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You are to be applauded for not doing that - it poisons everything, including you
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You are to be applauded for not doing that - it poisons everything, including you
I have a slightly different view than many people... legally, I own this property and can do with it what I choose, but I only see it as that I have been granted custodianship of a small plot of Mother Earth's body, for which I must care for it and the animals who choose to abide with me here. The only harm I will do is to those who would harm others, so yes, I will whack a fox now and then, but chemicals kill plants and all animals who eat those plants and, in some cases, even breath the air around them. I choose not to be a part of the destruction of this planet.
P.S.
Don't get me entirely wrong on that point because I am not an unreasonable tree hugging terrorist either. I am responsible only for my piece of this game, not for what happens on the other side of the world, whether I like it or not. (and quite often, what is reported is a lie anyway)
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About the only time you'll see me hugging a tree is on my way up to a deer stand.
Don't get me wrong. I like trees. I planted several on the piece of land I take care of.
Don't get me wrong. I like trees. I planted several on the piece of land I take care of.
I have all that stuff, so I'll try a jar and see how I like 'em, thanks!They don't get moldy, do they? Cuz I don't eat anything that had mold on or in it. Which is why I don't make pickles the old fashioned way. I do ferment my sauerkraut, though. Just shred the cabbage, layer with salt, pack into jars and put the lids on loosely, sitting on the counter until they start to bubble over. No mold forms, though, maybe because it only takes 3 or 4 days. Then I clean off the jars and lids, and water bath can them so they'll be shelf-stable. I could put them straight in the fridge and they'd keep that way, but even though we have an obscene amount of fridges, they're all used for something, and I don't have room for a bunch of extra jars. I imagine water bath canning the green tomatoes would make them kinda mushy. I guess that would be OK as long as they tasted good, and it sounds like they do. I just hope they don't give me a belly-ache.
No moldy veggies, Lannie...just delicious.....Salt is a preservative...it's all you really need, although don't forget the garlic too....
I applaud your attitude Mr Rich....
lol Juice, hope he made it out alive......
I planted a few too, bananas...."Save a tree, eat a Beaver".....
Well, I worked yesterday (and didn't get on here to report it). Finished forking out the calf stall, then brought a couple wheelbarrows of dirt in the fill in the hole and level things out for the new babies due here in just over another month, then went out of the old TroyBilt and mowed a bunch of seedy grass in the cow corral, etc., etc. Today, I was planning to crank up the Bobcat and move several tons of cow shit, but this huge thunderstorm snuck up on us early afternoon, along with heavy rain and some really cold downrush winds (temperature dropped to 55 -- Brrrrr), so maybe that will happen tomorrow.Evening phartz....hope everyone had a fantastic Sunday....I worked, I'd guess Rich did too?.....
Talk about WILD weather!....
Wish it would drop 30 degrees here....not a chance for another month +.....
And all I did today was 4 loads of laundry and putting up the crown molding in the bathroom. My hips were no help. I fell 4 times today due to bursitis and sciatica.
Sounds like you may need scaffolding.....
Some bionics would come in handy. Going up and down steps all day takes a toll on me. That includes the top stool I used in the bathroom.Sounds like you may need scaffolding.....
Missed this post....I've never seen that weed...!
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Me either, but it seems aptly named
Maybe it only grows in fertile soils with adequate rainfall. We have had more weeds this year than normal because we have had significantly more rainfall than normal. So maybe it just doesn't grow in the desert. ?
Perhaps?....hell, I've never even heard of it.....
Cromwell has this very evil recliner at his house. Seems that when he has had a long tiring day and sits down in that beast, it wraps around him and puts him to sleep. He'll probably wake up after we have all logged off.You think the preacher is still having a long conversation with Crom?......
Thinking about it, I guess I doubt it.....
Speaking of which, I need to do that now. Bedtime for Bonzo... or whatever.
Have a great Monday, Rich...!
One of its other names is wild morning glory, which is prolly what people who don't have to do battle with it all the time call it. Everyone around here calls it bindweed.
If I had a pergola, there wouldn't be anything that could cover it better or faster, that's fer shur.
KNOCK KNOCK... Anybody home?
Nope. Well umm actually yes....
Nope.
hmmmm.... given there is no one home, maybe I should just go to bed early........
Had to take the SIL shopping today but aside from that really did not do much of anything.
A good day overall.
Storms moving in and for all day tommorrow I think.
A good day overall.
Storms moving in and for all day tommorrow I think.
We actually had sprinkles of rain today, with a high of 80°. That's sweater weather around here.
Well at least you didn't say you had to hit the bottle for a few hrs after that excursion ......
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The preacher man must of straightened you out yesterday.....
I tried to do something today, but the Bobcat did not want to comply. Oh, I got it started and out to the cow corral. Moved shit for about 20 minutes and the damn thing died. The sound/feel of it croaking felt exactly like high temperature vapor lock, which it has done in the past when I tried to use it at anything over 90 °F, but it was only 73 °F at the time (leftover coolness from yesterday's thunderstorm). Went back in the house, then just under an hour (figured it would be cool by then), went back out and it started right up, so I moved shit for another 25 minutes before Bob died again. Heysoose Kristos, ya mutha fukah!!! Back in the house and wait an hour, then back to the corral and that piece of shit fired right up, so I just drove it back to the garage and parked it. I have no clue what I need to do with it, but I bet I didn't move more than 20% of the past year's worth of cow shit, and I sure can't do the rest by wheelbarrow without ending up in a wheelchair.
Wait Wait....
....I enjoy hearing what bizarre events happened on the Homestead each day?..........
You have any traveling heavy equipment mechanics in your area?
Naah he is still prayin fer me.Well at least you didn't say you had to hit the bottle for a few hrs after that excursion ......
The preacher man must of straightened you out yesterday.....
STILL?......
If that is what he chooses to do with his time. That is up to himSTILL?......
He seems to enjoy prayin for folks anyway. would not want to remove any joy from his life.
I finally got Phillip to enjoy eating liver. With some home made red eye gravy and a big batch of real mashed potatoes. Good thing, too. We have 10 more packages of calf liver in the freezer.
Posion that poor guy....
And I just CANNOT like any liver posts.
And I just CANNOT like any liver posts.
It's dificult to make a junk food addict enjoy real food.
That is one thing I can't take......nasty stuff.
Some say lots of caramelized onions help....they certainly don't help me.....
No, and I don't have a trailer big enough to get that POS to town. The mechanic will come get it, but his pick-up fee is $100 to come 27 miles and I wouldn't even rate the guy as a very good mechanic.
True that
Mainly a junk food junkie myself.
Just do not like strong tasting foods esp meats.
Which is why I do not care much for wild meat.
I do like seared decaying bovine flesh though. No liver or entrails though.
Swine flesh is tasty too.
That's not good. Sorry to hear all these machinery issues.
If liver even touches my tongue, I WILL barf all over the place. Yuck!