so waht ya doin today?

[JWFilips]

fiver,
wasn't sure what Tayberries were but looked it up!
We cut a lot of trees down on our property last fall....Two large pines had taken over the 60 year year old Raspberry patch That my wife remembers from childhood. As the children grew the schools provided an assortment of Arbor day trees for the students each year. They were stuck in to the 4 acres of property we now own. Over the years the berries were intermittent with all that shade! Today my son and I decided to cut the patch back and wait out the next 3 years for new berries. At least now we can tend them and put up a few structures to keep them in the air.
It also exposed a large Ground hog hole! ......That has been the Bain of my main field's garden all these years ! Havest 2 or 3 each year that use that hidden hole! Now I know where the live!

 

[Ian]

I bet I know where you could find someone who sells snares, and message him.

 

[Brad]

I sure someone will Rally to the cause

 

[Ian]

Spent some time in the shop on a gun project, spent most of the day just hanging out with the family, got ambitious and spent three hours of the late afternoon trimming trees back from the driveway and stacking brush, ate supper, and am now bellied up to the 'puter with a root beer and a cat.

 

[Brad]

Did some painting and drywall work on bathroom for the in laws.
Brought home 2 good size boxes of books.
How about a Gun Digest from 1944?
Maybe a pre 1970 Dixie Gun Works catalog?

 

[Ole_270]

Spent most of the day PC'ing and sizing the Lee 452-255rf, makes about 2,000 of them now. Should last a while. After supper, I grabbed the chainsaw and headed out to the woods to cut up a downed hackberry from last year. Cut the 15" trunk in about 3 ft sections and hauled them up for backing behind the main pistol gong. Cleaned out the old stuff, rotted elm that had fallen several years ago. Picked up what lead I could find, about half a 2 lb coffee can worth. Hauled the old elm out to a brick floor left from a building I tore down and set it afire. Sat around that fire for over an hour, first time I've done that in ages. Kind of mesmerizing. After it burns completely I'll dig through the ashes to see if I find any more lead.

 

[fiver]

I'm real happy with those tayberries.
they tend to stay where you put them, but grow out new canes each year and give berry's on last years vines.
I have to chase the raspberry's all over the place digging new ones out every spring.
I'm about to rip all of those out if they don't get their act together.
if I could find more Tay-berries anywhere I'd be a happy camper.

we pulled the power over to the chicken hut today, buried it in some PVC, shot the cord into the house through the crawl space under the kitchen addition, and run everything over to the plug it was going to in the basement.
we will install a wireless temperature monitor/control and set it for the heater this fall.

 

[Wiresguy]

Started rebuilding the wife's 1980 vintage Radio Flyer Town and Country wagon. The wood frame and bottom are rotted out and will be replaced with aluminum for the sides and micarta sheet for the bottom. I'm much better at metalworking than woodworking and the plus is that I've got what I need on hand without having to go buy anything. The wood sideboards are still in pretty good shape so can reuse them.

 

[JonB]

I really think I gotta get to the pistol range today.
There is laundry to do and maybe I'll mow half of the yard too.
grill a steak this evening maybe?

 

[JonB]

I forgot to post photos of my garden transplanting last Thursday.
Last year, I used the tonka trucks to deter the rabbits from my Pepper plants, and it seemed to work...so I did it again this year.

 

[StrawHat]

I don’t see any sign of rabbits. I think your just a kid at heart and like playing with your trucks!

Kevin

 

[Mitty38]

Well put another 2 ton of gravel in my money pit of a shed pad. Seeded around it. Then it started to rain....again.... Looks like it's going to be 4 weekends of working between rain drops an a total of $300. Then I will finally have a stable spot to put the shed on, that is high and level enough, with enough grade around it.
I will now have to build one instead of buy one as time has ate up some of the money I had back. I tell you this project just seams to be never ending.

BTW I got my first gas checks in the mail today. Saw those little bags and it was like what is this. Just don't seem like you could get 1000 of something in such a little bag.
Well I started popping them on my 30 caliber bullets. These things are addictive, like popping bubble wrap.
Well it's raining so done shoveling gravel, but gotta go, got gas checks to install.

