouncy/jump place that he enjoys with a dinosaur theme. So doubt I will get much more done than walking birds.

Drew. After seeing your picture. My first thought was that’s a nice fender protector for when you have to be under the hood.

That’s what I’ve found in my research. Getting ready for almost a mile of page wire fencing to be installed and won’t be allowed to spray chemicals inside it or on it. (Sore subject around here.) So I will be going the weed burner route for its maintenance as all it will do is chew up weed eater...

67 this morning and headed to 86 today. Need to do some shopping for a bigger chain saw for this clearing project. Looking at the 460 Rancher from Husqvarna with 24” bar. Have a good 18” 400 Echo but it’s under powered for what I’m getting ready to do. Thanks for the info on the generator...

71 this morning and headed to 83 today. Been some rain around but we’re still dry. Have some chicken coop work this morning and then try to build my wife another book case for her classroom. Rick. Yeah I checked that thread. Came up pretty empty in my searches. Seen post about the predator...

73 currently was 90 today. Mid 80’s rest of week. Took oldest into therapy today and then ran some errands before taking youngest to eye doctor. Good report there. Straight eyes and a little above average for far sightedness but still has time for that to naturally correct. No glasses needed...

71 currently today was 90. Humidity coming back in so is rain tomorrow and Tuesday. Picked up all the small squares of hay for the riding program yesterday. 215 bales onto 2 1/2 loads and stacked. Filled bar loft and put rest in shed. Mostly fescue older horses so no worries about endophyte...

There is a spot spray chart on the label of your glyphosate jug. It’s specific to that concentration of product. It will have a 1 gallon amount at different % concentration of final mix. I like mine about 2%. Tell how many ounces to add. For 2 gallons just double.

76 this morning and headed to 89 today. Took boys to the dentist yesterday. That went much better than we expected. Pediatric dentist office that caters to special needs kids. They have 2 sensory rooms in the office. Kids got their teeth checked sitting on a couch. Some other rooms have jeeps...

I’ve got some slop in the quad link for the bucket. Just enough to give the bucket a good rattle. And to see an empty bucket bounce on rough ground. But that’s all I’ve noticed. Although dads woods loader probably has just as much slop in the bucket. Nothing that affects grading or anything for...

Yes you are correct it’s a hydraulic shuttle. I had forgotten you wanted a hydro. Yes I would be comfortable using it on a steep hillside, but I don’t own a hydro tractor and I’d rather have a shuttle than an 8x2. I find the left hand hydraulic shuttle by the steering wheel very natural to...

RNG the MX5200 is my main tractor. I’d like a heavier loader. That’s why I recommend the M5660 over the MX line. Only thing I’ve done to my MX is a front wheel bearing and seal. Think I’m going to need a key switch before long though.

59 this morning and headed to 82. Weekend is warming up but still not too bad. Finished weeding the zucchini last night. Now have okra and tomatoes to weed. But first will be planting cucumbers and more beans. 1st crop of beans are just starting to bloom. Well the ones that didn’t scald. I...

73 today high of 76 later. Stays below 85 for next few days. Nice. Took youngest son to allergist yesterday. He had allergy testing done and that unfortunately came back negative. Doctor and us was hoping for some positive reactions. He has a mucus problem that we have been fighting for over 2...

74 this morning and headed to 88 today. HI 81 headed to 103. Last day of heat warnings. Didn’t do much yesterday. Walked birds yesterday morning and came in not feeling good. Laid around most of afternoon and then moved cows and walked birds again. About 6:30 took boys bowling with my mom and...

86 this morning and headed to 93 today. HI 101 headed to 106. Excessive heat warnings till tomorrow. Been a busy couple of days. Finished getting ready for birds then yesterday they all showed up. After lunch I got a phone call that someone had donated 100 small squares to the horse riding...

73 this morning and headed to 85 today. 70% chance of rain maybe it won’t be all day. Dealing with remnants of Barry. It just drizzled and sprinkled all day yesterday. Kept dust down. One load of rice hulls are in and level. That house is ready to setup and drop lines. Other 3 will be here in...

Rick I understand your concerns about the hp. I’ll just say I don’t think you can always go by manufacturers suggested hp. I was concerned when I borrowed a pulverizer from a friend. It’s a flail with swinging hammers. I have 47pto hp the 6’ calls for 40 and 8’ 60hp. His was the 8’. I could...

78 this morning and headed to 91. Back home in Kentucky. Nice drive yesterday but it took us longer to get home then it did to get to Gulf Shores. By over an hour. Traffic was horrible. We figure we lost close to 3 hours in traffic. Kids did surprisingly well. Toppop good to hear from you...

83 today and that is the forecast high. Will have bands of rain to deal with on and off again. Sailboat ride went well. We got to see 4-5 dolphins playing. Well I think they were feeding as the boat captain said the bait fish must be in close because of the school of fishing boats that were...

94 today in Gulf Shores. Yellow flag surf yesterday and today. Kids enjoying beach and ocean. Yesterday it was right at dark before we got here. 8.5 hours turned to 12.5. Between weather and traffic and 2 kids 6 and under. Lost almost an hour to heavy rain in thunderstorms. Interstate dropped...

