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Spent 5 hours doing "farming" ... got the air tank, took to the rake and filled tire... drove tractor up and hooked up the rake as DS had unhooked the tedder at his barn where it would be out of the way. Started raking and just got off the tractor about 5. I had packed the samples and dropped them off before getting the tractor and heading for the field.
Quit and came home and fed the chickens, got the brahma's in and will put the leghorns in the box in a little bit.
Then I watered the christmas/thanksgiving cactus's and moved the table back over top of them for the night... going to be time to bring them in and put in a room to get enough "dark" so they will set their buds... plus the cold.
Brought in the wandering jews in the hanging pots. The spider plants can manage some cold... not frost or anything... and tonight is supposed to be the chilliest for the time being. 40 maybe tonight. I will start watching it pretty close. If we do not get a frost with this colder snap, we NORMALLY will get several weeks of "indian summer" and nicer weather again. You can't change it so learn to work with it.
I did all the small fields... 2 big ones that he cut the "centers" at deb's and the 2 small ones there... down the road and the 4 small ones that are 2-3 acres each... and then to his barn...the 10 acres of orchard grass.. and got 2/3 of it raked. It was getting too much in shadows and I was tired. Knees were aching... I kept standing up and stretching them out.... I will finish the side of the field where the trees were shadowing it... if the breeze keeps up there won't be any dew again so it will be good to rake in the morning. I don't have any samples to pack or anything so will get up there earlier than this morning. Finish it up... and be done for another week when DS goes to Louisiana with the guys competing in the regional "roadeo".
Made a pot of cream of mushroom soup to eat... will get a couple of meals... just wanted something warm and simple. Going to take a chicken out of the freezer to thaw and cook for a few days worth of meals....
Put the battery charger on the truck again so that I can move it out some to finish unloading the boxes tomorrow... Hopefully DS will sell it to me once the explorer is gone. Since he has been the go between with the 2 different ones wanting it, I am hoping that he gets with the program now... I realize he will be gone for a couple of days... but I am not going to sit on this... they kept asking... now SH!T or get off the pot.
Time to go get the leghorns into the boxes for the night. They do seem to be quieting down a little... I really need to get going on this small coop for them....
Quit and came home and fed the chickens, got the brahma's in and will put the leghorns in the box in a little bit.
Then I watered the christmas/thanksgiving cactus's and moved the table back over top of them for the night... going to be time to bring them in and put in a room to get enough "dark" so they will set their buds... plus the cold.
Brought in the wandering jews in the hanging pots. The spider plants can manage some cold... not frost or anything... and tonight is supposed to be the chilliest for the time being. 40 maybe tonight. I will start watching it pretty close. If we do not get a frost with this colder snap, we NORMALLY will get several weeks of "indian summer" and nicer weather again. You can't change it so learn to work with it.
I did all the small fields... 2 big ones that he cut the "centers" at deb's and the 2 small ones there... down the road and the 4 small ones that are 2-3 acres each... and then to his barn...the 10 acres of orchard grass.. and got 2/3 of it raked. It was getting too much in shadows and I was tired. Knees were aching... I kept standing up and stretching them out.... I will finish the side of the field where the trees were shadowing it... if the breeze keeps up there won't be any dew again so it will be good to rake in the morning. I don't have any samples to pack or anything so will get up there earlier than this morning. Finish it up... and be done for another week when DS goes to Louisiana with the guys competing in the regional "roadeo".
Made a pot of cream of mushroom soup to eat... will get a couple of meals... just wanted something warm and simple. Going to take a chicken out of the freezer to thaw and cook for a few days worth of meals....
Put the battery charger on the truck again so that I can move it out some to finish unloading the boxes tomorrow... Hopefully DS will sell it to me once the explorer is gone. Since he has been the go between with the 2 different ones wanting it, I am hoping that he gets with the program now... I realize he will be gone for a couple of days... but I am not going to sit on this... they kept asking... now SH!T or get off the pot.
Time to go get the leghorns into the boxes for the night. They do seem to be quieting down a little... I really need to get going on this small coop for them....
I needed a drink so here I am. Going to make a sandwich and eat and then will go out and finish.
