Old Pharts Club

[inspects]

It was 90 yesterday, not 77. And Dale, Rich is right, the garden is just starting to produce. There are quite a few ripe tomatoes out there now, the cantaloupes are about as big as a softball (PLEASE God let them get ripe! It's our only fruit!), I'm in the middle of doing the sauerkraut now, and there are some nice fat butternut squashes out there I need to can up for winter. The summer squash is getting away from me. I should have been canning that the last couple of weeks, but with everything else going on, I just haven't had the time. Eh, even if it's "old," the chickens like it, so it won't be wasted.

The weeds won the battle this year, however, and it's kinda hard to find anything out there. I know where to look, because I know where I planted stuff, but I bet Rich doesn't even remember we have melons. I did lose my beans. I mean, I know where they should be, but the tangle of bindweed and amaranth all over them is impenetrable. Cucumbers are the same. I've only found a few, and I KNOW there have to be dozens and dozens in there. I'll find them when they turn into yellow schoolbuses.... argh.

Sounds like a real mess, Lannie......

 

[inspects]

This the same stuff your dealing with, Rich...Lannie?

 

[Jimi]

Hey Jimi....you have the computer repaired?

How you been ole buddy?

Hi Dale nope not yet, still waiting for the reimbursement check but a dear friend gave me their old laptop, just got it set up today

 

[Draconigena]

And it was 91 today, Dale, but still didn't feel like it. Cricket popped just after noon, so now we have two baby heifers to contend with and we have to start milking again as of tomorrow morning. (Lannie milks, but I need to be there on shit duty and for other support)

G'Evening my Old Phart Friends, hows everyone doing tonight?

How the hell are ya, Jimi? Nice to see ya around here again.

 

[Draconigena]

This the same stuff your dealing with, Rich...Lannie?

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Yup, Bind Weed (AKA Wild Morning Glory).

 

[inspects]

Yup, Bind Weed (AKA Wild Morning Glory).

Looks invasive..and fast growing in good soil.

 

[Jimi]

It was 90 yesterday, not 77. And Dale, Rich is right, the garden is just starting to produce. There are quite a few ripe tomatoes out there now, the cantaloupes are about as big as a softball (PLEASE God let them get ripe! It's our only fruit!), I'm in the middle of doing the sauerkraut now, and there are some nice fat butternut squashes out there I need to can up for winter. The summer squash is getting away from me. I should have been canning that the last couple of weeks, but with everything else going on, I just haven't had the time. Eh, even if it's "old," the chickens like it, so it won't be wasted.

The weeds won the battle this year, however, and it's kinda hard to find anything out there. I know where to look, because I know where I planted stuff, but I bet Rich doesn't even remember we have melons. I did lose my beans. I mean, I know where they should be, but the tangle of bindweed and amaranth all over them is impenetrable. Cucumbers are the same. I've only found a few, and I KNOW there have to be dozens and dozens in there. I'll find them when they turn into yellow schoolbuses.... argh.

Lannie you should grow your cucumbers on a fence, sure you have a spare piece somewhere and a few posts to wire it too, it will help keep them up out of the worst of the weeds maybe. They do well that way too and easier on us old pharts to pick.

 

[Draconigena]

Looks invasive..and fast growing in good soil.

Both of those are true.

 

[inspects]

Lannie you should grow your cucumbers on a fence, sure you have a spare piece somewhere and a few posts to wire it too, it will help keep them up out of the worst of the weeds maybe. They do well that way too and easier on us old pharts to pick.

Never tried that, nor heard of anyone doing it....I'll try that next year.

 

[Jimi]

Yup, Bind Weed (AKA Wild Morning Glory).

I have some of those too, nothing but a big PITA

 

[Draconigena]

Lannie you should grow your cucumbers on a fence, sure you have a spare piece somewhere and a few posts to wire it too, it will help keep them up out of the worst of the weeds maybe. They do well that way too and easier on us old pharts to pick.

Because she is already in bed, I will answer this. I put up posts with several wires running end-to-end. Problem was the cukes grew at ground level and were covered by the bind weed before we could lift the cuke vines to the first wire. The bind weed wound around the cuke vines so tightly that we couldn't separate them without risking ripping the cuke vines.

 

[Jimi]

Because she is already in bed, I will answer this. I put up posts with several wires running end-to-end. Problem was the cukes grew at ground level and were covered by the bind weed before we could lift the cuke vines to the first wire. The bind weed wound around the cuke vines so tightly that we couldn't separate them without risking ripping the cuke vines.

I know just what a pain those are, even if you pull them they still come back

 

[Draconigena]

I know just what a pain those are, even if you pull them they still come back

Seems to me like I am ripping them out constantly. I can fill several wheelbarrows with these damn weeds and walk back around that area the next day and it looks as if I never pulled a one of those G#@ Da%$ Rotten Mot&%r Fu$#%&g Sons-a-B$#%&es......

