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Post by hmoosek on Mar 16, 2023 13:26:17 GMT -6
It’s rumbling in the distance. I’m expecting the weather to be a bit hairy tonight.
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Post by woodeye on Mar 16, 2023 15:23:12 GMT -6
My backyard is standing water right now, it's officially a muddy mess out there again today. I know this because I just went outside to bring a delivered package into the house, and I was wearing my standard issue flip flops. Ah well, sometimes mud between my toes is refreshing. Hopefully it will rain enough to let me know how the flood control work I did yesterday at the Iron Curtain works so far...
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Mar 16, 2023 18:17:34 GMT -6
Woodeye,
Your weather report reminded me of all the times I've worn my Crocs to the garden and ended up with a frog squished between my toes. Sometimes, a guy really wishes they'd cap those open-toed toad shoes.
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Post by woodeye on Mar 16, 2023 18:28:14 GMT -6
Woodeye,
Your weather report reminded me of all the times I've worn my Crocs to the garden and ended up with a frog squished between my toes. Sometimes, a guy really wishes they'd cap those open-toed toad shoes. hahaha, that's hilarious.
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Post by woodeye on Mar 16, 2023 18:36:48 GMT -6
In my mind, added weight in the back would fix just about anything. I've never considered what it would be like to have added traction up front as well, *** interesting... With all that added Kabota orange power, be careful not to snap your front wheels off during a heavily loaded power maneuver. I've seen Massey Ferguson's front wheels snap off at the welds with only two-wheel drive operating under the weight of an over-filled front-end loader's bucket, and a bit of an overzealous driver at the wheel. I can't even imagine what added stress those powered front hubs and those heavily-lugged front tires might add to that equation. I don't know if Massey wheels are made more cheaply or what, but exchanging them for Ford front wheels later seemed to remedy that problem for the rest of the job. I ended up putting 10-ply load-Range E Dodge truck tires in place of the old Ag tires that it came with. They worked just fine and got the rest of the job done. I did some research today about what to do if one of the front wheels snaps off of a tractor. This guy figured it out, he kindly had his wife ride along to the shop with him to get it fixed. It's actually imperative that the wife stand on the drawbar, on the opposite side of the wheel that snapped off...
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Mar 16, 2023 22:13:26 GMT -6
Haha too funny!
I didn’t have enough peas (in late January) to run the length of the front fence line. I just realized it’s March and more than half are now peeking.
Day before yesterday, I saw the dried peas I received from the food bank sitting on the shelf. I don’t really care to cook up dried peas, prefer frozen or canned. So, I put a couple handfuls in those missing spots. Maybe a hybrid or whatever, it’ll produce something and I have roots in the ground. Today I was watering them beneath storm clouds. Probably the non gardening passersby were thinking I was stupid.
It did rain, but only enough to keep the soil moist for longer.
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Post by chrysanthemum on Mar 17, 2023 18:36:10 GMT -6
We had good chances for storms last night, but somehow they missed us. I went out and filled my ollas this morning and did a bit of surface watering. We have another shot at rain overnight, and we really need it. We’re still in exceptional drought.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Mar 18, 2023 13:52:50 GMT -6
Woodeye,
That photo you posted above was classic. I've had my teenage boys do the same thing once so we could get the front tire of the truck out of a drop-off by having them all three sit on the tailgate. Worked like a charm!
Speaking of rain going around dry places; When I was a kid, there was an old lady in Hulbert who would drive a double-bit axe into a tree stump facing the wind to 'split' a tornado and make it go around her on either side... Since no tornadoes ever hit her place in my lifetime, I suppose it must have worked.
Reading all these posts here about storms going around various drought-stricken areas makes me wonder if maybe one of you guys forgot an old axe stuck in a stump somewhere?
I think we've been getting someone else's rain here. We got another inch day before yesterday. According to Mesonet we've had 11.67" inches since January. We've had a muddy, muddy, mess here all winter.
I laid plasticulture for a friend yesterday in the mud when it was 37° for a high with a 20 mph wind.
Today's high was 41° but the wind is blowing 25-30 mph and feels much colder. Of course, yesterday I was shoveling so much dirt that I took my coat off most of the day and was still warm enough to work up a sweat. Today, I'm just laying around the house, 'licking my sores' from yesterday.
I miss the days when my muscles would be sore the day after hard work, rather than my bones.
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Mar 19, 2023 4:44:47 GMT -6
19° at 5:30 am I got up this morning to see what the dogs were barking at and found a possum prowling around the henhouse. According to my outdoor thermometer, it was 19° out there, Brrrr!
I'll bet my poor peach blossoms are toast after this. Oh well, they sure have been pretty to look at for the past two weeks. I ought to be glad about that. If they were Redbuds or Dogwoods I'd expect no more and would be satisfied with their beautiful colors alone.
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Post by macmex on Mar 19, 2023 5:29:34 GMT -6
I was thinking last night that we still had peaches, they'd be toast. Finally got rid of them, as it seemed we only managed to get fruit once about every 5 years. There's almost always a late extreme cold blast after peaches bloom, in this area.
I threw a blanket over our broccoli transplants last night. We'll see if they made it.
Good dog! My livestock guardian dogs hate to grab opossum in their mouths, so, when they get in the hen house, they usually wake me to inform me that it's my turn to deal with the predator.
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Mar 19, 2023 7:53:35 GMT -6
Yeah, I had a few brassies in the ground but they seem to be doing okay. I hesitated with the rest and we have been dragging them in and out. Going to offload those today and tomorrow as the nights are to be warmer this week. Let them get their footies established before the next overnight chill.
I tip my hat to those who try to raise citrus in Oklahoma. I’ll probably never bother. I figure someone growing them in Texas will always be traveling up there to sell them to us.
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Post by woodeye on Mar 19, 2023 8:15:02 GMT -6
Tomorrow is the first day of spring, so maybe last night was the last frigid night of the season. I don't know what the temp was here last night, but the Chandler airport reported 19° last night, so anything close to that is still not acceptable. No fruit trees here, but my poor shade trees, the elms, will have to start over again. They never seem to mind doing that though, I've lost track of how many times they have been frozen this year. I've been working in the shop for the last few days on account of weather related obstacles at the garden, maybe if it starts warming up now I can get back out there and get some work done. I hope!
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Post by chrysanthemum on Mar 19, 2023 18:25:28 GMT -6
Whew! 19 degrees is not just cold; it’s downright frigid!
We went down into the upper 30’s here, I think. I supposed to be cold again tonight and cool tomorrow, but then I think it starts warming a bit. Depending on how things go, I may do some transplanting to the garden on Saturday.
I checked the rain gauge this afternoon to see what sort of rain total we got over the course of Friday night and Saturday. It turned out to be only about forty-five hundredths of an inch, not as much as I had hoped, but still definitely something for which to be thankful. Added to the tenth we received on Thursday, that’s over a half inch of rain for my garden. Hurray!
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Post by woodeye on Mar 21, 2023 8:06:03 GMT -6
Rain/Mud delay. About 1/3 inch, but very messy out there anyway. Very happy to get it, every drop counts! 🤓
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Post by FrostyTurnip on Mar 21, 2023 9:15:34 GMT -6
Amen to that!
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