Brown Thumbs, 2015 Ramblings and Babbling Grow Thingie

[tryals15]

We have a Winner!!
We will try it out Tommorrow, hope it works. My boy is very happy with it.
Its A little boring waiting for sprouts to Grow.

Fun! I've been dabbling with metals of late. I have a foundry, but I've only been able to melt aluminum so far. What are the plans for the forge?

 

[ArizonaDave]

We have a Winner!!
We will try it out Tommorrow, hope it works. My boy is very happy with it.
Its A little boring waiting for sprouts to Grow.

I would be very very interested in hearing how it works out for you!

 

[DGBAMA]

Looks like the start of the waste oil heater I built this winter.

 

[Brown Thumb]

Fun! I've been dabbling with metals of late. I have a foundry, but I've only been able to melt aluminum so far. What are the plans for the forge?

Jabcob wants to make Knives and coat hangers ect. He has been out there all day pounding away.

 

[Brown Thumb]

I would be very very interested in hearing how it works out for you!

It works Great. I need some coal tho, everyone was closed today that stocks bags of it.
I picked up a bag of hardwood lump charcoal to get him started.
I have to cut some notches in the side of the drum so the metal he is heating is laying down in the coals.

 

[Knucklehead]

It looks like it's doing the job. How old is your son?

 

[Brown Thumb]

He is 13, Good kid so far. he was chosen leader of the month last month for his grade.
He is tired out and sore from swinging the hammer all day.

 

[leverhead]

My boy decided on a new Hobby I can't afford.
I am teaching him how to build things with what's laying around and googling it.
Anyone know what we built today. Cost nothing and the neighbor gave him a free chunk of railroad track to help out.
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I've seen them made out of old wheels (rims), shallow side up and a layer of furnace cement mixed with kitty litter. If he's still doing it in July, he may be doing it for the rest of his life. Fire is fun.

 

[Brown Thumb]

I hope he is still into it LH. Got some nut coal today and what a difference. He's pounding away. He loves knives and is a pyromanic also.
Del Gold and Gold Dollar at three weeks.

 

[DGBAMA]

Plants looking good. I have been kicking around building an aluminum smelter for a while, just another project I haven't gotten around to.

 

[grgfinney]

Got my gold dollar and the hickory pryor from you started this weekend I hope thry look like those in three weeks,your bamboo shoot is in my mailbox will be on its journey in the morning

 

[Knucklehead]

Looking good BT. How are you liking those big celled inserts?

 

[Brown Thumb]

Thanks Greg,
I like the bigger cells Knucks, The cups were a PITA always falling over and each one had to be labeled.
Each cell holds about 2/3 of what a cup would hold of dirt. So less soil also.

 

[Chicken]

I was in a feed store and they were selling those big cell trays for 63cents,,.I think I'd like those better than my little cells

 

[Brown Thumb]

I read some posts on prayer position.
I adjust my light timers to follow the sunrise and sunset.
When I get home I checked them out the leaves were flat down.
I just took a gander at them and they are in the praying position 7,30 lights are ready to go off.
They know when night falls.

 

[Brown Thumb]

I daughter wants to be a Hair stylets. I'm giving her lessons.

 

[BarG]

She looks good at it but I value my ears.

 

[DGBAMA]

Looking good. Mine are being slow..... I think OLD light bulbs is catching up to me this year.

 

[Brown Thumb]

Looking good. Mine are being slow..... I think OLD light bulbs is catching up to me this year.

Thanks, Guys.
A lot of trays, about half of them are slow also.

 

[Brown Thumb]

I forgot to mention.
In the past I always kept the trays mostly filled with water and had problems with Algea and mold.
This yr. I only put 1/2 gallon of water in each tray And let them go dry for 2 days.
This seems Ideal for me.