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2020 Victory Gardens
Eric Krewson:
It was interesting project adjusting t the slip clutch on my tiller, I had watched the you tube videos on breaking a clutch free.
I backed the clutch springs all the way off, raised my tiller off the ground and put it in gear, nothing. I had a paint line across the clutch plates to see if they would move, nothing moved.
I went to plan B cautiously; I put the tiler slightly on the ground and bumped it into gear, This time I heard a sickening brief screech and though "what have I done". I got off the tractor and checked my marks, they had moved. I popped the tiller into gear again and the screech got louder and then got quiet, success, everything in the clutch was rotating freely.
I tilled a really rough spot for my neighbors greens patch, in the past I almost always pick up a huge rock and locked my tiller up on this plot. This time I didn't pick up anything and couldn't check my adjustment handiwork to see if I had things just right.
WhistlingBadger:
Glad you got your clutch fixed, Eric. I always have to hire a pro for stuff like that.
Weather is crazy. Sunday, 95F. Yesterday, harvesting everything left that's harvestable, cloudy and highs in the 70s. This morning, 6" of snow on the ground, cottonwood branches everywhere except on the trees, and no electricity. (I'm typing this at work--power is on in town) Welcome to life at high altitude! I think the active part of gardening is over for me. Now I'm just waiting for grain, peas, and beans to dry out (grain in burlap sacks on the deck; peas and beans on the vines) so I can thresh and winnow.
Marc St Louis:
--- Quote from: WhistlingBadger on September 08, 2020, 08:25:29 am ---Glad you got your clutch fixed, Eric. I always have to hire a pro for stuff like that.
Weather is crazy. Sunday, 95F. Yesterday, harvesting everything left that's harvestable, cloudy and highs in the 70s. This morning, 6" of snow on the ground, cottonwood branches everywhere except on the trees, and no electricity. (I'm typing this at work--power is on in town) Welcome to life at high altitude! I think the active part of gardening is over for me. Now I'm just waiting for grain, peas, and beans to dry out (grain in burlap sacks on the deck; peas and beans on the vines) so I can thresh and winnow.
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That is wild. Still no prediction of frost here. Cool today but far from freezing.
I've been battling some Beavers that have decided to make a small creek that drains the swamp behind my house their home over the last few days. They are persistent. They have 4 dams along that creek and every day I go and break them up. I know that won't discourage them but I don't want to trap them till later when the fur is prime
Hawkdancer:
Re: canning supplies - Ace Hardware and WallyWorld usually have them on hand. Seems to be a lot more people canning this year. Hope they do it right! -C-
Hawkdancer
HH~:
Buy lids by the case in Spring. All i have left is a pack of two of regular size and a bunch of wide months.
Shawn~
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