HOW TO PUT UP A GRASS PROTECTING FENCE QUICKLY..
PREPARE HAY STRING WITH LOOP IN ONE END X 20 .
POUND IN POSTS IN A FAIRLY STRAIGHT LINE....
UNROLL THE FENCING
WITH PREPARED HAY STRING IN AN AVAILABLE POCKET... STAND FENCE UP
AND TIE IT AT TOP--- STANDING WITH ONE QUICK RELEASE KNOT
AFIX ONE END- ( 3 PIECES OF HAY STRING. )
AT POST 1 LOOSEN KNOT AND GIGGLE TAUGHT THEN RETIE
REPEAT 20 TIMES
DONE.
YESTERDAY TOM GOT MOST OF TEH POSTS IN SO WE ARE AAT THE UNROLL PART TODAY
HOPEFULLY 20 MIN WORTH OF "STRINGING"
WE REALLY NEED THAT POND AREEA FOR DOG RUNNING... THIS WILL PROTECT TEH NEWLY GRASSED HILL..
HOPEFULLY...
AS SOON AS THE GRASS GROWS(????) I T CAN THEN BE REMOVED TO THE DONKEY HILL WHERE WE NEED TO PROVIDE A LARGER EXERCISE AREA FOR DOGS IN THE ICE HOUSE-- AND PROTECT A COUPLE BIG TREES THAT THE DONKEYS LIKE TO EAT THE BARK FRORM...
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CONTINUING ON THE TOPIC OF WILDFLOWERS--- PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE-- LOVELY PURPLE FLOWERS-- PROBLEM IS IT TAKES OVER COMPLETE MEADOWS-- LOOKS LOVELY.. BUT THERER IS NO HOPE FOR THE BLUE WHATEVERS THAT GET CHOKED OUT. WE HAVE ONE OR TWO "STALKS" IN WITH THE CHICKENS WHICH I TR4Y AND PULL UP BEFOR IT BLOWS SEED TO THE POND...
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CHICKENS LOVE EATING GREEN-- AND THEY HAVE STRIPPED GREEN FROM THR AREA--- I HAVE SEEN--- IN A EXPERT BIRD RAISER4S PEND--- A DEAL WHERE HE MADE A FRAME, CCOVERED IT WITH THE 1/2 X 1/2 INCH "RABBIT WIRE" AND TEH GRASS GREW UP THRU THE WIRE - WHICH HIS BIRDS ATE WITHOUT KILLING THE ROOTS--
I DO THINK SOMEONE SHOULD TRY DOING THAT Again in our chicken areaS... IT SEEMED TO WORK FOR HIM....
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BELLA DID 3 DAYS OF SCHOOL THIS WEEK! SHE HASN’T CALLED EARLY AT ALL. TUESDAY SHE WAS ABOUT AN HOUR LATE BUT I WAS LETTING HER SLEEP. SHE COMES HOME AND WANTS TO LAY DOWN. TOMORROW IS INFUSION DAY SO SHE WON’T GO TO SCHOOL. WE FIGURED FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS IT WILL BE GOOD FOR HER TO HAVE THAT DAY TO RECOVER. SHE IS DOING REALLY GOOD THOUGH. WALKING MORE WITH GEORGE WHICH IS GREAT. SHE DOES USE HER WHEELCHAIR IN THE HALLS BUT THAT IS MORE FOR HER COMFORT. I ALSO THINK IF SHE WALKED ALL DAY SHE WOULDN’T LAST THE WHOLE DAY SO HAVING HER CHAIR TO SIT AND REST IS A GOOD THING. BUT SO FAR HER FIRST WEEK BACK AT SCHOOL HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD! THANKS FOR CHECKING IN. LOVE BELLA AND GEORGE
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WHAT ARE THE ODDS?
YESTERDAY I HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW OPHTHALMOLOGIST, DR. BELLOWS. I LET HIM KNOW THAT BELLOW WAS NAMED AFTER THE AUTHOR SAUL BELLOW. THE DOCTOR THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY IRONIC BECAUSE SAUL BELLOW WAS HIS SECOND COUSIN! NO JOKE. (WHEN FAMILY CAME TO THE U.S., HE SAID MANY DROPPED THE “S”.) BELLOW, OF COURSE, MADE YOU PROUD AND WAS A PERFECT GENTLEMAN FOR THE LONG DAY OF DOCTORS APPOINTMENTS.
ON A SIDE NOTE: THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT DURING THE MONTH OF MAY, THERE IS A PROGRAM THAT OFFERS EYE APPOINTMENTS TO SERVICE DOGS. BELLOW’S APPOINTMENT IS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO.
CATE & BELLOW
