Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

Checked game cams and found more bears hanging around this month.

Not good if Doe's start dropping their fawns.

 

[LouNY]

Good morning TBN!!
63 this morning . Going to clear up and 86 and sunny today.
Storms last night I guess but I slept through them .41 in the rain gauge.

Much better day yesterday. Got some more rebar sunk and welded. More of that today is on the agenda. It's nice to work without fighting or fixing everything at every turn.
I have at least one more horizontal piece I want to get in then start on vertical.

I am going to try this and wonder. Do I just chuck the rebar in to my rebar and just have at it. I have a beast that gets very little use. May be just as much work as the sledge LOL.

Thanks sodamo.

Time for a second cup
Everyone have a great and safe day!!

With the hammer drill and inexpensive bit should be used,

 

[Happy in NC]

Thank you Lou!!

 

[Popgadget]

I have a 30lb rotary hammer that uses “spline” bits

rather than SDS, I can slip a 5/8 ground rod right into it without an adapter, just set the tool to hammer only, without rotation. I imagine that it would work fine that way for 5/8” rebar as well.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 54 going to 61 and rain.
My neighbors got a quote for the driveway and we are going forward, we agreed each of us is in at 50% of cost. If all goes well they start Tuesday.
In order to prepare I took the tractor out and started creating a shallow swale on the high side of the road. Got about 100' done, only 600' to go.
If rain not too bad I will get out there later for more seat time.

Be well,

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
52° and drizzling under a grey sky. Not much change expected for the next couple of days.

Yesterday’s breakfast with the professor was pretty typical, but my wife did join us.
Got a little bit of mowing done with the Lazer between the hedgerow and pasture fence. Grandson heard the mower and came to find me, complete with his hearing protectors.

So we finished up the mowing, and then he got “his” Makita blower out and put a battery in it, then blew off the mower before putting it back in the shop.
Took the RAV4 to my buddy’s shop to get all new brakes and rotors, helped unload a VW square back off a trailer while I was there. It was interesting because it had no front axle or wheels.
Fired up the grill and made some dinner on the patio before calling it a day.

Going to pick up the Citation (again) this afternoon. It now has the new FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control) that it should have had when I tried to get it on Monday.
It a good thing it’s covered under our maintenance program as it’s an $80k part. I’m sure that’s why they hesitated to replace it in the first place.

Not sure what the plan is for this morning.

 

[daugen]

80 grand for a part, yikes. As long as it works, priceless
picked up more bird food and a new hummingbird feeder.
saw very small bird buzzing around yesterday and realized a hummer was in town.
time to put out the chow

remembered to put some peanut butter on mousetrap and put that in rv.
I'm sure I will have diners there too.

had to put heat back on, cold and damp.

 

[rswyan]

64F with a light mist @ 10:30, calling for a high of 67F. Drizzle this morning followed by thunderstorms this afternoon. Sun trying to come out now.

Thunderstorm rolled in early this morning around 04:00, power went off and UPS' started screaming. Got up, shutdown computer, then turned off UPS. Then went downstairs and turned off the 4 or 5 UPS's down there in the studio.

Got 2 legs welded on the second saw horse first thing yesterday.

After that located lids for the 2 septic tanks and cleared those off.

Then got grass mowed over leach field.

Was about to start mowing on the east side when the septic pumper finally showed up, was running about 2 hours behind.

Nice young man, lives over in Marshallville. Talked tractors, farming, and gardening.

Got both tanks all pumped out.

Rain drops were starting to fall as he was leaving.

Got the stack of posts re-tarped after he left.

Moved the 2 untreated posts into the barn so they wouldn't get wet.

Collected up roll of chain link fencing that was lying on the lawn back by the garden and moved it over by the barn.

Also moved last cattle panel up to the pavement in front of the house. It needs a little further work to straighten it out.

Collected up a bucket of potting mix and some pots to re-pot tomato seedlings ... which never happened.

Refilled hopper, both tube feeders, and both suet feeders. Also scattered some seeds for the ground feeders.

Headed over to friends after that and topped off his ORD tank with 50+ gallons.

Still around 100 gallons left in the IBC tote in the van. Need to see if the loader will pick that up and, if so, get it unloaded and moved into the barn.

Woman made spaghetti, had a huge plate and after that I was done for the day. Got a little carried away with the crushed red pepper flakes.

Additional items on agenda for today:

If sun does materialize, work on getting the rest of the brassicas planted.

Maybe get the last 2 legs tacked up on the second saw horse.

Trip down to gas supplier and get a fresh bottle of shielding gas.

Finish up welding on second saw horse.

Re-pot tomato seedlings.

Yes ... it certainly looks like the deer have taken up residence and are fully owning that west planting bed.

Yesterday:

This morning:

Siberian iris:

Redbud & Hosta:

Time to get moving.

Hope everyone is having a decent Wednesday ...

 

[sodamo]

68°F and no rain
Finally, my 1st full night sleep.

Current round of mowing is complete and looking good.

Have to make a PO stop today.

The littler girl, Makana, has vet appointment this afternoon. Think this may complete her puppy shots. Her stressed life continues

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Thomas]

Wife picked strawberries and is making jam
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Today NATIONAL STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM DAY. ​