Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Baymule]

It has our DSIL wanting to stock up for emergencies. DD is still an educated idiot. She is in the crowd of Why? Let someone else do it and just go to the store and buy it.

 

[Mike CHS]

It has our DSIL wanting to stock up for emergencies. DD is still an educated idiot. She is in the crowd of Why? Let someone else do it and just go to the store and buy it.

Everyone we know seems to have most of what they need and they are also checking on those less likely to be able to get out to get what they need so the community is behaving like a community. I started enough garden plants to be able to share with several families including seed if they need it but they already have garden spots.

The internet seed vendors were those that were sold out. Locally there is plenty of plants available.

 

[CntryBoy777]

It may be wise to have saving some seed from this year's crop...just to be sure for next year's garden...best to be prepared, than to wish ya had and be without........heard my Mom in my ear....

 

[Mike CHS]

We do use our own saved seed from everything except tomatoes since they are all hybrid. We sometime get a surprise when we plant squash since what we get is not what we thought was planted.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I understand that!!....we had green crooked neck one year that was cucumber flavored....bizarre.....

 

[Mike CHS]

Teresa and I spent a couple of hours cleaning out a 4' diameter culvert that runs under our access road to the neighbors gate. I don't get in that area except to cut grass and when I was cutting grass yesterday I noticed a washed out area and piles of small tree branches and even some rotted logs on the side of the road. Checked out the culvert and it was completely blocked with debris and tree branches and evidently it's been that way for a couple of months or so. We got all the debris removed and I'll check it again if it rains tomorrow like it's supposed to.

 

[Mike CHS]

I finished the last of the germination tests for several different kinds of bean seed from 2017. Last year we only planted a couple of beds of beans but I always check the germination rate for anything older than two years old. It only takes a few days and nothing is wasted since I plant the seeds that are sprouted. The bean seeds rate 1as 100%. Okra was less than 60% but since I only need about 20 plants, I put twice that many seed in the test and got what I need and they are already in six pack pots as we won't plant them for another week or until it looks like the cool weather is finished.

We usually make a run to Costco and/or Sams about once month but one of the main things we get is dog food. After this stay home thing started we switched to feed that we can pickup at TSC. For the misc things we normally get there, we just placed an online order and got it shipped via UPS. Shipping was free and we didn't have to make the drive.

 

[Mike CHS]

We are being wimp shepherds this morning not wanting to work in the rain but it looks like it will pass by in an hour or so. Besides that the sheep aren't as easy to move when it's raining since they know I'm taking them out of a paddock with shelters, into paddocks with none. We want to bring the main herd in to sort the sheep going to market either tomorrow or Monday but I have to bring them through 4 paddocks to get them in the handling area where the boys are now. The boys will go where the girls are now but they respond to food through the open gate well whether it's raining or not.

I asked Lance if he "wanna work" and he has been staring at me ever since.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I bet Prof Lance doesn't mind a little rain either.... ....if it is anything like Gabbie....if ya mention it, then she doesn't forget and keeps reminding ya...ya said it, just in case it slips your mind....every 5mins....

 

[Baymule]

I need to work my sheep. Ran out of gloves and couldn't find any. Bare fingers up a sheep's butt just ain't happenin'. Finally found some, but have been at DD's beck and call, babysitting the little grand daughters. We'll have them From Wednesday morning to Thursday night-as they pull out for Odessa. Maybe after that I can get my mind back on taking care of business and dedicate several days to collect fecal samples, trimming feet and sit at the table looking through a microscope until my eyes cross.