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Messages - jcassity

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Lounge / Re: seeds
start your sweet potato slips now if you like,, anywhere between now and mid jan,, drop your sweet potato into a jar with toothpicks and get those sprouts started so you have time in march to get them into dirt and drop em in the ground when its warm.
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Engine Tech / Re: Strong engine stumble
i have read this 5 times,, and twice to friends and all of us had all kinds of laughs.  i swear to god there should be some sort of movie or comedy about your so relaxed and laid back attitude and how hard these cars keep trying to prove to you they are worth saving...  good story,, should be a sticky
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Lounge / Re: seeds
january is a good time to locate your supplies.
if anyone wants seeds that have been harvested from naturally grown food , plucked out and dried by myself,, then call 304 772 4082 or jcassity@frontier.com

good healthy food with a natural foundation is becoming rare by the day now.

if you have seeds you have saved back from your past harvest i am open to trading.... especially if you are in a zone 6 or 6a climate.

if you want to see where my seeds came from,, you can go to the below link and just look for any of my garden vids.
by the way,, the way i garden,, there is no weeding,, no hoeing and barely any watering ,, literally almost zero work!!

https://www.youtube.com/@ifixitall-24-7
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Engine Tech / Re: Strong engine stumble
no worries,,,
i gotta get my act together on these uploads,, and dead links.


Haystack
ive got 375kmi on my 302 20th,,  i feel compelled to credit rotella 15w40 diesel engine oil.  plus changing the oil often sure does help.
I started this habit long long ago because one day i changed my oil and after a trip 50miles round,, i came home and checked it and it was sorta dark again.  from that day forward,, about every third oil change i use 4qts of cheapes oil to keeping the old filter,,
then drain the cheap stuff, add new filter and new rotella.  ive noticed it kinda flushes hout the motor and keeps the oil looking good and carmel in color much much much longer than before.


If you happen to have a spare 302 oil pan that has a low oil level sensor provision,, i could use one... jcassity@frontier.com or 3047724082 to discuss cost ,, i appreciate it.
i am still wanting to experiement on a two piece oil pan since i now have the sheet metal splice strip i found from BLine.
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Lounge / Re: Evmt's
thanks Eric,,, i knew someone would gate keep for us!!
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Engine Tech / Re: Strong engine stumble
ping eric as well on your evtm question.

he called me a year and a half ago and i sent him access to my dropbox to a shiznit ton of evtm's,,  i think when he downloaded they got erased or something,, the only survivor link up on dropbox is my 87 evtm.

you need an 86 i think and i can upload that if you want and send an open link
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Lounge / Re: Evmt's
87 ok for you?  i think your  83-86 right?
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Lounge / free canadian coins
i have what i believe is totally uncirculated ( Provincial Flower and Coats of Arms )  set lacking one for which i have no need for. 
if anyone wants them then let me know.

I am missing Newfoundland

Description
From 1965 to 1968, Shell Canada has issued commemorative medals on Provincial flowers and coats of arms. These medals were given to customers for their purchase of gasoline.
link to more info.........
https://www.coinsandcanada.com/tokens-medals-misc.php?title=provincial-flower-and-coats-of-arms&id=299&currency=USD


contact me at jcassity@frontier.com or 3047724082, scott
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Lounge / Re: seeds
update,,
i will have a lot of extra butter nut seed,,LOTS along with pumpkin.
but i have a lot of other types of exta seeds if anyone wants food without harmful ingredients.  all are free and also i am interested in trading.

tip of the day for zone 6A
*How to get two crops of taters in one year and **BEAT** potato bugs an thier own game.........

pick a spot in your yard to lay out abotu 12'' deep of mulch.
try to get mulch from a tree trim company and they will generally dump it at your yard if they are working close by.
let it sit over winter.
come jan eb,, start poking around trying to find anyone with seed potatoes.
target having seed potatoes in your hands in the month of january
store the bag in a warm area of the house and allow them to "eye" up.
mid to late feb lay off your tater rows with a hoe or rake.
drop your quartered up tater seed and cover them up with mulch pertty deep like as deep into the mulch as you can.
dont worry about frosts, the taters will sprout,, cold may kill off the wirey shoots at the tippy tops but they will make it.
warm weather will come and they will go gang busters in your new mulch
in may have another sack of seed taters on standby and let them eye out.
2nd week of june you simple rake back the mulch and pick up your taters.
drop in your new quartered up tater sets and cover them really deep.
harvest your second set as you see fit.

what have you done?  you have broken the potato bugs pattern,, they generally show up during late june and hang out to destroy
yoru plants especially red potatoes.
welll.. since you harvested around the time they were waking up,, they had nothing to do so they move along or just have nothing to eat.  your second crop will be coming on later in the year when they have long abandoned ship.

you get two crops of taters and avoid tater bugs.
best part is,, you save back some taters over winter and a lot of those will eye up and be itching to get in the ground really early anyway so you will end up sourcing your seed from yourself.

i cant stress this part enough,, you gotta have sun............  must have sun and you gotta observe your obstructions now when the sun is low.  its better to catch the tree obstructions in the spring also,, and just drop them into your woods.  let the tree dry out for use over winter if you heat with wood.  gotta have sun!!!!!!!  you have to have a min of at least 8 good hours of sun to make a garden useful.  8hrs of sun in the spring  months is equal to what you would see in the later months.. this means your over 8hrs in the summer.  you cant garden if you dont have sun.  also,, if your doing raised beds (NEW),, make sure your broad / long sides of your beds are south facing,, or easier said,, make sure the skinny ends are aimed east to west.  this will dispurse sunlight more/most evenly across all the beds.