Duck Pond Redneckery

[Duck]

Lots of these everywhere here too. I mean like, EVERYWHERE.

No idea what these are but I just naturally assume they're poisonous.





If wild strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, grapes, plums and nectarines grew as plentiful along this trail as whatever these little red things are, I'd never leave.

Tomorrow I've got a log splitter to fix, then I'm going to go thin out all the blackberries I found. Gonna cut out all the ditch weed, remove last year's dead blackberry vines, and trim any tree branches that are shading them.

The reason I made the trail is for my mom to get exercise to build herself up a bit before the radiation treatments rob her energy. And I figure there's probably good nutrients in natural wild blackberries.

It'll be interesting to see if I can get her on the 4 wheeler.

 

[ironpony]

Hey yer avitar sprouted hair! Looks just like a... a... well, one that's got teeth!

 

[Duck]

Hey yer avitar sprouted hair! Looks just like a... a... well, one that's got teeth!

I stole it from some troll on Facebook who calls himself "Floydmoist Bleumonge".

 

[Hammer166]

I makes me think of Heisenberg aka Walter White.

 

[ironpony]

I stole it from some troll on Facebook who calls himself "Floydmoist Bleumonge".

Some danged liberal commie, no doubt!

 

[Duck]

Some danged liberal commie, no doubt!

Actually I can't tell. He trolls a closed conservative group but only posts stupid stuff that's unrelated to politics.

 

[Injun]

Lots of these everywhere here too. I mean like, EVERYWHERE.

No idea what these are but I just naturally assume they're poisonous.

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If wild strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, grapes, plums and nectarines grew as plentiful along this trail as whatever these little red things are, I'd never leave.

Tomorrow I've got a log splitter to fix, then I'm going to go thin out all the blackberries I found. Gonna cut out all the ditch weed, remove last year's dead blackberry vines, and trim any tree branches that are shading them.

The reason I made the trail is for my mom to get exercise to build herself up a bit before the radiation treatments rob her energy. And I figure there's probably good nutrients in natural wild blackberries.

It'll be interesting to see if I can get her on the 4 wheeler.

Looks like bush honeysuckle and they are not edible.

 

[Duck]

Looks like bush honeysuckle and they are not edible.

Some berries are poisonous to humans but birds can eat them.

Hopefully this is one of those.

Cuz otherwise by cutting back other vegetation to better expose the blackberries to sunlight, I'd be making it easier for birds to eat them. So hopefully the birds can eat the little red mystery berries instead.

I did piss on the ground near the blackberries hoping it'll scare off the deer though.

There were no trampled weeds around the blackberries, and some are over-ripe and rotting on the vine. So I dunno.

 

[Duck]

Front corners of the bush hog keep snagging on trees. 2" - 3" stuff it can't just smash down & chop up so it jerks it to a stop, putting so much stress on where the tongue attaches that it oblonged the bolt holes and slightly bent the tongue.

I downsized the bolts so I could straighten it without having to straighten the square tube, then I did this:



I was gonna run the 1-1/2" round tube all the way to the coupler but realized the turning radius is already bad enough so I set it back far enough it won't affect it.

You can turn a small car around in the same space it takes to U-turn with this thing.


Oh and I had an excuse to play with the tap and die set.

 

[ironpony]

Shucks... ain't nuttin' a point dude with a machete couldn't do. Especially with a platoon sergeant doggin' his azz.

 

[Rigjockey]

Shucks... ain't nuttin' a point dude with a machete couldn't do. Especially with a platoon sergeant doggin' his azz.

@Duck looks like you got a volunteer.

 

[ironpony]

@Duck looks like you got a volunteer.

I volunteer fer platoon sergeant! Got management skills!

 

[Duck]

Shucks... ain't nuttin' a point dude with a machete couldn't do. Especially with a platoon sergeant doggin' his azz.

LMAO. Long handled pruners can barely get through those shrub bushes. It's some kinda dense hardwood. I already broke one. The only thing a machete will do is waste your time.

That's why they started using agent orange and napalm to clear that shit.

I volunteer fer platoon sergeant! Got management skills!

Nobody tells ME what to do.

Unless you're clever about it.. You gotta wait til I'm drunk and then instead of saying "go drag that log outta the way" you gotta say "I bet ya can't drag that log by yourself"

That works on any drunk person though.

That's how Sarah's dad got me to move his cousin's 11,500 lb motor home with my ATV.

 

[Duck]

Douchebag of the year award goes to my ex-neighbor Gerry.

He's like 50 something years old. Lived with his mom his whole life I think.

Last year he met some bitch on Facebook and married her. She's his first wife but he's her 4th husband.

4 years ago his mom was in her 80's and was having some health issues. She signed the house over to Gerry so he wouldn't get a huge inheritance fine tax if she died.

His new wife decided they should sell the place.

So Gerry told his mom he was selling the place and she was going to be on her own and would have to find some other place because she can't go with them.

His brother Jimmy, who looks like that Kasich guy who ran for president, said hell no and bought the place.

He runs his plumbing business out of the barn there anyway.

So now Jimmy owns it and their mom can stay there for the rest of her days.

I like their mom. She's a sweet little old lady. I can't believe Gerry was going to kick her out on her ass.

 

[mndriver]

Need to git yersef one of these

 

[Duck]

Need to git yersef one of these


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What is that implement?

All I can tell is it looks like something you REALLY don't want to get your leg stuck in.

 

[mndriver]

 

[Duck]

That'll definitely make short work of it.

 

[mndriver]

I generally don't screw around when I want something done.

 

[Duck]

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I generally don't screw around when I want something done.

What did it cost to rent that thing?