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I am sory to say that the news reporters will not tell you is that many of the workers in slaughterhouses do not speak a word of English. Yes, I have gone to many of them in Cal. to collect biological samples as well as animal organs for Vet. Students to disect. Many drive cars, but have very...

NOPE ... fiddleneck is an annual weed with orange blossoms on the top tip that looks like a neck of a fiddle that unfurles for the next flower from the bottom up... grows all over here. Just 2 - 3 leaves will kill a lamb, 5 will kill a full grown ewe. I necropsied quite a few sheep in Vet...

If any fiddleneck ( especially )come up - kill, maim, and destroy on first sight... just a few leaves consumed by sheep will kill them. Lupine will cause abortion in cattle. Wildflowers are pretty ... but know your enemy and be carefull of what you wish for !!! o_O

Hey Mary ... I hear tell that you have a cabin in them thar hills for situations just like you now being tortured by. ;)

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I haven't heard of recent times regarding this bar b q... but at the old Mission San Louis Rey in Oceanside, Cal. (where my wife grew up ). The Spanish / native Indians and the rest of the parishenors held an annual bar b q with a burro as the guest of honor as the main course. Solved...

Well Bee ... since you asked, so I must ... " I told you so ":caf

:old DITTO !!! :old

Bay ... you have your head screwed on right . Just do not let someone talk some nonsense into it .

Bee ... you have been reading/ listening to some feel good story regarding donkeys. I have more than 50 years of experience with quite a few neighborhood donkeys. I must say , give the donkey away asap as it will wake you up at 3am much worse than any 100 roosters crowing at daybreak. Want...

When I worked at UCD Veterinary Pathology Dept. I built a transilluminator box using colored plastic sheets with a light backlight with a reostat control. I used a lightly frosted glass ( as a light defuser to eliminate hot spots and place the specimen on) to produce colored background of...

I already have 17 Japanese Maple trees and 4 crab apple trees in my back yard. Last fall, the State had removed dozens of huge Cottonwood trees for a mile along the road behind our home. I am prety sure that this has contributed to the excess water.

Here in SW Washington, we purchased one of the largest cul de sac lots with a house in this 120 lot subdivision. Flat topography, Mediteranian weather pattern. At first I thought that I could grow a fairly large garden of a variety of field crops as well as fruit trees. the only crops that I...

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By noon we received a whapping 2" of snow by noon. By 6 pm it had all melted off. Weather man said that the temperature will drop to 28* tonight. Brrrrrr !

In Today's audit .... a Rock band claims that they have been in the music business and for the past 6 years so they are claiming thousands of dollars as business expenses for travel, hotels, meals, etc. Each of the members have w-2 jobs . They only show less than $200 as income annually for...

Well Dickie .... I hope that you are not investing in a similar venture :rolleyes:o_O:lol: :caf

San Juaquin Valley, Cal., high desert , circa 50+/- years ago ... sandy - clayey soil with hardpan ranging from on top to 5 feet below surface , tumble weeds, jack rabbits and coyotes galore ... to make the Desert bloom ... Dam was built in the Sierra Nevada mts. to catch snow melt, irrigation...

On a recent tax audit ... a couple with healthy incomes decided to grow mary wanna as a business on their 7 acre property . They invested about $100,000 per year for 3 years on new greenhouse buildings, as well as on growing equipment, lighting, irrigation equipment, etc. etc. . They had NO...

This morning several school districts cancelled classes due to black ice on the roads due to black ice on the tree shaded areas of the hills. Most others had a 2 hour delay. Some snow fell here or there depending what cloud you were under, The only hint of white on our home was in a lite frost...