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Post by Blessings Farms on Nov 3, 2015 21:38:06 GMT
Knew it was to be in high 60 s with rain by fri. I took afternoon off to finish painting barn
roof and at 4;45 it is 74 deg . and yes Gene I am down to no shirt on it is HOT on that
roof . Before anyone says anything a 5 gal. paint and airless sprayer were in the loader
Doc. did not say no roofs just no ladders . Now there may have been a 8' stepladder
involved somehow .
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Post by otf on Nov 4, 2015 0:15:23 GMT
I don't "do" ladders often, unless I have to yank a bale of hay down and then I yank a few down so I won't have to do it again soon.
Please be careful!
It was 74 or so here today too. It's going to hurt when the temps get back to normal, isn't it?
Gale
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2015 16:37:49 GMT
take it easy.
I did manage to get automatic waterer installed on Sunday. Much better than last year when I was installing one in the snow.
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Post by Blessings Farms on Nov 4, 2015 17:13:33 GMT
Thanks things have improved but am very cautious not to injure it more .
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Post by lonecowhand on Nov 4, 2015 17:20:34 GMT
Kinda sounds like you're pushing your luck, Dave! Be Careful! Let things mend.
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Post by jamshundred on Nov 6, 2015 16:53:04 GMT
I spent most of the day working outside yesterday. Oh my but the weather was just perfect! Dave, I am with others. .. . do not overdo it! I have a touchscreen monitor. I rarely use it so I don't know why I thought it was a feature I needed! The weather is so nice. . the flies are out again. And there is one fly determined to die this AM but I keep failing at the job. The darn thing keeps landing on my computer screen, and that knocks off the page on which I am working and I have to stop, chase off the fly, and then come back and start again. Interesting the teeny aggravations of a day. I remember that fall going into winter in Washington DC area in 1965 was this same kind of off-again, on-again, balmy spring-like weather. I had lived my entire life on the "other" side of the mountains and I never recall a mild winter during those years, so it was a marvel to experience a winter that wasn't. Christmas day in 1965 was so warm you didn't need a sweater. Over the New Year's the snow came! and came, and came. My first blizzard in the big city! I do not recall the depth but I couldn't get to work for three days. The public transportation wasn't operating. Everything was closed. More shock and awe for me. I'd never seen things stop for winter. The lane to our house drifted shut with snow many winters and my Dad always knew to park his truck at the end of the lane to get out to work. I do not ever recall school being closed for snow days. Speaking of drifting snow. Something else I never see anymore. . . . . . . .snow fence. It used to line the highways and byways every winter. I could go for a winter long mild spell! Grass growing in January would be a dream come true.  Judy |
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Post by lonecowhand on Nov 6, 2015 17:09:12 GMT
It is unless it's crunchy by June! lol
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2015 17:55:04 GMT
Judy, you can turn the touch screen option off.
Nope note hopping for a warm winter here. warm winter = drought the following year. Hopping for a normal winter and enough snow to keep the ground covered. Not to mention warm winter means a muddy mess. well its not exactly mud. I like the ground to stay frozen until spring.
Temps are back to normal here now highs in the 50s. Lot of work to do this weekend cleaning out my winter lots to get them ready for this year. I have one more to go and I think at least 4 dump truck loads to haul to the hay fields.
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Post by lakeportfarms on Nov 6, 2015 20:45:32 GMT
I agree with you Mike. Too cold is difficult, but so is a mild winter. I depend on the frozen ground and snow cover to move our feeding areas around the pasture, in order to build the soil and forage quality for future years. Feeding in one spot, and having a muddy mucky mess around where they're fed just means a lot of work the following summer trying to get it cleaned up, put in a pile somewhere to compost, and eventually distributing it with the tractor. I can't plan on how I feed everybody if it's always changing on me. Also, around the Great Lakes, if it's never cold, it's never sunny. It's just a constant overcast from moisture feeding off of the lakes. Plus I like to ski and I'd like to go snowmobiling a bit in my spare time!
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Post by wvdexters on Nov 10, 2015 15:52:53 GMT
We've been enjoying this weather too. What a nice surprise, and I'm finally feeling like we are getting caught up on some of the "pre-winter" jobs around here. Just one small section of fencing yet to sturdy up (tree fell), everything else ready to go. Barn is cleaned out and ready, just in case we need it when the calves start coming. (Figured better to do it now in 50-79F than wait til Feb in brrrr... Garden just about turned in but we still have some fall plants still going strong. What a treat.
All of the fencing work we have done this season dividing areas is really going to pay off this winter I think. With the 3 bale rings and our new feeder/shed/trailer we just finished we are setting up the winter feeding now, so all we should have to do is open gates and move them to the waiting hay instead of the other way around. Much easier.
I'll have to get a picture of the thing. Years ago we had an old travel trailer, long gone but we saved the frame. Dad had the idea. We covered it, put a heavy duty (thick oak) floor down. Basically most of the space is set up as a shed on wheels - with a feeding area built on the end. It holds 4 lg bales, and will keep the "waiting" bales dry and ready to just roll into place as they clean up the first. With just the bull and 3 ladies right now we shouldn't have to worry about tractoring hay around again for months.
