My dad taught me that too. Spent a lot of time straightening and using bent nails.... When I was cleaning their basement I found a few half kegs of brand new but rusted out nails from the 50s when the house was built. I felt pretty silly for all those nails I could have used instead of smashing...
Town is a couple miles away.
Lots easier to pick up 3 truck loads of bagged leaves than raking 50 bags lol.
I have mainly black walnut trees on this side of the creek so not good for gardens. A section of bottom land this side of the creek is near cottonwood and I bag that wet grass and leaves...
I go around in the fall and pickup bags of leaves in town. The bags of mulched leaves hold more and go farther and don't blow away as easily. Just have to look out for unwanted sticks and junk.
😂 There's no such thing as a 30 minute job, takes that long to find the tools and parts
I have kale that overwinters at 10f without snow protection. -15 with.
This spring was the first time a Chard was still alive. Mild winter and then it was buried in snow for the few cold days. Usually it...
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I was a kid when they paved the road I live on. One lane and Gravel in front of the houses and through the woods it was dirt. Had to keep the windows closed.
Now they are surveying to make turn lanes.
This used to be common along with spraying gravel roads with used oil.
Until they found heavy metal and toxic impurities. Health issues take years to show up... similar to living in an area with air pollution, it takes a while
I usually start taking suckers off at first and then forget. The volunteer laying on the ground that I didn't touch or water had the first ripe cherry type tomatoes. I still haven't gotten any ripe from the cherry or celebrity plants I bought
Just goes to show anyone can make mistakes.
Good cautionary tale to share.
I only have 2 of each : rifle, shotgun and pistol. I don't hunt much anymore and use a 22 LR pistol to dispatch trapped predators. Since I got covid brain I have been extremely cautious about using and cleaning my pistol.
I haven't eaten squirrels since I was young, but I thought they were good. Meps used to come around and buy squirrel tails, cockerels hackles and something else I can't remember.... for fishing lures. 50 cents a tail for fox squirrel.
My mother had said Campbell's soup used to buy spent hens.
I have used staples to put up winter plastic. I also have found staples in the gizzard when cleaning cockerels. Hardware disease is problems from the chickens eating metal.