Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Growing up in Maine, 2 things to count on - mowing grass and shoveling snow. I’ll take cutting grass any day. I positively hate shoveling snow. Actually, don’t care for much shoveling anything.

 

[farmer2009]

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.

 

[sodamo]

Note to self: let Bougainvillea prunings dry a few days BEFORE hitting with the flail

 

[daugen]

Hawkeye, tell your wife please that several hundred good looking men want her to get better soon.
That usually does the trick... Hope she gets better every day.

I'll put money, figuratively, on David having the narrowest temperature comfort zone by far.
The Goldilocks zone, they don't call it Paradise for nothing.

just watched a youtube video of 80,000 chicks being delivered to barns just like Farmers, the video is five years old.
20,000 per house, comments from viewers mostly rabid vegans/animal rights worrying about the soul of the chicks, and hearts were broken over
one or two out of 80k that didn't make it. I thought that was darn good, though yeah they could have been a little gentler.
Time was money and the heat
was wasting, said they unloaded all 80k in one hour. Is that about right Farmer?

 

[daugen]

Looks like the Northward bound storms went further inland this time, going to be a wet night, again, for Buppies and Wingspread

I got two hours of mowing done in between storms, some parts still had standing water, avoided those. We are really saturated here.
Everything is green green green. And more melons blew up today, some of the garden dirt is getting washed away, it's a muddy mess.
maybe I'll get a chance to bush hog a field tomorrow, not so concerned over clumping here

 

[Ed of all trades]

I'd love a climate where it never gets below 40 or above 70.

You re looking for a place called Kunming. It is in south west China, above Laos. The temp there is 68-72 year around except for about 2 weeks of winter. It even goes down to freezing some years. Elevation is 6200 ft and about the same latitude as Cuba. Food is great there to and cheep. Ed

 

[riptides]

Another wet day. Picked up another inch or two. I lost track. More coming. The ground is so saturated, a quick t-Storm will flood the creeks and roadways.

Suppose to break by this weekend.

So, I am looking at my barn silo, it has a nice tree growing out of it. Where do people get the tops of these things from? The history of this place tells me it was silage use only.

I'd like to top it off and do something with the inside. It is about 75 feet up and has a radius of about 20 feet. My initial though when we moved here in the age of the dinosaur was to make it an observation deck with a nice telescope.

And... unfortunate today...another ground hog has taken up residence under my pool house. It must be bred into them somehow. Sheesh...

Have to recover the field traps and set them up closer to home.

Hope all had a good day, and are enjoying a quiet evening.

 

[Buppies]

Thomas hope everything comes back in the clear prayers sent

3.55in of rain earlier but more falling now and tornados in Giles county wow dynamic system

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 69F for the start, may be the last of the sub 70F weather for a while. Partly cloudy sky and almost calm wind. Wind was south, 5-15, variable cloudy, changed from partly to mostly cloudy to clear and high temp was 97F. bike ride this morning followed by front lawn mowing, follow by short nap and couples golf (9 holes) and finished 4TH wich covered our entry fee ($2) .
Don I have used chest worn monitors 1 from Timex for about 4 years, still available but the quality from 1 unit to the next not so good. I an currently using the Garmin unit, which allows me to display on GPS.
Prayers for all.

 

[toppop52]

Randy, best Birthday wishes to you!

Thought you might enjoy this one.

The EXORCIST ZL1 Camaro 9.57 1/4 Mile | Hennessey Performance

9.57 sec. @ 147 mph 1/4 mile.

John Hennessey痴 facility and track are not far from the Ranch.

When you need to exorcise a Deamon!

 

[toppop52]

Great birthday, dinner at Greene Turtle, visit from daughter, son in law and grandson, call from son and other grandsons. Went visit Mom, and we came home and had Island Creamery homemade ice cream.

Don, you don’t have to fully extend the hose if you don’t need it all, I’ve been using them for years.

 

[lostcreekranch]

When you need to exorcise a Deamon!

Yep! John Hennessy can upgrade a Demon to exorcise other Demons too.

Happy Birthday Brother.

 

[toppop52]

Yep! John Hennessy can upgrade a Demon to exorcise other Demons too.

Happy Birthday Brother.

Thank you sir!

 

[farmer2009]

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 drank anything at that point and are pretty tough. They become more tender once they eat. 100-150 DOA is expected out of those. I’ve had more and less.

I always get asked about how many birds we loose. Usually by other farmers in the area or auditors. I have gotten into a habit of referencing percentages with the total number. 3-5% is expected death loss. Then I ask them how many feedlots out west would love to see those numbers. Most feedlots figure 10-15%. The farmers around here are mostly familiar with cattle and understand my comparison. Some are even surprised that our death loss is so low in the poultry industry. Expecting it to be closer to cattle.

 

[B7510HSD]

Randy, best Birthday wishes to you!

Thought you might enjoy this one.

The EXORCIST ZL1 Camaro 9.57 1/4 Mile | Hennessey Performance

9.57 sec. @ 147 mph 1/4 mile.

John Hennessey痴 facility and track are not far from the Ranch.

My guess would be a 9.47 if he cut a better light!!! Nice!

 

[RoyJackson]

2018-08-03, 0328

66 now...high in the mid-70's and rain...
We didn't get the soaker rain Thomas got...I hope we get it today.

 

[Eric Salop]

Are you guys sitting down? Yesterday the mechanic sent me a really crumby video of the engine running in the Vanagon.

It runs ! :thumbsup:

Wow, wasn't sure I would live that long.

Fingers crossed for your smoke test.

 

[Eric Salop]

More sun for us today. Yesterday some cloud came over and it settled at 29C/84F and that's plenty for me.

Spain and Portugal are popular holiday destinations for those wanting to get away from the UK's sometimes unpredicatable summers. This year many will be regretting that decision as the heatwave in europe is expected to break all records there - 47C/117F .

David, that's a good Bougainvillea tangle. It reminds me of a time when I let a neighbour use my Howard rotavator. It finally came back bound up with wire and what felt like half a mile of baler twine.

 

[daugen]

Crash Boom show time again to wake up to, thunderstorms booming away
Hopefully they will stop early enough today I can get something done this afternoon.

Have fire blight on one apple tree and I am negligent in not dealing with it, that's the plan today once the rain stops.
Need to cut off all the affected area, will really hack the tree, which is likely to come back next year.
Going to mix some copper into orchard mix and spray the whole orchard again, but it has to give me one day, just one day of dryness.
But for weeks, the ten day forecast has been rain every day. Downpours that just wash all that spray right off the trees.
I'd love to have three or four days of dry weather; it's the rainy damp weather that is causing the Blight to begin with.

Ka boom. Whole house shakes.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, 67 going to 76 with an 80% chance of showers. Flash flood watch until noon Sat. Had a root canal 11 years ago and they put a temp. tooth on it. Doc cleaned up the top edge of it yesterday and said it is doing fine. When you want a crown on it let me know. Coming back I hit a down pour as bad as I have seen in many years. Mountain roads are not fun when it is dumping rain, but got home safe.

Have a great day, prayers sent. Ed