Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[sseelhoff]

Keep dancing, Amigos. There's moisture falling from the sky.

 

[farmgirl19]

I have 1/3 of my ryegrass seed out. I guess I put out what I had a little heavier than I intended. I need to get more, to finish the other 2 pastures. I hope to get it before work tomorrow, and get those pastures finished tomorrow evening. They are calling for 50% chance of rain Thursday night, and 60% chance for Friday! I'll be dancing again, if I get some good rain on my winter forage seed! :cool2:

Glad to hear you are getting some rain, sseelhoff!

 

[bindian]

They should, and sometimes do, give away the printers with a computer deal. It's the ink they make the big profit on.
Kodak has gone the way of Texas International. Too bad, it was an American tradition. They did in fact supply the sensors for a lot of
other brand digital cameras as well as a lot of commercial related photo equipment.

You should fix flash "red eye" problems before uploading, but they do have software on site you can use to fix it and other problems if you wish.
Ron

Ron,
Kodak is still with us. Kodak comes out of bankruptcy focusing on technology | The Raw Story
hugs, Brandi

 

[jinman]

My Maximilian sunflowers are in full bloom. When they bloom out, fall is right around the corner.

 

[Bird]

Fall can't get here too soon to suit me. My yard is just about a disaster since I haven't watered enough to keep it in decent shape. I did mow mine and the ones of either side of us this morning. And this evening, I've been running soaker hoses around the foundation.

Jim, we went by the Denton Farmers Market Saturday and only one vendor there. I've heard everyone else's crops dried up. So we went by again this morning; still just that one vendor there, but we got some good tomatoes and cantaloupe and even some very good and big peaches. The guy said this was probably the last of the peaches. I was hoping he'd have some more shelled purple hull peas. He didn't have any today, but said he would have Saturday, so I reckon I'll be going by there Saturday morning.

 

[jinman]

It's funny that you mentioned purple hulls, Bird. I was looking at all the blooms and small peas on my blackeyes today and found one pod that seemed well fillled-out. It had these 9 big peas in it. We should get another picking soon and maybe as much as 12 to 15 lb additional for the freezer.

 

[bindian]

I have 1/3 of my ryegrass seed out. I guess I put out what I had a little heavier than I intended. I need to get more, to finish the other 2 pastures.

FG,
Drive faster.:laughing:

 

[sseelhoff]

I have 1/3 of my ryegrass seed out. I guess I put out what I had a little heavier than I intended. I need to get more, to finish the other 2 pastures. I hope to get it before work tomorrow, and get those pastures finished tomorrow evening. They are calling for 50% chance of rain Thursday night, and 60% chance for Friday! I'll be dancing again, if I get some good rain on my winter forage seed! :cool2:

Glad to hear you are getting some rain, sseelhoff!

Will have to check the gauge and see how much fell. I apparently did the anti-rain dance. It started coming down so I brought the horses in. AFter getting drenched and everyone in the barn, the rain stopped.

Oh well. 30% chance Wednesday and Thursday. 60%-70% chance on Friday. Hopefully we'll get a good soaker or two.

 

[bindian]

Fall can't get here too soon to suit me.

Ditto for me Bird. I will take any weather with lower humidity.
hugs, Brandi

 

[sseelhoff]

My Maximilian sunflowers are in full bloom. When they bloom out, fall is right around the corner.
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Love the wildflowers!

 

[foreman Etexas]

Hey Guys and Gals,I made it home. It is worse than first time...

 

[sseelhoff]

Hey Guys and Gals,I made it home. It is worse than first time...

Glad to hear you are home. Sorry to hear that it's not better than the first go round. Take it easy. Let yourself heal. Be well.

 

[pacerron]

I have 1/3 of my ryegrass seed out. I guess I put out what I had a little heavier than I intended. I need to get more, to finish the other 2 pastures. I hope to get it before work tomorrow, and get those pastures finished tomorrow evening. They are calling for 50% chance of rain Thursday night, and 60% chance for Friday! I'll be dancing again, if I get some good rain on my winter forage seed! :cool2:

Glad to hear you are getting some rain, sseelhoff!

