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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« Last post by RG8800 on June 26, 2017, 09:59:53 PM »

Charlie, my dad had cataracts removed in his 80s and I think it helped him. He also had MD. Hope it is not hereditary but with my luck probably is.
Busy as usual here just getting caught up with crop spraying. Unhithed from the sprayer and need to hook up with the haybine any day soon. Crops all looking pretty good and there is going to be a lot of yellow around here in a couple of weeks as canola blooms. No blue here this year as I've kicked the flax habit after the last disastrous crop. Life is too short to spend time fighting flax straw.
Got a new drone battery on warranty so looking forward to some flight time soon.
Saw the first potato bloom last week.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« Last post by Charlie V on June 16, 2017, 09:02:21 PM »

that inch of new water should give your crops a little boost, Ralph.  We wee not all that dry here, but yesterday gave us just over three inches of rain.  Probably good for seedings on high ground.  Most likely some ponding on low ground.  All of my flower plants look like they enjoyed the rain but I keep them pretty well watered anyway.  Today would have been my normal day to mow grass (as  but in a morning check I found standing water on the ground (as expected) in several places.  With the hot sun and breeze it will be dry enough by later tomorrow.  


Beautiful evening here on the back deck tonight.  A few pesky insects but not many.  Light is getting dim now as the sun sets.  I went yesterday and had a full eye exam and got measured for new lenses.  Drs. are not sure how mush getting rid of the cataracts will help  as the MD is also part of my vision loss. The cataract removal will help some and I sure hope it helps a lot.

Charlie

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Finally Got Our Rain

« Last post by RG8800 on June 14, 2017, 10:19:49 PM »

Crops, gardens and grass were starting to need a drink. No significant rain fell for a month until last night. I hear we have had over an inch in an all day rain which is just what we needed. Things were growing surprisingly well considering. Although the lawns were getting a bit dead looking on the high spots.
Early potatoes are up and hilled just in time for the rain. We have had a bit cooler than normal weather most of the time which helps keep things growing.
I spent a little time out on the "big water" on the weekend by my brother's farm yard. Uploading a video to youtube of it at the moment. See we have plenty of moisture here. Just not well distributed.
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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« Last post by Charlie V on May 29, 2017, 11:03:10 PM »

Great job with the video, Ralph.  Guess I have watched it about three times now.  Pretty tiny on my phone but good on the laptop.  Great that you got good weather to get the Canola in the ground.  Hope conditions hold good for the growing season.  

I see a fair amount of ground here that looks like it might be seeded.  Probably mostly corn ground but cannot say for sure as nothing is sprouted.  I suspect planting is behind schedule here due to all of the rain.  One report a few days ago claimed seven plus inches for the month of May so anyone not on high, well drained ground is not working yet.  It will take some warm sun to germinate seed already in the ground. Last Thursday for example we had two inches of rain in 12 hours, and so it goes. A few all time weather records being broken.

 I am sure you have heard that Lake Ontario is trying to devour all of NY state and half of Canada.  The commission that regulates Lake level  claims the 2014  plan implemented last fall is not the cause, but just coincidentally, the Lake is at it's highest level ever recorded, currently.  Many opposed the 2014 plan saying this is exactly what would happen if there was a wetter than average spring.  The US and Canada in their infinite wisdom,passed the plan .  Bottom line is the tree huggers who wanted more water in wetlands around the Lake sure got it. Others are suffering millions of dollars in losses,

With my retired, old man life style my planting mostly consists of putting a couple dozen plants in flower pots and that endeavor is progressing well.  I gave up on a garden some years ago when my wife talked me into planting my garden plot to lawn.  Probably a good move.  Every time the garden was rained on, then dried out, the clay pretty much turned to stone so I was to the tiller.

Charlie

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« Last post by RG8800 on May 25, 2017, 10:16:42 PM »

I see that Ralph is keeping busy loking above the clouds to find sunshine.  You get your flying machine up pretty high, Ralph.  Not only he put a new oil line on the Mercury and fired it up with a 15 year old battery.  Nice job with your videos, Ralph.  Keep them coming.  