 

[Jimi]

Seems to me like I am ripping them out constantly. I can fill several wheelbarrows with these damn weeds and walk back around that area the next day and it looks as if I never pulled a one of those G#@ Da%$ Rotten Mot&%r Fu$#%&g Sons-a-B$#%&es......

Yeah that's the way it goes here too, I haven't found anything organic that will stop them either. Every year we get more and more

 

[inspects]

Yeah that's the way it goes here too, I haven't found anything organic that will stop them either. Every year we get more and more

Have you guys always have problems with that shit, or just recent years?

 

[Draconigena]

Yeah that's the way it goes here too, I haven't found anything organic that will stop them either. Every year we get more and more

Ditto.

Have you guys always have problems with that shit, or just recent years?

I never even saw that shit back in Orygun. Here, it was present when we first moved here, but didn't seem to be the prime nuisance (it was the purslane back then). It seems to me that the more I cultivated the ground, the thicker and quicker it grew and rapidly took over as the primary nasty weed. Now it does grow in areas that I have never plowed up (e.g., the pix I posted a couple weeks back with it growing up the fence in the dog yard), but it seems to grow quicker in softer tilled soil.

 

[inspects]

Gotta long drive in the morning....have a good one......

 

[Jimi]

Have you guys always have problems with that shit, or just recent years?

We have had it for about 5 or 6 years now and it only gets worse

 

[Jimi]

Ditto.

I never even saw that shit back in Orygun. Here, it was present when we first moved here, but didn't seem to be the prime nuisance (it was the purslane back then). It seems to me that the more I cultivated the ground, the thicker and quicker it grew and rapidly took over as the primary nasty weed. Now it does grow in areas that I have never plowed up (e.g., the pix I posted a couple weeks back with it growing up the fence in the dog yard), but it seems to grow quicker in softer tilled soil.

The purslane goes good in salads and is good for you, we fight it every year too so I eat it to get some revenge.

 

[Draconigena]

Gotta long drive in the morning....have a good one......

Have a good sleep and tomorrow, keep the rubber side down, Dale.

 

[Jimi]

Gotta long drive in the morning....have a good one......

G'Night Dale see you tomorrow my friend, hope tomorrow goes well for you

 

[Jimi]

Hey Rich where's all the usual Old Pharts?

 

[Draconigena]

The purslane goes good in salads and is good for you, we fight it every year too so I eat it to get some revenge.

Many years ago, some forum friends of Lannie's were trying ever so hard to grow purslane (as you say, it is a healthy veggie) and they just couldn't get it to grow (they were somewhere back east). I scratched my head because I couldn't get it to go away. Things like this obviously depend on the type and quality of your soil.

 

[Draconigena]

Hey Rich where's all the usual Old Pharts?

Seems to me that Crom and Lucy only show up in the daytime now. The rest appear to be drifters... they come and go with no regularity (Hmmmm, maybe they need a good laxative?)

 

[Jimi]

Many years ago, some forum friends of Lannie's were trying ever so hard to grow purslane (as you say, it is a healthy veggie) and they just couldn't get it to grow (they were somewhere back east). I scratched my head because I couldn't get it to go away. Things like this obviously depend on the type and quality of your soil.

I can't get it to go away either, it's like a low growing jungle, so i must have pretty good soil then

 

[Jimi]

Seems to me that Crom and Lucy only show up in the daytime now. The rest appear to be drifters... they come and go with no regularity (Hmmmm, maybe they need a good laxative?)

Hard to figure, i thought we had a pretty regular group

 

[Jimi]

Everyone must of grew younger, wish I knew their secret

 

[Draconigena]

i must have pretty good soil then

Well, it has been a bunch of years since I planted anything in Illinois (I live there in 1968 for a few months, then 1972 for about 10 months) and, as I recall, the soil was soft, almost black, and very moist. Just about anything will grow there. Around the Urbano-Champaign area, corn seems to grow with no effort by the farmer.

Hard to figure, i thought we had a pretty regular group

Maybe they dropped out because there was no Jimi to talk to and Dale and I were just too boring to keep them interested?

 

[Jimi]

Well, it has been a bunch of years since I planted anything in Illinois (I live there in 1968 for a few months, then 1972 for about 10 months) and, as I recall, the soil was soft, almost black, and very moist. Just about anything will grow there. Around the Urbano-Champaign area, corn seems to grow with no effort by the farmer.

Maybe they dropped out because there was no Jimi to talk to and Dale and I were just too boring to keep them interested?

Yeah everything seems to grow well here especially the weeds it's a full time job just trying to keep up with the garden.

I seriously doubt that.

 

[Jimi]

Well Rich I am gonna call it a night and say G'Night to you and anyone else who might stumble in see you tomorrow my friend

 

[Draconigena]

it's a full time job just trying to keep up with the garden.

