A farmer works in acres not hours.
Crain’s Landscaping and Tree service cut the west half of the pecan tree hanging over the grain and took down the top of the main branch trunk hanging over the house. Both were rotten or empty inside. Piled some of the limbs on top larger ones and Mary drove the truck to pull the piles […]
Continue ReadingWednesday: Arrived at 3:30 and found everything in order. With newly repaired 4-cycle wheeled line trimmer I trimmed around the house and back azalea bed and pecan trees. Roses blooming great Blueberry bushes are loaded Pecans are just beginning to leaf out Blue Birds are hauling stuff OUT of the blue bird house. Thursday: Heavy […]
Continue ReadingOdd jobs inside including repair of the PVC line from the pump into the utility room as the very cold winter froze and shatter that pipe. The freeze also broke a PEZ brass fitting just inside the wall. Then found that when the cover sheet rock was screwed into place after the last repair one of […]
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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.
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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 issues, sure was some cold nights. I ran springlers on my fruit trees, iced them […]
Continue ReadingEnjoyed the Christmas season along with the rain, cold weather and warm fires in the fire place. Got a lot of small things done inside and one BIG thing – raising the barn at the rotten pole and the one Daddy backed into. The Driskell’s had cleared out the tallow trees behind the ditch over […]
Continue ReadingPeggy reported that: “The Driskells have cleared some land behind the fence on our property (yours and mine). they had a large back hoe out there last week and dug up the pond area in the back. It looks good but there is no water. The land around the old water trough is cleared. All […]
Continue ReadingTook off Wednesday the 13th through Friday. Cold Wednesday and Thursday with fire in fire place. Then turning warm, drizzle/rain on Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning. Had a few seedlings and very few stewart pecans. replaced spigot to fields at pump that had just started spraying. Over tightened the new spigot and cracked the T. […]
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Peggy reported that the Driscoll’s planted the winter grass and she agreed they can dig out a place in the low area for a water tank to provide water for the cows.
Continue ReadingPeanuts were in the large field co-owned by Peggy and us.
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