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Post by seminolewind on Aug 10, 2018 10:37:34 GMT -5
That really bites!
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Post by Sylie on Aug 10, 2018 21:05:46 GMT -5
Yeah it does but lesson learned, if we ever go again, we are going to spring for a campsite so that we can go and cool off, drink, rest etc. and maybe take a few days so that we can see everything that we want to without making ourselves sick.
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Post by dawg53 on Aug 11, 2018 6:49:48 GMT -5
We went fishing yesterday at the beach on Amelia Island and caught 4 nice Whiting and a few Spadefish. It was partly cloudy skies and no rain. When we first got there shortly after 1pm, there was a hot west wind blowing and then the cool seabreeze kicked in from the east and it brought the fish in with it lol.
Hopefully we'll be going out in the boat next Thursday or Friday depending on the weather.
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Post by maryellen on Aug 11, 2018 10:00:51 GMT -5
Rain... again.. i have mushrooms and fungi growing everywhere. I remove them and next morning they are back.
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Post by seminolewind on Aug 11, 2018 11:07:24 GMT -5
Jim glad you had a productive day fishing. Whiting sounds like a nice mild fish.
ME, we'll be getting rain all day. Lots a rain. My weeds are so healthy!!!
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Post by maryellen on Aug 11, 2018 13:31:42 GMT -5
Wtf... found this mushroom in the yard today... Now besides regular mushrooms, and orange ones growing i have this kind  |
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Post by Sylie on Aug 11, 2018 21:11:38 GMT -5
another hot, humid day here, I'm starting to think Fall is just a myth.
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Post by dawg53 on Aug 12, 2018 4:41:08 GMT -5
Jim glad you had a productive day fishing. Whiting sounds like a nice mild fish. ME, we'll be getting rain all day. Lots a rain. My weeds are so healthy!!! We caught quite a few bait stealing spadefish. I misidentified them them as young sheepshead and they were under the size limit for sheepshead so we were throwing them back in the water. I looked them up on the FWC website and they were definitely spadefish. Come to find out the are very good eating, no size limit, and there's a 100 pound weight limit. The spadefish we caught were "hand size." They will be going in the cooler from now on! Whiting are sometimes called southern kingfish or roundheads and are easy cleaning and excellent eating. |
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Post by dawg53 on Aug 12, 2018 4:43:50 GMT -5
If the weather cooperates this week, I'll be taking the boat up to Fernandina Beach Thursday or Friday to do some fishing at the jetties.
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Post by seminolewind on Aug 12, 2018 11:11:29 GMT -5
ME, interesting mushroom. I used to get a lot of strange mushrooms when I lived in NY.
Now, I think it's weird, I get a lot of "look alike" weeds. If I have a plant or vegetable plant when I go to weed they are surrounded by weeds that look like the plants they are growing around. I think it's weird.
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Post by seminolewind on Aug 12, 2018 11:13:16 GMT -5
Jim I wish I lived close enough to go fishing with you. You have such a variety of places to fish. Glad you're catching some good eating fish!
Rain and thunder here. Nothing new!
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Post by maryellen on Aug 13, 2018 7:42:17 GMT -5
And more rain. The mushrooms are growing fast, the weeds have taken over my gardens, all my veggie plants are water logged and weed logged:( Its insane. Everything is a soupy mess  My runs cant dry out, the chickens are not happy |
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Post by maryellen on Aug 13, 2018 7:43:19 GMT -5
Yeah that mushrooom is a new one, ne er saw it before. I have orange mushrooms growing on the rocks and tree branches and stumps . Even the outside roosts are affected
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Post by seminolewind on Aug 13, 2018 10:30:38 GMT -5
That's a tough one. The only thing I can think of is like a raised bed, but it would probably be costly building a frame and filling it with sand to be higher than the ground around it.
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Post by maryellen on Aug 13, 2018 12:42:45 GMT -5
With sideways rain im screwed. I cant tarp all 4 sides of the runs to keep the rain out as its too humid here. Im hoping for a dry spell of at least a week of high temps to dry everything out
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Post by dawg53 on Aug 13, 2018 14:55:45 GMT -5
Yes you can ME, just roll the tarps up and use small bungee cords to keep them up. Then when rain threatens, release the bungee cords and tarp rolls back down. Use bungee cords on the eyelets and attach them to chicken wire so they wont blow around in the thunderstorms, works great.
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Post by maryellen on Aug 13, 2018 20:04:14 GMT -5
Ooh great idea Dawg!
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Post by Sylie on Aug 13, 2018 21:22:19 GMT -5
That's exactly what I was going to say lol I do that in the winter to both of my runs to keep the snow and wind out and off the birds.
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Post by dawg53 on Aug 14, 2018 5:13:41 GMT -5
That's exactly what I was going to say lol I do that in the winter to both of my runs to keep the snow and wind out and off the birds. Right Sylie. Tarps help with cold winter winds here too, especially when winter cold fronts are passing through (no snow though.) The two tarps on the north side of our pen have been in place the longest, 4 years. They've been through all kinds of crazy weather including two hurricanes. They look a little ragged but are still doing their job, and they are the el cheapo blue tarps to boot lol! Walmart sells a small clear plastic jar full of small bungee cords, they work great. |
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Post by seminolewind on Aug 14, 2018 12:25:25 GMT -5
Amazing how long your tarps have lasted!
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