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Author: Tom
2016 Christmas Week
Driskells have planted grass in the cotton stubble and the field is green. Mobile Gas has buried the exposed yellow gas line at the driveway into the pond field. Orange locate paint and flags locating the ATT buried cable were still in place along the fence about 12-18″ toward to pavement. Roses are blooming still […]
Continue ReadingPicking Cotton 2016
11/26/2016 – Driskell’s crew arrived to finishing picking the cotton that had been started. Amazing machine that would finish one roll and carry it on the back like a spider with a large egg pouch. Then “lay” it at the end of the rows.
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Very white field of cotton, a new well and cutting down all the Chinese tallow in the little pond are the high lites of this holiday. Wednesday, 11/23/16 – Moved the lumber from the grain bin to pole barn and added what we hauled in. Rearranged the grain bin and added two 4×8 sheets of […]
Continue ReadingThe New Water Well
Dad’s shallow well pump finally quit and we have also had trouble with it loosing prime due to decay in the well tip and screen. Rather than replace it, and still have only the low capacity shallow well, we hired Edwin Williams/Bay Water Well to install a 4″ casing with a submersible 25 GPM pump. […]
Continue ReadingMemorial Day 2016
Very pleased that the Chinese Tallow trees across the small pond and the large pond are almost all dead. Only a little green in the tops. Friday, 9/2/16, afternoon weeded beds and began yard work. There are a lot of high weeds in the ditch and in all the places we sprayed. Disappointing as many […]
Continue ReadingJuly 4, 2016 Work Week
The week began the afternoon of Saturday, July 2, 2016. Saturday & Sunday During the night two 2″ diameter limbs fell out of the pecan tree next to the yard and second tree from the road. Edged and trimed yard and road’s ditch banks. Picked up limbs and cleaned up for family gathering Sunday afternoon. […]
Continue ReadingJuly 3, 2016 Family Gathering
On Friday the 1st a plan developed to have everyone out for a July 4th hamburger and hot dog event on Sunday the 3rd. Todd and family had flown in from Colorado Springs to spend the week with Becky and Randy. So, it was a great opportunity to have many together. We fixed the hot […]
Continue ReadingMemorial Day 2016
The holiday maintenance and improvements began the afternoon of Wednesday, May 25, 2016. Cleaned up broken solar-powered post light at gate. Glass was in the driveway and a large pile of limbs was inside the fence. Shingles are blown loose on the front of the house. Thursday, May 26th – A skunk walked in from […]
Continue ReadingWork Week, March 15, 2016
Wednesday, March 16, 2016 – Planted the Iron Plants (Aspidistra) around Pecan at the fence next to the driveway. Cleaned up and picked up but took it easy. Played with Piper while looking for snakes. Thursday – Started two 4 lbs pork butts on the smoker with pecan wood. Planned to remove rotten plywood from […]
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