ldawntaylor - bits and pieces

[ldawntaylor]

When I am outside I get this as a reminder of why my allergies get so bad.

That "cloud" on the horizon is pollen from the trees. It had settled a good bit from earlier in the morning.

It does make for a pretty picture though.

Until next time....

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Hot wire around the bottom on the inside about 2 inches off the ground??

 

[Bruce]

Around here one statement is that our gardens and such grow bumper crops of rocks.

Just like here! I can't dig a hole anywhere without hitting rocks. You can lay fencing on the ground, attach it to the bottom of the fence. The grass will grow up through it.

Hot wire 2" up would be hard to keep the grass off, you can go a couple inches higher and the dog would still get tagged trying to dig under.

 

[ldawntaylor]

I like the electric idea but I need to get the charger replaced for my yard first.

I was trimming under my yard fence today. It took over four hours. That included time to recharge the battery. My weed eater is meant for a postage stamp city yard.... The area for the dog takes me almost fifteen minutes to walk the perimeter. I mean Rusty's area, not my yard.

For now I need to go take care of the chickens and goats.

So, until next time....

 

[Bruce]

My cordless is similar. Get MAYBE 20 minutes then it needs a couple of hours to recharge. I bought a gas Stihl. Runs about 45 minutes before refueling. It also has 2 "strings" rather than the one on the electric. And it is a heavier "string" so thicker weeds are whacked rather than them whacking the string.

 

[ldawntaylor]

I suppose I could learn to use my dad's brush saw in spite of it being almost as tall as I am. He doesn't have time for that kind of stuff as he has his own yard to maintain.

 

[ldawntaylor]

Just like here! I can't dig a hole anywhere without hitting rocks. You can lay fencing on the ground, attach it to the bottom of the fence. The grass will grow up through it.

I will be trying this approach. With some of it I will have to cut grass/weeds before placing the fence. One big plus, I can manage this on my own rather than having to coordinate schedules with someone else.

 

[Bruce]

The grass will lock the fencing down as it grows. Soon you will be able to just mow over it.

 

[ldawntaylor]

I've done so much catching up on posts that I am getting mixed up on what was written years ago and just a day or two ago. That's what happens when I try to catch up on about two years of journal entries and such.

Some memories were brought to mind that I thought I would share.

My first we encounter with chiggers for one. Being only five, and having lived in Wisconsin until that time...how was I to know sitting under that shade tree near Lake of the Ozarks wasn't a good idea.

I was hot and the shade looked like a nice place to play.

When I woke up the next morning I had so many bites people thought I had chicken pox.

I haven't made that mistake since!

Another that comes to mind.... My birth father was a school teacher in a one room school - all eight grades. In the early spring he would take the students along with Mom, my brother and I to see a syrup farm. I'm not sure about the actual name, but we would get to see the process of collecting sap and then cooking it down.

We didn't see the whole process of course just enough to see how it was done.

One year he got several gallons of the sap. He didn't have time to process it right away so he put it in the freezer.

When he was ready to deal with it he started thawing it out. I remember him tasting the liquid that melted first and saying it tasted like water.

He decided to drain off the first half, or maybe it was a third, then cook down the rest.

We had maple syrup for quite a while after that.

 

[Bruce]

When he was ready to deal with it he started thawing it out. I remember him tasting the liquid that melted first and saying it tasted like water.

They are selling "Maple Water" now! Right, sap right out of the tree, no boiling. As expensive as Maple Syrup is, I bet "Maple Water" costs more per gallon and requires no processing.