Posted on 03/23/2008 11:36:40 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny
Americans finding soaring food prices hard to stomach can battle back by growing their own food. [Click image for a larger version] Dean Fosdick Dean Fosdick
Home vegetable gardens appear to be booming as a result of the twin movements to eat local and pinch pennies.
At the Southeastern Flower Show in Atlanta this winter, D. Landreth Seed Co. of New Freedom, Pa., sold three to four times more seed packets than last year, says Barb Melera, president. "This is the first time I've ever heard people say, 'I can grow this more cheaply than I can buy it in the supermarket.' That's a 180-degree turn from the norm."
Roger Doiron, a gardener and fresh-food advocate from Scarborough, Maine, said he turned $85 worth of seeds into more than six months of vegetables for his family of five.
A year later, he says, the family still had "several quarts of tomato sauce, bags of mixed vegetables and ice-cube trays of pesto in the freezer; 20 heads of garlic, a five-gallon crock of sauerkraut, more homegrown hot-pepper sauce than one family could comfortably eat in a year and three sorts of squash, which we make into soups, stews and bread."
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She compares the current period of market uncertainty with that of the early- to mid-20th century when the concept of victory gardens became popular.
"A lot of companies during the world wars and the Great Depression era encouraged vegetable gardening as a way of addressing layoffs, reduced wages and such," she says. "Some companies, like U.S. Steel, made gardens available at the workplace. Railroads provided easements they'd rent to employees and others for gardening."
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Granny just had to tell you-still cleaning aunties things today. Cleaning out an old purse and there in the bottom-a lone penny. Sis just knew how tired and down hearted I was today and she had to tell me she loved me.
You have me real worried about that dreaded 10,000 post mark. Has anything been done to avoid the terrors? If so, please ping me , as Idon’t think I can survive another grammyless episode.
Yes it's getting close to time to start a new thread - It's up to Granny what the header should be and if she wants to do it or I can do it or??
Excaliburs come in several different sizes. I have the largest model that is not commercial. I started with the smallest one and used it so much for so many different things that I upgraded within one year.
Cabelas also sells a very good dehydrator, but the price is a bit higher than an Excalibur. If I ever decide to get a slightly bigger unit, I will probably go with Cabelas.
Outstanding!!!
If you don't get those look around at some junk stores. If they don't have pots they generally have things that can be a pot if you just put a hole in it.
No way! Even here we have too much humidity for a swamp cooler. But, my house was built in about 1905. Back then people didn't build for A/C, they built for getting a breeze so I had lots of airflow from windows. I facilitated that with box fans in the windows and ceiling fans. It really wasn't too bad if we used the WalMart pool to cool off when we needed to.
Well, I'm culling my stuff I'm canning from some culled produce I pick up for my compost piles. Not all that everyone else thinks is waste, is really waste.
Aw man, that really brings a tear to my eye. And I forgot to tell about the penny today!
I spent the afternoon with that friend I told ya'll I take some produce to. She was widowed one year ago this month and she was having a tough time of it today. I just "happened" (thank you Lord) to stop by as she was having a good cry. I have *got* to tell her about those pennies!!! She is cleaning out his closet this week, packing his clothing up to give away. I'm sure she'll be finding pennies. I'll tell her tomorrow!
[dated 1-17-09]
CLENBUTEROL FOOD POISONING - MEXICO
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Date: 17 Jan 2009
Source: Informador.com.mx [edited]
http://www.informador.com.mx/primera/2009/70827/6/confirman-brote-de-clembuterol-en-zapotlanejo.htm
The Ministry of Health Jalisco (SSJ) has reported 9 confirmed cases of
poisoning by clenbuterol in the city of Zapotlanejo, and there are still 5
more [likely] to be confirmed. The outbreak occurred on Monday [12 Jan
2009], and the affected people were taken to a hospital in Guadalajara;
after receiving treatment, they are in good health.
The director of the Health Regulatory SSJ, Juan Carlos Olivares Galvez,
said this morning [17 Jan 2009] that the outbreak occurred in the butchery
“The Aztec” in Zapotlanejo, which was immediately closed down. It also
reiterated that the health alert for clenbuterol remains in effect in the
state, which continues the ban on the sale and purchase of beef liver.
In 2008, there was an outbreak of poisoning in 21 people from the town of
Tlajomulco de Zuniga.
