Chit Chat in VOLTVILLE Thread #2 :)

[Tritium]

They grow in Europe and Nothern America.

I just saw a video or a researcher, he has documented each and every mushroom in Greece.
He explains that it's edible and hard to mistake because it's all purple, it's known here (allthough in my area people only trust white button mushrooms from the stores) There is a similar cortinarius mushroom which can be mistaken for this kind but it's rusty color on the seeds and has a skirt.

Those ones are clearly lepista nuda's and are edible, also the ground which i found them was the ideal as explained by the researcher. Usually close to creeks and rivers (right next to the stable is a creek) and on rotten leaves or manure.
My boss had thrown there plants and leaves from the garden including pumpkins and also some horse manure. Making it the ideal place to grow this kind of mushroom.

I'm happy!
Even if i don't eat them i like to find details about them.
My boss claimed it's poisonous lol, wimps. He asked me to make my will and leave the scooter and laptop to him lol.

 

[JerryRM]

Good morning, Voltpeeps.

Raven, no one was talking about you, last night on this thread. Terry and I didn't mention you at all, really, we didn't.

 

[Renolizzie]

Grit you just like them because nude is in the name;-)

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[Renolizzie]

trit you just like them because nude is in the name;-)

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[Renolizzie]

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[JerryRM]

LOL, Lizzie !!!!!

 

[SandySu]

I'm back from the barn, and I made it just in time. When I got there, it had just started to snow, a flake at a time, but now it's coming down pretty persistently. They are tiny flakes, but they have a determined look about them. Penny is all blanketed. She didn't seem too happy with the attention. I'm beginning to see a pattern. She gets grouchy when it gets colder than it was before. It's probably arthritis. I'm wondering if I should try firocoxib again. I tried it before, and I didn't see much change, but I sure wish I could relieve her discomfort.

It's so nice to have the barn so close that I can just pop over there. It doesn't feel like the journey it was when the barn was 1/2 hour's drive away. In fact, I'm going back this afternoon to talk to the barn owner family about getting the winter pasture ready. Let's hope it's not too snowy.

 

[tmcase]

Good morning,
Voltpeeps.

Loved all the photos of Terry's new place. The discussion on what to do with the door was interesting.

SandySu, thanks for the update on the kids and their schooling.

Raven - Good job on showing Terry the ropes. You mighty tree pushing over girl you.

It's chilly today and it might rain. I can only hope that it reaches me. Yard clean up has commenced but I have a lot of time for that. I think I'll pick up the house and rest up some today.

I had Hubby bring home some Chinese food since I didn't get to the kitchen yesterday. Yeah, shame on me I got it cleaned up this morning!

I have the new watering system running since it is just above freezing. Looks like the new setup is working great!

Lizzie, it was a very small tree too big for loppers.

 

[tmcase]

It's been snowing here all day, which was not predicted, but it's what somebody called "dandrif snow".

 

[SandySu]

Terry, please explain what dandruff snow is. I never heard that term before.

The snow here seems to have tapered off. I'm hoping it'll hold off till after we meet and talk about the pasture.

I was supposed to give a riding lesson to my friend's daughter tomorrow afternoon, but I think I'll cancel. Tomorrow's forecast sounds like today. It hasn't snowed so hard that I couldn't stand out in it and give a riding lesson, but I'm not really looking forward to it. I think we should hold off on the riding lessons till spring.

 

[3mg Meniere]

Terry, please explain what dandruff snow is. I never heard that term before.

I used it recently. It means an occasional flake of snow, so occasional that you wonder what it is-- like maybe dandruff. Especially when it is the first snow you see in a season.

 

[SandySu]

I used it recently. It means an occasional flake of snow, so occasional that you wonder what it is-- like maybe dandruff. Especially when it is the first snow you see in a season.

Thanks. We had that this morning about the time I was putting Penny's blanket on, but by the time I got in my car to leave the barn, it was definitely snowing. Now I think we're back to dandruff snow, or maybe it stopped entirely for the time being.

 

[tmcase]

I used it recently. It means an occasional flake of snow, so occasional that you wonder what it is-- like maybe dandruff. Especially when it is the first snow you see in a season.

Right, only this snow is a little more than occasional but it's teeny tiny flakes. Not accumulating.

