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Post by urbino on May 30, 2024 18:41:31 GMT -5
Had a nighbor over who is a genuine Forester of 20 years. We will be taking down about 15 trees. Many are dead or dying Aspens. There is a blight affecting them. Also a few Black Locust, aka False Accia. Then thining a Siberian Elm which has progogated into a gigantic bush to make a real tree mini grove. Thinning deadwood off other trees. All the material except the large blocks going into a chipper which will spew wood chips all over the drier part of the yard. I do not want to plant and water more grass. Weeds are what has come up and they are not the good ones. So, chipping might supress. If I can manage it, a weed blanket first. Maybe he can cut Ron's sweet gum tree while he's at it.
We cut a couple of honey locust trees for firewood when I was a teenager. The thorns on them things are a bitch.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 30, 2024 18:45:57 GMT -5
Had a nighbor over who is a genuine Forester of 20 years. We will be taking down about 15 trees. Many are dead or dying Aspens. There is a blight affecting them. Also a few Black Locust, aka False Accia. Then thining a Siberian Elm which has progogated into a gigantic bush to make a real tree mini grove. Thinning deadwood off other trees. All the material except the large blocks going into a chipper which will spew wood chips all over the drier part of the yard. I do not want to plant and water more grass. Weeds are what has come up and they are not the good ones. So, chipping might supress. If I can manage it, a weed blanket first. Maybe he can cut Ron's sweet gum tree while he's at it.
We cut a couple of honey locust trees for firewood when I was a teenager. The thorns on them things are a bitch.
I have a guy. Problem is that the tree is by the pond and the ground is too soft. If it ever stops raining for a couple of weeks he'll get it done. The pond is full to the brim and it needs to be down about 2 feet.. I can drive my truck on it, but not his big bucket and dump trucks.
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Post by urbino on May 30, 2024 18:53:27 GMT -5
Honey locust thorns. These suckers are all over the trunk and branches. It's not a fun firewood to haul or split: It does burn hot and slow, though.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 30, 2024 19:01:35 GMT -5
Honey locust thorns. These suckers are all over the trunk and branches. It's not a fun firewood to haul or split: It does burn hot and slow, though. We have some kind of junk pear tree that has 3 inch thorns nasty. There are bois d'arc trees in the area, but we don't have any. West Texas is full of sticky stuff from mesquite trees to cactus. Besides the pear, I only have 4 kinds of thorny vines to worry about.
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Post by trailboss on May 30, 2024 19:51:50 GMT -5
Had to be in Longview this afternoon for an ultrasound. It was like drinking through a car wash most of the way. All the creeks, rivers, and bayous are full. My wife's client in Dallas that serves food to kids got hit by a tornado this morning and it tore the kitchen off the front of their building. Plus all the apartments they deliver food to are without power. It might not be too much, but it's a lot. I would cease drinking through a car wash, from the creeks, rivers and bayous...none of that can be good.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 30, 2024 20:53:57 GMT -5
Had to be in Longview this afternoon for an ultrasound. It was like drinking through a car wash most of the way. All the creeks, rivers, and bayous are full. My wife's client in Dallas that serves food to kids got hit by a tornado this morning and it tore the kitchen off the front of their building. Plus all the apartments they deliver food to are without power. It might not be too much, but it's a lot. I would cease drinking through a car wash, from the creeks, rivers and bayous...none of that can be good. Are we even now? 😜
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Post by trailboss on May 30, 2024 21:18:23 GMT -5
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Post by toshtego on May 31, 2024 9:42:46 GMT -5
Off to Santa Fe for a Cancer DNA blood test and chat with my Oncologist, Dr. Ali. Fortunately, he is a very nice guy so visits with him are pleasent. Ditto his Turkish PA, Deena. I get such a kick out of the international makeup of my medical team. I may have mentioned my Gastroenterolgist is a lovely Persian lady doctor. The long drive there and back, three hours each way. Fortunately, someone else is driving.