Clenbuterol is a toxic substance and is not allowed for use in feed for
fattening cattle because it can cause severe damage to consumers or even death.
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[Clenbuterol is a beta 2 adrenergic agonist drug with some anabolic
effects. It appears to redirect metabolism from fat to muscle. The drug is
approved for veterinary use as a bronchodilator in horses. In humans, it is
used as a weight loss drug. When the drug is used in animals and humans
ingest liver or muscle containing the drug, they may experience an increase
in heart rate, nervousness, headache, muscular tremor, dizziness, nausea,
vomiting, fever, and chills, typically resolving within 2 to 6 days. As a
result of such consequences in humans, the United States and Europe
actively monitor urine and tissue samples from livestock for the presence
of clenbuterol.
Since the metropolitan area is involved in tracing the animals, it would
appear that Mexico has some tracking system for clenbuterol as well.
Of note, a similar incident occurred in Hong Kong in 1998 involving 9
people eating pork lungs found to have concentrations of clenbuterol
ranging between one and 24 micrograms per kilogram (See: Pork,
contaminated, clenbuterol - China (Hong Kong) 19980505.0876). - Mod.TG]
[see also:
2008
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Carrot City: Designing for Urban Agriculture
This exhibition will show how the design of cities and buildings is enabling the
production of food in the city. It will explore the role that creative design professionals
have in relation to the food system of cities, and the impact that agricultural
issues will have on the design of urban spaces and buildings as society addresses
the issues of a more sustainable pattern of living. The focus will be on how the
increasing interest in growing food within the city, supplying food locally, and
food security in general is changing urban design and built form.
1940 - Ploughing Land Beside Parliament Building in Northern Ireland - part of ‘Grow
More Food’ Campaign
A tractor ploughing land beside Parliament Building (official residence of the Speaker
of the House of Commons in Northern Ireland) on the Stormont Estate. The Northern
Ireland Government is having the land ploughed as part of the ‘Grow More Food’ campaign.
Landshare in the UK - Linking people who want to grow their own food to space where
they can grow it
With allotment waiting lists massively over-subscribed and people right across the
country keener than ever to grow their own fruit and veg, the aim for Landshare
is to become a UK wide initiative to make British land more productive and fresh
local produce more accessible to all. But all of this depends on people like you
registering their interest now.
Growing Grains in the City - kids learn to make bread
Ian Lai, a chef and urban agriculture consultant, has been teaching children how
to make bread. But what is so unusual and especially in a city, is that all the
grains used to make the bread are grown in the city. Wheat, barley, spelt, flax,
buckwheat, amaranth, and quinoa are grown at the Terra Nova Garden site in Richmond.
The Independent (UK) says - Grow your own: The seeds of change
The nation’s landscape is changing before our eyes. Record numbers of people are
preparing to dig up their manicured lawns and privet hedges. Even the most modish
gardens are sporting freshly dug vegetable beds, sapling fruit trees and nascent
compost heaps.
Fruit and vegetable seed sellers last week reported record sales, with many saying
that they cannot keep up with a sudden rise in demand. Meanwhile, the landscape
gardening industry is in crisis, with many firms laying off staff.
Urban agriculture in Mwanza, Tanzania
Many people living in Mwanza, Tanzania, provision themselves through urban agriculture
- the planting of crops and raising of animals in urban and peri-urban areas, as
well as in the countryside. This article compares Mwanza’s urban farmers with those
in Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Ghana. Like Zimbabwe’s urban agriculturalists, more
and more of Mwanza’s are not among the poorest of the poor. Much like Ghana’s urban
farmers, those in Mwanza are often middle and upper-class males with access to scarce
land and inputs. Urban cultivators in Mwanza differ from those in Kenya and Zambia
with regard to gender, socio-economic class and the factors motivating their farming
activities.
The Case for Agricultural Urbanism and Municipal Supported Agriculture
Agricultural Urbanism espouses the full integration of agriculture and the food
system within the planning, design, development and function of our communities.
It is an agri-food system intended to connect urbanites, in real and meaningful
ways, to their environment and a human enterprise undeniably crucial to their well-
being. It is also a way of reducing vulnerability and dependence on an ecologically
unsound and increasingly vulnerable global agri-food system.
