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We dodged the storms and tornados last night. New line building in today. I did get out and mow where it wasn’t standing water.

My old rain weather station went out back in late June so I lost my spring totals. We are in a loop with daily storms. Gladly share a few inches

I’m in the market for a couple trailer tires. Amazon is cheap but you get what you pay for. Thinking about etrailer.com to pick up a pair. My trailer is 9yrs old, oe tires and some wall rot since it sits outside. Had to rent a U-Haul trailer to move some furniture from NW Oh back to the house...

It’s been a wet August. For the week we are at 7.5” and close to 9” for the month. Feels more like early May than August. How has everyone been doing with these storms?

All our gardening is in raised beds. We use the B3200 FEL to hold up bags of compost while emptying or to add soil. I bought a 4’ harrow with the intent of going big but that would just feed the rabbits and deer more

New wheels from Messicks slid right on. Judging by the shaft wear both the prior owner and I missed that shaft zerk. It was fully packed with crud but once clean it flowed grease easily. Far enough in I can’t get the lock n lube on it. Wire wheeled off all the rust and dirt. Replaced the...

New parts arrived yesterday. Looks like I have a project today

One of the gauge wheels on my MMM decided Sunday was its last day. My “yard” is pretty rough so bumps from the deck are always present. On the second lap, where I am close to gravel, it started throwing rocks. Quickly stopped but I already has some nice shrapnel cuts to my face. Good thing I...

Wife does that. I like to pull it out as long as possible especially if I am driving somewhere. I’m not the one losing money at that point

Wanted to share so others can learn. I got a text alert about a possible fraudulent cc charge on Saturday while at the Steam Thresher show. Crappy cell service so I verified that the charge was on my cc and not mine. Told the wife I’d report it when we got home. Sadly this happens multiple...

That time of year to go look at old iron. Hot but enjoyable

Same. Just summer heat and the smoke is well north. Went up to NW OH to watch the BigBoy rolling West back through. Hot and humid but a beautiful day. Cool on the drive up in the low 70’s. Didn’t need the AC going up but after an hour in the sun, needed it coming back. I think we hit 91 today.

Took a day off to go watch the BigBoy rolling West today. Impressive machine.

Camera is back up. Seems they want to nest on the spikes. Storms rolling in so Orville is on deterrent duty tonight. Quick update. Orville is a miserable failure.

Here you go. I use this on all pork with the exception of ribs and it is great on chicken. It is an adaptation of a rub from Chris Lilly.