Random thoughts from the moose cave.

hadda check and make sure my new Plecostomus was still kickin'...

got algae overtaking the 30, and the bigboy in there eats the cleaning crew if I'm not careful. (extra bloodworms for now)

we still have gale force winds, but I'm getting used to it again.

kinda like living in a wind tunnel lately.

off to plant stuff...

interesting story today on yahoo.

a nobody golfer guy calls a penalty on hisself and gives up a chunk of change. and a title. kinda cool...

http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/devil_ball_golf/post/Davis-calls-penalty-on-himself-gives-up-shot-at?urn=golf,234963

Somebody would likely have reviewed the tape and caught him anyway.

crap.

just went out to check on my friend, whom i am letting replace a rear window in the shop.

and who brought his two girls over to sit and watch because, well, I'm not sure why....

anyways, all of my flowers are now floating in the pond.

not very happy about this.

think ima stay inside for a while...

dammit.

Oh No!

I think I'd be crying a little.

today's trial is Hail.

i hate hail.

saw it coming, still dint get everything I wanted covered up.

oh well.

it has to stop soon...

Did the hail get through yet?

yup.

only went on for about ten minutes. never got bigger than dimes, but there was lots of it.

pretty much did in my hostas. other than that, everything looks pretty good.

it's early yet, and we will get more before it's over.

that's kansas for you...

went by a place I used to tend the gardens...

lotsa hostas and lush green stuff still there.

doing a rear window tonight, got the kid helping. he thought breaking the old one out was great fun.

now he's cleaning the channel, and not nearly as happy.

weather is perfect. gonna do a brake job before I start pulling transmissions, and spend then some quality time with the moon tonight.

just me and her...

worked till past 3.

dint sleep verra well.

the moon rocked out all night. till it got cold and my nose started running.

got one rear wheel to button up and glass to epoxy in, but the glass has to wait till the wind quits. I wanna do it with the big door up...

gonna start planting in the garden tomorrow, i think.

asparagus and garlic.

mebbe tomatoes if I can get over to the old dutch guy's place as I hit the parts house.

i'm excitipated.

ain't had a garden this big since I was first married as a kid.

more when something is in the ground...

ok, nothing in the ground yet...

but i think I wanna get some chickens.

anybody here got experience raising chooks?

(if you worked for Tyson, you are best to remain anonymoose)

I don't know anything about chickens. I am about to let the boys raise some ducks though. I think...I have to read up about it. We would release them down at the lake.

We had several Bantams and Rhode Island Reds when I was a kid. I don't remember much about them other than they made great pets, got along well with all the other animals around our house, pooped a lot, and the roosters make so much noise that it makes your neighbor shut them up by shooting them.

I have a 5+ acre former horse farm that I am playing with.

no nebbors to speak of.

but I don't want to work it all the time. I want fresh chicken and eggs, and mebbe to sell some eggs. or give 'em to the senior center.

how many hens is too many?

I'm jealous...

Try these out:

http://www.backyardchickens.com/raising-chickens-basics.php

http://www.thefarm.org/charities/i4at/lib2/chickens.htm

http://www.themodernhomestead.us/article/Small-Flock-Chickens-Basics.html

I looked at boarding some horses, but I don't think I'm up to that at this point.

I might be getting a pony though.

(long story, and I won't keep it. it lives in someone's garage right now...)

I'm jealous about having all that gardening space... you could get a really good organic farm going there.

One of my childhood dreams was to be able to live on a farm.

i'm not living there.

just working for free...

but my garden is gonna rock.

home for a drink.

planting to commence in a bit...

tilling done. (thank gawd)