What Did You Do Today?

[Pat B]

Happy Birthday, Robin and many more to come. 

[WhistlingBadger]

Happy b-day, Mrs.Ed!

[BowEd]

Thanks...I gotta remember all the time the stuff she's got to put up with from me and the work she does around here too.

[EdwardS]

Happy birthday Robin!

[WhistlingBadger]

Hey, guess what, boys.  I am tillering my first bow build today.  It is going to be a 20#@20", 54" pyramid bow for my daughter.  Red oak board backed with light linen canvas.  Got it backed and floor tillered earlier this week.  Even got it braced before realizing it was starting to take a slight set because I'd pulled it beyond its designed weight.  Since then, I have just been waiting for a bow scale to arrive (thanks, Amazon/UPS!) so I can finish tillering the thing.  It's pretty exciting!  Wish me luck.

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[BowEd]

Good luck....Always a thrill to fling an arrow from a self made bow.

[PaulN/KS]

For the last couple days I've been taking advantage of a dry spell and hauling horse manure from down the road and unloading it on the garden. Loading the 6'x8' trailer with the bucket loader is easier than unloading the trailer with the shovel tho... 
Oh well, good exercise. 

[Deerhunter21]

teaching my little brother to "flintknap."  hes not strong enough to actually make a flake, he just crushes the edge. but he's been begging me to teach him. so here we go.

[DC]

Ya ever notice that when you find a stave with a crook in the handle that's going to make a centershot bow it turns out to be for a lefty. What's worse is that I'm a lefty-- that shoots right handed

[WhistlingBadger]

Ya ever notice that when you find a stave with a crook in the handle that's going to make a centershot bow it turns out to be for a lefty. What's worse is that I'm a lefty-- that shoots right handed

I shoot left handed...if that bow needs a home, I'm here for you.   

[DC]

I figured about 9.2% of you would think that way

[WhistlingBadger]

I figured about 9.2% of you would think that way

Yeah, that's fairly predictable I guess.  ha ha

[BowEd]

For the last couple days I've been taking advantage of a dry spell and hauling horse manure from down the road and unloading it on the garden. Loading the 6'x8' trailer with the bucket loader is easier than unloading the trailer with the shovel tho... 
Oh well, good exercise. 

Gooood stuff for the garden there Paul.The best.Get it in there while you can.Robin has a little pony too that helps us out with that.I managed to till things up good here too.
Now more snow and temps into the 20's......Ha Ha.It's early enough though yet.

[PaulN/KS]

For the last couple days I've been taking advantage of a dry spell and hauling horse manure from down the road and unloading it on the garden. Loading the 6'x8' trailer with the bucket loader is easier than unloading the trailer with the shovel tho... 
Oh well, good exercise. 

Gooood stuff for the garden there Paul.The best.Get it in there while you can.Robin has a little pony too that helps us out with that.I managed to till things up good here too.
Now more snow and temps into the 20's......Ha Ha.It's early enough though yet.

The rain held off so got it tilled in yesterday. Been feeding this clay soil in the garden plot for 20 years now. Still has some hard spots tho. Took two tanks of gas in the old Troybilt Horse to get it all stirred up. Worth the effort ...
Been raining all day and supposed to get down to the 20's tonight. Sure was a short "Spring"... 
Gotta "love" kansas...

[BowEd]

That's what I've been doing to our gardens' soil too for years and years.I put wood ashes on it too from the stove.
Looks like we did'nt dodge this latest snowfall anyway last night.Sure hope our peach tree flowered buds survive.Our peach trees don't bud up like this for peaches every year.