Friday, February 3, 2023

The Tony Truck Peterbilt is showing more progress on the engine rebuild.  The Cat engine is now positioned back in the frame of the truck and it has the head installed.  Should be ready to run soon!  Jake is moving along on the project.

This Cat engine sits in the frame once again!

We have some sprouts to cut in some fencerows.  Late last fall, one of the neighbors across Roberson Ditch from our Dunn farm cleared the ditch of spouts and small trees, making a few piles of brush on the levee on our side.  Those need to be bunched up and burned, and the residue buried on site.  We will use the Gator to go look at that job today while it is frozen very solid, and make a plan for cleaning it up.  These kind of tasks are not glamorous, but must be done in the ‘off season’, so that there will be no obstacles when it’s time for the planters to run.

Soon, we will be getting a neighbor to bring his bulldozer in to work on our Roberson farm to rebuild some WASCoBs, and add a few more.  John will be meeting with Dustin Hatton this afternoon to go to the site and develop a plan.

The sky is clear and the sun is bright today.  Not a cloud to be seen and the blue color is brilliant.  Still, it is quite cold, 17ºF (-8ºC) to start the day.  The weekend is predicted to be warmer, and next week could see days in the 50s!  That’s southern Indiana for you.

Our local HS girls’ basketball team had a disappointing start to tournament play.  They were defeated in their first game by Sullivan.  It was not the outcome that we expected.  Even so, they had a better-than-expected season, and there are no Seniors on the team.  We are already looking forward to their 23-24 season!  The boys’ tournament will be next month.

Have a good weekend.