In the show "Life after People" they say longhorns are one of the few breeds of cows that will survive w/o people, they said most of the domestic cow bred today are to specialized or relient on humans to survive w/o us, but not longhorns.
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Mine have a little bit of emotional attatchment, they are from my Gma's original bush, I can replant forsythia, but it won't be the same.
Hopefully, they have enough root system after 15 years that they will return next spring.
Can you keep the ones closest to the faucet watered? If you can save one or two you can continue your grandmother's heritage.
Mine have a little bit of emotional attatchment, they are from my Gma's original bush, I can replant forsythia, but it won't be the same.
Hopefully, they have enough root system after 15 years that they will return next spring.
Can you keep the ones closest to the faucet watered? If you can save one or two you can continue your grandmother's heritage.
Congratulations on a new Grandbaby!!! Cute big brother photo.
Nice to see you back Wayne.
Robyn..glad you are entering the stamp contest!
Okracefan has a new beginning!!
Hello to every body else.
Had a scare yesterday involving our cat. Murdock is a long haired tuxedo kitty who likes to disappear for a few days at a time, but in the heat we have really been worried about his absence.
Walking around the back of the barn, I smelled something dead and began looking for what it was...hoping it wasn't the cat.
Followed my nose to the watertank that was empty...no cattle in the lot...and in a two inch space under the tank found a dead black snake with one of my ceramic eggs in its gut. Ceramic Eggs 1/snake 0
Of course we had two ceramic eggs missing so that means one more snake somehere.
Still had not found Murdock until hubby and I took the Ranger out to check the rows of hay bales. There was Murdock perched on the 7 foot brushhog. He darted underneath it, but I was able to coax him out. He is now in the cool hot tub room with litterpan, food and water and the chickens that were moved in there last week.
Corrected my typing...wish I could type as fast as my speller goes...
Nice to see you back Wayne.
Robyn..glad you are entering the stamp contest!
Okracefan has a new beginning!!
Hello to every body else.
Had a scare yesterday involving our cat. Murdock is a long haired tuxedo kitty who likes to disappear for a few days at a time, but in the heat we have really been worried about his absence.
Walking around the back of the barn, I smelled something dead and began looking for what it was...hoping it wasn't the cat.
Followed my nose to the watertank that was empty...no cattle in the lot...and in a two inch space under the tank found a dead black snake with one of my ceramic eggs in its gut. Ceramic Eggs 1/snake 0
Of course we had two ceramic eggs missing so that means one more snake somehere.
Still had not found Murdock until hubby and I took the Ranger out to check the rows of hay bales. There was Murdock perched on the 7 foot brushhog. He darted underneath it, but I was able to coax him out. He is now in the cool hot tub room with litterpan, food and water and the chickens that were moved in there last week.
Corrected my typing...wish I could type as fast as my speller goes...
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Thanks kassundra,those were beautiful pics. They are the most picturesque(spelling) breed there is I believe. And they just seem to say "Oklahoma"!
Funny the kefir subject came up,I saw someone on the nashville craigs last week selling starts. I had to look it up to see what it was!
We had another small shower last night and boy its almost unbearable out todayp. I had to weedeat a little and clean the pool filter and man was I ready to come inside.The lush green is pretty but I sure would like to seee some just dry heat instaed for a little while!
Funny the kefir subject came up,I saw someone on the nashville craigs last week selling starts. I had to look it up to see what it was!
We had another small shower last night and boy its almost unbearable out todayp. I had to weedeat a little and clean the pool filter and man was I ready to come inside.The lush green is pretty but I sure would like to seee some just dry heat instaed for a little while!
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How are you doing Kassaundra, are you surviving this heat? I'm guessing that you guys are getting alot of heat related calls.
Yes, I'm surviving, I do think the heat is beyond ridiculous, but still would rather deal w/ this then winter! Yes there have been lots of heat related calls, but mostly people being STUPID in the heat, not drinking water, or worse lots of ETOH and heat, and for the record YES BEER IS ETOH!!!!!!! I mostly hate what it's doing to my garden, still not tomatoes, don't know if my plants will make it until fall when maybe I'll get some if the heat breaks. I am wanting to start planting for a fall cool crop, but that is pointless right now, maybe in a few weeks, still should have enough time before a hard killing freeze. I have started another insect colony, this time meal worms, just started it yesterday so it will be several months before I can start harvesting them.
How have you been?
You can cure stupid! I am also amazed that they aren't smart enough to figure it out. Sad that they breed too!
Don't feel alone with the garden, I['m pretty sure if you don't have all day everyday to tend them there is no way to keep them alive this year. I am disappointed too. i would like to do a fall crop but don't know if I will even try but I might plant some kale for the chickens. Meal worms! I use to have to buy them for the lizards the kids had. I look forward to it cooling off so I can get my building up & get a start of your roaches!