Seen this one today at a Target in Gulf Shores, AL. Strap was tied at both ends. Did have ratchet strap holding tailgate closed. Blower just sitting on deck.

Currently 76. Stayed in the 80’s today. But heat indexes were mid 90’s or higher. Making preparations for trip south. Took dads tractor home. His does all the hay cutting and bailing. Then came back and loaded the Kubota and took it to the dealer. Wife voted for a dealer fix. She asked when I...

81 this morning and headed to 86 today. HI 93 headed to 98. Thunderstorms this afternoon. We’ve had 2.9 inches in last 2 days. We wet again. Chicken coops are washed and waiting for clean out crew. Should be here Saturday. Start hauling Monday. Happy 4th. Enjoy the day all. Getting ready...

Actually RNG the deeper the defuser the more water it treats. Placing that thing down a couple hundred feet will treat a lot of water. More time for the water to absorb the oxygen. A system for my 12 foot deep 1 acre lake was about 2k. But I could go with a smaller unit if I dug the lake out to...

77 this morning and headed to 90 today. HI 88 headed to 103. I am headed to pickup a tractor from BIL. I’ve got to get chicken houses washed so I’ll be spending next 2 days soaked in water so HI shouldn’t bother me too bad. Dealer wants $500 to change $35 wheel seal. Wife says let them as I...

82 this morning and headed to 91 today. HI 95 headed to 103. Rolled about 90 bales yesterday and got 2 barns of chickens gone. Had enough time to till about half the garden. 2 more barns leave tonight. Still have about 5 acres left to bale. It did catch a light shower last night about dark...

77 this morning and headed to 91 today. HI 89 and headed to 104. Now that’s hayfield weather. Well yesterday didn’t go as planned. I finished cutting the hay. Then put new tire on the tedder. Grease, check gear box oil and headed to the field. Made about a dozen passes across field and blew...

Not sure Drew. Don’t know what they were rated for new. I’ve seen them withstand 70-80 mph straight line gust. April 2011 had a storm come through. Took a locked sliding door off a building. 12 ft tall and wide. Locks were in the steel plates screwed into the wood. Pulled the track and track...

76 this morning headed to 91. Heat index at 87 and headed to 102. Hey summer in Kentucky finally showed up. Had bad gateway message yesterday also. Put about 20 acres of hay on ground yesterday. Have about 5 more to cut this morning then run the tedder around the fields. Hopefully be able to...

73 this morning and headed to 87 today. Got hay equipment hooked up yesterday and started on some maintenance on it. Must be a strong magnet between me making hay and rain. Every time I think about it we get big rains. Like last night. A pop up thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inches of rain on us...

62 this morning and headed to 84 today. Chance for severe weather later today. Had 2.5 inches of rain Wednesday. About 4 rain events. BIL is supposed to be here in a few minutes. He’s going to help me wire in the pond pump. I don’t trust myself to make underwater wiring connections. Even...

84 today. Heat index above 90. Got the door frame hung for the upstairs door on the building. Now needs metal. Just have to cut it out and hang. Father’s Day was exciting yesterday. MIL’s chicken houses lost power. Blew a 200 amp fuse after the backup system. Lost one leg of the 240. BIL was...

So what are the 3 H’s. I get heat and humidity but am missing the 3rd.

74 still out. Forecast for 86 today. Guess our cool spell is over. Marginal risk for severe weather. Drew nice harvest. Now check on fire ant lady and rest for a few days. Got a couple more hours in on current project. I’m in the middle of building a hay hauler. Took a 5 ton 4-wheel wagon...

50 this morning and headed to 71 today. Dew points in the 50’s. April feels so nice. Oh wait it’s June. Chickens are about half grown. Pond pump has been down for a week now. Called 2 different suppliers with same performance needs as I wasn’t happy with last pumps performance. Got two...

85 here today. Day started off at 45. I’ve spent the whole day in the bed with a stomach virus. Youngest one had it Friday night and I woke up with it last night. Helper is taking care of birds. They will be leaving this weekend. Wife’s at dentist getting her mouth guard fitted. She keeps...

46 and a cold rain. Areal flood warning out till morning. Somewhere around 2 inches has already fell. Another inch or more is forecast. We ended up missing the severe weather. Took oldest one to therapy today and on way home wife informs me the youngest has a stomach bug. Finally got him to...

Made it to 78 today. Rain with possible severe weather tomorrow. Got most of the calves ear tagged today. Had one calf jump through head gate twice. Didn’t have time to cut him out again before going to get the boys from school. He’s the smallest and youngest calf on the herd. 6 weeks younger...

Bad news about Cathedral Norte Dame. Luckily they moved several statues out recently for restoration.

A cool 61 today. Currently 52. Got a phone call this morning from a buddy wanting help loading a couple old cows that had been giving him trouble. So I headed over. They were in the trailer when I got there. He said they walked right in no problems. So I still road the hour + to the sale barn...

73 this morning and currently 41. After the heavy showers passed the temperature dropped fast. No thunder here. Just really hard rain. Been sick this week. Now on antibiotics for upper respiratory and ear infection. Spent yesterday at the annual autism group walk. Smaller turnout than last...

