You’re going to love this one! While mowing, having passed by the same (abandoned) pick-up truck by the barn, oh, 537 times so far, I managed to clip the edge of the downed tailgate and plinked off the knob that allows me to turn the mower blades on and off!
I couldn’t have done that on a DARE!
So, luckily, it’s stuck in the position where the blades are off, so the machine will start - in case Beau can’t fix it and it needs to be driven onto the trailer and taken in for repair. Luckily, I DID get 99% of the mowing done,
I’ve been kicking myself all day and night for that boneheaded move! Grrrr!
As an added bonus, Beau and his F350 broke down when he was coming back from mowing a pasture for a neighbor, so I had to go pick him up, then we came home, got another vehicle that was going in for some welding, drive there, drive back (NOTHING is close by where we live) so that ate up 3 more hours of my life, yesterday.
It was not a, ‘Dear Diary: Today was a GREAT day!’ kind of day! Nothing I hate more than mechanical failures; self-induced or otherwise! :(
Aargh! At least you have multiple backup vehicles around the place to drive into Madison or Monroe to find a knob! (Sounds like it would be good to get the abandoned pick running too, or put the tailgate up and turn the bed into a big flower planter!)
At least its not February and you will not need to drive on unplowed roads covered with ice and snow until late September or so! ( Maybe.... :)
What kind of truck in the abandoned truck/rusty gold?
My brother had to park his long trailer in the upper pasture because the ground was SO wet, he couldn’t get it in the back field or behind his shed where he usually parks it. So I’m mowing along, came right up to the back of it & I don’t know what I was thinking (actually ‘not’ thinking is more like it) & I hit the top of the structure that holds one of the front mower wheels on the trailer corner. ‘Something’ went flying through the air - luckily, I saw where it landed. It was the cap off that strut - you take it off to grease/lube the wheel so it rotates, etc. Anyway, no harm done - I popped it back on, but it scared me. I hope Beau can fix your knob - what a freaky thing to happen!
Baby shower on Saturday & rain was coming in too, so no gardening. Yesterday was sunny, but chilly. I decided to spray my beds for weeds before I plant anything so the tomatoes will go in today. I bought a little gallon sprayer (boy, is that easier than a spray bottle!) at the hardware store & picked up two different kinds of radish seeds (I have some old seed already planted & coming up). To my surprise, when I mentioned I had radishes growing, my dad was telling me how much he likes “those little red and white things .... kinda’ spicy and they’re good”. The man hates anything even slightly spicy so this was a shocking revelation that he likes radishes! I found a good looking recipe for radish skewers too, so extra radishes will be a good thing this year.
I was going to put up my fencing around the beds, but I’m out of zip ties - thought I had some, but can’t find them so I’ll have to go buy some today.
Made an ant moat for my SIL’s hummingbird feeder - It hangs off her porch & for the first time ever in years, she has an ant problem. I made a moat last year for one of my feeders & it worked great so hopefully, the one I made this morning won’t leak when she tries it out. All you need are 2 cup hooks, a wine bottle cork, super glue, and the top off a spray can or cut the bottom off a small plastic bottle. Screw one cup hook into one end of the cork. Screw the other cup hook down through the bottom of the cap/bottle (I used a small drill to make the hole first), into the cork - super glue around where the hook goes through the plastic so it won’t leak - I also put some on top of the cork where it touches the bottom of the cap/bottle. Works like a charm & saves some money instead of buying a commercial moat.
Here’s the radish recipe if anyone is interested:
Keto Grilled Radish Skewers with Herb Butter
https://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/keto-grilled-radish-skewers-garlic-herb-butter/