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Saturday, July 1 – JD cranked and we mowed the front and west yard. The capacitor on the AC compressor went out and Shane with ESTES replaced it. Charged tractor batteries. Sunday Mary finished cutting the grass and I trimmed the back of the ditch that Ted had sprayed. Trimmed around pecans and various places. Charged Fergie’s battery, […]
Continue ReadingThis long holiday weekend began on an almost cool Wednesday afternoon, May 24, 2017. Thursday and Friday was also cool but warming up. By Friday afternoon: Mary weeded the front beds while Tom installed the new mower deck belt and ignition switch on the JD Lawn Tractor, greased the blade arbor shafts and adjusted the mower […]
Continue ReadingDriskells 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 ReadingVery 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 ReadingVery 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 ReadingThe 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 ReadingThe 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 ReadingWednesday, 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe “week” began on Saturday the 26th, warm and humid cooling off a bit when a windy front blew through Monday the 28th. Sunday was a quiet day including: trying to clear out the ditch between the ponds at the back of the barn; weeding flower beds; sprayed fungicide on the hydrangeas for Cercospora leaf spot […]
Continue ReadingBeautiful sunny fall days in the low 70s and nights in the mid 50’s. Got a lot done with inside planning, i.e. the “blue tape” weekend. Also killed tallow trees in three sessions in the fence row through the pond and twice in Mary’s Springs and the creek field. Wednesday, 11/25/2015 – Minor yard work. […]
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