CntryBoy777
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We got a half inch of rain overnite and it is suppose to be nice til Sat....temps are dropping to 10-15° cooler during that time. I dread the wasps coming back out and hope to get a few things done before they do.
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Mike CHS
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This feels strange. I was cutting grass yesterday and it's supposed to have a frost in the next few days. I have 3 flats of seedlings started that need to get out into the sunshine.
CntryBoy777
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Joyce has been setting her tropicals out during the sunshine, they'll have to do with less hrs of true sunlight for a few days. She has some seeds starting and set out 50 onions yesterday.....
This rye grass is growing fast and glad I didn't plant outside the fence....or I'd be figuring out how to get down there to cut it....that is the lowest point so it is super soggy down there right now.
This rye grass is growing fast and glad I didn't plant outside the fence....or I'd be figuring out how to get down there to cut it....that is the lowest point so it is super soggy down there right now.
Baymule
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OK, so y'all remember this picture of the hay feeder. You'll notice that I had to place pavers under the front end as the ground there was lower. As you can see, the feeder is still not level. Despite this, please notice that the lifted lid is still (only) slightly past vertical, though less so than it would have been on level ground (where it was built). The hay that you see inside was basically laid in there as it was ~1/3 of a full bale and quite light in weight.
So, design flaw, or if you prefer, lack of foresight on my part. What do ya suppose happens when you lift a full ~60 pound bale up to face height and drop it into the feeder? If your answer was: "The forward momentum and weight of the bale will cause an equal and opposite reaction from the roof, causing it to move forward, past vertical, and thus fall." you'd be 100% right. And since my face was basically right where it was falling, you can imagine the consequences
I share with you, the result:
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It looked a lot worse before cleaning it up. Left a pretty good blood trail through the pen, up to the house, all over my shirts. Nose isn't broken thankfully but it's gonna leave a mark. Getting more battle scars from this danged farming thing than I did from 24 years in the military.
As for the other injury noted, that happened when getting ready to leave Bay's place after dropping off the gates. I used 12' 2x4s under the 16' gate to support it hanging out past the end of the tailgate. I put them diagonally out over the tailgate coming home. While walking to the truck to leave, I was carrying eggs, my mug, bacon, and watching the uneven ground to not trip, and while rounding the back side of the truck headed to the passenger side to place said items inside on the passenger seat, thumped myself in the forehead on the 2x4s. Rather embarrassing, but It did give Bay a nice chuckle...No blood from that one.
Prolonged guffaw....oh, I am howling now!!
DH was asking what was so funny and I couldn't stop laughing long enough to tell him! I couldn't breathe! I finally stopped laughing and read your post to DH, then we both laughed, giggled, howled, guffawed, (snort) and laughed some more. 
greybeard
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Joe's misadventures..... .....for once, I'm at a loss for words, but considering part of it happened delivering gates, the phrase "no good deed goes unpunished" comes to mind.
.....for once, I'm at a loss for words, but considering part of it happened delivering gates, the phrase "no good deed goes unpunished" comes to mind.
Baymule
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Even though we gave him the wire for his hay contraption, we DID NOT design it nor did we build it. We are not responsible for the whallop on his nose.
greybeard
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It's your story Bay........you can tell it any way you want to......
Bruce
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And now you've given @Baymule one more thing to guffaw at!So I get about 2 miles down the road and reach for my mug and... ummm it's not there??? Coulda sworn I took it out of the house with me...
I bet you were happy to at least get the mug back. It could have flown off into a ditch on the side of the road.
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Not the first time I've lost stuff placed on the roof/bumper etc. Doesn't take senility to have a mind lapse...
ETA, so it got up to ~ 65° today and will be in the 30s tonight. I did see a honey bee and a couple of wasps, but nothing like yesterday. Tomorrow is only going to be mid 50s then freezing tomorrow night. After that, temps climb back to mid 70s by Saturday. Sorry some of you are dealing with winter weather.
Got some large fence posts sunk today. Real be-atch post hole digging through soggy iron ore clay. Water was in the bottoms when I got down to 3'. Dropped one post in and it splashed straight up out of the hole higher than the post. Then dragged out the lawn tractor to cut the weeds that have been aggressively taking over. Still like a quagmire out there, even after several days of warm temps and breezes. I know I packed the deck with wet green matter.
Back to fencing again tomorrow.
ETA, so it got up to ~ 65° today and will be in the 30s tonight. I did see a honey bee and a couple of wasps, but nothing like yesterday. Tomorrow is only going to be mid 50s then freezing tomorrow night. After that, temps climb back to mid 70s by Saturday. Sorry some of you are dealing with winter weather.
Got some large fence posts sunk today. Real be-atch post hole digging through soggy iron ore clay. Water was in the bottoms when I got down to 3'. Dropped one post in and it splashed straight up out of the hole higher than the post. Then dragged out the lawn tractor to cut the weeds that have been aggressively taking over. Still like a quagmire out there, even after several days of warm temps and breezes. I know I packed the deck with wet green matter.
Back to fencing again tomorrow.
Mike CHS
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How big of a fence run are you doing this time?
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