Coffee anyone ?

[Poka_Doodle]

Sounds sooooo fun

So Winter has decided that maybe now that its November, winter should hit. Back to the low 20s in the mornings, but not a ton of snow yet thankfully, but I am sure it is coming.
Pretty typical day here now that I got to class, gotta do some cooking tonight.
Oh and one little highlight, had a menace of a mouse in my room for the last week, and he finally succumbed to one of the four traps last night. Really glad he was a fan of the peanut butter and crackers I made him.

 

[Blue Sky]

Joel Salatin tapped to be an advisor to the secretary of agriculture.

 

[fuzzi]

My husband used to bring me coffee. When he died, I realized that the coffee in the pot was the last he made for me. It took weeks before I could dump it out.

 

[fuzzi]

Sounds sooooo fun

So Winter has decided that maybe now that its November, winter should hit. Back to the low 20s in the mornings, but not a ton of snow yet thankfully, but I am sure it is coming.
Pretty typical day here now that I got to class, gotta do some cooking tonight.
Oh and one little highlight, had a menace of a mouse in my room for the last week, and he finally succumbed to one of the four traps last night. Really glad he was a fan of the peanut butter and crackers I made him.

Summer here, 80s, so I have been working outside today. I organized my smaller shed, then came inside, sat in the recliner, and am struggling to NOT fall asleep!

Oh, and I picked up another month's worth of Galliprant from the vet, for my elderly dog. It helps her relax and sleep at night, but last night she was panting and pacing at 3am. Poor pup, DJD* has her in a lot of pain. She still enjoys life, but we'll let her go when she's ready.

Here's Cleo

*Degenerative joint disease

 

[Mini Horses]

Joel Salatin tapped to be an advisor to the secretary of agriculture.

He's not big corporate, maybe real farmers will get some consideration.

Coffee happening. I painted a good portion of a barn shed yesterday, hope to finish that today. May not have been most important thing on list but, weather perfect....plus it's what I felt like doing and needed. Before long it'll be too cold. Boy did it dry fast!! No moisture in the air. Noticed the label on gal can, $57 orig -- marked down to $9. @Lowes, last yr.

Looks like this week will be a repair/fix it week. No rain again...slight chance of sprinkles Monday. We're dry!!!! 6" below norm. Good temps for outside work.

 

[Baymule]

I’ve been lazy all this past week. It’s rained, showers here and there and it rained twice last night. No ambition to go out and play.

@fuzzi im sorry about your dog. I know she is receiving the best of care and lots of love. It’s so hard to watch our beloved pets decline. Big hugs and keep us posted on how she is doing.

 

[Baymule]

Joel Salatin tapped to be an advisor to the secretary of agriculture.

That is some great news.

 

[farmerjan]

Joel Salatin's main farm is not far from here. He has some good ideas; but there are things that will not work with conventional farmers... and he has alot of disdain for those of us that do things in a more conventional manor. Have been on a few farm tours there... NOT all the rosy picture the books make it out to be.
He markets to elite moneyed people who read that "organic and all natural" is the ONLY way cattle/animals should be raised.... people that have all this book learning and no practical experience...with the "idyllic farming lifestyle" imprinted in their heads..... and think that free range poultry is the only way chickens should be raised... and at the prices he gets, the losses can be absorbed... not the kinds of margins that the average farmer is working with. Plus, he has alot of UNPAID INTERNS that work for the experiences...and they cost him in stupid mistakes, damaged equipment.... but he is not shelling out money for wages for competent help.
I like natural and organic for as much as is possible... it is not a bad concept...... but in the scheme of things, mother Nature is a hard task master and mistakes do not live to get a second chance...you will not feed the masses and do exports with just organic farming... The two styles should work together... some things done by conventional farmers should be changed and improved on... but in the strictly organic world... a sick animal is denied many treatment options... anti-biotics are a NO-NO... and so an animal that gets sick... will get better, and continue to be productive, she will get somewhat better and become a chronic problem for getting recurring sickness and be a candidate for selling...she will get treated with antibiotics and never be able to be returned to the herd as organic so will have to be sold....... or will die... When a timely interference of a treatment of antibiotics would catch it, kill the offending "bug" and get the animal back to better health and productive life without so much loss...

