Under cover Wolf? Sounds like a show in the new Fall line-up...

Hope everyone has a great day and weekend!

 

I just need to put some transpo together - and really, the Swift was a car I PURPOSELY collected because I knew it was a very high mileage machine and a comfortable one

*All brand loyalty aside. And anyway - Suzuki does make wonderful stuff. Consider the GS-1000 four across, with the timing chain in the center of the cam!

 

Spent a couple of hours today mowing the hill.. We have a 35hp Grasshopper mower that is fun to mow with - it does 80% of the hill across the slope, and 18% down the slope - the other two percent the hand mower has to do, with help from a weed whacker. It takes about two and a half hours to get it done with a few scary moments each time - I sometimes try to do something I am not comfortable with, and find myself feeling like I will fall out of the machine - The limits set on the hill are my own, I don't doubt the machine could do more.

It looks much better mowed than it did; I expect during grass growing season it will need trimming twice a week.

 

Hey guys.
I hope you all have a great week.
Been on vacation in St. Augustine but back now.

 

Theo -
You can save a lot of wear on your blades by cutting at the highest depth of that machine.

Only a very little of the grass will go above four inches, not much to cut. You will also miss most obstructions like rocks in the lawn, and it will look a lot better.

~See the TN GARDEN thing, we just had a whole discussion on these points

Grass grows better at it's natural height, and the roots are able to go deeper during dry times. If left to get tall once or twice - it can actually re-seed itself very quickly

Most importantly, WEEDS do not grow at all well under those conditions


"Work WITH nature, not against it..."


The only purpose in mowing a lawn is
A) To make it level and smooth
B) To kill off weeds before they achieve their OWN seed height

Since grass is intended to CROWD OUT WEEDS, making it hard for the grass to grow is a bad move...
(Never cut it too short)

Now here is a link I just discovered tonight:
http://www.american-lawns.com/

I also found yet a new trick for pizza crusts
You know when they rise the first time and you press the center down?
Rub the center with parmesan cheese and oregano or other choice spices, then let it rise again and re-punch the center down

(This is about baking the crust before you make a pizza on it)

*Home grown BASIL is an excellent spice for that, so is dried jalapeno powder

 

Evening Mac, Theo, Neal and Dutch!!

Trees are beginning to turn around here....

-The Great

 

I noticed some loose leaves around here too - the farmers almanac claims it will be a REAL BAD WINTER...

~Comments on it?

I always thought the FA was sort of hokey - but there are people who swear by it

*THIS from an A.R.E. member... like I never tuned into "AM Coast to Coast"

 

I too used to think the FA was hokey..... but comparing it to some actual weather... it seems fairly accurate. My sister swears by getting her hair cut with the FA. SHe does it to get her hair to grow long... and it seems to work.... so IDK???

-The Great

 

Good Monday morning to all!!! Glad to see everyone checking in!

The leaves on my cherry tree have started to fall, but they don't change color much.

I read the Farmer's Almanac occasionally, but don't really "follow" it for planting or forecasting. I find it "generally" correct----kinda like the "average" temperature.

Hope everyone has a great week!

 

Good evening everybody.
I have some trees looking like they are getting ready. But the poison ivy is starting to turn red now. That is a sure sign that the leaves are next. The poison ivy is a beautiful red when changing but to me it is lethal to the touch.
It was 49 this morning. Beautiful 73 in the afternoon.
No more swimming in the pool for sure now!!!
Time to collect the last bit of jalapenos and mow the garden down.

Have a great Tuesday guys.

 

This is my sentiments exactly....

-The Great

 

Neal....you should collect all the "green" or less than ripe items from your garden and make a batch of "kitchen sink" chow-chow. That's what I do at the end of the growing season. Instead of all green tomatoes, I use whatever is left in the garden. Makes for some interesting combinations, but tastes good all the same.

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!

 

I have always watched the plants around me for clues to what is coming.

A few leaves dropping is not a frost coming on - a LOT means get everything inside

WOOLA is driving me nuts.
I guess Theo isn't coming for her after all, so I'm saddled with a manic depressive border collie that once ran wild but obviously used to live in a house. She has begun to yip again now - which means she has either tangled her tether in the bushes again, or is generally unsatisfied with being outdoors. When I bring her in - it is on a leash, so that she cannot get into stuff.

~I consider it a training aid.

She's also greedy, and mustn't be overfed. In time she will get used to everything but she must learn SHE IS NOT IN CHARGE!

I love her anyway - something about her is just so wonderful, even if I want to take a cane to her at times

*WHICH I DO HAVE, and have used once....

 

A pregnant doggie is not something I want in my immediate future, Dutch.. and of course, the delay in me getting settled did a good job with you and she bonding - which I am not prepared to break. Had everything worked out first time, I would have a pooch. However, it didn't so life goes on. Woola seems rescued and settled now, which is the important thing. I will prowl round the state dog pen.. and see what looks good.

 

Oh thank you so much...

(Her leash is looped around my ankle just now so that she doesn't get into mischief)

~I sometimes think she has a nuclear reactor stuffed up her bum...

RESCUED!

Goddalmighty - why did I rescue THIS???


Thanxxx....