Made it to 73 today. Rain tonight and tomorrow and Saturday. Cleaned up the drill and finished sowing seed. Had some hills I refused to pull drill across. Because I was concerned about turning it on the ends. It wanted to push me around if the colters were out of the ground. So I showed and...

41 this morning and headed to 49 today. Which is current temperature. Sitting at pharmacy waiting on a medicine. Went to doctor for a checkup. Mentioned that I was having some problems with my wrist. Mainly fingers cramping and tingling in hand. Told him I had tried sleeping in brace with no...

Almost made it to 60 today. Hopefully it will tomorrow before rain tomorrow night. Been a nice few days. Used the 3pt tiller to work up some ground where I fed hay. Then broadcast seeded about 5 acres. Put 100 lbs. of fescue on it, pulled a chain harrow over it. Then chain harrowed the rest of...

Drew. Have you tried pulling the pin on the back side of the stabilizer. Dad’s 471 MF has a similar stabilizer. You pull the pin and move the lift arms to hookup the implement. Then turn the stabilizer to get pin back in. His lasted about 12 years before they froze up from the winter mud of...

44 today. Supposed to be warming over night. Chickens are gone. Still trying to finish taxes. Go Monday for preparer to go over them. Then I can focus on getting chicken coops decayed and ready for the next flock. Been a rough week. Oldest son is home with the flu. My cousin who is a year...

Got the seat repaired on the Kubota. Had some broken parts in the suspension system. Original pin was 3/8”. All I had on hand was 5/16”. So that’s what I used. Guaranteed to hold till it breaks. I’ll attach some photos.

Very funny Drew. My operation would be laughable on his channel. 50-70 horsepower tractors. No cab. Did you see what he bought for a hobby? He’s Southwest of me, down in the red clay ground on top of limestone.

28 this morning and currently 35. About it for the day. Rain coming in tomorrow night. NWS has issued a hydraulic outlook. Forecast is for 3-6 inches locally up to 8 inches. Rivers are already at minor to moderate flood stage. Spent the morning spreading gravel around. Filling pot holes and...

35 tonight. Made it to 41 today. Was 28 this morning with about 3 inches of snow on the ground. 15 miles away they had an inch or less. Went to a birthday party for a cousins kid. Then back to walk birds. Then spent a few hours watching movies on Netflix with wife. Now headed out for final...

18 this morning and headed to 35 today. Warming up next few days. But next day without rain is Wednesday. Take care of birds cows and wife. Wife seems to have stomach bug. Might get to taxes today. If not going to be a couple of long days catching up. Go to preparer Tuesday. Must be filed by...

43 currently. 63 for the high. Headed to 20. Currently raining with river flood warnings already. As well as area flood watches. Water over county road in two places. Not bad and the usual places. I’ve seen worse here. So far you can still see the road. At noon today rivers were forecast to...

7 this morning and made it to 14 today. Currently 9. A little over an inch last night. More flurries tonight. 32 tomorrow. Finally got caught up yesterday and today. Oldest got a set of tubes yesterday. Hopefully putting an end to his ear infections for a while. Cattle are eating hay...

Mostly. I think most everything has frozen by now. But it’s a regular acurance for us to have mud under the snow. Happens at least once a year. Snow acts as an insulator. We’ll go into a storm with very wet and warm ground, and it’ll take a while even with very low temperatures to freeze it...

8 this morning and headed to 27 today. Saturday night we saw about 4 inches of snow and sleet. Hard to tell as the wind kept most of it blown off down to the ice under it. This was on top of 2-3 inches of rain. No frozen ground. So 6-8 inches of mud covered by an inch of ice and variable snow...

Well that was my first guess along with manure and potatoes. But with the crops he listed I went with peanuts.

Don. I’d guess for the peanut crop. Unless you left out some information.

39 this morning and 37 now. Had an inch of snow Friday night but it was gone by lunch yesterday. Just rain since. It’s been a while. I got behind while on vacation before Christmas, just never could get caught up. Hit a wrong button and skipped 200 post.Doubt I get to go back and reread...

16 this morning and 50 now. Warm for the next few days. Birds start leaving tomorrow night. Ordered new set of tires for wife’s Tahoe while waiting on son at therapy. Getting ready to give the boys their Christmas presents early. They are getting a trip to Disney. Next week and we’ll be home...

32 Still snowing. Winter weather advisory for tonight. US HWY 231 about 15 miles north of me. Snow is still melting on contact here. Kyle. It went well today for his first visit. They said anything prolonged under 12 hours a week couldn’t be considered ABA. Something that has made a big...

37 today. Snow, sleet and rain combos. Currently between bands. No accumulation forecast. But did have about a mile of road turn white on me on way in. Took care of birds this morning then picked up oldest son from school and took him to start a new therapy today. ABA therapy. 45 minutes away...

55 currently. 65 tomorrow. Rain and thunderstorms. Thanks for the feedback guys. I’ve tried to comp it but I’ve yet to find one for sale with over 600 hours. So I was kinda putting out feelers to y’all. Really surprised with some of your purchase hours. That size tractor 1500 hours is a cut...

