Mystang's Homesteading Circus

[mystang89]

I just had to laugh really hard at how you DESCRIBED the sick kids with "1 or 2 new ones" puke tomorrow. So matter of fact. BUT, so true.

Lol, unfortunately it actually was true. The youngest one was eating breakfast, then.... It was all over her. It comes to a point eventually, after dealing a while week of this, that when it happens, you just become numb to it and nonchalantly go about cleaning it like you'd clean your windows.
Children: "Dad! She puked!"
Me: "Oh, ok, I'll clean her up while the dog takes care of what's on the ground."
Yes, that's a thing in this house.

 

[Baymule]

Congratulations on the twins! That’s always a nice surprise.

Puking kids.... yup. It makes the rounds. LOL

 

[Bruce]

Well if they are puking at least you know it isn't the Corona virus

 

[mystang89]

Well if they are puking at least you know it isn't the Corona virus

Lol, that's what the wife was saying. Gotta look at the silver lining.


This is just here as a quick reference for me when I'm searching for something in this thread real quick.

Old metal silo for compost

So I've a few old, small, metal silos on the property for various uses and one of them I use for compost. I thought this would be a great use for it and I'd have lots of compost so I began putting my old hay, sheep bedding, used food,(... Banana peels, rotten food etc.... Sorry felt I had to be...

www.backyardherds.com

 

[mystang89]

For the past couple of months I've been chipping away that large block silo I told you all about a while ago. I'd go out with a Sledge hammer knock a while in the base of it about the size of the hammer head then go inside. I did that until I'd knocked out over half the base. As I got past the half way point I started to become very cautious and careful till I finally felt it to risky and just waited for God to finish the rest of it for me.

I went out yesterday in, between the storms, to let the sheep back in and as I walked through the barn I noticed a door/window that didn't used to be there. Then it struck me.

That above is a look from in the barn.
The below is from near the door to the barn lean to.

Now, as a disclaimer, I wouldn't suggest this method of taking down a silo, but, thank God for keeping me and myself safe, it worked.

Now I can take down that tree you see, then start building on to the barn! .... Cause I didn't have enough to do...lol

 

[thistlebloom]

Well when you said, "then it struck me" I feared the worst! Glad it volunteered to collapse on it's own.

 

[mystang89]

No, never struck me, probably should have a few times. From the look of the Rams they probably saw their lives flash before their eyes though lol. Think it traumatized them because when I let them out today they simply looked at it and wouldn't move near it.

 

[mystang89]

I've been wanting to start milling my own wood for a while now, getting my own 2x4's etc plus slabs for making tables. Finally getting it done.

Now just need to wait 9 - 12 months till I can do anything with it lol.

 

[Bruce]

Do you have a mill? No pictures of it?

 

[mystang89]

I use one similar to this one. https://www.amazon.com/Alaskan-Mark-IV-Chainsaw-Mill-36/dp/B06XHLVY6Y
Didn't cost quite as much but looks exactly the same. I'll take a pic of it tomorrow since I'll be using it trying to clear a way to my log splitter.

Went out and tilled the garden today getting it ready for Cole crops. With the weather as warm as it's been I feel it's a bit late for things like peas already.

We'll probably go out on Saturday and fix the fence around the garden. It needs expanded in places.

One thing I refurbished a while back was a cast iron skillet that I actually found in the silo, before it fell down.

After I had made a hole in the silo I saw it and decided to bring some life back.

Came out pretty good I think. So did the food.