Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

[jvls1942]

hmmm after i posted, your post came through.
now i have to wait and see if any future posts come automatically .

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Hope you can get it straightened out again Jim. Computers can be so frustrating.

Too hot out. I'm dreaming of winter too Barb. Only so long I can sit in the steam bath that is know as Wisconsin. I read it's so humid in the Midwest because of corn sweat. Makes sense to me. Lots of corn around.

 

[jvls1942]

well, it looks like we are back in business.
we took a ride to the Amish store near Athens today. had a detour around a bridge out for replacement. after about a 20 mile detour, we came back to the highway about 200 yards away from where we left it, only on the other side of the bridge. we took a diffeent route to get home.
i dragged the corn plot and planted some old buckwheat seeds I had. if it grows it grows. if not the birds can eat it. i will buy some fresh seeds .
the late planted lettuce and carrots are growing nicely. gooseberries, black and red raspberries are producing nicely. Annie picked an ice cream bucketful of beans today. more blossoms promising many more to come.
the cat has caught something brown that is not a squirrel or a rabbit. too mangled to tell what it was.
we had a really hard rain yesterday. tornado watch just east of wausau and a confirmed tornado near clintonville.
it was too hot to go out for a fish fry tonight. had a hot dog with relish , with relish, at home instead
now i have to see if i can get byc cheeseheads back on auto delivery.

 

[Callender Girl]

Another heat advisory day! And, with it, another day of mowing with the walk-behind, battery-operated mower.

My riding mower starts and runs, then dies the instant I drop the blades. Online, there are about a half dozen possible causes. I can't take it to the repair shop because my trailer's hitch is out of commission.

So, every day, I wait until the grass has dried -- rains almost every night -- and mow during the hottest part of the day until the batteries are worn down. I'm pretty worn down by then, too.

I end up showering twice a day, as much to cool off as to get clean. Signs the heat is getting to me: Halfway through I became aware that I was still wearing my glasses in the shower; and later in the day, I realized that I had put some of my clothes on wrong-side out.

Jim, maybe there is some mysterious new creature brought forth by the ridiculous heat. I also found a mangled something-or-other when I was mowing. All I know for sure is that it was brown.

Sometimes, it seems that the folks who make the detour routes are either inept or just plain mean. Was your 20-mile detour at least scenic or interesting?

Lisa, thanks for giving me one more reason not to like Mr. Sullivan, whose fields surround me. He rotates crops, and apparently this year, his sweating corn is adding to my misery! I've lived in the Midwest my entire life and never heard of corn sweat before your post, so I looked it up. Who knew?

 

[jvls1942]

Barb, sorry I missed you this morning. I slept in until 6AM.
when Annie put the lawn mower into the lean to, she saw something run under the work bench. so she walked over to see. a small woodchuck made a mad dash for the door. so, I guess he didn't leave, just relocated to the back of the garage. time to put on my trapper hat again.
about a dozen apples fell off the tree. almost big enough to make a pie.
Nephew came to visit. he fishes in lake Michigan.
he lives 2 houses away from the shore and the boat landing. he brought us two large slabs of salmon , all in sealed packages. one of them is smoked. He takes it to a processor to be smoked.
it is hot here, too. all i did yesterday was water the beds real good. it takes about an hour to do that. i have a lawn chair to sit on.
Barb. it sounds like your lawn mower carburetor is a bit clogged or dirty. just for sh*ts and giggles, get some sea foam and add it to the gas,.
one other thing might be that the blade bearings need to be greased.
most bearings are sealed. so the spindle has to be disassembled in order to repack the bearings.
disconnect the spark plug and turn the blades by hand a little. with the blades disengage.
yes, the detour was very scenic. no signs, no cross roads just woods and farm land.
i did not see the critter the cat dragged in. Annie described it to me. i can usually tell by looking at the tail. the cat seldom eats the tail.
i haven't checked how the buckwheat is growing,,,or not. will check today.
it was some very old seed.
i have heard of corn sweat. we are surrounded by corn this year. no wonder the dehumidifier runs constantly. lol
66F this morning until about 8AM. i have the bathroom fan running and the kitchen door open. it really helps to cool down the house. i will shut the door and turn off the fan at 8AM and the house will stay cool until after noon.