Farmerjan's journal - Weather

[farmerjan]

In for a minute... sandwich... drink.... "pills" for back..... going out to see about doing some grommets on the vinyl.... rolled out the piece, decided on the smaller grommets, and have to take a tape measure to get them pretty straight along the top since there is only a 2x2 to hang them on with the self anchoring screws... sot much room to "eye" them on the vinyl so going to mark them...

Out early while the ground was hard and frozen... before it got slick with the thawing....went and did the dog and then went to the farm to get the bale truck...
Went and fed hay to big pasture again... and the sun is melting all the snow so they can do some scrounging... the other 2 groups that got 1 bale each can go another day or 2... the one I could see from the road as I drove by, still had some and they were all laying up on the hill .... when I came out of the big pasture, they were back down eating on it... There aren't quite as many in the other field up the top of the driveway and over the back hill.... so assuming they are fine too for the next day or so...
Then fed 1 roll to the calving field.... got a new baby this morning..just born when I got there, cow had it cleaned off and it was up...no hay left, so went back in with the roll, and saw it nursing before I came out of there.... wish they would finish up... got 5 more...maybe 6... have to look at the list...
Snyder's across the road with "the 12" , has plenty of hay left... not their favorite bale but TS... eat it.... gave them grain... Grants behind me they are back to grazing some of the stockpiled grass..

Have to go back to DS and feed the chickens and do waterers again since we will be gone all day tomorrow with the dr appts...

Okay, done eating... heading out again...

 

[fuzzi]

So was I !!! Small world. Graphics Host.

I was a community leader in The Grandstand (sports). Did message board monitoring, chat hosting, even library uploads. I enjoyed it. That's where my "fuzzi" moniker came from originally.

 

[farmerjan]

Love the hijacking.... Seriously, I do....

It was a mostly sunny day... Got up and going early... temps down to 27 overnight so ground froze/got hard again.
Went to DS and gave dog his shot and all... Went to the barn, checked the cows and one had just had a calf...

Oh, I think I already posted some of this when eating a sandwich...

I went out and measured and "laid out" a line and marked every 6 inches along the sides, (which will actually be the top and bottom as I will lay them longways... I got the 54" wide by 108" long.. the clearance piece.... to put in the grommets. Boy, that is a pretty neat thing... This vinyl is thin enough that I didn't have to pre-punch the holes... the grommet tool I got punched through it and applied the grommet.. I got the 2 "long sides" marked and grommets on... had to quit so I could fill my feeders, and then go back to do the chickens and all at DS's.. This was on the 20 gauge thickness piece... I don't know if the 30 gauge will have to be pre-punched holes as it is thicker and stiffer...Pre-punching will take alot more time to do... but the "over the top " pieces really do need to be the 30 gauge at least...and I got to thinking a little bit ago... I could use ZIP TIES on these side pieces... it will thread right through the mesh around the 2x2's I would think... they aren't so terribly tight to the top pieces that I should be able to slide them through with a little wiggling... then just use the anchor screws for putting on the "tops" more permanent... Might try it and see how it goes...worst is I can't use the zip ties and have to use the anchor screws...right?
For now, it is rolled back up and in the shed here... need to put grommets on the 2 short sides

I went back to DS's, did the chickens' feed and waterers. I don't think it is going to freeze up as much... looking at only 28-30 maybe overnight... Then gave the dog his shot and fed them... got back here and got things buttoned up for the night...

The forecast is for some snow again... 1-4 inches, all according to who you listen to... DS just texted me, they just got back... and he said he will see what it is like in the morning and decide to go or not to go... his dr appts. , so his call.... Unless it is really bad, I'm fine with going... drive a little slower.... but they may cancel appts down there also... except that we will be too far away to get the cancellation notice, in time, because we will have already left to go down......
Nearly all this snow is gone... except some shaded spots like normal... it was a very nice day out so it melted pretty good... Still 35 out there, so continued slow melting.... PERFECT for the ground....

So, I am going in to finish packing the samples....didn't push to get them done since I wasn't going to make a special trip 15 miles to UPS when we are going to go right by there tomorrow... if we don't go, then I will take them down sometime before 5 p.m..... go to bed and set the alarm for about 4:45 a.m. and see what the weather is doing... wait for DS to call and go from there...