Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[AmberLops]

We had a frost a couple of days ago and it looks like a couple of more frosts this week so the garden beds are closed for the season. We had some fried green tomatoes for lunch and I stripped the okra of all of the pods except for a couple and took the pods to a neighbor. I'm going to cover the plants that have the pods that are left to see if I can keep the plant alive till the pods get dry enough to provide save some seed for next springs planting.

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Still no frost here yet...tonight is supposed to be 36 degrees though.
That might call for a frost

 

[misfitmorgan]

We have so far had 3 light frosts we have about a week left of decent temps then we will have all 40s for our highs and hard frosts overnight.

 

[Baymule]

We usually get a frost in November.

 

[Mike CHS]

I got a reminder this morning that if you get into too much of a routine, it can be painful. I have the main herd contained by electric netting that is attached to high hot wire on the perimeter fence. Usually when I go out in the morning I have to haul water so I disconnect the hot wire at the gate a couple of hundred feet away and drive into the field with the Polaris. This morning I noted on the way by the sheep to water the cows, they didn't need any water so when I came back, I just opened the gate and walked over to the netting to check their mineral bowl. Everyone knows what comes next. I put my hand on the netting and immediately wound up back on the ground from a jolt of electricity.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

OUCH!

I have an electric wire over a gate that I forgot to duck under one morning - got smacked in the middle of the forehead...argh! Didn't take anything else to remind me to duck in that area and I don't forget now. However, there is a little 'tail' on the electric wire where it is hooked to the gate handle. Sometimes when I don't open the gate wide enough the tail on the electric will rest against the metal gate. When I go through that gate with my hands full I will sometimes use my rear end to push the gate shut. Sure does wake ya up when you get shocked from behind (on the behind), lol!

 

[Bruce]

I can identify with your post Mike but I can't "like" it! But "used to a routine" sure is true.

 

[HomeOnTheRange]

I put my hand on the netting and immediately wound up back on the ground from a jolt of electricity.

Did the cows yell "CLEAR" first?

 

[Bruce]

 

[Mike CHS]

Some friends took us to Columbia to a restaurant that has the most awesome seafood buffet that I have ever seen for our birthdays that are right around the corner. Of course most things were fried but it was all still great. This was actually some of the best food we have had since leaving Charleston. Not Charleston quality but also not Charleston price but still very good.

 

[Bruce]

Happy almost birthdays!