Garden Update and Other Random Stuff....

Romaine, Black Seeded Simpson, Spinach, beets, carrots, green onions....

Left to right.......romaine, beets, carrots, green onions, carrots

Sweet corn, green beans, peppers, and 'maters....see my ole' boy Champ in the background? 

Itty bitty peach tree loaded!

The whole garden.........

Things are good here!  Garden is thriving, hawk is working to keep the pesky blackbirds out of it, weather is warm (ok, humid and HOT, but who's counting).

We had a good three day weekend.  I love spending time with The Man.  We did some wrenchin' on The Dodge, which I love to do.  The Man and I put the motor in on Friday night and then Saturday morning we went to the drag races, but it was just too hot so we came home. Sitting in the blazing sun on acres of ashpalt is a very hot way to spend a day, so we came home and I tilled the garden while The Man weed-whacked and The Youngun played in her pool.   Sunday we had to run to town to get some other parts for The Dodge and The Man bought me a creeper of my own!  I'm very excited about it!  This way when we are both under the car, one of us doesn't have to lay in the floor.  Only problem is I usually run over my pony tail with the creeper wheels!  Ouch!

We are glad that The Dodge is finally up and runnin' again and hopefully for good this time.  I won't go into the details of what was wrong with it, cause I know you all could care less, but hopefully it's all good to go now.  It's going to get dyno-ed this week and then we'll breathe easy about how it's going to do.  If they don't blow it up on the dyno, then we won't blow it up at home!  We did manage to get the cops called on us, we are such hardened criminals.  Darned busybody neighbors!  As Hank Jr says........if ya'd mind yer own bidness then ya won't be mindin' mine! 

Till next time............God Bless!

More About The Ongoing Tragedy of The Dodge...........

Ok........so where we last left The Man , he had discovered some disturbing news about the Coronet. The good news is, the motor is at the shop getting a new top end and should be done by the end of next week. This makes The Man one happy boy!

This also makes The Man one happy boy.....

That's a bran'smackin' new steering wheel, horn ring, and horn button for the Coronet. It is replacing the original cracked steering wheel that was missing the ring and horn button. The original steering wheel was red, but The Man ordered a black one from Paddock to match his black and red interior.

My mom did all the upholstery work on this car by the way, and The Man and I painted it. We're pretty darned proud of it! You can see a bit of the seats in this picture and you can see the ratty old steering wheel.

The Dodge is a 1966 Coronet. It has a 440 with a mild cam, aluminum heads, a Holley 750 double pumper carb and runs about 500 horses. She's a screamin' machine and we have lots of fun in her!

I'll leave you with a short video, showing what we do when we take her out cruisin'! We also have a video on YouTube, if you want to check that one out. I'll be making more videos once we get the motor and the new tranny back in her. Then all we will be lacking is a new rear end and possibly frame stiffeners! ;)

Till next time..............GOD BLESS FROM GOODWIFE FARM!

Oh Woe is The Man.............

Uh oh.......The Man looks a bit upset!  What could have prompted this look of utter disgust you say?  Well lets look around and see if we can find any clues.........

Hmmm....this looks like a clue here.  Does anybody know why you would take the hood off a hot rod?  Anyone.........Bueller.........anyone? 

Ahhhhh, we have found the reason Grasshopper......What you are looking at is a head.......it's part of a motor, a rather important part.  See that green stuff down there pooled in the bottom?  Yeah......that's not supposed to be there.  That my little friends is antifreeze, which is supposed to be safely encased INSIDE the block, not up there mingling with the oil that lubes the heads!  This is what the head SHOULD look like

This is the head on the other side.  The nice oily-non-antifreezy head! 

What does all this gear head talk mean you ask?  Well what it means is that my $&#^@@!! kitchen is going to be put on hold because the freakin' DODGE has a cracked head and we have to spend 1800 BUCKS on new ones!!!!  That's what it means!!!  But don't worry, I'm not bitter, I'm not bitter at all.....

So while The Man was busy turnin' wrenches getting ready to pull the motor, I amused myself in this fashion.....

Isn't my baby handsome?? 

Till next time.................GOD BLESS FROM GOODWIFE FARM!