What Did You Do Today???

[Tony]

I have been debating purchasing a new tool just to take off the spurs. It's a large gauge wire cutter with a curved blade. Also used as cable cutters. I think these are just what are needed. Dog nail cutters are not strong enough, but you already know that lol. Cutting living bone is harder than most people think. There is a trick with a hot potato and a pair of pliers to rip the skin off, but I want the whole spur gone so they quit slicing open our hens. Might just order these. But, may end up using it on their necks rather than their spurs...

As for what we are growing, the list is pretty long. so here we go lol.

Purple hull peas (like black eyed peas, but better. They are AWESOME!!!)
Green Peas
Green Beans
Red Onion
Yellow Onion
White potato (russet)
Red Potato
Zucchini
Yellow Squash
Cucumber
Cherokee Purple Tomato (if you have not had it, and you like tomato, try it. You will never use Beef Steak again!)
Roma Tomato

I'm sure I'm missing something. We have 13 rows this year (50' long) plus the greenhouse. Oh, Romaine lettuce, spinach, maybe some swiss chard (awesome in stews) probably some collard greens for the chickens, but this can be grown anywhere. Oh, forgot about Okra. Definitely going to have Okra!

 

[Rob Lancaster]

Awesome list for the garden!! I'm jealous man; I love the country!
The Cherokee Purple Tomato must be a high bread.. The pineapples I grow are Hawaiian high breads. The strain was created to better handle Hawaii's climate and diseases and critters. They did a great job because it's hard not to grow a great pineapple.
Send picture of the progress..

 

[Tony]

It's an ugly tomato, not going to lie. but man does it make a tasty tomato and some absolutely awesome red sauce!

I would send pictures now, but just picture tilled dirt lol. That is what it is.

 

[Rob Lancaster]

My brother and I make killer home made pizza sauce for the fresh home made pizza dough. They come for miles around for a taste..

Hey, may I ask what state you're in?

 

[Tony]

I'm in Oklahoma. South of OKC.

 

[Rob Lancaster]

Ah, home of the Severe Storms Laboratory. Josh Werman is my thunder storm guy..
Yeah I like meteorology too.

 

[Tony]

Yup, just right up the road from me. Awesome place, and there is an Rc flying field across the street from it lol

 

[Rob Lancaster]

Yeah babee!!!!!!!

 

[Tony]

 

[Rob Lancaster]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was a great flick!

 

[Tony]

Never saw it...

 

[Rob Lancaster]

I never go to movies anymore.
I always wait for nice cheap TV..
Besides most of those Hollywood types are liberal whack jobs, LOL!!

 

[Rob Lancaster]

Hey Toni, how's the tornado action?
I heard Ohio had some tornados today...

 

[Tony]

Two issues with that comment.

1. My name is Tony, not Toni...
2. I am in Oklahoma, not Ohio, that would be URI....

Just bustin' your chops lol.

 

[Rob Lancaster]

S#@%T!! I did it again! Tony!
And I meant Oklahoma, he he hee...

I saw some wild video on the news and thought; I hope Tony has a storm cellar.. And the fact that you responded to my question is proof that you're still with us... HA!

 

[Tony]

Yup, we have a 'fraidy hole we can get in. Never went in one though. At my old house, it was just outside storage. Here, never been down in it since I moved here. But yea, we had some impressive tornadoes. Check out the other thread in the lounge "Get Val On The Getner" for a couple videos that happened yesterday. Simply awesome what that team does. And the Getner was an old phone system they used to use. They still call it that, and it still connects all of them, but it's not anywhere near as complicated as it used to be.

 

[murankar]

If Ohio had a tornado I don't know about it. I live in north east Ohio right off the lake due east of Cleveland.

We get very little (quantity ) twisters its not all that big of a deal. They generally in central and western Ohio.

The closest thing to a tornado I saw was 3 water spouts on lake Erie all at the same time.

 

[Tony]

Technically, a water spout is a tornado if it is strong enough. Could have been a strong "gustnato".

 

[murankar]

a tornado on the water. They rarely make land fall and last more than a few minutes.

 

[Tony]

The dynamics are exactly the same. we have them all the time over the lakes here. They will go from land, to water, to land and keep going. Statistically tornadoes don't last that long. There are the few that do, and tomorrow could be some of those according to the data. But yea, water spouts are the same as tornadoes.

I know, you are going to say our lakes are not the same as your lake. And going by the size of the body of water, you are right. In your case, most don't last long because of lake evaporation. That is feeding the storm keeping it spinning with upward motion and moisture. Once it hits land, it loses most of that.