Posted on 03/11/2023 7:51:59 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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I didn't do rutabagas or turnips last year, but I generally do one or the other, and some years I do both. Those two are about as easy as it gets. Scratch up some dirt, throw some seed down, water it in, come back in three months and dig em out.
I've got one of these and it's saved me a ton of work. Built a set of forks for the back and I put a lot of stuff on pallets now. I have a finish mower, dirt scoop, snow plow and grader blade for it. Next thing is to put it to work on garden beds. Been keeping my eye out for garden bed implements.
I can run it all day on a couple of gallons of diesel fuel but I rarely run it all day. Usually a few minutes here and there, an hour one day and then not use it for days so I top off the tank once a month on average.
Our water well crapped out yesterday.
Repair underway this morning...
Yep, about time to start anything that gets started indoors. Johnny's calculator says Mar 18 - Apr 8 for maters but my 2022 gardening notes start off with "Start Things Earlier" because of last summer's early start and extra high temps.
My little grow tent is keeping somewhat steady temps in the unheated room with two heat mats going. I've got two more and will get at least two more flats going and then I can have four heat mats going. That should steady things out even more.
More lights going will help heat things and I just finally ordered a 6 pack of grow lights to add to the two I have. Got peas and bunching onions started a couple of weeks ago and they're doing good. Going to start a couple more trays of hardy stuff today and then next week when the lights come in and are set up, I'll start maters. Peppers soon after that.
Late Winter weather still going. Lows near 20 sometimes. High near 60 sometimes and always windy. Haven't done any welding on the high tunnel frames due to cold and/or wind and/or rain. High tunnel for this Spring is not going to be a thing but I'll be able to get it done enough to put the top plastic on and throw shade cloth over for July/Aug. Sides and ends are more involved.
Seems this job thing is taking up my time(and energy). LOL. After 2-3 - 12 hour days on my feet, I don't want to do much on that first day off other than sit on my butt.
I rigged together what I had but taking apart the finish mower every year isn't something I want to do. [I'm probably the only person who can say I drove my chicken plucker to the neighbor's house though]
He had a 16 foot square, 8 foot tall chain link dog pen so I raised the birds until they feathered out in a small pen and then brought them up to his place get to size and that's where we processed them. Killed my food saver on that task.
Oh, no! Been there, done that. It was my well pump. $2K later...
UGH! My condolences. :(
“I’m not the Chicken Plucker, I’m the Chicken Plucker’s Son, but I’ll pluck the chickens ‘til the Chicken Plucker comes!”
$3250 brand new well…
Clueless to what that means. Guess I’m too young.
Ended up Spring yard cleaning. Not too windy so we raked and burned leaves, tidied up around the house.
Again, been there, done that.
An interview I saw many years ago: “We asked a 100 year old woman what was the best invention she’d seen in her long life. Her answer? ‘Running water in the house.’”
Just a little ditty my Grandpa used to sing. :)
Picking up bales, throwing space monsters out the airlock, breaking through antifa check points, It would be a great tool!
Window Screening would have to be in there somewhere, especially if you have a dairy farm.
Ouch! not much choice. Have to have water.
Bon. Nice to have all that rain but now you have to worry about riding a sliding hillside to the valley bottom!
I’m the valley bottom! I have to worry about all that mud coming down on ME.
Just had my trees checked out - lots of falling trees here, landscaper said my were fine, Thank God. Some neighbors weren’t so lucky.
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