I was just fooling about not posting another Blog!! I once had a dog named, "Bohunkus" and a Hereford Steer named "Kookie" after an actor on a TV show whose last name was "Burns." Actually that was my sister's steer's name, but don't tell her. We had sheep, cows, chickens, dogs, cats, doves, quail, rabbits, and other farm animals and related pests.
One of my jobs on the farm was to go down to the lower pasture and bring the animals back up to the barn for feeding time. That is for those times that they wouldn't come to the call of "Whooo, Cow, whoooo cow." Maybe the cows would come but the sheep never did -- not only because they were stubborn, but mostly because they knew they were not cows. Bohunkus (or Bo) would go with me most of the time and most of the time he would stay with me. Other times, he decided that he had more important things to do than help me out. Things like stop to lick parts of himself that we humans can't possibly reach. (Thar's why I never liked to have him lick my face, but laugh inwardly when he licked other people.)
Enough for now. More later -- maybe in a few years, months, days, hours, or minutes.
Me
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
I Love Dirt
I am an ameteur blogger, so bear with me. Dirt, as in soil, especially garden soil, is one of my spare time pursuits. I have 6 raised bed gardens and a huge homemade compost pile. Two weeks ago I planted my first cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, spinach and lettuce.
Most years, I try to push the season too early and lose a few plants due to cold weather that is so umpredictable in March here in Oklahoma. Hopefully, none of the plants I put out already will be affected by this cold weather.
I have a huge compost pile that has been cooking each year for the past 3-4 years. It is predominately grass clippings and shredded oak leaves from the property. I have also put coffee grounds from Starbucks in it on some occassions. I turn it frequently and use the oldest first to incorporate into my raised beds.
Now, about me -- the name GaSavage comes from the fact that I was raised on a small farm in Georgia (GA) and loved to run naked through the woods and fields as a kid (savage.) I will not update my blog often since I have much work to do in the garden unless I get hundreds of posts in a very short time.
I am a retired school superintendent, father, grandfather, husband, son-in-law, brother-in-law, and several other names which can't be repeated here.
Later,
GaSavage
Most years, I try to push the season too early and lose a few plants due to cold weather that is so umpredictable in March here in Oklahoma. Hopefully, none of the plants I put out already will be affected by this cold weather.
I have a huge compost pile that has been cooking each year for the past 3-4 years. It is predominately grass clippings and shredded oak leaves from the property. I have also put coffee grounds from Starbucks in it on some occassions. I turn it frequently and use the oldest first to incorporate into my raised beds.
Now, about me -- the name GaSavage comes from the fact that I was raised on a small farm in Georgia (GA) and loved to run naked through the woods and fields as a kid (savage.) I will not update my blog often since I have much work to do in the garden unless I get hundreds of posts in a very short time.
I am a retired school superintendent, father, grandfather, husband, son-in-law, brother-in-law, and several other names which can't be repeated here.
Later,
GaSavage
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