The Front Porch Swing

[LBejaran]

We've gotten rain! I mean, technically we got rain this weekend, but we got even more today! I was outside a lot, blocking off parts of the chick coop because the wind was blowing the rain into the coop. Unfortunately, rain was blown into the little pen where the broody hen and her chicks were. One of them got too wet and passed away. It was a sad loss, but I am really glad we didn't lose anymore than that.

The goslings and Muscovy duckling were fine. I added more more to all the coops and put in some things to block the water from coming in.

The rain did help with more than one thing! Pulling weeds was ridiculously easy and though I didn't remove much, tomorrow morning I can start again and hopefully get more done. I really want to get something into the garden this year and it looks like I'll be doing it all alone, so the only one who I can rely on for this is me.

 

[TexasLisa]

We've gotten rain! I mean, technically we got rain this weekend, but we got even more today! I was outside a lot, blocking off parts of the chick coop because the wind was blowing the rain into the coop. Unfortunately, rain was blown into the little pen where the broody hen and her chicks were. One of them got too wet and passed away. It was a sad loss, but I am really glad we didn't lose anymore than that.

The goslings and Muscovy duckling were fine. I added more more to all the coops and put in some things to block the water from coming in.

The rain did help with more than one thing! Pulling weeds was ridiculously easy and though I didn't remove much, tomorrow morning I can start again and hopefully get more done. I really want to get something into the garden this year and it looks like I'll be doing it all alone, so the only one who I can rely on for this is me.

Laura, we got 3" last night and are expecting more tonight. The winds knocked down some pretty good sized branches and it knocked my corn down again.

Just hope the rain will keep coming all summer.

Lisa

 

[Blooie]

Today, May 13, 2014, nothing fell out of the sky in Cowley, Wyoming. Yayyyyy!

 

[BCMaraniac]

Fire Season is here,

Today the temps jumped up to high ninties and the humidity is down to about 15% The winds are BLOWING.... Santa Anna winds have just started so they arent up to full force yet.

The fire is burning in the area between Rancho Bernardo and Ranch Santa Fe. At three hundred acres right now.... Schools are being evacuated.... This is a residential area not a backwoods area. The schools are evacuatiing to another school out of the burn area. They are evacuating homes in the burn path. One fellow evacuated but had to go back to make sure his gas main was off.

He found his mulch on fire. So he took a moment to get his fire hose out and put that out. While he was doing that a fireman called to him from the canyon and told him to water down his eves and Mulch and Firewood pile. There was even video shots of smoke coming out of the storm drains.... Probably convection pulling air from smoky areas up through.

Things to know.... Where to shut off the Gas. What things are vulnerable to burn on your property.... Here they recommend storing firewood over 50 feet from the house. Keeping a clear defensable space 50 feet from the house.... Then another 50 feet from the house remove 30 percent of the overburden... dead stuff as well as thinning out the green stuff.

I personally would move any barbeque fuel like propane tanks away from the house.

deb

Oh, Deb, I just heard that 20K homes are being evacuated in San Diego....San Diego City, they said.....I pray you are not affected by this. Please be safe!

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: More like 20Million dollar homes. Fairbanks ranch is Big bucks horse ranches. Only place more expensive is the La Jolla area where you can pay 1 million for a one bed one bath. The fire is between Rancho Bernardo and Farebanks ranch and the Black mountain area. So far is a block of land that is about 700 acres situated about 25 miles from the city of San Diego. About the same distance to me here in Santee.

Rancho Bernardo is more like an affluent bedroom community... 3000 sq foot homes running around 1 mil. The black Mountain area is more reasonalbe... Only 500 thousand.

You got to remember San Diego is an expensive place to buy a home. Just a single family home in a bedroom community will run you around 300 thousand. NO land..

So far no homes lost.... The canyons are burning and the fire fighters are defending the rims where the houses sit.

Though Helen Woodward center is in that area and they began evacuations of 400 animals about four hours ago. they have a wide variety of animals under their care from Therepy horses to llamas and cats and dogs...

deb

 

[lazy gardener]

As my husband says, everybody has a story to tell!

 

[perchie.girl]

We've gotten rain! I mean, technically we got rain this weekend, but we got even more today! I was outside a lot, blocking off parts of the chick coop because the wind was blowing the rain into the coop. Unfortunately, rain was blown into the little pen where the broody hen and her chicks were. One of them got too wet and passed away. It was a sad loss, but I am really glad we didn't lose anymore than that.

The goslings and Muscovy duckling were fine. I added more more to all the coops and put in some things to block the water from coming in.

The rain did help with more than one thing! Pulling weeds was ridiculously easy and though I didn't remove much, tomorrow morning I can start again and hopefully get more done. I really want to get something into the garden this year and it looks like I'll be doing it all alone, so the only one who I can rely on for this is me.

Quote: Sigh..... we are at 9 percent humidity oficially ..... The Annual rainfall for last year was three inches total...

deb

 

[BCMaraniac]

More like 20Million dollar homes. Fairbanks ranch is Big bucks horse ranches. Only place more expensive is the La Jolla area where you can pay 1 million for a one bed one bath. The fire is between Rancho Bernardo and Farebanks ranch and the Black mountain area. So far is a block of land that is about 700 acres situated about 25 miles from the city of San Diego. About the same distance to me here in Santee.

Rancho Bernardo is more like an affluent bedroom community... 3000 sq foot homes running around 1 mil. The black Mountain area is more reasonalbe... Only 500 thousand.

You got to remember San Diego is an expensive place to buy a home. Just a single family home in a bedroom community will run you around 300 thousand. NO land..

So far no homes lost.... The canyons are burning and the fire fighters are defending the rims where the houses sit.

Though Helen Woodward center is in that area and they began evacuations of 400 animals about four hours ago. they have a wide variety of animals under their care from Therepy horses to llamas and cats and dogs...

deb

What I meant were 20 thousand homes were being evacuated.

 

[TexasLisa]

Sigh..... we are at 9 percent humidity oficially ..... The Annual rainfall for last year was three inches total...

deb

O Deb, that is horrible. I kinda know how you feel. Like I had said in one of my earlier posts, the last time I mowed last year was in March and I didn't get to mow until October/November The cracks in the ground are getting bigger and bigger.

20,000 homes? That is horrible.

Be careful! I wish you lived closed, I would offer you and your family a place to stay. I also have a place for Katee!

Lisa

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: Oh wwow... I didnt realize. its pretty scary. I had to go to the news website to verify....

deb