What's everybody doing today?

[The Lazy L]

Tired of trimming around the wife's raised garden. Weed wacker can't get all the weeds, finish pulling by hand. Before I realize it weeds are back bigger and taller.

Thought about burning some carbon fuel to drive into town for Roundup. Then I recalled the repeated TV notice about the maker of Roundup has been sued and billion dollar fund is in place for compensation. If I mix the Roundup with my bare hands, lick my fingers and drink a gallon or two of Roundup, I too can be compensated. The Attorney would get the bulk of the settlement and I get bumped into a higher tax bracket.

My solution was dig the dirt from out under the wood beds. For 25 years I've been saving a bundle of asphalt shingles in case my roof needed repairs. Now that I have a steel roof I used the asphalt shingles as a weed barrier!

 

[Spikedriver]

Tired of trimming around the wife's raised garden. Weed wacker can't get all the weeds, finish pulling by hand. Before I realize it weeds are back bigger and taller.

Thought about burning some carbon fuel to drive into town for Roundup. Then I recalled the repeated TV notice about the maker of Roundup has been sued and billion dollar fund is in place for compensation. If I mix the Roundup with my bare hands, lick my fingers and drink a gallon or two of Roundup, I too can be compensated. The Attorney would get the bulk of the settlement and I get bumped into a higher tax bracket.

My solution was dig the dirt from out under the wood beds. For 25 years I've been saving a bundle of asphalt shingles in case my roof needed repairs. Now that I have a steel roof I used the asphalt shingles as a weed barrier!


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That's a terrific example of re-purposing, LL. Nicely done...

I love those Roundup lawsuit ads. My whole life, I lived around farmers who used Roundup every year. I used it too. We mixed up enough of that stuff to float a battleship around. Yet I do not know of, nor have I ever heard of, a farmer getting Non Hodgkin's lymphoma. Farmers die from heart attacks, and lung problems, and accidents, and all kinds of other cancers, all the damn time. Who are these people that get Non Hodgkin's lymphoma? And didn't they know that Roundup is at least a little bit hazardous? After all, it kills living organisms. That's what it's for. I swear, the human race is getting dumber by the day...that lawsuit must have happened in California...

 

[Terri9630]

I fixed my washing machine!!!!!!!#!# no more laundry mats! There was a Bobbie pin in the drain line stopping the impeller on the drain pump. Now if o can only figure out what's up with my oven.....

 

[timmie]

got apples, plums, pears. and watermelon to go on dehydrators. all for free.

 

[Spikedriver]

Ok, so I was using my bedroom for storage. (I normally sleep in my recliner.) My buddy might be visiting so I decided to clean, sort, organize, and throw stuff away. The bed just had the mattress cover on it, and a bunch of clothes I mostly don't wear on top of that. So I got done what I needed to do and got out the sheets...and no fitted sheet. Where the hell did it go? The other sheets, shams, blankets, and pillowcases are all there...So I guess I'm off to Walmart for a new sheet set...

 

[LadyLocust]

Ok, so I was using my bedroom for storage. (I normally sleep in my recliner.) My buddy might be visiting so I decided to clean, sort, organize, and throw stuff away. The bed just had the mattress cover on it, and a bunch of clothes I mostly don't wear on top of that. So I got done what I needed to do and got out the sheets...and no fitted sheet. Where the hell did it go? The other sheets, shams, blankets, and pillowcases are all there...So I guess I'm off to Walmart for a new sheet set...

If you have a spare regular sheet just use it.
@The Innkeeper nicely done!
@Terri9630 Woohoo! Doesn’t it seem silly to be happy to have a washing machine? I can so relate- been there. Also, hope you are able to get the meds for kiddo soon.

 

[Peanut]

Back home for a few hours... have to be there at 6:30am for another run at the out patient procedure.

My GI specialist is back from vacation. Saw him today, finally, someone in my corner! Got several prescriptions I should have been given monday. Price was $200 but 2 are 60 day supplies another one is a 30 day so the overall cost isn't so bad. Finally got a quality med for the late night wakies... At least I should be somewhat coherent when I get there in the morning.

Funny, got a complete sheet and comforter set for my new bed while waiting on prescriptions at WM.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

Yesterday we moved the storage shelves as they were a bit out of plumb and had to move everything off them in the food storage room. We then went through all of our tinned items and sorted them date wise and spread them out in there as we have more storage shelves in there now that we bought and everything will have the right amount of room in there now. Still have to buy 6 more 5 shelf storage shelves in there and figure we will get 2 - 3 years worth of food in there. It took us about 2 hours in there to complete it.

