Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[jvls1942]

still trying to be winter here.
too cold to do anything in the wood shop.
but I am not wasting my time.
I am designing a saw table extension table/router table.
doing a lot of utube searching for ideas. found a few.
along with my own ideas, I think I have a good idea
of how I am going to build it.
I have all the material on hand. going to use a lot
of red oak ..
mortise and tenon joinery ..

 

[bruceha2000]

Bruce, do you have Clydesdales ?
My neighbor was big into Clydesdales.
He used to build wagons for people, too.
He went to shows all over the country.
bought colts from Budweiser.
Harley was his name..

Sorry, I'm really behind on reading.

No, not sure where the comment came from. The closest thing I have to Clydesdales is the 2 alpacas. Similar mostly in that they are 4 legged mammals!

 

[cavemanrich]

No, not sure where the comment came from. The closest thing I have to Clydesdales is the 2 alpacas. Similar mostly in that they are 4 legged mammals!

I need to solve that mystery for you.
How fast are your alpacas??? when you ride them???

I think these are faster,, I think they could cut off about hour and a half from your trip to Mount Washington.

 

[jvls1942]

in a post a few pages back I thought someone
mentioned Clydesdales.. I must have read it wrong.
those are faster because they have two less legs to
keep track of..
they can kick like a mule.

 

[bruceha2000]

I had no idea people rode, let alone raced, ostriches!

Alpacas aren't big enough to ride. Well maybe a small child could. Even as pack animals they are very light duty. Adults weigh about 150 pounds though they can be bigger or smaller.

 

[jvls1942]

alpacas in the US are mostly for their wool.
you don't see many alpaca trains..
I have a sweater made from the wool. I wear it seldom.
too warm.. My wife knit it for me. a similar one in a
catalog was listed at $7oo.oo.. Too expensive to wear
when fixing on the tractor.

 

[bruceha2000]

Yeah, not a tractor fixing sweater!

 

[R2elk]

No need to think about gardening today. -29°F with no wind (finally). Snow stopped at 10 1/5" this time. The previous snows never did melt off of the garden.

I was seeing some bare ground in other places before yesterday. Yesterday's wind caused many drifts.

 

[jvls1942]

.it will be a long time before anything gets planted
there is at least a foot of snow on top of the dumpsters
I don't think it drifted much. but we are tucked in
among the trees. can't see what is happening out
in the neighborhood fields..
we will stay snowed in until the snow plower gets
here .

 

[Molpet]

And daffodil are poking up against the house.