The Old Folks Home

[ronott1]

well now crud the worms are beneficial BF loves giving them to the hens

Not earth worms. It does not hurt them only the ones that eat grass roots and become moths.

They are in the soil in the Fall mostly and leave big dead circles. You likely do not have them though. There is another one called sod web worms

 

[pennyJo1960]

Not earth worms. It does not hurt them only the ones that eat grass roots and become moths.

They are in the soil in the Fall mostly and leave big dead circles. You likely do not have them though. There is another one called sod web worms

I do not believe we have either one here but three times huh lot's cheaper than Brevecto

 

[ronott1]

I do not believe we have either one here but three times huh lot's cheaper than Brevecto

When I used them for Army worms, the earth worms were fine. When the food is gone they go away too so they do not cause environmental damage.

 

[microchick]

I like the idea of using a blow torch on the driveway to melt the ice. Only since a blow torch is hard to find I vote for one of those weed incinerators that Harbor Freight sells. We have one. Just hook it up to a 20 gallon propane tank. Put the tank on a sled and chugga chugga Hi Ho Hi Ho it's off to melt ice you go.

I've decided that I have to outlive this crappy norovirus. With that thought in mind, I tackled cleaning up the kitchen. It was a trade off. Make the bed or clean up the kitchen so I chose the kitchen.

Didn't feel any worse afterwards so onward as long as I don't get too far from the bathroom.

My broody finally proved herself today. I went out with bread this morning knowing this would be the big test. The minute she saw me she came running off her ceramic eggs and I thought ho hum, here we go. But bless her little feathered heart, she gobbled down a few little bites, went over to another nest that had a bantam egg in it, looked at it as if saying 'nope, not my eggs' and went straight back to her nest and settled in. So after lunch I cracked one of the little girl's eggs that has been on the counter for 6 days and checked it for fertility. Sure enough, good to go so tomorrow I'm hoping to quarantine her off and give her real eggs to sit on.

Weather has gone from bad to worse here. It was pouring rain all morning. I just got the binoculars out and looked down the ravine and the creek to our east is out of it's banks and running just under the bridge. Now there is a winter weather advisory out and the temp is heading to 32.

Sounds like somebody is stuck in the mud somewhere. We can hear the engine revving but don't see it. Silly people. Heavy rain in MO=Missouri Gumbo.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Use to love going out after first snow in Juneau watching all the 4 wheeler run off the roads

 

[chickadoodles]

Deb i hope things went well for you today.

 

[microchick]

Same here, Deb. Sure is good having you back on the 'home' again.

Around here what is funny, Penny, is that county maintenance for our road ends about a mile away where it turns to the north. Our road proceeds on in the form of dirt and clay, over a sharp hill and down to a fording, over a creek then up a real steep hill. Needless to say it turns into a real quagmire when it rains. Where it gets funny has to do with GPS. If you type in an address on our road or the road that merges with our road into a GPS, with our nearby town as the starting point, it will route cars to that dirt/clay road through the fording, up and down those hi incline hills and right into the middle of the quagmire where they inevitably get stuck. We get asked to get the tractor out every now and then to pull some poor unsuspecting soul out of the quagmire. The last time was last summer after a heavy rain when we pulled a big panel truck out.

We always say the same thing to them with a shake of our heads. "listened to your GPS didn't you?"

Then there is the fun of driving down that way after a heavy rain and look for deep tire trenches.

You can always tell the outsiders and newbies......

 

[ronott1]

Same here, Deb. Sure is good having you back on the 'home' again.

Around here what is funny, Penny, is that county maintenance for our road ends about a mile away where it turns to the north. Our road proceeds on in the form of dirt and clay, over a sharp hill and down to a fording, over a creek then up a real steep hill. Needless to say it turns into a real quagmire when it rains. Where it gets funny has to do with GPS. If you type in an address on our road or the road that merges with our road into a GPS, with our nearby town as the starting point, it will route cars to that dirt/clay road through the fording, up and down those hi incline hills and right into the middle of the quagmire where they inevitably get stuck. We get asked to get the tractor out every now and then to pull some poor unsuspecting soul out of the quagmire. The last time was last summer after a heavy rain when we pulled a big panel truck out.

We always say the same thing to them with a shake of our heads. "listened to your GPS didn't you?"

Then there is the fun of driving down that way after a heavy rain and look for deep tire trenches.

You can always tell the outsiders and newbies......

We had an issue with GPS when in the Mendocino National Forest. GPS sent us up a fire road! Good thing I was able to get up it too...Silly GPS!

 

[Latestarter]

Hoping all went well for you Deb. Good that you're feeling better and are participating here a bit more. Nice to have you around!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I have one of those weed incinerators. I'm not allowed to use it anymore.

Got my baby quilt done, including binding and a label.

Then I got caught up with my 3D quilt

Then I started cutting and pinning the pillowcases I am making for the hospice unit at my VA Hospital. The nurse manager said the pillowcases they have (standard hospital issue) are itchy. Dsqard is helping me with the pillowcase project.