30 tonight. Also the high for tomorrow. With snow flurries overnight. No accumulation expected as ground is still quite warm. Has yet to freeze solid this year. Several thanksgivings as usual. 4 total. Think I did well, didn’t gain any weight from the holiday. I over ate at every meal but then...

Mostly. Yes I do. 80KW Marathon head. 5.9L Cummins turbo diesel motor. 140hp. Tier 0.

30 currently. Some ice has melted but not much. Trees still covered. Power did stay on last night. Utility company says it had 4800 outages. Now down to 4400. Over half are in a very rural county northeast of us. Almost all of this county has been restored(less than 20 still reporting). Had to...

31. Raining. Currently 1/10-1/8 inch of ice on everything. Already having power flickering. Be surprised if it makes the night. Went and gassed up generator and 20 gallons for the house. Have about 250 gallons diesel in chicken coops fuel tank. 50 in back of my truck and probably another 100 or...

23 this morning and headed to 36 today. Clear cold and sunny. Just what opening morning of modern gun season should be. First in years. Although I quit hunting years ago because of hunting pressure from state land that boarders me. So I’ll get to my daily chores. Walk birds and check on cows...

63 currently and that’s the high for today. Dropping all day. It’s been raining all night. Already turned rain gauge over for winter so no idea how much we’ve got. Guessing an inch or so. Managed to get the winter pasture sowed before the rain. Wanted to sow some triticale but farm supply...

Well shucks Drew. I thought you were buying for tomorrow’s drawing.

Rng. Good looking bumpers. Nice to hear something is finally close for that van. I’ve been looking at ranch hand bumpers for my new truck. They weigh 300 lbs. without the winch. Need to price them. That will determine how feasible they will be. That’s a lot of weight to add.

39 this morning and headed to 58 today. Well you guys have been busy. Litter is done composting. So I spread 2 barns yesterday and will do the other 2 today. Then level down and pulverize then drag smooth. And then be ready to setup. Birds come end of next week. Drew. Good luck with...

How is the major handled? Just a rewrite and an inspection to confirm compliance. That’s how our audit failures are handled. But if the same problems are found 2 years running then you can loose your certification.

Quite the blaze. Was that a cantilevered barn? I always admired those structures. Did they say the cause? As even as it is from here it looks like a tobacco curing gone bad. But I am also a few states away. But it’s time to fire tobacco here.

75 today. Front coming through tonight. Noticeably colder tomorrow. Rain at some time. What we got today didn’t even settle the dust. Spent the day putting the 3pt back on a bush hog. Dad managed to tear it off the landlords bush hog yesterday. He just wanted me to weld it back. But it had...

Wng. The only thing that has worked for my house dog that’s been sprayed twice this summer has been. 1quart peroxide 1/4 cup baking soda 1 tablespoon Dawn dish soap. It has taken us about 4 baths over 2 weeks each time to get the smell off that dog. But my wife is very sensitive to the...

68 this morning headed to 86. Last half of birds leave today. Then cleanup starts.

Buppies. I remember the dominance of the cowboys in the early 90’s. Even then You loved or hated them. So pro ball Football-Cowboys Basketball- none Baseball- Braves and Cardinals. NASCAR Earnhardt then JR. now I don’t watch anymore. College ball. Football -none. Basketball- Kentucky...

86 today. Currently 68. Birds leaving tomorrow and Monday. So maybe you guys will have some fresh chicken to eat. [emoji3][emoji239] Took care of birds then met wife for horse show washing lessons. Come home and get ready to go to horse show. Program took 3 kids. They were the only ones in...

78 today. 58 currently. Drew. I always enjoy hearing about a different faith. No judgment here. To each his own. I remember going to lunch one day with 2 coworkers. Had Catholic, Baptist and Methodist religions sitting there eating. We some how got to discussing what was taught for different...

62 today. Currently 53. Unexpected rain all day. Did manage to get the broken feedline winch changed out today. Takes 2 of us about 1 1/2 hours to do that job. Then setup a Kreg pocket screw jig. Then made cut list for wife a new classroom book case. Boys to horse riding. Oldest is wound up...

73 this morning. 61 currently. Light rain moving thru. 3.5 inches over the weekend. Mom had 6.5 inches. About 10 miles away. Buppies. Sorry to hear that report. Best of luck. Seen dermatologist for the first time a few weeks ago. Both the places she cut off did come back benign. Randy. Nice...

94 today. 74 for the low. Rain chances start tomorrow and continue till Wednesday. Rng congratulations on the van. To a speedy finish. Then enjoy. Glad no one received any major damage from Florence. Currently sitting in doctors office for my 20 minute wait after allergy shots. Then headed...

I can understand that. Still have missed your camp and garden updates. You and Drew could compare gardens now. Are you still working at the community center? Stop by more often. Take care.

75 here today currently 65. Clear and sunny for a few days. Lots of hay being cut today. Rain chances come back Sunday/Monday. New path is showing Florence not turning east of Appalachian mountains but coming west to the Mississippi River before turning back northeast. I remember Ike in...

