Garden

The Tally, so far…

Sweet Corn, Cut – 9 pints Sweet Corn, Cob – 2 Gallons (about 30 half cobs) Black Eye Peas – 6  16  20 pints Pink Eye Peas - 3   12   15   21 pints [Read more ]

Pea Pickin’ Time

Well, I didn’t stay home yesterday.  Dale convinced me that we could pick and put up after work.  Yesterday, I picked about 55 ears of corn, a full bucket of black eye peas and most of a full bucket of Pink eyes.  Dale picked up some chicken on [Read more ]

Sorry for the delay…

I know it has been a while since I updated, but between being busy and being lazy, I just haven’t felt like it.  Since we talked last, I have harvest basically all the cabbage I am gonna get.  I harvested all my potatoes.  I wound up with quite a [Read more ]

Today I ...

…worked hard, From the Garden!

Ok, we finally got the corn and the peas put up that I mentioned in my last post.  This morning, we went down early and pick mor peas and more corn.  That first row of corn gave up 16 more ears today.  I am starting to learn how to judge them for [ Read more ]

…actually got angry at church.

OK, I didn’t get angry at the church, but I got angry at what I witnessed while attending church.  Don’t get me wrong, I don’t blame the music director or anyone in particular.  I feel that this is the product of the coarse this [ Read more ]

…cut 5 more cabbages.

…cut 5 more cabbages.

Since this is my last vacation day, I wanted to really relax and enjoy.  And I did, for a while, but I couldn’t quit thinking about my cabbages.  I decided to take the cooler down to the garden and cut as many as would fit in the cooler, then take [ Read more ]

General Blabbering

Josh is Gettin’ It Done

My nephew, Josh Barnes, is graduating today from the University of Florida.  It is some kind of lawyer type something he is going for.  I think this is just his UnderGrad studies he is finishing now.  I guess he still has more schooling to get in [Read More]

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  • Re: Radiation Counter August 28, 2010
    At last, I have some stuff on the WIKI site.  Feel free to edit, I'm not a very good writer...    […]
  • Re: Auto Cutdown Device (ACD) August 21, 2010
    Here are a few photos of the Load Cell and Circuit Board:The Completed Load Cell    Attachment Loop    Strain Guage    Circuit Board […]
  • Auto Cutdown Device (ACD) August 21, 2010
    After Balloon Burst, the load line and the balloon often get tangled with the parachute and module rigging and also blocks the camera view.I have begun experimenting with an Automatic Cutdown Device to cut away the load line and the remains of the Balloon after Balloon Burst.This is the result of the experiments, so far:I researched the Web looking for a […]
  • Re: Radiation Counter August 10, 2010
    Sounds good.  We need every advantage we can get.  I still haven't tried out my compass yet, but will let you know when I do. […]
  • Re: Radiation Counter August 10, 2010
    I guess there is always room for improvment, even if it is a year before the next flight.I was browsing a balloon web site today and found where they were using the RM-60 Geiger counter.There was a diagram showing the hookup using only a 5 volt source.  I tried it and it works very well.  Now we haveeliminated 2 9volt batteries!!  The module is running from […]

Balloon Project

Launch Prep

Well, I dug out my Wx station yersterday and fired it back up just to make sure it was still operational.  I had to make a container for the Temp3 Sensor to try to keep the direct sun off of it to try to get a more true air temperature reading.  This [Read more]

Hand Warmers Arrive

I finally got the hand warmers I ordered.  These are only good for 7 hours, but that is still plenty long enuff.  These are supposed to get even hotter than the other ones.  The package says, “Avg. temp. 135 F (57 C), max. temp. 156 F (69 C) when [Read more]

Balloon Project Complete… mostly

Balloon Project Complete… mostly
I finally got around to taking a picture of my final circuit board for the Data Collector.  This is it.  It seems to be working fine with no problem, but it wasn’t always that way.  When I first put it together, I thought it was all working fine, [Read more]

Project Update…

Ok, I know I just updated about the accelerometer, but this is about the whole thing.  I went out this afternoon and installed the 2 remote temperature sensors for this years balloon trip.  After talking with Daddy, I decided to add another Temp sensor [Read more]