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| Something is missing... besides hay |
Ok, something is definitely wrong. This morning was the second morning the chickens were in the new pen, but there were no eggs in the buckets! (The picture was taken before I put the hay in.) I believe what I need to do is attach a 1x6 (or something similar, preferably lighter) to the front bottom third of the buckets to give the chickens a more "homey" feel.
Yesterday we had to chissel off a bolt to get the disks seperated, so I started this morning by drilling out the hole where the remainder of the bolt was. Shortly thereafter, Dad and I unloaded our "new" disks from the trailer.
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| Sharp looking, huh? |
After running into town to get gas for the tractor and meeting Dad to pick up our new battery, and using said items to enhance the performance of our motorized farm equipment, I proceeded to attach the disks to the tractor. After making a couple rounds with the disks I wasn't satisfied with the depth of the cut, so I decided to make an adjustment to the system.
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| As you can see, it involved using a hammer. |
Ahh, much leveler, but still not cutting deep enough. Solution: Proceed to load disks with huge tire and cinder blocks. It was a chore trying to figure out how to keep everything on, but I eventually figured it out and disked up a good sized piece of ground!
I scouted around the property and found a bottom plow to use next to really give the ground a good shaking.
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| So close, yet so far... |
I got one side of the bottom plow attached and was in the process of positioning the tractor to attach the other side when it just quit working! It was getting fuel, plenty of electric power, spark, but no fire. Troubleshooting with Dad on the phone, and with some extra help from my brothers who have done some significant small engine work, we came to the conclusion that it had to be the starter or the...
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| I'm the culprit... can you guess what I am? |
solenoid. After Dad got home and had a chance to look at it he was pretty sure that it was the solenoid. (We will find out soon whether that is indeed the case.) So, while he ran into town to get a replacement, I changed both the front tires on the car (one had steel showing all the way around), and then frantically went about getting as many flats planted as I could. I managed to get 6 full flats planted before it got to dark. (Really, it didn't take me long, but it got dark fast!) The rundown? 1 flat each of the following (remember, that's 12 trays to a flat and 4 compartments to a tray, or 48 compartments to a flat):
- Florida Market Eggplant
- Sweet Cherry Peppers
- California Wonder Bell Peppers
- Anahiem Chili Peppers
- Cayenne Peppers
- Jalapeno Peppers
More will soon follow!
