Last week I thought I would have time this week to do some work on the garage & shop. But nope, our farm got hit by a tornado on Sunday morning. So once again the garage & shop get put on the back burner.
So I get to spend the next couple of weeks cleaning up the mess. Lots of large oak trees got uprooted and some just got snapped off. Of course more then a few had to land on the fences. Got most of the fences fixed except for 1 area. Found out the hard way that there is a nest of ground bees or hornets right where the tree was on the fence. Little bastards got me good and my wife had to take an epi-pen to me. That kept me down for a day. Went out the next day and put a long strap on the tree and pulled it off the fence with the tractor. Didn't see any bees at all so I waited and watched. Nothing. Great, went out to fix the fence and sure as shit, the bees swarmed and got me good again. More epi-pen. Guess I will have to find the hole and gas them.
Good part is we will have enough firewood to last for years. Will be taking some of the larger tree trunks to the local sawmill. They'll cut them up into boards for
25 cents a foot. Pretty cheap for good oak boards.Bad part is we have to rebuild the chicken coop and put up a new goat shed. Good news is the 67 bug and the barn it's sitting in came thru without a scratch. In fact, all vehicles came thru. Trees landed all around them and didn't touch a single one.
Same for all the animals. Not a scratch or injury to any. All the goats have been thrilled with the downed tree. They love the leaves and think the trees make great places to play. Even with the fences being down they stayed right at home and no predators paid them a visit.
Other bad news is the chiggers got me yesterday. Got bites from between my toes up to my shoulders and everthing in between. Now that really sucks.
Some weeks and days are just like that.
Randy