Recent content by FarmerJamie

Only 2 hours outside this morning. Poor air quality and 80 degrees by 10 am. New butterfly garden has been weeded, started trenching for the edging.

5 hours outside this morning after my wall patching gig. Did some string trimming (3 charges of the battery), herbicide application on the driveway spots i missed last weekend ( also including the nasty poison ivy cluster climbing one of the power poles), filled in and seeded a low spot near the...

No produce auctions close here, either, or at least ones on the weekend so I don't have to take a day off from work. I do negotiate bulk deals with the local farmers at the weekly market when I can get there in time

Hoping everyone has a great holiday weekend!

Patched the dings in the upstairs hallway walls this morning while sipping coffee. Going to try finish painting both the upstairs and downstairs hallways this month. After that, we can go through the boxes of picture frames and get some hung up. Heading outside for garage puttering and some...

Saw the first Japanese beetle of the season today...

Presentation went fine.

Mostly 'A's, but 5 N/As. Having a generator ready to go addresses 5 of the 10. For what to do, depends on the overall situation. Weather conditions, cause of the outage. A big part of being self-sufficient is adapting on the fly. For instance, my approach to food use would depend on the...

Almost have the hay baled (all of the yard mowed once). Still soggy ground where the wet weather stream runs. Got the rest of the herbicide applied to the driveway. Ran a whole tank of fuel through the tractor. 4+ hours this morning before the heat got to me. Did some trim painting...

Ran a carload of cardboard to the township recycling center. Greeted by a load of trash dumped. The village where we used to live canceled their recycling program because morons were just dumping all trash in the containers. This is why we can't have nice things, I guess.

Repairs completed yesterday. Something hiccupped in the programming setup. Free service under warranty. All good

Somewhere I have a mango habenaro salsa recipe. Shuffles off to the archives.....

New AC thermostat controller throwing errors. Ugh. Don't mess or you will void the warranty. Outdoor unit looks fine. Only rain shower on radar passed about 20 miles to the south

Had rumbles of thunder last night, no rain.