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To: Black Agnes
Thanks for the update from your neck of the woods. It does take a lot of time to post state by state updates, and I am thinking most people already check their own state health sites. Maybe I’ll just post Georgia lol. The raw numbers don’t mean a lot, just the trends one way or another. Anyway...

It’s a busy time for us too. With hubby self-isolating with his job, a lot of the farmwork is falling on me. Things are picking up with the garden now - food (and weeds) are coming in. Time for all my animals vaccinations and worming, deep cleaning the barn, roof repairs, fence repairs, etc. it never ends. My teen is so allergic to hay he is no help🙄

Still working on the chicken/fox situation. Hubby bought a fox call and is hunting him at dusk. I am getting ready to install a second fence around the chicken area that will allow my Pyrs to be able to walk all the way around. The fox is scared of them, even though they are not full grown, so just a way for them to patrol all the away around should work 👍

I don’t think GA will open soon... they were one of the last to close, so we have cases in every county now. South GA is still getting slammed. My county doesn’t look bad on the state dept page, but on the scanner it is hopping so I don’t know...

Time will tell. Economy wise, my older brother in his late 60s is still working, as essential, as is my sister’s husband who is in security, my other brother (field engineer) just got laid off, but he is a type I diabetic and very at risk so it may be a blessing in disguise for him. My husbands store is doing probably half the business as normal, but better than anticipated. He will not have to lay else off, good news (he only had to lay off a few part time teens)

414 posted on 04/17/2020 10:39:53 AM PDT by LilFarmer
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To: LilFarmer

Glad your hubby’s store is doing better than expected. Hopefully the teens will recover and find somewhere else to work when this is over.

WE just got pushed out another week.

However, they have reopened some of the local waters for fishing, just not the parks (issues with keeping the bathrooms sanitized)

Also any non essential businesses can open IF they do curbside pickup or delivery. Which is good. Even beauty supplies and the like.

So we’re open for business but attenuated.

We’re the most ‘open’ closed state right now.

Local mom/pop pizza place doing curbside pickup and making bank.


419 posted on 04/17/2020 10:50:45 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: LilFarmer
Things are picking up with the garden now - food (and weeds) are coming in.

I picked up a great tool this last week for the beds. B&D did it again. Pure genius and saves on some of the back breaking work.

BLACK+DECKER LGC120 20-Volt Lithium-Ion Cordless Garden Cultivator/Tiller

Shreds the weeds down to 4" in the raised beds and mixes well other soil additions.
453 posted on 04/17/2020 12:13:24 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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