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Today I'm going to roof and insulate the pump house. It's supposed to get down to the mid 20's next week so I better concrete on getting it finished. Guess the garden will be done soon. Need to order a propane heater to keep the tank and pipes from freezing. I've been slacking off the last couple of days. Took the grandkids to the lake yesterday. It was a little bit cold for swimming, but I did anyway.
Wife will be home next week. Shes been away for over a month and will be home for 10 days this time. Going to start looking for a trailer to live in for the winter. This cabin ain't gonna work no more. Oh, I'm going fishing tomorrow too.
 
I started pulling up rows of bean vines to feed to the goats in order to make room for fall planting. I got a ton of mushrooms growing out there this year and not on purpose! Everything I have read so far says its due to all the organic material I have out there so should take that as a complement I guess, but to me they are an eye sore and even though I knock them down, it seems like they just keep coming back. I wish I knew more about identifying wild mushrooms but there are so many look a likes out there and not very forgiving. I do collect a few that I find growing at the base of trees cause I know for a fact what they are. But with mushrooms with the name Death Cap growing around here you gotta be very careful! Those are bad news. . . eat one and you will start getting sick anywhere between 6 - 48 hours later with tummy virus issues. It gets better but then a couple weeks later you are sick again. . . it attacks your liver and you will die if not treated with antibiotics within the first 96 hour after consuming. There is a trick of leeching out the toxins in mushrooms by boiling, like you do acorns, but the toxins are so stable in this particular one, it can not be done.
 
I started pulling up rows of bean vines to feed to the goats in order to make room for fall planting. I got a ton of mushrooms growing out there this year and not on purpose! Everything I have read so far says its due to all the organic material I have out there so should take that as a complement I guess, but to me they are an eye sore and even though I knock them down, it seems like they just keep coming back. I wish I knew more about identifying wild mushrooms but there are so many look a likes out there and not very forgiving. I do collect a few that I find growing at the base of trees cause I know for a fact what they are. But with mushrooms with the name Death Cap growing around here you gotta be very careful! Those are bad news. . . eat one and you will start getting sick anywhere between 6 - 48 hours later with tummy virus issues. It gets better but then a couple weeks later you are sick again. . . it attacks your liver and you will die if not treated with antibiotics within the first 96 hour after consuming. There is a trick of leeching out the toxins in mushrooms by boiling, like you do acorns, but the toxins are so stable in this particular one, it can not be done.
I'm too paranoid to try eating the wild ones here as well. It's a shame as I really love mushrooms, fried, stuffed or even raw in a salad. I even downloaded some pictures, but they mostly looked alike to me!
 
today i got 2 propane tanks for campers.and these stand a lil taller then what we see for propane grills.and one of them is still full.and they dont know it..i also got a aluminum pot with lid.im thinking its a cooker.i'll take pic's tomorrow..


P.S. edit...their all free to boot :p
 
here's the tanks.and to the right of them,is some plastic jars in a tote..
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I started pulling up rows of bean vines to feed to the goats in order to make room for fall planting. I got a ton of mushrooms growing out there this year and not on purpose! Everything I have read so far says its due to all the organic material I have out there so should take that as a complement I guess, but to me they are an eye sore and even though I knock them down, it seems like they just keep coming back. I wish I knew more about identifying wild mushrooms but there are so many look a likes out there and not very forgiving. I do collect a few that I find growing at the base of trees cause I know for a fact what they are. But with mushrooms with the name Death Cap growing around here you gotta be very careful! Those are bad news. . . eat one and you will start getting sick anywhere between 6 - 48 hours later with tummy virus issues. It gets better but then a couple weeks later you are sick again. . . it attacks your liver and you will die if not treated with antibiotics within the first 96 hour after consuming. There is a trick of leeching out the toxins in mushrooms by boiling, like you do acorns, but the toxins are so stable in this particular one, it can not be done.

We had a couple of deaths a few years ago here of amateur mushroom pickers, I stopped showing people what mushrooms are safe and what will kill you that is known to me, unless one does it practically all the time the average person just isn't going to retain that good of memory. I pick about thirty verities here for consumption and medicinal uses but mainly four I go after, one can't go by pictures and to try would be foolish, there is over 5000 species of known fungi in Washington and most are editable but mixed in with the good crops are also deadly one's like about a estimated 15,000 unknown types here in Washington alone. Picking mushrooms is a crap shoot to the unsuspecting, it takes one bad one and you're a dead man walking.

