Helpful hints for building coops

[3KillerBs]

Expecting Ian to drop by tonight and tomorrow so I'm going to keep my birds in an pick up my more wind-vulnerable run clutter to secure it. Including taking down my electric netting so it doesn't become a catch-net for blown debris.

 

[jvls1942]

I didn't know acorns were a dewormer.
3B's, I hope the storm doesn't pick up strength
after it goes out over the ocean again. Maybe you
will be lucky and it makes land fall to the north of you.
we have had a couple nights of frost. our growing
season is over. so far none of the farmers have started
cutting their corn fields or picking corn.
there are turkeys all over, even in town.
Annie hit a deer about a week ago. little damage to
the car. just pushed the grill in. her mechanic pulled
it back out and you can hardly tell it was damaged.

 

[3KillerBs]

3B's, I hope the storm doesn't pick up strength
after it goes out over the ocean again. Maybe you
will be lucky and it makes land fall to the north of you.

I'm way inland so I'm only expecting sustained winds of about 35mph with gusts up to 50-60.

Going to get a LOT of water though -- but I'm way up on a hill so I'm safe.

 

[jvls1942]

I'm way inland so I'm only expecting sustained winds of about 35mph with gusts up to 50-60.

Going to get a LOT of water though -- but I'm way up on a hill so I'm safe.

ONLY 50 mph winds ?

 

[3KillerBs]

ONLY 50 mph winds ?

Gusts to that.

Not sustained winds.

You get gusts that bad in a strong thunderstorm at times.

This is as normal to central NC as heavy snowstorms are to you. Something to prepare for -- I'm stowing anything that might blow around the yard, taking down my electric poultry netting so it won't catch debris, planning to park vehicles out from under trees, and generally preparing to possibly be without power for anywhere from a few hours to a few days. But it's not likely to be serious here the way Florence was.

Summer and fall of 2020, the year we were living in a shed while our house was being built and placed, we had so many tropical storms I forgot how many there were.

 

[jvls1942]

You can keep your winds. I will take
a good old fashioned blizzard any time.

 

[CapricornFarm]

I didn't know acorns were a dewormer.
3B's, I hope the storm doesn't pick up strength
after it goes out over the ocean again. Maybe you
will be lucky and it makes land fall to the north of you.
we have had a couple nights of frost. our growing
season is over. so far none of the farmers have started
cutting their corn fields or picking corn.
there are turkeys all over, even in town.
Annie hit a deer about a week ago. little damage to
the car. just pushed the grill in. her mechanic pulled
it back out and you can hardly tell it was damaged.

Yes, acorns have tannin in them. If you want to make flour from acorns , you need to boil them to leach out the tannis, which are pretty bad tasting to people otherwise.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Some of my mugs, and a pumpkin that still needs glazing.

 

[jvls1942]

Some of my mugs, and a pumpkin that still needs glazing.View attachment 3275778

do you know where the term "pot hole" came from?
in a village the road was made from clay. the locals would
dig out divots to use in their pottery making.
I don't know it this is fact or fiction.
s

 

[3KillerBs]

It's already pouring here 150 miles inland from Myrtle Beach, where it's now forecast to make landfall.

Grocery stores are some of the last places to close so I'm preparing to go out into it.