Farmerjan's journal - Weather

[murphysranch]

Kilz Paint?

 

[Baymule]

I vote for new cabinets. New countertop, new sink, no stinky mouse pee smell.

 

[farmerjan]

Yeah @Baymule , I am really leaning towards the new cabinet idea.... I just got totally turned off yesterday when I discovered that there is another mouse in the kitchen... and opened the one bottom cabinet to get out a new bottle of dishwashing liquid... and got a whiff..... GROSS...

Went to the barn to get some feed to get the cows in... and DS was there with GF nephew.... all nicey nice... yes he is a cute kid.... and DS asked what I was doing and I said getting some feed to go up and get the rest of the cows in.... that I had all the calves in. He said okay, then he would come work them and get the 2 c/cf pairs... So, I got them in... let out the stupid cow of mine with the calf that I was contemplating sending to the pasture..... and he came up with the trailer. Worked the 4 bull calves so that is at least done. Treated the one heifer of mine that is on the nurse cow with the runny eye.

He took the 2 c/cf pairs, to the barn because there are a couple there to also get moved out to a bull.... let's see how long it takes him to get them moved.... 3 are coming back to the nurse cow pasture... 2 that were checked preg, quiet and due fairly soon.... and the one that was limping... with her calf. She is getting around better so DS is going to give her some time to see if she heals up.... or if it is the stifle, then she will just raise up her calf and go. The other couple are going up in the back. 2 have big steers that will get sold with the rest of the steers in a week or 2 he says....... one of the momma's is getting sold, as she is stupid acting, and sucks other cows. The other one I am going to give a 2nd chance to as she also sucked cows but has stopped when we moved her away from some of the ones she was sucking. Both are 6-7 months bred.
Got several others that will be getting sold and they will all go in this back pasture at the barn until time to sell as we can get them in from back there without too much trouble. Everything back there will be mine to sell I think... going to cut my numbers in a hurry that way... Not totally happy about it but.... may be for the best. Prices ought to be good for breds due in the fall.... and it will cut a few more ties. He wants to have her as his "helper", let him see what it is going to be like when it doesn't suit her to help, and he needs to get things done. Besides, may as well sell what I really don't like while prices of breds is up... might go higher, but for now it is still a good market. Plus we are having rain all around here, so pastures are in overall pretty good shape. That will keep prices up around here.

Nope, he didn't come look at the mower as he was "babysitting" ..... got the name of a guy who does "house calls" for mower repairs... just might call him.

I am also going to go looking for the "walk behind" weed eater too... have been too busy to follow through on that.
@Mike CHS , which brand did you get? Anyone else have any preferences????
Time to eat and quit. The samples are packed and ready to be dropped off tomorrow when I go in that direction.

Gas is down to 3.89 here...... that helps.....

 

[Mini Horses]

Locally here Lowes has craftsman. DD just got one, in $450 range but good machines. Mine was craftsman...strong machine. Mine disappeared . Long story. Need to buy but not until tractor is fixed.....injectors, fuel pump or just a $250 solenoid

We need rain badly right now.

 

[farmerjan]

@Mini Horses hope you get some rain. We started out hazy sun, got up to 91 then clouds and a little thunder and the rain just came down. Not pouring, just a good steady rain straight down. Didn't last a half hour, and looks like more if the radar is right. In fact we have a 40-70% chance of rain for the NEXT 10 days..... SOOO glad that DS got that hay done.

I actually had hung 2 loads of clothes out earlier since it was hazy sun with a good breeze. Heard the thunder off in the distance and went out and brought them in. Skies were grey but not dark. I went and closed the windows in the vehicles and we got the first good sized drops in less than 5 minutes. Then it just came down. PERFECT TIMING.

I am going to go looking tomorrow to see about one of the walk behind trimmers. Been online and there are some in both the Staunton and Waynesboro stores. 20 miles north. I will go to Sharp Shopper and make a day of it I guess. With the high percentage chance of rain, not much to do here. I am also going to stop and look at a small "tractor" with a bucket at the Kubota place... on the way... I want something I can use here that is not too big. Maybe with a mower and the small backhoe???? Just to get a feel for prices and such. Not ready to buy but ....thinking future.

