Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Pretty sunrise PJ

 

[rswyan]

77.9F and clear @ 12:00 ... high today predicted to be 84F, imagine we'll hit that and then some.

Started off yesterday by filling the bird feeders, putting up the cleaned (and dry) nest box up, then dropped the sprayer around back and started filling the tank using a trickle fill so as to not drain the well faster than it will recharge.

Stuck the pallet forks on and cleaned out my temporary storage area down in the woods by that big oak tree ... moved the old 6 x 6 retaining wall up by the pool so it can be torn apart, moved the old dog house I built up to the burn pile, moved the 65 gallon spray tank (upgrade) up to back of the house near the faucet, along with a larger plastic dog house (yardsale) so both could be cleaned off. Also moved a pallet of PT lumber (old deck parts) and three metal culverts into the area we recently cleaned up. Next time I have the grapple on, there are about half a dozen smaller maple saplings I'll remove out of the area I just emptied so it can get a little more light and so I can drive the Kubota to the back of the property without having to go over the lawn nearer the house or the septic field.

After that I mixed up a tank of generic Roundup with some marking dye (Blue Bayou pond dye from TSC) and spent the rest of the day spraying ... until around 20:30 last evening ... and I still have some spray solution left in the tank (< 7 gallons) Amazing how far 25 gallons goes ... and how long it takes to apply it using a wand. Have more areas over around the barn to do today. Did manage to barely bump into an ash tree while I was spraying ... tore some of my thin skin off on my right forearm and I was bleeding like a stuck pig.

After I finished with the spraying I ran the trash and recycle containers up to the end of the road with the Simplicity. Noticed that there were three more sparrows in the house sparrow trap so I went back up with water, food, and a towel to cover them for the night. Be interesting to see if any of them survived.

Grass does not appear to have slowed down any ... could be cut again right now but isn't overly tall. Probably should mow it either later today or early tomorrow before the rain arrives.

The Woman was talking about picking up a rain barrel yesterday to use for plant watering. Did a quick calculation figuring 1" of rain on the barn roof ... yields around 2300 gallons ...

Might be worth looking around to see if I can find a couple of cheap IBC totes ... :confused3:

 

[rswyan]

c'mon fess up. How many times had she asked you to do it already?...

She's been squeaking about it since shortly after I dumped the mulch around the plants last year and didn't get it all spread out.

when in doubt, I guarantee you an automatic get out of jail card if you bring her home roses.
And try to say something mushy like pretty flowers for a pretty lady.
See how that goes.

Would probably get me slapped ... she ain't the mushy type.

Full report please.

There will be an update once the Roundup kills off the weeds.

 

[rswyan]

yellow jackets are seriously bad news and a possible Epi pen stick for me. Be careful with them RS.
Locally called ground bees. Nasty, nasty bees, act like fire ants, want to bite and sting anything
they can get at.

Yup.

When they came after her she ran about 10' away ... I had to tell her to keep on going ... could see there was still one buzzing her at 50' away.

 

[txdon]

Don, sounds like you have a cougar scrounging around.
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Yep, big cat tracks at the pond

 

[Eric Salop]

Thunder deterred us from going far today without taking the car to shelter in, yet the rain never amounted to much. I got wetter in the garden, following a few mischievous pumps of a super-soaker that had been aimed high in the air, with the words "sorry grandad" delivered almost before it came down on my head. On a warmer day Max would have loved to join in the fun, however today he didn't fancy being the next to get drenched and promptly ran inside before he became the next "accidental" target.

CWB, take care, only crazies take offence over a fence.

Wng, that was a great photo puzzle you put up yesterday, it deserves to be on the front cover of a wildlife magazine.

 

[toppop52]

Yep, big cat tracks at the pond View attachment 517161

I haven't seen one on the Delmarva in about 15 years, but they didn't leave, we get sightings 2-3 times a year. They tend to travel the light lines here.

 

[farmer2009]

70 this morning and currently 85. Rain chances next few days.

Installed a culvert going into field yesterday. Had just been driving across ditch for last 8 years. But it was to the point my truck wouldn't cross, 2wd drive tractors had trouble get front axles out and ranger drug frame through it. 10" tile with 6-8" of fill.

Today I'm mowing off Johnson grass in hay fields. Hopefully spraying tomorrow for broadleaf weeds.

 

[Thomas]

Always good feeling when checking off job on the things to do list.

Little grass grow and it will look like it never happen.

 

[daugen]

could not have been a nicer day. Since I knew I had to take the rear mower off the Kubota tomorrow to haul the elevated lift, that set off a progression of domino jobs. First mow all the roadsides since the mower will be off for a little while. Then, since the mower was off, put the rear blade on and went over to my derelict farmer neighbor and level his sandy driveway, which had two foot deep potholes in it. That was a dusty affair but since he was trying to clean up his place by paying some Mexicans to weedeat the five foot tall weeds, I figured I'd reward/motivate him...
His place doesn't look bad from half a mile back... Then back to take the blade off and put the trailer ball attachment on the three point hitch.
Very pleased with the Everything Attachments "extreme" blade and rake. Nice heavy duty implements and reasonably priced, built right here in NC too.

shower didn't cool me off much. Just turned up the overhead fan, whooooshhhhhh