We are hearing just about every forecast for this coming winter. For me, yes too mild is always a problem. I'm just hoping for none of these crazy cold spells we've been getting lately and the snow fall staying under a couple feet at a time. Makes things a little more doable. As a bit of an insurance policy we got a new snow blower this yr. It's all pretty and ready to go. (The old one is BEAT UP) Last time we got one we had 2 easy winters in a row.
And Dave, It is so good to hear you are feeling better now. Answered prayers. But make sure you don't overdo and take care. I know with me, now that I'm getting a little older and perhaps (hopefully) a little wiser. You know that little voice that you hear in the back of your head when you are getting ready to do something that MAY not be such a great idea. LOL I'm trying to listen to it, at least a little more than I used to.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2015 16:55:46 GMT
It was a cool windy weekend but dry and sunny. Spent all weekend loading last years manure. 10 dump trucks full in all not sure how many ton but that is a whole lot of bull chit. probably will not get a chance to spread it until it thaws in the spring. Have to move on to other more pressing jobs. Removing an old concrete foundation and pad and hauling it off next weekend. It would be a lot easier if I had a grapple on my bucket but as it is have to use pry bars to try to get each piece far enough into the bucket to pick it up. Some are big enough I have to log chain them to pick them up.
Half our herd is back at our house on winter paddock already the other half we will probably haul back over thanksgiving.
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Post by genebo on Nov 11, 2015 0:30:24 GMT
Mike, you need to watch out for yourself. That is some heavy labor you are describing! Don't get hurt.
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Post by Blessings Farms on Nov 11, 2015 0:52:06 GMT
Man Mike watch out . That can be serious work . I have snapped more than
one log chain doing lifting , pulling and tuging . I have a electric hammer
to put holes in slabs now . Dont know what kind of hoe you have we have a
nieghbor who got seriously injured this summer using a 3 point hoe . Something
broke on the 3 point and pinned him between it and the roll bar one his tractor.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2015 15:13:22 GMT
not a 3pnt it is a full backhoe. 1963 ford 4000 industrial backhoe. It is a 100 year old foundation so the good thing is it already has lots of cracks. I dont think I have any one piece over 2000# so it should not be any chain snappers. I was doing a similar operation with a barn foundation several years ago and those were some big pieces. I had one chained on so big I could not get any traction to move forward so I had my wife pulling the backhoe with another tractor. Doing good until I started up a slight incline and over it went. I just hung on and road it down. Didn't let go until the back hoe was on its side. Lucky not hurt at all. Bad thing the engine was racing and would not shut off and it was poring gas out onto the ground. Got it shut off before it caught fire. This should be a piece of cake compared to that one.
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Post by genebo on Nov 11, 2015 22:13:51 GMT
Makes me wonder how many lives you have left, Cat.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2015 15:34:51 GMT
good weekend here highs in the 60s. got all of the concrete moved and piled close to where I need it. Of course now I will have to move it all again when I go to fix the stream crossing but it is out of the way for now. Next weekend high of 40 and will be building fence all weekend.
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Post by Blessings Farms on Nov 16, 2015 23:16:01 GMT
Good deal Mike . Next week end snow in forcast for us . Still
have a lot of fall work to do .
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Post by wvdexters on Nov 17, 2015 15:32:19 GMT
Funny, but last month I cut back the rose bush next to the front steps. It was way overgrown and would be in the way for shoveling snow. Walking by yesterday I noticed it had leafed out from the buds. Like SPRING!. Crazy.
The wind has calmed down the past couple days. No big trees down in the fields, so thankfully no new fencing repairs to do. Lost power for a while though. Should be a nice day for liming pastures today.
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Post by genebo on Nov 17, 2015 16:16:39 GMT
I need to do that, myself.
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Post by lakeportfarms on Nov 17, 2015 20:43:59 GMT
Still so much to do around here...we've been really fortunate with our weather. Today has been sunny and near 50 degrees! All good things must come to an end however. Snow this weekend, possibly 4-8 inches from what I heard this morning. It's still ways off and maybe it will change.
If the rest of you are sort of done with your fall preparations, I could use some help :-)
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Post by otf on Nov 17, 2015 22:14:15 GMT
Hans, if I were closer, I'd volunteer....think of all I could learn working with you for a few days! We should start an exchange program -- in the SUMMER!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2015 22:22:14 GMT
Sorry Hans not even close to done here with before winter jobs. The forecast is changing. now we have snow Friday night. Saturday high of 33 and a low of 12. Not fun to build fence in but it has to be done.
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Post by lakeportfarms on Nov 18, 2015 12:20:08 GMT
I think an exchange program would be a lot of fun, as well as informative! Mike, I know how critical it is to get fences done before winter. In more Northern climates at least, whatever doesn't get done before the snow flies and the ground freezes you have to live with until May around here. Here's hoping everybody gets their respective projects completed!
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