Unique Problem With Flying Debris and Soil Particles

Post Tornado Peril

This was so interesting to me...I know it is so important to wash wounds any time there is a break in the skin, but this may be too difficult to even wash out, especially if the particles are so tiny and have blown deep into a wound...

http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/22/18403093-post-tornado-peril-victims-could-face-deadly-fungal-infections?lite

Got a Tick?

Summer is tick season in some parts....know how to remove one from your skin...




http://www.ticktwister.com/info.html






Pulling out a tick is a delicate affair.
One clumsy, overeager motion can make the difference between safe removal and a potentially dangerous situation where the tick’s head breaks off or body fluids contaminate the wound.
Whether the tick’s dug into a person or an animal, removal is all about patience, says UF veterinarian Dr. Rick Alleman.
His tips:
Illuminate the tick with a flashlight. (If possible, have a friend hold the flashlight).
 Using fine-point tweezers, grasp the tick’s mouthparts, just below the head.
Pull steadily and straight up – no twisting or pulling at different angles.
Be patient. If your initial efforts fail, try again with slightly more force.
One thing you definitely don’t want to do, Alleman says, is grasp the tick by its abdomen. The pressure from your grip could squeeze the tick’s stomach contents into the wound, including pathogens responsible for illnesses, such as Lyme disease or ehrlichiosis.

And for dog owners, keep an eye out for the brown dog tick. This is the only Florida tick that can carry out its entire life cycle inside the confines of your home. It prefers dogs but will feed on humans, so it pays to take precautions.

Comparing 2 cans of food

I know lots of people love Spam and that is the first thing they think about when they have a very limited food budget or if they want to store some ready to eat meat...or take it on a camping trip. It tastes kind of good to me, yes, (because i have a liking for salty fatty things) but I know and you know it is terrible for your health with all of its nitrates, salt and fat. Isn't it interesting that the BEST canned meat (I am calling salmon "meat" here because it is the "meat" of the salmon fish!) is this wild Alaskan canned salmon!!!! Look at the prices of the 2...the salmon (with all its yummy Omega 3 oils) is .2 cents more per .oz...I would consider them the same price. OK..what do you choose? This picture was taken at Winco  2nd week of May 2013.

From the back labelof the salmon can:

 This can has    7     2.2 oz. serving
80 calories a serving
12 g of protein a serving
3 g of fat per serving (and we know it is mostly the healthy omega 3s)
0 Carbs
270 mg sodium

What a deal! Date on the bottom? Best by July 2017. But you can eat it past that date also ...if the can is not bulging and if the contents smell fine.

Bedtime Snack

Photo taken 17 May 2013...Joan raiding the pea patch...yum! The pea plant are realy up to my shoulder if I grab on to tem and gently tug them upwards. So may peas! This is the first time I have had such amazingly high peas. this is the first time I planted them is this partiular bed and the first time I raked in some newly purchased steer manure (and not that much even) in the soil before I planted them.
Let me not forget to give a hearty Thank You to Shayla for helping to plant these peas back in February.

Pea Report #4

It is pea picking time! All of a sudden there are so many!!!! These were picked May 6 or 7 ! Cosete loves looking for the peas in all the gren...look how much she picked!

Here she is pointing to a pea pod. 2 kinds were planted: sugar snap and snow. Too bad I did not label the rows. they all taste delicious, though!

Cosette insisted on one more photo!

Mmmmm..fresh picked snow peas with Ranch dip!

Pea Report #3

These pictures were taken May 1st or maybe a few days before. The pea patch has started to produce peas all of a sudden it seems!

Pea Report #2

About a week days later...Maybe April 25 ...the peas are up to my hips in height, and there are lots of white flowers. I have not noticed any bees yet...and was concerned: Would there be some peas to pollinate my peas? here I am with Cosette who was enjoying this whole experience of watching and waiting for some peas to grow.

Here you can see a lot of white blossoms interspersed among the leaves. I love the pea plant!

A blossom...

My Peas-Report #1

I planted my peas on Presidents Day like I learned to do on the previous posts' video. It was 18 February 2013. That night we had reports that it would snow. I got out some old vinyl tablecloths with the flannel backing and covered my 4 rows of newly planted peas. Luckily, they did not freeze even though the temperature got quite cold and yes, it did snow.in the morning, snow was covering the tablecloths I had spread out. As you can see, these seeds grew quite well. I bought them at Winco. The following 3 pictures were taken on the same day in the middle of April....about April 16-18. So 2 months after planting.

I get such a kick out of the tendrils that form on the pea plant. the pea plant is most fascinating...the way the leaves unfurl and they way the tendrills garb on to anything in reach and start spiraling around it. Here is a close up. I was waiting and waiting for some blossoms to appear.

That day I did find tthe very first peas blossom! Here it is , not quite open.