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[bruceha2000]

I need this web site, Deb!!

I am trying to figure the amount of wire needed to circle my cleared area plus some woods. I am installing an "invisible fence" for my LGDs so they will not have to be chained during hunting season. I have some natural boundaries that will give them about 15 acres to patrol. It has a wood line on the north, a road on the west, a creek on the south and a logging road/tree line on the north. I have been thinking of walking it with one of those wheels that clicks off measurements in feet, but don't look forward to trying to roll that thing through the woods on the other side of the creek.

You can do a quickie with Google: https://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-area-calculator-tool.htm

Only straight lines but if you make a LOT of them they will approximate a curved line

I thought tide came in powder or liquid... it comes in rolls now?

Tide comes in red too. Don't eat shellfish living in a red tide area.

I hear you loud and clear Felix. The house is at the end of the road, in fact the road ends in our driveway. So the plow driver figures too bad and piles up all the snow at the start of my driveway. I've told him off - it is NO effort for him to push the snow four feet farther into the utility easement. But, it is a lot of time and energy for me to shovel by hand and move it away. At least this time it is light, powdery snow. The neighbors all use snow blowers which takes them a lot longer than me during it manually. Ridiculous, powdery snow doesn't tax the body. I just walk back and forth pushing the snow away - it's amazing how little time was spent to do a long driveway. Heavy wet snow or brittle icy snow are entirely different and quite a task. I guess snow blowers can't handle THAT.

Actually they can. You are right, light and fluffy is probably harder for a snowblower to pick up. I've been known to use a push broom on a couple of inches of "it blows away" snow.

Diva, yeah, normally I'd agree with you, but after spending 4 hours shoveling the stuff today, even the powdery snow gets heavy at some point.

Late, yeah, it's good that we got some snow to insulate the ground, too bad we had the cold snap before the snow. But at least now trees and stuff won't take much further damage if it gets cold again. Also, I hope we get some nice skiing tracks made somewhere close by.

Same circumstances here. Raining 2 days ago, most of the snow melted, 13F last night with no "blanket" to slow the ground freezing.

Don't mess up your back shoveling Felix!

 

[tjo804]

Today was a nice day to be outside here today I pulled up some garden weeds for the ladies and the chicks.
And I had to wash a chicken today it is one of my DGD's leghorns

we do Not get along! But she looked like a bad episode of Neglected Chicken with Mites.

Caught her and covered her head she was fine with her head covered but I didn't want to waterboard her. Any way she took a dust bath in the MUD! It dried and caked on her so now she is clean and almost dry and I will return her to her roost after the Ladies have gone to bed. She doesn't seem to mind me so much with corn bread in my hand.

 

[Alaskan]

Oooooooh corn bread!

 

[bamadude]

Today was a nice day to be outside here today I pulled up some garden weeds for the ladies and the chicks.
And I had to wash a chicken today it is one of my DGD's leghorns we do Not get along! But she looked like a bad episode of Neglected Chicken with Mites.

Caught her and covered her head she was fine with her head covered but I didn't want to waterboard her. Any way she took a dust bath in the MUD! It dried and caked on her so now she is clean and almost dry and I will return her to her roost after the Ladies have gone to bed. She doesn't seem to mind me so much with corn bread in my hand.

Wtc is a gdg leghorn?

 

[getaclue]

Quote:
DGD's leghorns = Dear Grand Daughter's leghorns, I think.

 

[bamadude]

DGD's leghorns = Dear Grand Daughter's leghorns, I think.

Oh

 

[tjo804]

Quote: Yes that is the one

 

[tjo804]

Oooooooh corn bread!

It was that good too I had never made it before without using the Jiffy box well I have never liked it before with corn meal. But on the baking thread RonOtt1 posted a Buttermilk corn Bread recipe and it is too good!~ and since I still have Chili I may have to make it again tomorrow!

 

[Beer can]

I prefer a coarser less sweet corn bread or muffins than jiffy. Even corn flour plain just doesn't have the grit so I add a little Bobs Mills course ground. Same with corn pancakes.
'Indian Head' corn flour has a excellent sweet corn bread cake recipe with honey. My kids hate corn bread, but eat the crap out of that corn bread cake, don't even have to put anything on it...

 

[Alaskan]

I like all kinds of corn bread, cheesy, with bacon, with jalapeños, all yum! I don't like them too dry though, I like them more moist.

I like spoon bread too.