Good morning!!!!

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low was 40°, going up to 78°, sunny of course. The wind finally ceased last night about 22:00. It's still calm this morning, not sure when the winds will arrive today, probably about noon.

At least the firefighters had a break last night.... it will be short lived. The biggest fire here has gone above 135,000 acres, it is expected to blow up again. I hope they get a handle on it soon.

RS, I had the forethought to unload the bags of mulch and strategically place them with the tractor. I was fairly easy to just cut open the bags and dump them where they were..... that's the only reason why I could do it in a day. The placement was done previously.
The marigolds in the blocks were a 'trial run' last year to see how they would grow. It was definitely successful! The plan is to put asiatic lilies in the block. We were supposed to separate 4 large containers of them during the winter, but never got around to do it. They are coming up in the containers again, so maybe this coming fall....

I am envious of the pics of the beautiful yards and green grass / lawns.... We should have greened up here already, but the fields are still just brown. A few green weeds is all .... a least the trees are green. The last precipitation occurred on March 17th, which wasn't much to begin with!

Ken, hope you can get the leg working better.... sounds like you have a busy schedule!

Everyone have a great day!

 

[Bill Guenthner]

Rain coming, 74 degrees, time to work for the bees.
The flower is the size of a quarter BTW

 

[daugen]

Bill G, great bee shot.
without those bees we wouldn't be eating so well
I've got on order several of the Burpee bee/pollinator and butterfly seed mixes.
Going to plant some at home and at church in some rear garden areas we have.

 

[Looking4new]

daugen, do you have some corn meal? Lay it where you see the little black ants. They take it back to their house and eat it. No more little black ants.

 

[daugen]

looks like a weather front coming across MidWest will get here tonight and tomorrow.
Should be getting RS wet right about now. More importantly, watering all his flowers.
Snow in the Rockies. Otherwise the country looks pretty calm for weather.
Farmers will appreciate that, so they don't star in a Youtube video showing their big expensive planter getting stuck in the mud.

Don, your lawn looked really nice. I would say bag it and put it in garden but if your lawn care folks use a lot of chemicals on lawn, maybe not such a good idea.

Bill, thank you. One of the major ingredients in one of the ant killers is something like corn meal. They can't digest it, get the terminal gas attack...
Ants are fine, like ladybugs, they just belong outside.
I found one on the counter this morning, and it was my fault, not a good job of cleaning up after I spilled some white sugar making syrup for hummingbirds.
Somehow they can smell that sugar from far away.
that ant went down the sink drain.
using corn meal is a great idea, but if they haul it back to the nest then innocent bystanders of sorts get fed stuff that surely is not good for them.
At least it's not chemical poison. And a free range corn fed ant might be quite tasty....for a bluebird.

 

[RoyJackson]

I received a pretty nice tow-behind cart from Amazon...
However, I decided to return it...nice unit, but my Gator will do the same job

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000NBEA8E?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

I've owned the Gator since 2014...paid off years ago. With only 134 hours on it, reckon it needs to pay for itself, rather then buy another "toy"

As far as Agri-Fab...think I wrote that I'd written I have other implements from the same company...an aerator (works great! Neighbor and I use it annually) and a dethatcher which I use in the fall.
Although I don't need the cart, if you do need something like this, I recommend the unit 100%

 

[PJSprog]

63°F and light rain this morning, only going up to 65° today. Looks like the rain is done with us, at least until tomorrow. We had some mild boomers roll through early this morning, but nothing approaching severe here. iThingie app says we'll be in the upper-80s to low-90s next week. Sounds to me like good kayaking weather.

Drew, I grew up in Granite City, a mere five miles as the crow flies from the Cahokia Mounds Historical Site. It is a truly fascinating place. The trek up to the top of Monk's Mound will take the wind out of a healthy man. About 20 years or so ago they finally built a museum across the road from the main mound, and it's spectacular as well. They have displays set up showing what they believe life was like for the native Mississippian tribe who lived there, and it's like walking through their village. A very cool experience.

 

[sodamo]

65°F and 5.16 inches rain and raining. Forecast a repeat of yesterday. A cold rain as well. For me, not very motivating.

I do need to make it to the PO. Tracking says the Scag parts are in. Otherwise probably pitter about the shop unless it’s thundering. Thunder really bothers Kekoa. The thunder jacket helps a little, but to keep him calmest he likes to be close, as in touching me.

Nice Zoom Happy Hour yesterday. Interesting that wx in Canada was warmer than Wisconsin

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

56F and light, gentle rain @ 12:30, heading up to a high of 68F for the day. Chance of thunderstorms later. Cooler tomorrow (57F)

Meeting with accountant done, tax returns prepared. Just need to review them and then take the Federal and local returns down to the PO and send them in. Was able to e-file the state return, no such luck on the Federal unfortunately ...

Stopped for brunch at Waffle House on the way back (it's a tradition) ... man, is that place ever going downhill ... smh.

With the weather it's going to be an inside day today, except for a quick trip down to the church to vote.

Other than that, I expect it will be a pretty laid back day ... with a good possibility of a nap later.

Hope everyone is having an enjoyable, productive, and safe Tuesday ...

 

[Rich B1]

Good afternoon. About 60 now, allegedly getting to 70 or so. It is raining now with a little thunder.

I have already had my nap. Went to vote when the wife got back from dentist/Verizon. She is having fits with transferring her phone from work to her. They don’t make it easy.

We also went to the vet’s and got the special diet dry food Louie needs. It isn’t cheap, but it has done wonders for keeping his urinary tract functioning. A lot cheaper than emergency vet visits.

May putter in the garage. Got plenty to do there.

Everyone stay safe out there!