04-12-2023, 08:44 AM
Good morning.
I took a ride on Tom's Backyard Southern. I loved it. My youngest son has a 7.5 inch gauge that is totally scratch built. The purist would frown, but I think he did a great job cobbling pieces of junk together to build it. I will have to find some pictures to share. One of my Kiski volunteers had a 15 inch live steam that we enjoyed but the boiler began to leak and he didn't want to retube it so he donated it to a group in Gettysburg.
I got the yard waste burned last night. I used a good stack of cardboard boxes to get it lit up and it did the job. I had a roaring bonfire for several minutes but it settled down before the neighbors got alarmed. It burned to a fine ash in an hour. The potash should be good for the lawn.
I need to make backdrops for the new yards and I was hoping I could find a cheap source for pictures I could use but I haven't run across any. No one makes what I am looking for so I may just paint something so it isn't a bare wall.
I was out yesterday for the first time in a while but I didn't notice the gas prices. All I know is they are higher than they were several years ago.
Charlie
I took a ride on Tom's Backyard Southern. I loved it. My youngest son has a 7.5 inch gauge that is totally scratch built. The purist would frown, but I think he did a great job cobbling pieces of junk together to build it. I will have to find some pictures to share. One of my Kiski volunteers had a 15 inch live steam that we enjoyed but the boiler began to leak and he didn't want to retube it so he donated it to a group in Gettysburg.
I got the yard waste burned last night. I used a good stack of cardboard boxes to get it lit up and it did the job. I had a roaring bonfire for several minutes but it settled down before the neighbors got alarmed. It burned to a fine ash in an hour. The potash should be good for the lawn.
I need to make backdrops for the new yards and I was hoping I could find a cheap source for pictures I could use but I haven't run across any. No one makes what I am looking for so I may just paint something so it isn't a bare wall.
I was out yesterday for the first time in a while but I didn't notice the gas prices. All I know is they are higher than they were several years ago.
Charlie