CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[Baymule]

My husband and I are both healthy, but we do what we gotta do in the mornings, then the heat drives us inside. I do watch over him because of his various surgeries and him being 72 years old, I tell him he's done and gripe at him until he goes in.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Joyce canned some string beans and purple hull peas today, we have quite a few in the freezer already....and she wanted to try some in a jar. The first barage of tomato plants are playing out and dying out, but the 2nd wave plants are coming on strong. I'll have to remember to get some pics tomorrow to share with ya. I believe that the garden will be much better next yr as we are able to spend more time this fall and winter getting some of the "Organics" mixed into the clay soil. I will get caught back up on the manure management routine again and a compost bin. Truly, I would rather be busy and sharing pics, but I'm just sidelined for the moment....don't give up on me Yet....there are more "Adventures" to share.....

 

[CntryBoy777]

Oh....I went to the kitchen and she still had them on the counter.....I thought she had already put them up... .....at least there will be something to eat in an extended power outage....
There is a generator here at the house, but hasn't been run in Years.....so, gotta check it out. It may be better to get a new one, it is about 23yrs old.....

 

[Bruce]

Hey, I'm more than 23 Y/O and I still work (pretty much!).

My inlaws had a generator from WWII at their house before they moved to the "old folk's home" about 10 years ago. They needed it a lot in the earlier years but I don't think they HAD to use but once or twice a year from the time I met them (28 years ago). Don't give up on the old generator until you've proven it is more trouble than it is worth.

Now you need a bunch of different recipes to use those peas and beans! I bet you could make some good soups with them and other stuff from the garden.

 

[Mike CHS]

All you need with those peas are a ham bone.

 

[CntryBoy777]

We don't eat much soup....I ate too much growing up, and it never stays on the stomach long enough to even fill Full to me. I've always been a meat and potato kinda guy....my Mom always accussed me of having hollow legs........however, Joyce likes soup and eats some from time to time....I kid her about being from Michigan and it being a Yankee thang..........

 

[CntryBoy777]

Don't forget the fatback and a pone of cornbread...that is good eating there Mike....

 

[CntryBoy777]

It was a better day here today with the humidity down around 60%....much better than the 80% we've been dealing with....got some cutting done today, field2....and the road back to the pond. The temps and humidity are going back up on Tues, so gonna get some physical labor done tomorrow...........as I was going to feed goats and lock 'em up for the nite....I happened up on a coon behind the duck pen....he headed for a tree and I went for the 22....found it in the tree....and he decided to "Depart".....
I was sure glad that I happened along at just the right time, I always put the ducks up after the goats, so we didn't lose any ducks or "Dotties".....

 

[Mike CHS]

Glad you saw the coon first. We lost one of the Delawares yesterday when Teresa went out and found it laying on the ground. Something had pecked or bitten it's skull so I had to put it down.

 

[Bruce]

Seems you are feeling a bit perkier with the more reasonable humidity level Fred
Glad the coon stuck around long enough for you to come back and help it decide HOW it would move along. If you have a game camera, it might be worth setting up near the fowl pen. I was sure surprised when I caught that coon overnight a few weeks back. Wasn't even THINKING about coons, just trapping 'chucks.