A farmer works in acres not hours.
08/06/2019 – Taylor Power Systems delivered a precast concrete pad, the automatic transfer switch, and the 20 KW, 200 amp, Briggs and Stratton Fortress Residential Standby generator. Fergie and I helped lift it off the trailer and set it on the slab. The day before, Mary and I pulled out the azalea, cleaned out the […]
Continue Reading7/19/2019 – McGriff’s installed a new left rear tire on Fergie for $413. David also filled the right side with water. I set this up with Josh. Afterwards, I disked the garden for the first time and both tires being filled with water made a tremendous difference.
Continue ReadingAs the augers were hauled away and that area cleaned up we could finally rearrange equipment, get rid of stuff and create more order. On this Halloween day, we made a lot of progress. Used Fergie and the boom to move the platform Frank built for Dad (for the back door wheelchair ramp) from the […]
Continue ReadingDecember 24, 2017 – So, the week begins. Christmas Day – Sorted through old boxes of stuff in the front guest room. Setup two sets of “LAN” shelves in the grain bin and moved a lot of stuff from the carport storage room there. 26th – Took old bed frame, bedclothes, lamp and nightstand to GoodWill. […]
Continue ReadingDad’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 ReadingTed had pushed up the rotten stumps along the barnyard fence, leveled the old burn pile location, and mowed the fields. There are many blueberries (50% ripe), figs (beginning to ripen), and sand pears that are not ripe. The peanuts are looking good and have hidden half the row of dirt. Crepe myrtles planted last […]
Continue ReadingThis was Piper’s second trip to the farm. Age 3 years, 4 months. Have been very worried about her there in a warm month and snakes. So, about 30 minutes after arriving she saw two birds flitting about near the driveway gate and began to run towards them. I realized the hose like thing in […]
Continue ReadingInstallation of the 4-rail fence along the road, Piper for her first visit to the farm, arrival of the artic vortex, and selling the combine made this week a memorable, very cold experience.
Continue ReadingThis 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 the past 38+ years: i.e. I have always been in Mobile But, this year we […]
Continue ReadingWorked on cleaning out the pole barn of many years of dropped implement parts and bent bolts and things that Dad did not need at some moment and did not get around to putting away–although he never had a good place to put things away.
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