Devonviolet Acres

[Bruce]

He only had the post 21" in the ground

Deeper than the deepest ones the prior owner put in here by about 3". I've pulled many without the puller (same as yours I think) because they were hardly more than 12" down .. and pointed, the "full diameter" part was barely below the surface. But the puller does help a lot with posts that think they want to be in the ground and especially with T-posts since they don't "rock and lift (with the knees not the back )" like a poorly set wood post of small diameter.

I know this one was bloody last year, but I don't remember how persistent she was.

Oh the poor hen!

 

[Devonviolet]

The ice cream maker to chill the milk is genius. My pasteurizer for the dairy does basically that by circulating ice cold (from a freezer, but not frozen) water around the 30 gallon vat while paddles stir the milk, but I never thought about doing it small scale. Smart.

Well, thank you. I wish I could take credit for the idea. But, it was a suggestion I found in an article about pasteurizing goat milk.

 

[Devonviolet]

Devonviolet said: ↑

• I know this one was bloody last year, but I don't remember how persistent she was.

QUOTE="Bruce, post: 505863, member: 14330"]Oh the poor hen!

Don't ya just love spell check??? I typed BROODY and spell check thought it should be BLOODY!!!

 

[CntryBoy777]

I turn mine off. It seems that many of my words are not recognized and I really dislike the distraction of it. Tho, I'm not as adept as others and up on all the modern technologies. Heck, I don't even talk right and say words that I can't seem to find a way to spell. I knew ya meant broody, cause nobody is mean enough to make a bloody hen set on eggs.....

 

[Mike CHS]

I love pickled okra!!! If we ever get our garden in, I plan to grow okra. After I fry me up a mess o' fried okra, I will have to pickle some okra!

My this thread got busy.

Okra likes our heavy soil in Tennessee also and I don't think I've seen a single garden without at least some.

 

[Devonviolet]

My this thread got busy.

Yeah, isn't it interesting the turns a thread can take? Nothing for a while, then lots, then a short hijack, then nothing, then it starts up all over again.

 

[Devonviolet]

We have been back at the gate building today. Got the wire wrapped around the post we put in yesterday & turned it into an H-post, which the previous owner had not done. Hung & leveled the gate & shimmed, so the hinge screws went into the round post.

Next we dug the post hole with the power post hole anger, with a 6" drill. This was the first time I ran the auger. It went pretty slick. I just wish the drill bit dug closer to 3' instead of the 2 feet the manufacturer saw fit to put on the anger.

Before placing the 8' cedar tree post, I cut a nice sharp point on the end. We positioned the post, and I held it while DH climes on a ladder with a sledge hammer. He managed to drive it in a good 10", so it is even with the other post.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I admire your stamina in this Heat and Humidity....it is 89° here in the shade with 66% humidity....I barely made it thru goat walk today. It is down right Stifling out there. It really looks like ya did a really Great job with it all too.

 

[Devonviolet]

I admire your stamina in this Heat and Humidity....it is 89° here in the shade with 66% humidity....I barely made it thru goat walk today. It is down right Stifling out there. It really looks like ya did a really Great job with it all too.

Thanks CntryBoy. Yes, the heat & humidity is a killer! DH says there's no air to breathe!!! We have 83° and 76% humidity! It actually sprinkled on us a while ago.

We just keep taking breaks - in the shade, and drink lots of water. I have to keep a close watch on DH, after he had a bad case of heat stroke last summer - it scared the bejesus out of me!!! Not to mention what it did to him! Took a couple weeks for him to recover!

DH is putting the latch & gate stop on & we are finished for the day!

 

[Southern by choice]

Are these your chicken pens?