Mystang's Homesteading Circus

[Latestarter]

Funny you mention PB&J sandwiches... I have recently experienced the joy of same again after some 40 years away from them. Creamy Jif with smucker's preserves; strawberry and concord grape. They really are quite good. I remember as a kid, I used to love fluffernutters with cold milk. For those who haven't heard of them, it's like a PB&J but the "J" is replaced by marshmallow fluff. MMmmmmm might have to go get me some fluff

 

[Mike CHS]

Gas prices have been silly down here but not quite as bad as yours.

 

[CntryBoy777]

It is $2.479/gal here.....it has been fluctuating for the past couple of months, tho.....I had a fluff-a-nutter just last week Joe.....still as Good as they have always been.....

 

[mystang89]

I have GOT to try a fluffernutter!

 

[goatgurl]

dang it youall, now i'm gonna have to go get some fluff. I can't remember the last time I had a fluffernutter. now I have to try them again. whats not to like, peanut butter and sweet.

 

[Latestarter]

LOL I'm actually surprised... I didn't think anyone would know what I was talking about... Fluff-a-nutters... Glad to know that others have experienced them as well.

 

[Bruce]

It is $2.479/gal here.....it has been fluctuating for the past couple of months, tho.....I had a fluff-a-nutter just last week Joe.....still as Good as they have always been.....

We have been paying over $0.50 more per gallon for months. It has lately dropped to $2.939

Not big on fluff. Actually, don't like the stuff at all.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Come to think of it, we picked that up when we lived in Maine.....that was back in '64-'66.....so, I've been eating them for quite the while now.....

 

[mystang89]

We FINALLY finished deconstructing the tobacco barn! After a years worth of work it's now gone. The owner of the property said that he would come by to burn what had to be placed in the sink hole. He mentioned he'll probably be there to burn the rest of it plus detree the area in about 24 months....well, actually he started out saying by fall, then winter, then next spring...and finally to 24 months. His timeline is slightly different than mine lol but I'm just glad to be done with it. Now on to getting some more fence put up in the back pasture.

The finish mower broke a few weeks ago. I had literally just bought another belt and put it on there when not 5 minutes later it snapped in two. It didn't fray like warn out, just snapped. I looked up what the possible causes were and the main one was the pulleys being on different planes along with possible rust working at the belt. Since its an old finish mower I went ahead and sanded down the pulleys and spray painted them however I am not sure how to get the main pulley to come down. It's not a huge difference, probably less than 1/4" but I wanted to be sure to check all possible problems before paying another $80.

I also have a leak on my tractor which I tracked down to the power steering. Last year sometime my power steering went out because the gaskets on the power steering cylinder were bad. I replaced all those but now the leak seems to be coming from a tension screw. This little screw (probably 1/4" as well) screws down into the cylinder in order to keep the outer nut, which holds everything inside, from loosening. At first I put some thread lock on it hoping that would shore up any gaps. Didn't work. I then put plumbers tape and thread lock on it hoping it would work. I still see little spots coming from it but I've yet to lay eyes on it to verify. Suppose that'll be for tomorrow or the next day. For the time being I'm just adding fluid as it needs it.

We pulled the corn finally too. I thought I'd lose all my corn just checking the ears throughout the month just to see if they were ready for picking. Well, this year turned out a bit better than last year. Last year I pulled the corn WAY too late. It was all pasty. This year only 50% was pasty lol! Progress! We haven't planted corn before so knowing when to pick it is still a learning experience for us. I plant two plots of corn side by side. Unfortunately when I planted this year I did not plant the first plot in front of the second plot so that the incoming wind would pollinate the second plot so much of the second plot's corn never actually filled out. Lesson learned for next year

 

[greybeard]

he finish mower broke a few weeks ago. I had literally just bought another belt and put it on there when not 5 minutes later it snapped in two. It didn't fray like warn out, just snapped. I looked up what the possible causes were and the main one was the pulleys being on different planes along with possible rust working at the belt. Since its an old finish mower I went ahead and sanded down the pulleys and spray painted them however I am not sure how to get the main pulley to come down. It's not a huge difference, probably less than 1/4" but I wanted to be sure to check all possible problems before paying another $80.

I also have a leak on my tractor which I tracked down to the power steering. Last year sometime my power steering went out because the gaskets on the power steering cylinder were bad. I replaced all those but now the leak seems to be coming from a tension screw. This little screw (probably 1/4" as well) screws down into the cylinder in order to keep the outer nut, which holds everything inside, from loosening. At first I put some thread lock on it hoping that would shore up any gaps. Didn't work. I then put plumbers tape and thread lock on it hoping it would work. I still see little spots coming from it but I've yet to lay eyes on it to verify. Suppose that'll be for tomorrow or the next day. For the time being I'm just adding fluid as it needs it.

Pictures of the finish mower and the leaking power steering component?