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« on: August 13, 2015, 11:32:49 PM »

Charlie have you tried "tire slime" to fix that mower tire? Sounds like you had some exercise with the old Impala for nothing I guess. Although it is good for the car too. That Impala is too good to go in a derby and get wrecked. I bet you could get some good money for it from a serious car restorer . Even just as a parts car. Newer cars than that showed up at the antique car show this past weekend. I had my Chevy II out to show for the first time in a couple of years.

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« on: August 08, 2015, 10:51:24 PM »

I bet Gene is busy with working for that Portland show I saw mention of earlier.
Lots of rain here lately. Around six inches in the past two weeks I think. Managed to get what hay I had cut, baled. Garden is really producing and those new potatoes are sure good. Bean picking will be a frequent task for the next while.
I got the old Chevy out of the shed yesterday to get ready for today's antique car show at the local museum. The sun finally came out this morning and dried up the roads enough that I got to the show without getting the car muddy. Nice turn out of cars and some good music.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: July 30, 2015, 12:49:28 AM »

It is almost to the point of too much rain now Gene. Five inches this week has brought the sloughs back up, creeks running and a little crop leaning over. Crazy winds gusting over 100 k yesterday but it turned nice and sunny day with temps in 70s, Took a little drive in the Merc for some pictures beside the canola.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« on: July 16, 2015, 10:13:35 AM »

Gene, I think we are ok for rain for a while now since having well over 2 inches in the past week. Actually got 6 inches in one event at my brother's farm. It has revived the grass and crops nicely. Canola still looking yellow but fading a little. My flax is just getting nice and blue this week as bloom comes full on. Took this photo yesterday morning.
Hope you don't get rain on your parade but it sure sounds like you are in a trend of rainy weather there. We were there last year for a while an it gets old.

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« on: July 10, 2015, 02:24:51 AM »

Gene, we need to trade weather. It was sunny and so hot today I could hardly stand it. Up near 90 degrees. Not good for flowering canola. I took a few pictures of it this morning just in case the flowers all fall off in the heat .

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« on: July 09, 2015, 10:17:33 AM »

I know you will enjoy that new shed Gene. No doubt you have the LA hooked up to the saw by now. Hope the rain stays away for the show.

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« on: July 06, 2015, 02:26:51 PM »

Dean, I can just imagine that little Kubota and front end loader is handy. My old Massey Super 90 with front end loader is my first choice for chores as that bucket is so handy for so many jobs.
Forest fires situation not improving up North and over 13,000 people evacuated from the area so far. Just a little smokey down here in East Central Sask.
Canola blooming nicely and we had a good 6 tenths rain on Saturday which was welcome. Although I wish I had not cut my hay the day before.
I took this picture yesterday evening while taking a drive in the 52 Merc.

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« on: June 29, 2015, 03:22:52 PM »

They say a change is as good as a rest so we have a change from the sun, heat and wind of yesterday. Today it is so smokey that visibility is down near a half mile and the smoke burns the throat. Temp in the 70s is a nice change and will give the crops a break. I took this photo this morning showing the smoke in the air at my yard.

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« on: June 24, 2015, 01:05:53 AM »

Charlie, thats no fun living and working with pain. I seem to deal with back pain most days, some more than others like today. Hope you get a break from it. Your rain is like we had last year. That was actually oats I was seeding in the mud in the video although the flax went into pretty wet ground too. Last I saw it was looking very good. With a little luck I will have some blue fields in July.
Got blooms on the first potatoes already so there should be some new ones soon. I cut a little hay today which might just make it rain. The hay crop will not be great as we got no good spring rains.

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« on: June 21, 2015, 10:12:25 PM »

Well we did get a couple of tenths out of yesterday and today's showers so that is better than nothing. Still under a severe thunderstorm watch here so there could be more to come. I took this shot of the 39 Ford this afternoon when I had it out for exercise during a sunny break.

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« on: June 20, 2015, 08:49:01 AM »

Dean, the old M sounds pretty good on the hay rake. I won't see a good hay crop like that here this year. No significant rain lately. I guess Gene is getting our rain and more than he wants right now. The irony is that they are setting up pumps here to pump out the areas where the roads are still flooded from the last few years of high rainfall. Yet the fields beside the floods are beginning to need rain. Just lucky we have not had the high heat like in 1988.

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« on: June 08, 2015, 11:12:14 PM »

You are right on top of things Gene with the haying and gardening. It is a bit early yet here for haying and with the lack of rain we don't expect it to be a big crop of hay. Temp hit 85 today, hottest day yet this year. I took the 52 Merc out for a short spin as it had been sitting in the shed for quite a while and I thought it needed a little exercise. :-)

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« on: June 04, 2015, 03:26:32 PM »

Only a half inch of rain here on Monday but it was a welcome rain. Maybe too late for a good hay crop as it was the first significant rain of the season.
Gene, that new shed is going to be a lot of fun to fill up. Now you just need one of these $24,000 Case eagles to set out front. I didn't know the original cast iron ones were worth that much but that is what one sold for at a farm auction here in Sask. yesterday.

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« on: May 23, 2015, 12:01:37 AM »

Hello, gents, glad to take a few minutes and read through the recent posts and catch up.  Time sure zips past.  


In other news I'm happy to announce that I got married last Saturday.  Tracy has come to tractor shows with me several times so she's met Gene and a few others from the list.  We'd been together for five years and had long known this day would come but were happy to let the planets gradually align.  Very nice indeed to finally get there.  We kept the wedding pretty simple and low-key, which suited both of us fine and made it easy to focus our time on working on this place--which is pretty much what we'd have been doing anyway.  Although it was nice to be able to say "But sweetheart, I have to get the 620 out--we need that back lane to look good in case we take folks on a hayride."  

Dean
Saint Paris, Ohio

Dean, seems like you have a really nice place there,, and even better, someone to share it with. Congratulations.
I'm still out playing in the mud trying to plant a crop. Nice drying weather and ground conditions are improving although I did get stuck once yesterday with the air seeder.

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« on: May 21, 2015, 01:12:26 AM »

Yes, the weather has turned around being warmer up North than in the South. Not sure what the high was today but it felt plenty warm when I was outside the cab working. We have had a good dry spell with non stop field work. I don't know if it actually froze overnight here but they forecast frost warnings. It did not seem to hurt these pin cherry blossoms in the field where I was working yesterday.
Gene, I have not even done the first cutting on my "lawn" yet. Field work takes priority and I have no time to spare. The dandelions look nice.