65 this morning and headed to 69 today. Rain for most of the day. Need to check gauges to see how much we have gotten already. Been hauling more hay. Still have a load or two to do. Depending on how muddy it ends up being after today and how much dad hauled with the smaller truck. Cows...

No airbags. Factory suspension. Coil springs and it sat it level. These are 4x5 bales. Moved everything in 2wd. even in the fields. If it wasn’t good and dry and the trailer sank I’d need 4wd. Trailer loads out fairly even. Only one more stack in front of axles than behind.

90 for high today. Been moving hay. Barrowed a 30’ gooseneck trailer. Hauling 17 bales at a time. This new truck doesn’t mind it one bit. Never would move more than 14 with old truck, and it would complain then. Exhaust brake is really nice also. Very little use of truck brakes until under...

HAHA. Our integrator keeps saying we should do things because that’s how the plant in Georgia does it. They get a little irritated when I say “we ain’t in Georgia”.

Hit 90 today. Currently 72 after a few isolated thunderstorms. Went and picked up a lift today for the riding program. They have a lift in their arena but didn’t have one if at another venue. Now they have a portable one. Fits into a receiver hitch on pickups. Local welder did a really nice...

69 this morning and headed to 84 today. It’s my morning to take the kids to school and daycare. But I need more motivation to move. Then to get allergy shots and take cup cakes to the riding arena for the volunteers. They do the riding program during the day for each school who is willing to...

Low 90’s last few days. Rain for the next few. Hot and humid. Ain’t it August though. Was home today as the oldest stayed home sick. Ended up with an ear infection. Will be going back to school tomorrow. Did get the closet organizer hung in the bathroom closet. Need to go get another. It’s a...

Low 90’s today. Sunny and hot but not bad for August. Took wife yesterday to get new phones. Both got new iPhone 8’s. About the same physical size as the old 6’s. My gps had failed and her screen got broke. Neither of us could hold a phone call and my WiFi would only work within arms length of...

51 this morning and made it to 81 today. Very low humidity. Cut hay yesterday. Maybe it’ll bale tomorrow or Saturday. Placed birds today. Had wife’s car fixed. The actuator for the dual climate control was bad. Driver had hot air. Everyone else had cold. Then at the boys equine therapy Dad...

So is it bad when you didn’t need the translation?

My visit was yesterday. With dental insurance cleaning was free and they didn’t find any cavities this time either. Wife still has about 9 to fill. Very bad genetics when it comes to teeth for her. I vote Drew has to stay. Although he does more in a day than I do all week. [emoji3]

69 this morning and headed to 80 today. Last chance of rain for 10 days today. Getting ready for birds. They come Thursday. Putting down feed today. Probably cutting hay tomorrow after I get back from Polaris dealership. Ranger needs work. Kyle and Ed what a series of events. Kyle. Trucks...

74 this morning and headed to 85. Rain overnight and more expected later today. Been spreading new litter in the chicken coops. Have one more house to level down. Take about an hour. Currently getting allergy shots. Then disinfect litter and bug spray and start setting up barns. May run to the...

Picked up new truck Saturday. 2018 Ram 2500 Tradesman 6.7L Cummins.

Thanks buppies and drew. What year Ford? Pickup bed? Do you have trouble getting trailer level? What brand gooseneck? I had a 30,000 lb. B&W turnover ball in my ‘06 Chevy. This one is factory hitch with a Curt 30,000 lb. ball. mighty Cummins best of best- if you only knew how many people...

89 today. Rain chances back tomorrow. New litter supposed to be here tomorrow. So I sprayed the floors today with disinfectant. Salt went down last week. Pictures of new truck. Gooseneck ball came in today also.

Made it to 87 today. Picked up truck Saturday. Still trying to figure out how happy I’m going to be with this new truck. Not just ram but all manufacturers have the same problem. The darn things are so high trailers aren’t hooking correctly. Can’t set level empty. Still waiting on new hitches...

71 this morning and headed to 90 today. Wife wants to take the boys to the zoo. So it’s a trip to either Louisville or Nashville. Both about 2 hours drive. Probably be Louisville as that’s where my sister is. Chicken coops are washed and 2 are pushed up. Guy is here pushing the other 2 up...

Drew. It usually takes our crew about an hour and half to unload 84,800 birds. Two guys. Company has a policy that no chicks will be dumped above waist height. The way most of the guys do it they get dumped about knee high. Very few chicks are injured during dumping. As they have not eat or...

65 this morning and currently 84. Half of birds gone. Other half leaving in a few hours. Hanging enrichments on the wall of barns that are gone. Then start washing done those barns getting ready for a total clean out. Guy is supposed to be here Saturday to start pushing up houses.

67 this morning and headed to 79 today. Are you guys sure this is August. Trucks will be here at 6pm. to get birds. If everything goes well they’ll be gone by 9. 2 crews 2 barns tonight. Same crews tomorrow with other 2 barns. Feed shut off at 6:30 this morning. Need to go down and empty...

Yep. They hiss like a snake. Or atleast the mask does when it’s not sealed. The sound will wake me up at night if I knock the mask loose. Not the air on my face. I don’t have hearing aids. Yet.

