Latestarter's ramblings/musings/gripes and grumbles.

[Baymule]

It comes in small increments, a little at a time. But after several 5 gallon buckets of sweat, you look around and it is done. The garden where the peas are is over knee deep in the purtiest dad-burned crab grass you ever saw. We borrowed one of those weed eater things on wheels, I grabbed a handful and DH cut it down. Just clearing the path, we got 3 wagon loads, heaped high. One went to the sheep, two to the horses. I have to watch BJ to make sure he doesn't overheat and I made him quit at 10.

It sounds like you got a lot done. Just watch the heat, you don't need a heat stroke. On pulling up those T-posts, dig down, then water the post. Water it several times during the day, then try pulling it. Or even soak it real good and pull it the next morning. We had to do some like that.

 

[Mini Horses]

did you consider spraying the stingers nest? Just kill them.

No spray? That is something I generally keep a couple cans of sitting in barn & machine shed/barn. You never know when you need it! I hate those rascals . They hide & attack.

 

[Latestarter]

Meant to buy some wasp spray when I bought the other stuff... Lost (my mind/memory) in transit it seems. Becoming a more than common occurrence.

 

[Bruce]

WD40 and a lighter make a great wasp nest destroyer Make sure you have the little red tube.

 

[Pastor Dave]

3pt hitch and chain. Yank em right out

 

[RollingAcres]

At one point I was pulling down and back on it and the puller slipped up the post and ended up planting myself on my butt. Didn't hurt that much at the time but today I have a very sore butt/coccyx/tailbone and lower back. Knees aren't doing all that great at the moment either.
Swollen with fluid on them.

Dang! Hope you feel better soon.

 

[Baymule]

So......how ya' doin' today? Sore-butt-itus? I hate it when my knees are acting up. Walking is pretty imperative when you have animals to take care of. Limping on both sides makes one lurch from side to side like a double crippled Frankenstein.

 

[Mini Horses]

LS -- my DH used to make lists...I chided him, he told me I should do it but, true to form I rarely did, That was THEN. NOW I have them everywhere for everything. It helps -- he's up there laughing at this! -- but even if I forget the list (often), I do remember better having written it down.

I generally do one and place with my work paperwork...the night before. Often it starts with something I need to DO before I leave home &/or on way there, way home, etc. Partly to conserve trips (gas & time) and to get into the habit of doing it or doing without.

You did without wasp spray. Glad you didn't get stung. And yes, other things will kill them. Also, that spray is great for self defense. Ladies, take note....shoots a stream about 20' out pretty easy to control and you sure don't want it in your face. Keep it by your door and in your car. That's my PSA.

ETA: Wonder how it works on snakes?

 

[Mike CHS]

We learned the other day that we SHOULD have sprayed in all of the tubes on our tilt table that hasn't been used in a month BEFORE we got a sheep in it. We did have the spray handy but unused.

 

[CntryBoy777]

About the lists....I have a difficult time remembering the darn things too, but what I do is take a pic of it on the table with my phone....because, when the process of leaving is started there are certain steps to take before we or I leave....so, if the list doesn't cross my mind....my phone is always with me....