FarmerDenise
Out to pasture
I love chanterelles. It won't be mushroom time here til after the first rain. I am hoping FIL will take me out and show me some of his spots. But he usually doesn't feel like doing much these days. 
What did you do to save $ today?
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I got a new chainsaw for my birthday !!!!! My old one was 12" and less than 1 hp. The new one is 14" and 1.5 hp, and wow can I tell the difference !!! I wrote about it today on my blog, "Quart Jars and Chicken Poop" http://qjcp.blog.com/
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big brown horse said:
big brown horse
Hoof In Mouth
I would love to get a new chainsaw for my birthday!!
me&thegals
A Major Squash & Pumpkin Lover
I would love to get a bunch of soap-making stuff for my b-day
We saved $ today by picking up windfall apples at some relative's farm. They are pretty beat up, but it's amazing how much sauce you can get from apples that would otherwise get dumped in their cow gutters.
We saved $ today by picking up windfall apples at some relative's farm. They are pretty beat up, but it's amazing how much sauce you can get from apples that would otherwise get dumped in their cow gutters.
FarmerChick
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be careful on the chainsaw.
my neighbor ( a young guy with a new baby daughter) works for the county and they were sent out to cut trees down around the roadsides etc. Well he was using a chainsaw for a quick cut and it backlashed on him somehow and cut him across the chest. From the collarbone down his front to his side. Nasty. But being young of course he has recovered fast. BUT they said if up like 3 inches into his neck would have been in severe trouble.
Oh my I hate and love chainsaws.
I hate and love circular saws.
I hate and love band saws.
but all that cutting sure gives me the willies sometimes. just the thought of what can happen...UGH
(PS: I despise working with electricity also. *shivers* LOL
my neighbor ( a young guy with a new baby daughter) works for the county and they were sent out to cut trees down around the roadsides etc. Well he was using a chainsaw for a quick cut and it backlashed on him somehow and cut him across the chest. From the collarbone down his front to his side. Nasty. But being young of course he has recovered fast. BUT they said if up like 3 inches into his neck would have been in severe trouble.
Oh my I hate and love chainsaws.
I hate and love circular saws.
I hate and love band saws.
but all that cutting sure gives me the willies sometimes. just the thought of what can happen...UGH
(PS: I despise working with electricity also. *shivers* LOL
big brown horse
Hoof In Mouth
That is terrible! I am always scared that the chain is going to snap and fly toward my face. I am also scared that I might cut off my toes. They realy scare me, but I still want one! I've rented them before (during hurricane season in TX) and I know how to use one, but they still scare me.FarmerChick said:
The other saws don't scare me as much, but there is something wild and untamed about a chain saw.
Electricity scares the fire out of me too. When I have to change a fixture, I prefer to do it when nobody is home so I am certain that the breaker box wont get touched by anyone.
I have transcribed ER reports in the past where the saw has cut into a calf or an arm or severed a digit. Believe me, I have an intense respect for their destructive abilities. But things don't get done if you let fear govern you, so I use caution and common sense. No other way to get firewood !
big brown horse
Hoof In Mouth
Yikes!!Ldychef2k said:
Falling off my horse is daunting, but cutting off a digit (no matter which one!) or cutting into a calf or arm scares the blankity blank out of me! Ldychef2k, you are the master!
I don't think I want one anymore. If able bodied folks are ending up in the er, then I am probably too inexperienced to own one and take it out by myself.
dragonlaurel
Improvising a more SS life
I went in a thrift shop that was having a bag sale on clothes. 
Got 7 pairs of pants, 3 skirts and 3 tops. They charged me $ 2.00. Most of this looked new- except for a pair of broken in, COMFY, jeans that really fit.
Got 7 pairs of pants, 3 skirts and 3 tops. They charged me $ 2.00. Most of this looked new- except for a pair of broken in, COMFY, jeans that really fit.
FarmerDenise
Out to pasture
dragonlaurel, what a great deal.
I stayed home for the most part. Picked more tomatoes to make more tomato sauce, picked dry beans, luffa and popcorn. We might be getting rain later this week, so I am trying to get everything harvested that won't do well if it gets rained on. We have a lot of sweet conr still on the stalks too. But they still need more time. But I'll pick them the day before they predict the rain. They make good chicken food once they are dry. Soon our house will be looking like a storage barn. We cannot leave anything in the porch or garage, because the rats will get it.
So annoying!!
DD also gave me more canned dog food, that she received from her step-sister-in-law. She has way more than she can use for her dog. And since I made special dogfood for her other dog when he had cancer, she is paying me back.
I stayed home for the most part. Picked more tomatoes to make more tomato sauce, picked dry beans, luffa and popcorn. We might be getting rain later this week, so I am trying to get everything harvested that won't do well if it gets rained on. We have a lot of sweet conr still on the stalks too. But they still need more time. But I'll pick them the day before they predict the rain. They make good chicken food once they are dry. Soon our house will be looking like a storage barn. We cannot leave anything in the porch or garage, because the rats will get it.
So annoying!!
DD also gave me more canned dog food, that she received from her step-sister-in-law. She has way more than she can use for her dog. And since I made special dogfood for her other dog when he had cancer, she is paying me back.
