Serenity Valley Farm

Serenity Valley Farm Farm Stand

We had our first farm stand today at the corner of Freeport road and North Avenue in the borough of Blawnox in Pittsburgh, PA. We'd like to give a great big thank you to the warm welcome we received from the people of Blawnox. As residents, we look forward to bringing fresh, nutritious, organic produce to the neighborhood for many years to come. If you'd like to come say 'Hi!' and partake in the tastiness, we'll be at the Veteran's Memorial at Freeport Rd. and North Ave. in Blawnox on the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Saturday of every month from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. On the 2nd Saturday of each month we will set up at the Blawnox Community Center providing easier access to the highrise residents. For the most current information including available produce, check back regularly or call 724-954-3238.

Rain Glorious Rain

3" before I left for home today. We needed it.

Kubota B2920 Starting Issues...

FAV-29, Kubota, Kubota B2920 won't start

Pro-Tips: Tractor Maintenance #243

So, those of you out there who ALSO own Kubota B2920 HST tractors (hereafter known as the FarmAssaultVehicle-29 or FAV-29) may one day come upon a situation where you can't get your tractor to start after you've been operating it in some 'challenging' conditions. Seems that one can get enough dust on the hydraulic arms that return the HST 'Forward-Reverse Pedal' back to neutral thus preventing the pedal from cleanly reaching the 'rest/neutral/stop position'. If the pedal isn't perfectly in the neutral position, when you try to re-start the engine, it won't work as that is a "safety" check (you can't start the engine is the pedal is depressed in either direction) that the engine checks on before it allows the starter to turn over. So, if you find yourself with a Kubota B2920 that won't start and you can't figure out why, try putting the key in the ignition, heating the coils, then turning the key to start it as you normally would except at the point the engine would normally try and turn over, rock the "HST go-reverse" pedal back and forth till the engine turns over. Worked for me and saved me having to have the B2920 shipped back to the dealer for warranty work.

How Hot is it?

My CamelBak holds 100 oz. I drank two of them today. That's 12.5 lbs. of water. My weight is the same as when I got up this morning. I wonder how much salt it takes to push 12.5 lbs. of sweat in a 6 hour period. Dunno but I'm gonna go suck on some rock salt till it doesn't taste good any more.

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