Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

oh man, I saw those and thought the same thing!!!!!
Ok, maybe I only have zinnias to work with, but, but....

I've planted hundreds of bulbs here. Always curious what comes up a second time, daffodils for sure, but those expensive tulips? Not so much.

56 warm degrees out, going up to 75 today in nice weather, high seventies tomorrow in rain. I expect those daffodils are going to love it.

And i will be out planting more cabbage and two trays of lettuce. I really need to fix all the holes in the plastic fence, a race against the Bunny family and my lettuce.

I picked up my two 50 pound bags of seed potatoes yesterday. No whites, only two kinds of reds. Fine, Food Bank will happily eat red potatoes.
When do I plant them? We don't know, we sure aren't potato farmers they said with a smile. They do 3500 acres of wheat, rotation crops. They think each bag of potatoes will do well over an acre, and I have maybe one acre. Over the next week I'll be cutting these potatoes up and getting ready for planting. Beginning of March is fine. I still have to hill that whole field anyway.

Expecting Idaho potatoes, both bags of potatoes are Canadian. Tag didn't say much, need to read it carefully and find out where in Canada these were grown. Am guessing somewhere above the Idaho line. One is Red Pontiac, other I'm not sure. Red potatoes are fun, when kids help harvest them it's like digging up Easter eggs.

Nice to put a golf shirt on today but long pants a must, back on my knees again.

Pontiac are good potatoes, dad grew them.

 

[toppop52]

We use to grow a gold/yellow potato that was similar to Yukon Golds in appearance, we got them from a local NC seed dealer/developer, they would tolerate wet, dry, heat and cold. They had the best flavor as well.

 

[sodamo]

68°F and no measurable rain.

Wife coming home today. Already on the plane. Can’t wait to pick her up.

Have to visit the brewery on trip to town this afternoon. Both my 5 gal kegs are empty.

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[toppop52]

It’s been 66 for an hour or so, clouds are persistent, feels great when the sun is out!
I have my shorts on today by popular demand.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good Morning!!!! 47F @ 5:30AM. Sunny. High 61F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph.

You guys are toooooo funny!:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:

Compressor parts arrived yesterday, so I think I'll try to get them installed this morning. Battery Saver came, too, only a couple days after I cancelled the first order that still hadn't shipped two weeks after placing it. JBTools said it was in stock, then charged full amount same day order placed, took two days before they issued the refund. Prolly won't do business with them again. Order placed directly with Granite (the manufacturer) only cost a few dollars more. Put it to work on the Honda Trail 90 that had been sitting off a charger for several months. It already had an SAE connector on the battery so it hooked right up and started charging. We'll see how it did when I go out there this morning.

Also need to pack for tomorrow's trip; I want to be on the road by sunup so I can make Death Valley by dark.

Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!

If you come across the Borax 20 Mule Team in DV, you might bring it home for Drew? He could fly to N. Cali. and drive the miles back east.

Nice big wagons for him to transport his taters in?

20 Mule Team Wagon Train Story - YouTube

 

[PJSprog]

56°F and light fog this morning, going up to 73° today. Forecasters say we can expect some storms to roll through later today. High back in the 30s tomorrow, and possible snow Saturday morning. Weeeeeeeee! (roller coaster arms up)

The warmer weather we've been having has allowed the ground to thaw. This has made our youngest border collie very happy, as she seems determined to be a digger ... much to The Wife's dismay. Saw her carrying the little one into the shower last night to clean her feet, then helped her clean the mud streaks off the sunroom and kitchen floors. The oldest cat seemed content to supervise from her favorite perch on the living room chair.

Thanks for the training link, wngsprd. I'll have to check those out this weekend.

 

[daugen]

In for lunch after three hours on my knees. Got it done, now some coffee, food, rest my legs a bit, then the water wagon
will ride again. I made a path through the center of the new garden so hopefully it will fit in there. Didn't leave enough room at the end of one row and my little pak choy plastic sign is now well planted by the tiller and in pieces. That will teach me not to plant too close to the ends...

70 degrees and going up, sun is now out fairly full, and the sun tan lotion goes on.

My farmer neighbor has old implements over there designed for mules. More stuff he could sell if it wasn't falling apart. even falling apart it's worth money but he asks stupid money for it. The fully fixed up price. And his stuff never is.

 

[lostcreekranch]

In for lunch after three hours on my knees. Got it done, now some coffee, food, rest my legs a bit, then the water wagon
will ride again. I made a path through the center of the new garden so hopefully it will fit in there. Didn't leave enough room at the end of one row and my little pak choy plastic sign is now well planted by the tiller and in pieces. That will teach me not to plant too close to the ends...

70 degrees and going up, sun is now out fairly full, and the sun tan lotion goes on.

My farmer neighbor has old implements over there designed for mules. More stuff he could sell if it wasn't falling apart. even falling apart it's worth money but he asks stupid money for it. The fully fixed up price. And his stuff never is.

Ah ha! Water wagon replacement??

 

[sodamo]

Not so fast! After our Richmond House was complete, right before Christmas 2015, my wife told me to add a new stud finder to her Christmas Gift list. Her old one wasn’t working well (she has her own tool box) and she was getting ready to start hanging pictures in the new house. Boom! She got a new Dewalt SF and a Dewalt laser level tool as well.

One of the first thing I learned about her was that she wasn’t a rose fan but, she loved tulips. So, for the 12+ years we’ve been together it’s Tulips for Birthdays, Anniversaries, Valentine’s Day, etc.

We took one of the European River cruises thru Holland and Belgium a couple of years ago. The highlight of the trip, for her, was the tulip fields in Holland and the Keukenhof Gardens near Lisse.

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Happy Valentines Day to all our Ladies!

We went twice while living in Germany. Never did see it all. Absolutely beautiful.

 

[lostcreekranch]

We went twice while living in Germany. Never did see it all. Absolutely beautiful.

That trip was a first for my Bride but, I’ve been there many times, starting when I lived in London in the 70’s.

Have you ever been to Kynderdijk to see the windmills? It’s SE of Rotterdam.





In Winter, when the canals are frozen, the local folks go there to ice skate.