Another point, what is edible here is not edible in the south and east side of the country and vise a versa, in each region of the country one has to be thoroughly instructed and supervised and that goes for plants too, deadly mushrooms will destroy the liver and kidney in short order requiring transplants if one doesn't make it to the hospital asap.
 
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We had a couple of deaths a few years ago here of amateur mushroom pickers, I stopped showing people what mushrooms are safe and what will kill you that is known to me, unless one does it practically all the time the average person just isn't going to retain that good of memory. I pick about twenty verities here for consumption and medicinal uses, one can't go by pictures and to try would be foolish, there is over 5000 species of known fungi in Washington and most are editable but mixed in with the good crops are also deadly one's like about a estimated 15,000 unknown types here in Washington alone. Picking mushrooms is a crap shoot to the unsuspecting, it takes one bad one and you're a dead man walking.

Another point, what is edible here is not edible in the south and east side of the country and vise a versa, in each region of the country one has to be thoroughly instructed and supervised and that goes for plants too, deadly mushrooms will destroy the liver and kidney in short order requiring transplants if one doesn't make it to the hospital asap.
I think I'll stick to buying them! Hadn't really considered growing them before. I've got too many irons in the fire right now anyways!
 
We got all the peas shelled. Yay! And all canned. Yay! However, we sort of cheated on shelling them. Someone we know heard about our many bushels of black-eyes and loaned us their electric pea sheller. Yay. And brother, I mean YAY! I may never shell by hand again. We were 2 or 3 bushels in when we accepted the upgrade in technology. What took 2 hours by hand, took 20 minutes with the machine. We may even go get another batch next weekend.

Final tally.....149 pints & 42 quarts. Plus, 4 gallon zip-loc bags of shelled, un-canned peas( 2 for the people who loaned us the machine ) & a plastic grocery bag (about 2 gallons) to my sister. Big praises for my sweet wife for all her hard work washing jars & canning. :D
 
I went to a gun/prepper show in Atlanta today. It was really interesting and I saw tons of stuff at pretty fair prices. There were a lot more guns there than everything else, but they had a good turn out from prepping companies too. I mostly drooled over the military grade weapons, but resisted really well. If only I was rich! Of all he things I saw I was most impressed with a guy who had turned ammo cans into really well made stoves. The welding was top notch, and the design was great. It was designed to use twigs, and was almost a rocket stove, but didn't have an adjustable air vent down low, (the only flaw I could see). At 165.00, I passed, but for a long lasting portable stove, it was nice. I did notice people buying guns and ammo, but didn't notice a lot of prepping stuff being bought. Over all it was fun and interesting. Also reminded me I need to work on my medical bag. I need a minor surgical kit with sutures and antiobiotics. Some lidocaine would probably be appreciated by the patient as well.
 
Some lidocaine would probably be appreciated by the patient as well.

Lidociane is the stuff you apply topically as a deadening agent, right? On the skin or on the gums before the needle goes in? If that's the stuff, let me/us know where to acquire some of it. I could have used it last week. I pulled (another) one of my teeth and I can tell you, THIS patient would have danged sure appreciated some!
 
Lidociane is the stuff you apply topically as a deadening agent, right? On the skin or on the gums before the needle goes in? If that's the stuff, let me/us know where to acquire some of it. I could have used it last week. I pulled (another) one of my teeth and I can tell you, THIS patient would have danged sure appreciated some!
I was talking about the injectable kind. There may be a topical kind for rubbing on the skin, but I'm not familiar with it. I haven't looked for any yet, but there's a lot online that you can't buy over the counter. I was a surgical tech in the military, so I could at least do some minor repairs for people. Infection is the big problem after any injury post shtf.
I'm impressed you were able to pull a tooth! I know that must have been a mother. I hope you at least took a shot of whiskey, or 8 or 10....
 
