Texas Spring/Summer Thread

sseelhoff · May 19, 2015

Got some areas mowed after work. Looks so much better to get that stuff knocked down.

Lou66 · May 19, 2015

I mowed my yard today with the push mower and bagger,, needed the compose,, cause it was too wet for the riding mower.. Betty said “that really looks nice,, that is the way you should do it every time”.. I sold my push mower today with bagger,, cheap.. Lou

SirReal63 · May 20, 2015

Some potential good news, and it explains why this Spring has been so wet with the potential for much more.
A summer forecast you’ve been waiting on for years | KXAN.com

Kyle_in_Tex · May 20, 2015

txdon said:
Strange weather in Lee County today. Floods and Tornados but on our hill only 1/3" rain and sunshine.

My wife had to turn around, and not drown, on a flat non creek area of the road to Giddings around noon.

Kyle, did you get any wind damage from that tornado that touch down on the other side of Giddings?

No, it happened on the other side of town. Whew!
Another 1.75 . It would be in OK with me if the rain moved over to the the hill country for 2 weeks.

houstonscott · May 24, 2015

Good morning. 1.8in gauge over night. This is great, been a few years since we had this much rain. HS

Kyle_in_Tex · May 24, 2015

Rough night for the Wimberley area. Some locations upstream on the Blanco river reporting over 12" of rain. Epic flooding.

Bird · May 24, 2015

My cell phone got 2 phone calls and 2 text messages during the night warning of flash flooding dangers.:laughing: And no, I did not get up to answer it. Without my hearing aid in, I never heard it. I know my wife got up at least once to see what the message was on her cell phone.

Of course, it's still raining here, about 1.5" in the gauge so far, but no telling how long it's going to last. That puts me at more than 27" for the first 144 days of this year.

Kyle_in_Tex · May 24, 2015

Bird said:
My cell phone got 2 phone calls and 2 text messages during the night warning of flash flooding dangers.:laughing: And no, I did not get up to answer it. Without my hearing aid in, I never heard it. I know my wife got up at least once to see what the message was on her cell phone.

Of course, it's still raining here, about 1.5" in the gauge so far, but no telling how long it's going to last. That puts me at more than 27" for the first 144 days of this year.

Bird, y'all are trying to keep up with Lou's stomping grounds.

I got the lawn mowed yesterday, and since the breeze was blowing nice, I mowed our "mott" area (stand of post oaks) too. Glad I had 4WD. Used my 4310 and 5 foot shredder. Should've taken off the FEL, nicked a few trees. Oops. Just wanted to knock it down for the first time this year. Didn't see any snakes but I did see a couple of rabbits.

Has anyone eaten wild rabbit lately? I don't remember if I ate some 1 time when I was maybe 7 or 8, but I've slept since then. I think the people were teasing me that it was rabbit but it looked more like a small roast IIRC.

I need a good pellet gun to ward off the squirrels from my pecan trees. Can anyone recommend a good one but not too expensive. The trees are about 8 or 9 years old and due to the rains, this has been their best year. Wish I'd been watering them more during the past 5 year drought.

Bird · May 24, 2015

Kyle, when I was a kid, we killed and ate every squirrel and rabbit we could find. I got my first .22 rifle when I was 10 years old and shot a cottontail the day I got that gun. I know I shot some cottontails in this area when I was 18; can't recall eating wild rabbit since then.

In 1972, while living in Des Plaines, IL, I once saw a frozen "3 lb. rabbit, cut up" in the grocery store, labelled "Imported from Poland". I found that to be incredible since there are so many rabbits in this country. But I bought that, my wife cooked it, I took one bite, and we threw it all in the garbage. It LOOKED OK, maybe thawed or spoiled in some way on the trip over, but it was inedible.

I had never eaten a domestic rabbit until 1996. I started raising New Zealand Whites in November, 1995, and ate lots of them over the next few years.

Lou66 · May 24, 2015

How high is the water now daddy,, Shut up boy and keep baling,, We are about 15 inches over average for this year.. Two years ago I was worried about the calves stepping in cracks from the dryness,, some of them were three inches wide,, Now they just swim over them..

foreman Etexas · May 24, 2015

My neighbor down the road is having a baby and his wife said to him you have to get the new water line in it's not going to stop raining anytime soon. Long story short he comes and gets me they sunk the trencher and it took us 2hrs and my 4wd tractor barely got to it and got it out. The trench didn't hold up in several places it was a mess I had to dig a lot of ditch back out with my loader and pipe go in right behind me. I sunk to the front axle every time got a bucket full but never got stuck. He told me he didn't won't to come bother me and me end up getting stuck too,I said that baby is going to need clean water and will get the tractor out someday if it get stuck, I have two more. Anyways rain held off to a sprinkle we got it all done at dark last night.

Barry 1 · May 24, 2015

Texas Horse

txdon · May 24, 2015

Good one.:thumbsup:

bindian · May 24, 2015

Spent the weekend in Manor, with my daughter and grand daughter, working on her "birthday present" fence. Came home to find out the reservoir (Lewis Creek Reservoir) that cools out local Entergy powerplant's dam may burst. My friend told me they have been patching and repairing it for over 20 years. Forced evacuation is in effort for the area down stream. News flash, .............my old subdivision where I raised my kids is across the bay for the dam area and is included in the forced evacuation. Kinda glad we split up and I moved out now! Pictures later when my phone decides to send them to my computer.
hugs, Brandi

bindian · May 24, 2015

Okay...........here is what I stopped, last night, very exhausted.

hugs, Brandi

Kyle_in_Tex · May 24, 2015

Nice job Brandi.

txdon · May 24, 2015

Brandi, are you planing on cutting the post off at about 6" and put a fence post topper on the post?
I like the cement base - easy to weed-eat.

bindian · May 25, 2015

Kyle_in_Tex said:
Nice job Brandi.

Thanks Kyle. It's slow going with all the mud on my rubber boots and inbetween rains squalls.
hugs, Brandi

bindian · May 25, 2015

txdon said:
Brandi, are you planing on cutting the post off at about 6" and put a fence post topper on the post?
I like the cement base - easy to weed-eat.

Don,
I would like to put solar light caps on all 10 posts, but plain ole black or bronze caps are $3 each. Or was it $4 each? When finished, I'll take my daughter to show her what all we can do on the post tops.
If it was for me, I'd just cut the tops on a 45 from the back. That cement base is 48.5 sacks of 50 pound concrete. Might make a cool scorpion barrier, except at the gate.
hugs, Brandi