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[pennyJo1960]

Well my day is done but for collecting eggs new pesto done, made a cobbler of blackberry for BF's birthday the 4th also made 4 loaves of sourdough bread

 

[getaclue]

Misty, sorry you guys are going through this. You're both in my prayers. I agree with what others have said about keeping him out of pain, rather than waiting until it's unbearable. People do better when they're not in pain, and he will rest better too.

 

[bruceha2000]

Yea I try to avoid frozen pizzas but sometimes it can't be helped.

See faster to make you own takes a good 5 minutes for the dough

• 1 1/2 (.25 ounce and a bit more) package active dry yeast
• 1 1/2 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 1/2 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
• 3 cups bread flour
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). In a medium bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water 110 degrees.

2. Stir in flour, sugar, salt and oil. Beat until smooth. Let rest for 5 minutes.

3. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and pat or roll into a round. Transfer crust to a pizza pan. Spread with desired toppings and bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown. Let baked pizza cool for 5 minutes before cutting.

We used to make one like that before finding out DD1 is gluten intolerant. Substituted 1/2 the white flour for whole wheat. Made a really good crust. Haven't found a way to do that gluten and nightshade free though.

The perfect use for chicken wire is keeping chickens OUT of an area. Sounds like a few posts, and some chicken wire around your garden would solve most of the problems. You might even be able to resume letting your own flock free range too.

@Beer can I agree with putting a simple low fence around your garden.

Low won't cut it. Every one of my chickens can fly a 4' fence if they want to. I keep finding some of the impatient girls on the wrong side of the 5' fence/gate between the barns in the morning though it is possible they have found a way to get through the cattle panels where there is no chicken wire but a lot of vegetation.

Mostly it was in the towns. Here we have them between all of the houses. Usually we share the fence with each neighbor. To replace the fences at my place, three neighbors would be involved

That is because it is way overpopulated there But that is OK, the more people who want to live cheek by jowl the fewer of them that will come out to the more open areas and try to make them the same as where they came from.

 

[bobbi-j]

Have a neighbor problem . New Jersey neighbor's are now permanent not just weekend warriors. And they have chickens now...
DW about on the 'warpath'... they've hollard at our kids for chasing their chickens out of our garden and away from our blueberry bushes, dw sent them out to do this... The wife told them to just shoe, shu? Wave your hands and they'll move, don't chase them with sticks... They chased them with "weapons"...
DW wants me to confront them, tell them to keep their damn chickens on their own property...and leave our kids alone.
I can't. I wish they would, I no longer free range cause I don't like my birds helping themselves to our garden.
BUT, when we moved here several yrs ago now, we had chickens AND guineas free ranged, and they trespassed on their property quite often, they didn't have a problem with that, thought they were awesome and said some day they would have their own. We had tons, TONS of ducks back then, and we have a small pond but they have a huge pond, our ducks spent more time in their pond then ours, and they were ok with that...
How the F' do I tell these 'city folk' we do not want your chickens on our side, when we did the same yrs ago?

That is a tough one.

The perfect use for chicken wire is keeping chickens OUT of an area. Sounds like a few posts, and some chicken wire around your garden would solve most of the problems. You might even be able to resume letting your own flock free range too.

I agree - fence your garden in, and that should help.

Dang @Beercan... That's a really tough spot to be in... rock on one side and hard place on the other. They say a woman never forgets... IME the women I've been in close contact with certainly were able to recall the most minor infraction I may have had years in the past... Perhaps you should jog DW's memory about how the neighbors treated your birds once upon a time? Then a roll of 2x4x48" welded wire around the garden should alleviate most of the issue. should keep the rabbits out as well. Hope you come to some workable solution.

x2

 

[1muttsfan]

A low fence will often keep birds out, but will not keep the same birds in.

Misty, after caring for both mom and dad, and watching my aunt go through a terminal illness, I know how hard it is to watch loved ones suffer. It seems like for them, though, having control of what happens often gives more comfort than what we might choose for ourselves. Standing aside can bed so much harder than stepping in.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I cared for my step Dad as he was terminal cancer but also dementia
decided he was not home anymore he was 6'2 Swede me 5'1 learned how to talk him down fast then it was Ma 4 years later she decided to not live anymore septic blood lead to dementia Dr said was irreversible I was having my own problems with stability same size less weight than her she would fall I couldn't pick her up but figured it out .. Then my BF fell trying to carry her ...

 

[chickadoodles]

Misty you both are in my prayers.

 

[chickadoodles]

Misty I will keep you and your dh in my prayers.

 

[getaclue]

Where's Diva? I hope she's ok.

 

[sourland]

Where's Diva? I hope she's ok.

She last posted Friday evening. Hopefully it is just 'BYC Burnout'. It happens.