Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[Bird]

Sounds like the 1st culprit may be a "Bird":laughing:

:laughing::laughing:I do miss my Lee County peanuts.

 

[jinman]

:laughing::laughing:I do miss my Lee County peanuts.

...and microwave roasted with butter and salt makes them heart healthy.:licking: Right, Don?:laughing:

 

[txdon]

...and microwave roasted with butter and salt makes them heart healthy.:licking: Right, Don?:laughing:

Absolutely! especially when wrapped in sirloin steak which is wrapped inside a turkey. You know, a loinkeynut!

 

[Bird]

Absolutely! especially when wrapped in sirloin steak which is wrapped inside a turkey. You know, a loinkeynut!

Now that would certainly be a new recipe to me.:laughing: Of course I don't worry heart healthy eating; I'm only concerned with mouth and tummy pleasing eating.:laughing:

 

[jinman]

Well, I hate to interrupt this peee-nutty discussion, but I was surprised today by how dry it is in southwest Wise County. I drove down to Poolville to look at a dozer. Between Bridgeport and Poolville along FM 920, it is so dry that hay production is 1/2 to 1/3 what it is around me in northern Wise Co. The cut fields are just dry and brown; whereas, here the cut fields have green grass growing. I was shocked to see it so dry there since that's all in the same county where I live.

 

[Bird]

And it has stayed dry around here, too.

 

[jinman]

BTW: I went to Walmart in Bowie and bought a Texas grown seedless melon today (Abracadabra Farm). It was $4. I also bought two cantaloupes for $1 each (Del Monte). They are trying to make me stop growing cantaloupes too, but mine are still the best.

 

[Bird]

BTW: I went to Walmart in Bowie and bought a Texas grown seedless melon today (Abracadabra Farm). It was $4. I also bought two cantaloupes for $1 each (Del Monte). They are trying to make me stop growing cantaloupes too, but mine are still the best.

Hope it's as good as the one I got for $5.98. Incidentally, I got that melon at the Hickory Creek Walmart. Since then we were in the Lewisville Sam's club and they had what looked like the same big boxes of watermelons for $5.98 each, but they were all from Mexico.

 

[Western]

I am going to have to try one of the melons you guy's are talking about. Haven't had to much luck with their seedless.

Jim, I wonder if most of the brown you saw was cut winter grasses, I know every where I had winter grass it is browning and quick when cut. I have winter rye that got up over 2' (seed heads) with all the early rains we had. After I mow, it looks like the native grasses (same where I have coastal) seem to be short ,probably lack of full sun.

 

[Bird]

BTW: I went to Walmart in Bowie and bought a Texas grown seedless melon today (Abracadabra Farm). It was $4. I also bought two cantaloupes for $1 each (Del Monte). They are trying to make me stop growing cantaloupes too, but mine are still the best.

I was in our Hickory Creek Walmart this morning and they have boxes of Abracadabra Farm melons inside the store and outside in front, but they're still $5.98 here.

 

[Western]

Looks like a good chance of rain tonight and tomorrow, If I'm lucky I can get half of what Charlie has gotten! I settle for 1" and smile the whole time

Wife said she wants to go fish'n Sunday!!!! Gee I love that girl I'll "try" to live through it, getting up early and all.

 

[jinman]

I was in our Hickory Creek Walmart this morning and they have boxes of Abracadabra Farm melons inside the store and outside in front, but they're still $5.98 here.

Pretty incredible difference in price, I'd say. Our little Bowie store is amazin' sometimes.

 

[two_bit_score]

2.3 inches at our place west of Austin.




Glad to have it!

 

[ustmd]

For 2011, I got 17.85" (per the Davis Vantage Vue mounted on the roof of my shop).

For 2012 YTD, we are already at 15.37" and the line of thunderstorms is heading my way. They are saying we should expect 1-4 inches tonight. If we are on the hig side of that forecast, we will be ahead of all of 2011.

 

[jinman]

Just 4/10" here overnight. It was such a soft and quiet rain that my wife slept through it with the bedroom balcony door open. They say more rain will redevelop today, but I can't see any evidence on the radar. Maybe as the day goes along there will be instability and a missing high pressure cap that will allow things to get circulating at high altitudes. I'm holdin' out for at least another inch for all that's worth.

Two-bit-score and ustmd, that's great news for you folks. That should really kick-start the 2nd cutting hay growth in your areas.

 

[jinman]

On a completely different subject. . . .

Anybody into food trucks? I admit to being tempted, but I'm about as far away from food truck land as you can get. About the only time I see them is once per month at the local flea market. They are having a food truck festival in Dallas at Valley View Center today and tomorrow with 18 local trucks, 5 from Austin, and 3 from San Antonio. The menus are quite varied at these trucks with the fare being tacos, burgers, and exotics including sushi.

Food trucks in the Dallas Arts District

I remember being in the US Navy in a visit to Singapore and eating at one of their local food villages. It was a place with food stands all surrounding a central open air area. Most food stands specialized in only one kind of food and you even had a stand that sold drinks only. You picked your food at several stands and then sat at the tables to eat. It was excellent!

I think food trucks at a food truck park could be the same way and a big tourist attraction. Currently in Dallas, the trucks have to change locations often because the ordinance says they can only be in one place for so long without a restroom. If the park had restrooms, it would solve that problem.

Anybody know the good, bad, and ugly of food trucks?

 

[Western]

Just over 1/4" fpr me, so far.. You guy's did pretty good around Austin:thumbsup: My Sister -in-law in Fredricksburg, said they has a few good rains yesterday.




Only food trucks I am familiar with are the ones we called "roach coaches", the small trucks that visit the job sites and businesses.

 

[pacerron]

Just 4/10" here overnight. It was such a soft and quiet rain that my wife slept through it with the bedroom balcony door open. They say more rain will redevelop today, but I can't see any evidence on the radar. Maybe as the day goes along there will be instability and a missing high pressure cap that will allow things to get circulating at high altitudes. I'm holdin' out for at least another inch for all that's worth.

Two-bit-score and ustmd, that's great news for you folks. That should really kick-start the 2nd cutting hay growth in your areas.

Finally spring time, for the 2nd time this year, in SEO. We had 80 deg. temps in March which woke everything too early, then a cold snap and frost. Now everything is trying to recover after some good rain.
Jim, the deer fence is really up. I'll be lucky if I don't forget and walk into it.
See images.
Now we are going to plant tomatoes and other above ground veggies about a week early. It is never really safe to plant before 20 May around here but sometimes we get lucky. Past years we have had to dig stuff up and put back in the garage for a few days if we get too anxious. We are hoping that spring is really here to stay this time.
Hope you guys get more rain this year than last:thumbsup:

 

[Bird]

I figure I only got about .14" of rain, but like Jim, no wind, very light rain.

 

[pacerron]

I remember being in the US Navy in a visit to Singapore and eating at one of their local food villages.QUOTE]

I remember being in the AF in places that if you ate the local food you either died or had a bad case of the runs. You had to insist on them bringing the US beer with the cap still on the bottle and pop it yourself.
You Navy guys always had the best food.