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Post by oldcajun123 on May 31, 2024 9:44:06 GMT -5
Give em hell John!
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Post by Ronv69 on May 31, 2024 14:34:13 GMT -5
I just saw that Marathon Texas got 2 feet of hail yesterday. Marathon is on the far SW corner of Texas, near Big Bend Natl. Park. It's a desert. I
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Post by Silver on May 31, 2024 14:46:49 GMT -5
I just saw that Marathon Texas got 2 feet of hail yesterday. Marathon is on the far SW corner of Texas, near Big Bend Natl. Park. It's a desert. I Holy crap!
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Post by lizardonarock on May 31, 2024 15:02:52 GMT -5
Off to Santa Fe for a Cancer DNA blood test and chat with my Oncologist, Dr. Ali. Fortunately, he is a very nice guy so visits with him are pleasent. Ditto his Turkish PA, Deena. I get such a kick out of the international makeup of my medical team. I may have mentioned my Gastroenterolgist is a lovely Persian lady doctor. The long drive there and back, three hours each way. Fortunately, someone else is driving. I hear your cry's all I wanted was a team of good old school doctors but I ended up with a team of physician's who don't appear to be very old, but sadly I can't pronounce any their first or last names correctly to save my arse.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 31, 2024 15:27:19 GMT -5
Had some big wind last night that took out a 25 ft plum tree full of unripe peaches. 😩 It also fell on a peach tree and took that out to. The peach tree isn't a great loss because it never produced, but the plum tree has hundreds of plums on it.
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Post by oldcajun123 on May 31, 2024 16:05:05 GMT -5
Sad for you Ron.
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Post by Silver on May 31, 2024 16:14:04 GMT -5
Had some big wind last night that took out a 25 ft plum tree full of unripe peaches. 😩 It also fell on a peach tree and took that out to. The peach tree isn't a great loss because it never produced, but the plum tree has hundreds of plums on it. That stinks.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 31, 2024 16:16:17 GMT -5
Sad for you Ron. No pain, more of an irritation. There were too many trees on that side of the yard anyway. But I appreciate your sentiment.
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Post by urbino on May 31, 2024 16:59:42 GMT -5
Sad for you Ron. No pain, more of an irritation. There were too many trees on that side of the yard anyway. But I appreciate your sentiment. Still, you don't necessarily want to lose the one that's giving you fresh plums. Unfortunate.
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Post by username on May 31, 2024 17:21:46 GMT -5
Almost lost my hat due to the wind. Other then that so far a non eventful day at work.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 31, 2024 18:21:32 GMT -5
No pain, more of an irritation. There were too many trees on that side of the yard anyway. But I appreciate your sentiment. Still, you don't necessarily want to lose the one that's giving you fresh plums. Unfortunate. Well, it's still alive. It had very shallow roots. So we will leave it for the tree guy, by which time we will have harvested most of them. (I finally gave it a thorough inspection.) could probably raise it if I could get an anchor high enough, but it isn't worth the trouble or danger.
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Post by toshtego on May 31, 2024 21:53:36 GMT -5
Had some big wind last night that took out a 25 ft plum tree full of unripe peaches. 😩 It also fell on a peach tree and took that out to. The peach tree isn't a great loss because it never produced, but the plum tree has hundreds of plums on it. I am sorry for that loss, Ron. A good fruit tree is a joy. I imagine the plums were hardly ripe but you can still make Slivoqitz out of them. Contact your local Serbian distiller. A good German, Austrian, Swiss, Hungarian, or Romanian will know what to do. Just saying.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 1, 2024 9:32:43 GMT -5
Had some big wind last night that took out a 25 ft plum tree full of unripe peaches. 😩 It also fell on a peach tree and took that out to. The peach tree isn't a great loss because it never produced, but the plum tree has hundreds of plums on it. I am sorry for that loss, Ron. A good fruit tree is a joy. I imagine the plums were hardly ripe but you can still make Slivoqitz out of them. Contact your local Serbian distiller. A good German, Austrian, Swiss, Hungarian, or Romanian will know what to do. Just saying. Thanks. This is the first year that it made this much fruit. I thought that the plums just never got ripe. Apparently, the plums aren't like our big red and black plums. They are Chinese or Japanese plums. Only good for jam or Ume-shu plum wine. They are hard and sour when ripe. The previous owners played a great trick on us with all the Chinese plants and Bradford pears. The best thing about them is the shade they provide and this tree waa in an area where there waa too much shade. I appreciate all you guy's concern, but as I said before, it's more of an irritation than a loss. Irritated that I have another mess to clean up. It's on the farthest side of the yard away from everything except the big sweet gum that has to be removed. Juan can just add it to the pile.
