Whatcha Up To???

[w_r_ranch]

Watered the trees, Crape Myrtles, porch pots & asparagus.

Burned out the back flower bed & started burning out the garden, then watered them both as well to put out any 'hot spots' that may feel inclined to flared up. This had to be done & I just wasn't in the mood to be riding the tractor today...

 

[wolffman]

Cooling off finally. Was able to do some tree branch removal that has been sitting since the hurricane. Quite a bit more to go.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Picked up my perscriptions at the pharmacy.

Continued shreddding the middle pasture.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Made a peach cobbler for our desserts.

Refilled the hummingbird feeders & put up 1 more for them.

Found a large red wasp nest in the well house. After initially reducing their numbers with a spray, I dropped a fumigator in there, closed the door & watched the smoke vapor pour out of every crack. I'll do a body count tomorrow.

 

[wolffman]

Here's a small story of luck. A couple years ago a dude contacted me asking for an automotive part. It's a lower steering column bearing for older GM trucks/SUV's. I build a similar product for Jeeps. I ordered a junk steering column from Ebay ($100) for prototyping and spent about a day designing and building the part. Plopped the part on my website and didn't expect much. Well, this year we will do about $500k sales on this item. Lol! I've tried waaaay harder on products with much less success.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Finished shedding the middle pastures & started one of the back pastures.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Refilled the hummingbird feeders.

Made a German chocolate cake with coconut/pecan frosting for dessert.

Harvested the mint, cleaned it & the put it in the dehydrator.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Went to the package store & to the CanAm dealer to pickup the backordered part that will complete our Defender's buildout.

Made another peach cobbler.

Prepped a pot of pinto beans for tomorrow.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Made a pot of pinto beans.

Seasoned up chicken that I'll put on the smoker for tonight's supper.

Watered the trees, crape myrtles, porch pots, hanging baskets & the asparagus bed.

 

[wolffman]

Cleaned up some more tree debris this weekend. Front yard is done. Lots of mesquite firewood (unfortunately). Mowed and sprayed.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Took Dieter to the vet for his monthly shot.

Installed the last part on the Defender... it's finally done.

It started raining lightly ~1300 hrs (0.15" thus far).

 

[w_r_ranch]

Cleaned/refilled hummingbird feeders.

Fed the cattle.

Finished cleaning out the back flower bed & burned the trash.

Finished burning out another tree stump.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Lots of lightning last night, but no rain...

Sprayed RoundUp around the home site.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Did the weekly shopping, topped my fuel tank & picked up the dirt supplies I need for repotting stuff.

Fed the cattle.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Made another pot of pinto beans.

Picked up a load of cattle feed.

Tossed the spider plants on the burn pile & prepped the pots for 2 coats of paint.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Mixed the components for 10 cu. ft. of soil to fill the 4 planters & to replant the 4 containers of spider plants. All done, time for a margarita!!!

 

[w_r_ranch]

Cut the grass.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Watered the trees, Crape Myrtles, porch pots, hanging baskets, back flowerbed, & asparagus bed.

Refilled the hummingbird feeders.

 

[wolffman]

What's this black mold all over my Crape Myrtles?

 

[w_r_ranch]

Mold & mildew that grows on the secretions from the aphids. Spray your Crape Myrtles with a fungicide to address the mold & an insecticide to kill the aphids.

We have the same issues as you do every year.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Refilled the redbird feeders.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Made 2 buttermilk pies.

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I'm getting an intermittent check engine light on the new Defender. I was unable to get the codes via the 'manual' procedure, so I bought an adapter cable (for use with my OBD2 reader) & pulled the error (P0171) that way. I want to know what's wrong with it before I drag it back to the dealer for a warranty repair...

 

[w_r_ranch]

I'm trying to make a new-to-me bread today & even bought a new pan just for the occassion... 'Pain de Mie' a.k.a. the perfect brioche sandwich bread. Mrs. Ranch really liked it!!!

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Did the weekly shopping (what a joke, SMH). Came home & ordered stuff online...

 

[w_r_ranch]

Put out a roll of hay for the cattle.

Started shredding again in the back pastures & got 2 passes done before the gearbox on the shredder had a catastrophic failure. We will be so glad when this year is over... This year has been bad luck from the start.

 

[w_r_ranch]

Made a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting for our desserts. This is Mrs. Ranch's favorite.

Started pruning back the ferns in the hanging baskets in preparation for repotting.