Tucker943
Bamboo Plantation Owner
It's a Danish thing I suppose. I've learned a lot more about Danish behaviors recently.
How'd it go today?
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FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
yeah, but a tree isn't an animal right?
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Locust pruning yesterday. Dead pine slay and fruit trees to prune today. Might get rained out tomorrow. Orr... I'll think of something.
SouthSoundTree-
TreeHouser
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Lotta rain and wind. More tomorrow. Paperwork. Deep tissue massage. 1-2 month overdue haircut, check. Beer and a bite with a fellow-workaholic friend. Flirt with a younger than me woman at Trader Joe's. I didn't catch it, but I think she called me by name on the way out. I don't wear a nametag. A good sign.
sawinredneck
Treehouser
Git you sum!
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Crap. We have been killing our friendly dung beetles with our cattle worming program. Time for a change.
Interesting. How did you find out about the problem. Are changes going to be difficult to make?
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
I just learned of the problem a couple of days ago. So I began reading about how ivermectin can kill dung beetles.
It might not be so bad to switch. The wormer would be incorporated into the mineral that they eat. It would be nice to not have to get them into the corral to treat them for worms.
Dung beetles are cool, apparently they use the stars to navigate.
It might not be so bad to switch. The wormer would be incorporated into the mineral that they eat. It would be nice to not have to get them into the corral to treat them for worms.
Dung beetles are cool, apparently they use the stars to navigate.
SouthSoundTree-
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Cleaned and organized the shop today. Stacked a lot of lumber. Too much lumber.
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rskybiz
TreeHouser
Quite the interesting tidbit of information Jim.
I spent 8 hrs in a Camilla garden pruning. So many variations it made my mind spin. Air layered about 40 for my own yard as well I'll get when ready. Fun change from trees.
All things heavenly rarify to air. Trèès pŕoduce that heavenly air. Breathe air and take care.
I spent 8 hrs in a Camilla garden pruning. So many variations it made my mind spin. Air layered about 40 for my own yard as well I'll get when ready. Fun change from trees.
All things heavenly rarify to air. Trèès pŕoduce that heavenly air. Breathe air and take care.
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Slayed two dying oaks in high winds right before the storm rolled in. Hail when I got home. Good thing I could drop large sections of them.. 
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
That would be cool Cory.
Dung beetles are good for us because they bury and eat so much of our cattle's manure. The pile of dung a cow leaves is pretty impressive, and over time the stocking capacity of a pasture can decrease because there is too much shit and not enough grass. Manure is good fertilizer but it needs spread out to work well. The beetles incorporate the manure into the soil and spread it about. They aerate the soil as well, by digging in it to bury dung.
The beetles are helpful in breaking the biting fly cycle as well. Flies are attracted to manure, and too much of it makes for great fly habitat. The flies can cause thousands of dollars in loss to a rancher through lost production in the cows.
When beetles are plentiful the manure load is lessened and the number of flies decreases.
They are the damnedest bug. It is fascinating to watch one work, rolling a ball of manure across the prairie. You would not think he has a plan, but apparently he does, just stay the shit out of his way!
Its weird, but I kinda admire the little critters. Hard workers, dedicated, determined.
When you roll your ball of shit into a rock, just go around it.
Dung beetles are good for us because they bury and eat so much of our cattle's manure. The pile of dung a cow leaves is pretty impressive, and over time the stocking capacity of a pasture can decrease because there is too much shit and not enough grass. Manure is good fertilizer but it needs spread out to work well. The beetles incorporate the manure into the soil and spread it about. They aerate the soil as well, by digging in it to bury dung.
The beetles are helpful in breaking the biting fly cycle as well. Flies are attracted to manure, and too much of it makes for great fly habitat. The flies can cause thousands of dollars in loss to a rancher through lost production in the cows.
When beetles are plentiful the manure load is lessened and the number of flies decreases.
They are the damnedest bug. It is fascinating to watch one work, rolling a ball of manure across the prairie. You would not think he has a plan, but apparently he does, just stay the shit out of his way!
Its weird, but I kinda admire the little critters. Hard workers, dedicated, determined.
When you roll your ball of shit into a rock, just go around it.
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/24/science/la-sci-dung-beetles-milky-way-20130125
All you want to know about dung beetles and the galaxy
All you want to know about dung beetles and the galaxy
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Thats pretty cool. I would like to see one of the little hats they used.
Hard to believe someone figured that out.
Hard to believe someone figured that out.
SoonerFan
TreeHouser
The crap you get yourself into Jim. Lol
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pantheraba
More biners!!!
When I ran "cattle" here, I switched to feeding them large doses of powdered, dried garlic against worms.
I am VERY much not into natural medicine, but that stuff really worked well.
It was fun to see them, first time I mixed the garlic powder into their feed and they came racing up to eat.
It took a while of going hungry before they decided that mediterranean cooking maybe wasn't so bad after all.
Probably be too expensive to use for someone with more than 6 head of cattle, though.
I am VERY much not into natural medicine, but that stuff really worked well.
It was fun to see them, first time I mixed the garlic powder into their feed and they came racing up to eat.
It took a while of going hungry before they decided that mediterranean cooking maybe wasn't so bad after all.
Probably be too expensive to use for someone with more than 6 head of cattle, though.
Because I lived for 30 years with a woman who believed passionately in it.
Got the flu.........................just dring this tea made from a thistle and it'll go away.
Ebola...............a footbath in an herb infusion will take care of that.
Get the picture.?
Got the flu.........................just dring this tea made from a thistle and it'll go away.
Ebola...............a footbath in an herb infusion will take care of that.
Get the picture.?
Mick!
TreeHouser
Ha ha Stig, I getcha.
Spent all afternoon driving around pricing. Got 4 out of 5 on the spot. Looking good so far this year.
Spent all afternoon driving around pricing. Got 4 out of 5 on the spot. Looking good so far this year.
Peter
Treehouser
Chew this willow bark for a headache....
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