Last night's dinner was tinned soup and bread rolls we bought on special and dessert was homemade popcorn.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

Good on you @timmie free is always good to stock your food supplies with .

 

[hashbrown]

Spent a few days with the boy on the James River camping and floating.

 

[Amish Heart]

Bacon!!!

 

[backlash]

Bacon. You should have made more so the boy could have some.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Been reshuffling kitchen cabinets to see if I can find my dishes:
as of this afternoon I have found 3 dinner plates, 1 saucer, 1 milk pitcher, 1 vinegar bottle with glass stopper,6 coffee cups, silverware( 3 forks, 2 teaspoons, 4 tablespoons, 1 butter knife). Feeling pretty smug tonight when I ate dinner on dishes.
Had been eating out of Grand daughter's princess dishes( am so not a princess lol).
Maybe warrior princess but definitely not Barbie princess type.
Maybe I will find more dishes in the morning. Also found one sauce pan with lid.
Will be so glad to get kitchen set up for left handed person(me) this weekend.
Got another box put away, and got rid of box too.

 

[The Innkeeper]

Wife and I went to Ican’ttellyou Lake today. On the 40 minute drive saw a nice mule deer buck in velvet (his rack, not his clothing), 4 black bear, a pair of yearling bull moose and a variety of small game. A few hours on the lake (no one else there) we only landed 20 trout (rainbow and brook) keeping a couple for supper tomorrow. For every fish we got in the boat we probably lost 2 or 3. Not incredible fishing but a nice way to spend a sunny summer day in the mountains.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

@MoBookworm1957 good you found your plates and some cutlery . When we moved we couldn't find the toothbrushes or toothpaste and we were so happy when we did.

 

[Sewingcreations15]

Started off the morning with relaxing and then went to the RSL and helped unload the alcohol delivery and I marked it off the invoice to check it was all there, not that I know what I am doing as I don't drink alcohol and don't know what one box looks like from another. I sprinkled the toilets with citric acid and will clean them tomorrow. DH then did a months worth of book work for the RSL and found more problems as someone has entered a whole heap of things incorrectly. He rang a local for help who hopefully will show him how to fix it or fix it themselves.

This afternoon we folded up 3 loads of washing and put it away and DH washed the dishes and cleaned the benches and I wiped them and put them away. Tonight's dinner was rump steak and I had one egg being good, DH had two and we had pasta and sauce as a side.

 

[GrannyG]

Went outside to hang a few blankets out and got chattered out by a cute little wren...the first one I have seen out here on our porch...she has about a dozen birdhouses to choose from...LOL....maybe she will stay. The squirrel usually chews me out from the trees next to the house...I laugh at him as he walks across the power lines...upside down part of the time...Had to get up early and get hubby off to Waco...been up since 4:30 AM...fed him a big breakfast...the chickens all have fresh water...will need to do his chores today as well...Hombre will get leftover grape stems...LOL..and his biscuits....

 

[Meerkat]

Tired of trimming around the wife's raised garden. Weed wacker can't get all the weeds, finish pulling by hand. Before I realize it weeds are back bigger and taller.

Thought about burning some carbon fuel to drive into town for Roundup. Then I recalled the repeated TV notice about the maker of Roundup has been sued and billion dollar fund is in place for compensation. If I mix the Roundup with my bare hands, lick my fingers and drink a gallon or two of Roundup, I too can be compensated. The Attorney would get the bulk of the settlement and I get bumped into a higher tax bracket.

My solution was dig the dirt from out under the wood beds. For 25 years I've been saving a bundle of asphalt shingles in case my roof needed repairs. Now that I have a steel roof I used the asphalt shingles as a weed barrier!


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Buy some hay or straw whichever you prefer Not only does it smother the weeds but it also feeds the soil.
Or keep fighting the weeds and use toxic chemicals aka Asphalt in your soil.
It looks nice too a pretty color of yellow then light brown.

 

[Meerkat]

Been watching youtube DIY videos and a couple movies one was disappointing but thats life. But not online as much lately.
Mostly working on boat radio it is set up now and works great. Some more work on van.

 

[Meerkat]

That's a terrific example of re-purposing, LL. Nicely done...

