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Probably all of you gardeners mainly plant for the family. That’s mainly what we try to do on our end but DH frequently spills some corn intended for animal feed along side of the coop, pig pen, in the weeds and in our garden claiming he will later plant peas to grow up on it. I have been trying...

Today I think collect weeds for the chickens, put sticky traps for stink bugs and tie up tomatoes.

I seem to have bad luck with plants I buy from Tractor Supply. None of the strawberries came up so I will plant herbs in the gutter. We have several cattle panels and t posts set up in arches with squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, cantaloupe coming up on them and along the fence we have some of that...

This man told his friend he decided he was leaving his wife. It’s not like he saw it coming a long time before either. It all began last Saturday when he woke up early to go fishing. He already had hooked the boat trailer to his pickup truck the previous afternoon, after work he already had some...

DH had pinched some gutters somewhere and I wanted to try strawberries in them but I didn’t realize only one link was open on the top. The others would be more of a heavy grade of metal and totally closed so not sure what to do with them. But welcome to my strawberry farm. I have 2 varieties...

Maybe it’s a blessing. I probably shouldn’t have submitted my license to verify my identity but I did. I’m so slow doing things but I already put my 4th day grain to soak in the drip water from the still dripping faucet water. I hung yesterday’s laundry, put another batch to wash (which I should...

It’s been raining and stuff is complicated. I didn’t realize it had rained so much last night and I’m glad DH put his hoop coop where he did. I think I have been caring for our small flock of Barred Rocks now for around 2 or 3 weeks. I bought one single sack of hen scratch and I noticed DH had...

Hello. I’m getting ready for a storm and I think it will get cold. I WANT A GARDEN!!! I don’t even have room for any more meat in the freezer with all DH’s catfish, the shrimp he buys when his buddy is tired of waiting on the boat and he just wants to sell everything for a price we can’t refuse...

When DH and I first got together we each had farms we tended to separately. Either of us were able to do it all with no assistance from the other if necessary. He has done both of our chores when I had pneumonia and I have done it when he had an illness but since Ida and both of us having a...

I know I live in the warmest climate on the forum (probably anyway) but I woke up to a pretty chilly house and took pity on Trouble by lighting the heater but I decided early to get the house warmer by killing two birds with one stone. So I burned some crisco in a cast iron pot on the stove (gas...

Today was anti-procrastination day. Before getting on the road with DH, I planted some Ponderosa Lemon seeds and some onion roots and the end of a celery. DH and I then fed the pigs, collected venison from his cousin (neck roast and a leg), checked all our mail, did two more errands then I went...

Have no idea what is wrong with me but I just got over a UTI (at least I think so) and suddenly my left leg wants to fail me at random times when I’m walking, standing, trying to sit down. I get some strange, unpleasant sensation and then it hurts. So far I haven’t fallen down. But I did submit...

Excuse my mess. I had 5 cracker cans that I have been keeping my dry goods in but I got tired of opening them to find the rice, cornmeal, flour and such. I bought one can of spray paint and a silver permanent marker. I cut the corners of an index card rounded to use as a stencil for my labels...

DH did tell me someone was selling LS trees for $50 each. I was floored. Last I knew satsuma trees were going for $35 each. I am starting my own root stock and I chose Ponderosa Lemon over trifoliate for reasons of safety and practicality. The thorns are thin and only 1/2 inch long as opposed to...

Harvested Louisiana Sweet oranges for a few orders. DH has a buddy who loves to go duck hunting but apparently doesn’t love to clean or cook them so he has been keeping him up in ammo and we have a bunch of ducks to cook that’s already cleaned and now we are picking up some more. We have one...

Well Trouble is starting to get around better and is putting weight on her left leg now but still limping. She got up and scratched for a long time but she didn’t want to go in the backyard…only the front. The back yard would require going down a few steps and the front has a long ramp instead...

I have to keep one dog tied when outside but Trouble can’t go far as it stands. We been treating it topically. Tell you the truth I think she is badly bruised and might be limping around for a while. I’m starting to think maybe a warm compress might feel good. DH told me he saw little holes on...

Not today but in the past week I have been bombarded with fruit from commodities and the Catholic Community Center from neighbors who collect their food but don’t necessarily use it all so I suddenly had plums, peaches that were kissed by the cold and maybe had a brownish tinge to the flesh and...

Oh yeah!! Plenty. I just can’t see the injury looking quite like that. Also…just like snakes, gators kinda slow down in winter.