Amazon is amazing. I just got a surgical kit and multi packs of sutures. The sutures were about 1.20 a pack and the surgical kit was 37.00. They sell all kinds of stuff, which you can compare prices and quality. Anyways, a good addition to my first aid kit, and was something I've wanted to do for a while now. I was even able to use prime for free shipping and my reward points from the business use, so I kind of got the stuff for free!
The next thing I want to do is get a 9mm carbine to consolidate the ammo use thing, I was looking at high points for 330.00. The reviews on it are great. I saw several higher end brands at the show, but most were around 700.00. The high point is good enough for something I hope to never have to use! (Who am I kidding, I'll be target practicing in the back yard like no tomorrow!)
 
Got the wrong insulation for the pump house so I need to return it for the right stuff. The propane heater should be here next week. I'll need to find a couple 100 pound propane tanks to connect the heater to. I decided for safety reasons to put the generator outside next to the pump house, now I need to build a platform and a roof over it. I extended the battery cables to put the battery inside to stay warm this winter, should make the generator easier to start. Need to find a 55 gallon barrel for fuel too.
The wife should be home on Tuesday. Gonna take a few days off.
 
Number one rule to never eat wild mushrooms. Simply too dangerous. I'll only eat ones I plant myself.
nah,you just have to know what to pick,in my neck of woods I follow one simple rule my dad tought me,take the mushroom,twist a piece from its cap,if there comes white sap,it's edible,if the sap is clear give it to your worst enemy ( toxic),this goes for 99% of mushrooms,some not,like chantarelles and black trumpets
 
nah,you just have to know what to pick,in my neck of woods I follow one simple rule my dad tought me,take the mushroom,twist a piece from its cap,if there comes white sap,it's edible,if the sap is clear give it to your worst enemy ( toxic),this goes for 99% of mushrooms,some not,like chantarelles and black trumpets
The only mushroom that I recognize and pick is the moreal. I don't eat them but give them to other people. Most people seem to like them.
 
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Fun fix it weekend...

Lawnmower just wasn't cutting well at all. Figured I'd sharpen the blades or something (I'm not a lawn tool mechanic, so what do I know?). So, I Google it, and says to take off the whole mow deck. Did so, then flipped it over.

Barely had any blades left! So I replaced them (about $45 for all 3 blades). Then pressure washed it, and got it all pristine, and put it back. Cut like a dream after.

Then fixed the tractor, again. Seemed electrical, and tried all kinds of things, before finally noticing a wire not attached. Once that was taken care of, started right up...(just was in a dark spot, so hard to see).

More fence repairs. A gelding (who acted more like a stallion) we used to board is now gone, but this was the last of fixing his constant attacks on my fences. Good riddance, though I'll miss the board fee....I won't miss these repairs.

The pressure washer was new this weekend. Wow...how did I live without one of these things? Our dirty horse trailer looks like new....discoloration from plants on the house...gone in minutes. Simply amazing. I can't wait to use this thing on other dirty stuff! Prepping to repaint the house, so wanted to get one of these. So glad we did. I highly recommend one!
 
Started putting up No Trespassing signs around the property to get ready for hunting season. I don't mind someone crossing my property to hual out an elk, but they cut my fence to get their horses through. I have gates every 1/2-3/4 miles around the perimeter and they're too dam lazy to use one. The a-holes from the city have no respect for other people's property.
I have another property a few miles away that I let a group of spring bear and fall elk hunters camp out and hunt there. They treat the place like it's their own.
And the wife comes home tomorrow so I better clean up the cabin. No more bachelor pad for me. For the next week anyway.
 
Put directions to the nearest gate on the no trespassing signs. ;)

We still, believe it or not, get horse thieving now and then in the area, so we take trespassing pretty seriously. Pretty cool with most things during the day, when someone is home and up (and the gate is open to do business)...but once we lock down for the night...a whole different ballgame.

Amazon is amazing. I just got a surgical kit and multi packs of sutures. The sutures were about 1.20 a pack and the surgical kit was 37.00. They sell all kinds of stuff, which you can compare prices and quality. Anyways, a good addition to my first aid kit, and was something I've wanted to do for a while now.

I'd like to convert one of the unused stalls into an infirmary, (explaining it to the wife as more of a veterinary infirmary and guest bedroom), but no dice so far. She and the kids want an art studio stall conversion first. One of the folks that'd come to the ranch used to be an EMT, so when we talk about, I get her input on what she'd need, and what would be best.
 

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