 

[Kevin Stenberg]

There just isn't any respect for a persons private property any more. Today i pulled the boat out of my storage shed. An the boat interior was a disaster.Its only been sitting in the shed for 7 years and the interior was a disaster. Did i say the interior was a disaster. Some rodents had gotten in every compartment and made multiple nests. One area had almost half of a 5 gallon bucket of nests/ droppings. Something had chewed holes in a jacket, A rain suit was more like a sieve than a suit.
An multiple birds had used my boat floor as their bathroom. To the tune of an inch high pile.
I am afraid to open the motor cover, for what i mite find under it. I will probably do that in the morning so i will have all day to calm down. Kevin

 

[462]

Man, Kevin, that is the pits.
We've been very fortunate that our enclosed-stored boat has not been invaded. I put mouse poison round the inside perimeter, and I've heard that dryer sheets are a mouse deterrent. It's amazing how small of an opening a mouse can squeeze through. My fear is of a rattlesnake waiting for me to unlock and open the roll-up door, or be hiding somewhere under the boat cover.

 

[462]

Today is our 35th wedding anniversary.
Thirty-five years ago tomorrow I woke up with very possibly my worse hangover and somehow drove the 200 miles, many of them windy and mountainous, to Yosemite. Stayed the first night at the old Wawona lodge (present day Ahwahnee) ((President Grant was another notable guest)) and camped alongside the Merced River the next. Then, it was a day fishing on New Melones, and a few days in Arnold and our first and last attempt at snow skiing, at Bear Valley ski resort. The super hyper-extended thumb I suffered in a fall remains quite bothersome.

Anyway, this afternoon we called our favorite restaurant and did a curbside pickup of shrimp scampi, (world famous) clam chowder, and garlic bread. Later, we'll have some patio champagne.

 

[Ian]

Dang. I was ten. Congratulations to the both of you!

 

[462]

Dang. I was ten. Congratulations to the both of you!

My son was 9.

 

[fiver]

85 is a year behind me.

I piddled about the yard most of the day.
picked over a pound of lettuce [maybe-2] one of the Kohlrabi that was looking to bolt, plus another larger one that was merely thinking about it [had the rabi for dinner at Littlegirls place]
the leaves taste some like spinach, only a bit smoother and more flavorful, no extra salt or butter needed.

dug out the boat stuff, charged one of the battery's and got the engine started.
[sounds simple but I had to move a couple of shotguns, 2-7gallon buckets of shot shells, 3 bags of rock salt plus 2 buckets, and 3 bags of ice melter just to get to near the batteries and gas cans]

the one battery is still on the trickle charger, it's getting long in the tooth and I have charged and dis-charged it a thousand times now.
I'm thinking of replacing it with a newer bigger one, but I was thinking that last year and the year before and it has kept rolling along.
I run the fish finder and trolling motor off it so it gets used and charged pretty hard each time we take the boat out.

tomorrow I will pull the boat ahead some, check the tires and shoot a little grease in the bearings, then check the lights and go register it.
probably go fill up the gas tanks and extra gas can with ethanol free premium and buy my three year combo license while I'm out spending money.
I need to take the boat out for a day or two on the water here pretty quick before we go for the week long fishing trip at the end of the month.

 

[popper]

Got hair cut, oil changed in auto, yard mowed & spayed for weeds. Now what?

 

[L Ross]

Held our annual .22 shoot starting last Thursday and folks went home Sunday morning. An excellent time was had by all. Lots of good shooting, goofing off, great food, campfires, a bit of drinking. Most everything is cleaned up and put away. Preparations can now commence for next month's cast bullet rifle match. Same crew of reprobates, louder rifles, and not ankle deep brass.
If it stops raining I'll mow.
The coordinator for our mask, hospital gown, and surgical cap making project will be going back to work on the 26th. My wife has sewn over 400 masks and cut out miles of fabric for gowns. I have spent hundreds of dollars on gasoline and put on close to 4,000 miles making deliveries and pickups of materials, sewing machines, 3D printed parts, etc. My wife and I are going to bow out on the 26th also. I feel like we did our bit.
Time to do more MC riding, some fishing, and work on the cars. Oh, and more shooting!