Don't tell the wife, I'm growing fodder in the 2nd bathroom!

[duluthralphie]

Well, there it is and it appears things are working out just fine.

Years ago I watched a short program on couples who had been married for 50+ years. The moderator asked one couple what advice they would give to young people. They said that marriage is seldom a 50-50 relationship. Sometimes is more like a 60-40 or maybe even a 70-30. But it can just as easily turn and become a 40-60 or 30-70 relationship. If someone has health problems, it might become a 90-10 relationship. But it's very seldom 50-50 as you go through life.

With close to 50 years of marriage I can attest to this..

but the most important thing is forgiveness and forgetfulness. We all screw up. Remember that when your spouse does..

The other thing in our case is her knowing I am in charge.. read above story... and my poor hearing...

 

[MROO]

with all due respect to your sister she is wrong....

I have blanked out the naughty word in this story.. so I am certain no one will figure it out.. but the moral comes through..as to who is incharge.
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Oh, Good Heavens this is FUN!!!!!!!

 

[duluthralphie]

Maybe so, but I'd much rather be or have a pain-in-the-neck than a pain-in-the-{{red scribble!}}
Oh, Good Heavens this is FUN!!!!!!!

It is... it would be interesting to see what others have tried to hide from their mates...

But I have to admit attempting to hide a smelly fodder ladder in a spare bathroom shower is one of the best I have heard..

Myself the thing I hide most is new tools. I am working up to a collection of DeWalt 20 volt max tools and some 60volt ones.

I buy them and sneak them into my shed.....I make sure I don’t use them for “a while”. Then when the WW finds them I can honestly say when she “when did you get that?”


I have had it for a while.... a while is as specific a time as I ever give her. She will never catch on...

I did buy her a DeWalt blower for Xmas last year that helped some as she loves blowing the snow off her car over the brush.

 

[MROO]

It is... it would be interesting to see what others have tried to hide from their mates...

But I have to admit attempting to hide a smelly fodder ladder in a spare bathroom shower is one of the best I have heard..

Myself the thing I hide most is new tools. I am working up to a collection of DeWalt 20 volt max tools and some 60volt ones.

I buy them and sneak them into my shed.....I make sure I don’t use them for “a while”. Then when the WW finds them I can honestly say when she “when did you get that?”


I have had it for a while.... a while is as specific a time as I ever give her. She will never catch on...

I did buy her a DeWalt blower for Xmas last year that helped some as she loves blowing the snow off her car over the brush.

That's one of the advantages of keeping chickens with a color standard. No one bothers to count them (as if you could really count a moving flock of chickens) so it's easy to hide the fact that there's another clutch of "teenagers" running around. And once you've gotten past the "three roosters" stage of the Chicken Math equation, no one can tell how many are crowing. The neighbors are none the wiser ... ummm ... shhhh ... I currently have nine! Anybody want a free Nankin roo?

 

[gtaus]

In fact, I'm betting she already knows and is humoring your attempts at secrecy.

Nope. If she knew, I'd be closing down the experiment and cleaning out the bathroom.

Fortunately, I have a couple of bins that have grass about 2 inches tall, and the other bins have started to sprout and/or could be considered fermented grains.

I think the fodder is growing slower in the house, which I think is maybe due to the fact that the temp in the house is about 66F, whereas in the garage this summer the temp was 75F-80F. It's also less humid in the house and that may also be a factor. So even if it takes a few more days to grow the fodder in the house, it will be worth it from the experiment aspect. If I get caught, then I might have to reconsider the value of growing fodder in the house.

But so far, I'd say this experiment is going along very well.

 

[MROO]

Nope. If she knew, I'd be closing down the experiment and cleaning out the bathroom.

Fortunately, I have a couple of bins that have grass about 2 inches tall, and the other bins have started to sprout and/or could be considered fermented grains.
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But so far, I'd say this experiment is going along very well.

