so waht ya doin today?
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fiver
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got the two cold boxes assembled and filled with 5 layers of different dirt today I will water things down tomorrow and cover them to get the microbes and heat kick started.
one more layer, and the addition of some worms right before i plant and i should be good to go.
I got a good amount of seeds started this morning and prepped the dirt for the round of seeds I will start next month.
I only had to chip 5"s of ice off the ground to set the boxes in place and level them so spring is only like 6 weeks away.
I was gonna go to the Bank today, but stayed home and got the seeds up and going instead.
which turned out to be the better choice since I would have been there right at the time it was being robbed.
amazingly I think half the town knew about it before the police were called.
no idea if they caught the guy, but he shouldn't have been too hard to spot.
he was dressed like an antifa demonstrator and had painted his face with spray paint.
it might be worth showing up to the courthouse on Wednesday to see if anyone with spray paint all over their face is in the court on arraignment.
one more layer, and the addition of some worms right before i plant and i should be good to go.
I got a good amount of seeds started this morning and prepped the dirt for the round of seeds I will start next month.
I only had to chip 5"s of ice off the ground to set the boxes in place and level them so spring is only like 6 weeks away.
I was gonna go to the Bank today, but stayed home and got the seeds up and going instead.
which turned out to be the better choice since I would have been there right at the time it was being robbed.
amazingly I think half the town knew about it before the police were called.
no idea if they caught the guy, but he shouldn't have been too hard to spot.
he was dressed like an antifa demonstrator and had painted his face with spray paint.
it might be worth showing up to the courthouse on Wednesday to see if anyone with spray paint all over their face is in the court on arraignment.
Pistolero
Well-Known Member
Man, that is pretty crazy.
Good luck with your cold frames, sounds good. We lived on an 1812 farm in
Va for a few years, used their very old permanent one, all stone and the soil inside was really good.
They had a very neat garden, all over grown. We cut it all back and then lots of wonderful perrenials
came up in the first spring.
Bill
Good luck with your cold frames, sounds good. We lived on an 1812 farm in
Va for a few years, used their very old permanent one, all stone and the soil inside was really good.
They had a very neat garden, all over grown. We cut it all back and then lots of wonderful perrenials
came up in the first spring.
Bill
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Robbing small town banks is a new "thing" these days. I figure it's meth heads. One of ours just got popped up here. Guy was nailed a day later. long criminal history, sex crimes, etc. A real benefit to society.
Cold again here. Got a little bit of stuff done yesterday. Dreading going around asking people to sign my petition to run for council again. I hate bothering people, spent 20+ years doing it professionally and didn't like it then either. Due in next week and I only need 20 or so signatures. Still, I hate it.
Have to give credit where credit is due. Neighbors horses got out Sunday morning. She put them in herself. Good on her! Then Gordy went over and spent 2 hours fixing fence with her. They ran new electric and then found out the fencer is kaput! Hope she gets it fixed ASAP.
Cold again here. Got a little bit of stuff done yesterday. Dreading going around asking people to sign my petition to run for council again. I hate bothering people, spent 20+ years doing it professionally and didn't like it then either. Due in next week and I only need 20 or so signatures. Still, I hate it.
Have to give credit where credit is due. Neighbors horses got out Sunday morning. She put them in herself. Good on her! Then Gordy went over and spent 2 hours fixing fence with her. They ran new electric and then found out the fencer is kaput! Hope she gets it fixed ASAP.
Sheeeute..... the wad of $$$ wifey and I threw at our boys education is staggering. We generally don't even talk about it. All 4 took their schooling dang serious,thank you baby jesus.... and all are very successful with beautiful families yada,yada. I never cared that much about $$ anyway..... oh it's fun to make big stacks of it in twisted sorts of ways but it certainly doesn't make me happy.
Found a,"you going to he11" deal on some 1960'ish solid cherry,VERY nice reproduction furniture. Trying my darndest to find a pretty day to line up the pickup. I'll snap a pic of the loot once it's here.
Found a,"you going to he11" deal on some 1960'ish solid cherry,VERY nice reproduction furniture. Trying my darndest to find a pretty day to line up the pickup. I'll snap a pic of the loot once it's here.
L Ross
Well-Known Member
Finished cooking maple syrup Friday. Hauled the last 43 gallons of sap up to the neighbor who is still cooking, then pulled our taps. Now comes the clean up, rut repair, and putting stuff away. I need to get the boat out and running, Summerize the hover craft, sucker run should be close and I need some for canning. Then there a Model 700 .308 varmint that I got on paper yesterday with the Lee 312-155 that needs more load development. The snow is just about gone so I took the chains off the Ranger yesterday and I think I can safely take the snow plow off the tractor and stash it somewhere. I better get movin'.
fiver
Well-Known Member
I'm probably a lOT early on the boxes but they are gonna sit out there all year long so [shrug] they might as well be out there now too.
I need to see how they do and how soon they get and hold temperature in the soil so I can guess at when to plant next year too..LOL.
if they give me 2 weeks on the front and 2 weeks on the back of the season I will be happy, that would equal 4 months of growing time with elevated temps and frost protection as a bonus.
plus after I cement the edges move some fence around them and lay down the gravel that cuts another 10'X20' spot out of the grass I don't have to mow.
