Texas Heat!

[Western]

This guy has been coming in and I have only heard rumurs from the "wife", finally this after noon he came in for a drink. Ironic to see a real one over a concrete look alike owl:laughing: he stayed about 30 minutes just sitting in the water.

Earlier this morning the dogs started really raising cane, I thought it was a burglar in the yard since they have never went nut's like this. Looked in the front yard, 4 mama cows and 6 calves!! I wish I would have got a photo ,but was busy trying to save the wife's flower garden.

Got them to the water trough and they drank for 30 minutes, then I led them back to the road with some hay. I have never seen these particular cows and don't have a clue where they are from, but if they are still around by Monday I will call the Sheriff. If they are like mine where, they "know" where home is.

 

[Bird]

Dennis, our little town looks at 4 months of water use (Nov., Dec., Jan., & Feb.), throws out the highest one, averages the other 3 and bases our sewer charge on that, so the sewer charge stays the same each month for a year. At the present time, ours is $43.54 a month, plus $9.92 for weekly garbage pickup, $5.00 drainage fee, and $0.82 garbage sales tax. So last month, with 10,702 gallons of water for $49.32, our total bill was $108.60. And I've watered the yard more for the upcoming bill; just hope it ain't over $150.

Well, the new water bill arrived in the mail today; $162.80. All the charges are the same except for $103.52 for 21, 125 gallons of water.

 

[pacerron]

Bird,
A lot of the secrets of delicious cooking is in the little "nacks" that aren't really in the receipt. My wife learned the secret of making her tremendous pie crust many years ago from an old railroad engineer's wife who was our neighbor in California. He worked the mountain engine runs through the snow tunnels and really enjoyed good food when he got home.
My wife's Hungarian grandmother who came to this country in 1905 taught
her to make delicious home cut noodles. We eat lots of veggies but it is
apparrent we like our carbs better.
Ron

 

[Alan L.]

I'd say my creek is getting seriously low.

 

[Alan L.]

Same creek, different weather.

 

[NativeSon]

Bird, we'll have to stop in on the way back home. Maybe we can buy some frozen ones and cook them at home. A hot fried peach pie covered with fresh sliced peaches might make me hurt myself. I'm sure a scoop of vanilla ice cream would enhance the flavor too.:laughing:

The one sure way to make pie or cobber even better....."Blue Bell".

Charlie

 

[NativeSon]

Same creek, different weather.

Alan....I like the pictures with the snow. I'll take snow over drought anytime. I have a dry creek that looks just like yours.

Charlie

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

The one sure way to make pie or cobber even better....."Blue Bell".

Charlie

You got that right sir!

 

[Western]

You got that right sir!

X's 2!! Hard to eat a cobbler without some good BB Vanilla.

Forecast is in the 100's for the next 7 days, which is normal for this time off year, at least that's what I keep telling myself I think the drought will be the biggest "killer" to our farming and wildlife in Texas, most likely in other plains states as well.

I keep trying to get myself to go fishing, but have constant "flashbacks" of the last time I went and it hit 106* . Used to go night fishing allot when I was younger, but really never thought of the heat as much when I was a kid it seems like.

 

[brin]

Bird, I think I remember you mentioning frozen, so I thought that was how they were sold. It makes sense that they are pre-fried because not everyone at home would have a fryer to cook them. If they have non-frozen pies, those are probably the one's we'll get.

Brin: I believe in the rule that if you can get somebody else to eat twice as many as you, then your calories don't count.:licking:

:laughing: Yeah Jim, that is like if a bear is chasing you and a friend all you have to do is outrun your friend...LOL....I get it...:thumbsup: Works for me !

 

[Bird]

I keep trying to get myself to go fishing, but have constant "flashbacks" of the last time I went and it hit 106* . Used to go night fishing allot when I was younger, but really never thought of the heat as much when I was a kid it seems like.

Yep, my Dad & I used to go night fishing under Tucker's Tower at Lake Murray (Ardmore, OK), then I used to go camp on one of the islands in Lake Texoma and run a trotline every couple of hours, and I've even spent the night fishing here at Lake Lewisville a few times, but I don't think I've done any night fishing in the last 25-30 years.

And right now the heat is too much for me to go fishing day or night. I always heard that the heat hurts old folks more, and now I know that to be a fact.:laughing:

 

[Western]

And right now the heat is too much for me to go fishing day or night. I always heard that the heat hurts old folks more, and now I know that to be a fact.:laughing:

Bird, your not "old", just "seasoned":thumbsup::laughing:

I have always been heat sensitive, I mean really hate the heat. For me it is a project killer. When I was a kid I would put my blanket in moms deep freezer before I went to bed, ironically on the world news 2 nights ago, they where recommending putting your sheets in the freezer for 2 hrs prior to going to bed. I looked at my wife and said "TOAD YA!!" . I usually fiddle around in the heat and get caught up in what I'm doing and get over heated, more when I was a kid. Now for the most part I take it easy and try to drink more water.

