Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things

[jmh58]

Kudo's to Cheryl.

Great series of photo's bh.

Floyd said it!!!
John

[bighomer]

Thanks fellers.

[TPK]

Thought I'd post some photos that I took today.

Great pictures biggie! I like where you live & how you do it!

How are the winters there? Just cold or extreamly cold? Just kind of long or really long?
Our winters are normally just cold but pretty long.

[bighomer]

Thanks, they get longer every year, just cold I guess. Agv. hi's In the upper 40's for Nov, Dec, Jan, & Feb, low's lower to mid 30's of course there are exceptions. We have some below 0 deg. days, but it generally doesn't stay that cold but a few days on the other hand we can have warm temperatures but they generally don't last long either.

[Mumbleypeg]

The hay fairy has been here again. Done. Now I just need to get it put up into rows. And find buyers.

Ken

[cudgee]

The hay fairy has been here again. Done. Now I just need to get it put up into rows. And find buyers.

Ken
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Is hay generally easy to sell, or does it depend on the season and the supply?

[Mumbleypeg]

As with everything else, price and sales depend on supply and demand. Which depends mostly on the weather.

If the weather is good everyone has good yield, so supply is plentiful. And prices go down.

When the weather is bad, no one has good yield, so supply is weak. Prices go up, but no one has anything to sell.



It’s not always that bad, but you get the picture!

Ken

[cudgee]

As with everything else, price and sales depend on supply and demand. Which depends mostly on the weather.

If the weather is good everyone has good yield, so supply is plentiful. And prices go down.

When the weather is bad, no one has good yield, so supply is weak. Prices go up, but no one has anything to sell.



It’s not always that bad, but you get the picture!

Ken

Same as here, 2 years ago we were in the middle of a terrible drought and hay was bringing prices never seen before, and as you would know, there is hay and there is hay. The really good hay was through the roof, you have a good week.

[TPK]

Thanks, they get longer every year, just cold I guess. Agv. hi's In the upper 40's for Nov, Dec, Jan, & Feb, low's lower to mid 30's of course there are exceptions. We have some below 0 deg. days, but it generally doesn't stay that cold but a few days on the other hand we can have warm temperatures but they generally don't last long either.

Sounds just a bit colder than where I live.
"I don't do" winters.

[Waukonda]

The hay fairy has been here again. Done. Now I just need to get it put up into rows. And find buyers.

Ken
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How many cuttings do you get in an average year?

[Mumbleypeg]

The hay fairy has been here again. Done. Now I just need to get it put up into rows. And find buyers.

Ken
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How many cuttings do you get in an average year?

Most years two. Usually cut in May or June, then if we get a little rain after that, cut again in September or early October. I have cut as late as November, and occasionally maybe two years out of 10 don’t get a second cutting because it’s been so dry it’s not worth cutting.

Ken

[bighomer]

Had a little frost this morning, temp on my thermometer at break of day was 39 deg.

[treefarmer]

bighomer, show us the pictures but keep that frost up there in the the Volunteer State!
Treefarmer

[cudgee]

bighomer, show us the pictures but keep that frost up there in the the Volunteer State!
Treefarmer

Not a fan of the frost then.

[doglegg]

Ahhh but frost sure cuts down on mowing.

[Waukonda]

As I was out walking yesterday, the late afternoon sun nicely illuminated the Black Walnuts which are still hanging on, and also the fuzz of the soybean pods.

[treefarmer]

Wahoo! Look at the giant food plot! Bambi loves soybeans.
Treefarmer

[TPK]

As I was out walking yesterday, the late afternoon sun nicely illuminated the Black Walnuts which are still hanging on, and also the fuzz of the soybean pods.

Those black walnuts taste great in cookies!
I have never seen any over here though.

[jerryd6818]

As I was out walking yesterday, the late afternoon sun nicely illuminated the Black Walnuts which are still hanging on, and also the fuzz of the soybean pods.

Those black walnuts taste great in cookies!
I have never seen any over here though.

But oh what a chore to shell.

[TPK]

As I was out walking yesterday, the late afternoon sun nicely illuminated the Black Walnuts which are still hanging on, and also the fuzz of the soybean pods.

Those black walnuts taste great in cookies!
I have never seen any over here though.

But oh what a chore to shell.

Yes! Very hard thick shell. We used a if I remember correctly.
Usually, mom did it. I helped eat the cookies. I was a really good kid.

[Mumbleypeg]

My grandparents had a big black walnut tree. Grandpa would pick up the walnuts and put them on the gravel driveway. After a few weeks of the car driving over them most of the green husks would be broken off. He picked out the walnuts (still in the hard black shells), and cracked them with a hammer. Usually he had a burlap sack full. Then he and grandma, along with occasional help from us grandkids, picked out the walnut meat.

You’re right Tom, the cookies are great! So are the brownies, cakes, and pies. There’s no other flavor like black walnut - other walnuts just don’t have that same taste.

Ken

[TPK]

My grandparents had a big black walnut tree. Grandpa would pick up the walnuts and put them on the gravel driveway. After a few weeks of the car driving over them most of the green husks would be broken off. He picked out the walnuts (still in the hard black shells), and cracked them with a hammer. Usually he had a burlap sack full. Then he and grandma, along with occasional help from us grandkids, picked out the walnut meat.

You’re right Tom, the cookies are great! So are the brownies, cakes, and pies. There’s no other flavor like black walnut - other walnuts just don’t have that same taste.

Ken

Yes, my my mom, aunt and grandmother also put the nuts in my grandmothers gravel driveway to remove the outer shell. I didn't think anyone would know what I was talking about if I mentioned that.

[TwoFlowersLuggage]

A video is just a stream of pictures, right?

I went out to do a little surf fishing, and instead I was treated to a 15 minute show of dolphins playing right in front of me. They were swimming back and forth, diving, tail slapping and even doing some surfing in the waves. Unfortunately, by the time I got my camera ready, they had settled down a bit. This video does NOT do the show justice!

[Waukonda]

Nice, TFL! It would have been a great post even if there were no Dolphins.

[Paladin]

My grandparents had a big black walnut tree. Grandpa would pick up the walnuts and put them on the gravel driveway. After a few weeks of the car driving over them most of the green husks would be broken off. He picked out the walnuts (still in the hard black shells), and cracked them with a hammer. Usually he had a burlap sack full. Then he and grandma, along with occasional help from us grandkids, picked out the walnut meat.

You’re right Tom, the cookies are great! So are the brownies, cakes, and pies. There’s no other flavor like black walnut - other walnuts just don’t have that same taste.

Ken

Yes, my my mom, aunt and grandmother also put the nuts in my grandmothers gravel driveway to remove the outer shell. I didn't think anyone would know what I was talking about if I mentioned that.

Down this far south in Texas we have a variety of Walnut that is possibly unique to this part of the state. There aren't very many of the trees and when I 1st found some of the nuts I carried them to the local nursery guy for identification.
Later on, I killed a dove and noticed a very full crop. I opened it up and found that 4 or 5 of these marble size Walnuts had been eaten by the bird. I always felt like I did the bird a favor by euthanizing it as I see no way he or she could have ever processed even one of these in his gizzard. As my Dad used to say 'they were hard as a ministers penis' or something like that.

Ray