82 today. Cooler tomorrow. Chickens start leaving tomorrow. Haying operation went good last week. One guy did fall off wagon and hit head on ground. But he’s doing fine. Stepped in a hole in the hay. Luckily it was on the bottom run. First thing I hear is my cpap machine hissing as it’s...

That’s a dream vacation for me. I told my wife once the farm is paid for we would take a whole summer and tour the western US and Alaska. She isn’t as excited as me.

I use that line a lot also. Honestly I think once you get over heated a few times it becomes easier to overheat.

68 this morning and headed to 88 today. Currently 80. Will probably get the Bush hog back on tractor now that all my hay is hauled in, sorted and stacked. Helper has about half the mowing done. So he’s going to finish that. Then we are headed out to the arena where the boys do their horse...

39 inches so far. This year. At closest station that keeps a running total. I don’t trust mine anymore.

82 currently was 66 this morning. Humidity is low. Nice for July. Spent yesterday hauling in hay. 7 loads 82 bales. Still have 40 to haul in. Probably going to finish tomorrow. Currently waiting on allergy shots. Then to school for kindergarten phase in for oldest boy. Eric I gave my wife a...

Sounds like a nice drop zone. You’re doing pretty good cityfying whipper. Shower before and after walk. My dogs hate baths. And one is climate controlled. [emoji3]

Thanks. Current truck is 2006 2500HD Crew 6.0 4x4. Of course new truck is also 4x4. Bought used in 2010 with 100k miles. This is my first new vehicle ever. So I’m excited but also nervous. Hopefully you found your leak.

65 this morning and currently 73. Nice day but showers and thunderstorms forecast. Already rained once. Have spent the last two days truck shopping. Finally settled on one. 2018 Ram 2500 Crew cab Tradesman white with a Cummins. Has factory gooseneck also. Was satisfied with trade in offer...

Kyle. Happy birthday. Last night was interesting. Woke up about 4 times gasping for air and holding my mask. The last time I had trouble going back to sleep. Wife said she could tell if mask shifted as I’d start to snore. My mask just has a slit in it and it sets under my nose. While awake if...

Wife is a state employee. School teacher. We just had to submit our marriage license and the kids birth certificates. Showing that we were legally married and the kids belonged to my wife. All three were issued by the state originally and I really had a problem with it. Or we would loose our...

64 this morning. Already 85. I’m cleaning up my truck today. Wife wants to go truck shopping tomorrow. Eric. Sorry to hear that you’re governments f-up could end up costing you money. We have some of that here but it’s not bad. Being an armed society I believe has kept our government polite...

88 for the high. Was 65 this morning. Next rain chance is Friday. Forecast is for severe weather. Got my new CPAP machine. I resisted it as long as I could. But when you quit breathing during surgery and recovery it’s hard to get out of doing sleep studies. Test showed I was stopping breathing...

Ok. That could be your problem. Before I tried taking one of those apart. I would try to clean it. WD-40 or PB as well as brakekleen or starting fluid all make good cleaners for this. Spray and wipe out with shop towels. Also try a wire brush. Then reapply fluid film to implement side shaft...

Don. I don’t dance. Only groove I’m going to cut it with a piece of equipment. Preferably a dozer. Same way with singing. I can’t carry a tune in a sealed bucket.

72 this morning and headed to 92 today. Currently 88. Heat index 97. Well Roy it’s the week of audits. I also am having a GAP audit today. Spent quite a bit of time over the last week getting ready for it. See how it goes. Last of the hay is down and ready to bale. Am getting baler ready...

74 this morning and headed to 82 today. Yesterday was 96 with a 77* dew point making a heat index of 112. You could completely soak a shirt by sitting on a tractor for less than an hour. Hired help did weedeating yesterday morning and mowed yesterday afternoon. He wanted off today and we’re...

71 this morning and headed to 88 today. Will be finishing hay baling and probably load up some scrap metal for a later delivery. Need to call and see when I can get truck in the shop. The tensioner pulley on the a/c broke and it needs O2 sensors. Big audit next Tuesday. So have a few odd jobs...

Used to work with a big guy. 6’4” about 350. Shoulders wouldn’t fit through a 36” door unless he twisted a little. We went into a high end restaurant in Kansas City, MO. He ordered a non priced entree.(nothing was priced). They brought him a very nicely ordained plate that you could still see...

92 today heat index was 104. Currently 79 and I’m sitting here sweating as hard as earlier. Currently watching a water tank fill. It has feed trays in it for helper to wash tomorrow. We’ll let them soak overnight then he’ll hose them off. Well 20 acres of hay cut and tedded yesterday. Baled...

75 this morning and headed to 90 today. Heat index 105. 50%rain next 2 days then clear for 2 days then rain for 4. Doctor released me last Tuesday back to doing whatever I want. Eat anything that doesn’t bother me. But in the 3 weeks since the gallbladder surgery I’ve managed to loose 5...

77 tonight and very humid. 2.5 inches of rain overnight and this morning. Finished the morning off with a severe thunderstorm warning and what appears to be a tornado. EF1 is preliminary reports. Hit the small town my wife is from. Damage was about a mile from her mother and brothers place. It...

