Why I care?

Everyone has heard about the protestors in PA fighting against natural gas drilling or fracking. If you watch the documentary GASLAND, you will know why they are upset. Everyone in America should care about their water no matter where you live. You can't wash out 500 cancer chemical out of your water, ever. And it is all legal for these gas companies to do whatever they want thanks to OUR GOVERNMENT. Watch the dvd GASLAND, get educated and get public. Lets stop the gas companies from keeping us all quiet. Silence is death to you, your kids and your future.

Maybe the cure for cancer is to stop fracking and poisoning our water.

So why do I care? I have friends right in the zone of water poisoning. And they think they are safe and the trust our government would never hurt them.

I can only educate and pass the along the truth until it is too late.

1953 Ford Jubilee Tractor

A friend of mine bought this old tractor for restoration. It has a long way to go paint wise, but it runs. Old tractors are always around, used and borrowed here in the Ozarks.

Pewter Snake

I was unpacking my car when this guy came by me. I guess he wanted a treat or light snack.He was about 5 feet long, as thick as my arm and a pewter color. Quite a nice looking snake except for peck marks on his back from our chickens. While he hung around I got a few shots of him close up. He was stalking some lizard in the bushes next to my car. He had enough of my camera work and slithered off into the orchard.

Tree Pullin'

Since it is spring time the weather is cool and the bugs are low. Good time to pull up trees in our field before mowing. My husband is chaining the small trees and using the tractor to pull the roots out. Our shepherd, Osa stands by to look for moles. Our field has gone wild and we need to tame it to plant pecan trees.

Ozark Cobra?

My husband and I were driving down the country road when we almost ran over a fat snake. I love snakes so he backed up the car for me to investigate. The snake raised up and enlarged like a cobra then high tailed it away from me. It looked like a cobra to me. But we took the photo and showed it around church and the locals call it a "spread head". But it is really and eastern hog nose. It is a good snake in that it eats toads. That what where it was headed, a large pond down the hill filled with toads. The snakes are out in full force this time of the year. Good to be educated about them out here in the woods.

Pet Sitting Outside

Here is my husband working on his laptop while watching Rose the bunny. She was in our garden getting some sun while he worked remotely. He had the company of Poppy and our chickens while he worked. We can't leave the bunny alone or she might get eaten by wildlife.

Bunny Gardening

This is me putting in the potatoes in our newly fenced garden. I have the company of Daisy the cat and Igor the rabbit. Igor is an indoor bunny and gets to go outside when the time permits. Since we fenced off our garden from the chickens we have now a bunny play yard. The chickens dug up many of last years seedlings and pecked all my tomatoes. This year they will be kept out.

Calf Pulling

This morning my neighbor who raises cattle came to our door needing help ASAP. He had a cow down and her calf was stuck. My husband was in the middle of a phone meeting and could not leave to help. So I jumped in his vehicle and we zoomed off to his place. There was a huge cow on the ground with a dead calf stuck halfway out of her. The large calf could not breathe and got stuck sometime during the night. We both took turns looking for the front legs of the calf inside the cow. After several 2 arm attempts, I was able to find a shoulder to the leg stuck inside the cow. I pulled a slipknot under the calf pit using bailing twine. With that we were able to pull out the 2nd leg. Next, we tied the calf legs to the owners ATV and pulled slowly. The dead calf came out whole but the cow did not rise. The calf was too big and her uterus was prolapsed with the placenta. We left the cow to put the calf in the dead pile away from the herd, buzzards were attracted to the scent of death. We came back to get the cow up but she was in pain and needed a vet. If a cow does not move for several hours, gas builds up in their gut and they can die. Also some deliveries can paralyse their back legs. The vet came and stitched up the cow. Now we are hoping she will stand up soon and walk. She will be put in the barn overnight. She can no longer be bred if she survives. This was a day of learning for me.

Politically Incorrect Nutrition

I have been reading this book Politically Incorrect Nutrition by Michael Barbee. It was on a fellow blogger site. WOW, I had no idea there was so much documented corruption at the FDA. Our government just ignores the dangers of food additives for the almighty dollar.

So much bad stuff in food that people ignore or are not aware of. This book is written well and is easy to understand. All the facts are documented and backed by pages of notes.

This explains why so many people I know have such rare cancers, diseases, infertility, diabetes and more. Why so many kids have so many problems that never existed before. Every American should read this book. It will make you clean out your kitchen and start the road to better health.

Rosary Making

One of the skills I learned from a talented friend in Texas was rosary making. She is a member of a rosary makers group and she taught me how to make sturdy rosaries. Many rosaries today have jump rings holding them together like a cheap necklace. I make them by hand using a twisted wire loop. These will never pull apart. Made to last and hold together for years of handling. I have also been fixing broken ones I fine here and there. A little bit of time and effort will help these last a lifetime.

Tiller Time

We were happy to borrow our neighbors gas tiller to enlarge our spring garden. We had to add soil mixed with manure and compost this year. The garden has been left alone since last summer. We got lessons on how to operate this tiller. It is a bit of a bear once it gets going, but it did a great job. Our beds are ready for spring planting.

More Sprouts

Here are our 2nd go at sprouting. We both enjoy adding spouts to sandwiches and salads. Eaten raw or with dressing, sprouts are a tasty alternative to tomatoes and lettuce.

Dead Trees Down

We took advantage of a nice sunny windy Sunday to take down two dead trees in our pasture. Our horses ignored us as we put a cable around the tree to hold it with the tractor. Then Alan sawed into the trunk to weaken it. Then he got in the tractor to pull the tree down. We now have a lot of fire wood for winter.We will have to saw it up next week. We lost the daylight and a storm is coming in on Monday.