@Mini Horses ; also, both the Staunton and Waynesboro TSC stores say they have rolls of sheep and goat fence... the 4x4 squares. If you wanted, I could get some and we could meet ? Just an idea... I have 5% with the cc at TSC... Sept at the poultry swap is probably longer than you want to wait for fencing... but if your stores don't have/can't get it... I would be glad to do it. I am actually looking for the plat of the property here, seeing what the length of the sides of the property is.... maybe get the 10% discount with 10 rolls???? I think that it is going to come down though if the economy starts to really falter... because people won't be able to afford to do things and stores will be having to entice people into buying...

Was looking up some info on the cattle markets... prices on these cull cows has dropped $10-40 per hundred... really DROPPED....from the $.80 to 1.00 lb they have been recently; once this glut of cows goes through though, then things will get better for those of us that still have cattle. AND, the cow inventory is at the lowest since 2015... there has been an overall drop in cattle numbers of all kinds of 2% from this time last year. The sell off of cattle in the drought stricken areas will increase that. There is a better than 3% DECREASE in heifers retained for breeding... more have gone into the feedlots. Like I have been saying, heifers for breeding, breds, and with calves by their side are going to be in demand in another year or 2... much like when the prices were so high in 2014-2016 when we had weathered the droughts of 2012 and the big sell offs out west then. I think we will see a decent demand for breds around here from now on, once the slaughter of cattle slows down from the sell offs in drought areas.

I will look at the craftsman trimmers, they are one of the brands listed in my online searches. $400 to $500 range for the better ones....

 

[farmerjan]

Back in the house for a bit. Getting ready to go up to the cow. We got another downpour.... skies just opened up again and the rain came down. Didn't last real long BUT... got a good amount. Sky lightened up and almost sun out there, now it is cloudy again. Looks like this is the pattern for days?
I checked the rain gauge, we have gotten 1 inch today from the 2 downpours. I wouldn't have thought that much.

DS came by with the 1/2 roll of hay that I wanted from the hay field... almost a month later but... I might try to go out and get some of it spread right along the spreading vines tomorrow. He even put it out right near where I wanted it... he was on the phone and I told him where and he actually put it there. I have got to get out there with the weed eater and get some of the grass/weeds cut down a bit so I can then put this hay out and smother them.

Dropped off the samples a little bit ago and filled up the other car. Gas is still 3.89.... 2 whole days in a row.

 

[Mike CHS]

I had never heard of this brand - It is Southland from Home Depot. Teresa likes it and knocks out a bunch of trimming in a fairly short time.

 

[murphysranch]

We are looking at LegendForce walk behind at HD. 22" for $359.00

Back in '09. we bought a small Kubota. With a bucket and backhoe. They had 0% interest so it was easy to pay for every month. We sold it in '12 for a good price too. It was the BX series.

 

[farmerjan]

There are several tractors with loaders on the farm but they are all alot bigger than I need for small chores here. Have a pto rotor tiller already, to attach... but there are things I would like to do that a huge machine from the farm is not practical. Plus the backhoe that DS bought off my father's estate is pretty big also... and I am not going to get into getting it here, and then waiting on DS to run it since it is his... and it is very unlikely he will teach me to run it. He is "too busy" catering to the GF all the time, that I feel like I am always "putting him out anymore". Get tired of things he says he will do and it takes weeks/months to get it done.
A small one could be used to dig the holes, and get all these fruit trees moved here with less aggravation.. and move some of the trees and bushes here I want to get moved to edges of the property. I was thinking about the 0% financing that they sometimes offer... might be the ticket for me and if I take care of it; for resale down the road. So want to look at them to do some comparisons. Also have a Yanmar dealer.... to look at theirs.
I will look at the Legend Force and the Southland trimmers at HD.

 

[Bruce]

Gas is down to 3.89 here

Nice for you. It is "down" to $4.499 here at the cheap stations.