CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[CntryBoy777]

Joyce gets like an excited child with anticipation after starting the seeds inside, tending to them and getting them looking Good and growing. Then when it doesn't work out favorably there is the big Crash, but I have encouraged her to not give up, and to plan on doing a couple of rounds about 2-3wks apart, if they are needed you have them to replace those that die. If there not needed just compost them, but she will set them out cause she can't intentionally Kill her "Babies".

 

[CntryBoy777]

Yeh, Bruce we have had some large accumulations here in April, tho it never stays more than a day. Last frost date is around April 10th.

 

[Bruce]

"Babies" are commonly eaten, like baby spinach!!

Our last frost is pretty much the last day of May. The trees start showing leaf buds the 1st week of May and they pop the second week. THEN it is spring

 

[CntryBoy777]

Okay, I thought it might be interesting to have a "Throwback Tuesday", this will be pic Heavy and will give ya a glimpse of our time spent in Florida. Which includes a more vibrant Joyce and me as we worked to Form our little "Nest", before we lost it All. These first few pics are at the house we were renting when we first went to Florida. The beds were completely barren and nothing but sugar sand... we paid our rent, but the investment group didn't pay the note, so we were "Booted Out" when it went in to foreclosure. Oh well, we'll just start again...these 2 pics are of the house on 3acres we bought.... I had done some clearing before this pic was taken and that area in the back is a hog pen the people had, they had a daughter that had a couple of pigs in 4-H. The first pic was right after we bought the house and it was a Jungle to say the least. The field by the hog pen had brush my head high, I'm 6'2". When we had moved in I was down by the hog pen and in the tree to the right was an Eastern Screech Owl with 4 unfletched babies, it was so neat. In these next pics you'll see some changes as the Jungle was thinned out some.... if ya can see in the background behing the kitten ya can see the water standing in the field, part of our land was used as a water runoff retention area, we had a variety of birds there, and a 4' alligator. Here are some pics of some resident Sand Hill Cranes, we watched them raise a couple of little ones while we were there.... and here are some of the front yard and also some of our progress we made on it... We had a ton of pics documenting what we did all the way up to the time we left, I had a company computer and had to turn it back in when I left the company, before that took place I emailed all my pics to my brother and he was putting them on a CD, or so I thought. I asked him on the phone if they came thru...yes, did you look at them to make sure there were no problems...sure did, any issues at all...nope they look good to me...okay Great just want to make sure before I erase them....everythings Good Bro....Great. Did a system format, turned it in. When I got up here I asked my brother, the same one tbat put the roof on the Bird house, for the Discs. He gave me 3 CDs. Got another computer, popped em in to download, the dang disc hadn't even been formatted and no Files found. So, these are what I have left. I came across them the other day, and thought I'd share with ya, cause ya only know the lesser me, but I used to be a "Go Getter" too. The loss of that place really was a Whallop, and a heart attack and foot injury to boot...Life hasn't been the same since. Thanks for letting me reflect on the past, and it certainly isn't Thrilling to ya, but it was my "Life" at one point in time.

 

[NH homesteader]

Don't say we know the lesser you. You are one of the kindest and friendliest people on this forum, so there's nothing "lesser" about that!

 

[CntryBoy777]

Yeh, but it doesn't take much strength to punch buttons on a touch screen...Thanks NH, but I am much slower and weaker now, then I was very active and tho I was in Charge of the operation, I would load or unload a load of tires, then go home and work til Dark on our little area. I was trying to figure out what I was going to do when I got it under control, and I had plans on getting some Goats and more chickens.

 

[Bruce]

Um, I don't think I would like a 4' alligator in the back yard. Or an alligator of any length for that matter!

 

[CntryBoy777]

I called him Snapper... I use to do a lot of grilling back then, and everyone's Favorite was my BBQ'd chicken Wings. I but the whole wings and cut them myself, I'd throw the tips to the gator and turtles. They'd never last very long...I was always alert when working in the field area.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I was always alert when working in the field area.

Good plan!!

 

[CntryBoy777]

This is the reason that I attempt to always Look Forward. Tho sometimes it is good to think about the Memories of the past, but there is never Progress looking in the rearview mirror, the longer ya look, the more likely ya are to end up in the Ditch.