FLORIDA!!!!!ALWAYS SUNNY SIDE UP!!!

[funkysim55]

Tampa, Florida

 

[anderson8505]

Tampa, Florida

& the Florida thread!

 

[Floridachicken1958]

All is well here. Thank God I'm on sand and most of the water got soaked up pretty fast. I just hope we have a chance to dry out some before the next one hits or I won't be as lucky. The flood of 2005. It was the worst in 30 yrs. I had a stream running under part of the house. Took 3 months to dry out. That's why I built the barn where it is. Highest ground close to the well, elec. etc. Wish I could have had the pond dredged earlier, but I didn't have the cash. Now with the rainy season upon us can't get the guy to do it. Oh well.... Anyone want some pond scum? Makes good fertilizer.

Well

to the farm in florida where it should be high & dry but with the rainy season upon us looks as I just might be using my boats after all. But when there was no water and I and everyone else complained about water now we have it & everyone wants it to go away.Can we all just get along with mother nature?BTW Fuzzybutt I have all kinds of POOP for sale for fertilizer. It will sure make your garden grow big & juicy veggies.Just a picture to show what shows up while it rains. This is one of my traps but this one is a friends field next door. That pig weighs about 250lbs.A friend said it looks like a bear.

 

[Jadnils]

Yes, with the rain or after, will come the bugs aka mosquitos and flys. I already have a TON of flys in and around the coop. What do you all do about the flying insects? My girls aren't fast enough to catch them!

 

[FireTigeris]

Yuck, same problem here, I'll be wading outside soon to dump any standing water and soval away poop- at least the coop is clean...

Also having roof rats / brown rats/ fruit rats... whatever the little non norway rats are called these days... any suggestions?

They are forcasting another 4-11 inches a day ... ack...


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On a side note from 11 girls (ducks) I've gotten only seven or eight duck eggs total since Baryl -- the chickens are ignoring the weather.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Our ducks keep the flies and skeeters at bay. We spray Pyrethrin everywhere inside of buildings, raised pens ect to combat flies.

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

Hi All. To change the subject. Since this is Florida and no one has basements. Where did people keep the fruits and veggies they canned? My Grandma kept hers in the root cellar, but that was in southern Ill.

 

[FireTigeris]

Pantry?

I do know someone with a basement... I wonder if it's an indoor swimming pool by now.

 

[FuzzyButtsFarm]

 

[FlaRocky]

Hi All.  To change the subject.  Since this is Florida and no one has basements.  Where did people keep the fruits and veggies they canned?  My Grandma kept hers in the root cellar, but that was in southern Ill.

A lot of the old (pre 50's) homes had walk in or walk thru pantrys. My mothers old homestead had 18 foot ceilings downstairs and 16 foot upstairs. It had a huge walk thru floor to ceiling pantry (12 ft long) between the kitchen and the dining room. The house raised 5 kids and also served as a boarding house in part of the up stairs. It was a 6 oversized bedroom home. Each of the upstairs rooms had room for 2 double beds, dressers and washstand. And you still had room to move around with a small sitting area with table. It was built on a slope of land down to a lake, so the back of the house was about 8 feet off the ground. In the dry area way under the house was where the onions hung, and the potatoes where scattered so they would not rot. It had a 10 foot wrap-around porches to help keep the house cool.


Yes, I am a native...5th generation. I am a proud true FLORIDA CRACKER!!!!! And have the whip and rifle to prove it.... Yes, I can shoot and ride.(lol)

Maye