Not sure what Dean has been up to.  Most likely cleaning and waxing those classic tractors and feeding cats..

Charlie

I've been working steady and overtime most days for the past 3 weeks. Getting rid of last year's flax crop and straw took time and put me behind for applying anhydrous. They full speed ahead on seeding with the usual little breakdowns and holdups. I still managed to get about 99% finished as of last night thanks to a long stretch of dry weather. Kind  of nice to have a break today as it rained a little and gave me a chance to plant some garden stuff. Early potatoes are up.
I've had no time to drive the Merc or fly the drone but my nephew did get some great drone  video of me running the magnum and air seeder recently. I'm just uploading a video to youtube now. Here is  a "still".

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« Last post by Charlie V on May 06, 2017, 11:59:17 AM »

You have that right, Gene.  Water, water everywhere. I have not put my rain gauge upright yet because we are not yet finished with below freezing nights.   Not sure how much rainfall in the past two weeks, but a lot of it.  Have mowed lawn 2 and 1/2 times.  The last time was last Thursday.  Could not do it all as some was a pond but got a good part of it.  Had to do it then because of all the rain starting Thursday afternoon, through Friday and today.  Doubt it will be dry enough for at least another week.  Yesterday I did notice some high ground worked over on Rt. 20 but most is too saturated.  Looks like crops will be starting a little late this year.  Winter wheat is sure looking green and happy though.  I sent a text to my daughter who lives here in NY yesterday, Gene.  Ser replied that she had just arrived in her older sisters driveway.  That would be in Delaware O.  Guess that means that all three of my girls are in Ohio at the moment.  


I see that Ralph is keeping busy loking above the clouds to find sunshine.  You get your flying machine up pretty high, Ralph.  Not only he put a new oil line on the Mercury and fired it up with a 15 year old battery.  Nice job with your videos, Ralph.  Keep them coming.  

Not sure what Dean has been up to.  Most likely cleaning and waxing those classic tractors and feeding cats..

Charlie

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« Last post by Gene Dotson on May 03, 2017, 05:43:07 AM »

Careful what you wish for. After my last post about being dry was answered by more than 3.5 inches of rain starting last Thursday. The dry ground is doing a good drinking in the water, but will still be a few days, even if we get some sunshine. Cloudy and cooler weather will slow the process. This coming week is the prime time for planting corn and soybeans in Ohio. Thankfully we are missing the severe storms that seem to be plaguing southern U.S.

Gene

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« Last post by Gene Dotson on April 26, 2017, 07:45:27 AM »

Warm and dry here in Ohio. Tractors and horses working everywhere. Ground very dry and would welcome some rain, which is predicted for Thursday and Friday.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« Last post by RG8800 on April 24, 2017, 03:08:29 PM »

We have had a setback here in Sask. with a few inches of new wet snow overnight. No good weather  forecast for the rest of the week either. So what we thought was going to be an early spring is now starting to look like a normal or possibly late start in the field.
This was the view out my window this morning. Air seeder sitting in the snow. At least it covered up the water that had accumulated from the last rain.

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'round the pot-bellied stove / Western Ohio Update

« Last post by Gene Dotson on April 21, 2017, 07:34:57 PM »

Charlie, I have been turning a little dirt last 3 days. Started out by working the sweet corn patch on Wednesday. Worked some extra ground and invited the daughter and son in law to plant some garden. Hope they take me up on that.Had the Case 970 out on Wednesday afternoon to work down some sod I plowed up from plowing up some of the airstrip so that will give me another acre to plant.

Will be raising corn this year. I don't have a planter so neighbor will plant my corn when he plants his field next to me.I worked about 12 acres on Thursday with the Case 700 and field cultivator. Was about 77 degrees yesterday so was a nice day to be[ out on the tractors. Turned out cold at 52 degrees today, so did some inside work and a little laundry. Neighbor has a 12 row planter, so won't take long to plant my 21 acres.
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Some pictures of the fruit tree blooms. Lots of white.

Gene