Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Latestarter]

I had heard of the goat eating ivy then drinking the milk to build up immunity. Had never been able to test that out, and will need to wait just a bit more. Need to get a milk stand built. and those two kids seem to be keeping her pretty well empty...

I have to put chocolate in it because my mind knows it was going to taste funny, it doesn't but I still do the chocolate thing.

If your neighbor is able to recapture her, let me know what ransom he wants to charge and I'll determine if it's worth the $$ to pay it and come back to get her (with a legit livestock trailer!). I am glad that the flight didn't kill her or seriously/permanently damage her. Hogs are some tough critters!

 

[goatgurl]

look at it this way, you can be pretty sure she'll come back with a belly full of babies. just what you wanted, a litter of pigs, right. i'll keep you informed.
ya know that bangs babies are plenty old enough to separate at night so you can have the morning milk. I wasn't so sure the poison ivy/milk thing would work either. was scared to death that I would drink it and have blisters all down my throat but nope, worked great and has been working for 40 years now. I do the poison ivy/ milk thing almost every spring so I really do swear by it.

 

[babsbag]

@Latestarter. Sorry about the poison oak/ivy, it is miserable. I just want to point out that the oils are also on the mower, the seat, the blades, everything, and it can linger there forever and ever. I have gotten it off of my chainsaw months after using it. Also any clothes that you wear and anyplace you lay those clothes down can lead to getting poison oak at a latter date. Also shoes. My clothes go straight to the washing machine and I never wash underclothes or uncontaminated clothes with "dirty" clothes. HOT water and HOT rinse, extra rinse is even better. I wear washable shoes, washables gloves too. A droplet of oil the size of a pinhead is all it takes.

 

[babsbag]

I was told the same thing as @goatgurl about the goat's milk and poison oak and I too agree that it works. I don't get it nearly as bad as I used to. As a child my family knew a lady that ran a group foster home and she said she gave the children goat's milk and after a few months no more poison oak.

But you won't find any scientific evidence that says that it works, everything says that it doesn't. I don't drink raw milk anymore so I wonder if that makes a difference in building up resistance?

 

[Mike CHS]

I emphasize since I have been there but your post had me wanting to seriously laugh out loud. I was (until this farm life) always wearing a tank top and shorts to do all of the weed eating and mow but now it is long pants and often mud boots and shirt for those things. I'm still good with the areas that are mowed regularly but anything on the fringes gets all the HAZMAT gear out and worn..

 

[greybeard]

Try Tyvek slip on coveralls over your shorts and shortsleeve shirt. They breathe but keep out most particles including most liquid droplets. Home Depot usually carries them.
I wear them when spraying.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Not to mention the waves of critters ya haven't gotten to yet, like ticks, chiggers, oak tree mites, and others. They make skeeters seem harmless....and Commando is just the kind of areas they just Love to seek out. Chiggers will fall from trees above you too.

 

[Baymule]

Howling with laughter over here! Had to read your adventure to BJ and we had a good laugh, totally at your expense. Having one of those "Duh" moments? As in, wear a long sleeved shirt, long pants, boots or tennis shoes with socks and a wide brimmed hat......underwear optional.....So first you got itchy butt syndrome from the cedar needles needling your patatootie, then you took a shower in mower chewed bits of poison ivy (that really was a stroke of genius as the smaller particles can really work themselves under loose fitting clothing) and you woke up looking and feeling like you'd been staked out over a fire ant (pronounced fahr aint in TEXAS) hill overnight. Oh, you gotta stop it, my ribs are hurting I really don't want to have this mental picture of your cedar needle whelped butt or other parts of your body covered in poison ivy pustules in inappropriate places, so I shall avert my eyes, but still laughing over here.

Ok, I have to be nice (chuckle chuckle) go draw a warm tub of water and pour half a cup of Clorox in it. Submerge, but not your head. Scrub gently with a wash cloth, get out of the tub, pat dry (or you could just go commando and run around the back yard and drip dry) The Clorox will dry up the pustules, kill the itch and you will feel better. You may have to do this several times. In the meantime, you can also go to WallyWorld in the sunburn section and buy a bottle of aloe vera gel with lidocaine. Apply generously, preferably not while in the store. This is one that is best done at home. It will also give relief to your cedar needle rump-a-ti-tus.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Sounds like great advice - but aren't ya kinda glad that @Baymule isn't your nurse!! No sympathy there!!

 

[babsbag]

Fortunately just ticks here. I pulled one out of me yesterday and one out of DH the day before.