That's for sure...

I am gonna call it a night

Me too: "It's a night." Sleep tight. Hasta la bye bye....

 

[phil68]

Sarah won a squank tank in a contest she likes it but she let me try it and I like it to it doesn't hit as hard as a duel coil then she turned around and gave it to me.

 

[JuicyLucy]

Well, it has been a bunch of years since I planted anything in Illinois (I live there in 1968 for a few months, then 1972 for about 10 months) and, as I recall, the soil was soft, almost black, and very moist. Just about anything will grow there. Around the Urbano-Champaign area, corn seems to grow with no effort by the farmer.

Maybe they dropped out because there was no Jimi to talk to and Dale and I were just too boring to keep them interested?

Nah - been very, very busy with all manner of real life problems and projects - no time to relax and socialize - miss it and can't wait to get past all this crap!

 

[Jimi]

And it was 91 today, Dale, but still didn't feel like it. Cricket popped just after noon, so now we have two baby heifers to contend with and we have to start milking again as of tomorrow morning. (Lannie milks, but I need to be there on shit duty and for other support)

How the hell are ya, Jimi? Nice to see ya around here again.

I missed this last night, thanks Rich it's good to be back my friend

 

[The Cromwell]

Nah - been very, very busy with all manner of real life problems and projects - no time to relax and socialize - miss it and can't wait to get past all this crap!

Same here, lots going on with the SIL and have lots of projects that must get done.

 

[Artemis]

I missed this last night, thanks Rich it's good to be back my friend

Hi Jimi
Hi Old Pharts!

I have been super busy with my job. I expect my hours to lessen since they hired more nurses. It's okay. I'm planning on a second job just in case this job fizzles out. (Lack of hours) I still need to get my transmission rebuilt. It's a shame since the car had less than 70,000 on it when I first figured out the problem. Right now, I'm able to drive it as long as I'm gentle with the overdrive (auto). I had the A solenoids replaced back in July. I wish I could find someone who could figure it out but all the locals want to do is rebuild or replace.

 

[The Cromwell]

Automatic transmissions are about the only thing on a vehicle that I will only do simple stuff with.
Filter fluid replace, input/output seals replaced, etc.

I have friends who do the internal work on them.

 

[Artemis]

Automatic transmissions are about the only thing on a vehicle that I will only do simple stuff with.
Filter fluid replace, input/output seals replaced, etc.

I have friends who do the internal work on them.

I should have bought a honda civic instead of a ford focus. Tranny's go bad in certain years of the ford focus.

 

[Jimi]

Hi Jimi
Hi Old Pharts!

I have been super busy with my job. I expect my hours to lessen since they hired more nurses. It's okay. I'm planning on a second job just in case this job fizzles out. (Lack of hours) I still need to get my transmission rebuilt. It's a shame since the car had less than 70,000 on it when I first figured out the problem. Right now, I'm able to drive it as long as I'm gentle with the overdrive (auto). I had the A solenoids replaced back in July. I wish I could find someone who could figure it out but all the locals want to do is rebuild or replace.

Hi Sandi, good to see you my friend hope you get your transmission straightened out my friend, miss talking to you.

 

[Jimi]

G'Evening my Old Phart Friends

 

[inspects]

Evening Jimi...and everyone......

 

[Jimi]

Evening Dale how did the day treat you my friend

 

[inspects]

Evening Dale how did the day treat you my friend

Pretty good day Jimi....damn hot tho....low 100's.

Should be cooling off a little by now, hope it comes sooner than later.

 

[Jimi]

It cooled off here 65 for a high today, I am lovin it

 

[The Cromwell]

Evening Jimi and Dale and any lurkers

Been storming and such since about mid afternoon here. area is under flash flood advisory until about Monday I think...
Warnings out in other areas though.

I have just been 'excavating' in my basement.
And laundry, dishes, etc...
And petting a few cats

 

[inspects]

It cooled off here 65 for a high today, I am lovin it

How did your garden do this summer....hope you have lots of goodies.

 

[inspects]

Evening Jimi and Dale and any lurkers

Been storming and such since about mid afternoon here. area is under flash flood advisory until about Monday I think...
Warnings out in other areas though.

I have just been 'excavating' in my basement.
And laundry, dishes, etc...
And petting a few cats

Excavating in the basement?.....you digging a sump hole for a pump?

 

[The Cromwell]

Excavating in the basement?.....you digging a sump hole for a pump?

Nope digging thru organizing and trashing junk

 

[inspects]

Nope digging thru organizing and trashing junk

I need to do the same thing, one of these days.

 

[The Cromwell]

I need to do the same thing, one of these days.

I have to clear out a corner so I can put a door there.
Has a 8ft wide double swinging door right now. Homeade and bad, have not used it in years but now I need to block it up with concrete blocks and put a 36 inch door in the hole.