Farmerjan's journal - Weather

[farmerjan]

Thursday. 32 to start and up to 56 but it was a chilly temp. Sun to start through mid day, then clouds coming in... Tomorrow is supposed to be more clouds, then possible showers OR some snow??? Looks like it will stay mostly west and the ski areas of WV will be getting some snow out of it... but the air is dry and it will mostly break up coming across the mountains.

Tested last night and got done and home finally about 10:30....

Slept a little later this morning... Got the samples packed.
Did a load of white clothes that were soaking, and got them hung today. Mostly socks and some long sleeved t-shirts. They will mostly dry and if I have to, tomorrow I will bring them in and hang them around to warm-up/dry any dampness. We'll see what the morning brings. It is clear out there now... was looking at the stars.

Farm down the road that borrows the meters on occasion, wanted to borrow 2 to spot check some cows... I said I could drop them late this aft when I took the samples to UPS... so she said if I had them all in the car, maybe she would do the whole herd so I just took the car with them all in it... and dropped them on the way home from the UPS store. I will get some cheeses this time since I haven't the last few times...when I pick them up...

Went up and did the nurse cow... she came out the gate when I got there... there were no other cows around... so I fed her some grain outside and the 2 calves had come out with her and ran all around... I fed some in the barn for the ones that come in the other side in the creep gate... then she came back in as a couple other cows came up around there... so I fed her the rest of her grain in the barn... her calves came back in... I went out back a ways, and checked the hay. I had told DS they needed some yesterday and he had fed them so that was good.
The younger heifer that calved young, and is doing a good job with the calf, that comes in for grain some too, to eat..... was in heat and the bull bred her. So, she is hopefully going to settle... Will wean her calf off early in the spring so she has a couple months break. She is the one I try to sneak a little grain to when no one else is around there when I do the jersey.
So, I am going to think about letting the calves out with the jersey now... maybe after we have the real cold snap this weekend...

Had put a gal of tea out earlier, and it steeped pretty good. So, got that in the fridge now. Took some bread crusts and stuff out of the freezer... going to make a bowl of bread pudding, maybe tomorrow or Sat when it is cold out.

Time to work on some more junk mail, shredding it... going through some old bills/statements too.. getting rid of stuff I don't need.

 

[farmerjan]

Temps down to 34... now up to 41... We have had mostly clouds but a few peeks of sun trying to come through.
I am going to bring in the clothes in a bit. Radar showing more clouds and then showers later on. They are as dry as they are going to get, and I suspect they are pretty dry.
Flannel lined jeans again... will be for the next several days with temps only getting in the 30's most days.

Mixed 6 more buckets of the feed I give the jersey... will get the rest of the bags out of the explorer and into the red forester in the next day or 2.

Not feeling very productive... need to get some more things done.

I did go by the stove/fireplace store on the way to test Wednesday. Found one that should work and it is one of the lesser expensive ones. Been researching it online also... can find it cheaper ... but then again, maybe we should support the stores that actually have the product in stock to go look at... Plus, they have it in stock... maybe see about going to get it with this predicted cold coming and get it in here and working. Means a trip about 45 min north again... but better than waiting til after the holidays.

 

[ChickenManwithDogs]

Is the farmer almanacs weather predictions accurate?

 

[fuzzi]

Is the farmer almanacs weather predictions accurate?

Usually.

 

[farmerjan]

Sometimes.... I read it, but don't count on it... but some things do work like they say... especially things like planting by the moon, and working with livestock and such depending on stages of the moon... affects blood flow and such... but as far as the weather.... eh........