The Old Folks Home

[microchick]

oh dear. Hope your rooster is ok and heals quickly. Poor guy.
I saw where middle MO received a dusting of snow today - pretty.

Thanks, me too, he's my baby. Momma deserted him when he was barely 4 weeks old. I took over, babied him, carried him around, spoiled him. Now he brings me gifts. I came in from the coop one day and informed my husband that he had competition for my affections and this newcomer was bringing me gifts and proceeded to pull a nail, a piece of straw, a piece of plastic and a stick out of my pocket that Joker had brought me.

We only had a dusting on our deck and bare spots on the yard. It's pretty cold for this time of the year here. Like winter has come 22 days early and decided to stay. Drats. Not ready for it. DH and I have complaining joints along with our border collie hound mix boy. Poor guy's hips are bothering him. When they were pups I told them we were going to grow old together and so we have.

 

[Nomadicus]

During the course of the day our forecast has been lowered about 4° to well below freezing. To cold for this time of year. I out foxed the guessers though and have my structure around my banana trees being kept above freezing with a brooder heat lamp. I used some of my redneck engineering and hung it well secured so that its cage that protects the bulb is setting in an old heavy iron skillet that is setting on a cement paver. Tomorrow I'll get the timer installed so I don't have to get up and out when the temp his supposed to be a few above freezing and turn it off. Last night I managed to protect the 3 trees by running a sprinkler under them. Might have a little freeze burn on the edges of a few leaves but they didn't get killed back to the ground like they have every year until now.

 

[Bawkbok]

Well for all the northerners not yet ready for winter I would say head to FL but we're going below freezing in a couple days also, which is atypical for this time of year. Long range forecast is warmer and dryer than 'normal' whatever that is these days.

 

[Nomadicus]

I remember on night in the early 60's I had the job one night as a high school kid of working in an orange grove lighting smudge pots. One person went ahead of me putting a small amount of gasoline in them and I then went up and lit the gasoline and that got the kerosene to start burning. It was 17° in the grove that night. This was in the southern part of central FL. Hardee County. I remember the year that mature citrus trees got froze to the ground in the 80's N of I-4. Those groves are now in subdivisions. More concrete jungle. It can get cold in my home state.

 

[Nomadicus]

Right now here in southern Alabama the temp has already dropped to 36° and is expected to be in the upper 20's by sunrise. Somewhat below normal for us here. We will be returning to the 70's with lows in the upper 40's and 50's in a few days.

 

[Bawkbok]

I can tell you the Orange Grove that was here 12 years ago around the Claremont area is long gone, houses as far as the eye can see in all directions. Sickening, just sickening the rate of development down here. They call it "progress" I think.

 

[Nomadicus]

I can tell you the Orange Grove that was here 12 years ago around the Claremont area is long gone, houses as far as the eye can see in all directions. Sickening, just sickening the rate of development down here. They call it "progress" I think.

I've been all through that area of FL and have seen it first hand. That is to the north of the area that I call home down south of Haines City on US27. Trees replaced with cement is not progress for the air we breath. It does mean more people paying taxes for those in charge to spend.

 

[pennyJo1960]

The farm 160 acres now is built a few dozen houses sit and 4 apartment homes.

 

[Nomadicus]

Good Morning Old Folks

 

[Sally PB]

Progress to some people is to try to wring every last possible cent from land. Whether it benefits the majority or the environment is not a consideration.