lilranch2001
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farmgirl19
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I'm sure jealous of the rain! He always manages to get more rain than I do. I'm about to turn under my squash and get that area ready for planting for fall squash, and hope for fall rains.
jinman
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My thermometer says it's 77 F right now. Excuse me FG19, I have to go outside and be cool.
sseelhoff
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My thermometer says it's 77 F right now. Excuse me FG19, I have to go outside and be cool.
There's only a 30 degree difference between your thermometer and mine. 107.4. But it's a dry heat.
farmgirl19
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Then I should feel cool here, sseelhoff, because I am only 100.2!
txdon
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104˚ here, Jim you can no longer play with us.
jinman
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Well folks, I had to come back inside 'cause it started raining again. While I was out on the deck, I noticed my rain gage said 1/2". The forecast was for 30% chance of rain today and I'm a happy guy. I held off watering my yard just for the odd chance it would rain, and it paid off. I know we're probably the only place in Texas it is raining right now. I'd get us all a shower if I could, but I ain't turning this down. Must be some lightning somewhere too because my power keeps dropping off for half a second or so.
Farmgirl, if I get all the rain, why ain't my ponds full? I wish we'd all get 5 or 6 inches. An inch a day for the next week would put a smile on everyone's faces.
BTW: I've been pickling this afternoon. I made 15 pints of B&B pickles. 10 pints of cucumbers and 5 pints of squash and zucchini pickles. Every day we get 2 or 3 zucs and 3-5 yellow squash. The okra is going bonkers and the blackeyes are on their 2nd wind. Heck, even my tomatoes have started making a good 2nd crop. I have to make salsa tomorrow.
Farmgirl, if I get all the rain, why ain't my ponds full? I wish we'd all get 5 or 6 inches. An inch a day for the next week would put a smile on everyone's faces.
BTW: I've been pickling this afternoon. I made 15 pints of B&B pickles. 10 pints of cucumbers and 5 pints of squash and zucchini pickles. Every day we get 2 or 3 zucs and 3-5 yellow squash. The okra is going bonkers and the blackeyes are on their 2nd wind. Heck, even my tomatoes have started making a good 2nd crop. I have to make salsa tomorrow.
farmgirl19
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I think it would take 3 inches of rain, in a short time, just to get me some runoff. My 2 acre tank is just a mudhole, right now. 6 inches of rain would make me happy, for now!
jinman
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Well, karma got me for braggin'. My power has gone off and I'm running my laptop through my router powered by a backup battery. I shut the rest of the desktop and equipment off to conserve my backup battery. I have two generators if required, but Wise Electric Coop says they are aware and working on the outage.
farmgirl19
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I would say, "It serves you right", but if I was getting rain like that, I'd be braggin' too!