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  1. FarmerJamie

    Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

    Garage motion light works great. Have the intensity at 50% and that is bright enough for now. Check something off the to do list
  2. FarmerJamie

    What did you do in your garden today?

    I have a quarter of the total butterfly garden footprint ready to go. Want to get the plants we bought previously into the ground next weekend. Starting small, but trying to keep moving
  3. FarmerJamie

    2025 Resolutions

    His house was just off of a state highway with lots of traffic and easy access. We are somewhat isolated up here on the hill, anyone coming up the drive would be coming in blind, but still
  4. FarmerJamie

    2025 Resolutions

    Not sure into which thread to dump this, but I replaced driveway light above the main garage door. Tiny light gone, put up 5500 lumen 3 LED motion activated bulbs fixture. Now just need the automated audio "Target acquired, law enforcement notified". About 7 miles from here a guy had his...
  5. FarmerJamie

    What did you do in your orchard today?

    PVC and bird netting. Easy peasy critter blockers. Two thumbs up
  6. FarmerJamie

    Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

    Oh brother. I am a doofus with too much on my mind. 5 hours into my adventures outside today, work on the new butterfly garden, stuff trimmed up, garden work, and mowing. Mind you, the grass is about 2 feet tall. Because I was out of my usual mowing pattern and the tall grass, I lost track of...
  7. FarmerJamie

    What did you do in your garden today?

    2 beds planted with potatoes (leftover from last season and some new seed potatoes). Another bed planted with sunchokes. Others still a bit wet, but progress.
  8. FarmerJamie

    Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

    It was a heavy frost. Only thing up is the asparagus. The flower plants are still potted and in the house.
  9. FarmerJamie

    Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

    Frost happened overnight
  10. FarmerJamie

    🌾 What Type of Homesteader Are You? 🐓

    Garden guru (surprise!, not). It's my connection to my mom and grandparents
  11. FarmerJamie

    Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

    Spent 2.5 hours outside after work. Ran the trimmer through another charge, measured out the butterfly garden, dug up some sod to visualize the footprint and mowed what dry ground I could find for a little bit.
  12. FarmerJamie

    What did you do in your garden today?

    Does standing by your garden, sighing, and dreaming of dry weather count as "doing" something in your garden?
  13. FarmerJamie

    Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

    Concrete work delayed until early June. Contractor is way backed up. He does think he can get it done in one day
  14. FarmerJamie

    Food prices June 2021

    My wife and I go round and round on this. Extremely perishable stuff like dairy, I check. Other stuff not so much
  15. FarmerJamie

    What did you do in your garden today?

    And.........more rain today.
  16. FarmerJamie

    Memes That Make You Giggle

    After decades in IT. Very true
  17. FarmerJamie

    What did you do in your garden today?

    I walked by the beds, looking at the standing water. :lol:
  18. FarmerJamie

    Coffee's Ready, Come and Sit on the Porch

    Beautiful evening. Ground too soaked to mow. Spent about 90 minutes puttering around outside until the back started hurting. I am not in my 20s anymore
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