The Old Folks Home

[CapricornFarm]

The more work i do on the coop, the more i figure out that needs to be done! Burying hardware cloth around the edges of the coop to keep critters and chickens out. I got one ditch dug and hardware cloth buried on one side today. Finished the divider, put on a latch. Cut one pop hole, made a frame around to slide a metal door into to close. Cut four of seven pieces for a feeder. They waste so much feed from the commercial feeder i am using it is crazy! I made some in TN and they worked well.
Used up the last 3 tubes of caulk on the cabin, so husband ordered more.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Not much of an editorial on painting stones - doesn't know enough about it.

Did learn that the brush sprays (ie roundup) are harmful to stones, as suspected.

Can you imagine what that stuff does to us in our food if it is harmful to stones?!

 

[chickisoup]

 

[Alaskan]

Not much of an editorial on painting stones - doesn't know enough about it.

Did learn that the brush sprays (ie roundup) are harmful to stones, as suspected.

Thanks for asking about the painting.

I am pretty sure the guy keeping our abandoned cemetery is using that stuff. Luckily only one stone is old...


but...



will have to go over that with him.

What else can you use though? Agent Orange maybe? jk

It will be solid thorns in a month if we don't put something on it...don't have enough money to have a weekly landscaper...don't live in the same state...so doing it myself is not an option....

just

I guess I could just have him bag the stones, spray, then remove bags??

 

[Beer can]

Not much of an editorial on painting stones - doesn't know enough about it.

Did learn that the brush sprays (ie roundup) are harmful to stones, as suspected.

Not that anyone would have any reason to spread salt near a cemetery, at least I don't think they keep them open in the winter, salt is super bad for stone. Anyone that happens to have a bluestone, flagstone, real natural cleft stuff or the sawed and milled, patio or sidewalk, never use salt, turns it to newspaper pretty much. Don't think it's good for concrete either, or blacktop roads or our vehicles ....
Sure do love a good amount on a bloody steak though!

 

[Beer can]

Can you imagine what that stuff does to us in our food if it is harmful to stones?!

Was researching flour type corn. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get open pollinated anyway but I have no probs with hybrids. Was wondering what the heck the commercial growers use? Where does our corn flour/meal come from?
Only thing I could find, for this big farm wise, corn that has a extra protein that kills corn worms, attacks their innards, a lot like organic thuricide that kills cabbage luppers with bacteria, except it is IN the corn, and it's round up ready... Good Stuff... sounds definitely not hybrid but GMO.

I think I'll stick to the old thousands of yrs old Indian flour corn that's available.

 

[Beer can]

Thanks for asking about the painting.

I am pretty sure the guy keeping our abandoned cemetery is using that stuff. Luckily only one stone is old...


but...



will have to go over that with him.

What else can you use though? Agent Orange maybe? jk

It will be solid thorns in a month if we don't put something on it...don't have enough money to have a weekly landscaper...don't live in the same state...so doing it myself is not an option....

just

I guess I could just have him bag the stones, spray, then remove bags??

Agent Orange... lol, have a great uncle that was soaked with it in Vietnam. War hero. Have the newspaper clipping somewhere. His platoon was under heavy fire, many casualties, 18yr old red neck went out at night and eliminated them all by himself. He got a purple heart and another, medal of valour?
Remember him telling it as it was no harder than deer hunting ...
You know your a old folk when that war is becoming a thing of the past.
He had cancer once and they said attributed to agent orange, he beat it, fine now for many yrs, so no biggie.
Haven't seen him in a couple yrs. Worked with him and my dad for yrs when I was younger, in the '90s, he was partner's with my dad in the stone quarry back then. Was running into him occasionally recently but I haven't seen him in awhile.
Think I'm going to look him up, pay a real visit. My grandpa, his brother, been gone awhile now, only ones left are him and a great aunt.

 

[getaclue]

I was approved for the manufacturer's discount on my prescription, so my co-pay each month is $10.00. It's good until the end of the year, and should automatically renew itself at the beginning of next year. I'm so relieved. That would have really put a big strain on our budget.

 

[Alaskan]

Think I'm going to look him up, pay a real visit. My grandpa, his brother, been gone awhile now, only ones left are him and a great aunt.

make sure you do that!

and yeah... I remember listening to the old men talking about WW2...it was fascinating for a young kid (since the horror stuff didn't seam real).

I still have my parents.. but all I have left in the group before them is a great aunt/cousin. She is sweet as can be...saw her this summer... but most of her marbles have run off and left her.

I think about that sometimes.... my kids didn't get to meet any great-grands.... or great- aunts.... except the one I just mentioned. ..and she no longer tells stories.

I started having kids too late.

 

[JD4570]

I now can officially say pfft that storm ain't nothing......

Harvey is here!