Ducks ALIVE in 2025!

[Shades-of-Oregon]

Pic of gas tank set up. Pump handle the three blue 55 gallon gas barrels

 

[flowerbug]

I would like to help you out on that bug ID, but my skills in entomology are lacking!

there's a lot of beetles. i didn't have much luck finding that one.

 

[ducks4you]

@Shades-of-Oregon ,IF you have a smaller gas can, you could transfer to that and save your back. Just a suggestion.
I was gifted 2 gas cans that are impossible to fill/empty and I transfer the gasoline to one of my better gas cans as they empty out.
Here's for your joints!! I know what it feels like!

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

@ducks4you I am very appreciative of all your suggestions and time you have taken to respond.
Everyone is different and a resolution to a solution is different for everyone.

Joints are always my issue and so glad to see your doing so well after your joint surgery.

I am planning on selling my tractor this summer at a reasonable price when my son comes it will be easier for me to allow him to chat with the looky loos that are interested.

 

[ducks4you]

Got a limited amount of gardening time before I travel.
I cleaned out the front sidewalk/steps beds and discovered that the mini pink rose had survived as well as two big clumps of Italian garlic!! I pulled out 5 that need to be replanted, and I hope to cut off their scapes, harvest/replant them. I am sure that the bulbs will be small, but, with a little bit of time they should get bigger.
I broke down Thursday and bought two 6 cells of Early Girl tomatoes, which I transplanted into the winter 40 gallon waterer (for the ponies) that I have stolen for gardening this summer.
It still had 2 inches of rain water at the bottom. I moved some 4 month old used stall bedding to fill, planted all 15 of them--I am pretty good and soaking/separating tomatoes that have grown together--in it.
Today, I plan to transplant the tiny cabbages and lettuces that have been growing in the winter sowing jugs, as I did yesterday.
I have a 20 gallon waterer without a current job, so, being black, like the other one, I thought it would make a good temporary planter.
I transplanted from my winter sowing jugs:
Onion Grande
11 Leeks--that's all that sprouted
and
probably 50+ shallots
I am going to search the carriage house today for some chicken wire.
I think the idea of "new litter boxes" will occur to my kittens while I am away.

 

[ducks4you]

@ducks4you I am very appreciative of all your suggestions and time you have taken to respond.
Everyone is different and a resolution to a solution is different for everyone.

Joints are always my issue and so glad to see your doing so well after your joint surgery.

I am planning on selling my tractor this summer at a reasonable price when my son comes it will be easier for me to allow him to chat with the looky loos that are interested.

Here's praying that you will get a good price!!
Have your son check on current prices on your model.
Dunno about the current price on My compact tractor, but my Kubota riding mower was $4K, now $6K.
There IS a good market for gently used compact tractors, so make sure that you don't give it away for pennies on the dollar, like that $20 drop leaf table that DD's bought last month.

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

@ducks4you thank you so very much. Great advice and you’re absolutely correct . The compact tractor ‘gently used is worth a lot more than I expected.
Sendings blessings your way.

 

[Vanalpaca]

FIX MY GATES!!
Not exactly plant related, but by straightening up the post with the heavy and formally sagging gate to the Inner Sanctum, and holding it with straps, the winter should freeze and hold it in place.
In 2025 I have 6 gates that need attention.
We can do them 1 at a time, starting with this gate bc we have never done this before and the ponies aren't around this gate, unless we let them into the Inner Sanctum, which is not very much.
We can cut our teeth on this fencepost and then know about proper curing time.
We will dig around and secure the posts with cement.
#2 and #3 will be the east and west fences on the North Pasture, in May before the boys get their north pasture back.
#4 will be the south gate on the South Pasture, do before ponies get their south pasture back.
#5 will be the gate that leads from behind the barn to the south pasture. Ponies can spend a few days this summer stuck in the north pasture.
Last gate, #6 will be the gate that leads from around the barn to the north pasture.
Ponies can spend a few days in the South pasture while we work on that one, probably Septemberish, when I can get outside again, after left knee healing.
New fencing (2008) came with much heavier stainless steel gates. I kept 3 of the 8 ft wide and 2 of the 4 ft wide hollow steel gates and none of those are sagging.
We will level all supporting posts and give them a couple of days for the cement to dry.

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So I see we aren't the only ones with gates to 'fix.' Currently instead of fixing either of my gates, the hinges of one of them was salvaged to install a new gate in the beeyard. So now both gates to the compound still need fixin. Meanwhile a 3rd compound was built to hold three alpacas and that was a cattle gate put in there. I also need my bench swing fixed!! Spring has sprung and lots of farm chores stacking up!! Hope you got your gates fixed over the winter....