A lot going on, promotion, transfer, trip to Agri Supply, spring garden and pigs.

    I know it been a while since I did a post, sorry about that, just a lot going on. First off, I got a promotion and then 2 weeks later, I accepted the same job at a location closer to the house. I am excited about it as I got two things I was looking for. It took some time but persistence and patience pays off.
     Made a trip one Saturday to our closest Agri-Supply to purchase a device that would make it much easier to make beds in the garden.

The track too tough to tame, Darlington Speedway

Agri-Supply had Rain barrels for $109.00 each, they had spigot and filling fittings on them. I can make them much cheaper.

   What I went there for was the Keulavator 3 point frame. This device can be used for many things but what I wanted it for was to make perfect beds for my crops. Here are couple pics with bedding disc's on it.

    Since last planting season, I have been turning the soil over roughly every two weeks to rid the garden of weeds. The last 4-5 years of my dad's life, he didn't plant a garden and as you can expect, nature will try to reclaim the fruits of a man's labor. I also made track in the garden for the kid's RC offroad cars, so I had to bust it down and make it level again. Once all level, I hooked the 5 foot 3 point tiller up and mad a few passes on where I wanted to plant the Red potatoes.

JUGM and ND planting the potatoes, they look like rocks in the small trench

Row made with  Keulavator 3 point frame, notice the trough where drip irrigation will lay in center.

 

Bed depth is anywhere between 7.5 to 8 inches deep

Drip irrigation hooked up with line running 100 feet, cant do that with raised beds

    Like I said, I have never done red potatoes before, so this should be an interesting experiment. Worse case, I am only out $6.00 in seed potatoes from out local farm and feed store. Hell, some preppers spend that on cheap ass Chinese flashlights and do reviews on them.

    So moving right along, since we have had tremendous success with our chickens and had anywhere from 20-30 dozen eggs in our secondary fridge at one time, we said why not, lets get some pigs. Muslims would hate me if they knew the amount of pork I eat a year, whether grilled, smoked on a smoker, or fried up as bacon or sausage. Maybe I can raise attack pigs in case Muslims come around and want to start a fight. I'm sorry, am I being insensitive? I don't care, it's my property, my blog and my god given right if I want to raise pigs for my families consumption and if you don't like it, stay in the middle east, PERIOD!!!! I was born in the USA, defended the our nations constitution for 20 years so I have that right. Take it up with PETA.
    After reviewing our first year in the new house, I did notice that we did have some issues with our trash and how it accumulated a large number of maggots for excess food in the bags with the heat of the summer. We aren't lucky enough to have trash collection like some so-called Internet preppers have in their HOA controlled community. Also, stuff we grew in the garden that didn't make it we just fed to the chickens.So why not turn that into something more useful in the form of Bacon, Boston Butt, Ham's, Ribs, Pork Picnic Shoulder, and other fine pork products. The past week, we started the construction, yes it was a family affair.

 ND driving construction screw into frame

 NW and ND working together without yelling at each other

 Three sides done. Hog wire was recycled from an old dog pen on the property

 Completed. Will it win an award? Hell no, it's a damn pig pen, who cares!!!

Notice the bolts?

     When building this pen, I wanted to make it so it can be broken down in sections and moved to various locations around the property if needed. JUGM will do a post of our trip this past Saturday to the livestock auction in a neighboring town. She took some pictures that the ladies will go ahhhh!, they are so cute.

     Well that's about it from my world. Boys had their first baseball practice and I am pleased to announce that my commissioner, JUGM has lifted my suspension and has allowed me to coach again, WoooHooo!!!! As most of you that have followed me know that Baseball and my kids take precedence so I will try to blog when I get moments. So much for winter here in SC, warmer than normal temperatures have caused pollen to start floating in the air equaling to me being stopped up all weekend. I hate it. Stay safe out there.

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Been sitting back enjoying life a bit, and my thoughts on Orlando

     I'm back to do a post. I know it has been some time since my last as I have been busy around the property moving dirt for the range, the garden, planting grass, and other stuff with my close friends. The weather has been hot and dry. It seems that the rain continues to circle around us and give all our neighboring towns much need rain. Well my water meter is just a spinning keeping things growing here. JUGM has been actively picking crops from the garden. She has already done some refrigerator pickles and they turned out great.

our daily bounty of green beans

Some more cucumbers, squash and zucchini

       In preparation for the fall garden, JUGM bought some more squash and cucumbers today from the farm & feed store. Corn is coming along pretty good. With the lack of rain, our harvest will be pushed back a bit but we have a lot of ears on the stalks.

      Sunday morning as we were heading to a group cook out at CSM's house just over 20 miles away, we were listening to FOX NEWS on XM satellite radio and heard of the Orlando nightclub shooting. First off, my heart goes out to the families who lost a loved one in this terrorist attack, yes I am calling it a terrorist attack based off religious ideology. We happened to listen to the initial press conference later in the morning from Orlando. There was something that stood out to both JUGM and I and really gave us some good conversation as we sat around with the other families.
     Did anyone notice that the Imam that was speaking during the news conference was constantly saying "Don't rush to judgement", I would say 3 or 4 times and not once did he "CONDEMN" the violent attack. What a piece of HOG SHIT!!!!! Of course he wont condemn it because this is what he and all his other Imam's preach. Let's make things clear, I don't agree with the LGBT lifestyle. I'm sorry, I have my beliefs, but they have a right to coexist in society along with all of us, and they had their own night club to gather and socialize with others like them to enjoy themselves in whatever means or capacity they choose. Does that give anybody the right to go shoot the place up because they are a LGBT associated individuals. Well I guess it does if you are a gay Muslim who is off his rocker.
     Now our President today completely has no clue of what has happened in the world for the last 7 years of his presidency. He thinks the problem is guns as he stated in his news conference in Orlando. Really, are you that damn stupid? You referred to the last two mass shootings and saying they were linked because it was an EVIL BLACK RIFLE that did all the killing. Well you also failed to mention that the last two were also ISLAMIC influenced too. You also said Adam Lanza purchased the AR that killed the students of Sandy Hook. Wrong again dip-shit, he stole the gun from his mom's safe. Why wont you say RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM Mr. President? I know why, because you are Muslim. I cant wait till the day you are out of office and I hope America wakes up for this next election. Am I wrong in my thoughts about Orlando? When has a gun stood up on its own and killed someone, please explain Mr President?

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