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Darter50516 66M
5669 posts
7/21/2022 6:48 pm
Stressed



As you can see in the photo our corn is getting stressed by the lack of rain right at tasseling time. When corn is stressed the leaves are pointed skyward so any rainfall is caught by the leaves and directed down the stem to the root zone.



Working on the medallions.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/21/2022 6:53 pm

A great deal of pain today. I am dreadfully tired not sleeping well last night. I have done some Martha Stewart work on those large medallions using various shades of gold coupled with particular brush strokes.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/21/2022 8:35 pm

    Quoting  :

I have not decided just where I will place the medallions yet... out in the Beemer Pad or up in the shop.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
7/21/2022 9:11 pm

Seems like there is a lack of soil moisture over most of the continent except the coastal south-east of the US. I hope you ca get some rain to mature your crops.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
7/21/2022 9:14 pm

    Quoting Darter50516:
    A great deal of pain today. I am dreadfully tired not sleeping well last night. I have done some Martha Stewart work on those large medallions using various shades of gold coupled with particular brush strokes.
I feel your pain Bret. I have been through years of level 10+ pain with kidney stones. I was taking oral Toradahl by the handful.

The medallions are looking good. You may need to find a place for them in the mansion.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
803 posts
7/21/2022 9:17 pm

It was 88F here today, clear, light SE breeze. I was busy with 2 dogs. I did get the van washed by hand, but was unable to shorten the grass because too busy with dogs and counselling a neighbor with a severe case of PTSD.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/21/2022 10:58 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    Seems like there is a lack of soil moisture over most of the continent except the coastal south-east of the US. I hope you ca get some rain to mature your crops.
We have a chance over the weekend... just have to see.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/21/2022 11:00 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    I feel your pain Bret. I have been through years of level 10+ pain with kidney stones. I was taking oral Toradahl by the handful.

    The medallions are looking good. You may need to find a place for them in the mansion.
Pain woke me up... took more Oxys.... Decided to bake a pie.... JD has not had homemade pie in a long time.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/21/2022 11:02 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    It was 88F here today, clear, light SE breeze. I was busy with 2 dogs. I did get the van washed by hand, but was unable to shorten the grass because too busy with dogs and counselling a neighbor with a severe case of PTSD.
Sometimes there's some things more important than shortening the grass.... I may have a new client tomorrow... we meet at 13:00


MrsJoe 76F
17400 posts
7/21/2022 11:19 pm

My folks always said the corn was rolled up..... same as stressed. It's nature's way of also protecting it from moisture loss by closing up the surface of the leaves. Tasseling time is not a good time to not have enough water, but we did get some rain last weekend and hopefully some more at the beginning of next week.
Hope you can get some rest after that pie comes out of the oven.


Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/22/2022 12:01 am

    Quoting MrsJoe:
    My folks always said the corn was rolled up..... same as stressed. It's nature's way of also protecting it from moisture loss by closing up the surface of the leaves. Tasseling time is not a good time to not have enough water, but we did get some rain last weekend and hopefully some more at the beginning of next week.
    Hope you can get some rest after that pie comes out of the oven.

Just took the pie outta the oven... Will post pictures to prove I know how to make a pie from scratch.... LOL !


TwilightSpirit 56F
1248 posts
7/22/2022 7:41 am

Hope you can feel better soon. Pain is no joke.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/22/2022 8:18 am

    Quoting TwilightSpirit:
    Hope you can feel better soon. Pain is no joke.
Thank yolu. I go in for some kind of shot every day next week.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/22/2022 12:48 pm

    Quoting Archer62:
    WE ARE WORRIED THE CORN AND WHEAT CROPS WILL BE POOR THIS YEAR OWING TO THE HEAT AND LACK OF RAIN IN SOME REGIONS.
    INTERESTING YOU MANAGE TO CONTROL THE PAIN A BIT BY MENTAL PROCESS, WE HAD AN INTERESTING TV PROGRAM ABOUT THAT TUESDAY EVENING. AMAZING WHAT THE BRAIN CAN DO.
I wish my brain would do a better job of controlling.


Maudie1 74F
8151 posts
7/22/2022 11:25 pm

Hopefully you will get a nice cool shower of rain sooner rather than later. It's lashing here at the moment, horrible morning. We get too much darn rain. Wish we could send some your way.


Darter50516 66M
3857 posts
7/26/2022 12:14 pm

    Quoting Maudie1:
    Hopefully you will get a nice cool shower of rain sooner rather than later. It's lashing here at the moment, horrible morning. We get too much darn rain. Wish we could send some your way.
You're on the whipping post of the North Atlantic's wind cycle much like the Rocky Mountains steal our rain from the Pacific ocean's warm currents.