Wednesday, August 17, 2022

BACK ON THE ZEN MACHINE

Thank you all, from the bottom of both our hearts, for the sweet comments the last couple of days.  We'll go back and reply soon.

Now back to regular farm/yard stuff.

I checked the fruit trees and bushes, including the "wild pear tree" and all was good.  No damage and only two pears on the ground, but that could just be the tree shedding a few as they ripen.

After the rain last week, guess what?  We had GREEN!  OK, not a lot, but it did mean that I could mow...for the first time since the end of May.  I pushed the mower out of the shed, jumped on and turned the key.

CLICK!

CLICK!

Dang it, I didn't think about that happening. It hasn't been driven for a couple of months.


I removed the brush guard on the front and lifted the engine cover.  Everything looked ok, wiring tight and everything still connected, no creatures living inside so I figured it had to be the battery.

You may recall that a couple of Christmases ago,  2nd Man bought this for me...


It's the HALO Bolt, portable battery charger and air compressor.  I've used it numerous times for airing low tires and I've used it to jumpstart a friend's car once and a strangers car in a parking lot.  I figured it should work on the mower too so I hooked it up, waited about 30 seconds, turned the key and I was back in business!  The Zen Machine was back.

*and score another point for a great Christmas gift!


Here, you can kind of see the grass and how it was during the mowing...


...and here it is finished. The weather was hot but there was actually a nice breeze.


I didn't go the full time or distance but that's because there were still areas I could skip because they were brown and not growing.  I also skipped further toward the front of the property where I got the mower stuck in mud a couple of seasons back.  With rain a few days before, I did not want to go through that again.
 

Here's another view, as you can see, it's greened up from just the three inches of rain we got.  Another reason I mowed is because we have more rain coming.


Here's what it's supposed to be like Thursday night at 7pm.  LOTS of rain as a front pushes through.  We need the rain, but please just let it drop and move on through.  We don't need flooding.

14 comments:

  1. Thanks for mentioning the HALO bolt. I think that would be a good Christmas present for the big guy.
    Glad you got rain and hope you get more without flooding. You've had a brutal summer.

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    1. OMG yes, it's a great gift. I've put air in the farm truck tires, I had a leaky tire on my Jeep and filled it regularly, I've aired the mower tires, and then I've jumpstarted a friends car that wouldn't start, and a stranger in a grocery store parking lot. And now the mower. I just keep it in my car (it came with a storage bag) in the back end, once every month I charge it. OH and it also has a light, charges cell phones and tablets too. Great little device to have.

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  2. You got 3”? That’s great! We are little over an inch and still brown and crackly. Hoping the forecast is accurate!

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    1. Google does that sometimes, not sure why. Yeah, the family that lives out there had just a little over 3 inches in the rain gauge. Of course when the next round came through she said it never rained a drop, the storms broke up and went around ha. Tomorrow looks promising though for everyone. :-)

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  3. We bought two gadgets to get the air compressor and charger. I was not aware there was single gadget for both.

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    1. This combines both, I've used it for tires and battery jumping. I used to have two, I didn't even know they did this until I got it for Christmas, ha.

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  4. 2nd Man’s HALO gift to the rescue again! The gift that keeps on giving and can be a real lifesaver. I have a couple of them and they are essential, for car emergencies and for the house, especially with our unreliable power grid.

    Three inches of rain at the Farm! I’m happy for you, but I’m green (actually not-green) with envy! I got only two tenths. But as you posted, more rain is hopefully on the way.

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    1. Yes, it was awesome to have and you're right I think we might consider getting more. At least one for each car. Plus we can charge phones and tablets if (when?) the grid goes down.

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  5. Still very dry and brown here but rain in forecast for everyday next week and chance of showers late this afternoon. early evening.
    Will accept any rain that we get right now. Anything that will help to fill up the cracks hopefully.
    Enjoy your evening.

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    1. I think y'all are having some rain right now, if I just saw the weather correctly on the local news. It's heading this way tomorrow. And they say we're getting into a rainy pattern for a few days. We're ok with that just no bad stuff.

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  6. Hope you both had an enjoyable day on your anniversary.
    Wishing you both many years to come

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    1. Thank you, we did and are continuing it tomorrow (weather permitting) with dinner at our annual tradition...

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    2. Heavy rains kept us from our special dinner so we'll try again another time. We're happy with the rain though!

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