Devonviolet Acres

[babsbag]

I can just see hitting a big root with it and it slinging me off into the nether world somewhere.

Like playing "crack the whip". Our ground is so rocky that I think it would jam every few seconds. I use a lot of forward/reverse switches on my Bobcat to clear the auger.

 

[greybeard]

3pt post hole diggers aren't much safer tho...lots of injuries have been caused by them.
I hung a root using one behind a 9n Ford with no live PTO, in soft ground. Before I could kill the tractor, the digger was buried to the hilt and then some, and had the tractor front end pointing more skyward than it was flat.

 

[babsbag]

I have heard of the augers getting stuck and people having to use another tractor to extract them from the ground. My Bobcat is a walk behind one so it there is a problem I can simply let go of the controls and hopefully get out of the way. But it seems that accidents can always happen in some of the weirdest ways, one can never be too careful. The next place I need to dig holes is near my main septic line from the house to the tank, I will be super careful and praying that the 4' depth that it is supposed to be really is. I may have to dig a few by hand just to be sure.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Oh my, hope it goes away quickly.

 

[Devonviolet]

Oh my, hope it goes away quickly.

Yes, it finally went away! I left the disposable glove on, with the baking soda paste in the first three fingers, until I went to bed. I took the glove off, washed my hand and put my homemade ointment on, because my hand was water logged, from sweating. When I woke up this morning, the pain and tingling was totally gone!

 

[Devonviolet]

Like playing "crack the whip". Our ground is so rocky that I think it would jam every few seconds. I use a lot of forward/reverse switches on my Bobcat to clear the auger.

When we lived in PA, we had lots of rocks. But here, we have sandy loam, with the occasional chunk of iron ore or tree root. But, for the most part, digging the post holes is easy.

 

[Baymule]

Yes, stinging nettle has many health benefits, including topical and as a diuretic, which would help me. It can also be eaten like spinich, as cooking nullifies the sting.

It does go to seed easily, so we will need to make sure to cut any flower heads off.

I don't care if stinging nettle would make me 20 years younger-I still hate that stuff. There's got to be other plants that are more user friendly that have the same or better benefits.

 

[Devonviolet]

Well, Lamb's Quarter is right in there. But it doesn't have the diuretic effect. i only take 2 RX's and one of them is a diuretic. It doesn't do all that good of a job. So I am hoping that the Stinging Nettle will help get my ankle swelling down.

Day 35 came and went, for the 2 eggs, that we put under our turkey. So, we decided to pull the eggs, and start putting fresh eggs under her. Right now, I think we have 7 or 8 (?) eggs under her.

We tried putting the Muscovy Hen's in the coop over night, so they would lay eggs in the morning, before we fed them. Not one egg in the coop. But, three Pekin eggs in the chicken run.

So, we put those eggs under Edith, labeled with a "P", for Pekin. Then, when we were doing hard boiled eggs, I found two extra large duck eggs in the carton. So I am hoping they are Muscovy eggs. So I put an "M ?" and the date, and put them under Edith. Then the next day I think I put three more eggs under her with a sticker with the date. I'm kinda assuming they will be Pekin eggs.

I guess in the end, it doesn't matter, because they will all go to freezer camp. However, if we get some Muscovy hens, we might keep them.

So, DH & I were curious about the 2 eggs we took out, from under Edith. We didn't want them to attract wild animals, so DH got the pitch fork and dug deep into the compost pile. I very carefully cracked them open, on the handle of the pitch fork. They were both rotten inside. So they got covered over, with compost.

 

[babsbag]

I always do an 'eggtopsy' on eggs from the incubator that don't hatch. Usually if they are rotten then they were fertile and started to develop and then died. Eggs that never started the development aren't rotten per se, they may be a little cloudy but usually no odor at all. Rotten eggs usually POP when you crack them too. I do it under a towel after having one explode in my face.

 

[greybeard]

I take Lasix. Doesn't help much. I just learned to deal with it same as I have with pain.
I will never ever take pain pills, especially oxy. I've seen what it does to people.