How are you doing Kassaundra, are you surviving this heat? I'm guessing that you guys are getting alot of heat related calls.
Yes, I'm surviving, I do think the heat is beyond ridiculous, but still would rather deal w/ this then winter! Yes there have been lots of heat related calls, but mostly people being STUPID in the heat, not drinking water, or worse lots of ETOH and heat, and for the record YES BEER IS ETOH!!!!!!! I mostly hate what it's doing to my garden, still not tomatoes, don't know if my plants will make it until fall when maybe I'll get some if the heat breaks. I am wanting to start planting for a fall cool crop, but that is pointless right now, maybe in a few weeks, still should have enough time before a hard killing freeze. I have started another insect colony, this time meal worms, just started it yesterday so it will be several months before I can start harvesting them.
How have you been?
You can cure stupid! I am also amazed that they aren't smart enough to figure it out. Sad that they breed too!
Don't feel alone with the garden, I['m pretty sure if you don't have all day everyday to tend them there is no way to keep them alive this year. I am disappointed too. i would like to do a fall crop but don't know if I will even try but I might plant some kale for the chickens. Meal worms! I use to have to buy them for the lizards the kids had. I look forward to it cooling off so I can get my building up & get a start of your roaches!
Wayne,
Good to see you back around.. How have you been?
Good to see you back around.. How have you been?
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wow, that's like 20 years of meat for us.
wow, that's like 20 years of meat for us.
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wow, that's like 20 years of meat for us.
Us too, two light eaters makes a cow go a looooooong way. (I know the diff in cow and bull, just use cow as anything bovine)
wow, that's like 20 years of meat for us.
Us too, two light eaters makes a cow go a looooooong way. (I know the diff in cow and bull, just use cow as anything bovine)
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When I was gone last week DH got worried about Moe, our outdoor/garage cat. Moe shows up every day at some point but Joe hadn't seen him in atleast a day. Joe went our searching the woods at 11:30 p.m. When he was just about to give up Moe showed up and slept for 2 days on the back porch. Today I cracked the laundryroom door so Moe could sleep on the dirty towels in there. Usually That room is off limits to him unless it is very cold.
Last summer Moe got quite thin. He eats alot of varmits so we thought he had worms, but after a bunch of tests, the Vet and we decided it is just the heat. This summer he is again thin but not quite that bad yet.
DH is a bigger softy than me; put a cat door into the Man Cave and lets Moe sleep in the front seat of the 82' vet if he wants to!
"Moe" is short for "One Mo Cat". He adopted us against our will. He has turned out to a good guard cat - keeps Gophers and stray cats away and (so far) acts like chicks don't exist. Once a Partridge Cochin pullet got up in a tree - escaped from a 3' perch to an 8' cage top and then 6' more into the branches. (Who said Cochins can't fly.) While we were thinking there was no way we'd ever get her, Moe jumped up in the tree and scared here down! That is the only time I have seen him notice a chicken. I'm still not planning to introduce any to him though.
When I was gone last week DH got worried about Moe, our outdoor/garage cat. Moe shows up every day at some point but Joe hadn't seen him in atleast a day. Joe went our searching the woods at 11:30 p.m. When he was just about to give up Moe showed up and slept for 2 days on the back porch. Today I cracked the laundryroom door so Moe could sleep on the dirty towels in there. Usually That room is off limits to him unless it is very cold.
Last summer Moe got quite thin. He eats alot of varmits so we thought he had worms, but after a bunch of tests, the Vet and we decided it is just the heat. This summer he is again thin but not quite that bad yet.
DH is a bigger softy than me; put a cat door into the Man Cave and lets Moe sleep in the front seat of the 82' vet if he wants to!
"Moe" is short for "One Mo Cat". He adopted us against our will. He has turned out to a good guard cat - keeps Gophers and stray cats away and (so far) acts like chicks don't exist. Once a Partridge Cochin pullet got up in a tree - escaped from a 3' perch to an 8' cage top and then 6' more into the branches. (Who said Cochins can't fly.) While we were thinking there was no way we'd ever get her, Moe jumped up in the tree and scared here down! That is the only time I have seen him notice a chicken. I'm still not planning to introduce any to him though.
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wow, that's like 20 years of meat for us.
Us too, two light eaters makes a cow go a looooooong way. (I know the diff in cow and bull, just use cow as anything bovine)
Used to crack me up years ago when I saw they Gateway Computer Store commercials. They had a talking cow with a male voice. It was just a "head and neck" so you couldn't see an udder but it was a cow for sure.
wow, that's like 20 years of meat for us.
Us too, two light eaters makes a cow go a looooooong way. (I know the diff in cow and bull, just use cow as anything bovine)
Used to crack me up years ago when I saw they Gateway Computer Store commercials. They had a talking cow with a male voice. It was just a "head and neck" so you couldn't see an udder but it was a cow for sure.
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