Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[Kiki]

If I get a fever I'm heading straight to my hospital and I'm making no stops elsewhere. That's what I was told to do. They told me not to wait line I did last month I don't like the hospital.

If you stay home you have a much better chance of not getting a fever.

 

[FortCluck]

If you stay home you have a much better chance of not getting a fever.

I've been home since I got sick last month. I honestly am fearful of going into the ICU again. It was a traumatic experience for me. So I stay home in my bubble because ICU is not a place for me.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I've been home since I got sick last month. I honestly am fearful of going into the ICU again. It was a traumatic experience for me. So I stay home in my bubble because ICU is not a place for me.

Sounds like a good plan to me. I'm pretty well stocked on just about everything and there are items I will need soon that I can purchase online. However, there are a very few things I will need next week that can't be bought online and I'm trying to figure out the best way to do this. (remember I'm in the high risk group) Most of the grocery stores in Massachusetts have designated "senior" shopping times and I may just take advantage of this next week. Just one quick trip and hope for the best.

 

[Molpet]

Looks like the hardware big boxes are starting to close at 6 too

 

[IamRainey]

This is great, but the plant reference makes me sad ... .
I use my cart the same way ... but won't get the chance this Spring. One of the casualties of the virus lockdown is our annual Garden Market. It's the largest event our tiny little town puts on - and it's amazing. Every year for the past 23, on the last weekend before Mothers' Day, our 300+ year old church and grounds become a festival of color and Spring happiness. There are plants, hanging baskets, trees, fresh fruits and vegetables, yard ornaments, furniture, primitives, modern art, birdhouses and everything you could possibly need to start or expand a food and/or flower garden. We have demos on beekeeping, soap-making, tree pruning and garden art. And the food! Hot dogs to crabcakes, french fries to french onion soup ... it's there.
Well, it's usually there, anyway, but not this year. I understand why, and I know it's the right thing to do, but it still makes me sad ...

Sounds FABULOUS!

In our area the farmers' markets are continuing for the time being. I hope people will handle things carefully and wash whatever they bring home before they forget about it but being outside is a good thing, I think, and plenty of room to stay distanced.

 

[IamRainey]

I agree with you except..... not everyone who doesn't pay for medical care abuses it or is handed everything. My husband makes good money working construction, and he works very hard. I am on disability for intractable epilepsy (up to 70 seizures per day) and with us and our two kids, we qualify for free health care (I have medicare because of the disability). We also qualify for monetary help and food stamps - both of which we refuse because we live as tight as possible and on a budget and we really don't need it (and definitely don't want it). The health care is the ONLY thing we take because we truly can not afford it and our children and ourselves do truly need it.

I am fully aware of the type of people you are referring to, and they anger me as well, but your wording bugged me and I'm not good at keeping my mouth shut.

Thanks for being brave enough to be candid about your situation, Graidyn, (beautiful name, BTW!).

It's too easy to come to simple conclusions about anonymous people we don't know and dismiss their needs or demonize them. We are all in this country and in this crisis together! Our lives are different. Our needs are different. But we all belong. We all are entitled to basic human decency. We are all capable of some generosity of spirit and of our resources. That's how we'll get through this. That's how we'll keep the country strong.

 

[IamRainey]

View attachment 2055763
I use this one, no baking, it cooks in a pot in about 5 min. I use lactose free milk but I’ve also used it with almond milk with no problem

Bird's was invented by a guy whose wife was allergic to eggs.

For US buyers who can't find it on grocery shelves, you can get it online. And when you get big canister like blackandtan's make yourself a pan of Nanaimo Bars. I think the recipe may be on the container but, if not, there will be recipes to choose from online.

 

[IamRainey]

I'm more concerned about bumblefoot and wry neck than pandering to media fright mongering.

I think you're perfectly right to put things in perspective but information that comes over the news isn't "fright mongering". It's information. What people do about it is what they do about it but willful denial isn't any more constructive than panicking.

 

[IamRainey]

So I've started rationing feed a little bit.
I posted on another thread about a week ago in regards to stretching feed in general. In the past when I would return home from selling at the farmer's market with some eggs that did not sell, I would hard boil them then mash those into some feed just to use them up, because my fridge was already full of eggs for ourselves.
(Yes, I would give eggs to those in need as well, but I had at one point 60 layers...so lots of eggs!)

I never noticed an appreciable drop in egg production but it did conserve feed even though that wasn't my goal. So now, to keep from having to go out just for feed, I'm starting to mix in some eggs before my feed stock gets low.
Though instead of hard boiling them I'm just mashing a few into some dry feed and letting it soak up the moisture, then feeding that...mashed shells and all, to the girls. I only have 12 chickens and a young roo right now but all are laying full steam ahead.
I've also started putting up the feeder at night to discourage any feed loss to mice.

Don't forget your kitchen scraps. Any potatoes that are sprouting. Any veg that's gone too soft to be palatable for your table. All the root and blossom ends you cut off and the peels you remove. There might be some weeds in your garden that you could pull to give them.

I give my chickens the canned cat food that my cat doesn't finish overnight.

 

[Molpet]

Don't forget your kitchen scraps. Any potatoes that are sprouting. Any veg that's gone too soft to be palatable for your table. All the root and blossom ends you cut off and the peels you remove. There might be some weeds in your garden that you could pull to give them.

I give my chickens the canned cat food that my cat doesn't finish overnight.

Mmmm
I am using the sprouted taters I grew last year....and the best get replanted.