Can you sprinkle some "fish tank charcoal" in each bin? It's safe for fish we eat. We can put it in our herb pots to keep moist soil from rotting and stinking. Heck, some people take charcoal tablets as part of their daily vitamins, so I can't imagine it'll hurt the birds if you use it to grow barley fodder. If in doubt, call your local garden center and ask.

 

[MROO]

It is... it would be interesting to see what others have tried to hide from their mates...

But I have to admit attempting to hide a smelly fodder ladder in a spare bathroom shower is one of the best I have heard..

Myself the thing I hide most is new tools. I am working up to a collection of DeWalt 20 volt max tools and some 60volt ones.

I buy them and sneak them into my shed.....I make sure I don’t use them for “a while”. Then when the WW finds them I can honestly say when she “when did you get that?”


I have had it for a while.... a while is as specific a time as I ever give her. She will never catch on...

I did buy her a DeWalt blower for Xmas last year that helped some as she loves blowing the snow off her car over the brush.

Smart Man! As a bonus, letting the boxes sit around for awhile makes it all the better. A layer of dust gives credence to the "for a while" response!

 

[duluthralphie]

Smart Man! As a bonus, letting the boxes sit around for awhile makes it all the better. A layer of dust gives credence to the "for a while" response!

In my shop a layer of dust takes about 12 minutes to accumulate.

 

[gtaus]

It is... it would be interesting to see what others have tried to hide from their mates... But I have to admit attempting to hide a smelly fodder ladder in a spare bathroom shower is one of the best I have heard..

Fortunately, the smell is under control for the most part. That is definitely what I thought would give me away. And, to be honest, I don't want a bad smelling bathroom either. So if this experiment sours and starts to smell bad, I'll end it myself even if the wife has not found me out. On day 6, with 6 bins of fodder growing in various stages, the only time I can smell the fodder is just after I flood and fill the bins.

Myself the thing I hide most is new tools. I am working up to a collection of DeWalt 20 volt max tools and some 60volt ones. I buy them and sneak them into my shed.....I make sure I don’t use them for “a while”. Then when the WW finds them I can honestly say when she “when did you get that?” I have had it for a while.... a while is as specific a time as I ever give her. She will never catch on...

Living that life myself, only for me it's Ryobi 18 volt One+ tools from Home Depot. I am all in for buying new tools on sale and then later trying to figure out what projects I can do with them (made the fodder tower using my new Ryobi 18 volt Air Strike 18 gauge brad nail gun).

If my wife asks me to build something for her, like a new shoe rack for her closet full of shoes (why do women "need" so many shoes?), I quickly agreed but told her that I would have to buy a few new tools for her project (half the tools were not for her project). So over the years I have built up my collection of tools on that strategy which works well for me, too.

One day I came home with some new scaffolding and dear wife asked why I needed that stuff (too big to hide in the garage). So I just told her that I'm getting too old and my gout flares up when I work on the ladder. She bought that one because a few years ago I had a serious gout attack that lasted weeks and I could barely walk.

My other go-to excuse is that I needed the tool because, since my dad passed, I now have to do everything myself and I need a third hand tool to help me so I don't hurt myself. That's a good one, because, mostly it's true. The older I get, the more I think about protecting myself from injury, because I just don't bounce back as fast as I did in my 20's.

I did buy her a DeWalt blower for Xmas last year that helped some as she loves blowing the snow off her car over the brush.

Oh yeah, I'm sure the blower was for her. It's like when my wife bought me a Rain Drop Soft shower head with hand attachement for Christmas. She just knew that I would love it. Oh well, I just thanked her and told her I loved it....but I'd need to pick up a few new tools at Home Depot to install it.

 

[gtaus]

Can you sprinkle some "fish tank charcoal" in each bin? It's safe for fish we eat. We can put it in our herb pots to keep moist soil from rotting and stinking. Heck, some people take charcoal tablets as part of their daily vitamins, so I can't imagine it'll hurt the birds if you use it to grow barley fodder. If in doubt, call your local garden center and ask.

I never considered putting charcoal into the bins. I'll have to consider that if it starts smelling. So far, smell is under control.