Country Boy Can Survive

The preacher man says it’s the end of time
And the Mississippi River she’s a goin’ dry
The interest is up and the Stock Markets down
And you only get mugged
If you go down town

I live back in the woods, you see
A woman and the kids, and the dogs and me
I got a shotgun rifle and a 4-wheel drive
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive

I can plow a field all day long
I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn
We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too
Ain’t too many things these ole boys can’t do
We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive

Because you can’t starve us out
And you cant makes us run
Cause one-of- ‘em old boys raisin ole shotgun
And we say grace and we say Ma’am
And if you ain’t into that we don’t give a damn

We came from the West Virginia coalmines
And the Rocky Mountains and the and the western skies
And we can skin a buck; we can run a trot-line
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive

I had a good friend in New York City
He never called me by my name, just hillbilly
My grandpa taught me how to live off the land
And his taught him to be a businessman
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway nights
And I’d send him some homemade wine

But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife
For 43 dollars my friend lost his life
Id love to spit some beechnut in that dudes eyes
And shoot him with my old 45
Cause a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive

Cause you can’t starve us out and you can’t make us run
Cause one-of- ‘em old boys raisin ole shotgun
And we say grace and we say Ma’am
And if you ain’t into that we don’t give a damn

We’re from North California and south Alabam
And little towns all around this land
And we can skin a buck; we can run a trot-line
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive

Hank Williams Jr

Keyhole Garden

For those of you who live in less than favorable areas for having a garden bed or are disabled and it is hard for you to bend down and work on your garden here is one option.

Intro Video About Keyhole Gardens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjcjCCx3BWY

Build A Keyhole Garden Website
http://www.sendacow.org.uk/schools.asp?active_page_id=272

Small Town Entertainment Expenses

Here's one that blew my mind today. Keep in mind we haven't been to a movie theater in about 2 years. There is a small town (< 10K) approximately 15 minutes from our new property with a small 6 screen theater. Since the kids are out of town we decided to go early in the heat of the day, why burn your flesh off your bones in the middle of the day. Here is a cost breakdown:

$3/person
$3 Large Coke
$3 Large Popcorn

We're not talking large in name only but a real large 44oz. drink and the large sack of popcorn. We were amazed, my wife and I got to see a new release and feed our face for $12. We checked our cell phones and yes, it was indeed 2008 and not 1998.

When Animals Attack [Update]

A quick update on the animal issues. We've fortified our hoop house and moved it out into an open area with no trees within an ~60 foot distance. We've had zero issues which is probably a reflection of moving it more into the open and the significant fortification we did on the hoop house.

On a related note the chicken that had the wing tore off is doing nicely. He had a small leftover bone sticking out which dropped off after about a week and is feathering back nicely as well as growing more (see below). He is definitely stunted from the other birds that we got with him (a.k.a. Chickadee) but based on his current progress should grow up a happy, albeit missing wing life. Chickadee has had a few issues with not being able to fly up on the perch in the hoop house so I just added another lower perch and now he hops up without any issues.

Gas Prices