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Posted by CatFanInYankeeville (Member # 2025) on 04-21-2020, 08:44 AM:

Last week, I worked on Monday, then had 9 days off - I go back to work tomorrow. I had taken the vacation for an event this passed weekened in Atlanta which got cancelled, but I figured a week off during the time period when Illinois was supposed to peak in Covid wasn't such a bad idea, anyway. My son, who just turned 15, and I were supposed to go visit my Dad last month over his spring break. Neither Dad nor myself was comfortable at that time with the travel.

Now when I say we go 'visit' my Dad, what I mean is, we go down to Kentucky and stay at the house but work out on the farm all day doing things he can't do by himself anymore. So when I called him last week, he asked if we could come down to help him work some cattle - tag their ears, vaccinate them, etc. So, I gave it 72 hours of staying home before leaving, had no outward symptoms of the virus, and we hit the road. Got there Thursday afternoon and came home Sunday. Got about 40 cattle worked and a few other odds and ends done. Tried to keep our distance as best we could.

I felt like such a bad boy, but you gotta do what you gotta do. With warmer weather approaching, those cows and others should have been worked a month ago. Ticks are going to be awful this year after the mild winter (what purpose do those little jerks serve, anyway?). We're due to go back in June for more of the same, and the plan is for my son to spend 2-3 weeks down there from late June til early July. Hopefully this is all mostly passed us by then.

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 04-21-2020, 09:36 AM:

We broke it too. The Food Giant had stocked and opened it's greenhouse. It was posted on Facebook, our daughter saw it, called her Mom, and that was the end of isolation for about a half hour. Now we have lots of flower plants and pots, but no potting soil. I guess she'll call the local grandson today and ask him to get it. I wouldn't have done it, but when Mama's happy, everybody is happy!

Posted by PaulCat (Member # 513) on 04-21-2020, 10:05 AM:

My step father lives by himself, and about all he does is go to the grocery store or frequent a bar once a week for a pool tournament. There's not much he really does anymore, but this quarantine is really taking a toll on him. He sounded real depressed the other day and i wanted to tell him to just mask up and go for a drive, go do something. I think to a certain degree we can't just stop living. Just be smart about it. Wear a mask when in public, keep your distance and wash your hands a lot. I bet this crisis is really hard on people who are alone by themselves.

Posted by Jarcat (Member # 95) on 04-21-2020, 12:25 PM:

We just spread over 1/2 ton of cow manure on our garden. That’s a lot of sh*t !!!

Posted by PaulCat (Member # 513) on 04-21-2020, 01:00 PM:

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Originally posted by Jarcat:
We just spread over 1/2 ton of cow manure on our garden. That’s a lot of sh*t !!!

Sounds like you did a sh*tty job, Jarcat. [Big Grin]

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 04-21-2020, 04:39 PM:

Best fertilizer there is, IMO. I didn't like it, but I have loaded many tons into a manure spreader using a pitch fork. No front end loader on our farm.

Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 04-21-2020, 04:48 PM:

Man, I tell ya, you Republicans just can not stop talking schit! [Big Grin]

Posted by CatFanInYankeeville (Member # 2025) on 04-21-2020, 06:06 PM:

Well if any of you fellas need more cow $hit, I know a farm in west KY that would be happy to get rid of some! If you can load it, you can have it. BYO skidsteer or loader bucket!

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 04-21-2020, 06:46 PM:

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Originally posted by MountainMafia:
Man, I tell ya, you Republicans just can not stop talking schit!

Well, I notice that you chimed right in! [Eek!]

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 04-21-2020, 06:58 PM:

Norm, like you I cleaned out my share of stalls in barns as well. We hade a front end loader on front of my Papa's 135 Massey but the stalls beside the main driveway had to be done by hand. There were several years when the tractor was broke down so we did the entire job by hand!

Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 04-21-2020, 07:55 PM:

Norm:

quote:
Well, I notice that you chimed right in

Well, I’ve noticed a lot of times you didn’t! It was a joke Norm...OK?

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 04-21-2020, 08:43 PM:

I'm not sure how much more I can take. It's not just the shelter in place, it is the weather here in Northern Indiana. This whole time we have been on lock down, other than 4 or 5 days the weather has been miserable. No Sun/Cold/Rainy/Windy and then to top it off last Friday, we got 6 inches of snow. Saturday was a nice day, sunny and close to 60, so it all melted and I mowed the yard, but Saturday was an exception weather wise during this time.

The next 7 days of forecast is a high of 50, no sun, and more rain and wind. We even had a few more snow flakes fly this morning. So depressing.

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 04-21-2020, 09:26 PM:

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Originally posted by MountainMafia:
Norm:

Well, I’ve noticed a lot of times you didn’t! It was a joke Norm...OK?[/QUOTE]
So was mine MM. Sorry you didn't get it.

[ 04-21-2020, 09:27 PM: Message edited by: Old Norm ]

Posted by MountainMafia (Member # 2066) on 04-21-2020, 09:32 PM:

I apologize for misinterpreting Norm...guess I've got "cabin fever"! [Smile]

Posted by rlt4uk (Member # 3194) on 04-22-2020, 12:56 PM:

I used a lot of chicken crap down here in Alabama. My wife's family has chicken house and they'll bring me a Big old scoop of it and I'll till it in. It takes about 3 weeks before I can plant because the ammonia levels are so high.