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What size grit do I need for Parkerize prep ?

I knew your a wood wizard but you’ve went to a whole new level. 

Way better than beautiful. I’m so impressed. Unbelievable !!!!!!

I see blueberries in seed catalogs that claim bred for East Texas. Hard to believe. Although, strawberries are commercially grown south of San Antonio at Poteet. Blueberries are my favorite. 

Garden is burning up. Picked melons today snd maybe last tomatoes. Okra just kicking in and cherry tomatoes are loading up. 

I’m counting on you Bud. It’s on my bucket list to swing by on my way to Kali and buy you a steak and beers. You probably don’t remember us talking about it but it always on my mind. Biden allows passage to illegals in our country, but I can’t afford passage in my country. If gas ever is affordable again I’ll be headed your way. Nephew is in Petaluma now but don’t know for how long. 

They’re a type of cantaloupe. They don’t ship well, so rarely sold anywhere other than produce stands. Great for Texas. Require very little water. 

Picked 1st Israel melons today. 

Dragon flies were known as snake doctors in rural Texas. Haven’t heard them called that n 30 years. 

Beautiful !!! You put lots of care in your garden. My Grandma told me once when they passed a strangers house they judged the man by his garden and wood pile. Nice clean orderly garden and split stacked firewood was a sign of a man with pride in his work. I need a privacy fence around my place. Do you have Purple Martins ?

Going to show my age. Stores like 7-11 and Whites Auto or Western Auto had tube testers where you take all your tubes in and plug each one into socket marked with tube number and needle would show good or bad. If bad there was a drawer underneath cabinet with new replacement tube. Amazes me you get sound and pictures out of tubes. I took Radio-TV class in high school 2 hrs. a day and it was just enough to confuse hell outta me. 1970 tubes were on their way out but vocation class was still teaching. Every hat I have is off to you for building from scratch. Amazing !

I’ve had to suffer through it for years with DOT license and now Medicare checkups. 

My brother has boat-load of 9x18 MAK ammo and ask me if there was ever a revolver chambered in it. Us 3 brothers and a nephew have PA-63’s and they won’t chamber hollow points. At least not the flavor my brother bought. 

Anyone ever heard of the conversion done ?

The poles were layed across top of the hole like a ceiling, then the dirt piled on top mounded up like a new grave so water would drain. A door was on one end with steps dug down to floor. Sometimes wood steps or stairs were built. The doors never faced west. That was directions tornados came from. Cellars were as much for storm shelter as food storage. I can see a project of finding and taking pics of dirt cellars. We thought only rich people had cement cellars. 

I picked yard-long asparagus beans today. 

That cellar orta work great but take several for storage to hold enough for a family. The dirt root cellars I grew up with were maybe 10’x10’. Hole dug about 7 ‘ deep. Cedar poles layed across top. Then dirt from hole mounded over the poles. Looked like a huge grave. All canned food was stored there. No A/C in house do canning would spoil. It could be 105 but feel cool down in cellar. Potatoes, onions and turnips lasted all winter. Pears were picked in fall,wrapped in newspaper and stored under a bed. They would keep to about Thanksgiving but we’re usually all eaten before they ruined. My brother just said the cellars probably under 8’ wide. I hated going to cellar during a storm because copperheads like the cool place too. 

Yep! That’ll make a fine rifle. I’m doing a 93 Turk in 6.5 Swede and a 1908 Brazilian with crazy pitting barrel at forearm but inside barrel looks showroom perfect. It’s still 7x57. Just finished a Chilean 95 couple months ago. First Chilean I had that had no pitting. 

A balloon made it to Woodson, Desdemona, and Comanche Co. Texas. 

I caught half of a show on the Fu-Go fire bomb balloons Japan sent our way in 1944-45. One of the most interesting things I’ve seen in a long time. I think it said between 4500 to 6000 we’re sent. Some were fire bombs to start forest fires and some were explosion bombs. I’ve heard all my life about the balloons but the real story has just been declassified. Some made it to Texas. The media was told not to report on the balloons so Japanese wouldn’t know if they were successful. 

Already gave away as many as in pic. 

I have a huge mesquite in front yard that’s splitting in 3 sections. I put big eyebolts and cables to truss it up couple years ago and we set all time wind records this year, so fingers are crossed. Have another nice one at back and 2 smaller. Farmers and ranchers hate them but they’re my pride and joy. I would love to see your stock. Dry mesquite is harder than woodpecker lips, so orta be fantastic stock. Going to So. Dakota has been on my mind for a while, but like you, gas price says not now. 

These are Texas 1015. Vidalia are dang good too. I use to get them from Georgia too. 1015’s came from Dixondale Farms here in Texas. The biggest and sweetest I’ve ever grown were Candy onions. As sweet as Vidalia and 1015 are, no comparison with Candy. Only drawback was they didn’t keep well. Next year I’ll plant 1 bunch of Candy and 4 bunches of Vidalia or 1015. Think I’ll string’um today. Looks like a huge crop of Israel Melons. Watermelons ok. Big crop of tomatoes just starting to ripen. Neighbors and kinfolks are sick of zucchini and yellow squash. Jalapeños not doing much. Yard-long asparagus beans going crazy and I’m only one that likes them. 2020 garden completely drowned out. Last year hail wiped out everything. This year is making up for last 2 years.