Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[ozexpat]

Yes. Friday here is as good as finished. It's ten thirty at night. We head for Bacolod at 3 pm tomorrow.

 

[Penny Hen]

Ick, septic issues are not fun. We had one this past summer. We *thought* our septic was on the edge of the driveway where the sycamore trees are. After some test digging and referring to a rough sketch with measurements that could have had any number of possible locations on the wall of the utility room DH started digging in the driveway. Yup. They put in the driveway. Under crumbling pavement and 8" or so of gravel on top of that. We just had a family member visit with his tractor trailer loaded down. He missed driving over the septic system by inches. We've had an interesting summer/fall here on the homestead.

I tell ya, that John Deere tractor has paid for itself ten times over by now.

If any of you are Garrison Keeler fans you have to look up one of his stories of Lake Woebegone about the man who was removing an old septic system only to find that it consisted of a pit with an old car hulk in it. His adventures of getting this drippy, reeky, disgusting wreck out of the hole an onto a trailer and to the dump will have you in tears with you sides aching.

 

[piglett]

If any of you are Garrison Keeler fans you have to look up one of his stories of Lake Woebegone about the man who was removing an old septic system only to find that it consisted of a pit with an old car hulk in it. His adventures of getting this drippy, reeky, disgusting wreck out of the hole an onto a trailer and to the dump will have you in tears with you sides aching.

my place had a 55 gallon drum for a septic tank when i bought the place

i had that sucker pumped out & i had a 1000 gallon tank brought in

i'm still using the old leach field which has proven to work just fine

 

[ocap]

my place had a 55 gallon drum for a septic tank when i bought the place

i had that sucker pumped out & i had a 1000 gallon tank brought in

i'm still using the old leach field which has proven to work just fine

when my Dad and Mom bought their dream place in the country the real estate transaction did not require a septic inspection and the plumbing dumped on the surface in the middle of the greenest trees I had ever seen! We found the problem the first summer.

 

[ozexpat]

so a few photos....


Field workers hand loading sugar cane trucks.



A butakal - boar for hire vehicle (the pig is a sow though)



The beginnings of athe D-Block new coops










Eggs, spicy tuna, calabasa squash and rice.



the new brooders








a couple of trees that went into the coops as lumber


jun whacking weeds



Bernie whacking oyster shells



the start of our sewer problems



the new fan on the dehumififier



cuban pork, plantains, eggs and rice for breakfast






more tomorrow...................................

 

[vehve]

Looks good, Oz. You should make a huge mortar for grinding the oyster shells. A curved bottomed pot set in concrete would be good.

 

[joannefiddler]

Thank you Oz for taking the time to upload the pics. With all you have going on it is really great of you to do so! Thanks for continuing to let us tag along on your exciting journey

 

[perchie.girl]

Awesome pix as usual Oz..... IF you ever get done you need to get an aerial photograph done....

deb

 

[ozexpat]

The business end of Rogers , the new buck






Loads of papaya




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Hector keeping the beach safe



Scarlette, the daughter of Rona and Jun (both in red)



Piglets!!!

 

[ozexpat]

Let there be light... and there was plenty after swapping out a sheet of GI roofing for clear in the egg house



If this tree was not evergreen, you could think we were in fall. Just a coincedence.



Patching/replacing ceiling panels and adding moulding in our bedroom