I need to see how they do and how soon they get and hold temperature in the soil so I can guess at when to plant next year too..LOL.
if they give me 2 weeks on the front and 2 weeks on the back of the season I will be happy, that would equal 4 months of growing time with elevated temps and frost protection as a bonus.
plus after I cement the edges move some fence around them and lay down the gravel that cuts another 10'X20' spot out of the grass I don't have to mow.
RBHarter
West Central AR
My folks got into a jam with money once . Growing up if there was trim , cabinet doors and carpet down it was time to start packing . They had sold a home and business moved an built another house , being an owner carry on the home and business . That's the one they got bitten on and had to repo . Unknown to them there was a loan on the home , actually at that point it was a 3rd bumped to a second by the repo and a lot of details that were never real clear . One day out of the blue they get this foreclosure letter with a 60 day time line .
Dad had $800/mo from a medical retirement and the tax returns showed under $14,000 annual gross , because that's how small business taxes were done then , to hit a nil tax point .
Long short none of the banks locally , one they had been with for 15 yr nor they're credit union would make the $26,000 loan on $160,000 property because "they didn't have the ability to repay" so dad sold the "dream" airplane and the 2 projects and paid off the foreclosure notice . They then applied for CCs which which were immediately approved for $2-5000 then they had 35,000 no bankers in hand on demand . Hell of a sling to be in with an 800 credit rating . Mostly before and since stuff was done cash .
I'm pretty high debt to credit at the moment but 8 mo without a regular job and being prepped for 3-4 will do that to a guy . Fortunately things are starting to go our way again . I 60 days or so we should be back to making the kind of pay off payments that will have us clear of that 1/1 ratio in 16 months .
Dad had $800/mo from a medical retirement and the tax returns showed under $14,000 annual gross , because that's how small business taxes were done then , to hit a nil tax point .
Long short none of the banks locally , one they had been with for 15 yr nor they're credit union would make the $26,000 loan on $160,000 property because "they didn't have the ability to repay" so dad sold the "dream" airplane and the 2 projects and paid off the foreclosure notice . They then applied for CCs which which were immediately approved for $2-5000 then they had 35,000 no bankers in hand on demand . Hell of a sling to be in with an 800 credit rating . Mostly before and since stuff was done cash .
I'm pretty high debt to credit at the moment but 8 mo without a regular job and being prepped for 3-4 will do that to a guy . Fortunately things are starting to go our way again . I 60 days or so we should be back to making the kind of pay off payments that will have us clear of that 1/1 ratio in 16 months .
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Contracted for a bunch of fence posts with an Amish kid last evening. Boy I miss the days they were a buck each. $2.80-3.00 for a minimum 6" post isn't too bad and it's close by. I've pretty much cleared him out of all his larger posts. He's happy because he doesn't have to sharpen them as we drill them in. Time to start ripping old fence out!
fiver
Well-Known Member
3$ for a fence post, that's not too bad.
unless he is doing them by hand, that'd be a lot of work felling and stripping and cutting for 3 bucks.
spent some time sawing up some pallets yesterday.
it's kind of a dilemma dealing with them.
the cruddy ones don't give up much but firewood, and I don't want to cut up the good ones too much because I can use them for making stuff.
anyway I wanted the slats so I can build a flower box for out front.
it's gonna have a larger lower box then a couple of vertical 2X posts and a couple of much narrower off-set boxes going up those posts on either end of the lower box.
if I can't find some more pallets I might have to buy [or dig through the wood pile and see if i have some] cheap fence boards and cut them up.
unless he is doing them by hand, that'd be a lot of work felling and stripping and cutting for 3 bucks.
spent some time sawing up some pallets yesterday.
it's kind of a dilemma dealing with them.
the cruddy ones don't give up much but firewood, and I don't want to cut up the good ones too much because I can use them for making stuff.
anyway I wanted the slats so I can build a flower box for out front.
it's gonna have a larger lower box then a couple of vertical 2X posts and a couple of much narrower off-set boxes going up those posts on either end of the lower box.
if I can't find some more pallets I might have to buy [or dig through the wood pile and see if i have some] cheap fence boards and cut them up.
smokeywolf
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Didn't know that. Learned something new today.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
It's also called Juniper up here. Our clay sucks the life out of anything not growing in it. Fertile, but a bear to deal with. I'd prefer Locust posts, they outlast Cedar by at least 2x. Haven't got a stick of it on my place. Friend down the road has a lot of it, but it would all require splitting, no time. We'll use Cedar I guess.
Lots to do today. Supposed to rain here.
Lots to do today. Supposed to rain here.
Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Update on garage build: Cement work done. Yesterday, the carpenters erected the 10' walls. Manufactured trusses on site. Should go up today.
BTW, I requested the windows (awning type) to be installed up that high. They are meant for ventilation and light, rather than viewing. Plan is to keep them permanently open, throughout the Summer months.
BTW, I requested the windows (awning type) to be installed up that high. They are meant for ventilation and light, rather than viewing. Plan is to keep them permanently open, throughout the Summer months.
L Ross
Well-Known Member
Too darned many locusts here, Honey Locusts, a plague of honey locusts. Thorns the size of pole barn spikes. Tire piercing, foot stabbing, arm scratching thorns. I commencing' not to like them. Oh, I didn't mention our property's name, Thorn Hollow.