 

[tmcase]

When I first got up, still pretty groggy, I thought the snow was a swarm of bugs. Yesterday Rave was talking about the swarms I have to look forward to in the Spring. Like I said....I wasn't quite awake.

 

[rave]

Good morning, Voltpeeps.

Raven, no one was talking about you, last night on this thread. Terry and I didn't mention you at all, really, we didn't.

Yeah, right.

When I first got up, still pretty groggy, I thought the snow was a swarm of bugs. Yesterday Rave was talking about the swarms I have to look forward to in the Spring. Like I said....I wasn't quite awake.

Which is why I call this kind of snow "an invasion of little wihite bugs". Sometimes those tiny flakes even move like bugs in flight. I've still got a small invasion goin' on here.

 

[Tritium]

Grit you just like them because nude is in the name;-)

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[SandySu]

Our snow has begun to accumulate. There's a fraction of an inch on the ground, the streets are still wet, but who knows by morning? The weather report on the Internet says "little to no accumulation."

 

[JerryRM]

Over here, 1 to 3 inches of the white stuff, by morning, mostly on the grass.

 

[awsum140]

We're just getting some light rain with temps in the 40's. West of here, in the hills and Poconos in PA they're getting a little wet snow. The way the local news covered it you'd have thought it was the blizzard of the century. They must have15 of the 22 minutes of actual broadcast time talking about a non-event. It's getting to late fall and the temps go up and down like a window shade. It used to be called changing seasons, but now it's high drama.

 

[SandySu]

I went to the barn this afternoon to meet with the family who owns the place. There's an area near the barn where they've been clearing very overgrown weeds, and that will be the horses' winter pasture. They wanted to know what I thought needed doing to the area. First, they need to close off the barn in some way so the horses can come and go freely, like a run-in shed. We discussed how to do that so there would be 2 doors. If there were only one door, Penny might not go inside for fear of getting trapped in a corner by Jasmine, who is definitely the herd boss. So we discussed how to close off the tack room/barn aisle area from the stalls.

The next area of concern for me was that in cutting down very healthy weeds, they left stumps in the ground that are maybe a couple inches in circumference and an inch or 2 high. I'm afraid if a horse stepped on one, it could mean a hurt hoof. I've been pulling them out when I trip over them, but there were a lot more that we got out this afternoon. I think we got them all, but there will always be one hiding somewhere. There are also piles of brush cut down that we discussed burning and how not to ruin anything if they got burned. The brush piles would have to be moved away from the trees, but I thought after the snow covered the ground and the grass died down, that there wouldn't be any pasture anyway, so then would be a good time to move the piles to a grassy, open area and burn them. I think the grass would grow up in the spot again in spring.

We got covered in what the boy called "hitchhikers," so I wanted to ID the plant. It turns out that there's a good picture of them here: http://aroundthebendohio.blogspot.com/2012/11/botanical-hitchhikers.html and they are the ones on the toe of the sock, ID'd as beggarticks or sticktights. You should have seen the dad! He was covered in them!

We also thought about what pastures the horses could go in next, and the sheep pasture looks like it. They used to have sheep, and they were in that pasture with a shed, which is now in disrepair, but the dad wants to rebuild it to make a run-in for the horses. We discussed where the opening should be (out of the prevailing winds) and such stuff. Because the shed is falling down, it has been fenced off so the horses won't go in there and get hurt.

The horses are eating down the pastures faster than I ever imagined 2 horses would do. They rotate them, but they are running out of areas. Of course, there are spots that aren't being used that have excellent grass, but they'd have to be fenced off. All this was discussed.

I think it was a productive time, even though I'm not terribly experienced at this aspect of horse keeping. I've always boarded, so I just depended on the barn owner to make these decisions.

One last thing was the water. Will they have heated buckets in the stalls or use insulated buckets? What about outside? I emailed some sites with these products to the mom so she and the dad and son could decide what to do.

Oh, yes. Over Thanksgiving weekend, they will be away. They have someone who will come feed the horses and clean their stalls, but they were going to turn them out in the winter pasture, the one close to the barn, and I said I'd come twice a day for the 3 days to help lead the horses to a regular pasture so as to save the grass by the barn for as long as possible. We usually don't get much snow till after Christmas, and I think the area by the barn will be eaten down long before that, even if we make use of other areas as long as possible. Also, it'll give me a chance to meet the person who will be caring for the horses.