71 this morning and headed to 82 today. Currently raining. More storms later. Have some chicken coop work for helper. Then I’ll be putting the Bush hog on and trying to clip seed heads out of pastures between rains. Have to be careful with some hills when wet. But I know which ones and where...

68 this morning and headed to 82 today. Currently 75. Heat back by mid week. Walk birds. Then probably put Bush hog on and see about clipping some pastures. While curtain installers are here. Then go help buddy saw some lumber. Do have to say the guy this company hired to clean up the mess...

68 this morning and headed to 77 today. More rain headed in. Plans for today are to migrate chickens. Need to check fence. Doesn't seem hot even though charger says it is. Then go check on tunnel curtains. Supposed to be in today. Trouble is getting them installed today.

If they are thick enough to form a mat or clump thus blocking sunlight then your wife is correct. I've only swept my yard a handful of times. All of which were in preparation for a party. To cut down on grass tracked inside.

Lenny. Instead of dumping the piles where the sweep gets full we always pulled the sweep to a specific place and made one big pile. Of course we have cattle so we made our pile in the pasture and the cows took care of the rest. Remember whenever you sweep the lawn you are removing nutrients...

69 this morning and headed to 80. Rain currently which we needed. More later today. Bird. Sorry to hear about your daughter. Hopefully they’ll get her better. Raked up about 40 bales of hay yesterday. The view from my office. And my office yesterday. Also worked in the garden yesterday...

71 this morning and headed to 94 today. Rain chances increase tomorrow. Yesterday was our 13th anniversary so we celebrated by going to eat and then doing some shopping. We didn’t see any movies that interested us. Used to be able to find something on to watch but not lately. Did have a nice...

So humid here you could cut the air with a knife. 78 currently. Was 95 today. New game. Find the crops. Told you I was about to loose the garden. Not as bad now. Wife run tiller between rows yesterday when we got back from the fish fry. I hoed about 15 minutes this morning. Then too hot...

Drew. Yeah it will be the big test. It won’t surprise me if some fans log close to 1,000 hours this flock. Just about all will do 500 hours. I’ll be looking for someone to trade power bills with next month that’s for sure. [emoji16] One variety is probably a good choice. Good luck on the...

86 currently. Heat index is 88. Sure feels hotter. Maybe because I’ve spent so much time inside lately. Learning what I can eat again. The hard way. Birds come tomorrow. Have a few more light bulbs to change but most are done. Plt will be here in about an hour. Be interested to see how hot...

68 and rain currently. Low 90’s for high. Finished setup and got most of the feed packed. Well the two teenagers I had working did the heavy lifting. My regular 16 year old helper was trying his hardest to impress(but didn’t) after being out worked and witted by wife’s 14 year old nephew...

69 this morning. Currently 90. Heat index 93. Sure feels hotter. Day trip went ok yesterday but wife said we wouldn’t go again without an overnight stay. Just too much driving for the kids. Setting up chicken coops today. Ok all week. Birds come Friday. Had a guy lined up to spread windrows...

71 this morning and headed to 88. With thunderstorms possible. Currently 78. Going to go out and feed calves then think we’re headed up to Newport, KY. To take boys to the aquarium. 2/12-3 hour drive. Both boys like the aquarium.

Currently 77. Rain cooled from 91. Was 69 this morning. Rained 1.6 inches. Fed the calves this morning for the first time since surgery. Been having others do it. Just made more smaller trips to keep buckets under weight limit. Then changed 2 bad recepticals. One at litter shed that new...

The chickens never said one way or another. But I will say I am enjoying the extra light. Yeah Kyle. Your a braver man than me.

Well it’s been awhile and you guys are speeding up. Still 170 post behind. Was over 400 but more time lately. Made it to 90 today but humidity while increasing still bearable. Lows in mid 70’s. Rain chances for next week that’s good and you’ll see why in a few. Birds are gone more come in a...

Currently 84. Good to hear the positive results with the allergy shots. Hopefully mine are successful also. Been working on a few projects. Wooden corral fence is done enough to hold animals. Have to add some gates and fence off access to the grain bin. Trying to load up scrap but that...

Those of you with allergies. Did any ever take allergy shots? What where your results? Currently finishing the buildup process to maximum dose. Still on allergy medicine and being told I’ll need the shots at max dose monthly for atleast 3 years. Then I shouldn’t need allergy medicine more...

70 this morning and headed to 81 today. I’ll have Ron’s thunderstorms by lunch timeish. Need a box blade. Thinking 7 foot. Would like hydraulic scarifiers. Needs to run on 50-80hp tractor. Cat 2 is fine. Called John Deere dealer. Can get a frontier 4284 for $3400. Haven’t priced a land pride...

Went back to tablet. Now I remember why I only use this thing for utube. My birds are 3 weeks old and about the same size as your Kyle. They are in their ugly/naked phase. Phase between full feathers and down.

Yeah fertilizer is expensive but cheaper than buying hay. I don't have the equipment to handle what I produce yet. It'll come.

Ok. Let’s try this again. Tried to post in the tablet (android) can’t scroll through post or anything so back to phone (iPhone 6). Battery is shot and has to stay plugged in. Really kills productivity. Started repairs on a tile I installed last summer. This winter it silted closed and just...