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Michael Levenston
City Farmer - Canada’s Office of Urban Agriculture
1. U.S. Nuclear Detection and Counterterrorism, 1998-2009
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:50:03 -0500
From: National Security Archive archive@GWU.EDU
Subject: U.S. Nuclear Detection and Counterterrorism, 1998-2009
National Security Archive Update, January 23, 2009
U.S. Nuclear Detection and Counterterrorism, 1998-2009
New Book and Declassified Documents Describe Once-Secret Nuclear Counterterrorism Unit
For more information contact:
Jeffrey T. Richelson - 202/994-7000
Washington, D.C., January 23, 2009 - When the 9/11 hijackers crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the U.S. nuclear bomb squad was out of the country on its first foreign deployment since 1998, at a British air base in the Cotswolds, according to the new book “Defusing Armageddon” and key primary sources posted today in the National Security Archive’s Nuclear Vault by Archive senior fellow Jeffrey T. Richelson.
The after-action report from that deployment, “DOE EXERCISE 03-01 JACKAL CAVE,” notes the early termination of the exercise because of the terrorist attacks, but finds some useful “strengths and weaknesses” including the need to “[i]ssue secure international cell phones to control members and team leaders.” According to the book, the exercise involved more than 500 personnel, 62 aircraft, 420 short tons of cargo, and the CIA, as well as a special operations force that would seize a mock nuclear device that the squad would disable.
The documents were obtained by Archive Senior Fellow Jeffrey T. Richelson while conducting research for his new book, “Defusing Armageddon: Inside NEST, America’s Secret Nuclear Bomb Squad.”
Visit the Web site of the National Security Archive for more information.
FOOD POISONING, PESTICIDE - CHINA: (HEBEI), REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
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[1] Japanese newswire - food poisoning incident reported
[2] Chinese newswire - food poisoning incident denied
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[1] Japanese newswire - food poisoning incident reported
Date: 24 Jan 2009
Source: Mainichi Daily News [edited]
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20090124p2a00m0na022000c.html
Chinese workers poisoned by dumplings recalled after Japan outbreak
The local authorities instructed state-run firms in Hebei to buy
gyoza dumplings produced and later recalled by Tianyang Food Plant in
order to bail out the firm, now in crisis following the food safety scandal.
The Japanese government has asked the Chinese government for details
about the incident, but Beijing has so far refused, pending a full
investigation.
About 150 000 packets of gyoza dumplings produced by Tianyang Food
Plant — which were recalled after their pesticide-tainted gyoza
caused food poisoning in Japan — were sold to state-owned companies
in Hebei Province between April and June last year [2008], according
to the sources.
One of the companies, Tangshan Iron and Steel Co., gave out tens of
thousands of packages to employees, who — apparently due to scant
media coverage on the story in China — ate the dumplings unaware of
the health risks. It was earlier learned that 4 employees of another
steelmaker suffered food poisoning in June last year [2008] after
eating frozen gyoza produced by Tianyang.
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[2] Chinese newswire - food poisoning incident denied
Date: 24 Jan 2009
Source: Xinhua [edited]
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/24/content_10715202.htm
China denies serious food poisoning cases involving recalled dumplings
After investigation, a worker with Chengde Iron and Steel Company
showed discomfort after eating dumplings delivered by the company but
this man did not go to a hospital for diagnosis and was Ok after a
rest, said Zhang Jinying, a Hebei Provincial State-owned Assets
Supervision and Administration Commission.
Japan’s Kyodo News reported Saturday [24 Jan 2009] that the frozen
dumplings, recalled after food poisoning cases involving them in
Japan, were delivered to a steel maker in Hebei Province and some
employees showed symptoms of food poisoning.
“Our company has never had food poisoning cases in connection with
staff’s eating of the dumplings made by Tianyang Food Plant,” Yu
Yong, general manger of Tangshan Iron and Steel Company in Hebei,
told Xinhua Saturday.
Some 20 companies in Hebei bought Tianyang Food’s dumplings in April
last year [2008], after Tianyang Food recalled all its dumplings
exported to Japan in the wake of a poisoning accident. In January
last year, Japanese media reported that 10 people fell ill after
consuming frozen meat dumplings produced by Tianyang Food Plant based
in Hebei Province.
Japanese authorities found methamidophos in the vomit of those
poisoned and in food packages at their houses. But sample tests by
China quality watchdog showed that the rest of the same batch of
dumplings and other batches made at about the same time by the
Chinese company were safe, as were the raw materials used in
production. Zhang said Tianyang Food had been suspending production
since February last year.