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Post by trailboss on Jun 1, 2024 12:51:50 GMT -5
Neighbor's tree looking over at Ron with the chainsaw...
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Post by trailboss on Jun 1, 2024 13:19:38 GMT -5
Notified by my uncle near Cotopaxi Colorado that my aunt passed away yesterday. June 11th we were all getting together at his incredibly beautiful property in view of the Sangre De Cristo mountains. She is my mother's younger sister, and a woman of incredible faith. The minute she closed her eyes, she was ushered into the presence of the LORD...no doubt. She lived down the road next to grandpa's house in Howard Colorado. The gathering will still take place, but the earthly loss will be noticeable. I lost my mother in 1978, but Aunt Dellavina had the exact same voice and laugh as my mother. Every time I was in her presence, it brought great joy, not just in her voice but in conversation. Her cooking was icing on the cake, she could roll tortillas quicker than I thought humanly possible, and the red pork chile was to die for...and her pies... Not a smoker, she insisted I smoke my pipe in her house as her father did, I always took a tin of Prince Albert with me as that was what grandpa Trujillo smoked.
No mourning here, celebration of a life well lived!
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 1, 2024 13:45:19 GMT -5
Neighbor's tree looking over at Ron with the chainsaw... That would be good if we had any non-bovine neighbors.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 1, 2024 13:47:12 GMT -5
Notified by my uncle near Cotopaxi Colorado that my aunt passed away yesterday. June 11th we were all getting together at his incredibly beautiful property in view of the Sangre De Cristo mountains. She is my mother's younger sister, and a woman of incredible faith. The minute she closed her eyes, she was ushered into the presence of the LORD...no doubt. She lived down the road next to grandpa's house in Howard Colorado. The gathering will still take place, but the earthly loss will be noticeable. I lost my mother in 1978, but Aunt Dellavina had the exact same voice and laugh as my mother. Every time I was in her presence, it brought great joy, not just in her voice but in conversation. Her cooking was icing on the cake, she could roll tortillas quicker than I thought humanly possible, and the red pork chile was to die for...and her pies... Not a smoker, she insisted I smoke my pipe in her house as her father did, I always took a tin of Prince Albert with me as that was what grandpa Trujillo smoked.
No mourning here, celebration of a life well lived! So sorry for your loss. Looks like they lived in a beautiful place.
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Post by lizardonarock on Jun 1, 2024 13:56:36 GMT -5
Got my new chair this morning and am now fighting the last two screws in the side of the chair. Really frustrating and it is starting to really piss me off. Well at least I have a full cup of coffee and a pipe to smoke between attempts. Sorry for your loss Charlie but happy your aunt is now in peace in the hands of the Lord. Look up to the clouds and someday you will see her smiling at you.
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Post by coalsmoke on Jun 1, 2024 14:14:42 GMT -5
It sounds like she was a good, down-to-earth person, Charlie.
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Post by trailboss on Jun 1, 2024 14:25:58 GMT -5
Thanks, gents! Yes indeed.
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Post by urbino on Jun 1, 2024 15:36:49 GMT -5
Sorry for your loss, Charlie, but glad you got to have her for so long. As you say, something to celebrate.
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Post by urbino on Jun 1, 2024 15:43:07 GMT -5
Bob, I hope you're on the upswing. Let us hear from you when you're up to it.
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