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Parnell:
Nice looking bend and curves on that bow. So the rye cover crop, is that intended to just hold soil during the early spring until you plant?
Buckskinner:
Green manure.
bjrogg:
Thank You Bob and Buckskinner. It is from a very nice stave I almost ruined trying to get two bows out of. This is actually from the belly split. I ruined the top which should have been a even better bow. This stave has thick late wood rings and very thin early wood. It didn’t split anything like I was use to . I’m sure glad I didn’t ruin both. Learned something there.
It’s been a week I did a lot of running around and sitting in hospital. My wife wasn’t herself. Wednesday she was very dizzy and complaining that her whole right side was tingly.
I took her to hospital and they did several test. Her results were good but she showed no improvements. They transferred her to a larger hospital to get a MRI. It took two days to get the MRI.
The first day she still showed no improvements and the tests they did run showed good results. I stayed till visiting hours were over then drove home.
The second day she seemed a lot better but still a little dizzy. She was able to go to bathroom without me helping her though and was more her cheerful self. At 3:00 they took her for her MRI. I never saw a doctor the whole time I was there but the RN said her MRI results were good and she was released. We drove back home . She is still a little dizzy. Never really got a answer so not sure were done yet.
Also my daughters little dog Zoey is really sick. We are going to have to get her to a vet somewhere today. We are very worried about her.
It’s been raining a little every day so we still didn’t get in the fields. It’s not early anymore. Really hoping things start going a little smoother and just get back to the normal hectic pace.
Steve the rye cover has several advantages it provides. Like you stated. It helps hold the soil in place and prevent wind and water erosion.
It also scavenges nutrients and holds them till it is terminated and decomposes. This works really well with spreading Biosolids.
Like Buckskinner said it’s what we call “green manure” and the real crop we grow well really like it.
It also really helps with the microbiology of the soil.
It also helps with the tilth of the soil. Allowing water to flow though the soil and helps prevent “ponding” and water laying on top of the soil.
It also has its challenges. It’s like having another crop to manage.
It can use to much moisture on a dry year and not have enough left to plant your real crop.
It is great for environment and that includes a lot of grubs and insects that are not Beneficial.
It also can get to big and it’s residue can keep the ground from drying enough to get your real crop planted
Gotta go lots of people asking how my wife is doing.
Get back when I can
Bjrogg
Buckskinner:
Prayers for your wife, hope everything works out. The hospitals around here are the same way since they fired all the employees who didn't want the shot.
Last month my brother had to put his last blue tick down because of blastomycosis. Started in the eye as was misdiagnosed then went to the lungs and it was too far along to have much of a chance of recovery. Hopefully that is not the case for your daughter's dog! My lab had an eye issue about 2 weeks ago so got a bit worried, they have him on antibiotics and medicated eye drops and are not sure what it is his lungs are fine, but the eye thing is lingering.
bjrogg:
Thanks Buckskinner.
Yes that’s the way they are here to. My son in law worked in medical position all through the Covid stuff. Then he was forced to get the shot. He had his concerns about it. He didn’t want to take it but they would have had to let him go if he didn’t. He took it.
My wife and I took two shoots and we both got the virus twice after. One of my brothers didn’t get shot. We all got the virus and fortunately none of us had serious problems. Really my brother and I had very mild symptoms.
I’m not against the vaccine and I don’t want to turn this into a political issue. I really don’t like that first responders who worked through the whole thing got fired because they didn’t want the shot.
WB I really hope to see pictures of those seeds being planted and watching them grow.
So glad your family is excited about the coming growing season. It’s the same excitement that keeps me doing this every year. Hope you have a bountiful harvest.
Bjrogg
PS We got a Emergency appointment for Zoey at 3:00 this afternoon. I sure hope she gets better. My daughter can’t have children and Zoey is really special to our whole family. I never dreamed about spending so much money on a dog when we were growing up, but we are going to now. I don’t know where it’s going to come from, but we really need her to get better
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