What did you do in the garden today?

[akroberts1085]

Here's the picture of the potato plant in the green house. I really need to get the weeds pulled but I just don't really have the strength anymore.

 

[saysfaa]

And gardening for me today is working on the order from the seed catelog.

I've got onions and herbs yet to go. Then, I will need decide if I really want to spend as much as I have picked out.

 

[WthrLady]

They've had to break out the drift cutters!

 

[WthrLady]

Speaking of layering...



Pushing zero or below, I start switching to alpaca.

The colder it gets below that, the more layers get switched to alpaca. Eventually, I just add more alpaca. Or cashmere, or cashmere/angora before I accumulated enough alpaca.

Even my alpacas are wearing coats...what's that tell ya?!

 

[akroberts1085]

They've had to break out the drift cutters! View attachment 3726713

Talk about a snow wall. My husband said if his mom passes we will move to Alaska now I'm thinking about Arizona.

 

[saysfaa]

Even my alpacas are wearing coats...what's that tell ya?!

That you might look into musk oxen and move to wearing qiviut!!

You'd have to ship them somewhere for the summer, though. You really get slammed both seasons.

 

[akroberts1085]

Even my alpacas are wearing coats...what's that tell ya?!

Yeah I am good without the cold weather you all are getting.

 

[Molpet]

I can imagine... Some people get very opinionated on here. To be fair, I can remember finding an antique bottle of "medicine" in my grandmother's kitchen cabinet that had belonged to her parents and contained mercury as an elixir. People did all kinds of strange things in the name of medicine. And while many died, many more also lived to tell the tale. In most cases, I try to just use common sense. While I don't think rust is (oxidized iron) would hurt my chickens in the short term, it's hard telling what other chemicals were used in the process...especially with cheap materials coming from China where standards are a little more relaxed.

Total side bar, but about 8 years ago or so, I had the opportunity to get a tour of a testing lab. At the time, they were doing testing on vape pens that are heavily used by nicotine and Marijuana users. The pens I saw were from China and had very concerning testing results. Lots of toxic chemicals coming off of them when heated up. I don't smoke or vape of any kind but I left that facility with the certainty that people who do are going to end up with all kinds of nasty health issues just from those pens.

The issue with rusty galvanized waterers is the zinc in the galvanize. Rust isn't toxic but too much zinc is.
The test on the vape pens weren't real world... they kept them running after they ran out of liquid....dry burn it's called. Unless you were drunk, you would immediately notice and stop to refill. Not saying vaping is harmless, if you don't smoke you shouldn't vape. I will say vaping helped me finally quit smoking and I had tried gum, patches and pills... I did find quitting vaping was easier.

 

[Sally PB]

husband said if his mom passes we will move to Alaska now

My husband says he would like to move to Alaska. I tell him, No, Hell No, and FN Hell No for me. I you go dear, text me every now and then.

 

[jerryse]

-11 and -29 wind chill. Yesterday -15 and -38 wind chill. High today 1 high yesterday -5. Slowly getting a little warmer this week. edit to say I forgot to post this, This morning.