Life on the farm

[Hay Dude]

problem is..i really love old barns. i almost want to try and repair them.

I repair them as part of my business. It’s rewarding. Saddest thing is seeing them tore down

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Found the hornets to be exceptionally vicious this year. Got stung 17 times at once. They were relentless and chased me a ways.

Don't forget...put onion juice on a bee/wasp/hornet sting, and it will stop the pain almost immediately.

 

[Citydude]

Don't forget...put onion juice on a bee/wasp/hornet sting, and it will stop the pain almost immediately.

Thanks for that! That tip should go in the tip of the day thread.

 

[ovrszd]

stove was used when dad bought it then. I remember he got it somewhere around Martins Ferry Ohio. Don't recall exacty how we got it into the basement, but I think we slid it down the outside steps on boards, probably using the tractor. Wish I had pics of that. I've spent the last hour looking for pics of building the chimney, I know there are some somewhere, but I can't find any. I recall there being pics of several things, that I just can't find at dad's house. Like when we used to cut mining props. I remember having pics of piles of them, but can't find the pics.

My Mom was a great historian. When she died I inherited her picture collection. Going back to pre-WWII. I cherish them beyond monetary value. Every year we have a Thanksgiving lunch with everyone that can make it. I always have the pics out for anyone to peruse thru. I always get questions about them. I mostly can answer those questions. When each generation dies off information is lost.....

 

[Citydude]

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Dad mowing after the tractor repair. He will be 99 soon.

Good for him! Hopefully I can do that when I'm 99.

 

[Oaktree]

Don't forget...put onion juice on a bee/wasp/hornet sting, and it will stop the pain almost immediately.

Toothpaste works too.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Wow, 99 and still of a tractor. God Bless the man
Ever ask him his secret to longevity?

Living thru WW2. He said he never expected to come home.
Really it was hard work all his life, not sitting around, not expecting things to be given to him.
We were rather poor growing up. Dad raised chickens, cattle, we cut and sold firewood, mine props, grew and sold acres of potatoes, strawberries. He was always busy.

 

[ovrszd]

Living thru WW2. He said he never expected to come home.
Really it was hard work all his life, not sitting around, not expecting things to be given to him.
We were rather poor growing up. Dad raised chickens, cattle, we cut and sold firewood, mine props, grew and sold acres of potatoes, strawberries. He was always busy.

That hard work didn't seem to hurt you much either.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

problem is..i really love old barns. i almost want to try and repair them.

Me too. But living so far away and working full time it’s hard.

My brother was able to get barn roof metal nailed back on when some of it blew off this summer.

This summer dad knocked out a major post in the barn where he parks the tractor. I need to go get that fixed. Dad didn’t know he did it, he hit it with tractor bucket. Some of the end of the barn he knocked out when digging manure out of the barn. That end is where he would feed cows.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Don't forget...put onion juice on a bee/wasp/hornet sting, and it will stop the pain almost immediately.

Mom always kept an aloa plant in the window sill. Just break off a bit and rub it on a sting.