Recent content by Cobleskill

Just had a big bowl of fresh green beans. Love em. I grow pole beans that make it more fun to pick. I bought a 2 lb bag the other day, grown in US, and cost about $6. Not quite as good as homegrown, but beats frozen ones. Can't wait to plant tomatoes and beans and beets. Usually pumpkins...

Looks like one of those wavy man figures they put out to catch your eye for advertising.

Lee Zeldin, head of the EPA, appointed former chemical company executives and others with the opposite view on pollution to be chiefs. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/climate/epa-staff-oil-gas-chemical-industry-lobbyists.html

It always seemed kind of risky looking to tell other civilizations where to find us. We can't even get along with our own kind.

I had a nasty head cold that has settled in my chest. I thought it might be flu or covid with how achy I was in the beginning No fever. Going on 2 weeks. Making me drag ass.

20 this morning. The record is 16.

48" of rain on Oahu. Can't imagine.

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We had a soaker yesterday. The ground was already saturated. 1 1/2" came down pretty fast. Standing water in areas I have not seen before. Gone today. The ditches and culverts just couldn't take it fast enough.

A tree guy around here used to do some roofing also. He was doing a tear-off on the steep pitch of a gambrel barn swinging from a rope.

Likely heavy snow load made rafters sag. Flat roofs suck. Especially in heavy snow areas.

Me too.

I loved the drive across Wisconsin. Gorgeous. Course I'm a farmer. Crossed over into Minnesota and not the same.

Redwing Blackbirds came back in February. The birds seem to come back earlier every year. Leave earlier too. I hate when the barn swallows leave.

We call them picks around here also. Funny how terms are regional sometimes.