the watcher

Cows really can have distinct personalities. I had a cow I bought from a neighbor and when she had a calf she was loaded with milk so I tried milking her. And we came to an agreement . I'd feed her some prime 2nd cut alfalfa and she would let me milk her 2 front teats. If I tried the back 2 she would fidget and fuss. They were reserved for her calf. One day when I wasn't in a pleasant mood I went to milk her and her mood matched mine.She kept moving around and finally knocked over the pail of milk. I stood up firing off expletives and kicked her on her back shin. She looked back at me with a " oh, yeah " look and cracked me right back with her back hoof on my shin. We looked at each other for a minute , I gave her some more feed, sat down quietly and milked her accepting that I had been put in my place.

Just a couple of first hand accounts on alfalfa , poplar, cows and trees. I have grown alfalfa most of my life. As a feed when I had cattle, as a crop when I sold bales and notably as a rotational crop in grain production. Alfalfa is a nitrogen fixer. It takes nitrogen from the air and converts it into a form that can be used by plants. It's root system also breaks through hard pan and mellows up soil for multiple years. It along with other legumes and beneficial plants can be part of a plow / graze down system for organic production. ( which we currently do ) On poplar. They are a pretty good firewood. No, not as good as oak or ash but properly cured and STACKED it's good wood. We currently burn almost exclusivly spruce as many of the spruce planted by my father and uncle in the 30s or maybe even late 20s have timed out and are dieing. I'd much rather burn poplar but we need to clean up the dead spruce. One of the good things about planting poplar is I dont believe any of the host of diseases and bugs have attacked them yet. Dutch elm disease got our elms and now the Emerald Ash bug will devastate the ash. ( including all the ones plated as windbreaks ). Poplar are a resilient, fast growing , tree. There was a push to plant marginal land to trees for pulp and paper a few years ago and it was poplar that was being planted. On cows and trees : They certainly can clean out all the young trees out of a bush, depending on the number of cows and the size ( acres ) of the bush.. There was a study done in our area a few years ago that showed the most environmentally beneficial thing to do with our riparian zones was to fence the cattle out but allow them to come in and graze off the grasses a couple of times a year. That way there is less damage to trees, and soil but less grasses on the clear spots that build up a thatch and send phosphates down stream. Edit : Dammit all that cow/ poplar talk has dredged up a memory. I can't stop myself from telling it .I had a cow, " Missy " that had a real talent for walking down poplar trees. She would take a poplar up to 3 inches in diameter ,maybe 15 ft tall , push on it then get it between her front legs on her brisket and walk it down till she got to leaves. The crazy part was no other cow could do it quite like her but they knew that she could and would gather around when she started doing it so they could join in the feast. You wouldn't want a herd with her ability.

I think the really great teams don't only have great all stars but very good " bits and pieces " that compliment them . Guys like Hansen, Miller.... are the icing on the cake that make this team special.

Gotta look at the positive, cause why not. We are 2 and 0 after sub par performances As bad as things looked last night, when push came to shove the 2 time champs stepped up and started making plays on both O and D. These guys know what it takes to win. There are issues but there is no reason not to think the Canadian Trio and a bit of time won't fix it.

Yes ! No PI

Big whew !

Elingson!!!

Man Gray is struggling

For F##$% sake show the damn game . Why the hell are they doing an interview in the middle of the damn game.

A short time ago we were shocked at numbers like that.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/15/new-data-reveals-extraordinary-global-heating-in-the-arctic

Lol, a redneck with common sense and open eyes. Gotta love it !

The Bombers looked rusty and the thought has to cross your mind , " should they have played the vets in the preseason more ? " BUT on the other hand ,how important were those games for Dru Brown ? Did that confidence he showed in that drive to win the game come from his time in preseason ? Bottom line is we racked up a win

They have 4 channels. They ran the CFL on 2 of them. There's no reason not to do a post game on those 2 and lea e the other 2 for basketball.

-Friggen TSN. Breaks away immediatly before the players are off the field for a coverage and breakdown of,a basketball game. Finally return to the CFL, get part way through the game report and stop it for breaking news. The post game talk by the basketball coach. What a joke.

Rose spanked again

Taylor with the pick!

Bombers just look like a team that sat all their starters in pre-season games. They'll come around.

Touch Down #1 !!!!

And THAT is what Collaros brings

A tad lucky on that one.

No, no. Toronto ownership knows what to do.You switch to NFL rules, join a half assed league that has failed multiple times and the stands will magicly fill and money rains down on you.

For a normal human football team , yes. But this is the Winnipeg Blue Bombers ! So no problem.

A virus isn't political. A virus has nothing to do with religion , the Bible or Jesus, left , right or anything else people made up. It both shocked and pissed me off how stupid some people were.

I was listening to the podcast while I was working. It can be hard to listen to at times but he's bang on. He's a voice in the wilderness down there. I just can't see it changing. My son in- law is American ( he lives here ) . His parents were retired to Arizona but have packed up and moved to Mexico. They can see what's happening. I imagine they aren't alone.