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[As a reminder, the implicated food mentioned in the above newswires,
gyoza (dumplings) had been recalled by the Japanese as having
resulted in a food poisoning incident in Japan, that when
investigated revealed pesticide contamination of the product. (see
prior ProMED-mail postings listed below. The above newswires have
contradictory information as to whether there was a food poisoning
incident in China associated with eating food that had been recalled
in Japan and returned to the production factory in
China. ProMED-mail would greatly appreciate clarification on the situation.
For the interactive HealthMap/ProMED map of China with links to other
recent ProMED-mail postings from China and surrounding countries, see
http://healthmap.org/promed/en?v=36.5,103.9,4
Mod.MPP]
[For more information on the effects of the chemicals found in the
dumplings, please see ProMED-mail post 20080208.0519 - Mod.TG]
[see also:
2008
Food poisoning, dumplings - Japan ex China (02) 20080208.0519
Food poisoning, dumplings - Japan ex China 20080205.0471]
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[A few minutes ago, the Las Vegas Police scanner, issued a call for emergency services, for a one month old baby, that was having trouble breathing.....
granny]
HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE, TYPE B, FATAL - USA: (MINNESOTA)
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http://children.webmd.com/vaccines/news/20090123/hib-outbreak-kills-unvaccinated-child?src=RSS_PUBLIC
An Hib [_Haemophilus influenzae_ type b] meningitis outbreak has
killed one Minnesota infant and sickened 4 others, prompting the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to warn parents to
make sure their kids have had their basic Hib vaccinations.
Before a vaccine became available in 1992, some 20 000 U.S. children
under age 5 got severe Hib infections every year, resulting in about
1000 deaths. Minnesota hadn’t had a Hib death since 1991. Now the
state is facing its biggest outbreak since 1992 — and it may not be
just that one state, warns Anne Schuchat, MD, director of the CDC’s
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. “The
situation in Minnesota might be isolated, or it might be the
beginning of a trend in other places,” Schuchat said at a news
conference. “We are working hard to determine which of these stories
is the right one.”
One of the 5 Minnesota Hib meningitis cases was in a 5-month-old
child too young to have finished its 1st series of Hib shots. Another
case was in a child who got all the shots but who turned out to have
an immune deficiency. The other 3 cases — including the death —
were in infants whose parents refused to vaccinate them. Parents of 2
children objected to vaccines; the parents of the 3rd child were
waiting to vaccinate until the child was 5 years old.
“We had a death from a child who was unvaccinated. We want to
encourage parents who have delayed or refused vaccination to
reconsider,” Kristen Ehresmann, RN, MPH, of the Minnesota Department
of Health, said at the news conference. “Hib vaccine not only
protects your child, but also protects babies who have not completed
their primary series or those who have immune compromise.” The CDC is
warning all parents of young children to make sure their kids have
finished their primary Hib vaccination. Parents who aren’t sure are
urged to check with their doctors as soon as possible. “Parents who
wondered whether Hib vaccination is really necessary need to know the
disease is still around,” Schuchat said. “It is a very dangerous
disease and we have a vaccine that can protect children. The
situation where community protection kept unimmunized kids at low
risk of disease does not appear to be holding.”
There has been a Hib vaccine shortage since December 2007, when Merck
shut down its vaccine manufacturing plant because of possible
bacterial contamination. Merck made about half the Hib vaccine used
in the U.S. It won’t have new vaccine at least until this summer [of
2009]. Sanofi’s Hib vaccine is still available, and there should be
enough to cover the basic 3-shot series for infants as well as
catch-up shots for latecomers. Unlike the 2-shot Merck vaccine, the
3-dose Sanofi vaccine is given at 2, 4, and 6 months [of age].
There’s supposed to be a booster shot at 12-18 months for either
vaccine, but the CDC has asked parents to hold off on that shot until
the shortage is over (unless their child is at high risk of Hib
illness). Children who have not had their Hib shots and who are at
least 1 year old need only one Hib shot, Schuchat says.
