Beans are starting to ripen here, moisture is going to be high with all the rain we have been getting, and some low fields will be a loss. Corn can wait until ground freezes but beans won't. Beans will shatter and be on the ground.
Tom
What are you using to degrease the chain, mineral spirits? I have used lacquer thinner which can be reused since
it is real strong. The cheap way would be to use gasoline if outside ventilation is used however a safety solvent
would be better if it was new solvent. Safety solvent has gotten pretty expensive over the years and I use to buy it
in the 5 gal. cans at $35/gal. I'd hate to say what it costs now! I haven't bought any of it for over 20 years and still
have a solvent tank for it.
Yes, the corn can wait even till it snows but these fellas over here are always in a hurry and get things backwards.
They combine corn when they should be getting the beans out first. My relatives know which way to go, beans first
then corn if at all possible. This year's weather has screwed things up and if the beans are ready and it rains then
gets a hard freeze the pods pop open and then your crop is on the ground. Some old bad habits are hard to get
rid of too, like Fall plowing and a few of the fellas have gotten away from that.
This next week will probably be the last warm weather and a frost is suppose to hit the middle of the month. There
won't be many days to do any riding on the bike anyway at speeds over 20 mph without a windshield. There's a
lot of motorcyclists still running even though it's rainy and chilly out. I've got some mowing to get done and I hope
it will be the last time which I doubt. The leaves will be changing pretty soon and a nice warm calm day with sun
would be nice for a ride.
Dennis