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| Rain gauge at The Property. I am off-the-hook for lugging water this week |
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| Rain gauge in Eaton Rapids. |
Just as our greatest weakness is often using our greatest strength when it is inappropriate, it is possible that our greatest weakness can become a strength.
For example, I have a weakness for putting things in "...a very safe spot..." and I am sure I will remember where that is when I need that item. Yesterday, I intended to hang the netting I purchased for the cucumbers. To tell the truth, that task has been on my To Do list every day for the past week.
I looked high-and-low for the netting. I found the left-over netting from Mrs ERJ's garden (I purchased two, 24' lengths) but I could not find mine.
Mrs ERJ didn't mind if I used hers but it only spanned 18 of the 32 feet.
And then I saw the bamboo!
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| Netting in the foreground. Bamboo in the background. |
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| Bamboo supports on the left, a little bit of netting on the right |
Bamboo has some advantages. I produce it on the farm and it doesn't require working infrastructure (or fossil fuels) to have it show up in my garden. A single clump of bamboo will produce for many, many years and provide scores of poles for a multitude of uses.
Bamboo has disadvantages. It has branches in inconvenient places. The stubs of those branches are a hazard to eyes if you are not paying attention to how you trim them off.
The way my habit of misplacing things means that I get lots of practice improvising and sometimes the improve has major advantages over the purchased product.
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| June 28, 2025. Yes I have weeds. It is too wet to till. |
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| June 28, different angle |
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| June 21 |
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| June 11 |
Other odds-and-ends from yesterday involved putting cages around the pear trees at The Property and burning brush.
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| This pear tree is growing out of its rabbit cage and is now vulnerable to deer. |
More rain is expected Monday afternoon. God willing, I will be able to get some tilling done Monday morning.
Random fact(s)
The default dose of carbs for a diabetic whose blood-sugar is crashing is 15 grams.
A ketchup packet from McDonald's has 2 grams of sugar. So in an emergency, 8 packets of ketchup would be about the right amount.
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I have found it useful to maintain a 'WTF Box."
ReplyDeleteFound some small part but don't know where it's supposed to go? "I'll put it in a 'safe place' so I can find it later." Later comes - "Oh, that's where that little part goes. Now, where is it?"
If you put it in the WTF Box you'll know right where it is.
Pro Tip: If your WTF Box is actually "the garage" it will not be as helpful as one might wish it to be.
At Casa De Bacon, we had a couple of good showers and got substantial moisture. We needed it.
ReplyDeleteThe problem would be getting a crashing diabetic to eat the ketchup. Their brain is usually not functioning real well at that point, so getting them to swallow something nasty tasting will be a struggle. And please, if they're unconscious, DON'T PUT ANYTHING IN THEIR MOUTH!! We (fire dept) carried a frosting like paste that didn't taste much better, but always tried for pop (NOT DIET) with sugar stirred in. Also, if you're somewhere that there's ketchup packets, then there's probably sugar in some form or other. Unless it's the hoard in your glove box. The diabetic will still need real food immediately, as sugar is a very short term fix.
ReplyDeleteERJ, we are starting to enter the "hot"/non-rainy season here. We at least fortunately get some cloud cover during some of this time.
ReplyDeleteOne of the potential issues with bamboo is that, if not controlled, it can be invasive to native flora.