Why is there a Hib outbreak now? Minnesota data suggest that the Hib
vaccine shortage is playing a role. A quick study shows that 18
percent of 7-month-old Minnesota kids who got other vaccines did not
complete their primary Hib vaccination. “We interpret this as a
shortage of vaccine. Providers did not have the vaccine in their
offices,” Minnesota state epidemiologist Ruth Lynfield, MD, said at
the news conference. That has probably created a pool of children
vulnerable to Hib infections. Before the shortage, widespread Hib
vaccination kept infection rates low enough to protect even
unvaccinated kids — a phenomenon called “herd immunity.” But now
that protection has ebbed below the level needed to maintain herd
immunity, unvaccinated kids pose a threat to kids whose age or immune
status make them extremely vulnerable to serious Hib complications.
[Byline: Daniel J. DeNoon]
—
Communicated by:
ProMED Rapporteur Brent Barrett
[The above news release was prompted by a CDC MMWR (23 Jan 2009 / 58
(Early Release); 1-3) titled “Invasive _Haemophilus influenzae_ Type
B Disease in Five Young Children -— Minnesota, 2008” that is available at
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm58e0123a1.htm?s_cid=mm58e0123a1_e
_H. influenzae_ is a small, at times pleomorphic, gram-negative
bacillus that requires blood-derived factors for in vitro growth.
Strains of _H. influenzae_ may be either encapsulated or
non-encapsulated. There are 6 antigenically distinct capsular
polysaccharide types, designated a-f. Type b strains are important
invasive pathogens in non-immune humans, primarily in children aged
less than 2 years, particularly in infants, causing, for example,
meningitis, bacteremia, epiglottitis, facial cellulitis, pneumonia,
empyema, and septic arthritis.
The Hib vaccines currently licensed for use in infants consist of
polyribosylribitol phosphate (PRP) (the capsular polysaccharide of
Hib) conjugated to a protein carrier. Before the introduction of
conjugate _H. influenzae_ type b vaccination in the USA, this
organism was the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in
children in this country. A dramatic decrease in incidence of
invasive infections due to _H. influenzae_ type b has occurred
following widespread use of conjugate _H. influenzae_ type b vaccines
in infants and children since 1987.
The follow is extracted from the WHO Weekly Epidemiological Record
(2006, 81, 445-452), available at:
http://www.who.int/immunization/REH_47_8_pages.pdf
The 1st dose may be given to infants as young as 6 weeks of age, and
the 2nd and 3rd doses may be given at 4-8 week intervals. In many
industrialized countries, administering a booster dose during the
child’s 2nd year of life has provided additional benefit. If given,
the booster dose should be administered to children aged between 12
months and 18 months. For children aged more than 12 months who have
not received their primary immunization series, a single dose of the
vaccine is sufficient. The vaccine is not generally offered to
children aged more than 24 months owing to the limited burden of Hib
disease among children older than that age.
Some older children or adults with special health conditions, such as
sickle cell disease, HIV/AIDS, removal of the spleen, bone marrow
transplant, or cancer treatment with drugs, should also be vaccinated.
The CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm58e0123a1.htm?s_cid=mm58e0123a1_e
says that “the current Hib vaccine supply in the United States is
sufficient to ensure completion of the primary series for all
children, but not yet to resume the booster dose. Regardless of brand
or product used, full vaccination with the primary series of Hib
vaccine by age 7 months is critical to protect children from disease.
Providers who have questions regarding Hib vaccine supply needed to
complete the primary vaccine series should contact their state health
departments. Combination products may be used for any or all doses of
the Hib primary series. Further, if combination vaccines are the only
vaccines available to providers, a combination product should be used
to complete the primary Hib series, even when this results in receipt
of additional doses of another antigen.”
The state of Minnesota can be located on the HealthMap/ProMED-mail
interactive map of the USA at
http://healthmap.org/promed/en?v=40,-97.6,4
. - Mod.ML]
[see also:
2008
Something that I read recently about the high prices, stuck with me, LOL, but not hard enough for me to get it right.<<<
LOL, A Freeper who reads this thread, sent me many cans of tuna today.
A wonderful gift, but could she have been thinking the omega oil would help my memory.
I thought the Mail Lady was going to open the box for me.
Then I explained to her, that I had friends at Free Republic.
LOL, I wasn’t about to tell her that I did not have a clue as to what would be in the boxes.
Laughing at how hard the Police to catch granny growing the wrong herbs.
When Bill built the second one, as it is between 2 mobiles, he did not finish the sides of it, just the top and ends.
