Recent content by Cobleskill

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.

I put an amazon fuel pump on a tractor about 10 years ago. It came fast, is still working, and cost a fraction of oem. John Deere is very proud of their parts. Nearest good dealer is 40 some miles away. We used to have one in the same town. Then it was 20 miles away. Then 30, now 40+...

Thawing. Rain coming. Warm til the weekend. Nice to get rid of all the snow and maybe have some frost in the ground.