so waht ya doin today?

Local Amish were out of eggs.
Wife just had to have a dozen.
She is baking with her social group tomorrow. She agreed to bring the eggs.
So I went to the store. Both stores by the house that had them were out of all but large and extra large.
I just paid $8 a dozen for two dozen grade a large store eggs. Man that's getting close to a buck an egg.
I best be seeing some pie on the counter tomorrow. And some of it better have home made meringue on top.
 
dale2242 said:
We have termites here.
They only invade the wood that`s touching to ground.
thy need the moisture.
I stack my wood outside on 2X4s.
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We have them. But in the winter, the woodpeckers, owls, and Robins usually keep the wood piles picked pretty. Clean. As long as it isn't covered tight with a tarp, is off the ground and is away from activity. My brother spreads bird sead around his to attract Robins but not a whole lot. Just enough to keep the birds coming around looking. The birds usually keep the pile clean.
Dad used to stack the wood near the chicken pen. Never a bug one after about a week.
 
Mitty38 said:
I just paid $8 a dozen for two dozen grade a large store eggs. Man that's getting close to a buck an egg.
I best be seeing some pie on the counter tomorrow. And some of it better have home made meringue on top.
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I've been paying $4 a dozen for about a year. A dozen lasts us four days. Going from $7 a week to $12 a week isn't going to get my knickers in a bind.
 
Hawk said:
My little buggers are tiny black ant looking critters, but google pictures say they are termites.
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That sounds like carpenter ants, not termites.

From terminix.com
"It's important to look at several physical characteristics to differentiate termites from ants. Termites have two sets of wings that are equal in length and have straight antennae. Ants have a bent antenna and two sets of wings of different lengths, with the forewings being broader than the narrow, shorter hindwings. Another notable difference is their body shape; termites have broad waists, whereas ants have narrow, pinched waists."
 
Good grief. I thought it was -16 and that was bad enough. We got in the car to go work the primary election and as we drove the car’s out side temperature readout dropped
Like a falling elevator after we left the shed. -8 in the shed, -27 as we crossed Knapp’s Creek a mile and a half from the house. -26 at the town hall. But the pulley on the flag halyard is working and I had Olg Glory up at 7:00 am right on time.
 
Hawk - you got ants. Termites have a long body. years ago when we burned wood, go by the pile and hear the crunching. Toss a log on the fire and watch the bugs crawl out. Ash borers.
Spent yesterday afternoon getting cell phones connected to different billing company. What fun! Now I get her texts and she gets none. More time on the phone this afternoon. Yea. NOT.
 
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Went out Rabbit hunting this morning. 9 degree to 11 degrees.
Well a fellow from work and I, got 4 between us. He got 3, I got one. Seasons over the 28th.
So will be my last hunt the 2024 hunting year. I have only got out like 4 times this past year, total hunting. So when was asked, and I actually felt well for a change. I just could not say no.
Siting here having a coffee.
Getting ready to hit the shower. Warm back up a bit. Before taking the wife, and her $8 eggs, to her baking thing. After I drop her off. Think I will go to the library. Wear my bibs and fishing hat, that I used to wear when reading to the kids. Say hi to the kids.(They will be watching a movie on polar bears today.) Then if the librarian don't put me to work, get myself a coffee. Pick out a book, then head to the soundproof meeting room. To read uninterrupted till the wife rings for a taxi.
PS.
Man, now I am older the toes just don't want to unthaw.
 
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Worked the polls from 7 am to 2 pm. A non partisan primary for Superintendent of State Public Instruction is the only thing on the ballot. When we left there had been 16 votes cast. 6 by poll workers and 10 by members of the public.
By 2 pm the temperature had risen to +1° so not a lot of incentive for voters to turn out.
 
Mitty38 said:
I just paid $8 a dozen for two dozen grade a large store eggs.
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My wife went our the local Market 32 this and bought 1 doz Free range Jumbo Brown eggs ( my favorite) for $6.45
Now last week at this time I went to the same market and bought the same type eggs for $5.25
So Ours are going up but not as much as some I have heard of. They say the problem for us in PA is that we have been hit bad by the bird flu ( many flocks are being destroyed every week...sad to watch this on our local news each week.

A few small independent farmers around here started something new in that an individual can rent a chicken or two and that pays for the upkeep plus a bit of profit for the farmer and you can go pick up your eggs every few days! Kind of interesting concept
 
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My wife went our the local Market 32 this and bought 1 doz Free range Jumbo Brown eggs ( my favorite) for $6.45
Now last week at this time I went to the same market and bought the same type eggs for $5.25
So Ours are going up but not as much as some I have heard of. They say the problem for us in PA is that we have been hit bad by the bird flu ( many flocks are being destroyed every week...sad to watch this on our local news each week.

A few small independent farmers around here started something new in that an individual can rent a chicken or two and that pays for the upkeep plus a bit of profit for the farmer and you can go pick up your eggs every few days! Kind of interesting concept
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Saw that, yesterday, on the Springfield local news.
 
Taking into account the expense of getting started with keeping chickens, and amortizing the cost of the chicken coop and assorted supplies over the next 3 years, which is the typical productive life of a chicken, add in the food, our eggs are costing about $1.30 each. Next batch of chickens, eggs will cost us about half that.

On the plus side, we know what is going into the chickens which supply our eggs and the eggs are fresh. We feed some of their own egg yolks back to them and grind up their egg shells to add to the dog's food for calcium, which saves us from having to buy as many chicken necks for the dog's calcium requirements.
We started a compost pile for future gardening.

And, like I said in a previous post, Mrs. smokeywolf loves being a "mother hen". She has a favorite hen that rushes to her every time she goes out to the chicken run.
 
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