He came home one night to find the Sheriff parked in the street, with binoculars trying to determine if we had pot growing through the sides and over the roof.
That was the year the cherry tomatoes went totally wild.
Bill asked him if he could help him and was told “No, I am watching the next street over”.
A few days later, at a local community meeting, all of a sudden a “new deputy and his wife”, choose us to talk to and just worked until they were invited to see the greenhouses.
The newspaper and done an article on them, so they were no secrets involved.
The deputy insisted his wife just loved plants.
They came for coffee and Bill and I controlled our laughter, as they did not know one thing about plants, only about pot.
Pot is something that did not interest Bill or I.
We never saw them again.
Good, that is what they are hired todo, find it and get rid of it suits me fine.
I am glad your husband is helping you to be prepared, all things are more fun, when done as a pair.
When we bombed Gadafhi, we got prepared to keep the goats in one greenhouse, thought we might not want them seen from the streets.
Not many folks are aware that Tucson and Phoenix, are under the fallout patterns of a nuclear bomb in San Diego or that Kingman was the evacuation destination for them during the cold war.
Then we were looking at 30,000 or so people and we can be reached on one tank of gas, 175 to 250 miles.
Today, there are several million people there.
The future is apt to be rather grim and no one here is prepared, very few have edible animals and only a couple months have green grasses growing the rest of the time it is bare ground.
Traditional flower beds and shrubs are nice I guess, but I like all my plants to have more purpose. Almost everything gives me food, tea, healing or something. I want useful stuff out of the beauty of my beds. <<<
I agree and you might be surprised at the response to a few vegetable seeds tucked in here and there.
Wouldn’t it be fun to have winter squash growing all over those vacant lots....LOL
Keep saving seeds, you will find a spot to tuck them in.
And I still have the poles and plastic on the back porch with some of the hardy plants in it. Plastic’s got rips in several places so I put hardy stuff in there and it’s still good for that. I duct taped the plastic but it’s so old it just found new places to tear, we only used the cheap painter’s stuff because we did expect to have a new place before that wore out. <<<
I had to laugh, reminds me of the greenhouse I was telling WAG how to build.
And sounds like my house was in the good old days.
There must be something wrong, when one can find a good spot to sit a flower pot and does not do so. LOL
People can sit any place.
Wonderful that they have invented the eazy milker.
Too late for me, I have days that I couldn’t handle even that, and there is no way I could keep it clean.
Do let us know how you like it and more importantly, how the goat likes it.
when I milked up to 6 at a time, it was understood that that was my time, and people did not come to bug me.
LOL, the military was testing a space ship at the time and most evenings, at dusk while I was milking, I could watch it take off from the place it was stored and then fly right over me, to get on the bombing/test range.
The ducks and geese always came to talk to me, as they knew they would get the first milk.
If you ever have a bunch of ducks and geese, go out some night and sing to them.
Keep in mind that my singing voice is one that no one has ever asked to hear the second time.
One night, I had a lot of veg peelings for the geese, so went out about 9 pm, nice and dark and felt like singing and did so.
They loved it, acted like real people, paid attention, were quiet and when I stopped, would make sounds like “Ohh sing one more, please”.
Bill got worried about me and came to see what I was doing.
I did get him to go and play his harmonica for them a couple times and they did enjoy it.
Hard to guess how large the crowd was, at least 20 ducks and 10 or 15 geese.
I am laughing at you birthday list, sounds like mine, if I were still having birthdays.
Bill was shocked the first time he gave me money for me and I went to the book store, a new thing in his world.
When I was married before, my husband could not understand what else I expected from him, I had money to go shopping every day, and did on many of them.
Then I learned to garden and read and changed my needs from clothes to more exciting things.
Hard for me to concentrate, the Las Vegas Police Scanner is on and they are attempting to catch some guy who has used a sword on someone, he got away.
Earlier it was guns, 2 and 3 on the way to the hospital at a time.
Give me a goat farm, over the city, any day.
Yes, Bob came and fixed the toilet, the seal between the stool and tank wore out and it flooded the floor when it was flushed.
It is so old that it took hours of hard work, not easy to reach and he had to cut the bolts.
He said he would come back and fix the one leak that is fixable and the evaporative cooler needs maintained, before summer.
We didn’t talk today, he was busy and I was not chipper, with the storm on the way.
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