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[pennyJo1960]

Diva think we have to have one of those in our life our 2 gals downtown actually have brains scary as all get out we even get to joke with them

 

[ronott1]

My Mom lives close to Mt. Lassen. Her place is full of Lava rocks. That is not a place for a garden LOL! Raised beds would be the only way to go

 

[Alaskan]

Alaskan want to know what is worse than clay? Try gardening or anything, on property that was once a quarry. It's impossible in our immediate area ,to dig down farther than a few inches without the scritchy noise of hitting rock. Never little rocks, always boulder type rocks. If you manage to extricate them - the dirt around it will drop several inches. I never have anything to fill the holes with. Sometimes I would put them back.

Some city person, and yes, she was a blond. Said she noticed all the big boulders "growing", her word not mine, in the forest preserve at one side of the street. I tried to tell her that they didn't grow there. People dug them out of their yards and dumped them in the woods. She insisted they were growing there.

Another observation of hers was that trees knew electricity(electric wires) were bad and that's why they branches didn't grow near them. The electric company cuts off any branches (sometimes the heart of a tree) to keep them away from the wires. You can plainly see they have been cut. They might as well just remove the trees, because they are so misshapen that they end up breaking in the next windy spell or storm.

One more story of hers and then I'll quit. She said people could easily find another planet to live on because they ALL have oxygen just like ours. Aside from trying hard not to laugh, she always gave me a bad headache.

I have a headache now, just from telling all of this.

Wonderful

 

[CapricornFarm]

Know exactly what a pain that is ....had to do that with one of the enclosures I built. Ground was so hard, had to dig 4 inches, soak it down dig another 4 inches, soak again, until I got a 2ft. deep hole. Of course it was August, temp 104°F with a heat index of 108°F. 42 posts in all. Didn't want to rent an auger, or borrow my neighbors, so dug them the old way, by hand posthole digger. Never again!

We do mostly t posts, but even that can be difficult if the soil is hard.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Kdogg, raccoons acting differently than normal (who knows what is normal for a raccoon) can be rabid. In most areas raccoons are considered to be rabid. It is so common in them lately. Good thing your dog ignored it - if you/he gets bitten or scratched - it would be prudent to get the series of rabies shots given.

Idk, I think maybe suburb/town/city raccoons are just more bold than others? But maybe not. Could be rabies. Idk. It did run off eventually and didn't like charge us or anything. It was also 9:30pm so not an odd time for a raccoon to be out but slightly odd it didn't run right away. But it was also huge so maybe older and more used to people? Or could be rabid. Or was busy eating. It didn't look at all sickly though and wasn't foaming or walking weird or anything. It was very large and very fat and looked healthy. So either it just got rabies or it is just very bold? The fox and coyotes here are very bold too.

That said, we have had raccoons try to get in the old run before and they ran off when the dog or I went out. One time there was I think 2 raccoons trying to get in but I only saw one and they ran away when I went outside. I also saw one with babies many months ago pulling into the driveway and it ran across the driveway. So the fact this one didn't run was slightly odd. BUT. We were also a lot further away if that could be it? We were on the deck and previously the coop was only like 10 feet off the deck whereas the new one is maybe 50 or 100? Not sure exactly. And it was on other side of the chainlink fence by the woods so my dad thinks it felt more secure with the fence between us? I don't think that's it but who knows.

I think treating it like it's rabid is a good idea though. I need to better secure the run. HC around all sides and also a better feeder. Maybe a bucket or PVC one and cap at night? Because that's what this coon was after is the food. And I think it's the one that dug in or tried to.

seems to be more prevalent today seeing more rabies

Wonder why?

Alaskan want to know what is worse than clay? Try gardening or anything, on property that was once a quarry. It's impossible in our immediate area ,to dig down farther than a few inches without the scritchy noise of hitting rock. Never little rocks, always boulder type rocks. If you manage to extricate them - the dirt around it will drop several inches. I never have anything to fill the holes with. Sometimes I would put them back.

Some city person, and yes, she was a blond. Said she noticed all the big boulders "growing", her word not mine, in the forest preserve at one side of the street. I tried to tell her that they didn't grow there. People dug them out of their yards and dumped them in the woods. She insisted they were growing there.

Another observation of hers was that trees knew electricity(electric wires) were bad and that's why they branches didn't grow near them. The electric company cuts off any branches (sometimes the heart of a tree) to keep them away from the wires. You can plainly see they have been cut. They might as well just remove the trees, because they are so misshapen that they end up breaking in the next windy spell or storm.

One more story of hers and then I'll quit. She said people could easily find another planet to live on because they ALL have oxygen just like ours. Aside from trying hard not to laugh, she always gave me a bad headache.

I have a headache now, just from telling all of this.

Oh wow! Some people are just a certain kind of special...

 

[ShrekDawg]

Oh and I never even thought of rabies so thanks for the heads up.

Also do rabies infected animals even look sickly or am I thinking of mange?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Use to be allot more were able to afford to get vaccines the vets here are pricing themselves out of business it is ridiculous the cost

 

[drumstick diva]

When I was a teen I remember 'them' saying there were two forms of rabies(in dogs anyway) furious and dumb. furious of course was snapping and biting at anything around it even to the extent of breaking their own teeth. Dumb rabies, they couldn't bite or swallow, so no eating or drinking. Because they couldn't drink rabies used to be called
hydrophobia - fear of water. They weren't afraid of it, they just couldn't drink.

Old folks(me) can remember old stuff. My short term memory is gone.

 

[igorsMistress]

G'morning cafe

There's coffee, two pots, and hot water for tea. I left some blueberry muffins from my neighbor on the counter. They're delicious, help yourselves!

I can smell my bone broth and it's almost done. Time to get busy, have a great day all.

 

[007Sean]

Good morning Cafe

Thanks for the coffee IM

Going to be lazy today, Mowed the yard yesterday, 2 1/2 acres, rebuilt a brooder pen, cut up some dead trees around my pens and burned, and did some more pheasant wrangling.
Everyone make it a great day!