[tothemax]

looking for a place i can just sip my coffee...relax...
my husband and me been working on this little place here...
we garden...no stock animals...just critters...
our lil dog...
we enjoy backyard birds...squirrels

we're sorta "hillbillies"...
look forward to seeing ya'll in these pages!

 

[tothemax]

We're old too. 3 dogs, 30 chickens and gardens. If you get too bored I have some old hens that need plucked.

like that...oldasrocks...hadn't plucked chickens in years...
thanks

 

[tothemax]

Are old people allowed?

They haven't given me the boot yet, so I guess so. Welcome

thank you

 

[tothemax]

So you ARE experienced at plucking. Good, How far away from Missouri?

ha!....too far!

 

[tothemax]

I pluck hair. I won't go into detail.

But my gosh, for older folks, it is tough. Like finding a young sprout to help you. Maybe here you can find that someone to help. BUT DO THAT in messaging. I'm sure someone has to live close by you.

Is there a policy in this stuff?

we manage...so far...our daughter and our son in law are only 10 miles...we go slow...
thanks

 

[tothemax]

I want a live in massage therapist but my wife won't let me have one. The perfect morning would be to crawl out of be onto a table. Then while working out my stiff back they start a coffee IV. 40 ounces of coffee later and I would be ready for the day.

well..we're like model T's...
sitting on the couch drinking coffee...spittin and sputterin ....til we get cranked...then...out the door..ha!

 

[tothemax]

You can get off the couch? If I sit on the couch I might be able to get off in time for lunch.

we can stay there too! especially if there's a fire going...cold out...our lil dog gets carried out...coated up...short trip out....right back in on her heated blanket..she's old now..all we got...now.
there's feral cats up a ways...we feed them every morn...hot food...cold here...we bundle up and shoot out the door...back to fill bird feeders...we will do this long as we can

 

[tothemax]

Define "old." LOL

I am a bit older than when I first started out on the homesteading adventure. My mind doesn't think that 20 years have passed, but my body... oh, my body.... <sigh>

Welcome aboard, @tothemax!

you at least got started before ole arthritis sneaked in...and you've got your system up and running...
we got going when i started seeing what's goin on...have a lot in place now...just hope we can hold up!
God help us all!

Went to town today to buy a new Side by Side ATV. $9,000 ! My first new car was only $2,300. Gave $2,600 for a mower last spring. Insane prices . I guess it'd good to be old as won't have to put up with this crap much longer.

BTW : Sunflower seeds are $30 a bag this yr. Birdies will have to forage on their own. The tree rats steal the seeds anyway.

there's a feed mill here in this little town....my husband gets a mix there...sunflower seeds won't be available...we'll see what happens...
these critters bring such joy!
hope you enjoy that new ride!

 

[tothemax]

Sorry about hijacking the thread. That happens a lot around here.

we feed them too...my husband made special one for the woodpeckers...part of a cedar log...stove up in the ground...few perches on bottom...small stiff wire ...open at bottom...suet inside...roof he can open shut easy..
they go right up...
**** did too...so he narrowed a bit...
I typed this same thing to you couple days back...I don't see it nowhere...ha!
musta not hit post reply...ahhh!
Time for coffee.....

 

[tothemax]

That was supposed to say racoon!...spell check changed it to ???..ha!

 

[tothemax]

If you leave the rac off of raccoon the censor program bleeps it out.

yeah... left that off...oh...my goodness...ha!

 

[tothemax]

Sunflowers grow real easy. I have to start mine inside, but thanks to the chickens, there's no fertilizer shortage here. (If I can just get it bagged up and out of the chicken yard. Ouch!) Plus the leaves make good bunny food and if you burn wood, the stalks are handy, too.

we are growing sunflowers too....we have dwarf Jerusalem and they are perennials...the tubers are edible...haven't tried them yet