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Sunday, September 21, 2008
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Iowegian
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Anamosa, IA [email protected]
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The warm weather contiues. The plants are still looking good, but the gourds are still a couple of inches shorter than last year's. I find it hard to believe that I have seen less than a dozen cucumber beetles all year. In past years they have invaded by the hundreds amd thousands. The pumpkins will be personal bests for both of us if they hold up just 13 more days.
I bought the 16' 4x4's for building a lifting tripod. I already have the straps and a very large tractor clevis to use as the ring. They have been used in the past sucessfully with a skid loader doing the lifting. Now all I need is the hoist, a threaded rod, washers and nuts and a chain for attaching the hoist. A friend of mine has some pumpkins going, so we hope to give the tripod a good workout this fall.
Jacob just got back to normal after his knee surgery, and now the other knee went out. We see the doctor tomorrow and hope to get another surgery scheduled. It seems to be the same problem and if so he will be ready for action on the wrestling mat this winter. I don't mind doing some of his patch chores, as he really helped me out when I had my shoulder surgeries a couple of years ago.
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