Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

82F and sunny @ 13:15, calling for a high of 85F for the day.

Headed out to do some spraying yesterday and shortly after I started the wind picked up ...

Looks to be about dead calm out there now so will probably get back to it here shortly.

Decided the lawn could wait another day.

Did check trail on east property line to see if it could be mowed down ... way too dusty ... so no ...

I had some tomato plant trimmings that I had placed in water awhile back to root and they did:

So I got those potted up. Probably around 8 of them so far, still a couple more to do.

Since the Water Buffalo was full, I opted to do some watering.

Got trees up along the road all watered, plus the butterfly weed and swamp milkweed in front of the shop.

Also watered the little peach tree on the west side and the lilac bush, a pair of rhododendrons, some day lilies and hosta in the northeast planting bed. Emptied Water Buffalo.

Ran down to the corner and picked up 4 gallons of gas for the Cub and refueled it when I got back.

After that I headed up and worked on screening more compost.

Moved the screen and cleaned up the area around it after I got back.

Agenda for today:

Refill hopper feeder, scatter some seed for the ground feeders.

Do some glyphosate spraying in a few spots.

Get Water Buffalo refilled, possibly more watering in shady areas.

High tomorrow supposed to be around 90F so will probably start on the lawn later this afternoon and get that knocked out.

Otherwise see what else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a decent Saturday ...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good breakfast with the crew. My wife didn't go today.
had low tire when i left with the mazda, so turned back and added air. first time for low tire on the new vehicle, all were down in the 20's, lowest at 22 #.
Got Ecoflow charging with the solar panel on the back deck. Need to check on it.
not much else getting done, waiting till monday or tuesday to mow.

 

[sodamo]

Wow, Phil, sounds delicate

 

[sodamo]

gorgeous cup Phil, that's a pretty big "shot". What are you drinking?
as that was getting skinnier and skinnier I can see you mumbling don't break please don't break

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going to go visit this place in next few weeks, seems like fun on a hot summer day.
hoping to take a few kids with me.
not that far away, I'm close to the main road to Flemington NJ but I prefer the back way in through
Stockton after crossing the metal Center Bridge bridge. Lots of metal bridges.
When you live near the state line and that line is a river, crossing over is always a tiny adventure.

Reminded me of a trip years ago

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[sodamo]

Interesting on the water rooted tomatoes, RS. I intend to try tomatoes in my hydroponics.

 

[Popgadget]

I have not been able to find many high efficiency units like the one popgadget is getting.

There is not a lot of them out there. carrier/bryant and Mitsubishi are the ones that I’m familiar with. Carrier is pickier with who they set up as dealers, it’s harder to find a mom and pop installer that has access to them.
Daikin has inverter compressor models with electronically controlled expansion devices and ECM fans. They are a bit easier to get for the small contractor or DIY type.

 

[rswyan]

Interesting on the water rooted tomatoes, RS. I intend to try tomatoes in my hydroponics.

Yeah … I was pretty surprised at how quickly they rooted.

Think that might have been around after 2 weeks in the water.

Had another cut stem that I stuck directly in a pot in potting mix. It looked like it wasn’t going to survive … leaves all shriveled up and turning yellow.

After a couple of weeks it too seems to be coming around.

Imagine they’d do fine in a hydro setup if you fed them and gave them some support.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Afternoon
Beautiful day here today, got all the mowing done, except inside the pastures, which didn’t need it.

Slowly putting away all the tools that I had out to plumb the boiler room. I’m not moving as fast as a i could, my friend that was visiting from LA seems to have brought us all C19. Daughter tested positive first, then my wife and finally I did this morning. None of us are particularly sick, but not a lot of collective ambition.
I was supposed to play at a festival this evening and had trips tomorrow and Monday. I got a sub for all of those things rather than be a Typhoid Mary.
We figure that he got it on the flight from LA, it’s a shame he came to the east coast for a wedding today, he is gonna be in a hotel room instead. We told him he might as well come back to the leper colony with us, but he didn’t accept the invite (yet).

The roof is on the old folks home (except around where the chimney goes).

The plumbing is complete, including the frost proof silcock and supplies. Need to do the wiring for the hydronic zone valves and zone controller, the move on to the zone controller and dampers for the forced air system, as well as run all the thermostat wires.

Transfer switch for the whole panel and surge protector for the condensing unit are installed as well.

Fortunately my symptoms seem to be a mild congestion and lethargy. Hopefully this is as bad as it gets.

 

[txdon]

Can you run a gas powered chainsaw there, or only quiet electric? Your new home seems really special, it looks like hospice likes it too.
Kyle

On FireWise clearing we cannot use chainsaws, reason given is because it is close to homes and the adjacent homeowners may have put nails in the trees. I use a sawzall and a Diablo 9" pruning blade 3TPI/carbide teeth with is actually lighter and easier to use and I can get closer to the ground without dulling a chain. On trail clearing we can use chainsaws, the trails are being made before the houses are being built. On trail maintenance I prefer the sawzall because it is lighter.

 

[daugen]

feel better Paul, sorry you have to go through this
I was going to bring you the tomatoes I left for Ken, if I do, I'll leave them at the door.