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I have and thats why I liked it so much... Id still have scars if it hadnt been fort five years ago... shuddder. deb

Who says desert is stark and barren.... Sigh

probably waiting for the darkest day....um er night. When my mare foaled she went twelve months rather than eleven....:th I was in the hospital for a planned surgery.... They notified me as soon as I came out of anesthesia... Nurses got a kick out of telling me it was a boy.....:lol:

Thank you... :)

Been there done that.... with a boyfriend... Dad was an engineer but he tended to do NOTHING at home. Once mom got tired of asking him so she bought a sawzall and cut a hole in the living room wall to put an air conditioner in.... All the while he was changing the channels on the TV...

Good genes... When she was born they were living in a dug out in Colorado. Her Mom and dad were homesteading 220 acres of land. Great Grandpa farmed it with Mules. Great Grandma, after having had eleven babies nine that lived, was the Midwife for the county they lived in. Never had a...

Love your Avitar... did you draw that?

she is 102 born in 1916. Only just now slipping into Old age dimentia... On occasion. other than that shes a pistol. Talks on the phone like a teen ager especially if its male. I have a cousin in Alabama that calls her every day... They talk for hours on the phone and I swear she...

I am not new here but forgot I signed up some time ago.... I write volumes when I am going... 1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like? I am In San Diego County My land is in the high desert. Climate is Hot and dry in the summer and Cold and dry in the...

I am scratching my head here.... How much food does one person put back to last a year. I went to the LDS site and that wasnt really helpful for me... I am talking home canning,reserves, freezer stuff.... beef pork chicken and sundries... My reason for moving toward selfsufficency is I am...

LOL.... deb

Awesome that you could find a worker bee. I have no idea where you are located You mention the cold so I would say MidWest? Any way here I too am far away from contractors that actually have to compete against each other. You find one good one in my area and YOU have to compete for his work...

Whew :th.... I been replying to stuff in various threads and just as I am getting ready to post realizing they were over a year old :barnie.... then having to delete the post:he. So glad to find a current thread :ya. You were lucky with regard to getting ash. Here the Sand Can be as fine as...

I have lived through Two Firestorms here in San Diego.... First one was while my house in the desert was in Escrow.... second about two years after. Southern California Fire season starts a little after June.... and goes till the first rains.... We haven had enough soaking rains to qualify for...

Pardon me I am new and reading through this thread. I know this post is over a year old.... But a suggestion for Volcanic dust if it hasnt been offered before is to commandeer some panty hose to protect your air filter on your vehicle. deb

Wow the equivalent of chill factor is Heat index and that heat index if the horse is not accustomed to it is a killer. The saving grace for me is the desert is very low humidity usually ... the higher the temps you have the lower the humidity,,, the bad part of that is the exterior of hoove...

One of the things I do is keep her on an EPSM diet.... Very low carb. comparitavely. for horses... that means no grain. Free choice salt and lots and lots of water. For drafts and quite a few horses with large muscle mass... EPSM is Equine Polysacharride Storage Myopia... Whew may have...

LOL I was told by some Draft horse Pros in the midwest that I coulndt keep a Draft in the desert. She does just fine.... She keeps to her shade on hot days but not like shes stuck there. She is Jet black with no white on her.... The deal is we dont work in the extreme heat any way.... My...

1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like? I live in California, San Diego High desert.... Sixty miles east of town two miles from the Mexican border and one and a half miles from Paved road. Its a little patch of paradise for me I have lived in deserts of some...

You have to remember it is only running the well pump. I gave the refrigerator away and have unplugged the freezer. So there is nothing in the house that needs electricity. deb