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It damn near takes a trip to the bank when you buy groceries.......Then, If you can find what you need.........
While there is a lot of truth in that, it's the cattle feed & hay that hurt the most... I consider them to be part of our 'emergency rations'. There is no way we are eating bugs... EVER. Klaus Schwab will be roasted low & slow before that ever happens. Like the line from the 'Godfather says "If history has taught us anything, it is you can kill anyone".


I'm willing to die to preserve our rights/way of life. The question is if he, & the rest of the Davos/NWO crowd, is willing to die trying to take them away from us.
 
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Made bread.

Cleaned/refilled hummingbird feeders.

Cleaned/refilled the wasp traps.

Finished heat treating the 2 pair of shutters.
 
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Watered the garden, asparagus, flowerbeds, porch pots, hanging baskets & all the trees.

Started spraying RoundUp around the home site.
 

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Made bread.

Did the weekly shopping.

Finally got the 'shovel heads' painted, now all my tools are ready for the upcoming fall garden!!!
 
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Applied the 2nd coat of 'ReNew' clear acrylic on the 2 pair of shutters.

Harvested the last of the tomatoes & prepped them for roasting. They will become plain tomato sauce which I'll can tomorrow.
 
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Made bread.

Did the weekly shopping & got filled up the gas tank of my Jeep.

Canned the tomato sauce from yesterday. Got 6 pints out of the batch... waste not, want not.
 
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Watered all the trees/lirope, flowerbeds, porch pots & hanging baskets.

Seasoned up a pork roast for supper tonight. After a few hours, I threw in onions, carrots & the last of the red potatoes. The aroma is heavenly!!!!

Applied final coat of the clear acrylic to the shutters. I'll rehang them tomorrow & then take the next 2 pair down.

Made 2 sunflower seed/peanut blocks for the redbirds & woodpeckers.

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Had another coon visit this morning... She didn't survive the lead injection.

Fed the cattle & put out another roll of hay.

Rehung the finished shutters. Then took the next 2 pair down, prepped them & started the heat treatment..
 
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Continue heat treating the shutters.

Getting ready to order my spring garden seeds early to avoid any supply chain BS.
 
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Watered all the trees/lirope, flowerbeds, porch pots & hanging baskets.

Finished heat treating the shutters.

Fed the cattle.
 
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Made bread.

Applied 1st coat of the clear acrylic to the shutters.

Refilled the hummingbird feeders as a coon had unhooked one of them & it was on the ground this morning. I moved & rebaited the trap with marshmallows.
 

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Okay, the coon ate the marshmallows without triggering the trap (so must be a big one) so I'll ratchet up my efforts tonight.

Applied 2nd coat of the clear acrylic to the shutters. Then took the next 2 pair down & prepped them for the heat treatment.

Fed the cattle.
 
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Splash another male coon. He was big, 12" wide & about 36" long (not counting the tail). This was in all probability the biggest, heaviest coon that I've seen out here & I'm not exaggerating.

Made bread.

Picked up another ton of feed & then did the weekly shopping.

Applied the final coat of the clear acrylic to the shutters. I'll rehang them in a couple of days.

Finally got some rain here, 0.55" thus far.
 
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Another female coon bit the dust this morning. The kill count is up to 9 since they started their war on Mrs. Ranch's bird feeders.

Hung a new metal feeder up in the front yard since they ripped the bottom out of the last old plastic one.

Fed the cattle.
 
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No coon action last night... The buzzards will be disappointed.

Made bread.

Washed the stone walls where the shutters go & then rehung 2 pair of shutters on the guest house. Four more pair & this project will be completed.
 
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Buy lots of rice & dry beans, they'll last much longer that canned stuff. And don't forget a couple of boxes of tampons for gunshots. Yes, unfortunately I'm serious...
 
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