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Old Apr 19, 2024 | 03:57 AM
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Good morning WA...and...wandering postitutes...Happy Weekend Eve!!! Gonna be a decent day here before some rain moves in...hope MA Nature takes good care of you!!!

Wayne...hope you can save that Japanese Maple...gorgeous trees. I've got a couple in my backyard...planted them when I bought the place 38 years ago.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2024 | 10:01 AM
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Good morning Washington Ford People

Starting the day at 35° with clear skies.

We got the last two meters installed yesterday, we got all nineteen meters installed now, Yeah Baby! Two 10-hour days in row was like having a full-time job again. We still have a couple places we want to do some exploratory digging, but the meters all in.

Originally Posted by 52 Merc
Good Thursday Morning gentlemen, waking up to clear and sunny skies, but cold temps hovering right around freezing. A freeze warning was sent out last night and this morning we're hearing the wind machines in the surrounding orchards going 90 miles an hour. I think my yard art tree may have gotten some damage from an earlier late freeze. I've got a low branch that isn't budding up right. I'm a little concerned since I was depending on it for fill in towards the front.



I showed your picture to my wife, she is a good at what she does! She recommends cutting that lower branch off at about 1/2" long on an angle almost parallel with trunk and putting some sealer on it.

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Evening Tim and Wayne. Rainy and really greening up here. There will be many lawn mowers going the next time it dries out for the first time this year.

Tim, is your water supply a well or reservoir?

Wayne, many of those ornamentals don't seem to keep many lower branches from what I have seen around here. Is that a Japanese Maple?
Steve, Our water supply is a well, I'm not sure how many gallons it produces. It was drilled I believe late 60s or maybe early 70s. We have nineteen shares and sixteen active connections.

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Good morning WA...and...wandering postitutes...Happy Weekend Eve!!! Gonna be a decent day here before some rain moves in...hope MA Nature takes good care of you!!!

Wayne...hope you can save that Japanese Maple...gorgeous trees. I've got a couple in my backyard...planted them when I bought the place 38 years ago.
Good morning Ken, We bought our place 33 years ago, it has changed a lot since we bought it.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2024 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Tim Young

I showed your picture to my wife, she is a good at what she does! She recommends cutting that lower branch off at about 1/2" long on an angle almost parallel with trunk and putting some sealer on it.
Thanks Tim, is this to eliminate the branch for tree health, or to promote it's regrowth?
 
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Old Apr 19, 2024 | 02:51 PM
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Fantastic late Friday afternoon Washington, Tim, Wayne, Steve, Ken and all the gardening crew. Despite mostly overcast and some mist on the windshield, it has been a nice day. Currently 63° and in the afternoon at its height 73°.
Wife got the potatoes out last Sunday, Onions are up 10-14 inches, Carrot tops are green with about 1-2 inches of new growth and both kinds of Kale are up 2-3 feet with plenty of blossoms! Most of the Herbs are doing well and the Strawberries have plenty of blooms.

Tim, sounds like you are about to finish the water project. Is the well water treated?
 
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Old Apr 19, 2024 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by 52 Merc
Thanks Tim, is this to eliminate the branch for tree health, or to promote it's regrowth?
Both, eliminating the branch and promote the growth of the main tree.

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Fantastic late Friday afternoon Washington, Tim, Wayne, Steve, Ken and all the gardening crew. Despite mostly overcast and some mist on the windshield, it has been a nice day. Currently 63° and in the afternoon at its height 73°.
Wife got the potatoes out last Sunday, Onions are up 10-14 inches, Carrot tops are green with about 1-2 inches of new growth and both kinds of Kale are up 2-3 feet with plenty of blossoms! Most of the Herbs are doing well and the Strawberries have plenty of blooms.

Tim, sounds like you are about to finish the water project. Is the well water treated?
Luckly, we do not have to treat our well, pure clean water!

Rod, Sounds like your garden is coming along nicely.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2024 | 05:40 PM
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Evening Tim and Wayne. Pretty calm here thankfully. Two 10 hr days is a lot of time on the go. You must be thankful to have that done. You have quite a nice well if so many can use it. We are using just a Spring here. It is great water.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2024 | 06:14 AM
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Good morning WA...Happy Saturday For All!!! A soggy start to our day...improving to mostly cloudy this afternoon with temps in the low 60s...hope MA Nature is treating you well!!

Any plans for the weekend???
 
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Old Apr 20, 2024 | 08:33 AM
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Sensational Saturday morning Washington, Tim, Wayne, Ken, Steve and all the crew.

Yes, we have a good start to what little bit we put out but it is Still too early for some things.

Another beautiful day in WV with all day warm bright sun and according to the Soothsayers crystal ball predictions 68°. Which is seasonable for us but I suspect we will see in the 70's this afternoon and I will not have an excuse to not mow again!
 
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Old Apr 20, 2024 | 10:23 AM
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No time to make the rounds, I gotta run.

Good morning everyone!
 
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Hey there Tim. Still plugging away on the wood pile!
 
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Originally Posted by Tim Young
No time to make the rounds, I gotta run.

Good morning everyone!
Hope you had fun at what ever you are doing!

Originally Posted by spurredon
Hey there Tim. Still plugging away on the wood pile!
That ought to take most of the Summer!
 
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Old Apr 20, 2024 | 07:19 PM
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Steve, Rod and the rest the crew!

Went and had coffee with a friend this morning, he had a pretty bad stroke this last fall and has been living with his ex wife all winter. He's doing well considering, very little to no speach problems, but has some memory problems of actually how to say some words and is relearning how to count and recognize numbers.

Then off to the Earthday fair for the rest the day. It turned out to be a nice day, started a little on the cool side but got up to the mid 70s this afternoon.
 
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Joyous Sunday morning Washington, Tim, Wayne and all the crew. Starting the day on the cooler side at 38° this morning but headed to a high of about 58°. Yesterday was nice at about 70° and plenty of warm sun. I sat out front most of the afternoon and enjoyed it!
Off to Mom's for my Sunday routine.

Tim, sorry to hear about your friend and hope he regains his health!
 
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Good morning Washington Ford Fans.

Rod, Enjoy your time over at your moms. My friend Richard is getting better a little at time, hopefully he continues to improve.
 
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Old Apr 21, 2024 | 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by spurredon
Hey there Tim. Still plugging away on the wood pile!
That new engine most be making the task a little more pleasant. How many more cords of firewood do you have left to split you think?
 
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