Misc photos for David

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David has solicited plant photos for future use. As I have previously stated, any photo I post is available for any use. A few garden related photos to follow.
1st photo is of the seed pods of a brassica. This particular one is Kale but most of the cole type plants have similar seed pods. There are typically 10 to 15 seeds per pod and upwards to 100 or so pods per plant. I currently have let 50-60 plants go to seed so that will be a lot of seed!
The scale in photo is 6" or 15 cm.
David, rotate as necessary. No matter what I do on my end the encoding of "up" for the photo does not seem to read correctly when posting.

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David has solicited plant photos for future use. As I have previously stated, any photo I post is available for any use. A few garden related photos to follow.
2nd photo is close up of the seed pods of a brassica.
David, rotate as necessary. No matter what I do on my end the encoding of "up" for the photo does not seem to read correctly when posting.

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David has solicited plant photos for future use. As I have previously stated, any photo I post is available for any use. A few garden related photos to follow.
3rd photo is of ridges hilled up for sweetpotatoes. Planting in hilled ridges makes digging the potatoes much easier.
David, rotate as necessary. No matter what I do on my end the encoding of "up" for the photo does not seem to read correctly when posting.

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Looks like a old troy bilt tiller? Have a printed manual for the horse model from 1980 +/-. What brand of engine are you running on the tiller? Nice pictures.

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I thought of you when I saw the tiller in the background as I posted that photo. Specifically your remark in another thread ""Stop buying the latest stuff". That is a troy bilt Horse model from the late 70's. I can assure you that it is not connected to the "Internet of things", has never had a software upgrade, and hell, it doesn't even have a USB port. I inherited in from my father in the mid 80's in non-running condition. My father was good at woodworking and I am happy to have a number of furniture pieces he made. With mechanical stuff he was a bit of a moron. I think he ran it out of oil. The original engine was an 8hp Briggs. I installed a short block of the original engine type. About 25years on I replaced that engine [basic engine still solid but had a few annoying to me issues]. The current engine is a 7.5hp Briggs Vanguard series that I am very happy with. Plenty of power and reliably starts on 1st or 2nd pull. I have a photo copy of the transmission manual and with that I am confident that I can keep it running as long as I can still pick up a tool. No need to know a Troy bilt part number for the usual wear parts; just carry the bearing, seal, belt, whatever, down to the local car parts store and you are good to go.

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I like old stuff you can fix without having to do a software update!!! Have you ever seen a Kee mower? I think they were last made in 1995. Built like a tank. Know some one who has one his dad purchases in like 1963 is on the forth engine. Picked up one a few years ago with a blown Clinton engine gave it a good cleaning paint job and a HF 212cc engine. Will try and post a picture in the next few days. The Clinton engine has a burnt exh value and needs a head gasket one of these days will get it running.

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Not familiar with Kee mower

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Made by a small Florida company for many years. Easy to work on built like a tank, will try and post picture of the last one I fixed up. Well the picture thing worked. The one in the photo is over forty years old based on the engine code. The engine was a Briggs and in bad shape but is now a organ donor. The tires and rims are run of the mill 20 inch bike. I can go in any Walmart for replacement tires and tubes. The frame is 1/2 inch black iron pipe. The spindle that holds the blade has 2 grease fittings. Have never replaced the bearings. Yes I have 3 Kee mowers all are running. Total money in the 3 is less than a new DR Power mower.

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It looks like the very essence of simplicity and maintainability. Looks like it could use a belt ;-)

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Yes, hard to see but is hanging on the handle. Ran the engine no load for about a hour did a oil change then installed belt started mowing. Second oil change after 4 hours of mowing. In my book oil is cheap compared to a engine.

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David has solicited plant photos for future use. As I have previously stated, any photo I post is available for any use. A few garden related photos to follow.
4th photo is of the commonly used planting pattern for peanuts. In the past the Ag schools in States that are major peanut producers have done a great deal of research into the optimum planting spacing and pattern for peanuts. The most commonly used pattern is two closely spaced rows at 6-7" apart and each pair of double rows spaced much wider with optimum spacing depending upon variety. Within the double row typical seeding rate is 6 per foot of double row.
David, rotate as necessary. No matter what I do on my end the encoding of "up" for the photo does not seem to read correctly when posting.

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Attached photo of Leek flowers. These have been let go to seed in their second year for seed production. Many of the Alliums have a similar looking flower but vary in size. The Leek flowers seem to be the biggest of the lot.

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Scale is 6" or 15 cm

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I've been a bit off lately but I'm back and getting back to posting. Thanks for the pictures.