The Pit And The Peak Of Your Day

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  1. Chrissy Cross

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    I figured....is a shame they have all these rules.
     
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    Sorry to hear that, Holly. Here we would cook or can everything if we caught it soon enough, but I suspect you don't have the facilities for that. Maybe put some dry ice in the freezer to keep things until you can find a remedy.
     
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    @Cody Fousnaugh
    Two days? I thought most freezers were insulated well-enough to at least take 4-5 days for their inside temp. to reach 32`. 'Course, your air temp. was probably pretty hot.

    In Missouri Ozarks, where power outages were an eccepted thing, one big windstorm did an unusual amount of damage to power poles, keeping Black River Coop crews working 24/7. On the 3rd. day without power (and, no water, as we had a well) I went in to Rolla and bought a 3500 watt generator. With it running, I was able to light the house, watch TV, and use only one of these at a time: kitchen stove, electric water heater. Most cooking was done by microwave. Happened my wife was visiting Indiana at the time.

    By that 3rd. day, our fridge temp. was up to 50 degrees, but the freezer was still well below 32. Nothing spoiled. Outages there were very frequent, on average once every two weeks, i'd say. The one I described lasted 6 days.
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    I have managed to keep two freezers and two refrigerators running on a fairly small generator; you have to make sure they don't start the compressors at the same time. I would plug one in for a couple hours, then move to the next. When everything was sufficiently cold, I would keep the main fridge plugged in so people could access it.
     
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    Heading out for our trip to Lexington.

    Thought we'd go with a convertible and drive around Daniel Boone National Forest
    on the way back home on Sunday.

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  6. Holly Saunders

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    Cool looking wheels @Tim Burr :D

    Pit...extremely hot day nudged 100 degrees today...

    Peak... went shopping for groceries and just minutes after I got back the heavens opened, and we have torrential rain and lightening storm...yeaaaaah!! ( apart from it knocking out my power for a while).. I'm a happy camper.. i stood out in the rain for a few minutes to cool down, but my garden has many trees so too risky to stay out there in the rain..
     
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    I wondered what you eventually did with all the meat, Holly? Did you give us any update on this which I missed?
    I'm curious because I wouldn't have known what to do with it either. Regulations over here are so strict and facilities are rare.
    BTW, I'm just planning a new kitchen and, like you, had to decide on the major kitchen appliances such as a combined fridge-freezer yesterday.
     
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    Thomas, because we had such high temps and our recycle bin wasn't due for emptying.. the only thing I could do was ask a friend on a nearby farm if she would take all the meat and fish from my deep freeze, and refreeze it for me until I could put it in the bin on the day of collection still frozen but of course all spoiled and rotten but fortunately no smell, the bin was emptied the following Wednesday so she kept it all for about 4 or 5 days... .
     
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    Thanks for sharing, Holly. Quite an unexpected and kind of creative solution. A friend in need... ;)
     
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    We had a great trip to Lexington and the visit to the Thoroughbred farms was an incredible tour.

    We got to go right up to and pet a horse slated to sell for over 1 million dollars in this years Yearling sale at Keeneland.

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    Our guide knew the bloodlines of every horse we saw or petted.

    This is a barn on one of the farms. Yes, it's just a horse barn.

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    Seattle Slew's grave on his home farm.

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    Mom and Foal coming up the fence to get their 'treat'.
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    Now that's a farm!

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  11. Holly Saunders

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    Oh those are beautiful horses...
     
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    Quarter Horses are nice as well and fast off of the line...….great rodeo horses for barrels, roping and dogging. I use to be a member of AQHA.
     
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    Why is the horse next to the fence..his face is covered?
     
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  14. Holly Saunders

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    Those are fly masks..they cover the eyes, ears and sometimes the muzzle , but they don't impede the eyesight or hearing of the horse, they're very light (made of mesh) and see through while giving full protection from insects to the horse. Many horses here at the stable next to me wear them. Some horses react very fiercely to black flies..and or sun , ..

    @Yvonne Smith is our forum horse expert I'm sure she would explain in more detail...
     
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    Excellent explanation, Holly, and not much more that I can add to what you have said. Those flies can definitely be a nuisance for horses, and you can’t spray right up to the eyes if you are using fly spray. there is a product called “Wipe” that you can put on a cloth and use around the horse’s eyes, but the mask is simpler and does not need re-applications.
    I noticed that the colt looked like he was rubbing his hindquarters on the fence , which often means that they need worming, or he might be getting fly bites back there and trying to itch those.
     
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