Are you broadcasting rye grass seed on top of a pasture already in grass?
What kind of germination rate does that give?

Just wondering
We usually broadcast rye on bare loose soil or at least light disk it in a little on existing grass.

 

[jinman]

Hey Guys and Gals,I made it home. It is worse than first time...

I hope you have Rx for some pain meds. Glad you are home and hope the coughing and sneezing wait until you are healed.

 

[Western]

Foreman, I have a couple of welders and a plasma, I can give the hernia a go!! We'll have you "back in the saddle" before you know it. Shoot , a young guy like you, you will be pitching hay by Monday:laughing:

FG19, you are ahead of me, I have oats for my deer plot, there ready but I have been slow to get it done. Hopefully tomorrow after I do some asphalt work, I can get it done. Went to 3 feed stores looking for some clover, all sold out? got some Austrian winter peas to add to the oats and fertilizer though.

Mr Delcus says, .50"-1.0 " in my area possible Friday, temps in the 80's over the weekend Whooot!!!!!!!!!:thumbsup:

Elk hunting trip coming up in a few weeks and I hope I dont go up there and just sleep through it!!:laughing:

 

[robbyr]

Don't know about FG but I broadcast ryegrass seed on our Bermuda pasture. I haven't put it out yet. Need to mow first. Year before last I drug the pasture with an old box spring after seeding . Last year I didn't get around to it. Think dragging helped. Hopefully some day I'll get a fence built so can disc and plant oats and be able to let cows in couple hours a day.

 

[foreman Etexas]

Western:I told the doc weld it,glue put in the screen door,just don't won't to be in there again.:laughing:
Jinman:yes good thing pain meds.
Sseelhof:I sure will take it easy,have couple weeks before get back to work.

 

[NativeSon]

You two dancin last Saturday may have given us an early winter up here.
I mowed wearing a flannel shirt day before yesterday and added a jacket before dark.
Heat pump is on.
Low 40's here today might get to 70.

Ron- It's not nice to tease us sweltering Texans like that. It still hotter than the gates of Hades here, but there may be a break in sight.

Charlie

 

[txdon]

Hey Guys and Gals,I made it home. It is worse than first time...

Foreman, I found at day three a decrease in pain enough to dc prescription pain pills and right at day 7 could sleep the whole night. Hang in there!

 

[farmgirl19]

Are you broadcasting rye grass seed on top of a pasture already in grass?
What kind of germination rate does that give?

Just wondering
We usually broadcast rye on bare loose soil or at least light disk it in a little on existing grass.

Yes, it is going over established pasture, but the pastures are pretty well grazed by the livestock, since we haven't had much rain, this summer. If we get a rain this weekend, germination rate should be good. In fact, even when there has been more grass on the pastures, and I have broadcast over it, I've had good germination (80%?) and growth, if we get the rain needed. I normally wait until October to put out the ryegrass, but with the cool front coming, and rain predicted, I am "rolling the dice"! I had planned on putting out 25 lbs/ac., but I think I ended up putting out 35-37 lbs/ac. :shocked: Oh well, if it all comes up and we have any rains, I'll have pastures for grazing, so won't have to feed much hay! Yes bindian, I should have driven faster! I was enjoying being on the tractor again, as I haven't needed to brush hog, so guess I was in my "own little world".

Odd thing: I have lost several pounds this summer, with the work load and heat. Been great for my stamina to get through the day, but those darn 50 lb bags seem heavier to get them dumped into the spreader. I guess I should have been eating Special K for breakfast, since their old commercial said, "Keep the muscle, Lose the fat". :laughing:

I thought about putting out some oats, but it takes more of that per acre, and one should disc it. Rye seems to grow just because it wants to, and in areas that not all things can get a foothold, such as where one is just barely above rock. So, I decided to wait and try the oats another season, as I really don't have the time to do it right. Maybe I'll put some out in some smaller pens/pastures, as a test area, next month, if I have more "free" time. (Then again, I might use that free time for riding horses, or flying! )