If I could live where it's 60-70 degrees during the day and 40-50's at night, that would be heaven.

 

[Bird]

Dennis, I was 17 before we ever had a deep freeze, but hadn't heard of putting the sheets in one.:laughing: When I was a kid out in the country at Healdton, OK, I acquired an old army cot, which I set up in the back yard in the summer, and I helped my sisters move their regular bed out there many times when it was cooler outside at night than in the house.

I've always disliked the hot weather, but it was only uncomfortable, didn't really bother me a lot until the last year or two. I stayed outside most of the morning today; not really working, just fiddling around, filling the bird feeder, repairing a garden hose (after I broke the female end off of it), and hand watering the yard, and when I came in around 11:30 a.m. I was soaked with perspiration.

 

[pacerron]

Supply and demand?
Wow, look what has happenned to the Rainbird price since Jim got his.
Looks like 4 would max me out if there were no friction loss.
156 GPH x 4 units= 624 GPH My pump is rated at 10 GPM, which I've never tested but doubt if the actual would be that high by the time it got to the sprinkler heads. Looks more like 3 heads max. if lucky!
Ron

 

[Western]

Ron, we had a set up one time on a well we had. I had a 1000 gallon storage tank the well pumped into, then I put a jet pump from the tank to supply the farm. With this set up I was able to use allot of water until the tank got super low, which only happened once when the tank float stuck.

My brother has a set up like this now and runs sprinkler systems in his house, my moms and cousins houses.

I want to do something like that and also try to use rain water run off if I actually get around to putting one in.

 

[NativeSon]

X's 2!! Hard to eat a cobbler without some good BB Vanilla.

QUOTE]

Have you tried Blue Bell's new flavor?..........Blackberry Cobbler, Oh my goodness.

Charlie

 

[pacerron]

Dennis,
I was just thinking outloud. Years ago I thought about installing an inground
sprinkler system and decided it was not a good idea since the problems with
a somewhat fixed nozzle layout with even and/or controlled area water distribution once trenched and buried plus the maintenance of the clogged/worn/stuck multiple nozzles, setting up controls for different season water requirements and draining the system for winter was a lot more hassle than just dragging a few hoses around when needed with a choice of various portable sprinkler heads on the end. My recent research and the info from this forum has not changed my opinion.
The so called " Tuna can test" is just as important, if not more so, for an inground system to see if the nozzles are getting the amount of water that is needed to the grass and not wasting water by putting on too much in some areas.
We collect a tremdous amount of water from our barn roofs for watering the orchids and other inside plants that my wife messes with all year round and bring barrels of it into the garage for winter storage and use.
And then, there's always the pond for grey water. I could rig a jet pump down there and run off a portable generator when needed. As I recall from a jet pump my dad had on a shallow well years ago, maintaining the prime was the only trick.
We were blessed with 1.54" of rain yesterday so the hoses are rolled back up in the barn.
Ron

 

[Bird]

You do need to have at least a little knowledge/expertise to install a sprinkler system. I helped a friend/neighbor install one several years ago, but he had someone in the business draw up the plans, then he and I went and bought the material and rented a ditchwitch. And the guys who drew up the plans then came to help and the 4 of us installed 6 zones with timer and it came out well. However, in 1977 we had a neighbor buy a new house 2 doors from us and he installed a sprinkler system himself. It didn't last long because he ran PVC only 2 or 3 inches deep and made no provision for draining it. So that winter, I think the PVC shattered thoughout the system.

 

[jinman]

Supply and demand?
Wow, look what has happenned to the Rainbird price since Jim got his.

Ron, the sprinkler I bought from Rainbird is not on that chart. This is the one from Amazon, but I bought them at Lowes for just over $6 each instead of the high online price. I guess they have to make that shipping cost up somewhere, but these are far cheaper at Lowes than any online source. I have the bases to screw these into and they are also $6 each. That makes my total investment in each sprinkler a bit under $13.

 

[pacerron]

Bird,
7 generations of doing things, not quite the best sometimes, has taught me a lot and primarily to figure out the pros vs the cons ahead of time. Waiting for years for the weeds to recover over the ditching as well as getting the settlement level again over the pipelines is another negative factor.
Jim,
That was a Lowes add from my nearest zip code. I think they planted a cookie in my normal browser so I went to another browser. It doesn't look like the PR-5 is available at Lowes any more. Not available at rainbow.com either so it may be an old model. Plenty of them available over internet stores though.
Ron