Made it to the mid 80's today. You guys have been busy. Took several days to catch up with my allotted reading time. Drew. Sorry for garden troubles. When I plant open pollinated corn (which is what sweet corn or any heirloom variety is) I always plant double seeds. Then thin to singles. It...

Currently 52. High was 72 today. Spent yesterday afternoon and today spreading fertilizer and seed on pasture land. Managed to get stuck 5 times and had to have wife come pull me out twice. It was a little wet. Wanted to drag it down but had to go get boys from granny’s. Wife was trying to do...

So do I Kyle. I have my opinion about the cause. It’s one I don’t think will ever be admitted too, but I know when the change happened in our son. He had regression in speech. Autism is too wide spread to be genetic in my opinion. Plus we are having too many first generation diagnoses. I’ll...

Day started off about 72 this morning and is currently 62. Rain most of the day. Spent the day at the local Autism Walk. It’s the main fundraiser for the local Autism charity. It ended up being moved inside one of the elementary schools because of weather. The charity is 3 years old and...

Made it to 65 today. Currently 54. 78 tomorrow. Got all feed down and heaters on for birds tomorrow. Get all 4 barns filled tomorrow. All windows and fans are installed. Finally. Crew finished today. One guy has to come back tomorrow for warranty work. One of the fans had a bad motor. We...

Forgot to add. We have free day every Wednesday at the county dump. Just have to show a drivers license with an address in the county. Has to be household garbage and tarped upon arrival. One town has recycling but last I heard it was costing the town money. Nobody else messes with it. Now there...

52 and cloudy. Sure doesn’t feel like 52. Warmer rest of week. Just got back from surgery center. Youngest son lost an ear tube that was put in about 2 months ago so they had to redo them. He now has titanium jewelry. They also removed his adenoids. Saying they were enlarged. Your adenoids sit...

We arrived Monday in the smokies. First time we’ve been back since the fire. Burn scares are still very noticeable. It’s also odd not to see all the houses looking down on the towns. They rebuilt the attractions first. Now building houses. We were there about 6 weeks before it burned in 2016...

30 this morning and snowing. About an inch on deck. Less on grass and roads seem to be clear. Rip. Good to hear from you again. Hang in there. Freedomlives congratulations. Drew. An interesting interview with David Hula. He talks about emergence and temperatures and how long corn seed will...

55 this morning and headed to 62 today. Rain all day. We weren’t dry but I’ve come to not wish any rain away. As the spicket can turn off any day and then have the key lost till November. Will be decrusting in between rain showers today. Have a house and half left to do. Then start getting...

Made it to 73 today. Currently 66. Lots of rain expected over night and tomorrow and Thursday. Ed. Sorry to hear about your mother. Condolences. Rng. I have one but it’s simple and definitely not Don approved. Both. Sometimes I’ll gather the birds from the fat samples if I’m down there when...

Drew. I believe you are a little ahead of the soil temperature. That’s pretty cool for beans. Good luck. And you learned the difference between monocots and dicots. Beans are dicots and don’t like crust. For the simple reason “they’ll break their necks.” Corn is a monocot and can muscle it’s way...

60 currently and windy. Rain expected later today/tonight. Went and got allergy shots this morning and then to bank, lunch and county clerks office to pay vehicle taxes for the year. Surprisingly short line. Considering that all farm and commercial tags are due this month in Kentucky and it’s...

No but I do drink a lot of Gatorade. It’s fairly high in potassium plus sodium (salt). Anything here at home is cooked with sea salt. We both have high blood pressure. Mines mostly genetic.

42 with a misty blowing rain all day out of the east. We hardly ever get rain from the east. Buppies. Late spring? Went to lunch with wife and her family to celebrate her mother’s birthday. Had a good buffet at her moms favorite bbq place. I used to like it but when I worked in town as an...

That’s a remedy I can stand. I love dill pickle juice but wife hates my breathe afterwards. Usually do that anyways a couple of times a week.

Actually stopped on my own. Nope doctor doesn’t know. As long as numbers look good then he won’t care. I don’t know my numbers. If he does care then we will discuss a medicine change. I stopped actually because of family history. My grandfather, who I’m just a bigger version of, was crippled by...

Had actually forgotten to try it. How much do you need to take?

42 today. Cloudy. Only light showers over night. Just home from the doctor with the youngest. One of the ear tubes that were installed only 6 weeks ago has fallen out. Doctor says very rarely happens this fast. It’s sealed over and infected. Will replace with titanium tubes and remove adenoids...

39 tonight. Rainy pattern for the next week or so. Serviced Kubota 1 year ago today it had 440 hours on it. Checked it tonight when I shut it down 813.1 hours. Kubota recommends a service every year or 400 hours. It’ll probably see more of both before I get to it. Chicken coops are pulverized...

You’re welcome. I can believe that. Probably one of the first places in US to plant every year. Planters will start rolling here when soil temps get around 60*. Some maybe before. Oh how I miss row crops. Things have changed so much in the 8 years I’ve been away from them. Would love to get back...