I love those Roundup lawsuit ads. My whole life, I lived around farmers who used Roundup every year. I used it too. We mixed up enough of that stuff to float a battleship around. Yet I do not know of, nor have I ever heard of, a farmer getting Non Hodgkin's lymphoma. Farmers die from heart attacks, and lung problems, and accidents, and all kinds of other cancers, all the damn time. Who are these people that get Non Hodgkin's lymphoma? And didn't they know that Roundup is at least a little bit hazardous? After all, it kills living organisms. That's what it's for. I swear, the human race is getting dumber by the day...that lawsuit must have happened in California...

There has not been one chemical on this property since we moved here and I don't even like to walk by the Roundup crap in the store much less use the poison on my own property.
Anyway hope all are having a good day.

 

[Support Gunner]

That's a terrific example of re-purposing, LL. Nicely done...

I love those Roundup lawsuit ads. My whole life, I lived around farmers who used Roundup every year. I used it too. We mixed up enough of that stuff to float a battleship around. Yet I do not know of, nor have I ever heard of, a farmer getting Non Hodgkin's lymphoma. Farmers die from heart attacks, and lung problems, and accidents, and all kinds of other cancers, all the damn time. Who are these people that get Non Hodgkin's lymphoma? And didn't they know that Roundup is at least a little bit hazardous? After all, it kills living organisms. That's what it's for. I swear, the human race is getting dumber by the day...that lawsuit must have happened in California...

Hell....the chemicals we put on corn and soybeans seeds that kill microorganisms to let the seed start to grow, is probably just as bad as roundup or worst.

But nobody is saying stuff about that. Lol

I think farm machinery kills farmers more then anything else.

 

[Meerkat]

Hell....the chemicals we put on corn and soybeans seeds that kill microorganisms to let the seed start to grow, is probably just as bad as roundup or worst.

But nobody is saying stuff about that. Lol

I think farm machinery kills farmers more then anything else.

Not really, the health effects of the chems just takes it a little longer. We use very little boxed products and buy organic when we can. Plus grow what we can which last couple years ain't much.

 

[Spikedriver]

Not really, the health effects of the chems just takes it a little longer. We use very little boxed products and buy organic when we can. Plus grow what we can which last couple years ain't much.

I don't even know if food grade corn can have all those chemicals put on it in the first place. Nobody in my area grows food corn any more. We tried food grade beans about 20 years ago and lost our ass on them. Pretty much everything in my part of the world goes to making animal feed or renewable fuel. So, you're not consuming any Roundup treated food from my part of the world...

 

[Support Gunner]

Idk either. Our fields we grow are turned into seed for farmers to buy.

I think most of the stuff that is grown around here goes to ADM but I still see sprayers and crop dusters all the time spraying fields.

Now the sweet corn patch we grow at work gets no chemicals sprayed on it.

 

[Spikedriver]

Idk either. Our fields we grow are turned into seed for farmers to buy.

I think most of the stuff that is grown around here goes to ADM but I still see sprayers and crop dusters all the time spraying fields.

Now the sweet corn patch we grow at work gets no chemicals sprayed on it.

Same for our sweet corn and gardens. We grow around an acre and a half of sweet corn. It's always full of weeds...

 

[The Lazy L]

Finished a story I started writing several months ago, "The Last American". I Forgot until I posted I had changed the title to "The Trumpeter." Let me know which title fits the story line the best, thank you.

Posted in the Library.

 

[Bacpacker]

Thanks Lazy. Always enjoy reading a good story

 

[Peanut]

Same for our sweet corn and gardens. We grow around an acre and a half of sweet corn. It's always full of weeds...

Until just a few years ago dad & I had a 200-tree peach orchard. Days before peaches get ripe they would sometimes get hit by a fungus known as brown rot. I’ve seen it destroy 30% of a crop in less than a week. The answer was a fungicide.

Bad news… fungus is one of the things that break down micronutrients in the soil making them available for plants.

In effect… to save a peach crop we were slowly destroying the orchard itself. The answer was tons of ash but even it wasn’t a cure-all. The orchard continued to suffer.

Just because something isn’t listed as toxic to humans doesn’t mean it isn’t slowly destroying the soil.

 

[Spikedriver]

We get some type of fungus or blight on our pears at the farm. It's kind of a weird brown growth on the skin of the fruit. The apples get something similar sometimes. Wonder if it's related...

 

[Peanut]

We get some type of fungus or blight on our pears The apples get Wonder if it's related...

Yep....

What is brown rot? Brown rot is a destructive fungal disease of trees and shrubs in the genus Prunus which includes peaches, plum, cherries, apricots and nectarines.

https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/brown-rot/

(apples and pears are also Prunus genus)