Canesisters 2024 journal

[canesisters]

 

[Baymule]

Cow Zoomies!!

 

[rachels.haven]

It worked!
I'm going to guess one of these on the gourd, probably a type of the first one.

BIRD HOUSE GOURD (95-110 days)

The Bird House Gourd has a large, bulbous body with a narrow neck. Ideal for birdhouses or other crafts. 25 seeds PLANTING Lagenaria siceraria Germination: 7-10 Days Germination Temperature: Optimum soil temperatures 70-90ºF. Planting in soil under 70ºF may result in poor germination. Seed...

www.superseeds.com

Speckled Swan Gourd (125 Days)

The Speckled Swan Gourd is grass-green with creamy speckles. 12-14” tall, the curve of the neck closely resembles the graceful silhouette of a swan. 25 seeds PLANTING Lagenaria siceraria Germination: 7-10 Days Germination Temperature: Optimum soil temperatures 70-90ºF. Planting in soil...

www.superseeds.com

 

[farmerjan]

Gourd looks like what we called a bottle neck gourd... like the pics that @rachels.haven posted. It would be the swans neck one. If you pick it when it is frost time... let it dry out. completely..... the seeds inside will rattle...once the inside "flesh" dries up.
No, not edible... decoration or you can cut into the bottom part to make a hole for birds to go in to nest in it too.. need to cut the hole when it is green, when you first pick it, so when it dries out, it will not shatter when you try to cut the round hole. Not as easy to use as a the actual birds nest one... doesn't sit up and can't hang from the thinner neck... My mom used to grow them along one fenceline when I was a kid just for the fun of it.

 

[Finnie]

Ha ha she looks like she swallowed a giant exercise ball!

 

[canesisters]

Woo-hoo!!!!!

1st big project of the Fall is complete.
Eva is FINALLY able to access her hay with clean feet!
I'm hoping that the incline it's on might help with drainage. It DEFINITELY helped with unloading!!!!! Those bales got up some MOMENTUM in the short trip from the back of his truck to my trailer!

This morning she was standing on the old hay pile where the trailer had always been, looking really confused.

 

[Mini Horses]

I'm certain she really appreciates the new spot! You will, too...if only the clean up at old spot would be so "easy" have fun.

 

[canesisters]

I REALLY love my hay guy. He's gone out of his way so many times to keep my Eva full & happy.
Even just today, with the first load at the new feeder site.... the bales roll with much more momentum on this hill & the 2nd one hit the strap hard causing the hook to come loose. He climbed over the bale, pushed & shoved until I could get the strap free & re-hooked. He didn't have to do that.
But..... when things go a little sideways, they really go.
He was going to come Thurs but forgot. Fri & Sat he couldn't make it while I was home - & I wanted to be there just in case unloading went weird. He asked me to text & remind him Sun am. I did. He said he'd come as soon as he could get free. It worked out that he made it around 3.
If my math is mathing right, by the time I get out of here at 7 Mon AM I'll be pushing around 40hrs with only a couple interrupted hours of napping Sun afternoon....
Safe to say there will be NO projects getting worked on Monday

 

[canesisters]

Welp... I broke the Beamer.
Waiting on a call back from the on-call maintenance guy.
I heard a BANG!
Rushed to the front to see what happened.
Another BANG! and the whole right side started jumping up & down.
Hit the stop button, wasn't stopping fast enough, yanked the E-stop cable.
A 1" thick bolt that is part of what holds the main roller in place had sheered off.

Taking a long lunch & waiting to see if we're going to run anymore tonight.

 

[Baymule]

Phooey. Those broken bolts can really wreak havoc.