I tell people that if they are so anti-antibiotic and organic "purists", then they should never take anything chemically derived, for a cold or flu or antibiotics for infections... and they should not take their kids to a doctor if they are very sick either... just use natural remedies and what happens, happens..

There is a time and place for what modern medicine has given us to use... Antibiotics have been way overused in many cases... and using them as a "preventative" is wrong... and for kids, not letting them get exposed to germs so the body builds some natural immunity to things is also dumb... but if you have a raging staph infection going through your blood stream, is sure is nice to know that there is something that will start killing the infection and help you get better alot faster, if not save your life...

 

[fuzzi]

I’ve been lazy all this past week. It’s rained, showers here and there and it rained twice last night. No ambition to go out and play.

@fuzzi im sorry about your dog. I know she is receiving the best of care and lots of love. It’s so hard to watch our beloved pets decline. Big hugs and keep us posted on how she is doing.

Thank you.

 

[fuzzi]

I painted a good portion of a barn shed yesterday, hope to finish that today. May not have been most important thing on list but, weather perfect....plus it's what I felt like doing and needed.

This is me...the weather and my mood decide what I will be doing, not the importance position on the To Do list.

Joel Salatin's main farm is not far from here. He has some good ideas; but there are things that will not work with conventional farmers... and he has alot of disdain for those of us that do things in a more conventional manor. Have been on a few farm tours there... NOT all the rosy picture the books make it out to be.
He markets to elite moneyed people who read that "organic and all natural" is the ONLY way cattle/animals should be raised.... people that have all this book learning and no practical experience...with the "idyllic farming lifestyle" imprinted in their heads..... and think that free range poultry is the only way chickens should be raised... and at the prices he gets, the losses can be absorbed... not the kinds of margins that the average farmer is working with. Plus, he has alot of UNPAID INTERNS that work for the experiences...and they cost him in stupid mistakes, damaged equipment.... but he is not shelling out money for wages for competent help.
I like natural and organic for as much as is possible... it is not a bad concept...... but in the scheme of things, mother Nature is a hard task master and mistakes do not live to get a second chance...you will not feed the masses and do exports with just organic farming... The two styles should work together... some things done by conventional farmers should be changed and improved on... but in the strictly organic world... a sick animal is denied many treatment options... anti-biotics are a NO-NO... and so an animal that gets sick... will get better, and continue to be productive, she will get somewhat better and become a chronic problem for getting recurring sickness and be a candidate for selling...she will get treated with antibiotics and never be able to be returned to the herd as organic so will have to be sold....... or will die... When a timely interference of a treatment of antibiotics would catch it, kill the offending "bug" and get the animal back to better health and productive life without so much loss...

I tell people that if they are so anti-antibiotic and organic "purists", then they should never take anything chemically derived, for a cold or flu or antibiotics for infections... and they should not take their kids to a doctor if they are very sick either... just use natural remedies and what happens, happens..

There is a time and place for what modern medicine has given us to use... Antibiotics have been way overused in many cases... and using them as a "preventative" is wrong... and for kids, not letting them get exposed to germs so the body builds some natural immunity to things is also dumb... but if you have a raging staph infection going through your blood stream, is sure is nice to know that there is something that will start killing the infection and help you get better alot faster, if not save your life...

There should be a balance, not just black or white. I believe some farming practices can and should be improved upon, but wouldn't advocate for forcing everyone into the same methods. And I would like to see more transparency for what is being injected into or fed to livestock.

I believe most of my numerous food and drug allergies come from food additives (GMO, etc.) as well as antibiotics being given as part of the regimen. I haven't been able to eat store bought eggs for years, but have no issues with eggs from my organically raised flock.