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January Hard Freezes to Kickoff 2018
After a cold wet week between Christmas 2017 and New Year’s Eve, New Year’s day began with 10-20 MPH winds whistling through the pecan trees and frozen pipes and no heat in the house. The pond had a thin ice layer when … Continue reading
More Cold Nights
Since the last winter storm the temperature has dropped into the 20’s and there was even a snow day on January 28. Then on the morning of January 30 it got down to 17 degrees.
January 2013 freezing temps
January 7, 2014 By late afternoon on the 7th the temperature rose to a high of 34 degrees. January 8, 2014Afterwards Ted said: ” All ok, [pump not damaged] we let couple lines drip and disconnected automatic waters, No … Continue reading
July 2013 Progress Report
With a day of vacation and the July 4th holiday we got a lot done. Bush hogged the area between the ditch and the peanuts. The new muffler installed by Gordon McClinton was nice change from no muffler. Hopefully killed … Continue reading
Thanksgiving Weekend, 2011
This was an abnormal Thanksgiving as Mary and I spent Thanksgiving day in Houston with Kelley, Rocky and Rocky Sr. Jeff joined us later in the day. A nice day but not the same as this day has been for … Continue reading
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Peggy’s Report July 18, 2011
“We have 3 inches in rain gauge for the last 7 days!!!!! It has rained for 2 days–slow easy rain. Nice! I see trees dying everywhere [from Tom spraying Remedy last trip]. Noticed those in midfield in low area dying. … Continue reading
Update on Blueberries and Figs
When we were here last month the figs were just forming and the blueberries were light green hard balls. By the time we left on July 4th we had about 15 or so figs, after eating some, and a quart … Continue reading
Lighting Strikes
Peggy sent photos and reported that lighting struck and fence posts are on fire along the west fence line and the field is on fire. The VFD showed up as someone must have called them that saw the fire before … Continue reading
Storm rolling in with a little rain
The area is very drying and grass is dying along the roads in many places. Everyone is praying for rain except for the construction contractors. Today we had several showers and a lot of thunder all around
Happy Peanuts After The Rain
After being planted what seems like a long time ago and only had one shower we finally were blessed with 3/4″ of rain last night. The peanuts seem happier but that little rain will not last long when the earth … Continue reading