Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[farmerjan]

Thank Goodness they are not here in this part of Va..... the ticks and skeeters and stink bugs now, are enough...plus the d@#$%d yellow jacket nests in the ground I always manage to find while raking hay.... I'll take some of the cold and snow to not have to deal with "fahr ants" . Guess you don't have to worry about me moving that far south.

 

[greybeard]

I don't mind the bites themselves so much, as they are taking place, (and have more than once just gritted my teeth and endured it until I was thru with whatever I was doing) but what happens the next day when the bite site swells up with that nasty crap inside is more painful to me than the initial sting.

 

[Alaskan]

yep...all of the little pimples they leave....

 

[babsbag]

So glad we don't have those in CA. We have very few troublesome bugs...kinda nice.

 

[Bruce]

I found a reference that said Little Fire Ants were found on the island of Hawaii in 1999. That would be before you were at an "early age" @CntryBoy777. That said, whatever I'm sorry that whatever got you did so!

Sure glad Fahr Aints don't live up here and I don't blame you for taking some pleasure in destroying their hills

 

[goatgurl]

ok, latestarter, I have to admit, i'm a bad person because I got a pretty good giggle out of you doing the fahr ant dance. I am so glad that I live far enough off the road that the time I did the shuck and dance there was no one around to laugh. I have found that putting lavender essential oil on the bite helps the itch and helps to heal the bite also.
with the girls being so wasteful with their hay I keep telling you to get a hay feeder like mine. cheap, light weight, has a bottom for the leaves to fall on and most importantly they can't get anything but their heads in it. if there gets to be to many stems, etc in the bottom on the floor just tump it over to empty it and start over. who cares if its not pretty, its strong and functional.

 

[Bruce]

It is functional, therefore pretty!

 

[OneFineAcre]

ok, latestarter, I have to admit, i'm a bad person because I got a pretty good giggle out of you doing the fahr ant dance. I am so glad that I live far enough off the road that the time I did the shuck and dance there was no one around to laugh. I have found that putting lavender essential oil on the bite helps the itch and helps to heal the bite also.
with the girls being so wasteful with their hay I keep telling you to get a hay feeder like mine. cheap, light weight, has a bottom for the leaves to fall on and most importantly they can't get anything but their heads in it. if there gets to be to many stems, etc in the bottom on the floor just tump it over to empty it and start over. who cares if its not pretty, its strong and functional.View attachment 38802

That's a nice looking doe
Nice rump
Her head is in the feeder but you can tell she has a nice level back too
Good job

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Ditto - what he said!

 

[OneFineAcre]

Ditto - what he said!

The wattles are just a bonus