R-Lawrence - my journal here

[i_am2bz]

As long as you have chickens, goats and a paint gun you have the makings of property protection When they come around, shoot them with the paint gun, toss chicken poo and them, and bombard them with water balloons filled with sour milk

 

[savingdogs]

Welcome!

You guys are too funny. But it does seem the neighbors are being exceedingly rude, you can be rude back. After all it is YOUR property. Not okay for them to drive over your crops.

We haven't done it yet but we hope to improve our soil with the goats and chickens and rabbit poo. I'm making "lasagna" with layers in the yard to make mounds for planting on.

I like that motto: Good fences make good neighbors. You probably wouldn't mind their kids as much if they were just trampling the plants on their own property.

 

[FarmerJamie]

As long as you have chickens and goats you have the makings of good soil
As long as you have chickens, goats and a paint gun you have the makings of property protection When they come around, shoot them with the paint gun, toss chicken poo and them, and bombard them with water balloons filled with sour milk

You talkin' about the dogs or the neighbor's kids?

R-Lawrence, hiya!!
, as you see, we have some characters here.

 

[Wannabefree]

 

[valmom]

Welcome to our little corner of the world! Sounds like you have your plate full. Can you get your kids to help out? I like the T-post idea. Cheap and probably effective. Or, 3 t-posts around the trees and barbed wire between them.

 

[R-Lawrence]

Edited to delete for personal reasons.

Sorry.

 

[savingdogs]

I love the smell of puppy breath too!

Did you want to tell us about your son? We listen pretty good.

 

[Marianne]

Ya, I echo the barb wire. Even one strand at the top at first would do it. Tie a few colored rag pieces here and there so they see it and they'll have fair warning.

What crap. Some people just shouldn't reproduce, huh. Honestly, I was so strict with my kids, they knew how far they could push it at home, but at someone else's place? They were so polite I wasn't sure they were mine.

 

[R-Lawrence]

Long post.

I'll suggest the barbed wire to Hubby. Need to do something soon. I'm graduating lots of chicks to outside and they need to be safe.

Got a lot done this weekend for the chickens and goats. Still more and more and more to do ... does it ever end? Had so hoped to chill (ha) during the winter but we were just so busy. Now ... it's gonna be impossible until next winter. If that.

Saving: thanks. I have a teen who has always been different. And difficult. Kicked out of kindergarten because I refused to drug him for ADHD. Now he's gone suicidal on me, which prompted a complete evaluation. Turns out he's OCD, autistic, has a math development disorder (at 14 he's basically doing first grade math), and several other problems. He hates himself for wanting to be mean to animals.

I only just realized today (even tho I've been told this before) that my son will probably always live with me. It just now hit me like a ton of bricks. I've been married 4 years, and while he says he understands, he really doesn't.

So now I'm at a crossroads where I have to figure out how to prepare a life that is what? me and my kid? no husband to help (not that he does anyway). my kid hates the farmette so do we move back to the city? can't afford it on my own disability, and my son doesn't qualify for disability because of income level. now i'm working to get my e-books back up and running but if i sell the online and put the money in my bank, then the irs tells ss and i lose that guaranteed money. and still, my kid wants to move to metropolis (illinois) because that is where superman lived.

Been in tears the last few hours because all of this is going round and round in my head. I've been wanting to be self-sufficient for so very long, and now that we have a tiny farmette (unfortunately in my hubby's name only), we have that chance. but we're so far away from services and therapies for my kid, and like i said, he hates it here because he doesn't have any friends. kids his age don't like him because he acts about 10 years younger.

I really don't know what to do. That's not why I joined ss.com ... I've wanted to be self-sufficient for a long time.

Plus ... I just found out that I'm highly allergic to a chemical that's in almost all soaps, shampoos, lotions, etc. I need to start making my own stuff.

Okay ... break time now. Gotta put my chickens away for the night and do one last egg collection. Thanks for listening. I appreciate it.

(p.s. NOT looking for sympathy. Advice would be good tho!)

 

[BarredBuff]

Howdy! It appears I havent welcomed you..........sorry!



You'll fit right in!