Happy Friday fellas

[mowerman]

Have a swinging weekend guys . Bob

[mrsmackpaul]

I hope so, been a hell of a week I can tell yah

Bloody winter, getting down to freezing and frost, I know you blokes that are used to the cold probably are laughing your heads off at me but be buggered 

Everything hurts finger wise, had to resort to wearing gloves in the morning 

Got my long johns on a my blue singlet because its winter 

Beenie on the head 

I'm definitely not used to this after a couple of mild winters

Reminds me of 2001 - 2003, bloody drought that went for about 10 years, no rain  at all in winter 

Clear sky's all day and -3c or -5c everynight

Bloody rat plague eating everything in the dairy and the machinery 

Come spring and the winds and the Mallee dust storms blew in with what seemed like every day or two

City folk busy telling all and sundry how farmers are to blame for everything 

Bugger me they were tough years

Anyway I digress, I'm upright and mobile so not a lot to sook about 

The Princess has heart issues so off to hospital Monday and inject some die and maybe stents 

I tell yah, we really are lucky, wasnt that long ago none of this could happen and she would be pushing up daisies in the not to distant future

So yeah, Im happy, happy to be alive and happy to live in Australia and happy to live in country Australia 100s of miles from any big city 

Have a great weekend everyone 

 

Oh yeah Timothy Maikshilo that used to be on here all the time has just had a baby girl

How good is that

 

Well done to Tim and family

 

Paul

[mowerman]

excellant thanks for that best of luck to the princess,,and tim and new addition...  your area sounds alot like mine,,,,,its alway too something of too nothing,around here.....summer at last,,,,is this really your winter?????bob

[mowerman]

Oooooooooooo forget to mention after we put up with months of shit weather summer finally here now California’s fire season starts and fills the area with smoke for months that’s not all,,, best part alotta times our idiot officials have the audacity gaul to tell us no charcoal fires that’s not going to happen you could come and get me!!!!!! Bob

[mrsmackpaul]

Yes Bob, southern hemisphere the seasons are the complete opposite to the northern

Some do gooder types are trying to ban wood fires in Australia, I dunno, I thought that was one of mans greatest inventions, learning how to make fire 

 

Next the same do gooders will be trying to ban the wheel

 

Paul

[mowerman]

Well, from what you say, your area is not a whole lot different too many people with their noses up your ass and yes, I thought your winter was the same time is here. Bob

[mowerman]

It’s almost 100 here today…. Bring it.. barbecue in a little while 

[Joey Mack]

93, and humid..   I was in the pool for a good bit...  of course I was smokin' some meaty goodness as well,,,    

[Mackpro]

Went up early and cleaned on the boat to go out for the day and spend the night, never left the dock . Storms were building up and coming up from the south west. Had a couple of tornadoes with in 15 miles of the the marina so went back home. Spent the day in the pool. The dogs we’re happy we were home . Pool deck and pool house/bar was a bigger project than I had expected. Invited my building contractor buddy over for a pool party tomorrow but little does he know how much work he’s in for . Happy early 4th to everyone. 

[BOBWhite]

Looks fun! Trying to get through this mess, rains came too late and the weeds keep coming. 13.7 moisture and 57 test weight so I can't complain too much about what little wheat there is. Lookin like there's not going to be a day off for me anytime soon! 

[other dog]

Guess I'll load the push mower in the pickup and ride to Gladys and cut the grass. We had a lot of rain in the last couple of weeks and I haven't cut the grass since the last time. We still have stuff to move too so I'll be loaded both ways.

[mowerman]

It finally quit raining here a few days ago we had the same deal for quite a while now I’ve gotten more weed to try to get rid of. There’s so many of them I had to do a little section at a time and yes my pork ribs came out excellent… boat looks like fun too bad about the lousy weather… Bob 

[other dog]

I got the grass cut, it's about 90 degrees here. As soon as I get the truck unloaded it'll be Miller time.

My favorite Miller picture-

[other dog]

Garden's looking pretty good too. We have lots of squash, zucchini, and peppers.

 

[other dog]

We'll have green beans in a day or two, more peppers, and the tomatoes are looking good too.

Everybody wants a ripe tomato by the 4th. of July, so these better get a move on!

I planted some yellow tomatoes too, so maybe that's what these are, who knows...

 

[mowerman]

Excellent bud thanks for the cool photos specially, the first one

[Bullheaded]

Well, my Friday involved getting my truck and trailer washed in a thunder storm and pouring rain. Thought my Saturday Canada Day tractor parade was going to be a wash. But then Saturday came and it was beautiful all day!

The 67 Ford was wonderful to drive. I had a blast. 120 tractors participated. 

Edited July 3, 2023 by Bullheaded

[BOBWhite]

Nice lookin garden! Tractor parade sounds fun too, would love to drive my Farmall cub in one someday. 

Just starting to get green beans from our garden, only have got one tomato so far but many more are on their way. Peppers are coming on strong but the soil around here's make's them so terribly hot that you cannot do much with them. 

The dog made a tunnel underneath the tomato plants and now all of our animals spend the whole day in there. 

 

[mowerman]

Excellent photos fellas. Thanks for that. I’m glad your show did not get rained out . Looks like it was a beautiful day.

[other dog]

7 hours ago, BOBWhite said:

Nice lookin garden! Tractor parade sounds fun too, would love to drive my Farmall cub in one someday. 

Just starting to get green beans from our garden, only have got one tomato so far but many more are on their way. Peppers are coming on strong but the soil around here's make's them so terribly hot that you cannot do much with them. 

The dog made a tunnel underneath the tomato plants and now all of our animals spend the whole day in there. 

 

Nice garden! I don't know what to do with so many peppers either. I'll make some hot sauce like always, but I still have hot sauce from last year. I have a bottle I haven't even mailed to Bob yet, and have a box of hot sauce we were going to take to Macungie but forgot. I'm not used to having the garden grow as good as it did here this year. 

I was happy to get a tomato the size of a tennis ball in Gladys, and I put fertilizer in the rows when I planted, sprayed Miracle Gro on everything, but it didn't make any difference.

This year I worked for a couple of days tilling and raking this spot over and over, and then just planting. Never put any fertilizer on anything but the peppers are huge and those tomatoes are almost softball size, and the vines are loaded. 

Maybe I should set up a roadside vegetable stand, about 4 or 5 vehicles pass by here every day.

[Bullheaded]

I hope all your gardens and crops stay well. Been a strange year for weather. Well all the best to you all on your Independence Day. Hope you all get some time off to enjoy life.

[mowerman]

Yeah Reno area got almost record rain and snow 

[other dog]

Yep, that's a yellow tomato all right. I could have picked it yesterday, but it still has a little bit of green on it. I'll pick it this afternoon. Speaking of green, I picked the green beans yesterday, but I cooked them already. We had them and some squash with the ribs I smoked. Anybody want some squash or zucchini? We've got plenty 😁

[mowerman]

I wish I was closer. I would run over there and grab all of it.

[other dog]

2 hours ago, mowerman said:

I wish I was closer. I would run over there and grab all of it.

I like fried squash and onions, add some potatoes in with it and it's even better. That's about the only way I've ever had squash, but Zina makes a squash casserole that is absolutely delicious. It's got onions in it too, and I think she mentioned Bisquick, but I couldn't tell you what else. 

I was watching that yellow tomato that's almost ripe and never even noticed this red one-

These peppers will eventually turn red too, I've only picked a couple of them so far.