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[artsyrobin]

just looked at almanac- supposedly the first frost is nov 7, course they also said it would be a mild summer....me thinks they goofed...

 

[Sooner]

Good Morning everyone~ I hope everyone has a wonderful day. Hopefully I will get to chat more today since I won't be taking off to take anyone to the doctor.

 

[Poco Pollo]

nnbreeder - Thanks for the info. I hadn't thought about automobile alternators. Good idea. I have soooooo much more to read and learn.

Joe - Thanks for the details regarding your uncle's setup. This information helps a lot. I will read, read, read, read, read, and then read some more. Then I'll need to ask more questions.

 

[Poco Pollo]

Our oldest daughter has a shed out in Pawhuska that she wants to donate to me to use as a goat house. It's 10 X 12, maybe 12 X 12, metal over a wood frame. She said I could come out tomorrow and tear it down, pack it up, and then put it together again. I could do that, but I'm wondering if any of the folks who haul scrap or haul other things might be able to pick the shed up on a trailer and drive it to Haskell.

I could pay for gas, time, and labor. I want to help our daughter to get the shed out of her way, but I've got a million things to do here and I'm not sure I could disassemble a whole shed in one day. Send me a PM if you have the time and the trailer to haul a shed. I can bake some pies to sweeten the deal

 

[mjgigax]

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I knew Bob Night from Blanchard auction. He was 81. When I first met him he said he was 79 and was proud to be having a 80th birthday coming up soon. He had very nice birds. Once he brought a beautiful quad of White-crested Black Polish to sell. They went pretty high but he P.O. them. Later in the evening I saw him with the birds. He had the rooster out and sitting on his knee. The bird was very tame and Bob said his name was Elvis. I think he never really wanted to sell the quad, just to show them off. They WERE really nice. Bob was friendly and kind. I'll really miss him.

 

[NanaKat]

Michael..sorry to hear about your friend. Seems like the older we get the more we lose and each loss takes a part of us with them. He lives on in your memories.

First Freeze...no matter what happens during the summer, we will get our freezes on time. Every time I hear that the freeze will be later and I pin my hopes on that information, I lose a crop. So I'll have things ready by Oct 25 to greet the light freezes - sheets, blankets, big pots...trim the sweet potatoe vines and dig them Nov 1. Fall potatoes will already be cured by then too.

DGibson Sorry to hear you aren't going to Indiana. Is Bo picking up you a trio of the WFSpanish Blacks? What is going on in Newcastle the last of August...is that a show or an auction?

NewCastle Looks like you and hubby are turning your home into a NEW Castle...nice job. For the closet, have you thought of using a quilt for the enclosure...a suspended rail with sliding hooks like a hospital privacy curtain... Noticed the pretty quilt on display by the dresser.

Poco...wow! your goat herd has grown.

Okie Doodle...love that guinea pig

TODAY is the big day We see the trach doctor today and he will decide if hubby's trach gets modified or comes completely out...it's been a three year process. I know if they put in a button trach instead that he will be okay with it...but his heart's desire is for it to come out ..so I'm praying for that.

 

[Poco Pollo]

Nana - I think you mean Carla. Our herd consists of 3 does. Carla has the does, bucks, kids, kids, and more kids. DH doesn't want me to be a goat farmer, but he'll be okay with three does and kids each spring, provided I don't keep the kids.

 

[Sooner]

Nana I hope you guys get good new today when you go! I know he will be really happy if he can get it removed.

 

[Kassaundra]

nana my

for good news for your husband and you today!

 

[sjarvis00]

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If'n you were to make a windcharger out of lets say a 115amp Alt. like on some trucks and as an option on Dodge pick-ups then you could charge a bank of either 4 12volt or 4 big six volt batteries. The six volts hooked in series as two 12v will give more amps to use.

Then wire the house with low voltage and use LED lights which draw just one volt to operate. Your lights would at least be off of the grid.

Led lights are actually less expensive to run then any other type and have an estimated life of 25,000 hours although they are pricey to buy. I have yet to replace one that is burned out on trailers and I have been putting them on trailers for over ten years. If one is out it is usually a wiring problem.

http://www.superbrightleds.com/

Poco, or anyone else for that matter,
I have a resource here in shawnee that is importing LED household lights and they are much more cost effective than the big chain stores.
Poco,
If you need a turbine design to put on the Alt. let me know I will share something with you they are fairly simple to assemble. I could also share a resource for the inverter or larger generator if you need or would like.